Now cougars are moving back, and they will likely re-establish populations in Midwestern states within decades, according to an analysis published 6 November
in Ecological Modelling.
The study, published
in Ecological Modelling, was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
In the ecological model evil springs from chance and the freedom that it allows — not from providence (Hartshorne 1979).
In the ecological model there is constant tension between chaos and order since order is neither the outcome of one all - powerful orderer nor of deterministic necessity.
In the ecological model what has been achieved of value in cosmic history is saved.
In the ecological model we recognize in all entities some measure of responsiveness and freedom which we share.
In the ecological model evils spring from chance and the freedom that allows — not from providence.
In the ecological model of God they are in the primordial mind.
In the ecological model God is the most natural entity there is.
In the ecological model every event involves intersections that introduce elements of chance, but every causal pathway has elements of purpose, expressing itself in choice, or decision, or self - creativity.
In the ecological model a contrast is drawn between an organism or individual and a machine.
The recognition of chance and accident in the natural order is critically important
in the ecological model of nature.
In the ecological model the elements in the cell relate to one another and to the cell as a whole, more like the way an animal as a whole relates to its environment.
In the ecological model the persuasive ordering principle that coordinates the creativity of a multitude of creative agents is the divine Eros.
In the ecological model of nature all molecules and cells are recognized as subjects.
CATCH - IT incorporates character stories and graphic elements to meet current social media standards and combines therapeutic modalities (e.g., cognitive - behavioral and interpersonal interventions)
in an ecological model.
Not exact matches
The organizations sent a joint letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland outlining their shared principles and priorities for a new trade
model rooted
in principles of equity, the primacy of human rights — including the rights of Indigenous peoples, women and girls, workers, migrants, farmers, and communities — and social and
ecological justice.
In this essay, theologian Sallie McFague, author of the influential Models of God: Theology for an Ecological Nuclear Age, engages in what she calls heuristic theolog
In this essay, theologian Sallie McFague, author of the influential
Models of God: Theology for an
Ecological Nuclear Age, engages
in what she calls heuristic theolog
in what she calls heuristic theology.
An organic
model can interpret «the relation between God and world
in ways commensurate with an
ecological context».
This paper is based
in part on material from my book,
Models of God: Theology for an
Ecological, Nuclear Age.
In the following chapter I attempt to outline an approach to the future using an ecological model in which life becomes the central categor
In the following chapter I attempt to outline an approach to the future using an
ecological model in which life becomes the central categor
in which life becomes the central category.
I also think that the
ecological model of Birch and Cobb is superior
in explanatory power to any present mechanical
model because the
ecological model accepts human feelings as primary givens.
However, the traditional Western - Christian paradigm of nature is being challenged by new
ecological models and theoretical explanations of the interconnectedness of humanity with nature developing within the natural sciences.2 Recent Christian theological discussion, most notably process theology, also focuses on these same scientific
models in recognition of the inadequacies of traditional Christian and secular views of nature.3 Of course, there are a number of Western versions of this emerging
ecological paradigm; no two of them are exactly alike
in their technical details or explanatory categories.
Birch and Cobb maintain that the
ecological model is more adequate than the mechanical
model for explaining DNA, the cell, other biological subject matter (as well as subatomic physics), because it holds that living things behave as they do only
in interaction with other things which constitute their environment (LL 83) and because «the constituent elements of the structure at each level (of an organism) operate
in patterns of interconnectedness which are not mechanical» (LL 83).
This trust
in life and the actual experiences which it entails are part of human existence that can be far better explained, as Birch and Cobb affirm, by an
ecological model rather than an older mechanical one.
In reading The Liberation of Life by Charles Birch and John B. Cobb, Jr., I was impressed by the precision of concept of their
ecological model and its adequacy to be a guide for science, ethics, and philosophy.
The author's thesis is this: dialogical encounter with Buddhist tradition —
in this case illustrated by the esoteric teachings of Kukai — and Western
ecological models of reality emerging
in the natural sciences and Christian process theology, may energize an already evolving global vision.
In this paper, I shall present a more adequate mechanistic position based on a contemporary image of a machine and attempt to show its relationship to the
ecological model of Birch and Cobb.
The author presents a mechanistic position based on a contemporary image of a machine and attempts to show its relationship to the
ecological model of Birch and Cobb,
in which a classical mechanism is presented based on an outdated image of a machine.
The
ecological model of the universe differs
in two important respects from the substance or mechanical
model.
But what is the evidence
in favor of the
ecological model, of entities as subjects and of entities as dependent
in their constitution upon their environment?
When the events at the molecular level attain the kind of stable structure they may have
in a stone, the relevance of the
ecological model to the stone as a whole becomes trivial.
[111] Cf. Jim D. Broadfoot, Richard C. Rosatte, and David T. O'Leary, «Raccoon and Skunk Population
Models for Urban Disease Control Planning
in Ontario, Canada,»
Ecological Applications 11, no. 1 (2001).
He proposes an
ecological model in which all entities, from protons to humans, are ultimately related.
The
ecological model,
in contrast, pictures local communities as self - sufficient.
Young proposes that we employ an
ecological model in thinking of a pluralistic society.
The
ecological model opens up a way to understanding this
in terms of lure and response.
The
ecological model is inclusive of much that is worthwhile
in the mechanical analysis.
The
ecological model makes sense only
in so far as these qualitative elements of environment are given a reality as real as the material objects around us.
We have
in recent years witnessed a number of new theoretical schemes — or attempts to revive old schemes
in which collective, behavioral, observable variables predominate:
ecological theories, economistic
models, market metaphors, notions of moral order and moral economy, and cybernetic and behaviorist approaches, to name a few.
Now,
in a single year each local carpenter — part of Rolando's «
Ecological Handicraft Project» — uses the wood from just one tree to craft pots, miniature
models of toucans, jaguars and monkeys, and an assortment of high - quality culinary items.
A Political
Ecological Analysis of Organic Agriculture
in the»
Model for Development».
Part of an Australian Research Council funded study titled Being and becoming musical: towards a cultural
ecological model of early musical development, the study aims to provide a comprehensive account of how Australian families use music
in their parenting practices and make recommendations for policy and practice
in childcare and early learning and development.
Reviewers had expertise
in fields ranging from analytical chemistry and nanopore sensing to phytoplankton biology and
ecological modeling.
Dr Jessica Lea, from SEES and the paper's lead author, added: «The Cape mountain zebra is an ideal
model species to assess because it has undergone huge
ecological and demographic changes
in the recent years.
The goals of the project include reconstructing extreme climate changes from the recent past (1894 - 2014), using historically referenced data to assess near - future global climate
model projections, and to ultimately use this analysis to investigate
ecological problems
in Chesapeake Bay, such as eelgrass diebacks.
One positive finding of the
ecological niche
modelling study is that while the ranges of many species are expected to contract, much of the remaining suitable habitat for many species will be located within existing protected areas, and that the recent creation of new reserves such as Itombwe and Kabobo
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have greatly increased the protection of some species under threat by future climate change.
«We believe that the analytical results and insights we obtained
in this work have broader implications for timing phenomenon
in chemical kinetics,
ecological modeling and statistical physics.»
As
in previous studies, the beetles were used to
model ecological and evolutionary conditions because of their small size and their more rapid progression through subsequent generations.
This answer from genetics matches up well with
ecological modeling of the abundance of passenger pigeon food — acorns, beechnuts and other forest mast —
in North America over the last few thousand years.