Sentences with phrase «human participants as»

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Despite the fact that these virtual humans were not representations of actual people, they found that participants» performance of the novel task was impaired when they were led to believe that the virtual audience consisted of avatars, but not when they were framed as agents.

As a participant in that 1998 Ramsey Colloquium, a longtime supporter of the cautious use of rights language, and a frequent critic of its misuses, I was moved by Reno's arguments to ponder whether the noble post — World War II universal human - rights idea has finally been so manipulated and politicized as to justify its abandonment by men and women of good wilAs a participant in that 1998 Ramsey Colloquium, a longtime supporter of the cautious use of rights language, and a frequent critic of its misuses, I was moved by Reno's arguments to ponder whether the noble post — World War II universal human - rights idea has finally been so manipulated and politicized as to justify its abandonment by men and women of good wilas to justify its abandonment by men and women of good will.

Literally, before the law, everyone sinned or was guilty of sin as a participant in the human economy, or the consequence of sin claimed the innocent's life before they could themselves sin (righteous Abel may be one such example).

It is not so common as those undertakings about which the crowd shouts and clamors, for each participant is in reality alone with himself, but yet in the highest and most inclusive sense, edification is a common human concern.

The convergence model represents human communication as a dynamic, cyclical process over time, characterized by (1) mutual causation rather than one - way mechanistic causation, and emphasizing (2) the interdependent relationship of the participants, rather than a bias toward either the gisource» or the «receiver» of «messages.»

In all human relationships, individuals are morally bound to treat each other as potential participants in moral discourse.

We can also say, then, that all human individuals always have the rights that define them as potential participants in moral discourse, one of which is the right to be or become an actual participant in such discourse, and these universal rights articulate a universal social practice.

Since communicative rights define every human individual as a potential participant in discourse, their content can be derived from the necessary conditions of moral discourse as a specific social practice.

Following Apel, I will use the term «communicative rights» to designate the formative rights that belong to all humans as potential participants in moral discourse, and I will call the formative principle in question the principle of communicative respect.

In ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, as also in encounters with those of no religion, all participants are of equal human dignity but their beliefs are not equally true.

Thus each of the participants to the dialogue is in process, continuously growing in knowledge of self, other human beings, the world, etc., and the interaction of these persons in process as individual beings constitutes the broader process which is the community.

It is clear that Americans want to see themselves as people who are active participants in an ongoing struggle to overcome tyranny and expand the sphere of human freedom.

No other higher religion in the world calls its participants to a full experience of the pain and darkness of the human act of dying as the way to transfiguration and rebirth.

In addition to these topics, participants will also consider how friendship — as a type of love — stands in relation to other forms of love as well as how friendship can animate the best human life or corrupt it.

What this suggests to us is that religion, as an inescapable element in that human experience, is one of the ways — indeed it may be the chief way — in which man feels his way into, finds identification with, and becomes participant in, the ongoing «movement of things».

In addition to considering these topics as theological concepts, participants will also consider how they intersect existentially within the human hearts of Christians and Jews animated by their respective traditions.

One participant, Ricardo Antoncich, noted that theology, (as reflection about the faith of the Church), should enter into dialogue with other forms of thought that rationally explain the life of the human being in the world.

Moreover, as Hegel makes clear in the Phenomenology of Spirit, even within the human organism it undergoes many stages of growth before it reaches full self - consciousness as a participant in the reality of Absolute Spirit.

The combination of technological enthusiasm and moral insouciance left participants asking one another how Watson had convinced himself — as he said he is convinced — that he is successfully selling the Human Genome Project to the public.

No serious participant in the ecumenical movement can mistake the judging and purging power of agape as it moves within the centuries - old forms and symbols which have guided Christian devotion and have become infused with the very human loves of the familiar and the satisfying.22

Pressed by dissatisfied participants, Watson allowed that workers in the Human Genome Project should not forget the possible abuses of eugenics, such as in the coerced sterilization of thousands in this country in the 1920s.

Indeed one might say that liturgical worship by and large speaks not so much to the conscious attention of its participants as to those profound and almost unconsciously experienced areas of human life where men live in terms of feeling - tone, of unutterable emotion, and of profound subconscious relationships, with an almost intuitive awareness of the «more» which is deep down in the structure of reality.

They keep certain rituals of their believe and by that they are participants of infinite Grace, which allows them to treat their infidel fellow human beings, which they regard as disbelievers, very ill.

If imagination plays such a vital role even in such sciences as physics and astronomy, where man can so clearly be an objective spectator, how much more must man depend upon his imagination when seeking to understand the questions of human existence, in which he is at the same time an active participant.

Some of the objectives of the training as highlighted by the organizers include; to enlighten participants on the legal framework for international human right laws and humanitarian principles, to improve the capacity of law enforcement agents in identification, protection issues in Nigerian human right context, to build the capacity of participants to appreciate their roles in protecting the rights of the civilians.

Ambode, who was represented at the event by the Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Dr Akintola Benson - Oke, noted that high performance increased in organisations that exposed their human capital to developmental training such as the one organised for the participants.

Beyond the university - based experts who also came from Harvard and the University of Pittsburgh, U.S. symposium participants in Havana were from Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center, the Roswell Park Cancer Center, both in New York State, the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida and the Ponce Research Institute in Puerto Rico, as well as the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the National Cancer Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention..

Particularly interesting is that participants who were introduced to Roboy in VR perceived the robot as less human - like than participants who watched a live HRI, whereas these two groups did not differentiate in regard of perceived realness.

(The authors described their report as covering protection of human research participants at UM with «special attention» to adults who may lack decision - making capacity.)

Over the course of the two days, participants confirmed the need for a network of scientists, engineers and health professionals engaged in human rights, endorsed the formation of a Science and Human Rights Coalition, and affirmed AAAS as its natural human rights, endorsed the formation of a Science and Human Rights Coalition, and affirmed AAAS as its natural Human Rights Coalition, and affirmed AAAS as its natural home.

Until recently, such topics would have been out of the reach of cognitive neuroscience for lack of methods; today, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows researchers to watch the brain «in action» as normal human participants make decisions about responsibility and punishment.

They found that blocking ANGPTL3 activity with an investigative injectable antibody, known as evinacumab, reduced triglycerides by up to 76 percent and lowered LDL cholesterol 23 percent in human study participants, and largely reversed signs of atherosclerosis in a mouse models.

Scientists are also encouraged to propose their own pilot projects to serve as stepping stones, although many participants are careful to note that these projects are valuable regardless of whether the group decides to reach for the ultimate goal of synthesizing a human genome.

Although Milgram's tests upset some volunteers, most participants identified with his scientific mission to understand human behavior and wanted to prove themselves as worthy of the project, Haslam and psychologist Stephen Reicher of the University of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, conclude in a research review scheduled to appear in the 2017 Annual Review of Law and Social Science.

Although brain - imaging studies of human participants watching funny cartoons or listening to jokes reveal the activation of evolutionarily ancient structures such as the amygdala and nucleus accumbens, more recently evolved, «higher - order» structures are also activated, including distributed regions of the frontal cortex.

Work is expected to begin as soon as participants at genome centers in the United States and abroad agree on some ground rules for the project, perhaps the most unwieldy collaboration since the sequencing of the human genome.

Participants who battled what they perceived as human - looking characters in the game were more likely to have aggressive thoughts and words than those who had shot down monstrous nonhuman characters.

Here Is a Human Being By Misha Angrist (Harpercollins) As an original participant in the Personal Genome Project, writer and ex-geneticist Angrist was one of the first to wrestle with the scary yet thrilling prospect of unlocking his own genes.

Although, the participants in this study are unlikely to be as motivated or as skilled as a professional at spotting fraudulent photos, this study indicates that humans and smartphones may not naturally identify face morphs, a weakness that could be exploited by fraudsters.

In the experiment, both the human and the avian participants had to stop a task in progress and switch over to an alternative task as quickly as possible.

In panel discussions and 12 - minute, TED - like talks, the participants will cover more than two dozen success stories, including the conservation of orchids, Mongolian horses, and maned wolves, as well as efforts to develop stronger ocean policies, productive kelp farms, and more constructive human behavior.

As part of the study, 179 human participants played Concentration 20 times each — 10 times for accuracy and 10 times for speed — to give the researchers a point of comparison for their ACT - R model.

Using human fat - derived stem cells from young (aged 24 - 36 years), middle - aged (aged 48 - 55 years) and elderly (aged 60 - 81) participants, the team used ECIS to collect complex measurements during the growth and differentiation stages the hASC exhibited as they converted to bone cells.

As Henrich points out, recruiting participants who had actually experienced war allowed the researchers to study human nature in the context of real - world conflicts.

Inclusion Criteria: • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 • Have histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)(Stage IIIb or greater) • Measurable disease, as defined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 • Known PD - L1 tumor status as determined by an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay performed by the central laboratory on tissue obtained at Screening • A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive serum (beta - human chorionic gonadotropin [beta - hCG]-RRB- at Screening within 14 days prior to study drug administration Inclusion Criteria for Crossover: • Participants must have been randomized to Arm A of the study and had radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 • Participants must have a mandatory biopsy at the time of disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 prior to crossing over.

The researchers gave 24 healthy human participants — 18 men and six women — either a placebo, LSD or a combination of LSD with an inhibitor drug known as ketanserin.

Diversity in Genomics Research Cohorts The lack of diversity within participant cohorts in genetics and genomics research limits our ability to study variation across the human genome and the genetic factors that influence health and disease, as well as our ability to ensure that every segment of the population is able to benefit from advances stemming from the research.

This means that, where appropriate, consent and ethical approval must be obtained from research participants before using their samples, and ethical approval from the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) must be obtained for the storage and use of material that contains human cells (defined in the Act as «relevant material»), at the Sanger Institute.

Investigators recognize the need for community participants to feel sustained human contact as a part of the science, and to understand that local needs and conditions drive the project.

We believe that rapid data release, particularly for studies involving human subjects and valuable samples, better serves the scientific community as well as the participants in the study than does the standard practice of data release after publication.