Sentences with phrase «in ecological»

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These families are likely to need flexible, multi-modal programmes, grounded in ecological approaches, spanning at least two generations, which respond to individual circumstances.

Also, our study is limited in its ecological validity because the activity of student groups was performed in laboratory, not in real life environment.

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.

The study was conducted in the ecological environment (at school) according to standard IRB protocol and did not cause any change of school routines.

This article proposes a risk / protective theoretical perspective grounded in ecological and developmental contextualist theories.

The BSV mission statement and agency logo would appear to draw upon a theory of change grounded in ecological systems (Maluccio & Whittaker, 1997).

Sleep Timing and Quantity in Ecological and Family Context: A Nationally Representative Time - Diary Study Pages 4 — 19 Adam, Emma K.; Snell, Emily K.; Pendry, Patricia

This appreciation of the individual child in his / her unique context is grounded in the ecological systems theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1979; Garbarino & Eckenrode, 1997).

A combined approach that explores the biological and psychological functioning of individuals and at the same time locates the individual in an ecological context which is at the heart of an indigenous contribution to best practice.

Del Giudice's integrated evolutionary model is applied to a homeless youth population that must function in ecological settings of constant high risk and stress.

Thomas is a leading voice in ecological landscape design, has designed landscapes for the U.S. Capitol grounds, the Martin Luther King, Jr..

A sustainability consultant focuses on how to make products that are sustainable, especially in the ecological sense of the word.

Joining relevant societies will provide you with opportunities to get involved in ecological projects.

(09/16/2008) Pollination services provided by insects are worth $ 216 billion ($ 153 billion) a year reports a new study published in Ecological Economics.

Interested in ecological economics?

Soon's 11 papers show a spectrum of perspectives, from full - fledged denial of human - caused global warming to articles that downplay the role of climate change in ecological impacts.

Whether it's their pioneering work on decentralized supply chains for charcoal or firewood production, their localized paper - recycling systems, or their ambitious plans for One - Planet Living communities around the world, they always seem to be rethinking the way we do things, with dramatic reductions in ecological impacts as a result.

This post is part of an ongoing series examining current and future trends in ecological city building ahead of the 2008 Ecocity World Summit during Earth Day Week in San Francisco this April.

In ecological processes, scale is all - important and your oscillatory states must be bounded by some scalar limits for useful discussion.

- phase change (e.g., «freezing» liquid to solid)- bifurcation (e.g., fork in the road)- self organized criticality (e.g., see Per Bak, avalanches, sand pile experiments, ecocatastrophes...)- cusp (e.g., «cusp catastrophe», like in ecological situations like the spruce budworm outbreaks as described by Ludwig, et al)- horizon!

Like other large scale perturbations in systems, climate forcing is certain to unfold in ecological and biological systems in very surprising ways as unknown limits are passed beyond a point of no return in human time scales...

Why not instead talk about enthusiastic love of life, compassion for all beings, the sacred imperative to live in balance, in an ecological sustainable way?

In ecological studies we speak of micro-climates.

«Bleaching that takes place every year will invariably cause major changes in the ecological function of coral reef ecosystems,» said study leader Dr. van Hooidonk of NOAA and the University of Miami.

Brett has a master's degree in resource management and environmental science from the University of British Columbia, a master's in economics from the University of Victoria and a PhD in ecological economics from York University.

These methods were codified in the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act in January 2001.

Elephants are a keystone species, meaning they play an extremely important role in maintaining the biodiversity in the ecological systems in which they live.

The July 2006 study [PDF download] compared the typical industrially grown sheep in the two countries, and showed that New Zealand's agribusiness players are a bit better in their ecological practices than their British counterparts.

Perhaps the fire frequency was a function of population density, cultural practices innovations, or other human - based factors that had nothing to do with temperature, such as war, peace, displacement, entrenchment, food preference shifts, food availability changes, evolution in customs, advances in ecological knowledge, population growth, etc..

Putting evolutionary biology back in the ecological theatre: a demographic framework mapping genes to communities.

Characterizing, assessing, and understanding the effects of uncertainty and noise in ecological processes

Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling, OC (born December 6, 1930) is a Canadian ecologist, and Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida.

It is the vehicle through which she can submit Bush - bashing copy, months after the end of his presidency, allowing her to stand Bush in ecological contrast to Obama.

If you have a population that's in ecological overshoot, it eventually collapses.

Calculating individual contributions to population growth: evolutionary fitness in ecological time.

A forthcoming study in the Journal of Limnology measures changes in lakes in an ecological reserve near Quito.

I'm used to using PCA in an ecological context with a multivariate dataset where you might have all sorts of different types of data like various species abundances, and you plot PC1 vs PC2 to look at how different communities fall out.

When we factor in ecological and social expenses, such as global warming and acid deposition, the trend toward the increasing cost of fossil fuels could become even more pronounced.

Sellers obtained a bachelor's degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh, and a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds.

The global pursuit of 3 tons of carbon must be a reflection not of economic contraction and global depression, but of economic growth resulting in ecological improvement.

According to the most recent data from the Global Footprint Network, humanity as a whole is currently in ecological overshoot, demanding one and a half planets» worth of Earth's biocapacity.

C. S. Holling Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling, OC (born December 6, 1930) is a Canadian ecologist, and Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida.

Almost a year after that paper's publication, a group of polar bear biologists including Stirling and Derocher published a response in Ecological Complexity.

As the Principal Ecologist and Designer at Rana Creek, Kephart in an innovator in living architectural systems and a thought leader in ecological design.

Neither Southern nor any other funding source is disclosed in Ecological Complexity.

On the Conversion between local and global hectares in Ecological Footprint analysis.

Exploring past and future changes in the ecological footprint for world regions.

Paper presented at the International Ecological Footprint Conference — Stepping up the Pace: New Developments in Ecological Footprint Methodology, Policy & Practice, 8 - 10 May, Cardiff, 2007.

Regardless of allocation method, however, the largest reductions in Ecological Footprint can most commonly be achieved by reducing the total amount of materials consumed, rather than attempting to recycle them afterwards.