Sentences with phrase «as a buffer reducing»

And in some cases, having this kind of web collateral can act as a buffer reducing the visibility of negative content.

Not exact matches

«Often companies have some buffer and bloat they can reduce, and there are initiatives that probably don't yield as much return but they're still on the budget line.

They reduced Airtanker contracts by 5.1 million dollars and cut funding for FireSmart grants that funded projects focused on fire preparedness planning, public education and fire mitigation projects such as creating buffers between buildings and forests.»

Yes, lots of initiatives reduce infrastructure on the border, such as sharing customs intelligence and buffer enforcement zones, but each lorry with goods is stopped and many are checked.

«These discussions have not so far produced any firm indication from Railtrack of their intentions as regards reducing or preventing the incidence of signals passed at danger, overspeed and buffer stop collisions,» he wrote.

Rather than fences, he would prefer to see the establishment of buffer zones to separate humans and lions, as well as more of the kinds of conflict mitigation initiatives that Panthera has helped establish to reduce the killing of lions.

A new study, however, shows that forests devastated by drought may lose their ability to store carbon over a much longer period than previously thought, reducing their role as a buffer

A new study, however, shows that forests devastated by drought may lose their ability to store carbon over a much longer period than previously thought, reducing their role as a buffer between humans» carbon emissions and a changing climate.

In addition to eating low GI foods, it's also important to include protein and some fat which almost act as a buffer to reduce the rise in insulin.

Findings from this study suggest that yoga may not only help to reduce symptoms of depression and lessen perceived stress, but also may serve as a buffer against cardiovascular illness.

The handheld mode will half resolution during cutscenes, as well offer low - res lighting buffers, shadows and reduced draw distance.

Rabies outbreaks are rare and in fact, coyotes often serve as a buffer of the disease by reducing fox, raccoon and skunk, which are more often infected with the virus.

Pets even act as a buffer in reducing anxiety levels during confrontations.

Thanks to the presence of a «Brave» meter, which acts something like a hit - point buffer that seesaws back and forth between fighters as they trade blows, and different sets of attacks for damaging Brave (reduce your opponent's Brave to zero to initiate «Break» mode, where all your attacks damage his HP) and directly damaging HP (these attacks are often slower and more risky) the tables can turn viciously at any given second.

-- new audition system — allows loops to be listened to as whole loop instead of slices — improved controls — much less to remember and much faster to use — true copy + paste system with copy buffer — massively improved realtime VIS — 3 new vis effects, the old one improved — new editor display — slice breaks so easy to see when you change from one slice to another — and loop names above loops for hidef users — new image / audio handler — loads and unloads resources on demand massively reducing memory requirements — removing the out of memory crashes — new file system — allows much more detail in the file list

All of these, as well as CO2 sequestration as is (just taking CO2 and burying it in old oil reservoirs, aquifers, etc.), would be attempts to grasp the «big control knob» (see Hank Roberts» 670), and in such a way as to have the same or nearly the same (depending on seawater chemistry and how carbonate dissolution works in buffering pH relative to sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere) effect as reducing anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

It is designed to face north to maximize sun exposure during the day to reduce heating and cooling costs (remember, in the southern hemisphere, the best solar orientation would be north, not south as it is here in the northern hemisphere), using a generous sunroom as a buffer between the outdoors and indoors.

Climate models that include these aerosol - cloud interactions fail to include a number of buffering responses, such as rainfall scavenging of the aerosols and compensating dynamical effects (which would reduce the magnitude of the aci cooling effect).

Like other coral reefs, the Great Barrier Reef buffers waves whipped up by tropical storms, acting as an aesthetically stunning breakwater that reduces shoreline erosion and protects waterfront neighborhoods and ecosystems from floods.

The porosity of the wall ensures that the buffer bay is well ventilated and yet shaded so as to reduce the amount of heat transmitted to the workspaces.

Sounds like a win / win for both buyers and the local grid, because not only can the solar array be used to charge the LEAF directly during the day, which helps to reduce peak demand, but because the new LEAF includes a vehicle - to - home (V2H) feature, sometimes referred to as a vehicle - to - grid (V2G) system, it could potentially act as an electricity buffer by acting as a giant «personal» battery.

It will help in reducing premium rates as insurers need not buffer for such losses, improving operational competence and in keeping bad elements out of the system,» PricewaterhouseCoopers Director, Anuraag Sunder said.

PD, and in particular depression, is known to have a negative impact on the individual, their relationships and family life, 3, 26 and may have long - term implications for the development of their child, adversely affecting both cognitive and psychosocial development, and behaviour.27 — 29 In depressed parents, this negative impact is thought to act via a reduction in responsive parenting behaviours and reduced quality of the parent — child relationship.30, 31 Where only one parent is depressed (more commonly the mother), the influence of the other parent can act as a buffer and over-ride most of the detrimental effect.

In addition to coping skills, family based factors, such as supportive parent — child relationships, buffer the impact of stress and reduce adolescent risk behaviors, including substance use (Marshal and Chassin, 2000; Branstetter et al., 2009).

Applying protective buffering coping strategies such as distancing, avoidance, and confrontive coping can reduce effective communication or increase conflicts within couples and consequently increase spouses» stress (Coyne & Smith, 1991) which can negatively influence the marital relationship.

Alternatively, protective factors act to reduce the impact of risk factors on family outcomes, acting as potential buffers to improve wellbeing, restore homeostasis and support successful adaptation [23].