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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Organizational adaptation (sometimes referred to as strategic fit and organizational congruence) is a concept in organization theory and strategic management...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The first authorised adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit was a stage production by St. Margaret's School, Edinburgh in March 1953. Subsequently...
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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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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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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (redirect from Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation)
and other films and film characters. All sequels are also considered adaptations by this standard, being based on the story and characters of the original...
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Neural adaptation or sensory adaptation is a gradual decrease over time in the responsiveness of the sensory system to a constant stimulus. It is usually...
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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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The Last of Us (redirect from The Last of Us (film adaptation))
media includes a comic book in 2013, a live show in 2014, a television adaptation by HBO in 2023, a tabletop game by Themeborne in 2024, and an upcoming...
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