Sentence examples for breakdown of existing from inspiring English sources

The change in electrical resistance with applied pressure can be explained by considering several phenomena that happens simultaneously in the composite system: breakdown of existing conductive paths, formation of new conductive paths and change or redistribution of conductive paths [21].

The massive evacuation and displacement of families might have contributed to the breakdown of existing social networks in New Orleans ultimately leading to a dramatic increase in crime.

In addition, activation of signaling pathways can increase synthesis of proteins responsible for the breakdown of existing mRNA, thereby increasing mRNA turnover.

We believe that this increase is due to the breakdown of existing BMs by the tumour, combined with type IV collagen production and secretion by the cancer cells.

Hypothetically, vaccination with VXM01 should lead to breakdown of existing tumor vasculature and support the development of an immune memory against proliferating endothelial cells.

The colonization of new areas or niches can then result in either new opportunities for speciation (West-Eberhard 2003) or increased hybridization and breakdown of existing species barriers (Taylor et al. 2006).

Let's illustrate the size of the challenge: there are 2.5 billion people without access to sanitation, 750 million without clean water, at least a billion who defecate in the open, and appalling levels of breakdown and failure of existing infrastructure.

Members of the Saudi royal family and close advisers to Crown Prince Abdullah, the day-to-day ruler, say chaos from the breakdown of the existing order in Iraq has become an overarching fear.

When the voltage was sufficiently high to induce dielectric breakdown of the existing oxide material, plasma discharging occurred and a silica containing layer was formed.

And, as in Camus's novel, these diseases point to something larger, not the imposition of a new malignant system but the breakdown of the existing order.

In protracted and postconflict situations, populations may have high rates of illness and mortality due to breakdown of health systems, flight of trained staff, failure of existing disease control programs, and destroyed infrastructure.