Sentences with phrase «induce change in the system»

do is induce change in the system by creating competitors to it, opportunities for it, and policy shifts that foster it.

What philanthropy can do is induce change in the system by creating competitors to it, opportunities for it, and policy shifts that foster it.

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According to this rather common - sensical principle, if two physical systems (particles, for example) have ceased interacting or have never interacted, neither is affected by changes induced in the other.

Persistent changes in corticotropin - releasing factor neuronal systems induced by maternal deprivation.

The introduction of infant formula to babies» diets changes the infants» gut microbiome, thus affecting the response of the infant immune system to pathogens.47 - 51 A greater amount of natural - killer cells, suggesting a more mature immune system, have been found in breastfed infants than in formula - fed infants.52 In addition, pH level in the stomach of breastfed children is better for the promotion of the protein - lipid α - lactalbumin (termed HAMLET), which induces apoptosislike death in tumor cells.51, in breastfed infants than in formula - fed infants.52 In addition, pH level in the stomach of breastfed children is better for the promotion of the protein - lipid α - lactalbumin (termed HAMLET), which induces apoptosislike death in tumor cells.51, in formula - fed infants.52 In addition, pH level in the stomach of breastfed children is better for the promotion of the protein - lipid α - lactalbumin (termed HAMLET), which induces apoptosislike death in tumor cells.51, In addition, pH level in the stomach of breastfed children is better for the promotion of the protein - lipid α - lactalbumin (termed HAMLET), which induces apoptosislike death in tumor cells.51, in the stomach of breastfed children is better for the promotion of the protein - lipid α - lactalbumin (termed HAMLET), which induces apoptosislike death in tumor cells.51, in tumor cells.51, 53

This has been shown in many countries, Italy being the most recent and obvious example with their horribly fractured system induced by the only electoral system I think is worse than FPTP changing because Berlusconi created a new system, primarily to benefit himself.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans showed that use of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board system appears to induce favorable changes in brain connections associated with balance and movement.

Cellular - level changes to a part of the brain's reward system induced by chronic exposure to the psychoactive component of marijuana may contribute to the drug's pleasurable and potentially addictive qualities, suggests a study in young mice published in JNeurosci.

«Imaging is essential for identifying the presence and the severity of the structural changes induced by the infection, especially in the central nervous system,» said the report's lead author, Fernanda Tovar - Moll, M.D., Ph.D., vice president of the D'Or Institute for Research and Education and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Yet with aging, physiological changes (e.g., changes in diet, lifestyle, immune system function) induced by the ageing process will likely affect the abundance of an individual's bacteria at every bodily niche (Biagi et al., 2012).

In particular, IIASA researchers will focus on how potential phosphorus market crises might put pressure on the global food system and create environmental ripple effects ranging from expansion of agricultural land to phosphorus price - induced changes in land management, which could exacerbate the already existing imbalance between carbon, phosphorus and nitrogeIn particular, IIASA researchers will focus on how potential phosphorus market crises might put pressure on the global food system and create environmental ripple effects ranging from expansion of agricultural land to phosphorus price - induced changes in land management, which could exacerbate the already existing imbalance between carbon, phosphorus and nitrogein land management, which could exacerbate the already existing imbalance between carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen.

Recent studies show that vigorous exercise stimulates the release of anandamide, and even exercise of moderate intensity activates the endocannabinoid system in the brain, inducing beneficial changes in mental status including analgesia, sedation, anxiolysis, and a sense of well - being.8 9

The climate system evolves in time under the influence of its own internal dynamics and because of external forcings such as volcanic eruptions, solar variations and human - induced forcings such as the changing composition of the atmosphere and land - use change.»

«Positive feedbacks (self - reinforcing cycles) within the climate system have the potential to accelerate human - induced climate change,» says a section from that Climate Science Special report, «and even shift the Earth's climate system, in part or in whole, into new states that are very different from those experienced in the recent past.»

With a different overall climatic state or geography, the system might be considerably less sensitive to orbital forcing (obviously it has been less sensitive; orbital forcing has been going on throughout Earth's history (modulated by tidally - induced changes in Earth's rotation and the moon's orbit)-RRB-.

So the researchers used monthly data from the satellite mission GRACE, or the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, which measures components in the Earth's mass system such as ocean currents, earthquake - induced changes and melting ice.

the result of chemical and / or physical changes induced in biological systems by non-ionizing radiation.»

Parmesan and co-authors1 offer a welcome tonic to overstated claims that attribute various localized changes in biological systems to human - induced climate change.

Changes in a suite of ecological processes currently underway across the broader arctic region are consistent with Earth system model predictions of climate - induced geographic shifts in the range extent and functioning of the tundra and boreal forest biomes.

The new report further states that greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would induce changes in the oceans, ice caps, glaciers, the biosphere, and other components of the climate system.

Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century.

We acknowledge the ESF IMCOAST project (Impact of climate induced glacial melting on marine coastal systems in the Western Antarctic Peninsula region, www.imcoast.org) and the SDD - BIANZO (Biodiversity of three representative groups of the Antarctic Zoobenthos: coping with change) project (Belgian science policy) for financial support.

Human - induced warming is likely to lead to large - scale and potentially irreversible changes in physical systems such as the oceans and the cryosphere (regions covered by snow or ice).

Van Butsic, a land system scientist at U.C. Berkeley, is the author of a new report by the Public Policy Institute of California that recommends some changes in state law and a shift in public attitude when it comes to how California handles its drought - induced tree mortality.

If you concede that climate skeptics have not proven in peer - reviewed journals that human - induced warming is not a very serious threat to human health and ecological systems, given that human - induced warming could create catastrophic warming the longer the human community waits to respond to reduce the threat of climate change and the more difficult it will be to prevent dangerous warming, do you agree that those nations most responsible for rising atmospheric ghg concentrations have a duty to demonstrate that their ghg emissions are safe?

If you concede that climate skeptics have not proven in peer - reviewed journals that human - induced warming is not a very serious threat to human health and ecological systems, given that human - induced warming could create catastrophic warming the longer the human community waits to respond to reduce the threat of climate change and the more difficult it will be to prevent dangerous warming, do you agree that those responsible for rising atmospheric ghg concentrations have a duty to demonstrate that their ghg emissions are safe?

Model projections have linked the changes in some physical and biological systems to the warming induced by human activities.

The overall correlation is a result of the fact that climate policy induces systemic changes in the energy system, away from technologies with high greenhouse gas emission levels, which also have high emissions of air pollutants (e.g. coal use without CCS has high emission levels of CO2, but also of SO2).

The strategic plan will advance the state of knowledge of climate variability, the potential response of the climate system (and related human and environmental systems) to human - induced changes in the atmosphere and land surface, and the implications of these potential changes and management options for natural environments.

The idea is that the signal must have a specific magnitude — not too big and not too small — to induce non-linear changes in the complex system.

The Vostok record of atmospheric CO2 and Antarctic climate is consistent with a view of the climate system in which CO2 concentration changes amplify orbitally - induced climate changes on glacial / inter-glacial time - scales (Shackleton, 2000).

For the latter, one merely has to demonstrate either of two things: that CO2 does not indeed alter the thermal budget of the climate system such that increasing its concentration results in the trapping of more heat within that system, or that the negative feedbacks associated with CO2 - induced warming overwhelm the positive ones and result in a neutral or negative change to the state of the climate's average temperature.

Barker had had the US in his sights for some time: «Terry Barker, leader of Tyndall's CIAS programme of research (Community Integrated Assessment System) and Director of 4CMR, set up a project to conduct a meta - analysis of the literature on the costs of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation with induced technological change, funded by HM Treasury.

While many aspects of the response of the climate system to greenhouse gas forcing appear to be linear, regime or mode transitions can not be quantified by a simple number because responses do not scale with the amplitude of the forcing: small perturbations can induce large changes in certain variables of the climate system.

The climate system evolves in time under the influence of its own internal dynamics and because of external forcings such as volcanic eruptions, solar variations and human - induced forcings such as the changing composition of the atmosphere and land use change.

The majority of AWG members also voted to pin the start of the Anthropocene at about 1950, a period of «great acceleration» in human - induced global changes to the Earth system.

This project was the result of the third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health discussions among European ministers of health and the environment who acknowledged that human - induced changes in the global climate system and in stratospheric ozone pose a range of severe health risks and potentially threaten economic development and social and political stability.

Perhaps we can't change entire industries, or entire government systems, but every choice we make of where to shop, what to wear, what to purchase and what to eat has an absolutely direct and powerful impact upon life situations for children dying of starvation, pre-pubescent girls and boys working 18 or 20 hour days in toxic sweatshops, cotton pickers suffering from pesticide induced cancers, suicidal farmers, and upon the health and balance of Mother Earth.

Continued GHG emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century.

As we follow up this sample into preadolescence, we will be able to evaluate the clinical relevance of intervention - induced changes in the HPA system, child social behavior, and the family environment in the preschool period for later psychiatric disorders.

One final example is the prefrontal cortex, which is thought to play an important role in regulating behavior by suppressing impulses and emotions arising from the amygdala and other parts of the limbic system.50 — 52 In animal studies, exposure to chronic stress or glucocorticoids alters the synaptic connectivity within the prefrontal cortex, 52,53 and this may limit the ability of the prefrontal cortex to (1) suppress the impulsivity and aggression of the limbic system, and (2) execute adaptive responses (rather than maladaptive responses) to stress.54 — 56 Stress - induced changes in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the regulation of behavior (the ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,in regulating behavior by suppressing impulses and emotions arising from the amygdala and other parts of the limbic system.50 — 52 In animal studies, exposure to chronic stress or glucocorticoids alters the synaptic connectivity within the prefrontal cortex, 52,53 and this may limit the ability of the prefrontal cortex to (1) suppress the impulsivity and aggression of the limbic system, and (2) execute adaptive responses (rather than maladaptive responses) to stress.54 — 56 Stress - induced changes in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the regulation of behavior (the ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,In animal studies, exposure to chronic stress or glucocorticoids alters the synaptic connectivity within the prefrontal cortex, 52,53 and this may limit the ability of the prefrontal cortex to (1) suppress the impulsivity and aggression of the limbic system, and (2) execute adaptive responses (rather than maladaptive responses) to stress.54 — 56 Stress - induced changes in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the regulation of behavior (the ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,in brain structure parallel the well - described impact of significant childhood adversity on a variety of brain functions, including the modulation of physiologic responses (hyper - responsive or chronically active stress response), learning (impaired memory), and the regulation of behavior (the ability to execute adaptive vs maladaptive responses to stress).3, 39,57