Sentences with phrase «of significant adaptation»

Nobody is acutely able to identify the reasons, my thoughts are Deins departure isolated Wenger seemingly and Arsene got in his own way for a number of seasons — only now showing glimpses of significant adaptation.

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These adaptations are cultural phenomena, and hence they are significant activities of the brain.

Many of the reasons Ridley Scott decided to take on directing a fresh adaptation of the Exodus story are pretty obvious: It's been 60 years since the last significant blockbuster...

«Currently, we are conducting a series of joint investigations on gene family evolution and adaptation genomics in plants with colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and we foresee more significant results from this collaboration,» says Xiao - Ru Wang.

Extreme adaptations of species often cause such significant changes that their evolutionary history is difficult to reconstruct.

«This paper represents a significant contribution to our understanding of human environmental adaptation,» says Toomas Kivisild, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, who was not involved with the study.

Shengkai Pan, Project manager from BGI, said, «The accomplishment of the Chinese alligator genome is significant for understanding its adaptation for both aquatic and terrestrial environments, and more importantly, for the conservation of such an endangered species.»

These adaptations support the case that illusions are not simply errors of perception but can provide significant advantages, too.

New data show that extreme weather events have become more frequent over the past 36 years, with a significant uptick in floods and other hydrological events compared even with five years ago, according to a new publication, «Extreme weather events in Europe: Preparing for climate change adaptation: an update on EASAC's 2013 study» by the European Academies» Science Advisory Council (EASAC), a body made up of 27 national science academies in the European Union, Norway, and Switzerland.

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.

Adaptation of wildlife and people to new conditions in the Arctic represents one of the most significant challenges for conservationists and local communities, not just in the future but right now.

«In Southern Europe, adapting to some of the projected changes could only be achieved by a fundamental, and expensive, re-engineering of each city or water resource system, as significant adaptation to climate extremes has already been implemented and radical changes will be needed to achieve more,» the paper notes.

For papers identifying locally adapted loci from SNP data in wild populations, the proportion of SNPs tested that were local adaptation candidates based on either (a) FST outlier status or (b) significant genotype - environment associations, in comparison to the log - scaled number of individuals sampled in the reported dataset.

During periods of significant physical adaptation, such as when an individual is first beginning to workout, protein needs are greatly increased.

On the other hand, if you go too high on the rep range, let's say 1 set of 25 reps, the load is so light it won't produce any significant adaptation.

Some studies have found that pressure - cuff exercise performed with light weights, far less than what is normally considered sufficient for promoting muscular adaptations, can promote significant muscle growth as a result of generating a substantial amount of metabolic stress.

Dynamic epigenetic regulations of the Gdnf gene play significant roles in identifying both the susceptibility and the adaptation responses to chronic stressful events.

Outside of his Nightmare appearances, Englund's most significant credits were his one - shot directorial stint on the theatrical feature 976 - EVIL (1988); his characterization of the title role in a medium - budget film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera (1989); and his hosting chores on the Craven - produced TV anthology Nightmare Café (1992).

COLD IN JULY, Jim Mickle's feature adaptation of the Joe Lansdale cult novel in which Hall stars with Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, recently premiered to significant acclaim in US Dramatic Competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

First stills from The Help, Dreamworks promising adaptation of one of last year's most significant literary events.

Interestingly, rather than try to keep as much of the stage musical intact in order to please fans of the theater production, Condon has made several significant changes in his adaptation, most notably in making the characters play more like the real - life counterparts of their inspiration.

An adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's neo-western novel, No Country for Old Men generated a significant amount of buzz at Cannes earlier this year and the Coens have already received a considerable amount of praise for the project from a variety of major American publications.

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER — Chaos Walking, Doug Liman's big - budget adaptation of the best - selling YA novel of the same name by Patrick Ness, is the latest big - budget movie to undergo significant reshoots, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

As the first major studio movie to centre on a same - sex romance, this adaptation of Becky Albertalli's cult young adult novel already feels hugely significant.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Latest Marvel Superhero Saves the Day during WWII This superhero adventure continues the recent trend in comic book screen adaptations in which the protagonist comes to play a critical role in the outcome of a significant historical event.

Curtis Hanson had McDormand beguiling Michael Douglas» college professor in his underappreciated adaptation of Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys — a relatively minor role in terms of screen time, but one that is nevertheless significant both for the way its written and the way McDormand plays it.

Enriching the literacy environment had one additional surprising impact: Children whose teachers participated in LEEP displayed significant growth in social skillsSee This finding came from teacher ratings using an adaptation of another tool, the Social Skills Rating System (Gresham & Elliott, 1990)..

Due to the adaptation of the exhaust system, a significant reduction of counterpressure is achieved.

It seems doubtful that any significant growth of digital comics can continue without moving beyond models that see the digital as little more than an adaptation of the analog.

Despite the large numbers of otome game releases every year, they sell relatively small numbers to a very specific audience, with drama CDs, anime adaptations, and merchandise making up a significant revenue source for their respective companies.

The Franklin Institute's Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor, a new immersive adaptation of one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in modern time, recently made its debut in Philadelphia.

Where the hand and mind of the artist are evident, where experience meets a long career of observation, experimentation and adaptation, where the medium becomes the artist's playground, here on canvas and paper Wolf Kahn constructs works of art that are authentic and significant.

Declare that, irrespective of the effectiveness of mitigation actions, significant adverse changes in the global climate are now inevitable and are already taking place, and thus parties to the U.N.F.C.C.C. must also include, in the COP15 outcome document, an ambitious agreement on adaptation finance which should prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable countries, especially in the near term,

What we can do, however, is develop strategies of adaptation and mitigation, how humans will be affected, how our lives will change, and how we can prevent a dramatic loss of life due to ecological disaster, scarcity of resources, or other significant problems.

The latter showed that future ESL changes can be significant in certain areas, adding to, or damping the effects of SLR; such information needs to be accounted for in coastal management and adaptation plans in addition to SLR projections.

The resulting adaptation cost figures range from between U$ 6 billion to U$ 14 billion / year that Pakistan would have to spend at an average in the 2010 - 2050 time frame to cope with the effects of climate change while it will be also left to, unavoidably, bear significant «residual damage» costs induced due to climate change.

Results showed that male household head, education of the household head, marital status of the household head, production assets, firm size, availability of credit, access to market, temperature and rainfall had significant impacts on choices of adaptation.

A finding of no significant human - induced climate change with dangerous potential impacts requiring options for adaptation and mitigationwould have meant no reason for IPCC to stay alive.

Ocean acidification plus higher concentration of CaCO3 in ionized form, which will definitely have an effect on ocean life that will require significant adaptation at a significant biological cost.

Such a high share of renewables requires significant adaptation of energy markets to create fair and sustainable conditions for their further growth.

The guidelines establish that the EIA may investigate whether adaptation should be a significant factor in the design of a field project.

The International Development Finance Club (IDFC)-- a group of international, national, and regional development banks based in the developed and the developing world — released its annual report on green investment (i.e. mitigation, adaptation and «other» environmental finance which includes environmental protection and remediation related projects)-- as the world's climate negotiators were meeting in Lima, and its numbers are significant.

The report suggests that although international public funding for adaptation has increased in recent years, the previous assessments of the costs of adaptation have involved significant underestimates.

Significant efforts made by countries are underlined through analysis of mitigation and adaptation measures implemented.

The identification of the determinants of adaptive capacity was a critical part of Chapter 18 of the contribution of Working Group II to the TAR (IPCC 2001), which provided an organizing frame for a significant amount of post-2001 research into adaptation (e.g., Yohe and Tol 2002).

Do you have some realistic way of explaining how adaptation won't primarily serve those who are actually contributing most to the problem — while leaving others to suffer the most significant consequences?

In particular, we're going to need a significant amount of international finance for energy - sector leapfrogging, adaptation, and loss & damage.

The 2015 agreement must make a significant contribution to deliver an adaptation approach that adequately responds to the immediate needs of, and future threats to, the most vulnerable developing countries and ecosystems.

Others saw Copenhagen as a success for achieving agreement on the long - term goals of the UNFCCC, new voluntary commitments from many developing countries, new levels of cooperation from China on verifying its voluntary emissions reductions commitments, and promises to mobilize significant amounts of money for adaptation in developing countries.

11: Urban).57 In New York State, two feet of sea level rise is estimated (absent adaptation investment) to flood or render unusable 212 miles of roads, 77 miles of rail, 3,647 acres of airport facilities, and 539 acres of runways.53 Port facilities, such as in Maryland (primarily Baltimore), also have flooding impact estimates: 298 acres, or 32 % of the overall port facilities in the state.53 These impacts have potentially significant economic ramifications.