Sentences with phrase «leading human factor»

It made me glad to know that if it had been the real thing, there was no way any adult in the house would sleep through it because, according to FEMA, the leading human factor contributing to fire related injuries in homes is being asleep.

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Researchers found that human - caused climate change accounts for 55 percent of the increase in drying out of Western forests, a major factor in wildfires, and has led to a doubling of the area burned.

This emotional character of the datum leads to another factor in human experience that is generalizable.

As such it is always subject to errors that can be controlled but not governed entirely by practical and / or socially established evaluative or critical methods.18 The indispensable factor of interpretation in the dynamic processes of semiosis even leads to the idea that there is a generic form of imagination in physical becoming, in addition to a primary or radical form in human perception, a consideration that would indeed justify calling creativity the category of the ultimate, just as Whitehead maintains.

All of these factors have led T - Bird and I to a new bedtime routing which meets her vital need for human touch and connection... and also provides something invaluable to me.

It is our collective interest to improve on the voting processes but the reality is that if the human factor is not changed, whatever innovation we are trying to achieve will lead to further complications.

A thorough comparison of adverse food reactions in humans and animals offers insight into the risk factors for the development of the condition, and can thus lead to improved recommendations for the prevention and treatment of adverse food reactions in animals and humans.

That kind of monitoring helped scientists understand the factors that trigger flu viruses to jump from animals to humans — and it may one day lead to a similar understanding for Ebola.

As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to leave office, a commentary by a leading bioethicist analyzes his controversial public health policies and concludes that he is an urban innovator who created a new paradigm of public health, «reaching beyond infectious diseases to upstream risk factors in everyday life and the human habitat.»

«Over the last decade, geneticists have identified hundreds of genetic risk factors for several human diseases, but the functional consequences of those factors on relevant cells are largely unknown,» said Towfique Raj, PhD, BWH Department of Neurology and a postdoctoral scholar at the Broad Institute, lead study author.

The researchers, who presented their findings today (April 30) at the Association for Computing Machinery's Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, said this effect could eventually lead to changes in behavior.

«Since BPA has also been linked to obesity in humans, people need to be aware that environmental factors can lead to increased susceptibility to obesity and cardio - metabolic disorders.»

He will present his paper at ACM CHI 2018's Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 21 - 26 in Montreal, the leading international conference for Human - Computer Interaction.

The researchers, led by University of California, San Diego neuroscientist Mark Tuszynski, took skin cells from the patients, grew them up in a culture dish and genetically engineered them to make human nerve growth factor (NGF).

The study, led by Dr. Maximilian Muenke of the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, brings scientists closer to understanding how ADGRL3 contributes to risk by providing functional evidence that implicates a transcription factor in the pathology of the disorder.

«In the end, we've achieved a model that closely replicates the factors that elicit anorexic behavior in humans,» said lead author Moneek Madra, PhD, a lecturer in the Institute of Human Nutrition at CUMC.

A recent study in the BioMed Central journal «Human Resources for Health,» led by New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing (NYU Meyers) Associate Professor Allison Squires, PhD RN, FAAN examines if country - level contextual factors have an impact on Human Resources for Health (HRH) and to what extent.

Josef Singer and Judith Fazekas, both lead authors of the study, discovered that a receptor frequently found on human tumor cells (epidermal growth factor receptor or EGFR) is nearly 100 percent identical with the EGF receptor in dogs.

So obviously, militarisms have led to some of the greatest advances in science and technology and war, and war and militarism have often also been a civilizing factor in human history.

«We know from many studies that good physical fitness reduces cardiovascular mortality, and that physical activity has a positive impact on cardiovascular risk factors following a rehab program,» said Maxime Caru, a doctoral student in human kinetics at UdeM and lead author of the study.

To better understand the contributing factors that lead to high rates of infant mortality in the South, researchers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services» Maternal and Child Health Bureau analyzed the most recent National Center for Health Statistics Period Linked Birth / Infant Death Data Files from 2007 - 2009.

Lead author Ana Maria Crissien, M.D., and her colleagues from Scripps Clinic and Green Hospital, believe that factors influencing the human microbiome at birth and early childhood can influence the microbiome years later.

They point out that poor semen quality «is the leading cause of unsuccessful attempts to achieve pregnancy and one of the most common medical problems among young men... it has been suggested as an important marker of male health, predicting both morbidity and mortality... it is sensitive to environmental exposures, including endocrine disrupting chemicals, heat and life - style factors, such as diet... Therefore, it can provide a sensitive marker of the impacts of modern environment on human health.»

Expanding from their previous studies with mice, the researchers first established that under specific conditions, culturing human embryonic stem cells with fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) leads to neural differentiation particular to the midbrain / hindbrain region — the location of the cerebellum — within three weeks, and the expression of markers for the cerebellar plate neuroepithelium — the part of the developing nervous system specific for the cerebellum — within five.

Now, however, a team of researchers led by Yu - Hua Tseng, Ph.D., Investigator in the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism at Joslin Diabetes Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has created cell lines of human brown and white fat precursor cells that will help investigators to pick apart the factors that drive the development and activity of each type of cell.

In the April 13, 2007, issue of Science, the research team — led by James C. Lo, an MD, PhD student, in the laboratory of Yang - Xin Fu, MD, PhD, professor of pathology at the University of Chicago — suggest that an engineered protein could keep mice, and possibly humans, from developing high cholesterol and triglyceride levels, a key risk factor for coronary heart disease.

Results from study led by Brown University researchers illustrate that Sirt4, also found in humans, may be an important factor in age - related metabolic decline and healthy lifespan.

To do this, a team led by Matthew Weitzman of the University of Pennsylvania crosslinked the host factors of infected human cells with the DNA of adenovirus, herpes simplex virus and vaccinia virus.

Gastric adenocarcinoma is the second leading cause of cancer - related death in the world, and Helicobacter pylori, a bacterial species that persistently colonizes the human stomach and induces chronic gastritis, is the strongest known risk factor for this malignancy.

Three recent experimental studies focused on low consumption / exposure.949596 In one study, 29 smokers each consumed a single cigarette, immediately after which they had a significant decrease in blood vessel output power and significant increase in blood vessel ageing level and remaining blood volume 25 minutes later, as markers of atherosclerosis.94 In another study, human coronary artery endothelial cells were exposed to the smoke equivalent to one cigarette, which led to activation of oxidant stress sensing transcription factor NFR2 and up - regulation of cytochrome p450, considered to have a role in the development of heart disease.95 These effects were not seen when heart cells were exposed to the vapour from one e - cigarette.95 A study exposed adult mice to low intensity tobacco smoke (two cigarettes) for one to two months and found adverse histopathological effects on brain cells.96

While it is true eating too many processed, refined goods as well as foods that weren't meant to be digested by humans can lead to a buildup of toxins, there are many other factors such as our environment.

According to the studies conducted by Dr. Weston A. Price, when cod liver oil and butter oil are taken together, they provide some complimentary factors which lead to a proper balance of fatty acids that are essential for the human body.

Generally speaking, as one grows older, the production of human growth hormone inside the body tends to drop off a bit, and this leads to a lot of factors that are generally related to aging.

Ramsey has spent the past 20 years looking at the mechanics that lead to aging, a contributing factor to most major diseases that impact rodents and humans alike.

The two leads are unappealing, the story is dragged on for days and the rather random magical element renders any human factor irrelevant..

Best Actor: Morgan Freeman, The Human Factor Peter Saarsgard, An Education Johnny Depp, Public Enemies (right now, I compare Public Enemies to Changeling; a summer movie that gets a lot of award buzz, starring a big star that ultimately flops, it can only muster up a leading nom.

Rowe comes to HGSE from the University of Maryland where she worked as an assistant professor of human development in the college of education, leading a research program on understanding the role of parents and family factors in children's early language and literacy development.

Dimensional misfit between pupils and classroom equipment can often cause poor posture and lead to an increase in loss of concentration and poor productivity, writes Jim Taylour of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors

«If What Works focused on mechanisms rather than programs — taking a lead from international development over medicine in the way we design RCTs — we could start to identify the human and social learning factors which are relevant across contexts, homing in on the most essential pieces that need to be in place to create powerful learning.»

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Whatever your views on scientific advancements, there is one factor that is indisputable - they are advancing at an extraordinary rate - Radical Evolution offers four scenarios as to how things could pan out: In the «Heaven» scenario genetic engineering leads to happier, healthier humans.

Assess whether intrinsic factors or the quality of interaction between human caregivers and children lead to successful learning outcomes.

Many people are unaware that, like with humans, poor dental hygiene is a leading factor in the health of a pet's internal organs.

The talk is to coincide with Hayward Gallery's group exhibition «The Human Factor» which brings together major works by 25 leading international artists who have fashioned new ways of using the human body in contemporary sculpHuman Factor» which brings together major works by 25 leading international artists who have fashioned new ways of using the human body in contemporary sculphuman body in contemporary sculpture.

The Human Factor: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture brings together the work of over 25 leading international artists, in whose practice the human form plays a central Human Factor: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture brings together the work of over 25 leading international artists, in whose practice the human form plays a central human form plays a central role.

NYC - based naturalists Gabriel Willow and David Burglead lead a revealing exploration through the Raoul Wallenberg Forest in Riverdale Park and Wave Hill's Abrons Woodland to see firsthand how human activity, invasive plants, and other factors have shaped the local ecology.

Radical changes in ecology can lead to unexpected viral proliferation and infection via a number of routes — greater human exposure, changes in wildlife populations, changes in environmental factors that encourage viral proliferation.

such as coal for electricity production is a primary leading factor to human - induced emissions affecting the health, livelihoods, food productivity, water availability, and overall security of millions of African people.

«In fact, as NASA's Dr Gavin Schmidt has pointed out, the IPCC's implied best guess was that humans were responsible for around 110 % of observed warming (ranging from 72 % to 146 %), with natural factors in isolation leading to a slight cooling over the past 50 years.»

But other elements could potentially also contribute to a collapse: an accelerating extinction of animal and plant populations and species, which could lead to a loss of ecosystem services essential for human survival; land degradation and land - use change; a pole - to - pole spread of toxic compounds; ocean acidification and eutrophication (dead zones); worsening of some aspects of the epidemiological environment (factors that make human populations susceptible to infectious diseases); depletion of increasingly scarce resources [6,7], including especially groundwater, which is being overexploited in many key agricultural areas [8]; and resource wars [9].