Genetic epidemiology is a discipline takes care of studying the role of genetic factors and their interaction
with environmental factors in the aetiology of human disease.
Not exact matches
Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected
in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered
in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions
with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases
in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest
in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which we operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain
in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements
with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements
with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts
with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and
environmental laws and agency regulations, both
in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes
in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction
in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships
with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco
in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations
in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance
with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
«It's a reflection that we're all living
in the same environment
with the same
environmental factors.»
Such risks, uncertainties and other
factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions
in the industries and markets
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate
in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations
in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand
in construction and
in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges
in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies
in connection
with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including
in connection
with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and
factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various
factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including
in connection
with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption
in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes
in political conditions
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes
in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates
in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes
in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017),
environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations
in the U.S. and other countries
in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result
in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including
in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted
in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is
in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued
in connection
with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated
with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated
with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
Stress, as defined by the Jobs Rated methodology, is determined by 11
factors: travel, deadlines, working
in the public eye, competitiveness, physical demands,
environmental conditions, hazards encountered, the life of oneself or others at risk, meeting and interacting
with customers and / or the public, and the potential for job growth.
But his standing also reflects Novo Nordisk's deep engagement
with social and
environmental issues, which now
factor in to our calculations.
[16:00] Pain + reflection = progress [16:30] Creating a meritocracy to draw the best out of everybody [18:30] How to raise your probability of being right [18:50] Why we are conditioned to need to be right [19:30] The neuroscience
factor [19:50] The habitual and
environmental factor [20:20] How to get to the other side [21:20] Great collective decision - making [21:50] The 5 things you need to be successful [21:55] Create audacious goals [22:15] Why you need problems [22:25] Diagnose the problems to determine the root causes [22:50] Determine the design for what you will do about the root causes [23:00] Decide to work
with people who are strong where you are weak [23:15] Push through to results [23:20] The loop of success [24:15] Ray's new instinctual approach to failure [24:40] Tony's ritual after every event [25:30] The review that changed Ray's outlook on leadership [27:30] Creating new policies based on fairness and truth [28:00] What people are missing about Ray's culture [29:30] Creating meaningful work and meaningful relationships [30:15] The importance of radical honesty [30:50] Thoughtful disagreement [32:10] Why it was the relationships that changed Ray's life [33:10] Ray's biggest weakness and how he overcame it [34:30] The jungle metaphor [36:00] The dot collector — deciding what to listen to [40:15] The wanting of meritocratic decision - making [41:40] How to see bubbles and busts [42:40] Productivity [43:00] Where we are
in the cycle [43:40] What the Fed will do [44:05] We are late
in the long - term debt cycle [44:30] Long - term debt is going to be squeezing us [45:00] We have 2 economies [45:30] This year is very similar to 1937 [46:10] The top tenth of the top 1 % of wealth = bottom 90 % combined [46:25] How this creates populism [47:00] The economy for the bottom 60 % isn't growing [48:20] If you look at averages, the country is
in a bind [49:10] What are the overarching principles that bind us together?
There are a number of important
factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward - looking statements, including, but not limited to: uncertainties involving interpretation of drilling results,
environmental matters, lack of ability to obtain required permitting, equipment breakdown or disruptions, and the other
factors described
in Paramount's disclosures as filed
with the SEC.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other
factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Comm
factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related
factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Comm
factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines
in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated
with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments
in new markets; breaches
in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes
in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions
in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility
in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions
in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations
in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity
in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays
in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases
in the price of, or major changes or reduction
in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations
in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace
with developments
in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and
environmental regulatory regimes
in which we operate; and other
factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Comm
factors set forth under «Risk
Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Comm
Factors»
in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In consequence, therefore, man must first of all be seen as a finite process of becoming,
with recognition of his dependence upon
environmental factors both natural and historical.
But
in keeping
with his more ontological focus, he appears to be far more sensitive to the need for integrating all the
environmental factors.
But our modern, indeed very recent, understanding of the psychosomatic unity comprising a person, and of the deep influence of
environmental factors upon personality, raises
in acute form the question whether our present personality can be raised individually and clothed upon
with a resurrection - body
in a resurrection - environment.
Clear foil lets you produce labels
with a high degree of resistance to water, chemicals, cleaning solutions, UV and other harsh
environmental factors in addition to a much more professional design.
Because producing food «intensively» (on a mass scale,
in a location that enjoys advantages of climate and other
environmental factors,
with the addition of specialized technology, etc.) may, at least
in some dimensions, be more environmentally - friendly than areas
with less intensified production (because greater intensity often means more efficient).
But one of the most important findings of this new cohort of researchers is that for most children, the
environmental factors that matter most have less to do
with the buildings they live
in than
with the relationships they experience — the way the adults
in their lives interact
with them, especially
in times of stress.
These results also suggest that the adjustment difficulties seen
with some children of divorced parents may be due to an interaction between genetic and
environmental factors rather than
environmental influences alone, as is assumed
in many theories of divorce» s effects.
When breastfeeding mothers sleep
with their babies
in this way they construct a space
in which the baby can sleep constrained by their mother's body and protected from potentially dangerous
environmental factors such as duvets and pillows, or other bed partners.
School districts
in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchen
in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10
In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchen
In states
with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other
factors.11 However,
in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchen
in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational,
environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchens.
Social and
environmental factors include experiences such as bullying, illness, problems at school, arguments
with friends and major changes
in the family such as moving house or the divorce of parents.
Macmillan manages to synthesise a consideration of the
environmental and structural
factors in the years before 1914
with a sympathetic and engaging examination of the particular motivations and characters of the men who took Europe to war
in 1914.
Moyo was thus uncriticically regurgitating the old Malthusian argument about «tragedies of the commons» occurring, mostly
in developing countries,
with population growth and
environmental factors as the cause of growing poverty and civil strife.
Studying the two different types of twins allowed researchers to estimate the relative influence of three different
factors on twins» trust and distrust trust behaviors: heritable
factors — that is, genetic influences; shared
environmental factors — that is, common experiences of growing up
in the same family and interacting
with the same immediate peers; and unshared
environmental factors — or the siblings» unique experiences
in life.
According to a 2013 study of California farmers,
factors like exposure to extreme weather events and perceived changes
in water availability made farmers more likely to believe
in climate change, while negative experiences
with environmental policies can make farmers less likely to believe that climate change is occurring, said Meredith Niles, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard's Sustainability Science Program and lead author of the study.
The role of bull's - eye size
in UV protection does not necessarily discount other
environmental factors correlated
with latitude; for example, ornithologists have argued that Gloger's rule arises because darker pigmentation comes from a compound that protects feathers from bacteria
in the wet, humid tropics.
Kirby,
in contrast, feels that while the idea of thimerosal as the «one and only cause of autism has gone out the window,» he still believes there is an «epidemic»
with many
environmental triggers and
with thimerosal as a possible contributing
factor.
An ornithologist at the University of Rhode Island who studies the physiological changes that birds undergo to migrate has found that the capacity of a bird's gut to change
with environmental conditions is a primary limiting
factor in their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing climate.
Traditional strain - selection techniques are supplemented
with strain screening, which can involve examining gene - expression patterns through PCR or understanding global gene expression
in relation to
environmental factors using gene chips.
An ornithologist who studies the physiological changes that birds undergo to migrate has found that the capacity of a bird's gut to change
with environmental conditions is a primary limiting
factor in their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing climate.
Nadeau stumbled upon one study,
in mice, describing how
environmental factors can tag Foxp3
with chemical markers that tell T - cell precursors to switch the gene on or off.
The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism
in support of: developing a better understand the
environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk
factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people
with the disease
in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater
in developing nations; advocating for increases
in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients
in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.
These new findings, along
with other recent studies, suggest that the risk for congenital heart defects
in Down syndrome can come from several genes and
environmental factors,
in addition to the substantial risk from the extra chromosome 21.
The study's cohort of Quebec twins, which included 223 sets of monozygotic twins (
with an identical genetic code) and 332 sets of fraternal twins, made it possible to determine whether the individual differences observed
in proactive and reactive aggression were due to genetic or
environmental factors.
To examine whether different
factors drive
environmental action
in individualistic and collectivistic cultures, the researchers conducted a second study
with participants from the United States (an individualistic culture) and Japan (a collectivistic culture).
The WHO says the centre will focus on the delivery of healthcare
in an increasingly urban world
with research into the social, economic,
environmental and demographic
factors of health.
«By doing this, we can better understand and predict the future of HABs and water safety
in the Lake Erie community
with the impact of changing climate and
environmental factors.»
«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.»
This HIA, done
in conjunction
with other
environmental assessments under NEPA, made several proposals relating to
factors ranging from monitoring pollution to managing caribou herds for subsistence populations,, many of which were later accepted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Among the issues to be resolved there would be, for example, how to identify the
environmental factors that control the production of aggressive morphs; what costs and benefits interaction involves for each participant; the taxonomic status of the deceit and the variability level
in the chemical signal used for misleading ants; or what happens
with related aphid species which also relate
with ants.
They then tested for differences
in model fits using annual nest count data to see how the model performed
with respect to
environmental factors.
An analysis of 100 million US medical records reveals that autism and intellectual disability (ID) rates are correlated at the county level
with incidence of genital malformations
in newborn males, an indicator of possible congenital exposure to harmful
environmental factors such as pesticides.
In the study they examine the environmental and ecological factors that would have impacted fire activity and conclude that of these factors p (O2) played the largest role in promoting fires in Late Paleozoic peat - forming environments and, by inference, ecosystems generally, when compared with their prevalence in the modern worl
In the study they examine the
environmental and ecological
factors that would have impacted fire activity and conclude that of these
factors p (O2) played the largest role
in promoting fires in Late Paleozoic peat - forming environments and, by inference, ecosystems generally, when compared with their prevalence in the modern worl
in promoting fires
in Late Paleozoic peat - forming environments and, by inference, ecosystems generally, when compared with their prevalence in the modern worl
in Late Paleozoic peat - forming environments and, by inference, ecosystems generally, when compared
with their prevalence
in the modern worl
in the modern world.
He suspects that H5N1 infection alone is insufficient to cause Parkinson's, but it may make the brain more susceptible, especially
in combination
with other
factors, such as unlucky genetics, another
environmental trigger, or simply old age.
One difficulty
in studying the genetics of common mental illnesses is that they are generally caused by
environmental factors in combination
with multiple gene variants, any one of which usually could not by itself cause disease.
«This is a very important discovery that will guide future research efforts to explore the interactions of these pigmentary genes
with other genetic and
environmental risk
factors in cancers not linked to sun exposure, such as eye melanoma.
Because most cases of Parkinson's disease appear to be at least partially caused by
environmental factors such as pesticide exposure, these findings support the approach that targeting α - synuclein could slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's
in most people
with the disease, said study lead author Jeff Bronstein, a professor of neurology and director of movement disorders at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Dozens of genetic variations act
in concert
with environmental factors to cause the debilitating neurological disease.
Researchers will identify participants
in those studies
with CFS and search records of their
environmental exposures and archived blood samples for disease risk
factors.
In the last 20 years, people have been so focused on linking disease
with environmental factors like chemicals and pollution.
The results showed that the ability of mussels to cope
with more acidic conditions depends largely on how much food is available to them, and both
factors vary from place to place
in a complex geographic mosaic of
environmental and ecological conditions.
«Thyroid cancer is the fastest increasing cancer
in the U.S.,
with most of the increase
in new cases being papillary thyroid cancer,» said the study's lead investigator, Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., MA, professor of surgery and medicine at Duke University School of Medicine
in Durham, N.C. «Recent studies suggest that
environmental factors may,
in part, be responsible for this increase.»