Sentences with phrase «small changes to those environments»

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These key characteristics are the resulting survival methods learned through the volatility of the last decade, and are necessary for a business to be successful in the ever - changing, fast - paced environment in which small businesses compete.

The small businesses with the greatest long - term chances of survival perform tasks that require social intelligence, creativity and the perception and dexterity to react to a quick - changing environment, Osborne said.

Protecting the planet is a part of the QAI mission, and we believe that small changes in our business operations can add up to big benefits for the environment.

By concentrating on building a balanced portfolio of wine and spirits that cover the spectrum from small boutique gems to powerhouse volume brands, Shaw - Ross is able to offer a wide range of interesting and unique products that are relevant in today's ever changing environment.

Alongside other upgrades, we believe that these modifications will provide a more suitable training environment for the squad; they are small changes, but hopefully with the support of sponsors and donors they will come together to be much more.

For example, a baby who is slow to adapt to changes and who is responsive to even small amounts of stimulation would likely benefit from care that is structured with predictable routines and from an environment that is not too busy or noisy.

As such, humanitarian agencies will need to change to keep up with new communications realities, but some domains will remain distinctly familiar: complex humanitarian emergencies; politically challenging environments; forgotten, difficult and smaller crises; and most vulnerable groups in major disasters.

The latest initiative from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) encourages people to make small changes to reduce their individual carbon footprint.

The findings, published in the journal PNAS, suggest that if the bodily environment that a mother provides for her baby is unfavourable, for example through small body size or metabolic dysfunction, the placenta will change the flow of nutrients to the fetus relative to her own state.

Because this is only a small proportion of the genome, Surani says most epigenetic changes brought about by our environment are very unlikely to affect future generations, but that there may be a small window of opportunity for some of these to be passed on.

«The brain along with the reproductive system and every other cell in your body is exquisitely sensitive to exceedingly small changes in estrogen and other sex hormones, and the fact that the environment is full of chemicals that can activate estrogen receptors means this phenomenally sensitive system is being perturbed constantly by environmental factors.»

«It was surprising to discover that small - scale changes in the environment can influence ecosystem - level reef processes,» said Silbiger.

They found that, by using math models to understand the complex dynamics within cancers, they could use small changes in the environment to promote the growth of cells that are less aggressive and thereby decrease tumor growth.

«Species with smaller geographical ranges are naturally more sensitive to environmental change, and if the same community of species is also highly specialized to forage on few food resources, it will be less capable of adapting to a changing environment» says co-author and Assistant Professor Bo Dalsgaard from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate.

«Ridiculously cute mouse lemurs hold key to Madagascar's past: Genetic analysis of world's smallest primates tells us how the island's environment changed over time.»

In summary, water (deprived of oxygen) causes only small changes due to the fact that it is difficult to get rid of all oxygen in our environment, but oxygen substantially modifies the electronic structure of this 2D material and accelerates its degradation.

When the apple mush (now called chime) enters the small intestine, the environment is changed from acid to alkaline by the release of bicarbonate (very similar to good old baking soda) from the pancreas.

But with the resiliency of the planet on our side, we can make small changes to our diets that will help to mitigate the impacts of agriculture on the environment.

By approaching pregnancy with small changes over the 6 - 12 month period before conception you can ensure that you are creating the best possible environment for a baby to grow and thrive in your womb.

Whether this involves using smaller plates, keeping «seconds» out of immediate reach, or hiding the chocolate, altering the food environment helps people lose more weight than trying to change eating habits or food choices, the researchers found.

At the beginning of this post I told you that making one small change in your auditory sleep environment could have a huge impact, and now I'm going to tell you what it is: Sleep Genius.

Content: Awareness and respect for living things; Recognition of basic colours; Understanding of growth; Introduction to birth and life cycles; Body awareness; Personal safety; Understanding of the seasons; Naming young animals; Learning about small creatures; Respect and care for the environment; Awareness of similarities and differences; Looking at patternsand change; Understanding past and present; Knowledge of night and day; Observation of weather; Questioning and predicting.

They're small but significant changes that can help to create the positive working environment that online teachers deserve.

Even in a healthy financial environment, in an age of lightning - fast changes to technology and the way people work, change and adaptation is a necessary — even critical — process to master for a company to succeed in the long term.A change can be relatively small (though some might disagree with this characterization), like

Waves of positive change can be generated through very small actions, and each one of them matters, including to cope with the impact of climate change, and to protect our environment and planet.

«In an era when the rich just get richer while the poor seem to fall through the cracks, we need to come together and speak out for change — whether it's smaller class sizes, training for educators, fair pay and benefits, health care or safer work environments.»

When working to help the environment, it's often the small changes that can make a big difference.

Though small caps have lower exposure to the dollar's impact on international sales, this benefit is being trumped by small cap's potential vulnerability to the changing interest rate environment.

Don't know what happened, maybe a combination of boarding in a strange environment and getting forced attention due to the small quarters and inability to hide, but Little Bit is a changed cat.

I strongly believe that education to general practitioners is key; by implementing small changes to the way you handle and house your feline patients in a vet clinic environment you can make a huge impact on lowering their stress and pain

When I explore this landscape I find myself connecting with the textures and patterns that nature provides, finding interest in detritus that washes ashore, both organic and in - organic, for even the smallest of objects contain the beauty of randomness and irregularity.We live in one of the most dynamic environments on the planet, where ocean meets land; ever changing, our lives are deeply connected to this place where tides ebb and flow revealing aggregate shapes, leaving imprints, and proving that time is both fast and slow.

In races with small casts and sunny environments, changes were minimal to non-existent.

Other times you'll be zooming around Grand Canyon Drift, which usually comes with a vehicle with top control and speed, when you'll suddenly leave the tarmac and go off - road, having to adjust your driving style to accommodate it; the once easily navigated courses are now a nightmare of twitch reactions where the smallest mistake can cost you the medal, simply because of a slight change in environment.

Gamers will visit some impressive environments as they try to reach the capital of humanity and its relative safety, but Stoic Games also manages to make the characters very evocative when it comes to their emotions, using small gestures and changes of attitude to show how the constant fighting and despair are affecting them.

As far as small changes, Sledgehammer has made several adjustments based on player feedback just to see how they work out in a live environment.

The characters act as vehicles to express the hope that change can occur, whilst the vastness of the wintry landscapes highlight the small place humankind has in the environment.

After a decade, at the end of the seventies, Thek changed direction, moved back to New York, and turned to the making of small, sketch - like paintings on canvas, although he continued to create environments in key international exhibitions.

Because projected on buildings in the city ideologies can not be ours, but possibly the sum of small actions, modest changes in our environment will allow us to reaffirm our ideals and experience new ways of living together.

This Ecochallenge is one more opportunity to change small habits that make a big difference to our environment and fosters a spirit of responsibility and gratitude... I started composting at my husband's urging this summer, but I hated having the compostables sitting on the counter until someone walked them out to the composter in the backyard.

We all have a responsibility to protect the environment, and this is a small change that can make a big difference.

The Grenadian - German Programme «Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies» (ICCAS) introduced the toolkit to 49 primary schools in the small island state and is part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).

On Friday, Victoria met with the Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Environment and Energy for the small island nation of the Maldives, to learn first - hand how climate change is impacting its people.

UNEP News Center: The high - level political dialogue of Latin American and Caribbean Environment Ministers and international experts produced an agreement to advance a regional cooperation framework on the global sustainable development agenda, climate change, biodiversity, chemicals, waste, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), among other crucial areas of action.

Posted by Olive Heffernan Solutions to climate change could come in extremely small sizes, according to a report released last week by the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Social Justice and Environment Preservation (achieving the Millennium Development Goals with food, water, and energy security; sustainable economic development; non-intensive agriculture; education on climate change and environment to inform and change behavior; public health; mental health; support for small - scale farmers, women and children; rights of small - island and coastal peoples; sustainable forestry; conservation; humane treatment of animals, avoiding species extinction, maintaining bioEnvironment Preservation (achieving the Millennium Development Goals with food, water, and energy security; sustainable economic development; non-intensive agriculture; education on climate change and environment to inform and change behavior; public health; mental health; support for small - scale farmers, women and children; rights of small - island and coastal peoples; sustainable forestry; conservation; humane treatment of animals, avoiding species extinction, maintaining bioenvironment to inform and change behavior; public health; mental health; support for small - scale farmers, women and children; rights of small - island and coastal peoples; sustainable forestry; conservation; humane treatment of animals, avoiding species extinction, maintaining biodiversity).

The problem is that small changes in global average temperature can lead to really large changes in the environment.

Each of these individuals has moved mountains to protect the environment and their communities, and changed the world in ways large and small.

But in a larger perspective, these changes are very small and would be difficult to detect and explain, except in a controlled co-located environment.

This activity report demonstrates that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have time and again risen to the task of managing their fragile environments to meet their sustainable development goals through a broad range of actions, including conservation and sustainable use of critical marine and coastal resources, climate change mitigation, adaptation efforts and more.

In addition, the new Eon is certainly not smaller and hence less likely to adapt fast to changing environments.