Sentence examples for enhancing the vulnerability from inspiring English sources

In general terms, coastal cities are expecting the impacts of sea level rise; however heavy precipitation and storm surge will have important effects on coastal urban ecosystems, increasing the risk of floods and landslides, and enhancing the vulnerability of energy infrastructure, transportation, and telecommunications facilities (Young 2016).

The immune-suppressive effects of ongoing angiogenesis made us hypothesize those inhibitors of angiogenesis may revert endothelial cell anergy and increase leukocyte infiltration in tumors, thereby enhancing the vulnerability of tumors to the immune system.

(44) Large-scale changes in the food web structure and function of coastal ecosystems derived from overfishing and excess harvest of filter feeders, both global phenomena, erode ecosystem buffers and triggers increased phytoplankton biomass enhancing the vulnerability of coastal ecosystems to eutrophication (e.g., (45− 45−).

In fact, the study shows that it is problematic to talk about "post" traumatic stress, given that stressful experiences of everyday violence (such as poverty, gender-based violence, and discrimination) continue to happen to Quechua women, a situation that appears to enhance the vulnerability to enhanced symptoms of distress for some people, as indicated by the findings of this study.

It is to explore aspects of the abuse, including the psychological problems of the abusers and the "circumstances which enhanced the vulnerability of the victims," according to a statement from the conference.

This excess freshwater discharge is low in total alkalinity and reduces the buffering capacity of surface waters and enhances the vulnerability of the estuary to further reductions in pH.

In contrast, the decreased nonenzymatic antioxidant reserve in the fetal red blood cell and plasma compartments after preterm labor and delivery would enhance the vulnerability to free radical damage of the preterm neonate.

We demonstrated that astrocytes under conditions of LPS stress released SVs, which enhanced the vulnerability of DA neurons to neurotoxin.

One set of arguments appeals to the ways in which work-conditionality can enhance the vulnerability of citizens to exploitation or other forms of injustice and/or generate or exacerbate other inequities between citizens.

A number of socioeconomic factors along with geographical location enhance the vulnerability of individuals and communities in the study area and relentlessly undermine the struggle of people to minimize or cope with their vulnerabilities by undertaking adaptive measures.

When we increased the miR-34a levels in astrocytic SVs without LPS stimulation by transfecting astrocytes with pre-miR-34a, we found that those SVs still enhanced the vulnerability of DA neurons to low concentrations of neurotoxins, leading to an increased percentage of apoptotic cells.