Sentences with phrase «remarkable capacity»

In her exploration of Vietnamese, Mexican, Korean, Jamaican, South Asian, and African immigrant communities, the author hops around the country, using the skills of the investigative reporter and her own remarkable capacity for social engagement, to enter the lives of these groups, and to enable readers to enter into their lives, too.

Young people are also more prone to severe scaring; ironically enough this is caused by a young body's remarkable capacity of healing after a wound.

Some individuals demonstrate remarkable capacities to overcome the severe challenges of early, persistent maltreatment, trauma, and emotional harm, yet there are limits to the ability of young children to recover psychologically from adversity.

Young as the human species is, it displays remarkable capacities: to think and reason and imagine; to ask questions and seek answers; to use language, metaphors and symbols; to ponder the mystery of origins; to locate oneself on maps of meaning; to project ideals and seek their realization; to ask how one fits into the most inclusive scheme of things.

These rare cases of dysfunction allow us to see more clearly that our healthy brains endow us with remarkable capacities to imagine, reason, and act freely.

Understanding the liver's remarkable capacity for repair and regeneration is a key step in understanding what happens when the organ ceases to function properly, such as in cases of cirrhosis or liver cancer.

The human brain has a remarkable capacity to recognize and identify faces, and scientists are just beginning to learn why.

We have a remarkable capacity for mental time travel — to imagine the thoughts and feelings of our past selves.

This set - apart identity gives bishops and priests a remarkable capacity to sustain their sense of self - importance independent of trends in culture (something liberal Catholics often find exasperating).

If she really were to believe such a thing, it would evidence a remarkable capacity for self - delusion.

The remarkable capacity of our mind to gather data, draw conclusions and dictate actions is a gift of our Creator.

On two issues in particular» race and the pope» Criswell demonstrated a remarkable capacity to change.

The visitor who allows himself some slack time to wander about, visiting a volcano here, a seacoast there, is taken by the remarkable capacity these small islands have for absorbing almost anything, whether it be a mile - wide stream of hot lava, a tidal wave, an incursion of mongooses and rats or a touring busload of Stetsoned Texans.

Simple neural circuits composed of two interacting populations of neurons exhibit a remarkable capacity to accommodate multiple nonlinear resonances organized in stunningly diverse and intriguing diagrams.

Price has no special ability when it comes to memorizing words or numbers, but she has a remarkable capacity for remembering the events of her life.

Latterly, in the West at least, eccentrics have shown a remarkable capacity to flourish while inviting and suffering derision, as demonstrated by numerous «bad» poets and singers stubbornly and unaffectedly proud of their dubious gifts, as well as the many self - styled emperors and statesmen.

But newts have a remarkable capacity to regrow nerves.

Drawing on lessons from past oil spills, many scientists agree that ecosystems have a remarkable capacity to heal.

Given the remarkable capacity of bacteria to survive millennia frozen in ice, Feedback is tempted to add «untreated» to that description.

While this change may cause irregularities in white matter development, Dr. Blüml noted that the newborn brain has a remarkable capacity to adapt or even «re-wire» itself — a concept known as plasticity.

«Some fish have a remarkable capacity to adjust to higher water temperatures over a few generations of exposure,» says Dr Heather Veilleux from the Coral CoE.

Interneuron cell - based therapy in AD and related models: During brain development, embryonic interneuron precursors are generated in the medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) and retain a remarkable capacity for migration and integration in adult host brains, where they fully mature into functional inhibitory interneurons.

The 2016 Kavli Prize laureates discuss the brain's remarkable capacity for change and how that is causing us to rethink human potential.

Human embryonic stem cells have the remarkable capacity to mature into all of the 200 kinds of cells that make up the human body: skin, bone, nerve, blood, heart, and so on.

Some organisms have a remarkable capacity for regenerating tissue.

Most notably, HIIT has a remarkable capacity to reduce body fat more potently than low - intensity cardio, without wreaking havoc on energy levels within the muscle cell, which enables optimal lean muscle growth as well.

Based on the true story of a boxer wrongly accused of murdering three people in 1966, the film featured stellar work by Washington as the wronged man, further demonstrating his remarkable capacity for telling a good story.

End - of - term / end - of - tether worksheet showing German's remarkable capacity to make compound nouns out of virtually nothing.

Like the hero of the 1980s TV show, they display a remarkable capacity for getting things done — even if the tools at hand are only duct tape, bubble gum, and an oilcan.

Young people have a remarkable capacity for intensity, but need their teachers to craft learning environments that reduce stress levels, interruptions, and confusion.

Yet Austen also gives Emma a remarkable capacity for understanding, empathy, sacrifice and selfless love.

With humor and humility, Lauck writes and speaks about perseverance, courage and the remarkable capacity of humans to transcend the worst of losses with grace.

When its weight is factored in, coming in at under 15 ounces, the Kindle Fire shows a remarkable capacity for portability.

However, financial disturbances do not exhibit the very rapid contagion effects present in financial shocks... Credit - related problems... are of special concern because - as we have seen on many occasions - financial markets have a remarkable capacity to cope with financial disturbances so long as widespread credit problems are not seen as an imminent threat.

We're inspired by our pets and their remarkable capacity for unconditional love.

While the thread that weaves the myriad interdisciplinary artifacts on view in both iterations of Common Time is, of course, Cunningham's dance work, many of the objects within the exhibitions have the remarkable capacity to double as compelling, self - reliant artworks in their own right.

The invention of new sculptural forms to please ancestral spirits gives vitality to this spectacle - a testament to the remarkable capacity of the young people to respond to the preoccupations of the present.

But there has been too little recognition that the U.S. government has developed a remarkable capacity to nurture innovation and the commercialization of new technologies across all sectors of the economy.

We need to increase investment in the technologies and business models that make electricity access affordable for everyone, place even bigger bets on the remarkable capacity of renewable energy and build big markets for clean fuels and cooking access.

Contrary to our earlier predictions, not only are large massive Porites relatively resistant to stress, they appear to have a remarkable capacity for recovery even after severe partial mortality.

The new V120 - 2.2 MW ™ IEC IIIB / IEC S is our latest addition to the 2 MW platform - with its 59 m blades, this turbine delivers a notable rotor - to - generator ratio producing a remarkable capacity and yield at low - and medium - wind sites.

The most critical of these are the trio of an apparent absolute refusal to listen to advice, a belief that the rules do not apply to him and a remarkable capacity for self - delusion.

Featuring in - depth case presentations from master clinicians, this volume highlights the remarkable capacity of traumatized children to guide their own healing process.

«This achievement, and her many others, is testament to Dr Scott's remarkable capacity to be at once fiercely passionate and conciliatory.»

Use of the NBO in clinical practice will provide parents with important information about their baby's remarkable capacities and individuality.