Sentences with phrase «following human pointing»

In a study published this month in Intelligence, researchers tested 68 border collies on tasks such as navigating around a transparent barrier and following human pointing.

These tests included: navigation, tested by timing how long it took the dogs to get food that was behind different types of barriers; assessing whether they could tell the difference between quantities of food and; their ability to follow a human pointing gesture to an object.

It is also only through recent studies comparing the behaviour of dogs and hand reared wolves that we have seen how only dogs have evolved to follow a human point when looking for something or to seek human help when they can't open a box with food in it.

Not exact matches

But on the other hand, when in talking about sin one talks only of such sins, it is so easily forgotten that in a way it may be all right, humanly speaking, with respect to all such things up to a certain point, and yet the whole life may be sin, the well - known kind of sin: glittering vices, willfulness, which either spiritlessly or impudently continues to be or wills to be unaware in what an infinitely deeper sense a human self is morally under obligation to God with respect to every most secret wish and thought, with respect to quickness in comprehending and readiness to follow every hint of God as to what His will is for this self.

For example, as Mr. Lawler points out, Brownson makes some valuable comments when he emphasizes the importance of the solidarity and interdependence of humans and what naturally follows from that, but it seems to me that Brownson then goes too far in concluding that «civic virtues are themselves religious virtues» and even that «he who dies on the battlefield for his country ranks with him who dies for his faith.»

It was recognised in Edinburgh in 1910 that «the following ten years would in all probability constitute a turning point in human history and might be more critical in determining the spiritual revolution of humankind than many centuries of ordinary experience.

Rett, you are missing a key point about those you appear to be railing against: many of them are secular (because they have no religion to follow) and humanist (because everyone is human and should be treated that way).

Rovelli points out that humans have always observed that the stars, the moon, the planets, etc, continually revolve around us, so it should follow that «below us» is nothing; in other words, the sky is not just over our head, it's also under our feet.

Wake up and smell the f ****** coffee... Any team with mert flamini Ramsey Gibbs Monreal arteta giroud podolski will never and I mean in a million years never going to be top notch throw the delusional one in to manage and it's another ten years of nothing... If he was a decent human being he would resign tomorrow sadly he is just a third rate cheese eating surrender monkey who believes there is no alternative... A once serious club run by a corporate clique and this idiot... Lowest point in thirty year history of following arsenal

Unless we're going to set up a police task force to prosecute animals for not following the European Convention on Human Rights it seems a weird point to make.

In the pages that follow, we lay out the key findings that document the extent of change and that point to the unavoidable conclusion that human activity is driving it.

The SMA model pig was created using a gene therapy approach by knocking down the levels of pig SMN, followed by treatment with human SMN at early and late time points.

While chimps performed well on tests involving their physical environment and spatial reasoning, they did not do as well when it came to tests of cooperative communication skills, such as the ability to follow a pointing finger or human gaze.

Using new methods to analyze stone projectile points crafted by North America's earliest human inhabitants, Smithsonian scientists have found that these tools show evidence of a shift toward more experimentation in their production beginning about 12,500 years ago, following hundreds of years of consistent stone - tool production created using uniform techniques.

It follows from the last point above that the vast majority of common human genetic variation, i.e. SNPs with derived allele frequencies of at least 5 %, is neutral or nearly neutral with respect to fitness.

Analyses implied that current in vitro human stem cell differentiation follows a dorsal rather than a ventral pancreatic program and pointed to additional factors for hepatic differentiation.

Those who follow a paleo or ancestral diet point out that dairy is a relatively new addition to the human diet and that our systems have not adjusted to handle it yet.

TG points out in the following post that the amounts we are talking about may be human - normal levels and not really «low» levels and that the levels in question show no harm: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-foods-to-improve-sexual-function/#comment-257117

Summary: I ORIGINS follows a molecular biologist whose study of the human eye points to evidence with far reaching implications about our scientific and spiritual beliefs.

Written and directed by Mike Cahill, and starring Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, and Astrid Bergès - Frisbey, I ORIGINS follows a molecular biologist whose study of the human eye points to evidence with far reaching implications about our scientific and spiritual beliefs.

Following that old crap science canard that people only use 10 % of their brain, Lucy keeps accessing more and more of her cerebral cortex to a point where she finally hits 100 % and retires from the human race altogether.

All of the following specification points are covered for this topic and in brackets is the lesson that the point is covered in: Trilogy specification points and lessons: 4.5.1 - Homeostasis (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.3.2 - Control of blood glucose concentration (B5.1 lesson) 4.5.2.1 - Structure and function (B5.2 lesson) Required practical 7 - plan and carry out an investigation into the effect of a factor on human reaction time (B5.2 lesson) 4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lehuman reaction time (B5.2 lesson) 4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 leHuman endocrine system (B5.6 lesson) 4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lehuman reproduction (B5.10 lesson) 4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson) 4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only)(B5.12 lesson) 4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only)(B5.13 lesson)

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The following resources are about human genetics and I've selected them specifically to point out why genetic testing is necessary.

We invite you to consider the following list as a starting point for your own research — and suggest additions to it that might further our understanding of the «dark side of the human - animal bond.»

Honor points are awarded for following orders, being effective in combat, healing teammates, and for just generally being a good human being.

Functioning in much the same way as Richter's Atlas, it illustrates, through repeated forms diversely expressed, that there is a fixed point in the moving world, and everything in human creation follows a presumed pattern that was ultimately expressed by Reinhardt as a mandala.

The continuous economic expansion we see today follows a course established at the dawn of our culture and may be about to reach a point in human history when human numbers and unbridled production could overwhelm the Earth.

If you've followed my output of late, you know of my eight - point program to a «good» human path in a turbulent era — bend, stretch, reach, teach, reveal, reflect, rejoice, repeat.

On one of the following sites, scientists that don't believe global warming is human caused go to argue their points.

Criteria Description Fish Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to fish (both saltwater and freshwater) Daphnia Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to Daphnia (invertebrate aquatic organisms) Algae Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to aquatic plants Persistence / Biodegradation Rate of degradation for a substance in the environment (air, soil, or water) Bioaccumulation Potential for a substance to accumulate in fatty tissue and magnify up the food chain Climatic relevance Measure of the impact a substance has on the climate (e.g., ozone depletion, global warming, etc.) Other Any additional characteristic (e.g., soil organism toxicity, WGK water classification, etc.) relevant to the overall evaluation but not included in the previous criteria 1.3.3 Material Class Criteria The following material classes are flagged due to the concern that at some point in their life cycle they may have negative impacts on human and environmental health.

Additionally, although private schools are not required to follow the procedures set out in the Education Act and accompanying regulations for exceptional pupils, they are required to follow the Ontario Human Rights Code and so can not discriminate against students and must accommodate special needs to the point of «undue hardship» — unless the contract with parents requires the school to provide specific accommodations.

The key points in the court's decision were as follows: (i) It referred to the High Court's decision in R (AW) v Croydon LBC [2005] EWHC 2950 (Admin), [2005] All ER (D) 251 (Dec) which held that where the fresh grounds for asylum were «manifestly nothing of the sort» then a local authority considering whether an applicant's human rights required accommodation to be provided could in limited cases ignore the purported new claim and operate on the assumption that there is no impediment to the individual leaving the UK.

Track and Follow - up If you write to a human resources specialist by email, be sure to add to the subject line that you are a veteran (5 - or 10 - point veteran), along with your name.

Following are the points that should be considered while drafting resume objective for human resource posts.