Sentences with phrase «impact sensitivity studies»

The diagrams can be used to define the limits of temperature / precipitation change to be employed in climate impact sensitivity studies.

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Case studies, like this one, detail the impact of major cost sensitivity factors on the total distribution system.

With regard to the impact of home visiting programs on maternal depression, evidence from recent studies suggests that some components help to improve child's health and development and mothers» sensitivity to child cues.

In future updates, if more eligible studies are included, we will explore the impact of including studies with high levels of missing data in the overall assessment of treatment effect by using sensitivity analysis.

In future updates we will explore the impact of including studies with high levels of missing data in the overall assessment of treatment effect by using sensitivity analysis.

Previous studies have subjected phytoplankton to oil in laboratories to test their sensitivity and found differences in the impact on oceanic vs. coastal phytoplankton and differences when phytoplankton were in nutrient - rich or nutrient - poor water, as well as damage to some phytoplankton cells at various concentrations of oil.

Sure, there might be a few papers that take climate sensitivity as a given and somehow try to draw conclusions about the impact on the climate from that... But, I hardly think that these are swamping the number of papers trying to determine what the climate sensitivity is, studying if the water vapor feedback is working as expected, etc., etc..

Insulin resistance is an early stage in the diabetes development, and while several studies have demonstrated that it can be reduced with physical activity, this study estimated the impact on insulin sensitivity from long - term changes in daily step count.

It notes: «In a study of 331 very old patients, mean (SD) age 85 (7) years, low BMI, low diastolic blood pressure, low total and HDL cholesterol and high insulin sensitivity predicted total mortality, indicating a «reverse metabolic syndrome» that is probably attributable to malnutrition and / or chronic disorders which have a negative impact on survival [1].»

However, before the new research, very few studies had looked at the impact of breast density on the sensitivity of mammogram results, and some had suggested the density varies too little over the course of a woman's menstrual cycle to have any impact, said study researcher Dr. Diana Miglioretti, a senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute in Seattle.

Good news for you: This treat contains powerful antioxidants called flavonoids, as well as calcium, iron, zinc, copper, potassium, magnesium and vitamins B, C and E. «A study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that small amounts of dark chocolate and reduce blood pressure and improve insulin sensitivity,» says JJ Virgin, C.N.S., author of The Sugar Impact Diet.

al., 2015) study demonstrates that compensation models may impact the flow - performance sensitivity.

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of small - scale atmospheric fluctuations on the modeled climate sensitivity to increased CO2 concentration.

Based on many studies covering a wide range of regions and crops, negative impacts of climate change on crop yields have been more common than positive impacts (high confidence)... Since AR4, several periods of rapid food and cereal price increases following climate extremes in key producing regions indicate a sensitivity of current markets to climate extremes among other factors (medium confidence).

«Our study shows that very high climate sensitivities are virtually impossible, suggesting that we still have enough time to deal with the problem and reduce carbon emissions, which could avoid the most severe impacts,» said Andreas Schmittner, a climate scientist at Oregon State University and the study's lead author.

The second study meanwhile looked at how aerosol emissions impact the Earth's temperature through a phenomenon the researchers call «transient climate sensitivity,» or how much of the Earth's temperature will change when the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reaches twice its level during the pre-industrial times.

They do cite a study by Lindzen and Choi, which has shown, based on ERBE satellite observations, that the net impact of a doubling of CO2 including all feedbacks is likely to be significantly lower than the model - based estimates by Myhre for sensitivity without feedbacks.

In Addendum: Climate Change Impacts in the United States (pp. 26 - 28), Michaels and his colleague Chip Knappenberger discuss those studies in greater detail and also illustrate with two graphs how the IPCC AR4 warming projections should be adjusted in light of more recent climate sensitivity research.

However, before they should be provided to the impacts communities as anything more than a model sensitivity study, they must be shown to have skill with respect to real world observations.

CAS = Commission for Atmospheric Sciences CMDP = Climate Metrics and Diagnostic Panel CMIP = Coupled Model Intercomparison Project DAOS = Working Group on Data Assimilation and Observing Systems GASS = Global Atmospheric System Studies panel GEWEX = Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment GLASS = Global Land - Atmosphere System Studies panel GOV = Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) Ocean View JWGFVR = Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research MJO - TF = Madden - Julian Oscillation Task Force PDEF = Working Group on Predictability, Dynamics and Ensemble Forecasting PPP = Polar Prediction Project QPF = Quantitative precipitation forecast S2S = Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project SPARC = Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate TC = Tropical cyclone WCRP = World Climate Research Programme WCRP Grand Science Challenges • Climate Extremes • Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity • Melting Ice and Global Consequences • Regional Sea - Ice Change and Coastal Impacts • Water Availability WCRP JSC = Joint Scientific Committee WGCM = Working Group on Coupled Modelling WGSIP = Working Group on Subseasonal to Interdecadal Prediction WWRP = World Weather Research Programme YOPP = Year of Polar Prediction

The impact on our «understanding and attributing climate change» is major, of course: if up to 50 % of past warming can be attributed to solar forcing (as many solar studies have concluded) then the whole model - predicted (2xCO2) climate sensitivity estimates are in serious question and, with these, all the projections for future climate change caused by AGW.

This technical document aims to consolidate, interpret, refine and draw conclusions from the information gathered on climate change impacts, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of fish production systems by the six case studies.

Studies of high intensity EBHV programs focused on at - risk families have found that these programs have positive impacts on maternal care, as demonstrated by increased maternal responsiveness, warmth / sensitivity toward the child, and maintaining focus on the child; subsequently improving the cognitive and social behavioral functioning of the child (Guttentag et al., 2014; Black et al., 2007).

With regard to the impact of home visiting programs on maternal depression, evidence from recent studies suggests that some components help to improve child's health and development and mothers» sensitivity to child cues.

Studies that have examined the impact of infant massage on other high - risk groups, such as women experiencing postnatal depression, have found evidence of impact on maternal sensitivity (Kersten - Alvarez 2011).

However, only very few studies have documented the effect of maternal depression on children's ability to process emotional expressions and even fewer incorporated measures of observed maternal sensitivity to further tease apart whether it is the symptoms per se or the associated impact via maternal sensitivity that affects children's developing emotion - processing abilities.