Sentences with phrase «adaptation process by»

We target this highly - efficient adaptation process by training stubborn bodyparts with very high frequency.

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This is the first example of adaptive evolution triggered by interspecies introgression in domesticated animals, which gave us a clue that introgression event between divergent species may be an important resource for evolutionary adaptation and could largely facilitate this process.
This illusion shows that adaptation, the process by which neurons in the brain become less responsive to unchanging stimuli, can be simultaneously selective for both color and orientation of edges.
In this adaptation process, the various species specialize in their strengths and thus improve the complementary utilization of resources throughout the plant community by a process called character displacement.
Adaptive immunity is conferred by the integration of DNA sequences from an invading element into the CRISPR array (adaptation), which is transcribed into long pre-CRISPR RNAs (pre-crRNAs) and processed into short crRNAs (expression), which guide Cas proteins to specifically degrade the cognate DNA on subsequent exposures (interference).
Like Darwin's finches, the cichlids are a dramatic example of adaptive radiation, the process by which multiple species «radiate» from an ancestral species through adaptation.
Fission yeast autophagy induced by nitrogen starvation generates a nitrogen source that drives adaptation processes.
Finally, we collaborate with Lauren Chapman of McGill University (Montreal, Canada) to study the role of phenotypic plasticity (changes induced by the environment) and genetic assimilation in the process of adaptation and evolutionary change of cichlid fishes.
There could be three evolutionary processes could explain this adaptive radiation of hominins: 1) the occupation of novel niches for species living in a highly productive but spatially constrained region when there are deep fresh water lakes in the EARS [46] and 2) the lakes themselves creating spatial structure producing population isolation and vicariance and 3) repeated periods of increased resource availability stimulated adaptation and radiation followed by periods of environmental stress when the lakes rapidly dried up imposing strong selection pressures [28].
Not that the majority of AMPAS voters contemplate the process of adaptation when casting their votes here, but the race between No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood may be decided by those who do.
Stop - motion animation is a painstakingly long process, one point made perfectly clear by many of the excellent special features on the Criterion Dual Format Blu - ray - DVD combo of Wes Anderson «s 2009 Roald Dahl adaptation Fantastic Mr. Fox.
The Special Education Teacher will be responsible for the successful completion of the following tasks: + Manage and provide instructional guidance, virtual teaching and general strategies for a caseload of students; + Develop, write and help implement IEPs; + Evaluate tests and assessments, complete report cards and conduct parent conferences; + Communicate regularly with parents / learning coaches of students with special needs to insure that their IEP goals are being met, and that their needs are addressed in a timely and appropriate fashion; + Consult with teachers and coordinate the implementation of specially designed instruction as defined in the IEP regarding students with specific needs and potential learning issues; + Provide direct services to students including services delivered through web - conferencing software, as needed; + Schedule, organize and conduct IEP related meetings in a virtual environment, as needed; + Participate in the school's Student Support Team; help teachers and learning coaches develop and implement program modifications and strategies for all students; + Assist, as needed, with the organization and proper implementation of all paperwork, documentation and procedures for the IEP process; + Assist with locating service providers for students needing related services as mandated by their IEPs; + Assist with negotiating and executing contracts with service providers for students requiring such services; + Maintain accurate and up - to - date data in the school's Learning Management System and special education software; + Assist with administering state testing and coordinate the special adaptations that are required based on the IEP; and + Other duties as assigned.
The New York Times bestselling author of The Martian dropped by The Writer Files to chat with host Kelton Reid about his writing process and the upcoming movie adaptation of his hit book, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon (release date October 2, 2015).
I've been fascinated by my adaptation process.
It features approximately 75 key works from 1978 to the present, and is accompanied by essays analyzing the painter's main concerns, with particular attention paid to his working process and his adaptation of source materials.
By the 1930s, Man Ray's adaptation of the photogram (into what he termed «rayographs») had removed the camera's shutter from the picture - making process altogether.
Arguments that unilateral action by the United States produces little climate benefit, that a carbon tax will expand the size of government, that a carbon tax is a regressive, that adaptation and geo - engineering is preferable to emissions constraint, that economists can not confidently design a carbon tax that does more good than harm, that the legislative process can not deliver a carbon tax worth embracing, and that promoting a carbon tax puts conservatives on a slippery political slope are explored and found wanting.
Thirdly, urban agriculture and urban forestry contribute to disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change by reducing runoff, keeping flood plains free from construction, reducing urban temperatures, capturing dust and CO2, while growing fresh food close to consumers reduces energy spent in transport, cooling, processing and packaging, whilst productive reuse of urban organic wastes and wastewater (and the nutrients these contain) reduces methane emissions from landfills and energy use in fertilizer production.
Concerning the derivation of my own graphical adaptations of the IPCC and Hadley Center source graphics, the process by which the slopes of historical CET trend lines were determined is readily evident from direct examination of the illustration, without any further explanation other than to clarify that all fitting of trend slopes was done by visually placing each linearized trend line onto the original HadCET source plot wherever it was appropriate in the CET record for the particular decadal rate of change being fitted: -0.1, -0.03, +.03, +0.1, +0.2, +0.3, or +0.4
The incorporation of climate change adaptation into each urban centre's development planning, infrastructure investments and land - use management is well served by an iterative process within each locality of learning about changing risks and uncertainties that informs an assessment of policy options and decisions.
The authors of this paper acknowledge the large contribution to the RCP process provided by many individuals from the Integrated Assessment Modeling, Climate Modeling and Vulnerability - Adaptation - Impact modeling communities.
In most cases, adaptation requires information and tools coupled to a decision - support process steered by strong leadership, and there are a growing number of examples in the Northeast.
Dr. Sarah D'haen, Scientific Coordinator Sub-Saharan Africa Focuses on Climate Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation by providing science - based support to national adaptation planning (NAP) processes in francophone Least Developed Adaptation by providing science - based support to national adaptation planning (NAP) processes in francophone Least Developed adaptation planning (NAP) processes in francophone Least Developed Countries.
For example: • Ethical considerations argue for the development of a process for overseeing adaptation efforts that is participatory, that is, represented by individuals from all geographic areas, and include the active input from all interested parties, especially the most vulnerable parties experiencing the most severe impacts of climate change, as well as transparent.
This process, outlined in Changing Climate, Changing Communities: Guide and Workbook for Municipal Climate Adaptation is currently being undertaken by communities in Metro Vancouver and CRD.
The ongoing process of the Kyoto mechanisms, such as the CDM and the emissions trading system, demand market certainty, made possible by a strong mandate to develop effective tools to mitigate GHG emissions and fund adaptation projects.
As a partner in the project, WRI documented a four - step process developed by USAID Mekong ARCC that integrates local and scientific data to develop adaptation plans, and revealed lessons on implementing the four - step process.
The long process of merging scientific and community knowledge creates an integrated understanding that can produce an adaptation plan that is both informed by science and relevant to community members who will be implementing it.
This Synthesis Report repeats with greater certainty findings that have figured prominently in earlier IPCC assessments, that the Earth's climate is warming «unequivocally,» that the human influence in this process is «clear» and that the changing climate is very likely to bring impacts:» [w] ithout additional mitigation efforts beyond those in place today, and even with adaptation, warming by the end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally.»
The MOOC is part of a work - programme of the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP - Ag) Programme, a joint effort led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support countries to integrate and address climate change concerns as they affect agricultural sector - based livelihoods in national and sectoral planning and budgeting processes.
(b) «Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, and measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change;» (c) «Promote and cooperate in the development, application and diffusion, including transfer, of technologies, practices and processes that control, reduce or prevent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases...»
• Enhanced the accuracy of visual diagnostic assessment process up till 97 % by implementing modern, computerized and research based evaluative protocols • Reduced annual procurement cost by $ 30K by recommending less costly, reliable replacements of conventional and expensive visual assessment equipment • Brought the hospital's optometric department in 100 % compliance with HIPPA guidelines • Conducted numerous educational workshops to spread awareness regarding safe and healthy measures and life style adaptations to prevent loss of vision among patients at risk
People use different methods to make themselves happier, but their attempts at lasting happiness are often thwarted by the hedonic adaptation process.
Resilience reflects dynamic processes of adaptation that can be engendered or compromised by relational processes to a significant degree.
The distance and titration offered by the use of the EMDR - Sandtray protocol give the client and the EMDR clinician the opportunity to access, explore and process traumatic material while working with the client's mechanisms of adaptation and defenses.
Specifically, we will partner with community stakeholders and four early childhood centers, two in each state, in a process of planning, program development, implementation, and examination of results followed by adaptation of activities.
The Adaptation of Assessment and Theory for Hispanic Families component, directed by Charles Martinez, is developing strategies for the establishment of community links with Hispanic families that foster knowledge of cultural family processes and encourage the development and utilization of preventive intervention services for these families.
The marriages most likely to end in divorce are those where expressions of affection and love are lacking, according to research by Ted Huston, Ph.D., in his Processes of Adaptation in Intimate Relationships (PAIR) project as reported in a Psychology Today article entitled, «Will Your Marriage Last?»
Their model proposes that the manifestation of the adverse effects of certain risk factors (e.g., parameters of the disease / disability, functional independence, and psychosocial stressors) on children's psychosocial adaptation (e.g., mental, physical, and social functioning) may be attenuated by a variety of resistance factors (e.g., intrapersonal, social — ecological, and stress - processing variables).
Their model proposes that manifestation of the adverse effects of certain Risk Factors (e.g., parameters of the disease / disability, functional independence, and psychosocial stressors) on Adaptation (e.g., mental, physical, and social functioning) may be attenuated by a variety of Resistance Factors (e.g., intrapersonal, social — ecological, and stress processing variables).
The main results can be summarized as follows: (1) Synchrony during early mother - child interactions has neurophysiological correlates [85] as evidenced though the study of vagal tone [78], cortisol levels [80], and skin conductance [79]; (2) Synchrony impacts infant's cognitive processing [64], school adjustment [86], learning of word - object relations [87], naming of object wholes more than object parts [88]; and IQ [67], [89]; (3) Synchrony is correlated with and / or predicts better adaptation overall (e.g., the capacity for empathy in adolescence [89]; symbolic play and internal state speech [77]; the relation between mind - related comments and attachment security [90], [91]; and mutual initiation and mutual compliance [74], [92]-RRB-; (3) Lack of synchrony is related to at risk individuals and / or temperamental difficulties such as home observation in identifying problem dyads [93], as well as mother - reported internalizing behaviors [94]; (4) Synchrony has been observable within several behavioral or sensorial modalities: smile strength and eye constriction [52]; tonal and temporal analysis of vocal interactions [95](although, the association between vocal interactions and synchrony differs between immigrant (lower synchrony) and non-immigrant groups [84]-RRB-; mutual gaze [96]; and coordinated movements [37]; (5) Each partner (including the infant) appears to play a role in restoring synchrony during interactions: children have coping behaviors for repairing interactive mismatches [97]; and infants are able to communicate intent and to respond to the intent expressed by the mother at the age of 2 months [98].
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