Even in the areas that retain a soil cover, the reduction of vegetation typically results in the loss of the soil's ability to absorb substantial quantities of water.

即使在保留土壤覆盖的地区，植被的减少通常也会导致土壤丧失吸收大量水分的能力。

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The study evaluates the results of cost reduction and increase in returns with Agile projects versus plan-drive approaches. It provided the following results.

研究对比了敏捷项目和计划驱动这两种不同的途径，并对成本降低和收益提高的结果进行了评估。

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The restatement results in a relatively minor $7.5 million addition to revenue for the first quarter of this year, and a reduction in deferred revenue by the corresponding $7.5 million.

这项重新的声明导致了今年一季度的收入增加750万美元，同时在延期的收入中相应地减少了750万美元。

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The results also suggest that if a reduction in the value of what Greece owes were followed by Ireland and Portugal insisting that they too should be let off some of their debts, the consequential losses would be just about bearable - though there would have to be a fair amount of help for banks from eurozone, especially German, taxpayers.

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From their database, the authors find that a one percentage point difference in taxes results in a 0.225% reduction in the share price at takeover, and calculating backwards this indicates that the effective tax rate is 31% of the statutory one.

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The most remarkable feature of these results was the contribution from a steep reduction in loan loss provisions and profits from trading in government bonds.

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