It is characterized by the gradual loss of the ability to name objects.

Many observers from both within and outside of China have argued that the CPC has taken gradual steps towards democracy and transparency, hence arguing that it is best to give it time and room to evolve into a better government that is more responsive to its people rather than forcing an abrupt change with all the deleterious effects such a loss of stability might entail.

There has been gradual melting and recession of Arctic sea ice with extreme loss in 2007 rendering the Northwest Passage " fully navigable ".

But with the loss of Tarentum in 209 BC and the gradual reconquest by the Romans of Samnium and Lucania, his hold on south Italy was almost lost.

The most common symptom of LED ( and diode laser ) failure is the gradual lowering of light output and loss of efficiency.

Dementia which begins gradually and worsens progressively over several years is usually caused by neurodegenerative disease ; that is, by conditions affecting only or primarily the neurons of the brain and causing gradual but irreversible loss of function of these cells.

In physics, attenuation ( in some contexts also called extinction ) is the gradual loss in intensity of any kind of flux through a medium.

The war was increasingly likely as France would not tolerate its gradual loss of status and geopolitical advantage due to Prussia's increasing influence in Germany.

Whether the initial forcing mechanism is internal or external, the response of the climate system might be fast ( e. g., a sudden cooling due to airborne volcanic ash reflecting sunlight ), slow ( e. g. thermal expansion of warming ocean water ), or a combination ( e. g., sudden loss of albedo in the arctic ocean as sea ice melts, followed by more gradual thermal expansion of the water ).

Typically, hearing loss is gradual and often detected by family and friends of affected individuals long before the patients themselves will acknowledge the disability.

Generally, it's not only the person with a hearing disability that feels isolated, but others around them who feel they are not being " heard " or paid attention to, especially when the hearing loss has been gradual.

Typically, onset of tremor occurs in the sixth decade of life, with subsequent progression to ataxia ( loss of coordination ) and gradual cognitive decline.

Acoustic neuroma-tumor, usually benign, which may develop on the hearing and balance nerves and can cause gradual hearing loss, tinnitus, and / or dizziness.

Landau-Kleffner syndrome-childhood disorder of unknown origin which often extends into adulthood and can be identified by gradual or sudden loss of the ability to understand and use spoken language.

This results in a gradual loss of power as water is consumed, increasing the cell resistance and a gradual loss in capacity as active material is converted to corrosion products.

The gradual loss of blood from the gastrointestinal tract, as well as chronic inflammation, often leads to anemia, and professional guidelines suggest routinely monitoring for this.

The gradual loss of blood from the gastrointestinal tract, as well as chronic inflammation, often leads to anemia, and professional guidelines suggest routinely monitoring for this.

Without hormone replacement therapy ( HRT ), typical symptoms ( similar to those experienced by menopausal women ) include hot flashes, gradual bone-density loss resulting in osteopenia or osteoporosis, and potential weight gain or redistribution of body fat to the hips / chest.

The gradual loss of erythrocytes leads to anemia.

Furthermore, zinc sulfide undergoes degradation of its crystal lattice structure, leading to gradual loss of brightness significantly faster than the depletion of radium.

This loss results in gradual increases of individual CpG sites, which vary between copies of the same gene in different cells.

Roy's obsession with an idea implanted by an alien intelligence, his construction of the model, and his gradual loss of contact with his wife, mimic the events in the short story " Dulcie and Decorum " ( 1955 ) by Damon Knight.

However, the various preconditions for the development at Ford stretched far back into the 19th century, from the gradual realization of the dream of interchangeability, to the concept of reinventing workflow and job descriptions using analytical methods ( the most famous example being scientific management ).

A slow and gradual withdrawal customised to the individual and, if indicated, psychological support is the most effective way of managing the withdrawal.

Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement of the scroll, the dominant form of book in the ancient world, has been termed the most important advance in the history of the book prior to the invention of printing.

Although " Oedipus's enquiry is based on supernatural, pre-rational methods that are evident in most narratives of crime until the development of Enlightenment thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries " it has " all of the central characteristics and formal elements of the detective story, including a mystery sur-rounding a murder, a closed circle of suspects, and the gradual uncovering of a hidden past.

However, most of these projects are specific to individual nationalities ( riism from English speakers, for example ), and the only changes that have gained acceptance in the Esperanto community have been the minor and gradual bottom-up reforms discussed in the last section.

There were however continuing gradual economic improvements, among the most visible of which was the replacement of the traditional thatched black house with accommodation of a more modern design and with the assistance of Highlands and Islands Enterprise many of the islands ' populations have begun to increase after decades of decline.

During the gradual process by which Homo erectus made a transition from furry to naked skin, their hair texture putatively changed gradually from Afro-textured hair or ' kinky ' ( i. e. tightly coiled ) to straight hair ( the condition of most mammals, including humanity's closest cousins — chimpanzees ) This argument is based on the principle that curly hair impedes the passage of UV light into the body relative to straight hair ( thus curly or coiled hair would be particularly advantageous for dark-skinned hominids living at the equator ).

Godwin was a gradualist anarchist rather than a revolutionary anarchist ; he differed from most later anarchists in preferring above revolutionary action the gradual and, as it seemed to him, more natural process of discussion among men of good will, by which he hoped truth would eventually triumph through its own power.

Morgan found many of the most interesting changes in living things have been largely discontinuous with past evolution, and therefore did not necessarily take place through a gradual process of natural selection.

If most evolution happens in these rare instances of allopatric speciation then evidence of gradual evolution in the fossil record should be rare.

The sudden appearance of most species in the geologic record and the lack of evidence of substantial gradual change in most species — from their initial appearance until their extinction — has long been noted, including by Charles Darwin who appealed to the imperfection of the record as the favored explanation.

The 20th century saw a gradual movement to fiat currency, with most of the world monetary system losing its link to precious metals after Richard Nixon took the United States dollar off the gold standard in 1971 ; the last currency backed by gold was the Swiss franc, which became a pure fiat currency on 1 May 2000.

Therefore the four schools can be seen as a gradual path from a rather easy-to-grasp, " realistic " philosophical point of view, to more and more complex and subtle views on the ultimate nature of reality, that is on emptiness and dependent arising, culminating in the philosophy of the Mādhyamikas, which is widely believed to present the most sophisticated point of view.

The government has justified its restraint of public assembly, opposition parties, and the media by emphasizing the need for stability and a gradual approach to change during the transitional period, citing the conflict and chaos in the other former republics ( most convincingly, neighboring Tajikistan ).

Some of Shen's most advanced theories include geomorphology and gradual climate change, while he improves Chinese astronomy by fixing the position of the pole star and correcting the lunar error by plotting its orbital course every night for a continuum of five years.

Ch ' ü concludes that the gradual process of Confucianisation of law was the most significant development in the legal system of China prior to 20th century modernization.

His findings led him to oppose contemporary Darwinists, most notably Francis Galton and Karl Pearson, who held the occurrence of normal distributed trait variation in populations as proof of gradual genetic variation on which selection could act.

However, most scholarly research suggests a more gradual and organic development of the rosary.

While most astronomical transient sources have simple and consistent time structures ( typically a rapid brightening followed by gradual fading, as in a nova or supernova ), the light curves of gamma-ray bursts are extremely diverse and complex.

" He was certainly generally regarded as inclined to more gradual and constructive reform than was Gorbachev ; most of the speculation centres around whether Andropov would have reformed the USSR in a manner which did not result in its eventual dissolution.

There is a general awareness that long-term use of benzodiazepines for insomnia in most people is inappropriate and that a gradual withdrawal is usually beneficial due to the adverse effects associated with the long-term use of benzodiazepines and is recommended whenever possible.

One of the most important offers of the Stoics in language study was the gradual definition of the terminology and theory echoed in modern linguistics.

However, Bates and Poole argue that when instructors say they are using e-learning, this most often refers to the use of technology as classroom aids, although over time, there has been a gradual increase in fully online learning ( see Market above ).