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Approach to environmental sustainability by changing consumer behavior
Avoid-Shift-Improve (A-S-I) (German: vermeiden, verlagern, verbessern) is an approach to environmental sustainability that seeks to increase efficiency
Avoid-Shift-Improve
Presence of dangerous substances in the air
The avoid-shift-improve framework groups efforts to cut pollution from vehicles into reducing travel, shifting to sustainable transport, and improving vehicle
Air_pollution
Computer operation which manipulates individual bits of data
one can be synthesized from the shift operators. Care must be taken to ensure the statement is well formed to avoid undefined behavior and timing attacks
Bitwise_operation
Driving technique
anticipation of a maneuver. The most common reason for a short-shift in day-to-day driving is to improve fuel economy. By keeping the engine at the lower end of
Short_shifting
Audio processing technique that alters pitch
As technologies improved, motor speed and pitch control could be achieved electronically by servo drive system circuits. A pitch shifter is a sound effects
Pitch_shifting
Employment practice
Shift work is an employment practice designed to keep a service or production line operational at all times. The practice typically sees the day divided
Shift_work
Motor vehicle transmission
synchromesh for the shift from third gear to second gear (drivers' manuals in vehicles suggested that if the driver needed to shift from second to first
Manual_transmission
Central component of a shift schedule in shift work
from 06:00 to 18:00 for twelve-hour shifts. S swing shift, 2nd shift, late shift, back shift, afternoon shift This shift often occurs from either 14:00 or
Shift_plan
Driving technique
during both downshifts and upshifts to allow for better and smoother shifting, and improved handling. When a car with a manual transmission is in motion with
Heel-and-toe_shifting
2011 racing video game
Shift 2: Unleashed (also known as Need for Speed: Shift 2 – Unleashed) is a 2011 racing video game, the seventeenth installment of the Need for Speed
Shift_2:_Unleashed
Climate change mitigation method
Assessment Report, "the greatest Avoid potential" in demand-side mitigation, which consists of Avoid-Shift-Improve (ASI) options, "comes from reducing
Air_travel_demand_reduction
Type of data encoding
Phase-shift keying (PSK) is a digital modulation process which conveys data by changing (modulating) the phase of a constant frequency carrier wave. The
Phase-shift_keying
Ability to physically transform in mythology, folklore and speculative fiction
fantasy, children's literature and popular culture. Examples of shape-shifters include changelings, jinns, kitsune, vampires, and werewolves, along with
Shapeshifting
Medical condition
Shift work sleep disorder (SWSD) is a circadian rhythm sleep disorder characterized by insomnia, excessive sleepiness, or both affecting people whose
Shift_work_sleep_disorder
Display technique to avoid image burn-in
any mode of pixel shifting movement either by fractional or by whole pixel values, whether to obtain a more detailed image or to improve tonal resolution
Pixel_shifting
Hypothetical event
Moravec wrote an article in which he envisioned a development of self-improving thinking machines and "super-consciousness". In 1988, Moravec published
Technological_singularity
Effect of emissions from aircraft engines
Assessment Report, "the greatest Avoid potential" in demand-side mitigation, which consists of Avoid-Shift-Improve (ASI) options, "comes from reducing
Environmental impact of aviation
Environmental_impact_of_aviation
Sound shift in the Germanic languages
the shift may have occurred as a “push chain”, where the sounds changed in reverse order, with each change "pushing" the next forward to avoid merging
Grimm's_law
Super-resolution imaging technique
such capture moving ("shifting") the sensor to a new position. In digital colour cameras that employ pixel shift, this avoids a major limitation inherent
Pixel_shift
Type of multi-speed motor vehicle transmission
include clutchless manual, auto-manual, auto-clutch manual, and paddle-shift transmissions. Colloquially, these types of transmissions are often called
Semi-automatic_transmission
Type of dual-clutch transmission
A direct-shift gearbox (DSG, German: Direktschaltgetriebe) is the Volkswagen Group's term for an electronically controlled, dual-clutch, multiple-shaft
Direct-shift_gearbox
Class of bottom-up parsing methods
take exponential time when they guess badly.[citation needed] To avoid guessing, the shift-reduce parser often looks ahead (to the right in left-to-right
Shift-reduce_parser
Type of parser in computer science
and the sequence of shift or reduce steps are the same. Much of the LR parser's efficiency is from being deterministic. To avoid guessing, the LR parser
LR_parser
Cargo shift in a vehicle
Load shifting is a dangerous phenomenon in water, air, and ground transportation where cargo shifts in a cargo vehicle. This causes the vehicle to tilt
Load_shifting
American media franchise
released in 2027. The series' title was revealed as Ghostbusters: Night Shift on June 6, 2026. In June 2016, a new animated series titled Ghostbusters:
Ghostbusters_(franchise)
Changing between languages during a conversation
linguistics, code-switching or language alternation is the process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending
Code-switching
8-speed automatic from 2014
reduced. Due to changes in internal design, the shift times are reduced to 0.2 seconds. In order to avoid a further increase in manufacturing complexity
GM_8L_transmission
Reagent for converting a chemical compound to a chiral derivative
spectra. CDAs and CSAs can be used together to improve chiral recognition, although this is not a common. NMR shift reagents such as EuFOD, Pirkle's alcohol
Chiral_derivatizing_agent
World's first longitudinal 9-speed automatic from 2013
dimensions give it a span of just under 9.1:1. One main focus was on increasing shift comfort, which is achieved on the one hand by measures in the control system
Mercedes-Benz 9G-Tronic transmission
Mercedes-Benz_9G-Tronic_transmission
Practice and strategies of increasing online visibility
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of improving the visibility and overall performance of websites and web pages in search engine results
Search_engine_optimization
6-speed automatic from 2005
shifting, eliminating the one-way clutches used on older transmission designs. The main objective in replacing the predecessor model was to improve vehicle
GM_6L_transmission
World's first 7-speed automatic from 2003
as their "S--Model" variants. Improved with the release of the 2015 model year, by decreasing the lag time between shifts. The main objective in replacing
Mercedes-Benz 7G-Tronic transmission
Mercedes-Benz_7G-Tronic_transmission
Fictional cult and martial arts sect
throughout China. Its most powerful skills are the "Heaven and Earth Great Shift" (乾坤大挪移) and the "Martial Arts of the Holy Flame Tablets" (聖火令武功). In The
Ming_Cult
Inability to focus on distant objects
body can cause an anterior displacement of the lens, inducing a myopia shift in refractive error. A diagnosis of myopia is typically made by an eye care
Myopia
Process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform
techniques: Amplitude Phase Shift Keying (APSK): Combines features of PSK and QAM, mainly used in satellite communications for improved power efficiency. Spread
Signal_modulation
8-speed automatic from 2008
transmission. Due to changes in internal design, the shift times have reduced to 0.2 seconds. In order to avoid a further increase in manufacturing complexity
ZF_8HP_transmission
Australian wheelchair athlete (born 1990)
held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion
Dylan_Alcott
6-speed automatic from 2005
the transmission was revised to provide smoother shifts, improved fuel economy, and overall better shift performance. Most notable of the improvements was
Ford_6R_transmission
American medical television drama series
12-hour shift amid staff shortages, underfunding, and personal crises. Each episode is set in real time and depicts approximately one hour of the shift. The
The_Pitt
World's first 6-speed automatic from 2000
brings the ability to shift in a non-sequential manner – going from gear 6 to gear 2 in extreme situations simply by changing one shift element (actuating
ZF_6HP_transmission
Algorithm to multiply two numbers
multiplication or lattice multiplication. In software, this may be called "shift and add" due to bitshifts and addition being the only two operations needed
Multiplication_algorithm
Difference in apparent position with viewing angle
head or eye (which are often impossible to avoid) will create the impression that the aim has somewhat shifted, even if the gun's bore axis hasn't moved
Parallax
International standard
districts can use different tone pairs to avoid interference. To avoid other interference, receivers can improve their signal-to-noise ratio by adapting
IEC_61334
Communication system
by the collective system of computers, telephones and the Internet. The shift from computer telephony integration (CTI) to contact center telephony parallels
Contact_center_telephony
Season of television series
The third season of the medical drama series The Night Shift debuted on June 1, 2016, and concluded on August 31, 2016, on NBC in the United States. It
The_Night_Shift_season_3
World's first 8-speed automatic from 2006
Sport Direct Shift (SPDS) which allows for faster shift times. The torque converter can lockup from 2nd to 8th gears. In order to avoid a further increase
Aisin–Toyota 8-speed automatic transmission
Aisin–Toyota_8-speed_automatic_transmission
Wrench that can be adjusted to handle various sizes of fasteners
An adjustable spanner (UK), also called a shifting spanner or shifter (Australia and New Zealand) or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), is any of various
Adjustable_spanner
Ways of ensuring the quality of a service or product
been referred to as a shift left since it focuses on quality efforts earlier in product development and production (i.e., a shift to the left of a linear
Quality_assurance
{\displaystyle x^{16}+x^{12}+x^{5}+1} : Note that the lsbit-first form avoids the need to shift string[i] before the xor. In either case, be sure to transmit the
Computation of cyclic redundancy checks
Computation_of_cyclic_redundancy_checks
Medical condition caused by receiving too little or too many nutrients
significantly improve nutrition, reduce stunting and prevent diseases in communities with severe acute malnutrition. In young children, outcomes improve when children
Malnutrition
Compulsory fee intended to discourage environmentally harmful acts
and income or property taxes); such proposals are known as a green tax shift towards ecological taxation. Ecotaxes can be used to address the failure
Environmental_tax
System of measuring the instability of a protein under varying conditions
A thermal shift assay (TSA) measures the stability of a protein by the change in its thermal denaturation temperature. This is done under varying conditions
Thermal_shift_assay
6-speed automatic transmission from 2005
brings the ability to shift in a non-sequential manner – going from gear 6 to gear 2 in extreme situations simply by changing one shift element (actuating
AWTF-80_SC
Moving of assets to prevent illiquidity
In banking, shiftability is an approach to keep banks liquid by supporting the shifting of assets. When a bank is short of ready money, it is able to
Shiftability_theory
American fantasy-comedy television series (2016–2020)
course of the series, Eleanor and the others learn lessons in ethics that shift their perspectives and influence their choices. The Good Place received
The_Good_Place
5-speed automatic from 1990
in 2000. The main objective in replacing the predecessor model was to improve vehicle fuel economy with extra speeds and a wider gear span to allow the
ZF_5HP_transmission
Belgian electronic musician
and 7E Phalanx's Pulse, both released on the Entity netlabel. A dramatic shift in sound occurred in 2003 with the self-released power noise EP Human Nature
Jan_Robbe
Early radar technique
Lobe switching is a method used on early radar sets to improve tracking accuracy. It uses two slightly separated antenna elements to send the beam slightly
Lobe_switching
Type of database system
interfere with the system performance. To improve the performance of an OLTP system, a designer should avoid excessive use of indexes and clusters. The
Online_transaction_processing
Governor-elect of Ohio (born 1966)
(November 4, 2026). "Democrats Will Control Most Governorships, a Generational Shift". The New York Times. Retrieved November 4, 2026. "Some progressive Ohioans
Amy_Acton
Financial optimization technique
viewed by some as unethical, especially if they are involved in profit-shifting from high-tax to low-tax territories and territories recognised as tax
Tax_avoidance
Drug for angina pectoris sold under many brand names
oxidation inhibitor class; it shifts cardiac energy metabolism from fatty acid utilization toward glucose oxidation, thereby improving the efficiency of energy
Trimetazidine
Replacement of psychiatric hospitals in the United States
in treatment, support from President Kennedy for federal policy changes, shifts to community-based care, changes in public perception, and individual states'
Deinstitutionalization in the United States
Deinstitutionalization_in_the_United_States
Standard for the encryption of electronic data
output state of the ShiftRows step is composed of bytes from each column of the input state. The importance of this step is to avoid the columns being encrypted
Advanced_Encryption_Standard
1956 children's novel by C. S. Lewis
calendar year. In the western regions of Narnia, the clever and greedy ape Shift persuades the naive donkey Puzzle to wear a lion's skin (an echo from Aesop's
The_Last_Battle
Type of motor vehicle transmission
control unit. This allows for more precise control of shift points, shift quality, lower shift times and manual control. The first five-speed automatic
Automatic_transmission
Leader of China from 1949 to 1976
father hoped that his association with the wealthier Mao Yichang would improve his family's fortunes. The two families lived relatively nearby each other
Mao_Zedong
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
foundation joined with the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group in 2006 to improve cooperation among those cities, and he met with foreign leaders to promote
Bill_Clinton
Motor traffic short-cutting through residential areas
and may simply shift congestion to another location. Residential streets are sometimes used as shortcuts by motorists seeking to avoid congestion, traffic
Rat_running
Circuit components acting like computer memory
stored. In a parallel-input shift register, logic gates are used to transfer each stored bit to an adjacent flip-flop, thus shifting the stored binary word
Hardware_register
Dramatic change in a political system
Elections", is that American elections, parties and policymaking routinely shift in swift, dramatic sweeps as well as slow, gradual movements. V. O. Key
Political_realignment
World's first 9-speed automatic from 2013
May 2014. The main objective in replacing the predecessor model was to improve vehicle fuel economy with extra speeds and a wider gear span to allow the
ZF_9HP_transmission
Formula One Grand Prix
finishes the lap, in addition to being a bumpy racetrack from actively shifting soils beneath the circuit. The Mexican Grand Prix of this period was always
Mexican_Grand_Prix
Internationally accepted civil calendar
Eastern Orthodox countries also gradually moved to what they called the "Improved calendar", with Greece being the last European country to adopt the calendar
Gregorian_calendar
Type of symmetric key cipher
is typically generated serially from a random seed value using digital shift registers. The seed value serves as the cryptographic key for decrypting
Stream_cipher
Issues involving access to clean, modern fuels and technologies for cooking
electric and improved cookstoves, especially in high-need areas such as sub-Saharan Africa. The report suggests that such an investment shift has the potential
Energy_poverty_and_cooking
Type of manual transmission
clutch pedal and shift lever in order to achieve a smooth shift in a non-synchromesh manual transmission. Most pre-selector transmissions avoid a driver-controlled
Preselector_gearbox
Shift from high to low birth rates
the social sciences (especially demography) referring to the historical shift from high to low rates of birth and death, as societies attain several attributes:
Demographic_transition
Term for 2010s–present technological era
executive chairman, who asserts that these developments represent a significant shift in industrial capitalism. A part of this phase of industrial change is the
Fourth_Industrial_Revolution
2000s. Some easter eggs are created by employees in their 20% time. Google avoids adding Easter eggs to popular search pages and eggs that would negatively
List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
Symbols for emotional cues in text
for text representation (ISO/IEC 10646) since 1993, although variants of Shift JIS remained relatively common in Japan. Unicode included several characters
Emoji
released a campaign ad urging that the war "end and end quickly". The shift came as Trump's approval rating fell to 32%, a career low, according to
2026_United_States_elections
2006 book by C. M. Kösemen
Retrieved 2025-11-22. "All Tomorrows creator C. M. Kösemen". Alt Shift X Podcast (Podcast). Alt Shift X. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021. 🧬ALL TOMORROWS💗
All_Tomorrows
West Germanic language
single Parliament of Great Britain based in London. After the Union and the shift of political power to England, the use of Scots was discouraged by many
Scots_language
Sampling higher than the Nyquist rate
signal. Oversampling is capable of improving resolution and signal-to-noise ratio, and can be helpful in avoiding aliasing and phase distortion by relaxing
Oversampling
2021 Chinese educational policy
secondary school students, reduce families' spending on tutoring, and improve compulsory education. The policy, formally titled Opinions on Further Reducing
Double_Reduction_Policy
2015 season of American crime anthology TV series
South Dakota in 1979, 27 years before the events of Fargo season one. The shift in time, according to Hawley, enabled the creation of a more turbulent onscreen
Fargo_season_2
Character set slightly below and above the normal line of type, respectively
slanting; most renderers adjust the position only vertically and do not also shift it horizontally. This may create a collision with surrounding letters in
Subscript_and_superscript
Transmission system in trucks
cost, manual transmissions lost ground as automatics improved in efficiency and durability. The shift was driven by changing consumer preferences, with automatics
G56_manual_transmission
Assertion about the feelings, beliefs, values etc. of the person speaking
prospect of having to change is often disturbing to the changee." A quick shift by the sender of the I-message to an active listening posture can achieve
I-message
Supply chain concept
Capistrán (its Head of Canada and Mexico Economics) stating that the policy shift represented a "lifetime opportunity" for Mexico, and in the same month Raquel
Friendshoring
Checking software against expectations
needs to do? Information learned from software testing may be used to improve the process by which software is developed. A commonly suggested approach
Software_testing
American multinational technology conglomerate
2005. In 2021, it rebranded as Meta Platforms, Inc. to reflect a strategic shift toward developing the metaverse—an interconnected digital ecosystem spanning
Meta_Platforms
2010 U.S. tax law
any EU member state. An EU member's economic health is not improved by FATCA, it only avoids the threatened 30% tax sanctions by complying with FATCA.
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act
Type of exercise equipment
bags help a fighter learn to keep their hands up, improve hand–eye coordination, and learn to shift weight between feet when punching. They are also known
Punching_bag
2023 film directed by Karthik Varma Dandu
emphasised when Surya urges the villagers to build a school, symbolising the shift towards education and reason. During the writing stage, Karthik Varma had
Virupaksha_(film)
President of Brazil (2003–2011; since 2023)
leaders (núcleo duro) around Lula reflected, in good part, the group's own shift away from anti-systemic, transformative goals and toward social liberalism
Luiz_Inácio_Lula_da_Silva
Infectious disease
observed in poultry. Antigenic shift is a sudden, drastic change in an influenza virus' antigen, usually HA. During antigenic shift, antigenically different
Influenza
Dialect of the programming language BASIC
one to type CAPS SHIFT+SYMBOL SHIFT to access extended mode (later models include a separate EXTENDED MODE key), keeping SYMBOL SHIFT held down, and then
Sinclair_BASIC
It is not accurate to detail the regular shifts of sport segment presenters as they are all on a rotating shift basis, and all feature across the segments
List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters
List_of_current_BBC_newsreaders_and_reporters
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