Browsing Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Adaptation"
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Conflicts in adaptation: case studies from Nepal and the Maldives
(Emerald, 2019)Purpose Adaptation appears to be regarded as a panacea in policy circles to reduce the risk of impending crises resulting from contemporary changes, including but not restricted to climate change. Such conceptions can be ... -
Do the contour feathers of Cisticolae exhibit adaptations to annual rainfall in their habitats?
(Wiley, 2019)Birds of the genus Cisticola occur over most of Southern Africa in varying habitats ranging from low to high altitudes and wet to dry areas causing species to have unique distributions. In order to determine if Cisticolas ... -
Prolonged cooling with phase change material enhances recovery and does not affect the subsequent repeated bout effect following exercise
(Springer, 2020)Purpose The aim of this investigation was twofold: (1) to examine the effect of prolonged phase change material (PCM) cooling following eccentric exercise of the quadriceps on indices of muscle damage, and (2) to elucidate ... -
Should all disaster risks be reduced? A perspective from the systems concept of the edge of chaos
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)The field of disaster risk reduction (DRR) has risen to prominence since the declaration of the International Decade of Disaster Risk Reduction between 1990 and 2000. This decade provided the impetus for a change from the ... -
Task-specific strength increases after lower-limb compound resistance training occurred in the absence of corticospinal changes in vastus lateralis
(Wiley, 2020)Neural adaptations subserving strength increases have been shown to be task-specific, but responses and adaptation to lower-limb compound exercises such as the squat are commonly assessed in a single-limb isometric task. ...