Sentences with phrase «in other biological systems»

«It's quite likely that mechanisms like this one exist in other biological systems, including other viruses.»

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The togetherness - fusion force, which is deeply rooted in the biological survival needs of human beings, is the cohesive force that makes for the bonding of family systems (and other close relationships).

The question at issue is whether we can account for everything — e.g., all biological processes, including behaviour (and some people would include, others exclude, mind and / or conscious self - awareness)-- in terms of those entities, as reductionists and mechanists claimed, or do we have to invoke something else, which might be organizing relations» or «system properties,» as anti-reductionists and organicists argued.

Are we actually driven by borrowed biological systems to hold these devices, carry them, interact with them and be concerned about «feeding» — aka, charging — them in ways that go beyond our tendencies with other tools?

In addition to experimental research on cancer, there are over 1000 peer reviewed, published papers showing other harmful biological effects from microwave radiation exposure such as damage to sperm, pregnancy and nervous systems.»

Decides that, in order to begin to comply with its disarmament obligations, in addition to submitting the required biannual declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, subcomponents, stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other chemical, biological, and nuclear programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;

Future probes like NASA»S James Webb Space Telescope will scrutinise the atmospheres of planets in other solar systems for possible signs of biological activity.

Now, in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Thomas Albright and Ricardo Gil - da - Costa of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies describe a model system that completes the bridge between cellular and human studies of schizophrenia, an advance that should help speed the development of therapeutics for schizophrenia and other neurological disorders.

The team is also testing the resolution of the microfluidic system with other reagents and materials, bringing researchers one step closer to viewing live biological mechanisms in action at the highest levels of resolution possible.

Taking into account other recent studies, such as the finding that newly hatched domestic chicks show a preference for consonant intervals, this report lends support to the idea that some features of human musical systems may be based, at least in part, on biological principles that are shared with other animals such as songbirds.

Others were more complex, such as borrowing concepts from biological circulatory systems to make the layout of pipes and wires in a semiconductor assembly room more energy - efficient.

In addition, the treatment process appeared to convert a less harmful form of estrogen into one with greater potential for disrupting the function of animals» endocrine systems, which produce hormones that regulate growth, reproduction and other biological functions.

«Studies of many other biological processes could benefit from the use of this system,» says Mooney, who in addition to his role at Harvard SEAS is also a Core Faculty Member at the Wyss Institute.

He examines theories on the conditions required for biological life to arise and how likely it is that such life exists on other planets in our own or other solar systems.

Others have previously speculated that the biological basis of psychiatric disorders such as PTSD includes a shift in the balance between different signalling systems in the brain but none has yet proved it.

Depression is associated with a multitude of pathological processes, including inflammation of the peripheral immune system, a set of biological structures and processes in the lymph nodes and other tissues that protect against disease and abnormalities involving synapses, the structures that permit neurons to pass an electrical or chemical signal to other neurons.

As impact glass is a ubiquitous substrate on rocky bodies throughout the Solar System and likely common on the early Earth, the preservation of biological activity in impact glass has significant astrobiological implications for life on early Earth as well as for the search for life on other planets.

Contact: 508-685-3525; [email protected] Woods Hole, Mass. — Many of the genes involved in natural repair of the injured spinal cord of the lamprey are also active in the repair of the peripheral nervous system in mammals, according to a study by a collaborative group of scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and other institutions.

For Coleman, the research highlights that biological systems transcend political boundaries and that current management practices need to be developed in coordination with other countries in order to protect grouper and other species living in the Gulf.

Since biological systems challenge the available methods, and the necessary foundations in physics, computer science, and mathematics are often missing, the CellDevo track greatly benefits from the fundamental research in computer science, bio-image informatics, biophysics, and applied mathematics represented in the CompBio and BioPhysEng tracks and help to develop the methodological foundations for future biology in tight integration with life imaging and other experimental approaches.

This points to a new kind of growth mechanism in mineralization, and because the theory is independent of absolute scale, it may be adapted to other geometrically constrained growth phenomena in physical and biological systems.»

The study authors said the same approach is being applied to a search for biomarkers across a wide range of biological systems, from other infectious agents such as Salmonella to soil microbes of interest in cleaning up toxic waste.

Approaches successful in other systems, such as modeling signal transduction and synthetic biology methodologies [32] could improve future generations of detector plants by enhancing signal transmission and providing means to deal with biological «noise».

In the decade since, advances in genomics and the chemical synthesis of DNA, among other fields, have created new tools for investigating and understanding the behavior of biological systemIn the decade since, advances in genomics and the chemical synthesis of DNA, among other fields, have created new tools for investigating and understanding the behavior of biological systemin genomics and the chemical synthesis of DNA, among other fields, have created new tools for investigating and understanding the behavior of biological systems.

However, the counteracting effects of climate change on the reef calcification, on other biological processes and the carbonate system need to be investigated in more detail.

Because of this property, silicon nanoparticles may one day serve as easily detectable «tags» for tracking nanosized substances in biological, environmental or other dynamic systems.

Other programs and departments welcoming doctoral students in the biosciences were Biological Sciences (7), Biomedical Informatics (3), Biostatistics (4), Cell and Developmental Biology (1), Cognitive Systems Neuroscience (5), Epidemiology (2), Hearing and Speech Sciences (4), Nursing Science (9) and Quantitative and Chemical Biology (9).

Nevertheless, it is exceptionally misleading to characterize any increase in free radical concentration as an adverse threat to other cells within the biological system.

The brain and other biological systems are most adaptable early in life, but it is never too late to build resilience.

As others said, it is caused by growth of biological bacteria / fungal and turning off early helps dry the system and assists in prevention as it reduces the moisture retained in the system.

Other factors would include: — albedo shifts (both from ice > water, and from increased biological activity, and from edge melt revealing more land, and from more old dust coming to the surface...); — direct effect of CO2 on ice (the former weakens the latter); — increasing, and increasingly warm, rain fall on ice; — «stuck» weather systems bringing more and more warm tropical air ever further toward the poles; — melting of sea ice shelf increasing mobility of glaciers; — sea water getting under parts of the ice sheets where the base is below sea level; — melt water lubricating the ice sheet base; — changes in ocean currents -LRB-?)

Then let us not forget that although entropy (heat loss) escapes the earth system, some is trapped in increasing random motions which influences both, short interval and chaotic weather, and longer term climate and as well as other biological factors, like evolution and carrying capacity.

In other words, they fail the most basic type of test imaginable; and in the words of Li et al., this finding suggests that «global climate models should better integrate the biological, chemical, and physical components of the earth system.&raquIn other words, they fail the most basic type of test imaginable; and in the words of Li et al., this finding suggests that «global climate models should better integrate the biological, chemical, and physical components of the earth system.&raquin the words of Li et al., this finding suggests that «global climate models should better integrate the biological, chemical, and physical components of the earth system.»

• biological aerosol seeding of clouds (phytoplankton and forests releasing isoprenes, Lovelock, Makarieva / Gorshkov), • and the «biotic pump hypothesis» (Makarieva / Gorshkov) •... among others... In addition, AGW - theory advocates systematically downplay the number and contribution of damping / stabilizing (or «negative») feedbacks (both of heat and CO2) in the global climate system — most implicated directly or indirectly with the activities of life, as illustrated in point # In addition, AGW - theory advocates systematically downplay the number and contribution of damping / stabilizing (or «negative») feedbacks (both of heat and CO2) in the global climate system — most implicated directly or indirectly with the activities of life, as illustrated in point # in the global climate system — most implicated directly or indirectly with the activities of life, as illustrated in point # in point # 3.

In recent years, a number of integrative disciplines — systems science, resilience science, ecosystem health, ethnoecology, deep ecology, Gaia Theory, and others — have sought ways to advance our understanding of the relationships between people and nature, incorporating insights from both the biological and social sciences as well as Indigenous knowledge.

Degradation of the environment / network of interdependent physical and biological systems A disturbance (e.g., deforestation) in one part of the system (Earth) must result in adjustment in other parts (e.g., global warming / Public awareness and environmental regulations Applied and Critical Thinking Topics Do you think the Earth is a /

A CO2 pulse in the atmosphere will take centuries to finally return to original levels, and that is completely ignoring any potential feedbacks from other parts of the system (ie temperatures raised for centuries could result in massve methane releases and loss of signficant low albedo ice sheets etc.) The experiments I am aware of that show improved plant growth in elevated CO2 levels require that all additional biological needs are amply provided for.

You can take the run off (either via spout at bottom or if system on a tilt and make great biological living microbiome worm castings that really enrich soils through increased moisture retention & a complex microbiome or use the tea for feeding house plants, veggies or any other place you might have someone object to urine fertilizer, which is not balanced but high in Nitrogen.

Extreme impacts can also result from complex interactions of physical events with biological, social, and economic systems, and these systems with each other, in a cascade of risk.

Carbon stocks: The quantity of carbon stored in biological and physical systems including: trees, products of harvested trees, agricultural crops, plants, wood and paper products and other terrestrial biosphere sinks, soils, oceans, and sedimentary and geological sinks.

Beyond affecting the humans and wildlife that call the area home, the Arctic's warmer temperatures and decreases in permafrost, snow cover, glaciers and sea ice also have wide - ranging consequences for the physical and biological systems in other parts of the world.

Like other large scale perturbations in systems, climate forcing is certain to unfold in ecological and biological systems in very surprising ways as unknown limits are passed beyond a point of no return in human time scales...

Both abrupt changes in the physical climate system and steady changes in climate that can trigger abrupt changes in other physical, biological, and human systems present possible threats to nature and society.

Here we probe the system to determine whether certain regions of the Southern Ocean are more critical than others for air — sea CO2 balance and the biological export production, by increasing surface nutrient drawdown in an ocean general circulation model.

Georgetown University Medical Center (Washington, DC) 05/2007 — 01/2010 Imaging Science and Information Systems Center — Insert Title • Train, supervise, and assure the work quality of a team of 3 - 6 regional analysts • Write analytical summaries of open source collections of biological threats and other national security threats • Develop and refine indication and warning methodologies and taxonomies for biological and radiological threats • Offer guidance and expertise on intelligence community interagency fusion cell for H1N1 «swine flu» • Assist in research and development work on plant health project • Conduct case studies on state and non-state actor biological weapons programs and orphan source radiological incidents • Participate in multi-agency tracking of nuclear proliferation activities in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East • Perform project lead duties, participate in the selection process of new employees, and assist with performance appraisals • Awarded the National Intelligence Medallion for organizational work on Project Argus

Environmental Engineer — Duties & Responsibilities Trained environmental engineer with experience in industrial and academic settings Oversee development and feasibility study of a new low level chlorine detection method by nanotechnology Direct identification and quantification of sulfate - reducing bacteria (SRB) and sulfur - oxidizing bacteria (SOB) by Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT - PCR) Lead research for «Control of distribution system water quality in a changing water quality environment» funded by Tampa Bay Water Authority, Water Research Foundation Responsible for analyzing biological parameters and interpreting data from distribution system samples Manage QA / QC and sampling protocol for all biological project samples Compose and organize the entire biological sections for final project reports Develop and verify empirical models relating biofilm density and HPC measurements to water quality Responsible for designing water, sewer, fire, and storm drainage systems for a 3 story building Composed an Operations & Maintenance Manual for drainage systems Drafted full - size CAD blue prints of drainage systems and other structures Proficient in water / waste water treatment, experimental design, and laboratory studies Provide research for a project studying the effects of ultra-filtration on oily waste water Create a full 40 MGD water treatment plant process and design for a fictional city in North China Oversee site and source water selection, water pump stations design, treatment plant planning and pipeline layout Drafted full - size CAD blue prints and composed an Operations & Maintenance Manual Experience with hydraulic modeling and waste water plant design Consistently recognized for excellence in team leadership, project management, and academic study

To that end, Imago Relationship International supports research that involves the use of Imago Therapy and any aspect of Imago Therapy that is explicitly described by its founder, research that evaluates the impact Imago Therapy has on individuals, couples, and other systems over a wide range of impact variables including outcome studies of workshops and in - office treatment regimes, neuroscience and biological studies involving Imago Relationship Therapy; and the use of Imago Relationship Therapy with specific diagnostic categories and its effect on positive outcomes.

Antenatal depression may not only alter development of stress - related biological systems in the fetus, but may also increase risk of obstetrical complications.6 Postnatal depression may also be an early life stressor given known associations with lower levels of sensitive, responsive care needed for infants» development of health attachment relationships, emotional regulation skills, interpersonal skills and stress response mechanisms.7 Early life stressors, such as those that might be associated with maternal depression, can influence brain development, which continues at a rapid pace at least for several years after birth.8 Problems in any of these aspects of development may disrupt the earliest stages of socio - emotional and cognitive development, predisposing to the later development of depression or other disorders.

This program involves the family or other support systems in the individual's treatment: TBRI involves all individuals involved in providing care for children including biological parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, caseworkers, teachers, coaches, therapists, counselors, social workers, child advocates, and direct care staff.

In mothers and their children, Bush and colleagues are searching for biological markers of adversity in the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes, the immune system and other physiological stress response systemIn mothers and their children, Bush and colleagues are searching for biological markers of adversity in the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes, the immune system and other physiological stress response systemin the telomeres at the ends of chromosomes, the immune system and other physiological stress response systems.