Sentences with phrase «term human capacity»

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I've heard it said that the thing that separates humans from the other great apes (beyond opposable thumbs and better haircuts) is our capacity to delay near - term gratification in pursuit of a superior downstream payoff.

In terms of human love, on all levels and in general, we certainly all have this capacity for it and find it in many places.

But because this human life is shaped by human powers and capacities, it invites us to «think in terms of comparative degrees of human distinction or dignity — and of some as more dignified than others.»

So the death of Jesus has a definite contribution to make to God in terms of God's experience of the human capacity to receive as well as the divine capacity to be received, i.e., to have the gift that is offered actually received.

This is human power, chiefly techno - economic power, sufficient to outstrip earth's capacity to restore itself on terms hospitable to life as we know it.

This is happening under conditions when the human race is approaching the biological limits of the earth, in terms of its capacity both to support the rapidly increasing numbers of people with food and materials and to absorb the polluting poisons we cast off into the land, the sea, and the air.

The focus generally has been on the individual as the basic unit of analysis, with human activity explained in terms of motives, personality, and social and cognitive traits and capacities.

Without a central nervous system, there is no capacity for thought, and while defining the term «human» is not an easy task, I think we can all agree that thought is a basic pre-condition.

The study found that less than one third of the 175 parks and reserves examined are currently conserving lions at more than 50 % of their «carrying capacity» — an ecological term for the natural population levels animals reach if human threats are minimal.

Other scientific challenges in terms of funding, infrastructure and human capacities were also examined.

As a result, one of the most important forms of human activity, with a demonstrated capacity to affect our lives in profound ways, has become isolated from the kinds of con - siderations that together define the term «human».

Drs. King and Yin commented to OTW, «The long - term goal of our research at MDI Biological Laboratory is to understand how we may be able to enhance human regenerative capacity after injury.

Proposing that human ancestors made the switch from gestures to speech quite recently — he puts the date at around 50,000 years ago, a mere yesterday in evolutionary terms — Mr. Corballis believes that language itself, and the sophisticated mental capacities necessary to produce it, are far older.

A number of recent articles, however, have reported that hiPSCs are, in fact, notably distinct from human embryonic stem cells in terms of their gene expression, epigenetic profile, proliferative capacity and the susceptibility of their differentiated progeny to cellular senescence and apoptosis [3 — 6].

Aging in humans is associated with increased infections and the reduced proliferative capacity of T cells, part of the more global phenomenon termed immune senescence.

Its main objectives are: to train SESAME staff in the storage ring and beamline instrumentation technology, research techniques and administration, to build - up human capacity in Middle East researchers to optimally exploit SESAME's infrastructure, and to train SESAME staff and user community in public outreach and corporate communications, as well as to support SESAME and its stakeholders in building awareness and demonstrating its socio - economic impact to assure longer term exploitation.

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The final two weeks of the program are going to target two major training goals... consolidating the mass gains you made in the second week by focusing on «time - under - tension» style training for your muscles and developing your maximal strength capacity (I like to use the term «human forklift» strength for this).

An actor who has demonstrated a fearless capacity for exploring the darker side of human nature, Peter Sarsgaard became synonymous with the term «edgy young performer.»

On the basis of research in several disciplines, including the study of how human capacities are represented in the brain, I developed the idea that each of us has a number of relatively independent mental faculties, which can be termed our «multiple intelligences.»

Howard Gardner: «Multiple Intelligences» Are Not «Learning Styles» The Washington Post, October 16, 2013 «On the basis of research in several disciplines, including the study of how human capacities are represented in the brain, I developed the idea that each of us has a number of relatively independent mental faculties, which can be termed our «multiple intelligences.»

Among losses in human lives and material goods, and danger from billions of land mines in war regions all over the world, there is one more, hard, long term legacy of war: trauma — present on both individual and communal level, creating traumatized, dysfunctional societies which capacities to recover and progress are inevitable lessen, according to some authors even lost in genetic degeneration trauma could have on generations of human population long - term.

Involvement of the Colorado Teacher of the Year cohorts and National Board certified teachers also contributes to the development of human capacity in terms of leadership, knowledge, and will.

We humans have a limited short - term memory capacity.

Tillmans is not only seeking the «new» in terms of political and economic change, but also in relation to the digital development of photography, which can now enable the presentation of details with a degree of clarity that no longer reflects the capacity of the human eye and vision.

Tillmans is not only seeking the «new» in terms of political and economic change, but also in relation to the digital development of photography, which due to the potential now available in terms of resolution can now enable the presentation of details with a degree of clarity that no longer reflects the capacity of the human eye and vision.

The other would be to ramp up climate and space observations (instead of shredding budgets for relevant agencies), to boost the human capacity for resilience to climate extremes of all sorts, whatever the cause (a mantra on this blog), and to keep up a sustained energy quest to build a menu that works for the long haul — an imperative that is utterly sensible regardless of short - term ups and downs in temperature.

If and when future human evolution produces greater prefrontal capacity we will see a shift in human behavior away from self -, family -, and tribal - centered and selfish, near - term judgment to much more inclusive, caring and sharing behavior.

«We have very limited capacity in terms of human resources and institutions and very limited finance and an almost lack of technology for adaptation and mitigation,» he says.

It also looks at the complex factors shaping the region: the occupation of Palestinian and other Arab lands; ongoing conflicts; governance, human rights and institutional deficits; and shortcomings in terms of financing, science and technology, trade and statistical capacity.

The term Ecological Footprint, capitalized, is a proper name referring to a specific research question: how much of the biological capacity of the planet is demanded by a given human activity or population?

However, working at such a large scale often causes significant challenges in terms of mobilizing technical and human capacity.

See «Ecological Footprints and Bio-Capacity: Essential Elements in Sustainability Assessment» by William E. Rees: «humanity had already «overshot» the long - term human carrying capacity of the Earth by about 20 % in 1999 — the whole planet is in deficit.

«Vulnerability» was assessed in the traditional sense of determining human «exposure» to environmental change, «dependency» in terms of food, jobs, and revenue at stake, and «adaptability» in terms of wealth, assuming that richer countries will have more capacity to respond [41 — 43].

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Her previous experience spanning 18 years with the Alberta Government and NorQuest College in a Human Resource capacity serves her well as she concentrates on recruitment, placements and building long term relationships with clients and candidates.

In evolutionary terms, all evidence shows that men and women alike possess the epigenetic traits (referring to those biological traits that are activated by a person's environment) that foster an innate human capacity to be connected, nurturing caregivers.

Lofty aspirations, repeated often, without a snowball's chance in hell of ever being realised because of the stubborn refusal (or possibly even the convenient blind eye being turned) to the fact that there is a clear lack of capacity to deliver - both in human terms and in terms of the financial inputs.

Social Justice Report 2001 Contents Summary of the Social Justice Report 2001 Letter of submission Recommendations Chapter 1: Ten years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Chapter 2: Mutual obligation, welfare reform and Indigenous participation: a human rights perspective Chapter 3: Indigenous governance and community capacity - building Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum terms of imprisonment («mandatory sentencing»)...