Past research suggests a strong correlation between telomere dynamics and the processes that
determine human aging and lifespan.
Not exact matches
We live in an
age whose chief moral value has been
determined, by overwhelming consensus, to be the absolute liberty of personal volition, the power of each of us to choose what he or she believes, wants, needs, or must possess; our culturally most persuasive models of
human freedom are unambiguously voluntarist and, in a rather debased and degraded way, Promethean; the will, we believe, is sovereign because unpremised, free because spontaneous, and this is the highest good.
It does not mean, either, that God can not or does not intervene in
human affairs, as though the universe was a sealed machine, set and started by the Creator
ages ago and running ever since in ways Immutably
determined at the beginning.
Without considering the many thousands of other gods that have been ruled false throughout the
ages, the reasons why these gods were
determined to be merely
human inventions, and applying those criteria to their own deity Christians aren't fairly judging God's existence, are they?
Questions such as whether the language of «faith» has any authority in a scientific
age, or whether mind and life are reducible to atoms and molecules, whether only the tangible is real, whether the
human person is anything more than a complex physico - chemical mechanism, whether we are free or
determined, whether there is any «objective» truth to the symbols and myths of religion — all of these questions are asked at all only because what is fundamentally at issue is whether there is an ultimate context that gives meaning to cosmic process and significance to our lives in this process.
to
determine what the natural
age at weaning would be in
humans if it was not set by cultural standards?
Dettwyler reviewed research on weaning in non-human primates and extrapolated from those observations to
determine that the «natural»
age of weaning of
humans should be 2.5 - 7 years.
The technique can be used to help identify
human remains in forensic cases, as well as to
determine age ranges in archaeological research or for living people for whom no records are available.
It was, however, difficult to exactly
determine the
age of the
human skeletal material using conventional radiocarbon dating, because the collagen in the bones had been completely washed out due to the long period spent in water.
Not only can these social scientists correctly arrange all 206 bones that make up an adult
human skeleton, they can also
determine facts about peoples» lives —
age at death, sex, stature, nutritional deficiencies, levels of work stress, exposure to infectious disease and traumas — from a careful examination of the bones.
Elements like uranium 238, which has a half - life of 4.5 billion years, let geologists
determine the
age of rocks and meteorites; those that decay over thousands of years, like carbon - 14, help date archaeological artifacts and
human remains.
Animals that are routinely subject to pursuit are, on average, 20 percent smaller and reproduce at a 25 percent younger
age than what would be expected without
human influence, the researchers
determined.
In a new study in mice published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA
Human Nutrition Research Center on
Aging at Tufts University (HNRCA) set out to
determine if excess folic acid intake caused adverse changes in the immune system.
Researchers have discovered that African elephants can tell certain
human languages apart and even
determine our gender, relative
age, and whether we're a threat just by listening to us.
Potential projects include identifying common pathways that modify retinal degenerative disease from a large collection of actively maintained mouse models;
determining molecular networks implicated in pathological disruption of the retinal pigment epithelium; identifying molecular pathways that regulate postnatal ocular growth; and using mouse models to assess the pathogenic role of gene variants that increase the risk of
age - related macular degeneration as identified by
human genome - wide association studies.
Even if the C. elegans model were not to capture a putative connection between Parkinson's disease and
aging in
humans, it serves as an eloquent signal that a clear distinction needs to be maintained between
age - dependence (which is mere time - dependence) and
aging - dependence (which is a dependence on the process that
determines lifespan).
It is difficult to
determine exactly what proportion of those losses are due to maternal malnutrition, but recent research indicates that 60 percent of deaths of children under
age 5 are associated with malnutrition — and children's malnutrition is strongly correlated with mothers» poor nutritional status.17 Problems related to anemia, for example, including cognitive impairment in children and low productivity in adults, cost US$ 5 billion a year in South Asia alone.18 Illness associated with nutrient deficiencies have significantly reduced the productivity of women in less developed countries.19 A recent report from Asia shows that malnutrition reduces
human productivity by 10 percent to 15 percent and gross domestic product by 5 percent to 10 percent.20 By improving the nutrition of adolescent girls and women, nations can reduce health care costs, increase intellectual capacity, and improve adult productivity.21
This range is especially useful for
determining ages of
human.
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon - 14 dating) is a method for
determining the
age of an object containing organic material by Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in
humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a
This is what archaeologists use to
determine the
age of
human - made artifacts.
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Here of some of the well - tested methods of dating used in the study of early
humans: Potassium - argon dating, Argon - argon dating, Carbon - 14 (or Radiocarbon Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon - 14 dating) is a method for
determining the
age of an object containing organic material by
The 1991 discovery of the 5,200 year old remains of a Copper
Age man frozen in Italy's Alpine mountains altered the scientific community's view of the history of man and may aid scientists in
determining how long the
human race has lived on planet Earth
The hogs, once bred for food during the
age of
humans, have become a proud and fierce warrior race,
determined to not let history repeat itself.
Let's start with some basics in annuity contracts: — Annuitant: Person (must be a
human being) whose
age and sex
determine the amount of income payments.
However,
determining the exact
age of a pooch (relative to a
human scale) is actually much more complex.
Ask most people how to
determine a dog's
age in
human years, and they'll probably say, «Multiply by seven.»
Age is not a
determining factor in an animal's affection toward
humans or its ability to bond with them.
Pets
age differently than
humans, so it can be difficult to
determine the exact
age of your animal.
In order to
determine the
age of your dog in «
human years» just multiply their
age times seven.
Clearly, there's a lot more to calculating a dog's
age in
human years than simply multiplying by seven, but if you're looking for a relatively easy way to
determine your pup's
age, dog behaviorist Cesar Milan suggests this method: Subtract two from the
age, multiply that by four and add 21.
Please look at the chart below to
determine your pets
age equivalence to
human years.
Read on for tips on
determining your cat's
age and check out a cat years to
human years chart.
The graphs below will help you
determine if your pet is senior or super senior by showing the animal's relative
age in
human years.
The hogs, once bred for food during the
age of
humans, have become a proud and fierce warrior race,
determined to not let history repeat itself.
Clearly
human activities can affect climates — we all grew up learning that the desertification of much of North Africa was due to goats, and we know that some local climates are
determined by
human activities in the region — but
human activity is unlikely to have caused the Viking period warming, the great cooling after 1300, the Little Ice
Age, and such; and the warming beginning in 1800 or so is very unlikely to have been caused by
human activities.
Using the «
human life value» assessment, an agent can
determine the correct amount of life insurance based on the client's occupation, annual income, planned retirement
age, short and long - term family expenses, and finally, the depreciation in the value of the dollar, otherwise known as inflation, in the future.
Human Life Value is
determined by 3 main factors: 1)
Age 2) Current and future income 3) Current and future expenses Annual Gross Income Less Expenses including tax is multiplied by a factor which depends on age Add: his future liabilities & expens
Age 2) Current and future income 3) Current and future expenses Annual Gross Income Less Expenses including tax is multiplied by a factor which depends on
age Add: his future liabilities & expens
age Add: his future liabilities & expenses.
A forensic anthropologist in the area of osteology carries out analysis of
human bones, such as the femur (used to
determine height of subject) and the hip / skull (used to identify gender), and the teeth samples (useful in
determining the
age).
Human bonding begins before a child has developed the capacity to describe experiences verbally Although attachment continues to be an important factor in
determining the nature of social and emotional wellbeing throughout childhood and adolescence, the most importantly phase of development is between the
age of six and thirty - six months of life.