Sentences with phrase «functioning as a disaster»

The companies envision the product functioning as a disaster information board that can run for an extended period on auxiliary power sources such as dry batteries or solar cells.

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What disaster will result from the normalization of stupid lies and nonsense as a benchmark for debate over how society should function?

Google (GOOG) has set up a web page with a search function for missing persons, as well as links to official government information on the disaster and the relief effort.

If the hippocampus shrinks after the trauma, especially if it does so as a function of the ongoing post-trauma period, the extent of atrophy should be more dramatic in survivors of older disasters than of recent ones.

Historical novelist Naomi Mitchison, daughter and sister of the two great Haldane scientists, also sees part of the function of SF as warning: «Who better to bring the disasters which we are making for ourselves forcibly home to voters and opinion - makers than committed SF writers?»

Sogin suggests these rare species might function as a genetic archive, a fail - safe against environmental disaster.

Dr. Gallaudet has led teams of Navy Sailors and civilians performing such diverse functions as overseeing aircraft carrier combat operations, planning and conducting humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts, assisting Navy SEAL Teams during high visibility counter-terrorism operations, and developing the Navy's annual $ 52 billion information technology, cyber security, and intelligence budget.

And, in a natural disaster such as a flood, hurricane or tsunami, connecting people via functioning bridges can mean the difference between life and death during the event itself.

Yet it's beside the point: The achievement, at any age, is not simply to make a movie, which - as «The Disaster Artist» proved — is mostly a function of funding and persistence.

Maybe the myth of the Hollywood disaster - action flick has been exploded one too many times in real life on tv, YouTube and the video phone to function as cathartic of our repressed fears and internalized anxieties.

It began as a US Department Defence project called APRAnet, which intended to create a nationwide computer network being able to function under extreme circumstances, such as nuclear war or natural disaster.

In the face of a disaster or some other emergency situation, the FAA can and does use its regulatory authority and operational capabilities to sustain the NAS while supporting, often through the DOT - led Emergency Support Function 1 activities, response and recovery efforts undertaken by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial interagency partners, as well as the private sector.

The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV V2H could function as a potential source of power in a variety of situations — whether it be natural disasters, recovery sites, power outages, hospitals, or for recreational activities, like camping.

The NEHP also functions as a roadmap for coordinating horse owners and industry organizations with veterinarians and state and federal animal health officials to prevent, recognize, control and respond to diseases and environmental disasters.

I have to say when I started this game up I was excited to play, but worried that it may be another disaster avatar game (Fire Pro Wrestling) but as I started playing I realized that Motocross Madness is not an avatar game at all, but a solid racing game that featured avatar functions.

The author concludes that, so far, the rise in disaster losses is mainly a function of more investments getting in harm's way as communities in places vulnerable to natural hazards grow.

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When natural disaster strikes, one of the first and most significant casualties is clean water: Humans can only go so long without liquids; as days pass without functioning infrastructure, bacteria spread and multiply, as does the threat of disease.

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Response: This level of detail is necessary to ensure that individuals» rights with respect to their health information are clear, while also ensuring that information necessary for important public functions, such as protecting public health, promoting biomedical research, fighting health care fraud, and notifying family members in disaster situations, will not be impaired by this regulation.

One wonders if, as belts continue to tighten for professional publishers, with even, e.g., the normally conservative LexisNexis UK staff expressing the mood of the moment with strike plans, the PR function will be seen as a key driver to assist growth, an occasional disaster mitigator or a luxury to retain in better times.

Significant life events — such as the death of a family member, friend, or pet; moving or divorce of parents; trauma; abuse; a parent leaving on military deployment; natural disaster; or a major illness in the family — can cause stress that might lead to problems with mood, sleep, appetite, behavior and academic or social functioning in children.

In this study, we used school - functioning as a measure of adolescent well - being and showed that «family exposure» to the disaster influenced adolescent school - functioning up to 10 years both directly and indirectly through a combination of parental mental health and adolescent behavior and mental health.