Sentence examples for acting on time from inspiring English sources

It's common to think of the processes that shape the Earth as acting on time scales of millions of years, but some things can happen in the equivalent of the blink of an eye.

The model in fact is able to display almost all types of bursting behavior that have been predicted for systems with time-scale separation and a planar subsystem acting on the fast time scale [17].

A diffusion problem involving a time derivative acting on two time scales represented by two fractional derivatives is investigated.

CellNOptR also contains a Boolean 2 steady-states method, applicable when limited time resolved data is available and one wishes to capture mechanisms acting on different time scales.

Temperature regime also appears to affect spawn timing both by stabilizing selection acting on the time of fry emergence (discussed above) and by selection to avoid high stream temperatures during the spawning period (Beer and Anderson 2001).

Since environmental factors such as light and temperature are correlated with latitude, the latitudinal clines for flowering time and vernalization sensitivity are suggestive of natural selection acting on flowering time.

Volcanic eruptions produce a number of proximal and distal hazards, acting on various time scales and with different reach.

The results of a FEM parametric study are next presented regarding the dependence on the resulting dynamic earth thrust reduction – acting on the time of peak wall inertia – on backfill rigidity, wall height, and shaking characteristics.

In particular, the design of increasingly sophisticated systems has been supported by greater knowledge on the dynamic interaction of multiple growth factors, acting on different time windows and spatial locations, and on the cross talk between vascular cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM).

A possible explanation for this outcome is that selection was also acting on lysis time and burst size [10], [44], [45] to increase the profitability of S. typhimurium.

The validation of the model is a mandatory step, because the system is based on the assumptions about the relevant variables acting on different time levels (ie, day-to-day level).