Even big exchange-rate shifts can be absorbed if they occur slowly. (The 8% drop in the dollar since early 2002, for instance, has not caused any problems.) But if they happen quickly, financial markets are roiled, and at worst financial institutions are unable to cope with the strain.
If they do get absorbed and then persist, the drug is probably worth developing further.
But applying a body moisturizer only helps if it can actually be absorbed.
It therefore gets absorbed by bones if ingested, rather than being excreted.
They can be toxic if ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin.
If the money is simply absorbed into the general business, there is a danger that ongoing projects will need large injections of cash that can be found only by borrowing or by advancing cash from new prepayments.
If there are costs that are not being absorbed by the market participants, free markets produce less than optimal results.
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When that didn't pan out, he wondered if proteins such as growth hormone could be absorbed through the lungs, a feat some articles in the medical literature claimed was impossible.
By examining these samples for the presence of radiocarbon, the developer of a particular drug can see whether the active ingredients are absorbed into the body and, if they are, how long they persist there.
Thirdly, banks are to hold a sufficient capital buffer - as outlined by global regulators - which means that if banks do fail, losses can be absorbed by shareholders and other creditors rather than the taxpayer.
Given the team's success at building up young companies that were later absorbed into larger corporations, we wonder aloud if Oculus was destined to follow a similar path.
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So if lipase is inactivated then the fat can't be absorbed and it passes right through us.
Would we care more if we could see the higher concentrations of carbon dioxide being absorbed into our oceans, making seawater more acidic, endangering coral reefs and marine life and threatening to fundamentally disrupt ocean ecosystems and food webs?
If they have gained mass it could be because the platinum based ingots have absorbed mercury from the atmosphere or hydrogen from the solvents used to clean the ingots.
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If they hit the bottom surface before passing through, they are reflected off and absorbed at the top - and thus are not detected at the other end of the plates.
"I suppose if you lay in a bath filled with mineral salts and trace elements some small part of that will be absorbed through your skin, " he says.
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