Sentence examples for confluence of advances from inspiring English sources

Robert Thompson, founder of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, called the trend toward voyeurism shows an inevitable confluence of advances in technology and basic human interest.

There is no doubt, however, that a remarkable confluence of advances in agriculture, cotton spinning and weaving, iron manufacture, and machine-tool design and the harnessing of mechanical power began to alter the character of capitalism profoundly in the last years of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th.

Systems biology is the result of a confluence of recent advances in molecular biology, engineering, and the computational sciences.

The focus of their efforts is now changing, driven by a confluence of technology advances, a better understanding of business processes and the overriding need to cut costs.

A confluence of steady advances in radar enabling technologies, and ever increasing demands on radar performance in challenging environments, has afforded a re-examination of the fundamental theoretical framework upon which classical waveform design is based.

Emergency medicine and the emergency department grew out of a confluence of care systems, advances in equipment and procedures, and evolving societal attitudes about access to care [26].

"We have the confluence of all these advances coming together at once," says Dr. Ronald DePinho, president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

The cancer field, he said, is also seeing "a confluence of game-changing technological advances that allow us to understand the fundamental underpinnings of this disease".

Finally, a confluence of hardware and software technology advances are creating opportunities to address this market.

Rather, a confluence of factors gave rise it.

Besides offering a great confluence of buzz and celebrity, a career-advancing opportunity for young filmmakers, a meat market for agents-on-the-make, a bazaar for indie-film distributors and a stage for artiste poseurs and hustler manques, it is also regarded as the year's prime opportunity to take the pulse of American independent filmmaking.