Autonomous systems actively control their own conditions so as to increase their functionality (they self-regulate).
Ecological restoration may speed up succession, promote more complex communities and increase their functionality.
Some of these target species also play ecological roles, increasing their functionality.
Atoms, ions, or molecules that undergo oxidation in reactions lose electrons and, in so doing, increase their functionality, or capacity to form chemical bonds.
The integration of chemically distinct materials within a single nanostructure is an effective way to increase their functionality for given applications.
"Family to Family Support Program" is a significant intervention program to assist families by informing them about treatment procedures and coping strategies, increasing their functionality, helping them to overcome the challenges of the disease.
As another advantage, APC-mimetic scaffolds enabled us to tune the ratios of subpopulations of T cells with different roles in the desired immune responses, which in the future might increase their functionality," said David Zhang, the study's second author and a Graduate Student working with Mooney.
While at the center, scarf injury survivors receive occupational and physical therapy aimed at increasing their functionality at home.
At the same time, the rise of advanced handsets means consumers are increasingly interested in personalizing their phones, protecting them as investments and increasing their functionality, NPD said.
Unlike the iPhone which seems designed for hardware obsolescence, these new purpose-built devices can increase their functionality by orders of magnitude with changes to software alone". And, indeed, Leap Motion tracking (Version 2) does just that.
