adaptive
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Researchers believe speed training may have been especially effective because it was adaptive.
From Science Daily
The new ordinance inspired developer David Tedesco to move ahead with plans to convert a high-profile office building in Sherman Oaks, a neighborhood that wasn’t previously included in the city’s adaptive reuse guidelines.
From Los Angeles Times
He also developed what he calls the adaptive markets hypothesis, which uses the principles of evolution to explain behaviors such as loss aversion and overconfidence.
This is what happens when the adaptive systems we call on for short-term survival are tapped for an indefinite stretch.
From Salon
Passive immunotherapy involves giving patients ready made antibodies to quickly control an infection, rather than waiting for the body's adaptive immune system to respond.
From Science Daily
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