Sentences with phrase «as hardiness»

Breeders tend to rely on large clusters of genes that are associated with specific traits such as hardiness, tree shape or flowering.

As worldwide development manager for California - based Intel, the world's largest semiconductor maker, Clarke extols the memory retention of flash chips — which can store data even when their power is off — and their other virtues, such as hardiness, high data density and low power consumption.

Not exact matches

This of course tortures out of sin its utmost demoniac powers, bestowing upon it the ungodly hardiness or obduracy which must constantly regard everything which is of the nature of repentance and everything which is of the nature of grace not only as empty and meaningless but as its foe, as the thing which most of all it has to guard against, quite in the same way as the good guards itself against temptation.

We carefully select plants that exhibit desirable traits such as high yield, hardiness, and pest - resistance to produce stronger crops.

As always, the people in the suits making decisions are more of a factor than the passion and hardiness of the fans.

Such hardiness in the face of locally tough conditions is a hallmark of the regional versions of various livestock breeds, such as worm - resistant Red Maasai sheep [see video here] and Sheko cattle with their immunity to sleeping sickness [see video here].

Steadiness and hardiness of digestion are very important for healthy blood sugar regulation since they help prevent both too quick digestion and release of sugars from food as well as too slow digestion of food that might cause unwanted dips in blood sugar in the hours following a meal.

As an evolutionary biologist, I've always been amazed at the hardiness of plants.

Synthetic gems like these have many surprising and important uses in our everyday lives such as in lasers, smart phone screens, and watch faces — boasting hardiness close to that of natural diamonds.

You might ask such questions as Which hardiness zones can be found in Florida?

As a measure of cold hardiness, we tested the supercooling points or freezing temperatures of individual hemlock woolly adelgids (Adelges tsugae Annand) collected from 15 locations across the north

Or ought it not rather to be alledged as a proof of our sense: Since it wou'd be rather fool - hardiness than courage to withstand brutes, who want the sense to be overcome by reason, and whom we want vigour to repel by force of arms?

Just a note: I don't buy a hardcover book for «how it looks on the shelf», but instead partially because of durability / hardiness and how it feels in my hands as compared to a paperback.

The sunshine factor As much as Canadians love to boast about our cold - hardiness, the fact is that most of us like mild temperatures and suAs much as Canadians love to boast about our cold - hardiness, the fact is that most of us like mild temperatures and suas Canadians love to boast about our cold - hardiness, the fact is that most of us like mild temperatures and sun.

The Flat - Coated Retriever Society of America, as well as its affiliated local clubs, have espoused the following goals regarding breeding: to produce a multi-purpose, practical working animal possessing hardiness, longevity, and the character of the breed as defined in the breed standard.

These beautiful animals have unique characteristics specific to their breed such as intelligence, Spanish Gennet pace, endurance, hardiness, and resistance.

The breed is used today for many military and police services because of their loyalty and courage, as well as strength, intelligence, and hardiness.

Most of them are kept as pets now but they have not lost the hardiness of their cattle - herding ancestors.

Sugar gliders are valued as pets because of their cleanliness, attraction, and hardiness.

It is used in landscaping in North America, where it is noted as a relatively rare native grass that thrives in partial shade; the plant is recommended for USDA hardiness zones 3 - 8 in acidic sands, loams, and clays.

It must be noted that CD - RISC also includes items that correspond to Hardiness (Kobasa, 1979) concept's dimensions such as control, commitment and challenge (Connor & Davidson, 2003).

Hardiness and sensation seeking as potential predictors of former prisoners of wars» posttraumatic stress symptoms trajectories over a 17 - year period.

A recent meta - analysis indicates being younger parents or experiencing shorter relationship involvement as risk - factors for lower relationship satisfaction over the transition to parenthood (Mitnick et al., 2009), while a prospective study indicated that older first time mothers reported greater hardiness than younger first - time mothers and hardiness was predictive of a more adaptive transition to parenthood (McMahon et al., 2011).

As resources are comprised of internal and external capabilities present within individuals, the family and the wider community [21], four key resources suggested to support families raising children with ASD include family hardiness, the family environment, marital support and social support.

Adding the sweet scent of a floral bush, such as Jasmine or Lilacs (depending upon your plant hardiness zone), can also appeal to the senses when a visitor approaches your home.