In this study, four broad habitat types were recognized in the urban environment, representing a continuum of modification ranging from parks with remnant vegetation to streetscapes dominated by native vegetation and those dominated by exotic vegetation to recently developed streetscapes.
Overall, it is debatable whether a dichotomy exists between homology and homoplasy; some authors have argued that instead these represent extremes on a continuum of degrees of modification (e.g., Hall 2003, 2007).
McIntyre and Hobbs [Conservation Biology 13 (1999) 1282] recently proposed a model in which landscapes can be classified according to the amount of habitat remaining and in which the remaining habitat can correspond to a continuum or gradient of modification.
A modification to the Continuum Stress Surface formulation (CSS) [1] to enhance the stability near the fluid interface is developed in the framework of the SPH method.
"Biotechnology" is a seamless continuum of techniques for the genetic modification of organisms and the use of those organisms for all manner of applications.
Woven fabric is manifestly not a continuum and therefore Darcy's law or its modifications, or any other differential models are invalid theoretically.
In particular, the effects of thermophoretic force and of the modification of drag coefficient by non-continuum phenomena were taken into account in the calculation of the trajectories of small particles.
The propagation of surface waves on a dielectric half-space with hexagonal symmetry is studied on the basis of a recent modification of the micropolar theory of electroelastic continua.
These theories are grouped into six categories: linear damage rules; nonlinear damage curve and two-stage linearization approaches; life curve modification methods; approaches based on crack growth concepts; continuum damage mechanics models; and energy-based theories.
In addition to observing a continuum of expression from the Xi, examination of allelic imbalance of histone modifications demonstrated a gradation of histone modifications on genes subject to or escaping from XCI [ 23].
We consider the possibility that the structure of these SAF-B-containing continua or matrices may be ephemeral, subject to post-translational modification, gene activity, or nucleic acid binding[20], and thus only a subset may be stabilized at any time.
