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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.

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.

JH The question is, there appears to be a lack of cultural fine tuning in Second Life.

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.

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.

I think it's quite apt. It's our empathy, it's our tuning in which separates us from Machiavellians or sociopaths.

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.

However, the bill was vetoed by the Governor, arguing that some areas were in need of additional fine tuning.60

We agree with the Secretary General's call for the further universalization and fine tuning of anti terrorist conventions and mechanisms.

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.

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

As a result of the fine tuning of the restructuring of the Department, the two offices have been merged into a single division.

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.

It seems that the Metal scene is only now beginning to recover with a new generation of Moroccan youth tuning to Heavy Metal again.

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.

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

More than a year ago, Poland decided to take part in the new Phased Adaptive Approach, which will primarily protect America s European allies.

Quantum evolution differed from these styles of change in that it involved a drastic shift in the adaptive zones of certain classes of animals.

R D related FDI in the region is of an adaptive type, with some degree of new product development for local or regional conditions.

In technology, we spend so much time experimenting, fine tuning, getting the absolute cheapest way to do something, so why aren't we doing that with social policy?

And so we began our lessons every single time tuning drums in particular, the kettle drums, or tympani to such a narrow pitch interval, so something like ...

The government is still fine tuning tools for measuring bloggers' daily audiences, a tricky process as many social networks, like Facebook, do not publish user specific traffic statistics.

They should be in charge of fine tuning and implementing the communication strategy of each subregional office, in close collaboration with other United Nations offices in the subregion.

Community based organizations that work with persons with disabilities are engaged in providing enhanced service delivery capacity such as job coaching, training and adaptive equipment.

I basically decided that it was I, not the camera or the network, or anything that lay outside myself, that was the only instrument in storytelling truly worth tuning.

These typically involve system tuning, changing operating system or device parameters, or even refactoring the application software to resolve poor performance due to poor design or bad coding practices.

In line with expert advice and the experiences of other organizations, UNDP expects that the implementation of enterprise risk management will require several phases of piloting and fine tuning.