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Limiting Factor
Limiting Factor: - A condition whose absence or excessive concentration, is incompatible with the needs or tolerance of a species or population and which may have a negative influence on their ability to thrive. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Limiting Factor:: |
MIT Technology Review,What's more, the limiting factor for the temperature in fuel cells now is the electrode materials. Before room temperature solid-oxide fuel cells are
This Mobile Life: Roeding's World Travels: Nepal - 04 Aug 2008
Washington Post,...eg for Everest expeditions in Nepal's Northeast: satellite phones. And those phones' limiting factor is not altitude, but rather frost resistance..."
There is no magic pill to ‘cure’ mental illness – instead we need ... - 04 Aug 2008
WalesOnline,Time rather than skill is their perceived limiting factor, but they often underestimate their urgency. It seems only those who have suffered it know that
Penn Scientists Carve Functional Nanoribbons Using Super-Heated, - 04 Aug 2008
Photonics Online (press release),...resulting from current state-of-the-art nanolithography techniques, are considered the limiting factor to attaining useful performance from nanoscale
County in West Virginia Continues Quest to Rid Schools of Asbestos - 04 Aug 2008
Asbestos.com,However, a stronger limiting factor than money is time. The dangers of asbestos exposure require all abatement activities to be carried out during school
Expanding Emirates still considering 747-8I - 04 Aug 2008
ATWOnline,...once the six-runway airport with capacity for 120 million passengers per year is completed, restrictions on expansion will not be a limiting factor.
Coastal gardens - Aug 2, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,...find out exactly which plants tolerate the level of salinity in your area, but exposure to wind and salt spray is more likely to be the limiting factor.
Coding green, revisited - Aug 1, 2008
InfoWorld,..."Power is the limiting factor for many data centers." Datacenters don't have the power (or the space) to spare to add infinite machines, which makes fat
Out of control Johannesburg crime being cut by IP-CCTV - Aug 1, 2008
CCTV News,Low bandwidth requirement was also important, as this is a limiting factor in South Africa. CSS needs every tool it can get; when you look at the statistics
Political parties keeping advocates far away from conventions - Aug 1, 2008
The NonProfit Times,Walsh further stated that the size of an event would probably not be a limiting factor. "We are obligated to provide for First Amendment rights," he said.
Hay the king of Pueblo crop production - Aug 3, 2008
Pueblo Chieftain,One potentially limiting factor is the price of fuel for customers coming to pick up hay at the farm. “Really, for our customers to drive down here from
Boosting Cellulosic Biofuels - Jul 30, 2008
Truth about Trade & Technology,With the thermochemical approach to making biofuel, the catalytic step converting syngas into alcohols is the limiting factor in terms of cost and design,
What the housing package could mean to you - Jul 30, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,The limiting factor could be that not every distressed borrower will qualify for a 30-year fixed loan for the necessary value, even with the declines of the
Jack In The Box (JBX 21.04) - Jul 30, 2008
Briefing.com,That is a limiting factor for a business like Jack In The Box, which gets about 70% of sales at company-operated restaurants from its drive-thru operations.
How Washington is Fooling You: Trick #1, Hedonic Pricing - Jul 27, 2008
Seeking Alpha,...improvements will enhance the consumer appeal of goods in the same manner as a price cut, unless we assume that capital is not the limiting factor.
Students shouldn't be kept together - Aug 2, 2008
News-Leader.com,The group can become a very limiting factor, not a positive support group. Keeping them together prevents the students from learning the important social
Telepresence: Pragmatism Prevails Over Enthusiasm - Jul 29, 2008
CXOToday.com,Cost is also a limiting factor for enterprises when they think of deploying telepresence solutions. An average telepresence suite can cost as much as
Air Traffic Controllers Keep Order in MND-N - Jul 29, 2008
NewsBlaze,The one limiting factor both the tower and radar controllers experience is the language barrier. While they say all the pilots coming through the airspace
AIDS researchers confer in virtual world - Jul 30, 2008
National Post,It is that expertise, and the high price of it, that could be the limiting factor in the popularity of Second Life Science. Prof.
Vetterkind Cattle: Weak Cash Markets, Beef Under Pressure - Jul 21, 2008
CattleNetwork.com,Looking into this week, I would expect to see the beef market remain under pressure for most of the week and this is going to be a limiting factor to the
Area Swallows Still Producing Offspring - Aug 1, 2008
Centralia Chronicle,The most significant limiting factor in rebuilding their local population is a lack of natural cavities in standing old trees.
IBM Unveils Hogwarts-Inspired Personal Memory Vault - Aug 1, 2008
TechNewsWorld,Pensieve's limiting factor, no doubt, is its need for the user to take frequent proactive steps such as regular photo-taking -- particularly considering
Carmack: iPhone more powerful than Nintendo DS, PSP combined - Aug 1, 2008
Apple Insider,While Carmack sees graphics memory as a potential limiting factor on the iPhone, he's stoked about the intuitiveness of the iPhone SDK.
Debt Limit Won't Be On Housing Bill - Jul 18, 2008
National Journal,He argued that will be a limiting factor for Treasury if it is given such powers, an argument that could help sway the concerns of the Blue Dog Coalition
Spreed Inc. Releases iPhone Application that Lets People Rapidly ... - Jul 14, 2008
MarketWatchPrior to Spreed, consuming text on a mobile device was less than ideal with limited screen size being the limiting factor. The Spreed mobile application
Extend Deadline For Customary Land Rights Applications - Aug 1, 2008
New Era,...respective traditional authorities, is or would serve as a limiting factor to the removal of illegal fences by land boards and traditional authorities.
How about a platform for trading MPs! - Jul 27, 2008
Economic Times,That’s been around for many years and the only limiting factor that can be used against the process is that it’s largely limited to Bank-funded projects.
Using GIS for Decision-Making: the Case of Kidunda Dam in Morogoro ... - Jul 18, 2008
RedOrbit,The volume criterion was formulated into a constraint variable, ie the limiting factor of the reservoir area per volume of water.
POC Connectivity Gaining Increasing Importance in Europe - Jul 21, 2008
MarketWatchLONDON, Jul 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Although budgetary constraints in hospitals are a major limiting factor for data management (DM) solutions,
Netflix Digs Another Trench for Movie Streaming With New LG Player - Jul 31, 2008
TechNewsWorld,That may end up being the service's strongest limiting factor. "It's a natural evolution, moving toward digital distribution," Jonathan Taplin,
Cuervo Reports Initial Resource Estimate On Orcopura Zone: 60.5 Mt ... - Jul 31, 2008
Filing Services Canada (press release),A program of additional rock density analyses, seen as a limiting factor to the current resource classification (ie, "inferred"), is being instituted by the
Gold Drops 2%, India's Gold Conclave Nails Concerns for Jewelers - Jul 25, 2008
Diamonds.net,...“[Physical purchases] tend to be a limiting factor in times of extreme price volatility since consumers treat investment in coins and medallions the same as
Gregg Holshouser on Outdoors: Dove season on early bird special - Jul 24, 2008
Myrtle Beach Sun News,..."Food is never a limiting factor for doves in the South. They eat grass seed, wheat seed - anything that's commonly available they'll feed on.
First Look at the Gap Fire's Aftermath - Jul 31, 2008
The Santa Barbara Independent,..."The terrain is definitely a limiting factor," said BAER team leader Liz Schnackenberg, who explained that about half of the burn was on federal Forest
NM researchers hope to cultivate `calming herb' - Jul 25, 2008
The Associated PressThe only limiting factor in growing yerba mansa is water, Martin said. "It will grow in a wide variety of conditions and soils, including alkaline-encrusted
City paddlers rank among the best in Canada -- yet again - Jul 30, 2008
Prince George Citizen,The limiting factor is our weather conditions and Cupp admits he got off to a late start in his training this year. “It was such a long winter,
Summer weather heats up DIY activity, but stifles spending - Jul 30, 2008
Search-Autoparts.com,As gas prices rise and economic stability falters, more consumers admit that price is a limiting factor in their aftermarket spending, according to recent
Lighthouse lets in visitors - Jul 30, 2008
Coffs Coast Independent,He said with access being such a limiting factor, it was great that people would have the chance to visit the island by helicopter and view the lighthouse
SanDisk unveils metric for solid-state drives - Jul 23, 2008
EETimes.comAll sides agree the relatively low number of write cycles on flash memory is a limiting factor for the adoption of flash drives that are just beginning to
James Allen's German GP verdict - Jul 20, 2008
ITV.com,Dennis says that the tyres were not the limiting factor, but Hamilton himself said in the press conference that he knew he needed to pass Massa quickly
Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc. Announces Production Agreement with ... - Jul 23, 2008
MarketWatchThe limiting factor in AFM resolution is the diameter of the tip, ie, the smaller the diameter of the tip, the higher the resolving power of the microscope.
Alligators making a home in North Alabama - Jul 12, 2008
Times Daily (subscription),Hudson, who said he was not familiar with any respiratory problems with armadillos said, "Cars are the number one limiting factor in armadillos.
Where is the faculty for new IITs? - Jul 22, 2008
Economic Times,The limiting factor in setting up these institutes will undoubtedly be the faculty. Let us get a sense of the numbers involved.
Bytemark claims Atom server first - Jul 22, 2008
ZDNet UK,...a bit of a database — and because memory rather than CPU power is usually the limiting factor... you should get quite a lot for your money," said Bloch.
Sensing Momentum, Frank Pushes Bill On Housing Overhaul To House Floor - Jul 23, 2008
National Journal,..."The fact that it is subjected to the debt limit is a limiting factor," Frank said. If funds were to be tapped, the new regulator provided under the bill
Phoenix Technology Income Fund: Report on Financial Results for ... - Jul 30, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,...a healthy percentage of the Fund's overall activity in 2008; however, the field labour shortage that currently exists may become a limiting factor.
Is It Time to Give Up on Therapeutic Cloning? A Q&A with Ian Wilmut - Jul 21, 2008
Scientific AmericanThe limiting factor is not literally getting cell lines anymore; it's going to be studying them. The first thing you'll have to do is to look at the cells
A Cynic's View of Green Computing - Jul 29, 2008
HPCwire,And since demand for computing and communication is outracing Moore's Law, power consumption will become a limiting factor here too.
Kenya: Beware of Multi-Tasking; It Can Kill Your Career - Jul 11, 2008
AllAfrica.com,The limiting factor, by the way, is not the number of hands available for driving: it's a driver's attention and processing capacity.
'It's about the fellowship' - Jul 29, 2008
Chapel Hill News,Due to the popularity of the league, however, theology seems less of a limiting factor than resources. Cornett thinks 12 teams is "about the most we can
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