mantendo a incógnita

English translation: which remain unknown

08:00 Jul 6, 2011
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Portuguese term or phrase: mantendo a incógnita
os estudos de associação não trazem informação suficiente para sustentar de forma objetiva qual dessas causas pode ser a responsável pelo desequilíbrio, mantendo a incógnita
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 17:15
English translation:which remain unknown
Explanation:
This is a common phrase in scientific texts. 154,000 hits; 79,000 if "causes" is added - examples:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_Philippines - Cached
Income inequality has many causes, some of which are relatively clear, others which remain unknown, and yet others which remain disputed. ...

healthscienceresearch.com/?p=3186 - Cached
... but this time new findings are much more fundamental, and add to the pieces of the puzzle concerning the multiple causes, which remain unknown.

neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter3/chapter3fPorencephaly.html - Cached
... occlusion may result from embolism from placental vessels, hereditary coagulopathies, maternal cocaine, and other causes, most of which remain unknown. ...
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 13:15
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1which remain unknown
Muriel Vasconcellos
4which are accordingly still unknown
Mark Robertson
3keeping a low profile
Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
3keeping it in the dark
Verginia Ophof


  

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keeping a low profile


Explanation:
Without more contect, I'd say this means that some1 is trying to b discreet.

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 17:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mark Robertson: A incógnita é referente às causas. Não?
10 mins
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
which are accordingly still unknown


Explanation:
HIH

Mark Robertson
Local time: 21:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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keeping it in the dark


Explanation:
Idioms
23.
in the dark,
a.
in ignorance; uninformed: He was in the dark about their plans for the evening.
b.
in secrecy; concealed; obscure.
24.
keep dark, to keep as a secret; conceal: They kept their political activities dark.

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 14:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 65
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
which remain unknown


Explanation:
This is a common phrase in scientific texts. 154,000 hits; 79,000 if "causes" is added - examples:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_Philippines - Cached
Income inequality has many causes, some of which are relatively clear, others which remain unknown, and yet others which remain disputed. ...

healthscienceresearch.com/?p=3186 - Cached
... but this time new findings are much more fundamental, and add to the pieces of the puzzle concerning the multiple causes, which remain unknown.

neuropathology.neoucom.edu/chapter3/chapter3fPorencephaly.html - Cached
... occlusion may result from embolism from placental vessels, hereditary coagulopathies, maternal cocaine, and other causes, most of which remain unknown. ...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 13:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 100

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Donna Sandin: and Muriel knows about scientific texts!
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Donna. Very kind of you.
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