Sentences with phrase «controlled use of fire»

The kitchen is odd for its coziness; real medieval kitchens were large and airy for all the vital, greasy work they did, and few examples survive just for the fact that they had a tendency, despite their controlled use of fire, for burning to the ground.

Evidence for the controlled use of fire appears about 400,000 years ago.

But the skull itself is not the only treasure: The study says the cranium, found in the Aroeira cave site, is connected to nearby stone tools like hand axes and animals remains, including «burnt bones [that suggest] a controlled use of fire.»

But despite Berger's claims, Stringer doubts a creature with a brain size close to that of a gorilla disposed of its dead deep within a pitch - black, hard - to - navigate cave system, especially since the controlled use of fire for torches was probably also needed.

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For Fire Cider to be considered USDA Certified Organic, its ingredients are grown and processed according to federal guidelines addressing, among many factors, soil quality, animal raising practices, pest and weed control, and use of additives.

COCOBOD, also used the durbar to educate the cocoa farmers on good agronomic practices, strongly featuring were, quality control, prevention of bush fires, choosing of lands, storage of cocoa beans and many others.

But he said the best way to prevent future fires is to use controlled burns to clear out smaller sections of the forest, something the county and state are looking into.

Others are that: force shall be used only when absolutely necessary to achieve an immediate aim; the decision to open fire shall be made only on orders and under the control of on - scene commander, unless there is insufficient time to obtain such order.

«People should switch - off their electrical appliances after use and those who use fire for cooking must put it off to control incidence of fire related disasters,» the statement explained.

The earliest confirmed evidence of controlled fire use dates to several thousand years ago but some palaeoanthropologists argue control began as far back as 1 to 2 million years ago.

If we can understand it, then maybe we can control and use it,» said Michael Gollner, assistant professor of fire protection engineering and co-author of the paper.

Using herbivorous tortoise beetle populations in Florida's Apalachicola National Forest — where management areas experience controlled burns on a three - year burn schedule — a team of FSU researchers found evidence that factors like time since fire and population levels in surrounding areas can predict recolonization patterns in patches disturbed by burns.

In a new study published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Dr. Karen Hardy and her team bring together archaeological, anthropological, genetic, physiological and anatomical data to argue that carbohydrate consumption, particularly in the form of starch, was critical for the accelerated expansion of the human brain over the last million years, and coevolved both with copy number variation of the salivary amylase genes and controlled fire use for cooking.

The company has trained workers to use water to fight electrical switchgear fires if halon is not available, the report said, raising the risk of flooding in adjacent rooms with electrical controls because flood doors have not been established.

In Parkinson's disease, they are used to turn down the excessive firing of discrete clusters of nerve cells that control movement.

The team used the data from charcoal in coal to propose that the development of fire systems through this interval was controlled predominantly by the elevated atmospheric oxygen concentration (p (O2)-RRB- that mass balance models predict prevailed.

The setup is part of an experiment aimed at testing an unusual water pollution control scheme that uses gypsum, a waste product from coal - fired power plants, to reduce nutrient runoff from farms.

Closer to home, an awe - inspiring video of a controlled prairie fire illustrates how scientists are working to restore the Midwest's natural rhythms, and one moving display shows eggshells from the collection used to help prove the harmful effects of DDT.

They were looking for evidence of fires that were unlikely to have occurred naturally — those in caves, for example — and for clues that fire had been used in a controlled way.

In fact, just one site earlier than the 400,000 year mark has strong evidence of controlled fire use, the pair says: the 780,000 - year - old Gesher Benot Ya'aqov site in Israel.

To try to pin down the earliest evidence of controlled fire use, Paola Villa at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and Wil Roebroeks at Leiden University in the Netherlands re-examined the data from over 100 European sites.

It can also be used for collection of toxic waste, chemicals or oil spill and in drug delivery systems, for odor control and sanitation after fire.

The reason could be that plant defenses against pathogens gradually weaken after a fire, Moritz and Odion speculate — for instance, from stiffer competition among plants as they grow, decreased chemical defenses as they age, or depletion of soil nutrients.The findings suggest that California's fight against forest fires over many decades may have precipitated or accelerated the outbreak, and that perhaps controlled burning could be used to halt it, the authors say.

Ellis - Davies and his team plan to use this technique with NDBF - caged neurotransmitters to chemically control the firing of a single neuron in the brain of a living mouse, allowing them to track how neural traffic moves.

Some researchers suspect that Neandertals had specialized knowledge of fire control and used it to make adhesives; others contend that Neandertals only exploited the remnants of wildfires.

Güler added, «If we can use gene therapy to exert control over neurons, the potential exists to modify or eliminate the effects of certain neurological diseases by controlling ill - firing neural networks.

Neuroscientists have used optogenetics methods to control the firing of neurons in animals, and others have also fused light - sensitive switches to enzymes, but this new approach goes beyond that to allow light to control a chosen gene, explains MIT neuroscientist Edward Boyden.

The launch team will use the new command and control system in the firing room as the clock counts down to liftoff of SLS's first flight.»

Before long, she struck up an acquaintance with Stanford University neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth, now celebrated for his pathbreaking work in optogenetics — an approach that uses light to control the firing of neurons in living animals.

They recommend that in addition to the conventional methods used such as insecticides, increased inspections of agricultural products as well as quarantines of products infested with the little fire ant could be useful ways to control this intrusive species.

Contained and controlled by the burner, valves, and the rest of the stove, you can safely use the fire for cooking.

The gameplay of Frontline is extremely easy and you use your analog sticks to control your character, while using your shoulder pad buttons to fire and reload.

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You'll fire a powerful ballistae, command troops, cast spells, and take control of heroes with the ultimate goal of destroying your opponent's castle or stealing their flag before they use their arsenal to do the same against you.

In the case of Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, rather than ask gamers to open their wallets for another ridiculous controller, the game controls are comprised of a standard 360 gamepad for movement / firing supplemented with Kinect motion gesturing used to simulate the complexities of commanding a VT (Vertical Tank), which is essentially a tank with legs.

The controls of the game are extremely easy to pick up and you basically use the analog stick to control your car while the main pad is used for accelerate, break and fire your missiles.

You control the game with your thumbs, one for movement and one for fire direction, but instead of using fixed points, wherever your thumb touches, that's your thumbstick.

Of course, plenty of crass jokes and dialogue are to be expected, and while Super Troopers 2 is primarily centered on a rivalry between the familiar squad and some Canadian Mounties soon to be out of a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throaOf course, plenty of crass jokes and dialogue are to be expected, and while Super Troopers 2 is primarily centered on a rivalry between the familiar squad and some Canadian Mounties soon to be out of a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throaof crass jokes and dialogue are to be expected, and while Super Troopers 2 is primarily centered on a rivalry between the familiar squad and some Canadian Mounties soon to be out of a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throaof a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throaof obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throat.

Bethesda has also implemented the motion control capabilities of the Joy - Con, and you can swing weapons, raise a shield, fire your bow and arrow and pick locks using this method if you so wish.

The safe use of a fire extinguisher to control a fire in its early stages can significantly reduce the risk to other people in the premises, allowing people to assist others at risk or who are particularly vulnerable.

Using open interface IP CCTV, the common and uniform digital environment has the potential to create numerous opportunities to integrate not only video but intrusion detection and a host of other systems such as building management, HR systems, perimeter control, fire detection, etc..

The bill the Republican - controlled Assembly passed on a 54 - 38 vote early Friday would allow the scores to be used as one of multiple reasons to discipline or fire a teacher.

They are part of a complete system which uses gold - coated sensors (to ward off corrosion) to sense impact and control the firing of the air bag.

It's true, the more reputable makers jam the tablets with age - appropriate content and give parents plenty of controls and tools to incentivize the educational use of the things, but that's still a hard sales pitch for a household that already has two iPads and a Kindle Fire HDX — with...

SEATTLE --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- May 17, 2016 --(NASDAQ: AMZN)-- Amazon today announced new Alexa voice features are coming to Fire TV, including the ability to control playback of Amazon Video and Add - On Subscription content, launch apps, access local movie show times, search local businesses and restaurants, and more — all just by using your voice.

Built using powerful hardware (a dual - core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, dual - band, and dual - antenna Wi - Fi with MIMO), the Fire TV Stick boasts Amazon's award - winning user interface accessible by the included remote control (or «you can use your phone as a remote with the free mobile app that includes voice search»).

The other new features have made the new New Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 more convenient and easier to use, as well as provide an even better user experience, like with the Dynamic Light Control that will adjust white balance and brightness automatically based on the content and the surrounding light, a feature similar to that of the Super AMOLED Samsung Galaxy Tab S tablets.

Just use this Kindle Fire tip to side load some awesome apps that will let you take back control of your tablet.

Its lack of hardware controls is super shitty and can be annoyingly distracting; furthermore, if you want to use it as a regular tablet the Kindle Fire's main downfall is its lack of expandable memory.