Sentences with phrase «arms controlled by»

His main antagonist is Otto Octavius (in the criminal underworld known as Doctor Octopus), a scientist equipped with mechanical arms controlled by his brainwaves.

The robot arm controlled by Donoghue's test subject was originally developed to aid amputee veterans.

Not exact matches

Guns have been strictly controlled in the United Kingdom for the past few decades, spurred in large part by the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when 15 children and their teacher were killed by a local man who walked into a school in the Scottish city armed with four hand guns and began shooting.

Instead, different companies would make pieces of Baxter — the arms here, the electronic controls there, and so forth, with final assembly handled by yet another company.

Eramet, which is 25.6 per cent controlled by an investment arm of the French government, has apparently been invigorated over the past 18 months by the appointment of a new chief executive, Christel Bores, and by the material recovery of markets for its major products, manganese and nickel.

«Rep. Young suggests guns could've saved Jews during Holocaust,» from Alaska Public Media: «Speaking at a conference in Juneau last week, Alaska Congressman Don Young [R] argued against gun control by suggesting Jews might not have died in the Holocaust if they had been armed.

A big open question is how much sway Nabiullina holds over the dominant top 10 banks, the six biggest of them controlled by arms of the federal government.

Control of Arm's operations in China has been transferred to a jv controlled by Chinese investors.

But federal lawmakers have taken limited action, and President Trump quickly abandoned a promise to pursue gun control measures, instead promoting proposals backed by the National Rifle Association to arm teachers.

Some say the way to stop an armed gunman is by being armed and greater self control.

The Air Force did not like the weapon, however, and the arms control community was appalled by the difficulties it created for treaty verification.

It was about equally characteristic of the Spanish, the Portuguese, the Russian, and the Dutch possessions — those in which the policy of autocratic control by the secular arm was most marked.

It has been against SALT II, and its enthusiasm for the present military buildup is not tempered by a desire to control the arms race.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Bands of peasants, armed and on the move, were taking over control of part of the Black Forest in the south - west, by the middle of August.

Mr. Fitzpatrick says that «we would not react patiently to a German who excused his reluctance to use force in 1942 to free concentration camp inmates if he argued that he was convinced at the time that he could do more good by working within the system to end Nazi control than by risking his own arrest and imprisonment in an armed strike to free a few dozen inmates scheduled for the gas chambers on a single morning.»

Controlled by a highly reclusive family in Germany, Aldi has worked to keep the breadth and profitability of its Australian arm confidential.

This position is perfect for newborns who have minimal neck control, and for infants who like to be put to sleep by being cradled in your arms.

Odor Control: The Munchkin Step Diaper Pail by Arm & Hammer is considered as the best diaper pails for odor cControl: The Munchkin Step Diaper Pail by Arm & Hammer is considered as the best diaper pails for odor controlcontrol.

They begin to realize eventually that they have control over the rattle by moving their arm or kicking their feet.

By this age, babies have plenty of control over their arms.

But by the end of the first month, as her nervous system matures and her muscle control improves, these shakes and quivers will give way to much smoother arm and leg movements that look almost as if she's riding a bicycle.

If your child has some neck strength and head control (by age 3 or 4 months) but can't get up on his forearms, simply place the towel or pillow under his chest and armpits, with his arms in front of it.

The European Union must strengthen its failing arms control agreement, a report published by Saferworld today says.

In the specific case of Germany, they are still bound by the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany Some examples of the limitations set: Armed Forces of no more than 370,000 personnel - of whom at most 345,000 were to be in the Army and Air Force No manufacture, possession or control of NBC weapons Full application of the Nuclear Non -...

Arms given (at least ostensibly) for defence of areas under rebel control could and probably would be used for offensive purposes by the rebels.

He aims to inform the public, liaise with other members of the academic community, work with civil society actors engaged in arms control and partner with governments to discuss the moral issues introduced by new technology and collaborate on design proposals.

Command and control, administration, and security will continue to be handled by the Colombian armed forces.

Also check out the recent and relevant WMD Arms Control in the Middle East by Harald Muller.

Britain would also play a «crucial role» in ensuring that the Lebanese armed forces were in control of Lebanon, and help to deal with issues such as the return of Lebanese prisoners by Israel.

Now, [she] is trying to take away local control from our school communities by advocating to arm teachers.»

California's history of infringing the fundamental right to bear arms has, since 1923, centered on the principles of local control, giving local elected politicians and city bureaucrats the power to decide, on a subjective, case - by - case basis, which law - abiding people can exercise their fundamental Second Amendment right to self - defense outside their home.

Hear him: «Let me assure you that if I am elected President, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service; we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunition to work with; we will improve intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram's financial and equipment channels; we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas.

In a push to regain control of the House of Representatives, the fundraising arm for House Democrats raised $ 6.64 million last month, compared with $ 3.8 million raised by the National Republican Campaign Committee.

Trial lawyers gave the max to state Assembly Democrats» fund - raising arm and the central campaign committee of the party controlling the Senate in each of the last seven years, a copy of the report obtained by The Post shows.

Gottfried, currently a professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University, was honored by AAAS «for his long and distinguished career as a «civic scientist,» through his advocacy for arms control, human rights, and integrity in the use of science in public policy making.»

Zerbo was named Arms Control Person of the Year by the Arms Control Association in 2013, and he received the Presidential Medal during the 25th anniversary of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2017.

While a robotic arm is controlled by neuronal activity recorded with optical imaging (red laser), the position of the arm is fed back to the brain via optical microstimulation (blue laser).

Until this moment, brain - machine interfaces are operated by relying largely on visual perception: the robotic arm is controlled by looking at it.

When further developed for a possible arms control application, the technique would add bubbles from irradiation of a putative warhead to those already preloaded into detectors by the warhead's owner.

EEG is less invasive and less expensive than the implanted electrodes, which have previously been used to control robotic arms and computer cursors by thought alone, he says.

In the augmented reality environment, the patient can see himself with a superimposed virtual arm, which is controlled by muscle signals from his arm stump.

Reza Shadmehr and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, trained children with and without autism to «catch» a virtual animal using a cursor controlled by a robotic arm.

«By taking the brain signals generated when Bill attempts to move, and using them to control the stimulation of his arm and hand, he was able to perform personal functions that were important to him,» said Bolu Ajiboye, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and lead study author.

Flexible components in the robotic arm, called series elastic actuators — invented in the 1990s by Gill Pratt and Matt Williamson at MIT — mean that less damage will be done if the arms do lose control.

For example, video of a bionic arm built by the creator of the Segway shows impressive dexterity, while other teams have built prototype prosthetics controlled by thought alone.

The combination of MM - 398 with 5 - fluorouracil (5 - FU) and leucovorin achieved an overall survival of 6.1 months, a 1.9 month improvement over the 4.2 month survival demonstrated by the control arm of 5 - FU and leucovorin alone.

The active arm support is controlled by electrical (EMG) muscle signals or minimum muscle strength from the arm, which makes movement as intuitive and natural as possible.

By tensing his biceps, Barnes controls a small motor that changes how tightly the prosthetic arm grips the drumstick and how quickly it moves, vital skills for a drummer.

Over the past four years, the researchers have been working on two arm supports: a passive arm support — controlled by the user, without motors — and an active arm support — powered by motors that are controlled by the user.