Sentences with phrase «fractured system of»

Naturally, the family dynamic is where Russell excels, creating a believably unified yet fractured system of extended family and generational differences.

«This would only serve to perpetuate a fractured system of transparency and data production by intentionally excluding other branches of government.»

Not exact matches

The newly employed system of hydraulic fracturing has brought enormous supplies of natural gas to market already, and is about to do the same for oil.

Although this essentially methodological affinity has been duly recorded and commented upon (most notably by Ilya Prigogine and Isabelle Stengers2) there has, as yet, been no exploration of the extent to which Deleuze's metaphysics parallels that of Whitehead in terms of its content — the extent to which his own system of «descriptive notions» mirrors, departs from, or fractures, the categoreal scheme of Process and Reality.

If positive values tend to confirm relationships and negative values to fracture them, then the particular ways in which changes take place in the human scene will depend upon the systems of value which pertain.

But it is also held that globalization has brought in its wake, great inequities, mass impoverishment and despair, that it has fractured society along the existing fault lines of class, gender and community, while almost irreversibly widening the gap between rich and poor nations, that it has caused the flow of currencies across international borders, which has been responsible for financial and economic crises in many countries and regions, including the current Asian financial crisis, that it has enriched a small minority of persons and corporations within nations and within the international system, marginalizing and violating the basic human rights of millions of workers, peasants and farmers and indigenous communities.

[11] Bilateral absence of the reflex may be linked to damage to the infant's central nervous system, while a unilateral absence could mean an injury due to birth trauma (e.g., a fractured clavicle or injury to the brachial plexus).

The prospect of being financially hamstrung by the very fundraising system he helped create is the latest in a series of bitter challenges for the presumed GOP nominee, who still faces a fractured conservative coalition as he assumes the mantle of party leadership.

It would mark the third consecutive one - year extension for de Blasio, whose fractured relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republicans in the state Senate has prevented him from securing a permanent extension of the system, which was created under former mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Moreover, if natural gas prices remain low due to higher yields associated with the hydraulic fracturing of wells, other forms of electricity — including renewables — will have a hard time winning favor with utilities and state public utilities commissions that govern the growth of the electricity system.

For the hydraulic fracturing system, the study estimated the toxicity of the fracturing fluid chemicals used to crack rock and release natural gas, as well as the wastewater associated with shale - gas extraction.

«The operation of an enhanced geothermal system uses the injection of a fluid (water or carbon dioxide) to extract thermal energy from the rock located a few thousand metres below the surface, and whose permeability has been improved or stimulated previously with fracturing processes,» explains César Chamorro, one of the authors.

«By using this process, the hydraulic fracturing industry will be able to infer how potential fluid injection operations can change the movement of the fault systems,» says the lead author of the study Jeoung Seok Yoon, Helmholtz - Centre Potsdam — GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.

We see evidence in many worlds in the outer solar system for ice vulcanism, if you want to call it that, where you have a surface that is mostly ice and there seem to be eruptions and disturbances and fracturing of the surface.

The data we now have really supports the argument that it provides effective protection against hip fracture, one of the most costly complaints within the Swedish healthcare system, and something that many people of this age die from.

So far, such systems have only repaired fractures so small that opposite sides of the wound nearly touch.

The way forward for fracture prevention involves not only the development of better therapies to prevent fracture and easier delivery systems but also improved adoption of existing osteoporosis therapies for patients with prior fractures and minimization of adverse effects, particularly those associated with long - term use.»

«Despite the fact that awareness of survivorship issues has increased, cancer survivors face numerous, important hurdles created by a fractured health care system, poor integration of survivorship care, and financial and other barriers to quality care, particularly among the medically underserved.

Osteoporosis and associated fractures represent a major national public health problem, costing the health system billions of dollars per year (total cost estimated at $ 33.6 billion for 2012 - 2022)-- and with the demographic tsunami of aging upon us, the scale of Australia's osteoporosis problem will continue to rise.

Hydraulic fracturing processes, similar to those used in oil and gas production, also have been used in enhanced geothermal systems, but those processes have drawbacks due to the amount of water required, the potential toxicity of the chemicals used and the high costs of retrieving and treating the water.

The new pumps are critical for «enhanced geothermal systems,» in which energy is produced by fracturing dry rock at the bottom of a deep hole and then circulating water through the cracks to generate steam.

The injection activities considered in McGarr's study include underground disposal of wastewater, development of enhanced geothermal systems and hydraulic fracturing.

Fracture Liaison Services, commonly known as FLS, are coordinator - based, secondary fracture prevention services implemented by health - care systems for the treatment of osteoporotic pFracture Liaison Services, commonly known as FLS, are coordinator - based, secondary fracture prevention services implemented by health - care systems for the treatment of osteoporotic pfracture prevention services implemented by health - care systems for the treatment of osteoporotic patients.

Fragility fractures are not just costly to healthcare systems, they also result in pain, disability, loss of quality of life, and — especially for elderly hip fracture sufferers — an increased risk of premature death.

The results of the first study using a health economics model to project osteoporosis - related fractures and costs for the Chinese population, shows that the country's healthcare system will face a dramatic rise in costs over the next few decades.

An automated system that identifies high - risk osteoporosis patients being treated for fractures and can generate letters encouraging follow - up is an effective way to promote osteoporosis intervention and prevent future fractures, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

The cracks are part of a global system of fractures in the icy crust.

The Galileo mission that studied the Jovian system during the 1990s and early 2000s confirmed the scientists» speculations that these ridges were fractures, or cracks, on Europa's icy surface, caused be the intense tidal forces of the massive, nearby Jupiter and the orbital resonances with the other nearby moons of the Jovian system.

The primary asteroid of the system may have a dense, regularly - shaped core, surrounding by a fluffy or fractured material.

Premise: After the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, another international incident involving Captain America (Chris Evans) and the Avengers results in collateral damage, prompting politicians to form a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to call in the Avengers, which results in the fracturing of the team into two opposing factions — one led by Captain America who wishes to operate without regulation, and one led by Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) who supports government oversight — while they attempt to protect the world from a new enemy.

On the other systems they will have established brands that have loyal fan bases and now their potential fan base is a fractured group of people.

Owners of the Tesla Model S are warned that aluminium bolts used to hold an electric motor to a gear housing for the power steering system could corrode and fracture over time.

But he praised Vettese for providing «a concrete example of just how fractured and incoherent our retirement system has become.

Some of the specialized equipment at Dr. Rochat's disposal is an array of arthroscopic equipment, total joint replacement systems, fracture management systems including plating, external fixators, and interlocking nails, ring fixator systems, surgical stapling devices, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic systems, and operating microscopes.

With our digital radiography system, we can detect conditions like fractures and ingestion of foreign bodies.

If you scour veterinary literature, you won't find many double - blind clinical studies on therapy lasers; however, if you search PubMed for clinical evidence on the efficacy of laser therapy, you'll be inundated with thousands of articles on its various applications — ranging from its basic usages to the vastly more extreme and bizarre: things like treating diabetic ulcers, traumatic brain injuries, peripheral nervous system failures, mal - union fractures, and more.

His professional interests span both soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, including oncologic (cancer) surgery, hepatobiliary and urinary system surgery, fracture repair, cranial cruciate ligament disease, patellar luxation, and the relationship of limb alignment to common orthopedic problems.

Laser therapy applied with the Companion therapy laser system provides a sterile, pain - free, surgery - free, drug - free treatment which is used to treat a variety of injuries, wounds, fractures, neurological conditions, numerous dermatological problems, and pain.

Ever since the PlayStation 4.5 was first rumored (via Kotaku) a month ago, concerns have appeared over whether the new system would create a fractured player base by locking older PS4 owners out of the latest games.

-RRB- a month ago, concerns have appeared over whether the new system would create a fractured player base by locking older PS4 owners out of the latest games.

Where Stick of Truth had a fairly traditional turn - based combat system that was spiced up with timing button presses to boost your attack power, The Fractured But Whole reinvents it in the mould of a tactical RPG, albeit simplified to keep the battles fast and snappy.

In the last Feature Spotlight, we've revealed how character progression works in Fractured, outlining a set of game mechanics collectively known as the Knowledge System.

The biggest change from The Stick of Truth to The Fractured But Whole (aside from the thematic shift) has to be the combat system.

The Fractured But Whole looks to have an even deeper combat system than its predecessor, but with the same wonderfully twisted sense of humor.

As our humanoid computer program explores a desolate wasteland of fractured circuit boards and wires, the operating system itself has a few questions of its own.

In an unexpected turn, South Park: The Fractured But Whole joins the Switch line up, bolstering the list of adult oriented games on the system.

Strikingly modern and graphic, Jiang Zhi's (b 1971) paintings — meticulously rendered copies of the fractured images that occur on computer monitors as a result of data glitches or system errors — nevertheless retain a strong link to traditional Chinese landscape painting.

With EGS, the water is the «bucket» that carries the heat from depth to the surface, and will typically be a relatively costly portion of the operation, so it will be cycled as a closed system in wells that case - off potable aquifers, shuttling water from the surface to the fractures where it's heated, back up to the surface to extract the heat for running turbines, and then back down to the fractures.

The American Lung Association supports protective regulations and state - of - the - art pollution controls, including leakage detection and emissions monitoring, throughout the entire system during the exploration, extraction (including hydraulic fracturing), production, transmission, transport, refining and use of oil and natural gas.

The SAB finds that the EPA did not support quantitatively its conclusion about lack of evidence for widespread, systemic impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, and did not clearly describe the system (s) of interest (e.g., groundwater, surface water), the scale of impacts (i.e., local or regional), nor the definitions of «systemic» and «widespread.»