Sentences with phrase «small changes in the system»

On the other hand the systems approach implies that small changes in the system can drive far changing changes in the climate state.

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One more thing, right from the get go, we've structured things such that they'd be applicable globally, where we could quickly make small changes to the app in various countries to fit their own legal systems.

The reasons are four-fold: structural changes in the American economy have triggered a long term downward trend in entrepreneurial activity; changes in the banking system have made small business credit more difficult to get; a post-recession shift in attitudes has made Americans less interested in striking out on their own; and a shift in government policies has made entrepreneurship more challenging to undertake.

While cryptocurrencies are currently too small an asset class to pose systemic risks to the financial system, that may change as the space continues its rapid evolution, Mark Carney, chairman of the Financial Stability Board, said in a letter to G - 20 finance leaders published Sunday.

But more than half of small to midsize enterprises that support BYOD are either unaware of or defenseless against mobile security hazards like malicious apps, domain - name system poisoning (changing an IP address to divert visitors to a rogue website) and jailbroken devices (in which the user removes operating system limitations imposed by manufacturers and network operators), a Marble Security survey reveals.

The Ralph Review heralds a sea change in the way small business interacts with the tax system, according to the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (ASCPA).

So the options become: a) accept the current system with the liquidity possibilities mentioned in your article, b) change the system — make small IPO's feasible again in the U.S., or c) go international.

While I agree that the tax system should be fair and equitable for all, I am very concerned that the proposed changes will negatively impact hardworking small and medium - sized business owners, lawyers, accountants and physicians who play by the rules, create jobs in our community and are also raising young families in Riverbend.

I explained that the driver of this change in the Fed's toolbox was the fact that the massive quantity of reserves injected into the banking system by QE (Quantitative Easing) meant that it would no longer be possible for the Fed to hike the FFR in the traditional way, that is, via the sort of small - scale shrinkage of bank reserves that was used in the past.

They urged a change in the commodity payment system, arguing that subsidies should go to smaller farms and smaller farmers.

A change in the U.S. pricing and subsidy system might not make enormous differences for small farmers worldwide, but with many of the world's farmers living on less than $ 1 per day, small differences turn out to be significant.

This relates to the sensitive dependence of non-linear systems to the initial values of its dynamical parameters (often referred as the «butterfly effect,» a phrase coined by the meteorologist E.N. Lorenz).7 In such a system, even the smallest change (or uncertainty) of initial values of a non-linear or dynamically coupled system, show long - term divergence of its phase - map trajectories, leading to the formation of a basin of so - called «strange attractors.»

Even for parents in relatively small suburban school districts, such as those in Evanston, the school food system can seem too big to change.

With a ratio of one counselor for every two children, small group sizes and individualized reward system, counselors are able to provide consistent and frequent feedback for targeted behaviors in order to facilitate real behavior change.

At the very least the proposed changes in Greater Manchester — which obviously go a lot wider than the system of government — have all the hall marks of a policy being made on - the - hoof, behind closed doors, by small groups of like - minded people — just the sort of ingredients identified by King and Crewe which lead to monumental blunders.

«Government and local authorities need to do more to ensure that care workers are supported in the vital work that they do — a small step towards this goal would be to make some of our recommended changes to the background systems they rely on and we stand by willing and ready to help in any way we can.»

In order to change the culture of corruption which puts democracy up for auction, we need wholesale campaign finance reform, built around a system of small dollar matching funds, to hold elected accountable to their constituents.

In May, alongside the local and (in Scotland and Wales at least) national elections, there is the small matter of a referendum to change our voting system to consideIn May, alongside the local and (in Scotland and Wales at least) national elections, there is the small matter of a referendum to change our voting system to considein Scotland and Wales at least) national elections, there is the small matter of a referendum to change our voting system to consider.

In his budget proposal, the governor again included ethics and campaign fund - raising changes, including putting in place a system of public financing for state political campaigns modeled after the one used in New York City, where small donations are matched with public fundIn his budget proposal, the governor again included ethics and campaign fund - raising changes, including putting in place a system of public financing for state political campaigns modeled after the one used in New York City, where small donations are matched with public fundin place a system of public financing for state political campaigns modeled after the one used in New York City, where small donations are matched with public fundin New York City, where small donations are matched with public funds.

It seemed that any small fluctuation in an ecological system was always balanced out by some other change, maintaining equilibrium even in complex situations.

«It's useful in modeling concepts in neuroscience to have a system that will yield a diverse range of behaviors for small changes of a control parameter, as this may help offer some insights about how the same neural tissue displays different responses,» Alonso said, whose research was funded by a fellowship from the Leon Levy Foundation.

Notes Toyota's Gunaratne: «A challenge for vehicle applications is having a system that can detect small changes in heart rhythms but can also separate out the noise and motion that happens inside the vehicle.

In other words, a single small change can have far - reaching and unpredictable effects — the hallmark of a non-linear system.

Moreover, what happens to an individual car is highly dependent on the weight of its passengers and where they sit — a characteristic of chaotic systems, in which small changes in the starting conditions produce wildly different results.

For those who aren't familiar with it, the «tipping point» is a concept from epidemiology (popularized by the best - selling book by Malcolm Gladwell) that suggests that small changes accumulate innocuously until a critical mass is reached, at which point a large - scale, irreversible change occurs in the system under study.

«The brain along with the reproductive system and every other cell in your body is exquisitely sensitive to exceedingly small changes in estrogen and other sex hormones, and the fact that the environment is full of chemicals that can activate estrogen receptors means this phenomenally sensitive system is being perturbed constantly by environmental factors.»

By combining GOCE's high - resolution measurements with information from Grace, scientists can now look at changes in ice mass in small glacial systems — offering even greater insight into the dynamics of Antarctica's different basins.

The agreement maintains the three - part structure and funding system proposed by the European Commission in November 2011, with small changes to the budget breakdown and some new elements.

They are extremely potent molecules, however, so even small changes in interferon - levels can have dramatic effects on the immune system.

Some of these genes control both cardiovascular development and skeletal development, suggesting the intriguing possibility that the giraffe's stature and turbocharged cardiovascular system evolved in concert through changes in a small number of genes.

The tendency of the current administration [is] to undermine science in a variety of ways that range from the fiscal to the regulatory and the political, and the session that was sponsored last week was a combination of people providing ideas for relatively small changes and [in] the way we see science — for example, funding more National Science Foundation studentships, to changes in the pattern system — and then five of us were asked to speak fairly broadly about how we can improve science and technology in the country.

Lead author Dr. Peter Alexander, of the University of Edinburgh's School of GeoSciences and Scotland's Rural College, said: «A mix of small changes in consumer behaviour, such as replacing beef with chicken, reducing food waste and potentially introducing insects more commonly into diets, would help achieve land savings and a more sustainable food system.»

One classic example of chaos theory is the weather, in which a relatively small change in one part of the system is enough to foil predictions — and vacation plans — anywhere on the globe.

In order to note how minor changes in face shape are registered in the brain, the Tsao laboratory developed a system of 50 points (shown as white dots) to measure those small changeIn order to note how minor changes in face shape are registered in the brain, the Tsao laboratory developed a system of 50 points (shown as white dots) to measure those small changein face shape are registered in the brain, the Tsao laboratory developed a system of 50 points (shown as white dots) to measure those small changein the brain, the Tsao laboratory developed a system of 50 points (shown as white dots) to measure those small changes.

«Exomoons are hard to detect because moons are typically much smaller than their host planets and thus typically don't affect the transit eclipse light changes, except if the moon is large as in the case of this system,» Edward Guinan, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Villanova University, told Gizmodo.

The nuclei of these galaxies change brightness every few weeks, so we know that the objects in the center must be relatively small (about the size of a solar system).

«These results suggest that phytoestrogens can interfere with the normal estrogen feedback mechanisms with respect to release of gonadotropin in the ewe... although most studies into the effects of phytoestrogens have concentrated on changes in the reproductive tract, there are indications that they interfere with the hormone balance between the ovaries and the hypothalamo - adenohypophysical system... ewes on phytoestrogens have shown follicular abnormalities such as numerous small follicles, deficient antrum formation and signs of early atresia... it is possible that the permanent changes brought about by phytoestrogens in the brain are a result of these compounds interacting with estrogen receptors in this tissue, and subsequently influencing the re-synthesis or replenishment of cyto - plasmic estrogen receptors... phytoestrogens can interfere with the delicate feedback mechanisms involved in the release of the gonadotrophins.»

In the follow up visits, you are coached on how to make Ayurvedic changes in lifestyle, diet, yoga, or meditation practices to create harmony in the whole system, one small step at a timIn the follow up visits, you are coached on how to make Ayurvedic changes in lifestyle, diet, yoga, or meditation practices to create harmony in the whole system, one small step at a timin lifestyle, diet, yoga, or meditation practices to create harmony in the whole system, one small step at a timin the whole system, one small step at a time.

Initial consumption of kefir should be in small doses to allow the digestive system to adapt to the changes taking place and allow a gradual build - up of healthy bacteria.

A quick visit to dictionary.com explains it as such: «a chaotic effect caused by something seemingly insignificant, the phenomenon whereby a small change in a complex system can have a large effect somewhere else».

Lots of educators who decide to create small schools, often by negotiating special arrangements with the local school district, do so because they don't have any confidence that the system can be changed in any real way.

The U.S. and the U.K. were both awakening to being «nations at risk,» due in no small part to the parlous state of their public education systems, and reformers in both countries were pushing for big changes — changes that their respective «education establishments» didn't want to make.

Peterson: Since John Dewey, school reformers have tried to customize education to the needs of each child, but each step towards customization has required a big step toward centralization (bigger schools, larger school districts, state certification for teachers, federal dollars and regulations, etc.) School systems are no longer embedded in the small politics of local communities and this has dramatically changed the way accountability works.

The Joint Council for Qualifications (CQ), representing exam boards, maintained only a relatively small proportion of exam grades had been found to need changing, in a system with 50,000 markers and 15 million individual scripts.

A professor at Newcastle University and the brains behind the School in the Cloud, Mitra told the Bett Arena of his belief in the need to «make small changes to the assessment system to drive change throughout the entire system».

A small number of states have used levers intended to create modest system change.265 For example, Indiana adopted a 5 point educational quality indicator system in 2001, and merged its independent Teacher Professional Standards Board into the Department of Education in 2005.

Some groups that are pressing for changes in the state's school funding system represent the interests of a small number of school districts that see themselves as somehow «unfairly» impacted by the state's recapture provisions.

Your organization is also focusing on legislative change in regards to small school accountability; changes in rules that will help to minimize the risk of failing to meet state standards faced by smaller charters due to lower student accountability group ratios than what is typically found in larger school systems.

The two measures, though small steps in the larger context of imminent changes in the state's educational system, represent advances that will ultimately benefit New Jersey's 1.4 million public school children.

In an ideal world, a small part of the system is changed: researchers evaluate it, feeding results showing effective or promising practices into an improvement loop, and then spread the word on what works.