Sentences with phrase «animal data on»

The EPA is convening an advisory panel to evaluate the human and animal data on arsenic risk for non-cancer diseases to determine whether the 10 ppb limit is adequate to protect human health, says Aaron Barchowsky at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.

Advisory committee members say they'd like more animal data on mitochondrial replacement techniques, but don't rule out allowing human trials

Not exact matches

A macro trade entirely built around the framework of «US domestic growth and reflation» + pro-business policy mix + a sprinkling of «animal spirits» = long Spooz / long Russell / long value vs growth / long cyclicals vs defensives / short FY / short Eurodollar futs (largest net spec shorts ever recorded per last Friday's CFTC data) / long CNH / long copper vs short gold / short EM / short EUR / short Yen» again almost singularly hinges on the Dollar.

The universe is 13.7 billion years old (cosmology: best estimate based on available data)- nothing to do with Atheism The earth is 4.5 billion years old (cosmology: best estimate based on available data)- nothing to do with Atheism Life emerged from non-life (Biogenesis theory... cause and process unknown)- nothing to do with Atheism Life spread and diversified through evolution (best available explanation)- nothing to do with Atheism Man evolved from common ape ancestor (evolution science)- nothing to do with Atheism Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain (neuroscience)- nothing to do with Atheism Emotions, memories and intelligence are functions of the brain (neuroscience)- nothing to do with Atheism Morals are emergent qualities of social animals (natural science)- nothing to do with Atheism

ian... not sure which part you wanted me to reply on, but I will take issue with yr point about homosexuality being a threat to human existence.I'm no expert on the subject, but I think we cd safely assume that the phenomena has been with us since our ancestors came out of the trees... we're now over six billion and growing at an alarming rate.Not sure where you might find the data on this supposed threat to going forth and multiplying.BTW, I have read that homosexual behaviour is observable in the animal kingdom, but I wd need to do some work to reference a credible study.

The ancients based their opinions on data gathered from studies of the pregnant mother or through the dissection and vivisection of pregnant animals.

Our developed consciousness fastens on the sensum as datum: our basic animal experience entertains it as a type of subjective feeling.

The study into a vegan America, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and based on data on what Americans ate and how they farmed between 2000 and 2010, looked at how much US soil is given over to raising animals to create food for humans, and then worked out how much food Americans could create if they cut out the middle - cow — and simply grew food to eat themselves.

Although there's little scientific data on the effects of BPA on humans, results from animal studies suggest that it's unsafe.

Thankfully, as someone who has studied the effects of chronic stress in animals and in people, I knew that claims like Dr. Narvaez's are not supported by data and instead rest on a fundamental misreading of stress research.

«Our critique also addresses the failures of the Report in relation to expression of data on antibiotic use in animals.

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The collar falls off animals after a certain time so that researchers can retrieve it and download data on the animals» adventures.

Naveed Sattar at the University of Glasgow, UK, is more cautious, saying that animal data does not always reflect what's going on in people.

I'm constantly astounded that those who decide on regulations on animal use have ignored these data.

His latest research involves collecting data on the ankles of 50,000 modern birds in order to compare them with ankles he's observed in other animals dating back to Iguanodon, a Jurassic dinosaur.

Combing the genetic data from a transmission study in ferrets, a team led by Thomas Friedrich, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, found that during transmission, when one animal is infected by another through sneezing or coughing, the process of natural selection acts strongly on hemagglutinin, the structure the virus uses to attach to and infect host cells.

Nick Phin, head of respiratory diseases at Public Health England, thinks the study relies too much on animal data.

Dawkins inexplicably ignores the data that those at the meeting used to formulate their declaration, and goes so far as to claim that it is actually harmful to animals to base welfare decisions on their being conscious.

The 0.06 ppb was calculated by determining the amount, based on the new animal data, that might cause no more than one cancer among every one million people exposed for a lifetime.

To produce these efficiency estimates, the research team collected data on variables including feed composition, feed conversion ratios, edible portions and nutritional content of major farmed terrestrial and aquatic animal species.

Using genetic data from modern animals to figure out what went on in the past is like flipping to the end of a novel and reading only the ending; it shows how things ended up but doesn't indicate how the story started or unfolded.

Researchers from around the world have now pooled their data on the movements of a wide array of marine animals, enabling them to look for common features in how animals move throughout the world's oceans.

Using data from several sources on 162 terrestrial animals and plants unique (endemic) to the Albertine Rift, the researchers used ecological niche modeling (computer models) to determine the extent of habitat already lost due to agriculture, and to estimate the future loss of habitat as a result of climate change.

A photograph of an insect, plant or animal, tagged with the date and location where it was taken, can provide valuable scientific data, e.g., on how urban sprawl impacts local ecosystems or evidence of local, regional or global climactic shifts.

For decades, sensors will gather data on water chemistry, currents, photosynthesis, animal activity, and seafloor eruptions and earthquakes.

Vines and his colleagues focused on a type of data collection that hasn't changed all that much, certain types of morphological studies of plants and animals.

Researchers analyzed hormone levels in turtles collected on the Great Barrier Reef (off the northeastern coast of Australia) to determine their sex, and then used genetic data to link individuals to the beaches where the animals originated.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags — devices that can transmit data over short distances to identify objects, animals or people — have become increasingly popular for tracking everything from automobiles being manufactured on an assembly line to zoo animals in transit to their new homes.

The team created highly detailed data sets and visualizations relying on expertise from researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, after they tracked three highly iconic but threatened species: California condors, giant pandas, and dugongs, a large, marine animal somewhat similar to the manatee.

To determine the true toll, the Three Gorges Dam is taking on animal and plant species, Liu says, long - term data is needed, so that decreases in population totals can be compared with natural species fluctuation.

And I've got to say, those rat data have me seriously considering a return to my old vegetarianism days — not that I dine on rats, of course, but laughing animals do make the prospect of animal suffering unusually salient and uncomfortable in my mind.

We could capture an animal and download data on its heart rate, metabolism, and what hormones it's producing.

For example, the climatic data is important for almost all scientists, but data on the distribution of certain animals might not be as important, or vice versa.

Remote - sensor cams deployed in a Himalayan valley at altitudes of up to 5,000 meters help ecologists gather data on one of the world's most furtive animals

Researchers focused their study on 100 municipalities in Colorado, the only state to compile public data for animal shelter surrenders and other statistics.

Once early research shows that the technique can be safe, and more animal data are available on possible effects in later generations, regulators could consider loosening that restriction.

Another issue is that the European Parliament is pushing for compulsory data sharing on all projects using animals.

Campbell stumbled across statistics about osteoporosis in the 1980s when he took a break from his animal studies to direct the China - Oxford - Cornell project, a massive investigation of diet and disease based on data gathered from 6,500 rural Chinese families.

We have to rely on in vivo data when we go from animals to humans,» says Gabrielsson.

Additional animal testing on such a scale would be very time consuming, highly expensive, and politically very unpopular, especially given increasing doubts as to whether the data gathered could be used effectively in increasing protection of human health and the environment.

This is not only because tests on laboratory animals can cause much suffering, but also because the relevance of the data they provide for predicting effects in humans or other animals is severely limited by differences among major species.

To shed light on the mystery of Bornean elephant's origin, Chikhi and Goossens» team used genetic data analysis and computational modelling to study the past demographic history of these animals.

To study the effects of intense hunting of sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean, Whitehead and his wife, marine biologist Linda Weilgart, collected data on the whales» vocalizations and tail scars, which may indicate how well an animal fends off predators.

Previous approaches to understanding bird motion were limited to capturing data on animals performing set tasks.

In the future, Wilmers hopes, data on animal behavior will help inform development and infrastructure projects before they're built — in California and beyond.

Thirteen years ago, both the FDA and a National Institutes of Health expert panel reviewed data on the milk from rBST - treated animals and pronounced it safe (SN: 12/15/90, p. 372).

«We don't have any concrete data on exports from India or Sri Lanka in terms of wild - caught animals.»

Together, the data on the animal sounds and photos, the DNA they leave behind, and satellite observations provide a wealth of biodiversity information.

Michael Hansen, a senior scientist with Consumers Union, says that data supporting the FDA decision are based on just a few cloned animals and include little information about their offspring.