The compressive strength loss of SF specimens was very limited in the early state; after a certain period of erosion, the compressive strength decreased rapidly.
Polls also reflect a certain resignation about the erosion of privacy at a time of targeted online advertising, location-tracking cellphones and intrusive government programs.
It is also easier for everyone else to tend the good life: traditional rural pursuits are more resistant to erosion, and certain prejudices and values -- the land, table and the sense that, faute de mieux, living well is still the best revenge -- cut across class and calling.
On the other hand, national forests may want more sparse deployments or specific species in certain locations to curb erosion or establish sustainable firebreaks.
Continental ice sheets typically sculpt landscapes via erosion; under certain conditions, ancient landscapes can be preserved beneath ice and can survive extensive and repeated glaciation.
Without a certain level of wind erosion, opportunities for establishment of early-stage, species-rich vegetation types are diminished and open-sand habitat decreases by encroachment of the surrounding grassland vegetation.
Following Clark (2003), we further propose that home ownership for an immigrant household perhaps represents a step towards cultural assimilation within the British community, and which might possibly also lead to the erosion of certain practices from the home country including son preference.
In this respect, the new political structure in Imerina embodied the erosion of certain traditional social values among the Merina elite, who had gained exposure to contemporary European political thought and assimilated a number of Western governance principles.
You may want to protect certain areas from further erosion by erecting barriers, such as rock piles.[18].[18]
