Second, quantum-effect devices are sensitive to minuscule control currents.

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This has had the effect of making them less sensitive than earlier devices that did use external antennas.

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Due to the important role of humidity, tropical glaciers are likely to be the climatic indicators the most sensitive to climatic changes like the greenhouse effect.

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Although it is unlikely that such political activity could have a significant effect on the average fan, in these sensitive economic times, these are considerations that sports industry leaders must take into account before making such contributions.

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So far, though, Britain's absence from the euro seems to have had no adverse effect on investment, even in the sterling-sensitive car industry.

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In effect, the branded cereal would cede the most price-sensitive segment of the market to the own-label cereal, in the hope that the own-label firm will keep its prices up.

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