Target - date funds are fluid investments that, in most cases, make investments in several regions, sectors and asset classes that
change in composition over time.
Climate change may be due to natural internal processes or external forcings, or to persistent human -
induced changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use.
When human beings travel around the world, their gut
flora change in composition, shifting the ratios of different microbial species and even introducing new species.
However, changes in the internal circulations of the oceans (not mere ocean currents) will alter the rate of energy emission from water to air and thus over time change the equilibrium temperature of the Earth but that is part of the sun / oceanic interaction and nothing to do
with changes in the composition of the air alone.
Abstracting
from changes in the composition of corporate bond indices, spreads between yields on government and corporate bonds have shown a small net decline over the past three months (Graph 48).
When pressed, the main evidence they point to in support of PM is a study by Doug Harris that shows that New Orleans made significant gains post-Katrina that can not fully be explained
by changes in the composition of students in the district.
Sixteen of the USA Today Top 50 are published by Random and its imprints, which is a dominant position given
other changes in the composition of he bestseller lists.
We also include student fixed effects, which account
for changes in the composition of the schools» student populations over time that can not be explained by the limited set of student characteristics for which information was available in the district's database.
It is known that many intestinal disorders such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and diseases such as obesity, cancer and autoimmune diseases can
cause changes in the composition of gut bacteria.
When changes in the composition of families are taken into account — including fewer adults per household as family sizes decrease — the real after - tax income of middle - class families increased 30 per cent from 1976 to 2010, which is on par with other income groups.
The fall in the March quarter follows a surprisingly strong rise in the December quarter, and these movements may partly reflect
seasonal changes in the composition of transactions in this period.
Climate change may be due to natural internal processes or external forcings such as modulations of the solar cycles, volcanic eruptions, and persistent
anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use.
Differences in the nutrient values between the two databases reflect not
only changes in the composition of foods, but also changes in available data and improvements in analytical methods over the period.
In the vast majority of cases that have been studied, mixtures of
chemicals change in composition, as time proceeds, in such a way as to approach a condition of chemical equilibrium.
«I had heard about how breast milk
actually changes in composition constantly to fit the needs of your child, like when they are sick, your breast milk is full of antibodies tailored to whatever they have,» Howard said.
The researchers looked specifically at the average fishing revenue in 106 Alaskan communities for 10 years before and after 1989, a year when the North Pacific Ocean experienced a significant shift in productivity and
abrupt changes in the composition of marine food webs, while at the same time the global price for salmon dropped because of competition from farm - raised fish.
They found that both bunch rot and powdery mildew caused
nuanced changes in the composition of (chemical) aroma substances, changing the odor of the wines to the point where the wines» aroma quality was significantly affected.
The results indicate that even
slight changes in the composition of the diet may, under a sufficiently long period of time and at an early stage of the disease process, lead to significant changes in brain metabolism and improved memory performance.
Ahmed is looking specifically at
how changes in the composition of the tea being grown could affect its marketability and, thus, the farmers» livelihoods.
Xylitol has been shown to promote
healthy changes in the composition of mouth bacteria, 4 reduce dental plaque and acid production, 4 stabilize decay, 5 harden teeth, 5 and heal cavities.5 Studies showing benefits used 6 or more grams of xylitol each day, sometimes in the form of gum chewed for five minutes at least 3 times each day.