Sentences with phrase «biological needs for the tools»
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It is a tool that fills (for some) a psychological void when they just can't face the fact that we are biological specimens, just like all the protozoa, insects, birds, animals, fishes, reptiles and bacteria on this Earth and need to somehow feel superior or connected to some «deity.»
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The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.
The final section tackles the future of biological nomenclature, including digital access, innovative publishing models and the changing tools and sociology needed for communicating taxonomy.
They will also need to be qualified by the Food and Drug Administration as biomarkers — reliable tools for measuring biological processes or responses to drugs.
If the model organism genome projects are to be maximally useful in assigning functions to human DNA sequences, they will need to utilize the powerful tools for determining gene function that are available to them so that not only the sequences of the genes, but also their biological functions, are determined.
Food may be used in excess as a tool for consoling or pacifying emotional needs of the child by the parent31 or to self - soothe by the child.32, 33 Alternatively, family violence is distressing and may cause affective dysregulation, leading to decreased impulse control and excessive caloric intake.34 More direct biological mechanisms are also plausible.