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...tion would be either a frictionless migration of labour, or a frictionless adaptation of labour and product costs, in response to a recessionary change in demand

...ements may be issued. This feature allows an almost infinite extension and adaptation of a text editor to one's personal needs. Word processors, such as Word<sup

:''This section is an adaptation of a review of the book, Christiansen MH, Kirby S. (editors/authors) (2003) But perhaps the most interesting idea about pre-adaptation comes from the work of neuroscientist Michael Arbib on ‘mirror’ neurons

..., [[Barbara Cook]], [[Dave Garroway]], and [[Jack E. Leonard]], and a 1960 adaptation for television featured [[Shirley Temple]] as the old gypsy Floretta, [[Ang ...version of ''Babes in Toyland'' with a plotline very similar to the Disney adaptation, has a book by Rebecca Ryland and music and lyrics by [[Bill Francoeur]].<r

...lem in science? / Morten H. Christiansen and Simon Kirby -- Language as an adaptation to the cognitive niche / Steven Pinker -- The language mosaic and its evolu

...telligence generally converge on the fundamental purposes of intelligence--adaptation to the environment and learnng from experience (Cianciolo and Sternberg 200 ...quences, and knowing when and how to escape from the environment requiring adaptation (Matthews et al. 2004).

...and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. "The Merry-Go-Round," a half-hour film adaptation of Bradbury's "The Black Ferris," praised by ''Variety'', was shown on ''St ...]] starred in ''[[Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)|Fahrenheit 451]]'' (1966), an adaptation of Bradbury's novel by [[François Truffaut]]. A [[Fahrenheit 451 (2007 fil

...ace Hodges played Lord Emsworth in a [[1933 in film|1933]] [[silent film]] adaptation of ''[[Summer Lightning]]'' * [[Peter O'Toole]] portrayed him in a 1995 [[BBC]] adaptation of ''[[Heavy Weather (Wodehouse novel)|Heavy Weather]]'', broadcast in the

...help of an elongated [[wrist]] [[bone]] which serves as a [[thumb]]: this adaptation of the wrist rather than its fifth digit serves as an interesting example o

*Holland, John H (1975), ''Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems'', University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbo

...f [[Phage experimental evolution#Expermental adaptation|phage experimental adaptation]] studies.

Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of ''Lolita'', not to be confused with the Adrian Lyne 1997 rendition starr

...rwin surmised that the swim bladder of skeletally heavy fish evolved as an adaptation for control of buoyancy but was exapted as a respiratory organ in certain f

...il length of around 31-37 cm)<ref name="Fleagle">{{cite book|title=Primate Adaptation and Evolution|accessdate=|author=J. Fleagle|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1

* A 1999 [[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)|film adaptation]] directed by [[Michael Hoffman]] transfers the setting to 19th-century Tus

...and [[reproduction|reproducing]] on land. Those early plants with these [[adaptation]]s were favored by [[natural selection]], and of those plants, those that s

...cohere in this way, but as a whole are capable of (and sometimes require) adaptation to one another, and to a changing environment in order to maintain a stable ...taneously or in sequence – of the four functional problems that we called “adaptation,” “system (not unit) goal attainment,” “integration,” and “patt

...the palace was also used as Victory Square in Michael Radford's 1984 film adaptation of [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[1984]]''. The third annual [[European Soci

...ls with the flow of [[fluid]]s, i.e., [[liquid]]s and [[gas]]es. It is an adaptation of [[Classical mechanics#Newton's laws of motion|Newton's laws of motion]]

...isceral obesity, and coronary artery atherosclerosis: product of a primate adaptation}}

...namic features of the environment. Then, we present evidence that strategy adaptation can occur without (a) conscious consideration of different strategies or (b

...r to survive, the fourth chapter explains that the forms that are better [[adaptation|adapted]] to their circumstances will be selected to produce offspring, sim

...5)00170-1 |issn=}}</ref> In this study, surgery risk was assigned using an adaptation of the [[American College of Cardiology]] and [[American Heart Association]

*1727: ''Double Falsehood'' by Lewis Theobald, identified by him as an adaptation of a Shakespeare play, now believed to be ''Cardenio''; see 1613

1. Study of cold-adaptation of [[microorganism]]s, [[plant]]s (= cold hardiness), [[invertebrate]]s, an ...freezing, [[Freeze drying|freeze-drying]], hibernation, cold tolerance and adaptation, [[cryoprotectant|cryoprotective compounds]], medical applications of reduc

...nter]]''), who had collaborated with Condon on the screenplay for the film adaptation of ''The Manchurian Candidate'', wrote:

..."live vaccines prepared from microorganisms which have undergone physical adaptation (e.g., by radiation or temperature conditioning) or serial passage in labor

| author = Neurovestibular Adaptation Integrated Research Team

...d condition of the Eloi reflected a subsequent [[evolution]]ary process of adaptation to this new environment where the presumed natural human traits of strength

...drift]] and the other evolutionary forces was important in the process of adaptation. He described the relationship between genotype or phenotype and [[Fitness

...en the overall availability of large animal prey was still low; thus their adaptation was likely at a disadvantage when new forms had filled the gaps left by the ...ated to the ancestors of whales, underwater hearing must have been a later adaptation.<ref>{{cite journal|author = J. G. M. Thewissen, E. M. Williams, L. J. Roe

...y as early as the Lower [[Paleolithic|Palaeolithic]] era. Much later, the adaptation to new conditions as glaciation retreated and forests took over inland, mea

| title = The Brain of Musicians: A Model for Functional and Structural Adaptation

...g that "Haldane's questions are the appropriate next stage in learning how adaptation can evolve. We are now ready to reap the benefit of the fact that Haldane w

...ctane rating|high-octane]] component of [[gasoline]]. The first commercial adaptation of that process began operation in 1942 and the process played a very impor

...ctability of American cuisine began to change during World War II with the adaptation of Italian-American and Chinese foods. Spaghetti was served to American G

...wis Theobald of a play by Shakespeare. It is now widely believed to be his adaptation of a lost play, Cardenio by Fletcher and Shakespeare.

...rian romance in German, possibly written around 1190. It is a fairly loose adaptation of the romance of the same name by the medieval French author Chrétien de This work is, like ''Erec'', an adaptation of a work by Chrétien de Troyes (his ''Yvain'' or ''Chevalier au Lion'').

...00 years ago. They refer to the seminal period of psychological/cognitive adaptation to environmental circumstances as the <u>e</u>ra of <u>e</u>volutionary <u> ...eech]]. They aim to bring an [[adaptationist]] approach to [[Psychological adaptation|psychological mechanisms]] similar in a way adaptionist explanations abound

* "Adaptation" (2012) – prequel to ''The Cloud Roads''. In the collection ''Stories of

...mistry of the glycerol is the bacterial form. These differences may be an adaptation on the part of Archaea to [[hyperthermophile|hyperthermophily]]. However, Although dramatic, this adaptation is most common in the extremely thermophilic archaea. Although not unique,

...History of the Mongols: The Origin of Chingis Khan (expanded edition): An Adaptation of the Yüan chʾao pi shih, Based Primarily on the English Translation by

...rt: A Graphic Adaptation'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/11-Report-Graphic-Adaptation/dp/0809057387/ref=pd_bbs_sr_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194

...undoubtedly had a large influence in its construction. The arrangement and adaptation of old blues songs was something Plant had much prior experience at during

...o Broadway in 1903. Best known is the unusually successful Hollywood movie adaptation of 1939, starring Frank Morgan as the Wizard and [[Judy Garland]] as Dorot ...al political personalities, events and ideas of the 1890s. The 1902 stage adaptation mentioned, by name, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]], oil magnate [[John D.

==Menopause: epiphenomenon or adaptation?== ...fe span. These include menopause either as an [[epiphenomenon]] or as an [[adaptation]].

...nt presentation, "Dinosaurs versus Mammals: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Adaptation in Iraq", used evolution|evolutionary biology to describe the competition b | title=Dinosaurs versus Mammals: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Adaptation in Iraq

...oosely based upon Hamilton's writings. As of 2006, however, a more serious adaptation of the Matt Helm novels was in the early planning stages, with DreamWorks h

...ale is prosecuted. Use in the vicinity of minors is considered "nuisance" (Adaptation of the law, beginning of 2005).

...Behaviour'' 23, no 2. (1984), 204-20.</ref><ref>P.A. Corning, 'Biological Adaptation in Human Societies: A "Basic Needs" Approach', ''Journal of Bioeconomics 2,

...1904 Olympics were American. The ruleset used in the 1904 Olympics were an adaptation of catch-as-catch-can, with some restrictions on dangerous holds and the in

...e Steinbeck would ultimately write only two stage plays (his second was an adaptation of ''The Moon Is Down''), and because Kaufman was an experienced playwright The stage adaptation was a smash hit, starring [[Broderick Crawford]] as the dim-witted but phys

...nter]]''), who had collaborated with Condon on the screenplay for the film adaptation of ''The Manchurian Candidate'', wrote:

One of the biggest components of usability is [[accessibility]], the adaptation of products to ensure they are usable by people with various disabilities:

::*Carbon C. & Leder H. Face adaptation: Changing stable representations of familiar faces within minutes? volume 1

| | title = Culture Warriors: Marine Corps Organizational Culture and Adaptation to Cultural Terrain

...e theory that attempts to explain such phenomena as [[adaptation (biology)|adaptation]] and [[speciation]].

...iceable characteristic is the exaggerated size of the canines, probably an adaptation to deal with prey of a large size, possibly of a similar size to themselves

...nter]]''), who had collaborated with Condon on the screenplay for the film adaptation of ''The Manchurian Candidate'', wrote:

...a new screenplay from scratch or from a book or play which is called an ''adaptation''. Since the medium is collaborative, fixed conventions dominate the writte

Current consensus holds it likely that ''Double Falsehood'' is an adaptation of a lost play ''Cardenio'' by Fletcher and Shakespeare.

Just to prove that evolution is about adaptation rather than improvement, this product of three million years' development p

...ls of the stress produced by regular moderate muscular exercise results in adaptation of the muscles to achieve more mass, strength, and power, enabling the exer ...hat '<i>what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger</i>' &mdash; implying an 'adaptation' response &mdash; or the aphorism that '<i>what makes something a medicine

...nary history, the use of bipedal movement came forward several times as an adaptation, including at what many consider to be an influential point in [[human evol ...an-like biped is considerably larger than in other extant apes. This is an adaptation that increases the stability of the knee joint and prevents the distal end

...0) [http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/57/1/14 Is depression an adaptation?].''Arch.Gen.Psychiatry'' 57:14-20. PMID 10632228. :*'''<u>Conclusion:</u>''' Is depression an adaptation? At present, we do not have the evidence needed to say for sure. However, i

A television film adaptation, made by the [[BBC]], with partners including [[WGBH-TV|WGBH Boston]], scre

...ted to the force between two current elements, as described by Grassmann's adaptation of [[Ampère's equation]], described next.

shifts in the reading frames of genes may prove to be mal-[[adaptation|adaptive]] and even lethal.

...https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2 IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability]</ref> Most people now accept these conclusions, but ther

...[editor] (2004) ''Allostasis, Homeostasis, and the Costs of Physiological Adaptation''. 372 pages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 81141 4. | [http://boo ...and physiology figure prominently. It is within this context of biological adaptation that regulation of the internal milieu is understood and in which both home

...namic features of the environment. Then, we present evidence that strategy adaptation can occur without (a) conscious consideration of different strategies or (b

...was quite prescient, and anticipated, by decades, the subsequent work on [[adaptation]] and mutation by bacterial chemists and microbiologists.

...of the BAT-specific uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is essential for effective adaptation to the cold exposure of the extra-uterine environment. This is mediated by ...he newborn, brown adipose tissue (BAT) is essential for ensuring effective adaptation to the extrauterine environment, and its growth during gestation is largely

...]]'' and had collaborated with Condon on the screenplay for the first film adaptation of ''The Manchurian Candidate'',</ref> for which Condon was already noted a

...was quite prescient, and anticipated, by decades, the subsequent work on [[adaptation]] and mutation by bacterial chemists and microbiologists.

...]]'' and had collaborated with Condon on the screenplay for the first film adaptation of ''The Manchurian Candidate'',</ref> A selection from ''The Manchurian Ca

...so gave Korolev funding to develop the [[Molniya (rocket)|Molniya]] (8K78) adaptation of the R-7. ...uced to replace those used in the original design. The first stage used an adaptation of the [[NK-15]] known as the [[NK-33]], the second stage a similar modific

...Oh, D. Schneider, R. E. Lenski, and J. F. Kim. 2009. "Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli". ''Nature'' 461:1243-1247.

The [[traditional video game]] is a genre of video game that is an adaptation of a non-computer game. Sub-genres include [[video board game]], [[video ca

...different habitats. The studies yet suggest the variability in regards of adaptation of species that originate from humans in different habitats. In other words

...earchers have proposed this modification to be a very ancient evolutionary adaptation. CENP-A plays an important role in the cell cycle by associating with other

...kin J. (editor). ''Allostasis, Homeostasis, and the Costs of Physiological Adaptation''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521811414.</ref>

...ugh the adaptation of what they call “schemes” or “templates.” The adaptation is a process-oriented resolution of problems that are able to be personaliz

...tning (1933)'' at the ''IMDB''}}</ref> A 1938 [[Cinema of Sweden|Swedish]] adaptation, under the title ''[[Thunder and Lightning (1938 film)|Thunder and Lightnin

...The invention of translation, the creation of new metabolic pathways, the adaptation of organisms to extreme environments, and the emergence of multi-cellular l ...s can be extended to defined mixed communities to study the plasticity and adaptation of the "metagenome", comprising the genomes of all members of a microbial c

...sive generations. The sorting process of natural selection results in the adaptation of the population to changing environmental conditions affecting reproducti

...0-7}}</ref> Given enough time, this passive process can result in varied [[adaptation]]s to changing environmental conditions.<ref name="understandingevolution"> ...win was able to observe variation, and infer natural selection and thereby adaptation, he was unable to explain ''how'' variation might arise, or be altered over

**August 23 ''Dr. Who and the Daleks'', first film adaptation

...ant’s immune system, affecting the metabolism and cell signaling pathways. Adaptation of ''M.grisea'' is so efficient that even rice cultivars (bred to resist th

...selection as increasing the 'fitness' of the species, meaning its better 'adaptation' to its environment. ...stock. Given time, a passive process of natural selection can result in [[adaptation]]s and [[speciation]]s (see [[evolution]]). Less dramatically, natural sele

83. Holland, J.H. 1975. Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems. University of Michigan Press. Reprinted 87. Holland, J.K. 1975. Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems. University of Michigan Press.

...ugh the adaptation of what they call “schemes” or “templates.” The adaptation is a process-oriented resolution of problems that are able to be personaliz

But perhaps the most interesting idea about pre-adaptation comes from the work of neuroscientist Michael Arbib on [[Mirror neurons|‘

...nter]]''), who had collaborated with Condon on the screenplay for the film adaptation of ''The Manchurian Candidate'', wrote:

....org/xmas_tree.htm "All about the Christmas tree: Pagan origins, Christian adaptation, & secular status"] ''ReligiousTolerance.Org,'' December 13, 2003.</ref> Th

...for-word reproduction of the original and often could include considerable adaptation by scholars, translators, and copyists. A good deal of interest in the earl

==Models of adaptation==

knowledge bases are formed through the adaptation of what they call The adaptation is a process-oriented resolution of problems that are

...J. ''Irish Settlements in Eastern Canada: A Study of Cultural Transfer and Adaptation'' (1974)

...blications_and_data/ar4/wg2/en/contents.html Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessmen ...l provide financial resources, technology and capacity-building to support adaptation in developing countries. The USA has signed, along with most other countrie