Sentences with phrase «on gradual changes»

Most land - use scenario assessments are based on gradual changes in socio - economic and climatic conditions, although responses to extreme weather events such as Hurricane Mitch in Central America have also been assessed (Kok and Winograd, 2002).

If screen time makes up a large part of your child's routine, you can start by setting rules that focus on gradual changes.

For this reason we have to rely on the political will of the next ruling party and on a gradual change of awareness.

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The change is likely to be gradual at first, and it's not yet clear which markets will see it after the U.S., but over time, shoppers will begin to notice star ratings and top reviews on product pages changing.

«The statement carried only modest changes in wording, but they were meaningful nonetheless, highlighting that the Fed is optimistic on the outlook and intent on continuing to raise rates at a gradual pace,» said Westpac analyst Elliot Clarke.

Instead of depending on religious thrill and a sudden, dramatic conversion, Emmanuel therapy relied on the gradual type of religious change.

This could come about by a long process of change, a gradual movement toward a fuller personal loyalty and a more Christian society on earth.

Although in the pre-human stages of evolution the gradual growth of consciousness in animals (see Section 2, below) does not appear to have had any appreciable effect on the course or speed of their zoological evolution, from the time of Man the evolutionary mechanism undergoes a radical change.

While we still need to preserve deterrent power in the non-Communist world, there can be a gradual change in the feelings on both sides concerning what is at stake in the Cold War.

The Fascist regime itself, whatever its negative features, probably contributed to that «passive revolution» in another of the senses in which Gramsci used the term, in which important social changes can go on even under reactionary and repressive regimes — the gradual erosion of particularistic and traditional authority structures and the development of more egalitarian social forms — though it may be in the nature of the less effective Italian Fascist regime to have served more as a guardian for such structures and less as a corrosive to them than in the more efficient fascist regimes in Germany and Japan.

In this view, social change is gradual and evolutionary, and achieved on the basis of consensus.

Its been obvious to most that this squad of players has not been right since the end of that 1st great season under Bilic orchestrated on the pitch by Payet.This was followed by a disastrous Summer window when we bought bulk instead of quality, top that off with the Payet wanting to leave fiasco and we have never been the same since.Odd good displays which flattered to deceive but in general a gradual and consistent decline to the bottom.Moyes has inherited this group and i can honestly not see how it will change until January in the transfer market.He will not get a bumper warchest to improve thats for sure and who would want to buy some of these under achievers to create money for new buys.Its a mess and has been since that awful Summer transfer window plus on top of which far too many of this lot have under achieved drastically be it new players we have bought or the OLD boys.Its an ageing side especially at the back and needs a serious overhaul.

However, as H.M. Hyndman suggested in his influential England for All from 1881, «such changes as are needed may be gradual» and «in England, fortunately, we have a long political history to lead up to our natural development, the growth of a great nation such as ours has its effect on all portions of the people».

The paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould studied lakes in East Africa and on Caribbean islands looking for Darwin's gradual change from one species of trilobite or snail to another.

Scientists have long known that Alzheimer's disease is a gradual process and that the brain undergoes functional changes before the structural changes associated with the disease show up on imaging results.

«This study is one of the first to show that gradual and subtle changes in forest structure and species composition, driven by climate change — as well as invasive insects and pathogens that act on a fraction of tree species within a forest — can also affect water yield.»

On p. 336: 271 Abrupt change from wet to dry in the Sahara (at least, as measured by offshore dust) as the summer sun gradually changes: Peter B. deMenocal, J. Ortiz, T. Guilderson, J. Adkins, M. Sarnthein, L. Baker, and M. Yarusinsky, «Abrupt onset and termination of the African Humid Period: Rapid climate responses to gradual insolation forcing,» Quaternary Science Review 19: 347 - 361 (2000).

So far, the climate science used in courts has focused mostly on overall trends and gradual processes such as sea level rise, said Michael Burger, executive director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in New York, who said he has no financial stake in climate change litigChange Law at Columbia Law School in New York, who said he has no financial stake in climate change litigchange litigation.

There are lots of resources available on fiber http://nutritionfacts.org/?s=fiber and focusing on just that aspect will help you feel your body respond to the gradual change of incorporating more of that nutrient.

We focused on my past history with food, current lifestyle, state of mind and how to make gradual changes to my nutrition.

In addition to body changes, drastically less free time and money to spend on shopping, curating clothes, and paying attention to fashion trends, and increased likelihood of kid staining, stretching clothes, theres also the fact that you basically put your entire wardrobe on ice for a year or more due to pregnancy and nursing, so it doesn't really get the gradual updating over time that people normally do, so the little wardrobe details like how pants or sweaters fit or which boots you have will just be a little more behind the fashion curve.

In some ways, though, the film's real heart and conscience is old Thaddeus Stevens — who must wrestle with reconciling his deeply held beliefs on equality with the need for compromise that will lead to more politically palatable gradual change.

Where the film excels, however, is director William Wyler's measured tone, which accepts the story's focus — of gradual changes and carnage on the home front — and uses lengthy sequences emphasizing actor reactions.

With a major, successful release in Mexico and the States, and on VOD, hopefully that change will extend, gradual as it may be, to the world at large.

Jack's transformation is gradual and the small details that change on his face are remarkable.

For items reflecting skills that take time to develop, changes on the Report Card should be gradual rather than sudden.

Change was gradual at first, then success fed on success.

An increased share of disadvantaged students could affect overall district test scores, but with a gradual demographic shift, changes might be small or imperceptible from year to year and don't necessarily indicate changes in school quality, said Michael Hansen, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution.

Schrag believes that these changes «point to a gradual shift away from the narrow focus on fact - based testing in math and reading, on creating many more charter schools, on «reconstituting» or closing sub-par schools, and on other business - model schemes that school reformers have pushed for during the past couple of decades....

But I couldn't get through it because Grace's gradual change was too gradual for me, and at times, too much time spent on atmosphere over character.

Pets often go undiagnosed because the changes are very subtle early on, but unlike normal brain aging in which there is a very gradual progression, CDS patients usually progress rapidly.

To make matters worse, the change can be so gradual that we don't notice the weight gain until kitty gets on a scale at the annual exam at the vet.

These changes can be gradual and are easy to miss, so it's a good idea to perform laboratory tests annually or semi-annually on older pets.

Aside from those immediate changes, implementing change based on the Guidelines should be a gradual and thoughtful process designed to provide maximum benefit for the animals.

Making gradual changes over a period of a few days will be easier on the puppy's digestive system.

On top of this, the story is told without any words at all, no voice - acting, no text, just a gradual change of scenery each level.

Engaging repetition, rhythm and gradual change, she allows these minuscule words, figures, numbers and marks to accrue and grow on the paper.

And I agree with Overandout, that for almost 40 years there have been plenty of us advocating gradual, sensible change away from overconsumption, waste, pollution and reliance on carbon combustion.

The first report knew, and commented on, the possibilities of gradual climate change pushing ecosystems or economies over thresholds and triggering abrupt responses, but the new report focuses on such tipping points in our societies and environment.

This optimism will hinge strongly on events in Europe this week and moving ahead, but if these trends continue, we should expect a slow and gradual corresponding rise in public belief and concern over climate change, a trend that will be important analyze by comparing findings across multiple survey firms and forms of question wording.

As the Migration Policy Institute elaborates in an article examining the complexities of climate change and migration, a weather - related event — whether it's gradual glacial melting or a sudden superstorm like Sandy — can increase pressures on land, food, and water resources.

The effects of ice melt on ocean circulation were not included in the latest assessment by the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meaning Hansen's predictions would occur much earlier and be less gradual than envisioned in the consensus reports of the IPCC.

Each month brings us more frightening news on the effects of global warming, but because the changes are gradual, there's never a clear signal that it's time to step up to stronger action.

-LSB-...] Velasco Herrera described as erroneous predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), pursuant to which the planet is experiencing a gradual increase in temperature, the so - called global warming.

Few people have read paleo - climatology text books, are aware of the glacial / interglacial cycle, are aware that the paleoclimatic record has unequivocal evidence of cyclic gradual changes and cyclic abrupt climate events, are aware that the abrupt climate change events such as the abrupt termination of the last 22 interglacial periods lacks an explanation, are aware that all of the past interglacial periods are short (roughly 12,000 years) and that they have ended abruptly, and so on.

They are realising that their old ideas about gradual change - the smooth lines on graphs showing warming and sea - level rise and gradually shifting weather patterns - are not how the world's climate system works.

My optimism about the role that migration can play in protecting the populace hinges on the assumption that climate change will be gradual.

A sentence in Chapter 13 of the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability states: «Up to 40 percent of the Amazonian forests could react drastically to even a slight reduction in precipitation; this means that the tropical vegetation, hydrology and climate system in South America could change very rapidly to another steady state, not necessarily producing gradual changes between the current and the future situation.»

I zoomed in on one phrase in your most recent comment — about the gradual nature of technological change with regards to the environment.

Changing pathways — for example, shifting from on - going coastal protection to gradual retreat from the most exposed areas — can be challenging and may require new types of interactions among governments, industry and communities.