Sometimes ultrasound tests called biophysical profiles are used as well, and Doppler waveform measurement by ultrasound on the placenta/umbilical cord. From Wordnik.com. [Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes] Reference
This scale limit serves the goal of biophysical sustainability. From Wordnik.com. [From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy] Reference
Management efforts, though, are rarely in accord with biophysical scales. From Wordnik.com. [Landscape ecology~ Its role as the scientific underpinning of land-use planning] Reference
The main biophysical constraints are related to water, nutrients and land itself. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference
Land-use denotes how humans use the biophysical or ecological properties of land. From Wordnik.com. [Land-use] Reference
The linkages between human and biophysical systems require the unification of knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Great Transition~ How Do We Get There] Reference
Caps limit biophysical scale by quotas on depletion or pollution, whichever is more limiting. From Wordnik.com. [From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy] Reference
Molecular and biophysical aspects of adaptation of life to temperatures below the freezing point. From Wordnik.com. [General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels] Reference
Georgescu sought to ground economic analysis in the biophysical realities of the economic process. From Wordnik.com. [Biophysical economics] Reference
biophysical impacts have social impacts, and social changes also affect the biophysical environment. From Wordnik.com. [Tools and methods for integrated analysis and assessment of sustainable development] Reference
Over the long term, ecosystems are governed by slowly-changing biophysical and socioeconomic factors. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference
Understanding the location-specific interaction of socioeconomic and biophysical processes is critical. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Desertification Synthesis~ Key Questions on Desertification in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment] Reference
In addition to these biophysical interactions, there are also links between forest changes and human society. From Wordnik.com. [Interlinkages~ environment and policy web in Africa] Reference
In addition to altering biophysical systems, climate change will affect human health and socio-economic well-being. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Change and Foreign Policy~ Chapter 2] Reference
Robert Ayres was another physical scientist who used biophysical methods to gain insights into the economic process. From Wordnik.com. [Biophysical economics] Reference
His genius was rooted in his instincts about the relevance of biophysical principles for human economic aspirations. From Wordnik.com. [Biophysical economics] Reference
Associate Editor Kimberly Janeway speaks with Arlene Blum, Ph. D., a biophysical chemist, author, and avid mountaineer. From Wordnik.com. [10 Questions for . . . Arlene Blum, Biophysical Chemist] Reference
Are these levels compatible with the biophysical limits that are a major reason for contemplating a steady-state future?. From Wordnik.com. [Herman Daly Festschrift~ Herman Daly and the Steady State Economy] Reference
For ecological economists, the economy and social actions must be viewed as occurring within the larger biophysical system. From Wordnik.com. [Neoclassical, institutional, and marxist approaches to the environment-economic relationship] Reference
The real biophysical world is the place where humans and other species live; it is the only place where all life can survive. From Wordnik.com. [Neoclassical, institutional, and marxist approaches to the environment-economic relationship] Reference
Humanity cannot adequately evaluate the value of environmental quantity since we do not even understand biophysical complexity. From Wordnik.com. [Neoclassical, institutional, and marxist approaches to the environment-economic relationship] Reference
However, their steadfast belief that Nature was the source of wealth became a recurring theme throughout biophysical economics. From Wordnik.com. [Biophysical economics] Reference
"In view of the social and biophysical limits to world population and consumption levels, economic celibacy is the only answer". From Wordnik.com. [Speech at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland] Reference
Cottrell also explored the differences between a biophysical and so-called humanist approach to biological and cultural evolution. From Wordnik.com. [Biophysical economics] Reference
In addition, the macro-economy becomes an absurdity if its scale is structurally required to grow beyond the biophysical limits of the Earth. From Wordnik.com. [From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy] Reference
From these origins, I will outline the development of biophysical theory to its current contribution to ecological economics and industrial ecology. From Wordnik.com. [Biophysical economics] Reference
In this way, he was an important intellectual precursor to the schools of biophysical and ecological economics that would develop in the late 20th century. From Wordnik.com. [White, Leslie Alvin] Reference
The biophysical impacts include dust storms, downstream flooding, impairment of global carbon sequestration capacity, and regional and global climate change. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Desertification Synthesis~ Summary for Decision-makers] Reference
Thus, the institutional approach is more relevant than the simple neoclassical approach, for the biophysical world with dynamic processes that evolve over time. From Wordnik.com. [Neoclassical, institutional, and marxist approaches to the environment-economic relationship] Reference
Utilization of a vast number of products requires detailed site-specific experience and familiarity with local biophysical elements and their interrelationships. From Wordnik.com. [1. Sustainability of land use systems: the potential of indigenous measures for the maintenance of soil productivity in sub-sahara african agriculture.] Reference
However, a full appreciation of all impacts requires a thorough understanding of all biophysical and social changes invoked as a result of planned interventions. From Wordnik.com. [Tools and methods for integrated analysis and assessment of sustainable development] Reference
He is interested in past and ongoing socio-ecological transition processes and contributes to the development of a biophysical understanding of industrialization. From Wordnik.com. [Contributor: Fridolin Krausmann] Reference
It is most sharply expressed in poor countries where intertwined socio-economic and biophysical processes adversely affect both land resources and human wellbeing. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 3] Reference
The process involves one or more multidisciplinary workshops attended by a range of affected stakeholders to develop agreed biophysical and socioeconomic scenarios. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference
Another suggested dynamic model, named CLUE (Conversion of Land Use and its Effects), simulates pattern change in space and time from biophysical and human drivers. From Wordnik.com. [Landscape ecology~ Its role as the scientific underpinning of land-use planning] Reference
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