In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment...
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A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film...
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Adaptation is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features an ensemble cast led by Nicolas Cage...
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Adaptationism is a scientific perspective on evolution that focuses on accounting for the products of evolution as collections of adaptive traits, each...
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An adaptation is a transfer of a work of art from one style, culture or medium to another. Some common examples are: Film adaptation, a story from another...
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Literary adaptation is adapting a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play, or video game...
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging adaptation (FMRIa) is a method of functional magnetic resonance imaging that reads the brain changes occurring in...
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Chromatic adaptation is the human visual system’s ability to adjust to changes in illumination in order to preserve the appearance of object colors. It...
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The Dark Tower (2017 film) (redirect from The Dark Tower series film adaptation)
Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Lionsgate Entertainment. The adaptation went through three major phases of planning: with J. J. Abrams from 2007...
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Climate change adaptation is the process of adjusting to the effects of climate change. These can be both current or expected impacts. Adaptation aims to moderate...
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Domain adaptation is a field associated with machine learning and transfer learning. This scenario arises when we aim at learning a model from a source...
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Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought is a 1966 book by the American evolutionary biologist George C. Williams...
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Space adaptation syndrome (SAS) or space sickness is a condition experienced by as many as half of all space travelers during their adaptation to weightlessness...
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In visual physiology, adaptation is the ability of the retina of the eye to adjust to various levels of light. Natural night vision, or scotopic vision...
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The Adaptation Fund is an international fund that finances projects and programs aimed at helping developing countries to adapt to the harmful effects...
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creates the need for an adaptation layer in order to support information transfer protocols, which are not based on ATM. This adaptation layer defines how to...
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Novel adaptation may refer to: Literary adaptation, the adaptation of a literary work (e.g., a novel) into another work Novelization, the adaptation of another...
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Link adaptation, comprising adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) and others (such as Power Control), is a term used in wireless communications to denote...
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Hedonic treadmill (redirect from Hedonic adaptation)
The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness...
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In a theatrical adaptation, material from another artistic medium, such as a novel or a film is re-written according to the needs and requirements of the...
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pathophysiology, cellular adaptation refers to changes made by a cell in response to adverse or varying environmental changes. The adaptation may be physiologic...
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Look up adaptation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adaptation, in biology, is the process or trait by which organisms or population better match their...
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Prism adaptation is a sensory-motor adaptation that occurs after the visual field has been artificially shifted laterally or vertically. It was first introduced...
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Fire adaptations are traits of plants and animals that help them survive wildfire or to use resources created by wildfire. These traits can help plants...
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Organizational adaptation (sometimes referred to as strategic fit and organizational congruence) is a concept in organization theory and strategic management...
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Respiratory adaptation is the specific change that the respiratory system undergoes in response to the demands of physical exertion. Intense physical exertion...
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Anti-predator adaptations are mechanisms developed through evolution that assist prey organisms in their constant struggle against predators. Throughout...
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Deep Adaptation is a concept, agenda, and international social movement. It presumes that extreme weather events and other effects of climate change will...
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Local adaptation is a mechanism in evolutionary biology whereby a population of organisms evolves to be more well-suited to its local environment than...
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Academy Award for Best Original Score (redirect from Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)
At the time, winners and nominees were a mix of original scores and adaptations of pre-existing material. Following the controversial win of Charles...
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