Whereas "natural selection" (and, in most cases, "ecology") does not apply to changes induced intentionally by humans, the term "evolution" is broader and includes in current scientific literature human induced modifications of nature.
Modification of chemical nature of the fabric surface was characterized by ATR-FTIR, Raman, and Secondary ion mass spectroscopies.
The higher selectivity to ethylene has been related to the modification of the nature of Ni O species, which implies a lower production of carbon oxides.
The morphology of deposits, on the other hand, changes from layer like to grain like after surface oxidation, indicating a substantial modification of the nature and density of nucleation sites.
There is undoubtedly a further post-translational modification of unknown nature.
God or Nature, as the ultimate cause of all things, is also the cause of all the particular modifications of extended nature (Ip18).
Ten thousand years ago or so, we made the giant step of agriculture - the systematic control and modification of non-human nature.
Following an investigation into every branch of French industry, in the course of which hundreds of hearings were held, this committee, which included representatives of both labor and capital, found that the 40-hour week has come to stay, that its repeal is impossible, and that even a temporary modification of a general nature is out of the question.
In the case of welding of aerospace aluminium alloys, the most important change is the modification of the size, nature, and fraction of strengthening precipitates.
These results provide fundamental knowledge to enable future material design for the modification of the hydrophilic nature of copper sites in HKUST-1 to improve its moisture stability.
