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Adaptive Environments (United States of America)

Adaptive governance (flexible, distributive, and learning based).

Adaptive systems struggle with order and creativity as they evolve.

But these neurons are also part of an adaptive, regenerative system.

The case law can be examined in the light of three criteria territorial control, control over the person of the applicant and control over the infliction of the alleged violation.

which made me the highest ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world.

Many Parties also mentioned measures that would enhance adaptive capacity in general.

North argues that competition is a key force driving adaptive efficiency among institutions.

Ants became dominant after adaptive radiation at the beginning of the Paleogene period.

A vibrant and progressive private sector facilitates economic diversification and adaptive structural change.

(i) To disseminate relevant information to decision makers and practitioners and promote the use of integrated and adaptive marine farming systems that reduce waste, protect ecosystem services, better control pollutants and use the most regionally appropriate species

Tenets Common attachment behaviours and emotions, displayed in most social primates including humans, are adaptive.

Productivity growth stems from enhanced adaptive capabilities to use modern technology and commercialize new knowledge.

The fact that they have a central obstruction means they cannot use an adjustable diaphragm to control light transmission.

The meeting resulted in the adoption of a pilot programme on small arms and light weapons control and an international framework for the national commission on small arms and light weapons.

So it may be premature for the Party to celebrate the success of its adaptive strategy.

The issue is related to enhanced adaptive capabilities to participate in fragmented production spread across countries.

What of the large advanced countries? For historical reasons, the policy mindset is less flexible and adaptive.

As explained by James W. Woodward, when the material conditions change, changes are occasioned in the adaptive culture, but these changes in the adaptive culture do not synchronize exactly with the change in the material culture, this delay is the culture lag.

And these tensions have deep evolutionary roots, so selfish behavior is adaptive in certain circumstances fight or flight.

The emerging pattern of production may demand free mobility of labour with enhanced skills, knowledge and adaptive capabilities.

The United Nations Programme of Action commits Member States to national, regional and international measures to control small arms and light weapons.

However, common security does not stop with the control of conventional and unconventional arms or with halting the proliferation of light weapons.

The effective control of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons also requires the strong collaboration of arms producers and suppliers.

What we have done is we have developed a technology with which we can furthermore replace the remote control of our light bulb.

International efforts on small arms and light weapons form a most active and productive component part of the current multilateral arms control endeavour.

There is no green light for opportunistic predators in and around the Kremlin who now control Yuganskneftegaz to grab other companies assets at will.

Any export control system should contain reliable and meaningful mechanisms for the licensing of the production and transfer of small arms and light weapons.

Most countries have already in place laws and regulations that are used to control production, use and transfer of small arms and light weapons.

Given that small arms are inoperable without ammunition, the flow of ammunition for small arms and light weapons must also be brought under control.

An integrated, transparent, adaptive and enforceable regulatory framework is essential for fisheries and oceans sustainability and that of its industries.

The priority areas identified for implementing this project are harmonizing legislation to control small arms and light weapons enhancing national capability to control firearms supporting the collection of weapons and ensuring the destruction of weapons all in order to prevent or reduce the abuse of small arms and light weapons and contribute to a culture of peace.

The meeting resulted in the adoption of a pilot programme on small arms and light weapons control, an institutional framework for the national commission on small arms and light weapons and a number of documents related to this topic.

Work has begun on a joint study with the South Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) and the University of Bradford to investigate the costs of destroying small arms and light weapons.

Beauty is an adaptive effect, which we extend and intensify in the creation and enjoyment of works of art and entertainment.

General adaptive syndrome In terms of measuring the body's response to stress, psychologists tend to use Hans Selye's general adaptation syndrome.

In evolutionary biology and in psychology, such capabilities are presumed to have evolved to serve the adaptive function of inbreeding avoidance.

Following the physicist Fritjof Capra, one should regard living organisms, social systems, and ecosystems as an interconnected and interdependent, complex adaptive system.

Such an approach requires incorporating psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, physics, biology, mathematics, computer science, and other disciplines that study complex adaptive systems.

There is an adaptive logic to being kind to those with whom we continually interact we scratch their backs, they scratch ours.

Essentially, this proved that the human body is capable of creating complex adaptive systems as a result of local events with feedback.

While many alternative approaches and methodologies are available, the criteria based assessment process presented in this report represents a potentially adaptive solution.

But the implications of being able to control seizures or epilepsy with light instead of drugs, and being able to target those specifically is a first step.

The web of contracts, however, can also be understood as complex adaptive market systems, which encompass the state and family relations as well.