- Maladaptation
Unreferenced date August 2007 wikt A maladaptation is a trait that is or has become more harmful than helpful. It is a term used when discussing both humans and animal s in fields such as evolutionary biology , biology , psychology where it applies to behaviors and other learned survival mechanisms , sociology , and other fields where adaptation and responsive change may occur. Like adaptation, it may be viewed as occurring over geological time, or within the lifetime of one individual or a group. It can also signify an adaptation that, whilst reasonable at the time, has become less and less suitable and more of a problem or hindrance in its own right, as time goes on. This is because it is possible for an adaptation to be poorly selected or become less appropriate or even become on balance more of a wikt dysfunction dysfunction than a positive adaptation, over time. Note that the concept of maladaptation, as initially discussed in a late 19th century context, is based on a flawed view of evolutionary theory . It was believed that an inherent tendency for an organism s adaptations to degeneration degenerate would translate into maladaptations soon become crippling if not weeded out see also Eugenics . In reality, the advantages conferred by any one adaptation are rarely decisive for survival on its own but rather balanced against other synergistic and antagonistic adaptations, which consequently cannot change without affecting others. In other words, it is usually impossible to gain an advantageous adaptation without incurring maladaptations . Consider a seemingly trivial example it is apparently extremely hard for an animal to evolve the ability to breathe well in air and in water. Better adapting to one means being less able to do the other. Examples for maladaptations During periods of climate change , such as global warming or cooling, species that were well adapted in the original climate may be maladapted to the new climate and die out, if they are prevented from ... more details
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- Anna Karenina principle
to be lucky always. Order in chaos of maladaptation Many experiments and observations of groups ..., all non adapted systems experience maladaptation in their own way,... But in the chaos of maladaptation ... more details
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- SMS (disambiguation)
wiktionarypar SMS toc right SMS Short Message Service is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to Biology and Medicine Smith Magenis Syndrome , a genetic developmental disorder Space adaptation syndrome Space motion sickness , a microgravity maladaptation syndrome SMS gene , which encodes the spermine synthase enzyme Computing Hardware IBM Standard Modular System , a system of standard transistorised circuit boards developed by IBM in the late 1950s Sudden Motion Sensor , a patented feature of Apple notebook computers Software and programming SMS hydrology software , surface water modeling software Spectral Modeling Synthesis , an acoustic modeling approach Supervisor Monitoring Scheduler , a job scheduler for Unix Linux systems Systems Management Server , a systems management software product by Microsoft Gaming, art, and entertainment Shorty McShorts, the host of Shorty McShorts Shorts Siva Manasula Sakthi , a 2009 Tamil film sometimes shortened as SMS Sega Master System , an 8 bit video game console from the 1980s Slightly Mad Studios , a racing game devloper SMS band , a Ukrainian pop music band SMS comics , a British comic book illustrator Super Mario Sunshine , a 2002 video game often shortened as SMS. Schools and universities Special Music School , a public school P.S. 859 for musically gifted children in New York City Southernside Montessori School , a school under the Montessori curriculum that is located in Muntinlupa City, Philippines Transportation and nautical Safety Management Systems refers to regulatory and enforcement frameworks, generally in the transportation industry Sainte Marie Airport , an airport serving le Sainte Marie, an island in the Toamasina Province of Madagascar. IATA SMS Seiner Majest t Schiff , an abbreviation for His Majesty s Ship in the German Kaiserliche Marine and the Austro Hungarian Navy Other meanings Sawai Mansingh Stadium a cricket stadium in Jaipur, Rajast ... more details
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- Alfred J. Lewy
Please See naming conventions at WP MOSBIO, do not add details like Dr. or PhD Alfred J. Lewy , graduated from University of Chicago , in 1973 after studying Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Ophthalmology. He is a full professor and Vice Chair of the department of Psychiatry at OHSU , Oregon Health & Science University , and holds an MD and PhD. Prior to moving to Oregon in 1981, Lewy was at the National Institute of Mental Health NIMH in Bethesda, Maryland, working with senior colleague Thomas A Wehr . ref cite journal last Bhattacharjee first Yudhijit date 14 September 2007 title Is Internal Timing Key to Mental Health? journal ScienceMag volume 317 pages 1488 90 publisher AAAS location issn pmid doi bibcode oclc id url http www.ohsu.edu ohsuedu academic som images Al Lewy Science.pdf format PDF accessdate 2008 02 18 quote incl. photo of A.J.Lewy ref In Oregon he has worked closely with Robert L. Sack . As of December 2005, he had 94 publications available on Pubmed . He describes his research as follows My laboratory studies chronobiologic sleep and mood disorders. These disorders include winter clinical depression depression , jet lag , maladaptation to shift work and certain types of sleep disturbances. Relying on a very precise assay for blood plasma plasma melatonin a hormone that has a clearly defined 24 hour pattern of secretion , biological rhythm disorders can be assessed and their treatment can be monitored. Current research is focused on developing bright light exposure and melatonin administration as treatment modalities for these disorders. Treatment must be precisely scheduled. Morning light exposure and evening melatonin administration cause circadian phase advance shifts evening light exposure and morning melatonin administration cause circadian phase delay shifts. Totally blindness blind individuals have 25 hour circadian rhythms, drifting an hour later each day, unless they take a melatonin capsule at a certain time every day. ref cite web url http w ... more details
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- Index of evolutionary biology articles
Li living fossils Charles Lyell M macroevolution macromutation The Major Transitions in Evolution maladaptation ... more details
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- Patient Self-Determination Act
pmid 15481498 External links cite journal author Thaddeus Mason Pope title THE MALADAPTATION OF MIRANDA ... more details
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- Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game
difficulties in gameplay and, as such, input can be seen as akin to maladaptation . Rather ... more details
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- Patricia McKinsey Crittenden
than by their current circumstances, creating the potential for current maladaptation and psychopathology ... more details
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- Ghost sickness
. ref Jacobs, S. 1993 . Pathologic grief Maladaptation to loss. Washington, DC London American ... more details
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- Provenance
1979 ref Background population maladaptation can be driven by natural processes. ref name Gould & Lewontin 1979 Human actions of habitat fragmentation drive maladaptation up and adaptive potential ... more details
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- Ecological trap
as well as providing deeper insight into the proximate and ultimate basis for maladaptation in general ... title The evolution of maladaptation url journal Heredity volume 84 issue 6 pages 623 9 pmid 10886377 ... more details
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- Irish Elk
of males through forested regions or that it was by some other means a maladaptation see Gould 1974 ... more details
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- Adaptation model of nursing
of maladaptation. Then, the nurse focuses the assessment on the stimuli influencing the family ... more details
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- Five Dhyani Buddhas
Mudra Gestures Means Maladaptation to Stress Season align right Buddha Vairocana align center white ... more details
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- Cadfael (TV series)
for ITV as the last episode of the fourth season of Brother Cadfael. Sometimes referred to as a maladaptation ... more details
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- Political ecology
of political economy as a force of maladaptation and instability 2005, p. 74 . Political ecology ... more details
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- Spiral Dynamics
distortion when questions of adaptation or maladaptation, congruence or ineffectiveness ... more details
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- Anchoring (NLP)
, or be maladaptation maladaptive .There are two broad types of anchors Negative or unpleasant ... more details
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- Degeneracy (biology)
Evaluation and Selection Systems Adaptation and Maladaptation of Individuals and Groups through ... more details
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- The Pilgrim of Hate
for ITV as the last episode of the fourth season of Brother Cadfael. Sometimes referred to as a maladaptation ... more details
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- Adaptation to global warming
to short term climate variability, however this may cause maladaptation to longer term climatic ... of higher river flows is a maladaptation when viewed in relation to the longer term projections of drying ... policy. Maladaptation can result in negative effects that are as serious as the climate induced effects ... more details
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- Vestigiality
Atavism Dewclaw Maladaptation Are these a subclass of vestigial traits? Plantaris muscle Recessive ... more details
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- Analytical psychology
through maladaptation to one s external or internal reality. The principles of adaptation, projection ... more details
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- Argument from poor design
to Eve I will increase your trouble in pregnancy . See also Atavism Vestigiality Maladaptation Human ... more details
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- Integrative communication theory
, feeling, and behaving constitute the mental illness of maladaptation p. 372 . According to Gudykunst ... more details
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