Sentences with phrase «as surrogates for»

Alternative approaches include using SRES scenarios as surrogates for some stabilisation scenarios (Swart et al., 2002; see Table 2.4), for example to assess impacts on ecosystems (Leemans and Eickhout, 2004) and coastal regions (Nicholls and Lowe, 2004), demonstrating that socio - economic assumptions are a key determinant of vulnerability.

Acting as surrogates for thought, each one a subconscious strain of emotion and fantasy, the works augur a new flesh.

So material and sculptural presence, as surrogates for this idea, are embedded in the way I think,» Buswell says.

Acting as surrogates for the human form, Rothenberg uses these disembodied puppet legs, heads and arms to demonstrate how the representation of the figure can be transformed into a study of space and form.

For this show, Rothenberg continues to use animals as surrogates for the human body, transforming the representation of the figure into a study of space and form.

I often see the figures as surrogates for people I have known... They are both alien -LSB-...]

Toying with the audience's sense of repulsion but also attraction, the objects and videos in the exhibition can be seen as surrogates for intimacy in an age of digital dissociation.

These tents can be read as surrogates for the artist, and at the same time they are a critique of the symbolic and allegorical traditions of German art.

Jillian Mayer's Practice Babies series is a meditation on the psychological disposition of women who react to the societal pressure of enforced gender roles, using small animals as surrogates for children, fashion or lovers.

I often see the figures as surrogates for people I have known... They are both alien and completely familiar.»

In fact, it allows for Romney and conservative and Republican reformers acting as surrogates for his campaign to make a strong case that neither Obama nor Duncan are fit to take on the tough task of advancing systemic reform from the federal level; given that swing states such as Virginia have been granted waivers despite their poor records on advancing reform, they can even argue that the waivers are politically - motivated by the president's re-election concerns (even though there is no evidence of this).

«Dogtooth» involved a family sequestered by a perverse father, and «Alps» explored grief with a bizarre story of amateur actors who rent themselves to families as surrogates for the recently deceased.

That information is useful in the laboratory; it's not so useful in the clinical domain where we really want our noninvasive measures that serve as surrogates for the earliest pathogenic events.

[25] Seeing that in metastatic patients the only available tumor is often core biopsies rather than whole tissue blocks, we next attempted to determine whether the degree of heterogeneity varies between primary and metastatic sites, using the TMA cores as surrogates for core biopsy specimens.

With the IDF money, Mariella has been able to obtain non-radioactive chemicals that act as surrogates for the radioactive isotopes of elements that are likely to contaminate a surface, and is planning to conduct tests.

«We recommend to our colleagues not to use these angles as surrogates for estimating impact loading in runners.

But the agency typically tests only on honeybees, using them as surrogates for all pollinators, despite differences between bee species.

Democrats, acting as surrogates for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election effort, had called on Astorino following the conclusion of the September primary to release his tax records, along with the obligatory «he - must - be-hiding-something» claims.

BUFFALO — Republican leaders in New York, as elsewhere, have split sharply over the ascendant candidacy of Donald Trump, as surrogates for the real estate mogul and his competitors addressed a state party convention.

The effectiveness of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio as surrogates for their longtime ally, Hillary Clinton, with her presidential campaign has diminished in an age of social media and voter anger at the status quo, though the governor appears to have been more useful to her in the final weeks leading up to Tuesday's primary.

The governor isn't scheduled to deliver any speeches today, although members of his cabinet are acting as surrogates for him at several locations around the state.

The subjects of horror TV shows and movies often serve as surrogates for real world fears, and understanding trends in the genre can help us understand the issues plaguing the cultural psyche.

After a generation or two in which paid quartets, in the better - heeled parishes, praised God weekly as surrogates for the congregation, and professional organizations raised the money for «plant expansion» (all, of course, with a well - oiled unction that would have glazed the eyeballs of St. Paul) it is not surprising that the counsel to stewardship should be preceded, according to some church programs, by an inquisatorial scrutiny of the share of each of the sheep in the gross national product.

One might say that other humans and the world In which we live serve as surrogates for the divine dependability.

This is particularly the case for bonds that, in today's zero interest rate environment, have commonly been used as surrogates for cash.

But increasingly, trust is providing consumers a functional benefit that we've never seen before: It allows people to use brands as surrogates for their own values.

The obvious barbarity of this serves, in my opinion, as the exception which proves our thesis that prayer as a surrogate for direct action is detrimental to our spiritual life.

He has been especially important for those who lost their faith in Marxism, which for a few decades in the early — to mid — twentieth century served as a surrogate for theology and metaphysics.

Thus, the Rainforest Alliance certification criteria will have to act as surrogate for Nespresso's sustainability efforts.

I have exclusively pumped for both my kids (7 yr old and 3 yr old) and currently am pumping as a surrogate for my niece, a couple who adopted a baby, and a preemie milk bank.

As a surrogate for a knowledgeable family member, 20th Century healthcare has invented the «lactation consultant,» usually a nurse who helps mothers learn to breast - feed.

First, the position placed for sleep the previous evening was used as a surrogate for sleep position since the last survey interval.

One selfless woman in the UK named Tara admitted that she is addicted to pregnancy so much that she's acted as a surrogate for three different couples over a two year period.

Heather Jopling, a straight woman, served as a surrogate for two gay men after her husband donated sperm to a lesbian couple.

Mark - Viverito served as a surrogate for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, giving rise to speculation she could become an appointee in a Clinton administration.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, acting as a surrogate for Donald Trump, on Sunday dismissed Hillary Clinton's characterization of her recent misstatements about an FBI probe as the result of having «short - circuited.»

The honorary co-chair of Trump's New York campaign will act as a surrogate for the candidate at the Council of the Great City Schools 60th annual fall conference, which is being held this week in Miami.

Quinn, who endorsed Schneiderman during the primary, acted as a surrogate for him and recently loaned her his campaign her communications director, Jamie McShane, told NY1's Grace Rauh she doesn't believe Bloomberg would «ever want me to endorse somebody and not put my full all behind them.»

As a surrogate for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, de Blasio defended political fundraiser she's been criticized for.

He doesn't make many appearances outside of his home town, although he did do a number of pre-primary endorsements in which he was viewed as a surrogate for Cuomo and also appeared at the Mott's strike over the summer.

The former Trump campaign staffer has often served as a surrogate for the administration on cable news networks and sharply criticized the House Intelligence Committee for investigate Russian collusion claims.

Even former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall, whom Cuomo challenged in the 2002 gubernatorial primary, earning him the long - standing ire of many in the black community, has stepped in to act as a surrogate for the AG against Paladino and also defended him when it looked like he might primary the state's first black governor, David Paterson.

In Las Vegas, Biden appeared as a surrogate for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's White House bid, as well as for Democratic Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto who is locked in a closely watched race to replace retiring Minority Leader Harry Reid.

«Read the tea leaves and you see what's going on, what the bigger political play is: they don't have de Blasio out there as a surrogate for Hillary, do they?»

The East Harlem Democrat hasn't been shy about criticizing the Republican presidential nominee's policies as discriminatory — in front of Trump Tower at home in Manhattan or on the road as a surrogate for Hillary Clinton.

Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams formally launched his bid for lieutenant governor of New York on Friday afternoon, vowing to «bring a whole new identity» to the position that has traditionally been used as a surrogate for the governor.

Because the serum samples are not linked to very specific exposure information — such as exactly where a service member was stationed or what he or she encountered while deployed — they only stand in as a surrogate for exposure.

To address this confusion, Steven N. Goodman, Daniele Fanelli, and John P. A. Ioannidis of the Meta - Research Innovation Center at Stanford in Palo Alto, California, «review an array of explicit and implicit definitions of reproducibility and related terminology, and discuss how to avoid potential misunderstandings when these terms are used as a surrogate for «truth.

«Using exposure to nitrogen dioxide as a surrogate for exposure to traffic - related air pollution, we were able to demonstrate for the first time that higher levels of exposure were associated with greater right ventricular mass and larger right ventricular end - diastolic volume.

HyStEP acts as a surrogate for vehicles, eliminating the need for each automotive manufacturer to test separately.