Sentences with phrase «as a regulator of»

When the DOL proposed its rule, it did so as the regulator of private industry pension plans under the Employee Retirement Investment Security Act, better known as ERISA.

(1) It issues and redeems paper money — United States and Treasury notes;... (4) it transfers money to move the crops;... (6) it acts as a regulator of the rate of discount by contracting and expanding the currency through its operations upon the deposits in banks and in its own vaults; (7) it keeps the gold reserve of the country.

«What is especially interesting about RyR2 is that it works inside the cell as a regulator of intracellular calcium.

Because the prion - forming protein identified in the study normally functions as a regulator of gene activity, the researchers say their discovery raises the possibility that when it switches to a prion state, it could alter genetic expression and bacterial behavior.

Network analysis identifies Rv0324 and Rv0880 as regulators of bedaquiline tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Partly related to its function as a regulator of the immune response, the NF - kB pathway is also a key regulator of cancer progression.

The team are now working to better understand the biological functions of the aggregates, particularly in their roles as regulators of cell function.

The authors, who report their findings online this week in the journal Genetics, propose that in humans, the UD produces a new protein with an important function, possibly as a regulator of PACAP38.

In findings that one day may help people sleep better, scientists have uncovered the first molecular evidence that two anciently conserved proteins in the brains of insects and mammals share a common biological ancestry as regulators of body temperature rhythms crucial to metabolism and sleep.

Much of this DNA is no longer capable of moving, but is likely «auditioning» perhaps as a regulator of gene function or in homologous recombination, which is a type of genetic recombination where the basic structural units of DNA, nucleotide sequences, are exchanged between two DNA molecules to repair breaks in the DNA strands.

RNA interference screen identifies Usp18 as a regulator of epidermal growth factor receptor synthesis.

For example, Sima Smadja Storz and her colleagues at this lab investigated the role of casein kinase 1 (CK1), which are enzymes that function as regulators of circadian rhythmicity (research published in PLoS ONE, 2013).

Additionally, it will be important to see whether this role of Chd1 as a regulator of stem cell potency is maintained in human ESCs and other stem cell types.

Recently published in Cell, the team's major finding is the identification of the gene map kinase 4 (MPK4) as a regulator of resistance to a range of pathogens including bacteria, viruses or fungi.

Together, these data define METTL3 as a regulator of a chromatin - based pathway that is necessary for maintenance of the leukaemic state and identify this enzyme as a potential therapeutic target for acute myeloid leukaemia.

Chromatin folding is increasingly recognized as a regulator of genomic processes such as gene activity.

By identifying pineal - derived melatonin as a regulator of bone mass through MT2 receptors, this study expands the role played by tryptophan derivatives in the regulation of bone mass and underscores its therapeutic relevance in postmenopausal osteoporosis.

«We've discovered conflicting functions of GLP - 1 in the platypus: in the gut as a regulator of blood glucose, and in venom to fend off other platypus males during breeding season,» explained the study's co-author Briony Forbes, from Flinders University.

Therefore, during resistance exercises NO works as an activator and as a regulator of signaling, and as a trigger of muscle hypertrophy.

Dehydroepiandrosterone as a regulator of immune cell function..

Iodine is by far the most important mineral for understanding thyroid function, since it is not only a key component of all thyroid hormones but also serves as a regulator of thyroid function.

As a regulator of hormone production and metabolism, the thyroid needs to function properly to maintain good health.

One hypothesis is that as a regulator of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP), a gene that may be partly responsible for inducing Alzheimer's, TSH levels may have a direct impact on the prevalence of Alzheimer's.

Here we can see the importance of boron as a regulator of cell membrane functions, especially in regard to movements of calcium and magnesium.

While the DfE has an active role as regulator of academies, this is no substitute for the comprehensive range of advisory services and specialist resources traditionally offered by a local authority.

Despite the opening of these countries to international capital, their economic systems continue to be designed in which the state acts as regulator of private and state economic activity.

It is clear that in a capitalist mixed economy predominantly state or predominantly private, the rationality in the operation of the economic system of a country can only be achieved in formulating goals (performance standard) and correction of deviations between what was planned and what was achieved if the State act in the governance of the system as a regulator of economic activity and as a mediator between the capitalists and civil society ensuring its participation in government decisions.

It is clearly now a bigger player than 20 or more years ago because it has warmed more than the other oceans, which get relief from ocean dynamics (ENSO in the Pacific and the Thermohaline circulation in Atlantic act as regulators of heat build up).

Either way, I don't think it actually disproves or proves dangerous anthropogenic global warming (after all, CO2 could still have a long term influence even if thunderclouds do act as a regulator of temperature), but a sympathetic criticism would make for more interesting reading.

Not only does the Arctic serve as regulator of many of the Earth's large - scale systems and processes, but it is also an area where choices made have substantial impact on life and choices everywhere on planet Earth.

When the goals of climate modelling are expanded to include terrestrial biosphere function, such aspects become of central importance as regulators of the interaction between the carbon and water cycles.

This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its fourth significant decision on conflicts of interest, the scope of duties of loyalty, and the appropriate division of responsibility between courts and law societies as regulators of professional conduct.

In addition, there is some conflict between the federal and provincial jurisdictions; the CSIC has been recognized as the regulator of immigration consutants in Quebec.

The central argument of this article is two-fold: first, that courts have come to occupy an increasingly active role as regulators of the Canadian legal profession in the past several decades; and, second, that the measures taken by the courts have resulted in a regulatory regime more attentive to the public interest.

Spirituality, religion, and substance coping as regulators of emotions and meaning making: Different effects on pain and joy

A Message from Council Chair Marylou Leslie As the regulator of licensed real estate professionals, the Real Estate Council of BC's highest priority is to protect the public interest by enforcing licensee standards of conduct.

As the regulator of licensed real estate professionals, the Real Estate Council of BC's highest priority is to protect the public interest by enforcing licensee standards of conduct.

Not exact matches

After the announcement, Britain's data regulator said it would continue civil and criminal investigations of the firm and will pursue «individuals and directors as appropriate» despite the shutdown.

Regulators such as the Financial Services Commission of Ontario have also strongly expressed the opinion that telematics devices should be used primarily for the benefit of the consumer, and to help individuals become better drivers (as evidenced by a presentation given by the FSCO at a UBI Symposium this past February).

«A lot of hackers are asking for bitcoin, and that's a big worry of people in the space and regulators,» as Lorentzen says.

In January, Saudi regulators changed rules for qualified foreign institutions to allow them to own up to 49 percent of listed securities as the kingdom opens up its stock market and plans a 5 percent sale of $ 2 trillion oil giant Aramco in 2019.

On top of their history of operating as legitimate businesses — which endears them to state regulators — they have brand recognition among users, notes Paul Grootendoorst, an expert in health economics at the University of Toronto.

T - Mobile, then a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, was shedding customers as it waited to be acquired by AT&T — only to see regulators block the $ 39 billion deal.

The investigation is the latest problem for a six - year - old company, known until last year as Trump University, that already faces a string of consumer complaints, reprimands from state regulators and a lawsuit from dissatisfied former students.

The firm had to shelve many of its services as it worked to convince regulators that its genetic tests were accurate and the accompanying medical risk reports clear enough that they wouldn't confuse or harm customers.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) BRF employees paid bribes to regulators and politicians to subvert inspections in order to conceal unsanitary practices at the Company's meatpacking plants; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it came to light, would foreseeably subject the Company and its officers to heightened regulatory enforcement and / or prosecution; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, BRF's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Bitcoin, the largest crypto, is down more than 70 % from its all - time highs set at the end of 2017, as regulators look to clamp down on exchanges and tech companies shun advertisements related to the nascent digital coin market.

LONDON / ZURICH, May 3 - Roche has won a reprieve an expected deluge of cheaper versions of its biotech cancer drugs as U.S. regulators knocked back a biosimilar form of rituximab from Swiss rival Novartis.

Turns out, as of this week, a US federal court agreed that regulators have the authority to send cryptocurrency price - manipulators to jail in the US.

Meanwhile, Chinese internet regulators have been busy scrubbing China's social media of references to Kim, who has been affectionately referred to by Chinese internet users as «Kim Pig,» «Third fat kid,» and their favorite, «Kim Fatty.»