Sentences with phrase «less of a human presence»

It's more barren than Kyrat, with less of a human presence, but there's still plenty of life in the form of wolves, snow leopards, yaks, and the odd yeti.

Not exact matches

The lesser kinds of reverence have been noted only in order that we may be quite clear that even in Catholic circles the term worship is applied normally to God and none other, although it is important that we understand that by association with God and His presence and work, creatures are seen in the Christian tradition as worthy of something even more remarkable than the respect for personality of which democracy has spoken — they are worthy of reverence which is religious in quality, reverence about which there is a mystery, just as in human personality itself there is a deep mystery by reason of its being grounded in the mystery of God.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

But while applauding the group's initiative, David Doig, chief of the Chicago Park District, pointed out the group, the Sierra Club, used a test that the U.S. EPA considers less reliable for predicting the presence of bacteria harmful to humans than the one used daily at Park District beaches.

While some species were less intimidated by the presence of humans, each had its own unique requirements in terms of what constitutes a suitable habitat and the length and width of possible corridor connections.

Wang's team discovered that if human lung cancer cells in a lab dish in the presence of the receptor were treated with BCX, they migrated less than untreated ones.

Human heart cells grown from stem cells show less - robust muscle fibers (green) in the presence of high levels of glucose (left) than when glucose levels were lower (right).

Human heart cells grown from stem cells show less - robust muscle fibers (green) in the presence of high levels of...

There is no analog for climate change as humans have triggered it, so our sensitivities are even less sure than the science suggests, even with Earth System Sensitivity since it also presumably doesn't account for rate of change nor the preconditioning the human presence has resulted in.

Equally interesting, tuna may turn out to be a fish that - even when contaminated with mercury — might pose less of a mercury risk to humans than might otherwise be expected due to the presence of selenium in this special form of selenoneine.

Following a single father who works as a human billboard in Taipei, and his left - to - their - own - devices kids, with the presence of their mother represented by three different actresses, the film has the barest thread of story (Tsai has admitted that he no longer has any real interest in narrative), and seems determined to provoke less patient audience members into walking out, with a series of shots that last upwards of ten minutes without all that much movement in them.

Capturing the less celebrated corners of the UK — so nameless they are often embedded deeply into our consciousness and then forgotten — they are spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet bereft of human presence.

The paintings almost become objects in the vain of Abstract Expressionism, the works are less about the hand and human presence and more about happenstance while also containing elements that are in fact purposeful.

«I have a fascination with the figure, which is more or less always female, but the presence of the human figure can be felt even when there is no figure at all.»

Less Is More expands Hess» ongoing survey of derelict spaces void of human presence.

Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).

That said, while there may be very real difficulties in establishing a legal basis (and even less an enforceable right) for continuing and / or future enjoyment of any right to reside (and / or work) in the UK (or at least to reside in the UK as a matter of right rather than discretion), international law and / or the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)(at the very least on the international plane and, in relation to the ECHR, at least as long as it remains part of English law) are almost certain to protect certain rights established in the past by virtue of the individual's presence in the UK.