In Bangladesh, villages with active community groups or concerned mullahs proved greener than less active neighbouring villages.
Broadly speaking, the genes less active in the lonely were those involved in staving off viral infections.
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Many investors may incorrectly assume that having a diversified portfolio means they can be less active with their investments.
They will also be encouraged to prescribe more gentle forms of exercise such as yoga for less active pensioners.
She was less active in 2012, puzzling some members of the president's team.
The corporate-bond market has become less active partly because of the government's massive extension of credit to troubled borrowers.
Additionally, a less active African tropical wave train is possible as a result of the disruption of the Asian subcontinent monsoon.
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Given that depressed people tend to be less active and more withdrawn, these habits could influence the development of dementia, Saczynski said.
Before discovering citizen journalism, she was a less active person, simply going to school to teach and then coming home, she said.
When hyperpolarized, neurons don't fire as often, which makes parts of the brain that induce feelings of anxiety and fear less active.
The same biochemical changes took place in the brains of mice, and the mice in question were far less active than untreated mice.
Prostate cells, including cancerous ones, are sensitive to levels of certain male hormones, and can be rendered far less active if levels are reduced.
But he barrages his 2.8 million Twitter followers, which amount to about twice as many as Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, a less active tweeter.
In subsequent research, Andrea Glenn and I found this same brain region to be significantly less active in psychopathic individuals when they contemplate moral issues.
During the recent downturn he has been much less active in real estate largely because banks and other lenders have been slower to sell distressed assets.
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One behaved normally, but the other was markedly less active.
But, by coincidence, he then discovered a group of scientists working on a mouse called Peromyscus that possesses the same less active variation of the MC1R gene as mammoths did.
Plus, since banks are able to get the cheaper borrowing rates from central banks than from one another the Libor market is less active than it once was and thus less reliable, Gensler notes.
Plus, since banks these days tend to get the cheaper borrowing rates from central banks than from one another the Libor market is less active than it was and thus less reliable, Gensler notes.
The reason for this, the UCLA life scientists found, seems to be that a brain region called the anterior insula, which is linked to disgust and is important for discerning untrustworthy faces, is less active in older adults.
Professor JIM GUTH (Religion and Political Science, Furman University): Evangelicals, traditionally - all the way through the late 1970s - had been much less active in political matters and in part, as a result of his efforts, that's changed.
The markets for betting on the best picture were the most active of the day on Intrade, making them statistically far, far more accurate than other, less-active Oscar categories.
Forecasters at Colorado State University say a less-active hurricane season is in store.
The megaphone lets you send a message to your less-active friend telling them to go for a walk, run or bike ride -- but you can only bully them once ever seven days.
So it will be even less obvious why active funds should be worth their high fees.
Between 1996 and 2009, for example, 866 million pounds less of pesticide active ingredients were sprayed on crops globally.
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Trolls argue that just because they choose not to make or sell products, they should not have less protection than active patent-holders.
For one thing, the "passive" glasses, which are polarized and don't contain electronics and batteries, cost far less than "active shutter" glasses, which were hyped last year.
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The similarly sized Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has been cutting its equity allocation to the lower end of its target band of 40-55% of assets, and giving more to index-trackers and less to expensive active managers.
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