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Gradualism
Gradualism Gradualism, also called phyletic gradualism, is the view that the course of evolution is gradual with small changes accumulating through time. Gradualism is opposed to punctualism, where evolutionary change is thought to happen in short episodes of rapid evolution followed by long... Read more |
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Social change
Social ChangeSocial change and cultural changeChanging theoretical interestsProblems of detection and measurementThe directions of changeStructural differentiation and social changeThe problem of discontinuitiesForecasting the futureBIBLIOGRAPHYSocial change is such a prevalent and often disturbing... Read more |
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Chemotaxis
chemotaxis In a motile organism or cell, a change in the direction of locomotion that is made in response to a change in the concentrations of particular chemicals in its environment.... Read more |
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Managing Change
Managing Change Recently, one of the concepts discussed, written about, and analyzed most frequently has been organizational change and the related concepts of resistance to change and management of change. Change has been variously defined as making a material difference in something compared to... Read more |
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Differential equations
Differential Equations UNRESTRICTED GROWTH ARMS RACE LOGISTIC GROWTH THE LOTKA-VOLTERRA EQUATION PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY Differential equations are models of real systems that are believed to change their states continuously, or, to... Read more |
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biological rhythm
biological rhythm cyclic pattern of physiological changes or changes in activity in living organisms, most often synchronized with daily, monthly, or annual cyclical changes in the environment. The exact nature of the internal mechanism, or "biological clock," that controls such rhythms is not... Read more |
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Quaternary sea-level changes
Quaternary sea-level changes The Quaternary period (the past 1.8 million years) has been characterized by rapid and large-scale changes in sea level. The extent and nature of these changes has varied around the globe and they have resulted from an interaction between changes in the volume of the... Read more |
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adolescence
adolescence time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person, falls approximately between the ages 12 and 20 and encompasses both physiological and psychological changes. Physiological changes lead to sexual maturity and... Read more |
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Distributed Lags
Distributed LagsBIBLIOGRAPHYIn theory, distributed lags arise when any economic cause, such as a price change or an income change, produces its effect (for example, on the quantity demanded) only after some lag in time, so that the effect is not felt all at once at a single point in time but is... Read more |
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mutation
mutation in biology, a sudden, random change in a gene , or unit of hereditary material, that can alter an inheritable characteristic. Most mutations are not beneficial, since any change in the delicate balance of an organism having a high level of adaptation to its environment tends to be... Read more |
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The shipping news part II: how Canada's Arctic sovereignty is on thinningice
CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSING FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES in the Canadian...the potential to change almost all aspects...to the Canadian Arctic's position in...challenges to Canadian Arctic sovereignty and...of International Journal, Dr. ... |
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Missions.(Bibliography)(Brief Article)
...West Australia." Journal of Religious History...Brown, Bern Will. Arctic Journal II: A Time for Change. Ottawa: Novalis...Brown, Bern Will. Arctic Journal. Ottawa...Program of Nunavut ... |
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Bookshelf.(Brief Article)(Review)
...sent it off to him right away. Arctic Journal II: A Time for Change (Novalis, 350 pages, $32...as a missioner to the Canadian Arctic. In a foreword, Oblate Bishop...Brown, whose first volume, Arctic ... |
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Why fish don't freeze in the Arctic Ocean.
...Physical Chemistry II of the RUB) describe...American chemistry journal, the Journal of the American Chemical...Society (JACS). The journal's independent reviewers...researchers for a long time. As long as 50 years...researchers also found ... |
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IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY APPOINTS HERBERT MASCHNER DIRECTOR OF IDAHO MUSEUM OF...
...Zooarchaeology of the Arctic Project (VZAP): Phase II." * In December, the...exhibit on how climate change on the Snake River Plain...visitors and since that time the museum has received...associate editor of the Journal of World ... |
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Washington Journal; Earth Day and Asian Pacific Americans
...pesticide use afterWorld War II. Despite strong opposition...environmental justice movements ofrecent times: changing the national consciousness...troops toIraq and exploiting the Arctic to drill for more oil when we...that we can be catalysts for changes ... |
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Eddie Bauer gets update to battle dwindling sales; Web site, stores are...
...its brand on World War II bomber jackets designed to withstand the arctic, but the company's...Fast Company, Men's Journal, Money and National Geographic...will make a number of changes in its Web presence...topics, such as taking time for ... |
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Reports Summarize Remote Sensing Study Results from R.C. Harlow and...
...Processes II (CLPX-II) campaign took...portion of CLPX-II consisted of four...from the CLPX-II and POLEX campaigns. First, time series of Lambertian...discussed in terms of changes in the ice and...Measured During Two ... |
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Global warming deniers are on thin ice.(Joel Connelly)
...for the first time on record, reported...estimate of the Arctic Ocean's ice...found overall Arctic sea ice has thinned...Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The...Up in the Arctic, seasonal sea...last week in the Journal of ... |
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Wilderness Society Fact Sheet on Bush Administration Public Lands Record
...recovered from the Arctic Refuge would amount...demand. At no time would oil from...OurIssues/Arctic/development...recoverable oil from the arctic refuge coastal...with only minor changes. -- Then, on...03; Statesman ... |
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