Sentences with phrase «mechanism of adaptation»

«The proteins have mechanisms of adaptations for possible mutations, and in many cases the proteins survive and can fulfill some of their function.

In my project, I aim to comprehensively identify the mutational paths by which avian [bird] influenza can adapt to the human host and determine the mechanisms of adaptation,» said Soh, who is jointly mentored by basic scientist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Harmit Malik.

As the title of this exhibition, this question, to be posed reciprocally, opens the doors to this home and invites the artists to reflect on mutual understanding as a creative activity produced when there's an engagement with unfamiliarity and transformation in exchanges with others and within our own mechanisms of adaptation.

The distance and titration offered by the use of the EMDR - Sandtray protocol give the client and the EMDR clinician the opportunity to access, explore and process traumatic material while working with the client's mechanisms of adaptation and defenses.

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The mechanism of the evolutionary process is natural selection, the successful, that is to say capable of survival and propagation of the species, adaptation of species and populations to their environment.

It does not even suggest that the basic mechanisms of Darwinian evolution are flawed, that is variation, selection and adaptation remain well - supported, supplemented by still further supporting evidence of evolution from population genetics and molecular biology.

During this long history of evolutionary adaptation, human beings slowly evolved mechanisms and practices for childbirth.

This inherent optical adaptation of the lens is passive, avoiding the use of complex mechanical or electrical mechanisms to independently control each lens of the array.

The authors acknowledge limitations in the study, including the lack of data for some regions of the world, and the fact that adaptation mechanisms and potential changes to demographics have not been accounted for.

They examined light adaptation mechanisms of visible - and IR - radiation - using phototrophs required for adapting to land habitats and found out that IR - using phototrophs struggle to adapt to changing light condition at the boundary of water and land surface.

The contributors explore such issues as the nature of species, how species are counted, limits on diversity, mechanisms of speciation and adaptation, and speciation rates.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — A possible mechanism for the adaptation of a trait that boosts the survival of some Tibetan children, apparently by raising the level of oxygen in their mothers» tissues, was announced at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting, held here from 28 to 31 March.

«This provides evidence of a molecular genetic mechanism that is at work, coordinating adaptation of seed dormancy and flowering traits in the plants to accommodate environmental conditions,» said study co-author Heqiang «Alfred» Huo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Bradford lab.

Piper's research clarifying the mechanism of seedling establishment success for E. coccineum in conditions with limited availability of N and P may lead to advantageous root adaptation in other plants.

Neuroscientists of Jena University (Germany) discover adaptation mechanisms of the brain when perceiving letters of the alphabet.

But, as Prof. Kovács and his colleague Mareike Grotheer were able to point out in a new study: these distinct adaptation mechanisms are not only restricted to the perception of faces.

Many of these adaptation mechanisms needed for Third World countries require implementing tools that can override natural disturbances caused by global warming.

Identification of these genes provides support for previously hypothesized mechanisms of high - altitude adaptation and illuminates the complexity of hypoxia - response pathways in humans.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

Yet he returned to England unsure of the mechanism that could cause this adaptation.

Since levels of PGC - 1α and citrate synthase were unchanged in spleen and kidney, in contrast to the situation in skeletal muscle, it would suggest that the mechanism of the increased endurance and altered metabolic characteristics is a muscle - specific adaptation to the lack of IL - 15Rα.

Our findings highlight the need to study the physiological mechanisms underlying the impact of urbanization on wildlife in order to better understand present and future threats to populations and the adaptations animals make to counter these.

We are keen to understand, in general, the contribution of these mechanisms to evolution and adaptation, and the origin of novel properties.

«It's not one big change in the genome of this fish, but lots of different molecular mechanisms used to achieve this amazing adaptation and speciation,» said Federica.

However, several genetic mechanisms — including the evolution of protein - coding sequences and gene duplication, as well as the evolution of regulatory sequences — are sources of variation in all species and contribute to organismal adaptation.

As one of the largest national research programmes on ocean acidification, BIOACID has contributed to quantifying the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats, unravelling the mechanisms underlying the observed responses, assessing the potential for evolutionary adaptation, and determining how these responses are modulated by other environmental drivers.

Clearly informed by IPCC and other scientific studies, considerable progress has been made on the key issues of adaptation, avoided deforestation, technology transfers and a more geographically and sectorally balanced Clean Development Mechanism.

Lab tests with gnathiids to determine the patterns and mechanisms of host preference and local adaptation

I am specifically interested in behavioral adaptations of herbivorous insects that may have adaptive functions in foraging, and have begun exploring nocturnal herbivory as one potential mechanism.

New research led by the University of Bristol has found that genes in the brain that play a crucial role in behavioural adaptation to stressful challenges are controlled by epigenetic mechanisms.

Speakers will address emerging research on connections between exercise and arrhythmia, adaptation to physical activity, and molecular mechanisms of cardioprotection.

Genome analysis of three Pneumocystis species reveals adaptation mechanisms to life exclusively in mammalian hosts.

Also changes in the shape of mitochondria, a phenomenon known as mitochondrial dynamics, is a mechanism of energy adaptation in changing metabolic conditions, to adjust the needs of cells.

His laboratory is interested in understanding the role of metabolic adaptations in breast and prostate cancer progression, and elucidating mechanisms that promote therapy resistant aggressive metastatic disease.

the primary mechanism for maternal adaptation to short - term fasting is decreased maternal glucose use by the early development of ketosis and fatty acidemia, thus maintaining a glucose supply for milk production and a constant milk supply for the infant.

Heavier loads also produce superior gains in rate of force development to lighter loads (Fink et al. 2016; Mangine et al. 2016), and increased tendon stiffness may well be the mechanism by which this adaptation occurs.

As we begin to think about autophagy in general, and the specific mechanisms of mitophagy, the genius of the human body's innate natural survival adaptations reveal themselves in quite remarkable ways.

The purpose of this manuscript is to discuss the mechanisms and potential benefits of blood flow restricted exercise on bone adaptation and provide rationale as to why low load resistance exercise to failure would be unlikely to produce these benefits.

The adaptations to plyometric training are not only limited to the the stretch - shortening cycle, as I have outlined in the article The 101 of Power Training for Beginners the human body uses three mechanisms for muscular activation

Martin Berkhan, a big proponent of fasting and author at LeanGains.com, has a good take on the possible mechanism behind fasted training adaptations:

Holten et al. [48] investigated a number of important biochemical muscle adaptations in both diabetic and non-diabetic individuals in response to 4 weeks of one - legged low - intensity strength training and reported possible mechanisms leading to a training effect including increased protein content of GLUT4, insulin receptor, glycogen synthase and protein - kinase B (PKB) without an increase in muscle mass.

Smart survivors, these plants have developed an array of intriguing adaptations and defence mechanisms to cope with the scorching sunlight, gale - force winds, dry summers and wet winters.

The escape of renegade wizard Sirius Black from a hellish incarceration is the plot mechanism that drives «Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,» the third in a never - ending series of adaptations of J.K. Rowling's phenomenally popular novels.

The approach presented here is based on three main pillars: an adaptation mechanism based on a broad understanding of system dependencies; efficient use of system knowledge through involvement of actors throughout the process; and technological solutions to enable efficient actor communication and information handling.The book provides readers with a better understanding of the factors that influence decisions, and put forward solutions to facilitate the rapid adaptation to changes in the business environment and customer needs through intelligent upgrade i...

[Parties [are encouraged to][may][support and] implement][The [mechanism][framework] for] policy approaches and positive incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks [and associated non-carbon benefits]; as well as [the [mechanism][framework] for] alternative policy approaches such as joint mitigation and adaptation approaches for the integral and sustainable management of forests; [and also the associated non-carbon benefits]; [which] consist of the decisions, methods and guidance already adopted under the Convention; [Parties are encouraged [to support their effective implementation][to implement] the [mechanism [s]-RSB-[framework [s]-RSB--RSB-.

There is an urgent need to scale up financial flows, particularly financial support to developing countries; to create positive incentives for actions; to finance the incremental costs of cleaner and low - carbon technologies; to make more efficient use of funds directed toward climate change; to realize the full potential of appropriate market mechanisms that can provide pricing signals and economic incentives to the private sector; to promote public sector investment; to create enabling environments that promote private investment that is commercially viable; to develop innovative approaches; and to lower costs by creating appropriate incentives for and reducing and eliminating obstacles to technology transfer relevant to both mitigation and adaptation.

The report compiles and synthesizes information on capacity - building contained in reports published by relevant bodies established under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol and by the operating entities of the Financial Mechanism and the Adaptation Fund Board from the 4th meeting of the Durban Forum to the end of December 2015.

NCCARF: This project examines the likely impacts on the built environment of increased intensities in weather - related natural hazard events, in order to identify the possibilities of using the regulatory mechanisms of building construction, housing insurance and planning in climate change adaptation.

ELLA: Water Basin Councils and citizen participation mechanisms, terracing and «water raising», innovative tools for researching vulnerability: these are just a few of the strategies Latin American countries are using to strengthen adaptation to changing water availability in their mountain regions.

Following that, paragraph 15 of decision 17 / CP.7 noted that a 2 percent share of the proceeds from Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project activities would be used to finance the cost of adaptation.