Sentences with phrase «increase environmental stress»

In particular, climate change is projected to increase environmental stress in already marginal lands and to raise the frequency of natural hazards.

Polman foresaw a litany of other problems ahead, he told investors, listing these: «subdued economic growth, geopolitical tension, the resultant backlash against globalization and technology, a planet under increasing environmental stress, and the fragmentation of consumer trends, shopping channels, and media.»

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*** These environmental stresses negatively influence a child's early experiences and often lead to an increase in mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, poor sleep habits, and behavioral issues.

It hopefully goes without saying that oxidative stress from environmental pollutants, food allergens, poor sleep, and limited relaxation all increase the demand to the corrective efforts of methylation.

Recently, researchers from Harvard and Mt Sinai found that both environmental chemicals and environmental stress can disrupt the development of a fetus» brain and negatively impact the baby's long - term health, even increasing the risk of autism spectrum disorders.

He studied how genes related to environmental stress factors — drought, cold, and heat shock, for example — can increase the plant's defences in stressful conditions.

The researchers separate six key strategy areas for reducing water stress into «hard path» measures, involving building more reservoirs and increasing desalination efforts of sea water, and «soft path» measures that focus on reducing water demand rather than increasing water supply thanks to community - scale efforts and decision - making, combining efficient technology and environmental protection.

The achievement will allow researchers to conduct further studies to determine how the hormone helps plants respond to drought and other environmental stresses driven by the continuing increase in the atmosphere's carbon dioxide, or CO2, concentration.

Tweets can represent the overall negativity a community is feeling, and indicate the social and environmental stresses that contribute to increased heart - disease risk.

The combined influences of population and affluence have been regarded as the core of environmental stress — and have tended to guarantee an annual increase in carbon dioxide emissions.

Polyploidization also increases significantly when the liver is exposed to injury or stress from fatty liver disease or environmental toxins that could cause liver cancer later in life.

The researchers stress that prevention and harm reduction initiatives need to be adapted to reduce the risk of harm among in this population, where increased rates of experimentation and environmental characteristics may augment and combine to increase risks associated with consuming lesser - known psychoactive substances.

February 2, 2006 Gene variation increases SIDS risk in African Americans About five percent of deaths from SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) in African Americans can be traced to defects in one gene, and half of those deaths result from a common genetic variation that increases an infant's risk of developing an abnormal heart rhythm during times of environmental stress, a research team based at the University of Chicago reports in the February 2006, issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Environmental changes cause stress to our biodiversity, increasing the chances of disease outbreaks, extinctions, waves of invasive species and other environmental problems that can occur in stresseEnvironmental changes cause stress to our biodiversity, increasing the chances of disease outbreaks, extinctions, waves of invasive species and other environmental problems that can occur in stresseenvironmental problems that can occur in stressed ecosystems.

During her master thesis, D. Batista investigated the effects of increased temperature on freshwater decomposers along a gradient of cadmium stress, which resulted on a publication in the journal «Environmental Pollution».

The so - called «allostatic load,» ie, the imbalance between the ability to adapt to environmental demands and overexposure to environmental stress, increase the risk of cardiometabolic diseases via neuroendocrine, autonomic, and immune mediators (see section V.P)(111).

The current model of IBD is based on a combination of increased genetic risk and an immune system that overreacts to environmental and microbial stresses.

There could be three evolutionary processes could explain this adaptive radiation of hominins: 1) the occupation of novel niches for species living in a highly productive but spatially constrained region when there are deep fresh water lakes in the EARS [46] and 2) the lakes themselves creating spatial structure producing population isolation and vicariance and 3) repeated periods of increased resource availability stimulated adaptation and radiation followed by periods of environmental stress when the lakes rapidly dried up imposing strong selection pressures [28].

Adrenal exhaustion is a problem we see increasingly often in my clinic, caused by long - term stress and likely also by decreasing food quality and increasing environmental chemicals.

High stress levels, food allergies, smoking, and environmental factors can all increase inflammation, but a poor diet is likely the biggest offender.

But other hormonal changes and environmental influences can impact your BBT as well: «We also know that basal body temperature can increase because of emotional disturbances, any kind of stress factor, and going through menopausal changes,» Dr. McConnell says.

My version of the ketogenic diet also focuses on reducing stress, getting great sleep, increasing movement, having healthy daily bowel movements, reducing environmental toxin exposure, and cultivating positivity.

In addition, omega 5 and 7 increase the body's resilience to environmental toxins and stress — the key to preventing premature aging.

They are what the skin needs to combat environmental stress, to increase the look of firmness in aging skin, to reduce the appearance of temporary redness and to allow for intense moisture - binding capability.

However, during times of disease, exercise, or environmental stress (e.g. smoking, sunlight or heat exposure) ROS levels can increase dramatically, which can result in significant damage to cell structures.

However, during times of disease, exercise, or environmental stress (e.g. smoking, UV or heat exposure) ROS levels can increase dramatically, which can result in significant damage to cell structures.

Our busy, hectic lifestyles increase * stress levels, rob us of adequate rest and rejuvenation and can expose us to toxins and other environmental factors that can compromise our health.

Increased conversion to estrogen may be due to age, weight gain, poor diet, lack of exercise, high stress, and hypothyroidism, and increased SHBG may occur from increased estrogen exposure (e.g., weight gain, birth control, plastics / environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals), cigarette smoking, hyperthyroid (increased production) stress, and poor liver health (e.g. elevated liver Increased conversion to estrogen may be due to age, weight gain, poor diet, lack of exercise, high stress, and hypothyroidism, and increased SHBG may occur from increased estrogen exposure (e.g., weight gain, birth control, plastics / environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals), cigarette smoking, hyperthyroid (increased production) stress, and poor liver health (e.g. elevated liver increased SHBG may occur from increased estrogen exposure (e.g., weight gain, birth control, plastics / environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals), cigarette smoking, hyperthyroid (increased production) stress, and poor liver health (e.g. elevated liver increased estrogen exposure (e.g., weight gain, birth control, plastics / environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals), cigarette smoking, hyperthyroid (increased production) stress, and poor liver health (e.g. elevated liver increased production) stress, and poor liver health (e.g. elevated liver enzymes).

Stress, environmental toxins and poor diet increase the hydrogen production and put us in a more acidic state.

Factors that trigger increased inflammation include excessive levels of the hormone insulin (insulin resistance), emotional stress, environmental toxins (heavy metals), free - radical damage, lack of sleep, obesity, over-consumption of hydrogenated oils, and smoking.

One study out of the University of California linked cortisol, a stress hormone that increases your appetite and encourages fat storage around your abdomen, to environmental and emotional stresses.

Reducing stress (increase environmental enrichment, clean the litter box often, ensure you are using a litter the cat enjoys, ensure you have the proper number, and size of litter boxes) and lastly, feeding a canned high quality meat based food can help prevent this disease.

If a dam is subjected to some kind of environmental stress, the likelihood of prematurity or other dystocia is increased.

Environmental modifications include feeding exclusively a wet diet (urinary formula), increasing water consumption, adding another litter box, and decreasing environmEnvironmental modifications include feeding exclusively a wet diet (urinary formula), increasing water consumption, adding another litter box, and decreasing environmentalenvironmental stress.

If your cat's scratching or marking has increased, this may be a sign of stress or anxiety, including a threat or restriction to their environmental resources (food, water, litter box, safe place to sleep, familiar territory, etc.).

During her years with the MSPCA, she implemented many programs, including temperament evaluations of shelter dogs; behavioral and environmental enrichment for all the animals at the shelter; clicker training programs to decrease stress and increase adoptability for both dogs and cats; and educational programs for staff, volunteers, local animal control officers, and the general public on animal - behavior - related issues.

Environmental stress increases stimulus to the brain and activates the stress response system.

It provides a cost - effective and sustainable method to accelerate coral growth and increase coral survival particularly in areas (nearly 20 countries now) where environmental stress has affected existing reefs.

It provides a cost - effective and sustainable method to accelerate coral growth and increase coral survival particularly in areas where environmental stress has affected existing reefs.

These dinoflagellate blooms, which can be thought of as ancient red tides, are a sign of major environmental stress in the coastal zone possibly as a result of the increased runoff of water from the land.

But expanding coal - fired power generation in the exporting provinces is likely to degrade air quality in western regions, escalating inequality and increasing the environmental and ecological stress between power importing and exporting provinces.

Many authors argue that migration will increase during times of environmental stress (e.g. Afifi, 2011; Gray and Mueller, 2012; Kniveton et al., 2011; Brown and Crawford, 2008), and will lead to an increase in abandonment of settlements (McLeman, 2011).

Using WBGT as a measure of environmental conditions conducive to heat stress, we show that anthropogenic influence has very substantially increased the likelihood of extreme high summer mean WBGT in northern hemispheric land areas relative to the climate that would have prevailed in the absence of anthropogenic forcing.

Very high for both added stresses on environmental, social, and economic systems and for increased vulnerability, especially for populations that are already most disadvantaged.

The scale of natural disasters has also increased because of deforestation, environmental degradation, urbanization, and intensified climate variables.20 The distinctive health, behavioral, and psychosocial needs of children subject them to unique risks from these events.21 Extreme weather events place children at risk for injury, 22 loss of or separation from caregivers, 21 exposure to infectious diseases, 23 and a uniquely high risk of mental health consequences, including posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and adjustment disorder.24 Disasters can cause irrevocable harm to children through devastation of their homes, schools, and neighborhoods, all of which contribute to their physiologic and cognitive development.25

Influenced further by epigenomes, these changes are linked with impairment in the child's ability to respond to future biological and environmental stress, and increase the risk for physical and mental health disease later in life.49 - 52 This emerging research underscores the need to develop and test prevention and early, aggressive intervention strategies for children who have been victims of serious physical abuse.

Our hypotheses were motivated by the widespread environmental inequities (both physical and psychological) faced by children living in poverty along with increasing evidence that environmental stimulation, parental nurturance, and early life stress affect brain growth and functioning.

Specifically, we hypothesized that increased frequency of S allele carriers of the 5 - HTTLPR functional polymorphism within East Asia is due to culture — gene coevolution, whereby collectivistic cultural values serve an adaptive function, reducing the probability of environmental stress, a known catalyst of negative affect, thus leading to genetic selection of the S allele within collectivistic cultures.