Sentences with phrase «study on the adaptation»

Feybesse, Neto, and Hatfield (2011) conducted a study on the adaptation of the Passionate Love Scale into the Portuguese population by using the data of 204 Portuguese university students.

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Reduced stress: In a study on free radicals, 10 healthy subjects swam regularly in ice - cold water and showed adaptation to oxidative stress and hardening (an increased tolerance to stress).

Conservative adaptation shows up in the studied silence (one writer called it trivialization) maintained on controversial issues, and in the pervasive rhetoric of retrieval — the old ways, doctrines or distinctive denominational traditions.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Baby - friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in 2016, UNICEF and WHO collected 13 country case studies about the BFHI, which document the country adaptations in implementation, achievements, challenges and lessons learned and recommendations for the global BFHI guidance.

Drawing on a wealth of research (including the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Risk & Adaptation), Paul challenged the ways we often try to predict or measure success and helped change the public conversation about the kinds of experience and environments children need from infancy to adulthood.

Passionate about research, she worked on the Williams, Hawdon and DeRooy team examining the effects of supplementation on metabolic adaptation and breastfeeding and studied a subset of mother - baby pairs for her MSc.

«The sea keeps on rising, and the people need to protect themselves,» Ittu told researchers who studied adaptation in response to coastal erosion in Micronesia for the Loss and Damage initiative at the U.N. University in Bonn, Germany.

Her research focuses on global change ecology and climate adaptation; she was among the first to propose and study ways to reduce the impact of climate change through new techniques in conservation management.

«Organisms can deal with these stressful transitions from warm to cold by either acclimating - think about dogs putting on their winter coats - or by populations genetically evolving to deal with new stresses, a phenomenon known as rapid climate adaptation,» said Alison Gerken, a post-doctoral associate with UF's Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and the lead author of a new study, published this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

, 1968 Zick Rubin, «The Social Psychology of Romantic Love», 1969 Elliot Aronson, «Some Antecedents of Interpersonal Attraction», 1970 David C. Glass and Jerome E. Singer, «The Urban Condition: Its Stresses and Adaptations — Experimental Studies of Behavioral Consequences of Exposure to Aversive Events», 1971 Norman H. Anderson, «Information Integration Theory: A Brief Survey», 1972 Lenora Greenbaum, «Socio - Cultural Influences on Decision Making: An Illustrative Investigation of Possession - Trance in Sub-Saharan Africa», 1973 William E. McAuliffe and Robert A. Gordon, «A Test of Lindesmith's Theory of Addiction: The Frequency of Euphoria Among Long - Term Addicts», 1974 R. B. Zajonc and Gregory B. Markus, «Intellectual Environment and Intelligence», 1975 Johnathan Kelley and Herbert S. Klein, «Revolution and the Rebirth of Inequality: The Bolivian National Revolution», 1977 Murray Melbin, «Night as Frontier», 1978 Ronald S. Wilson, «Synchronies in Mental Development: An Epigenetic Perspective», 1979 Bibb Latane, Stephen G. Harkins, and Kipling D. Williams, «Many Hands Make Light the Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing», 1980 Gary Wayne Strong, «Information, Pattern, and Behavior: The Cognitive Biases of Four Japanese Groups», 1981 Richard A. Shweder and Edmund J. Bourne, «Does the Concept of the Person Vary Cross Culturally?»

«What has emerged from our study as well as from other work on introgression is that interbreeding with archaic humans does indeed have functional implications for modern humans, and that the most obvious consequences have been in shaping our adaptation to our environment — improving how we resist pathogens and metabolize novel foods,» Kelso says.

Gaucher works within the Evogenics Focus Group, which attempts to interpret genomic information from a historical or evolutionary perspective in order to study the origin and adaptation of life on Earth, and perhaps other planets.

For example, research on children's play in extant hunter - gatherer societies, and evolutionary psychology studies of other mammalian young, have identified play as an adaptation that enabled early humans to become powerful learners and problem - solvers.

A study of Alaska, for example, found that adaptation of the state's infrastructure — roads, airports, water systems, public buildings and telecommunications — would cost 13 percent less by 2030 than if the state did maintenance on a case - by - case basis.

In 2011, Science's editors will be watching a smaller detector at the Large Hadron Collider called LHCb, which will study B mesons in great detail; new techniques that should lead to the discovery of many more genes contributing to adaptation; an ignited fusion burn at the National Ignition Facility; broadly neutralizing antibodies, which are capable of disabling a wide range of viral variants; the first plug - in hybrid electric cars whose batteries are charged from a wall socket go on the market; and the results of the first phase III trial of a malaria vaccine.

«Our results are not only a milestone for the research on microsporidia, but they are also of great interest to the study of parasite - specific adaptations in evolution in general,» explains Ebert the findings.

«We hope understanding the genetics behind Dark - fly's adaptations will shed light on how genes are selected during rapid evolution,» says study leader Naoyuki Fuse of Kyoto University.

The researchers say follow - up studies could explore questions such as what extent demographic changes — especially a larger population of older adults — will have on heat - related mortality, and the effect of specific interventions related to adaptation and greenhouse gas reductions.

The study improves our understanding on future trends in river flood risk in Europe while also highlighting the need to prepare effective adaptation plans for a likely increase in the severity and frequency of floods in Europe.

The study was the first to examine adaptation to forest fire danger on a pan-European scale.

While the majority of climate change scientists focus on the «direct» threats of changing temperatures and precipitation after 2031, far fewer researchers are studying how short - term human adaptation responses to seasonal changes and extreme weather events may threaten the survival of wildlife and ecosystems much sooner.

Their field study shows natural selection working on a collective trait — the docile - to - aggressive ratio, known to pass down from generation to generation — that has led to an adaptation that determines whether whole colonies survive or die.

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.

According to a 2013 study from the Climate Group, a London - headquartered nongovernmental organization, China will need at least $ 24 billion per year for adaptation actions by 2020; by contrast, the nation's estimated budget is only $ 13.5 billion based on its current expenditures.

«Basically, most of our knowledge of what genes are important for environmental adaptation of trees has been educated guessing built on studies in the model plant, Arabidopsis, which is a member of the mustard family» said Amy Brunner, associate professor of molecular genetics in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.

«Basically, most of our knowledge of what genes are important for environmental adaptation of trees has been educated guessing built on studies in the model plant, Arabidopsis, which is a member of the mustard family» said Amy Brunner, an associate professor of molecular genetics in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.

Dr Cameron Petrie, director of the ERC - funded project and co-author on the study, commented, «We are investigating the nature of human adaptation to the ecological conditions created by the winter and summer rainfall systems of India.

Two studies, published this week in the journal Neuron, employ a slight tweak on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) known as «fMRI adaptation.»

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.

Furthermore, studies are performed on fetal cardiovascular adaptation to hypoxia and its short and long term consequences.

But the Nature study wasn't able to find it until 3,000 years back, which may imply that the populations had to rely heavily on dairy before the adaptation occurred.

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.

«The parallel development that occurred on a number of different island clusters makes anole lizards an excellent model for studying evolution and adaptation,» says Kerstin Lindblad - Toh.

had already done his Ph.D on «adaptations of the Queensland reptile fauna to cane toads», so he came to Fogg Dam to base his studies there.

Catalyse a new generation of research on the genetic basis of drug resistance and of other forms of biological adaptation in pathogen populations, by providing a standard analytical framework for the design and interpretation of genome - wide association studies.

For human systems, existing studies focus on frameworks and principles of adaptation planning, but examples of implemented adaptation actions and evaluation of outcomes are scarce.

The study, which forms part of a larger research focus on Arctic charr and their adaptations to the harsh environment of the North, also contributes to increased understanding of how new species may arise.

Our model should allow studies of the impact of aneuploidy on molecular adaptations and cellular fitness.IMPORTANCE Aneuploidy is usually detrimental in multicellular organisms, but in several microorganisms, it can be tolerated and even beneficial.

Furthermore, morphological alterations of the skull due to adaptations to different food items [47] in the study population (see Material and methods) relative to the source populations (probably spillovers from harvest and fodder on farms), can not be ruled out as a source of the observed decrease in head length, but also can not explain the reversed trend in later years.

Insulin benefits of exercise «One previous small study found that trained and untrained people who dose up on antioxidant supplements impair important exercise training adaptations such as improved insulin sensitivity and production of special proteins that actually help defend the body against oxidative stress caused by exercise,» says Tim Crowe, Associate Professor in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at Deakin University and founder of Thinking Nutrition.

Recent comments about FASTER have upgraded this study to «the only long - term study on fat - adaptation.»

● Studies on HIIT have shown improvements in skeletal muscle and hormonal adaptations, which enhance the body's fat burning processes.

Are there any respectable studies that show, on a cellular level, that slow fiber is slow, and nothing else, that fast fiber is fast and nothing else, or could these be just particular adaptations that single fibers are capable of in response to the tasks put before them?

However, there is a disparity between short - and long - term outcomes in studies examining the effect of nutrient timing on resistance training adaptations.

If we equate de facto ketogenic diets with high - protein diets (which is not always correct) then the risks proposed by critics of this type of dietary approach are essentially those of possible kidney damage due to high levels of nitrogen excretion during protein metabolism, which can cause an increase in glomerular pressure and hyperfiltration.12 There is not wide agreement between studies; however, some infer the possibility of renal damage from animal studies, 99, 100 whereas others, looking at both animal models, meta - analyses and human studies, propose that even high levels of protein in the diet do not damage renal function.101, 102 In subjects with intact renal function, higher dietary protein levels caused some functional and morphological adaptations without negative effects.103 There may actually be renal - related effects, but on blood pressure rather than morphological damage.

After making his mark in the early thirties with two very different films, the anarchic send - up of the bourgeoisie Boudu Saved from Drowning and the popular - front Gorky adaptation The Lower Depths, Renoir closed out the decade with two critical humanistic studies of French society that routinely turn up on lists of the greatest films ever made: Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game (the former was celebrated in its time, but the latter was trashed by critics and audiences — until history provided vindication).

Given that Universal had enjoyed an uncommon prestige success with All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Whale had a unique opportunity to return to a study of male bonding with The Road Back, an adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's sequel dealing with the problems of returning veterans.

A new study attempts to shine light on why Marvel Cinematic Universe movies tend to outperform DC Comics adaptations at the box office.

Pat received an MA from Carleton University where his studies focused on adaptation and Canadian cinema.

More information about the Harvard Immigration Project and the Longitudinal Immigrant Student Adaptation Study can be found on the Harvard Immigration Project's website.