Sentences with phrase «gradual trend»

Hominin encephalisation is a combination of processes: an underlying gradual trend towards larger brains is punctuated by several large step increases at ∼ 100 Ka and ∼ 1.9 Ma [3].

Luckily, in regards to the difficulty level behind The Witch and The Hundred Knight, there is a constant and gradual trend in terms of amount of challenge being thrown in.

In the case of the SST datasets analysed by Thompson et al. it looks to me that natural variability (volcanic influences, ENSO etc.) have conspired to make a relatively gradual trend look like a sudden one.

Along with Teilhard they believe that evolution displays a gradual trend toward more complex forms of organization, that with these more complex forms there emerge living beings with greater capacities for sentience or awareness, and that with these greater capacities there are greater degrees of intrinsic value.

The Kogi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has called on the state government to make workers» welfare a priority and halt the gradual trend to stagnation in the State.

But the older, less studied Capitanian extinction has been dogged by criticism that it may have been a regional event, or just part of a gradual trend en route to the larger Permian extinction.

«What we might be observing is a gradual trend toward more sexual dimorphism within this species,» Swierk said.

Dual headwinds of higher interest rates and a gradual trend to online retail may mean that total return comes down slightly but investors should still be able to count on a return that matches or beats the general stock market.

According to Mark Kimsey, a DVM who works for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc., a veterinary pharmaceutical company, «Basically, what we're seeing is there's a gradual trend toward three - year protocols.»

While extreme events per se are not abrupt climate changes as defined in this report, changes in extreme events could lead to abrupt changes in two ways: (1) an abrupt change in a weather or climate extremes regime, for example a sudden shift to persistent drought conditions; or (2) a gradual trend in the frequency or severity of extremes that causes abrupt impacts when societal or ecological thresholds are crossed, as illustrated in Figure 2.10.

By spreading sea ice westward and a little northward (and since we measure extent with a 15 % cutoff) the gradual trend towards faster mean winds means a gradual trend toward spreading of the ice cover.

However, the gradual trend in ocean acidification will be overlaid on additional stressors to marine ecosystems (e.g. temperature, fishing and nutrients) as well as short - term perturbations that occur at local to regional scales (e.g. storms, coral bleaching, coral disease and mass urchin mortalities).

Allan Diamond, Managing Partner of high - powered international litigation boutique Diamond McCarthy in Houston, adds that «in our high - end practice, we have seen a gradual trend towards more and more casual apparel appearances of lawyers and most clients over the past ten years.»