A nation or group that can pose a credible threat of mass casualty has the ability to alter the terms on which other nations or groups interact with it.

** Mind Alteration: the ability to alter the minds of others.

As a treatment, in the opinion of the Subcommittee it has proved its ability to remove symptoms and to alter morbid habits of thought and behavior [...]

The beliefs and techniques of Magi vary enormously, and the ability to alter reality can only exist in the context of a coherent system of belief and technique, called a paradigm.

The strength of drug delivery systems is their ability to alter the pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of the drug.

Orbital resonances greatly enhance the mutual gravitational influence of the bodies, i. e., their ability to alter or constrain each other's orbits.

These newly reincarnated dead-interstellar zombies-can harness superhuman powers-most notably the power to project " the white fire ", the ability to alter form, and the ability to open the " channel " to allow souls to return to possess others.

* bradymetabolism, the ability to greatly alter metabolic rate in response to need ; for example, animals that hibernate

* Significant Market Power, a form of market power in economics, the ability of a firm to alter the market price of a good or service

In such cases, seeking informed consent directly interferes with the ability to conduct the research, because the very act of revealing that a study is being conducted is likely to alter the behavior studied.

It becomes known that the Mule is, in fact, a mutant who retains the ability to psychically alter the emotions of people.

Although these examples offer alternate strategies for achieving the same abstraction, they do not fundamentally alter the need to support abstract nouns in code-all programming relies on an ability to abstract verbs as functions, nouns as data structures, and either as processes.

However, there are no built-in tamper protection mechanisms ( that is, users who can use the RCS tools to version a file also, by design, are able to directly manipulate the corresponding version control file ) and this is leading some security conscious administrators to consider client / server version control systems that restrict users ' ability to alter the version control files.

One of the defining characteristics of natural Everglades ecology is its ability to support itself in a nutrient-poor environment, and the introduction of fertilizers began to alter the plant life in the region.

Using the original X-Men as his agents to satisfy Lucifer's twisted sense of irony-and also due to his limited ability to create truly effective ionic constructs ; the duplicate Xavier was only his third construct shown and the other two lacked any kind of initiative-the duplicate Professor dispatched them to acquire three components from Quistalian outposts around the globe, intending to use them to alter the machine that had sent the Professor into the Nameless Dimension so that it could be used to allow Lucifer to return to Earth.

Thus an eye care professional, having determined that a myopic ( nearsighted ) person requires a basic correction of, say, − 2 dioptres to restore normal distance vision, might then make a further prescription of ' add 1 ' for reading, to make up for lack of accommodation ( ability to alter focus ).

In 1816, over thirty years after the conclusion of the American Revolution, the legislature of New Hampshire attempted to alter Dartmouth's charter in order to reinstate the College's deposed president, placing the ability to appoint positions in the hands of the governor, adding new members to the board of trustees, and creating a state board of visitors with veto power over trustee decisions.

Professor of jurisprudence Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld defined power more narrowly as the ability to unilaterally alter rights.

Regulation occurs through NFAT ( nuclear factor of activated T-cells ) activation, which, when dephosphorylated, binds to GATA and forms a transcription factor ( protein that can bind DNA and alter the expression of DNA ) with ability to control the hypertrophic gene ( 2 ).

K < sub > a </ sub > and K < sub > b </ sub > affect the ability of proteins and small molecules to insert into the bilayer, and bilayer mechanical properties have been shown to alter the function of mechanically activated ion channels.

A defining characteristic of a groovebox is the ability for the performer to alter both the sequence and the sound parameters in real time, without interruption of the performance.

However, those who sing professionally or otherwise should take serious consideration before having surgery as it can affect the ability to sustain notes, as well as alter the vocal range.

Advances in technology bring the ability for technological convergence that Rheingold believes can alter the " social-side effects ," in that " the virtual, social and physical world are colliding, merging and coordinating.

As a creative enterprise, its abilities are primarily in `` swallowing '' creative enterprises developed outside its own organization ( an ability made possible by us, and almost mandatory ).

The pessimism of the young is defiant, anxious to confess or even exaggerate its ostensible gloom, and so exuberant as to reveal the fact that it regards its ability to face up to the awful truth as more than enough to compensate for the awfulness of that truth.

By limiting American strength too much to nuclear strength, this country limited its ability to fight any kind of war besides a nuclear war.

Thus, the Span of its ossification was shortened and the center's ability to `` catch up '' in ossification is demonstrated.

The relinquishing by philosophy of pretentious claims to empirical priority gives it an ability to treat problems of meaning and truth which in the past it was unable to examine because of its missionary attitude to knowledge of more humble sorts.

The Hopkinsian universal disinterested benevolence, although holding to original sin and the doctrine of election, inspired its adherents to heroic endeavours for others, looked for the early coming of the Millennium, and was paralleled by the confidence in man's ability cherished by the Unitarians, Emerson, and the Transcendentalists.

Lincoln authorized Grant to target the Confederate infrastructure — such as plantations, railroads, and bridges — hoping to destroy the South's morale and weaken its economic ability to continue fighting.

Damage to either of these areas can reduce the fitness of the rival, either because of the need to regenerate tissue or because it impairs its ability to detect food.

Continued progress will depend on the ability of the government to strengthen its macroeconomic management, including increasing revenue collection, improve the investment climate, and accelerate the privatization process.

As they do not receive Holy Orders in the Catholic, Orthodox and Oriental Churches, they do not possess the ability to ordain any religious to Holy Orders, or even admit their members to the non-ordained ministries to which they can be installed by the ordained clergy ( females do not serve as clergy anyway, per formal church teaching, in these churches ), nor do they exercise the authority they do possess under canon law over any territories outside of their monastery and its territory ( though non-cloistered, non-contemplative female religious members who are based in a convent or monastery but who participate in external affairs may assist as needed by the diocesan bishop and local secular clergy and laity, in certain pastoral ministries and administrative and non-administrative functions not requiring ordained ministry or status as a male cleric in those churches or programs ).

Diodorus uses ēlektron, the Greek word for amber, the object that gave its name to electricity through its ability to acquire a charge.

Because of its hardness and ability to resist acids, agate is used to make mortars and pestles to crush and mix chemicals.

The increasing power of his new neighbours caused Alboin some unease however, and he therefore decided to leave Pannonia for Italy, hoping to take advantage of the Byzantine Empire's reduced ability to defend its territory in the wake of the Gothic War.

At the molecular level, an antigen can sometimes be characterized by its ability to be " bound " at the antigen-binding site of an antibody.

HPV E7 binds to retinoblastoma tumor suppressing proteins and limits its ability to control cell division.

The Atari Lynx has several innovative features including it being the first color handheld, with a backlit display, a switchable right-handed / left-handed ( upside down ) configuration, and the ability to network with up to 17 other units via its " ComLynx " system ( though most games would network eight or fewer players ).

AMD designed the CPU with more robust x86 instruction decoding capabilities than that of K6, to enhance its ability to keep more data in-flight at once.

After the collapse of the Warsaw pact, Bulgaria lost the ability to acquire cheap fuel and spares for its military.

More expensive bikes use carbon fibre due to its significantly lighter weight and profiling ability, allowing designers to make a bike both stiff and compliant by manipulating the lay-up.

Stability of the weaponized agent ( ability of the agent to retain its infectivity and virulence after a prolonged period of storage ) may also be desirable, particularly for military applications.

Another property of anthrax that helped fuel its use as a biological weapon is its poor ability to spread far beyond the targeted population.