Sentences with phrase «little known function»

One interesting but little known function that Kindle provides is the ability to copy and automatically convert pages of books to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

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April 6, 2017 www.theglobeandmail.com Lego lovers know the colourful little toy bricks have a myriad of uses, from building simple houses to full - scale cars and functioning prosthetic legs.

Knowing a little about the traditional functions of pastoral care might help you think about how you could respond to someone like Peter or Emilia.

At a time when men knew very little about the functioning of the human body, this view seemed to be largely a matter of commonsense.

My water system functions fine, I know little to nothing about the pipes.

As adults we know what it's like to function with little or no sleep and how it affects our mood, performance, thinking and even health.

I don't know many people who function well on little sleep!

And that was an A-HA moment for me: so many mothers in my country are putting all their super powers (mommies are super-heroes, you know) to function on very little sleep, bounce a 12 month old 7 times a night, inventing new games to entertain a fussy baby who is just tired!

I do know that the 9.5 - pound Pockit can go from fully functioning stroller into a compact little package the size of a handbag in seconds, making it an excellent choice for moms who live in cities, travel frequently (it fits in an airplane's standard overhead bin — !!!)

The researchers think that the positive effect on the little ones might be a function of the fact that maternal singing «in a quiet room when the infant's ear rests directly on the mother's chest» replicates what the baby had come to know in the womb.

My postpartum depression actually manifests more as anxiety and what I found, my medication has not been sufficient in helping with that sleep is key and everyone will tell you that and it kind of feel validated sometimes when I tell other moms, yeah I just really need to sleep like «oh, honey everyone does» and you'll get used to functioning on you know little sleep.

I don't know how I functioned on so little sleep before.

I know it's holding nutrients for all the important functions happening inside me, and that they will be released en masse during nursing, but still... when I see tiny little mamas - to - be with their little bellies and tiny tushies, I feel like a tank.

It is commonly known that calcium is required for strong bones and teeth, but it is little acknowledged that calcium is actually required by every cell in the body to function in a healthful way: from bones to nerves and muscles to blood, calcium serves a significant purpose throughout the body.

However, little is known about how neurons in this brain region function as gatekeepers.

The environment in which cells grow and develop can greatly influence their quality and function, but surprisingly little is known about how the ovarian stroma changes with age.

But little is known about how ionizing radiation affects the extracellular matrix (ECM), a patchwork of proteins and other biomolecules that surrounds cells and plays a vital role in their shape, movement and signaling functions.

They also validate the hypotheses of scientists who have speculated that all ultraconserved elements are vital to life — despite the fact that researchers knew very little about their functions.

«Little is known even about what genes distinguish one neuron from another, even though they might perform quite different functions,» Kandel says.

Although the flagellum, along with the rest of the jaw, is thought to play an important role in the mating behavior of camel spiders, and was observed to transfer sperm to the female in at least one species, little is known about its precise function.

«There is at present too little known about how marine ecosystems function in the Arctic, let alone how they will respond to the dramatic changes in progress, to prescribe safe harvest levels for living marine resources in the U.S. Arctic,» 43 marine scientists said in a letter to the Council chair.

While scientists have known that zinc is essential to human health and the immune system for hundreds of years, until recently, very little was known about how it functions on a molecular level.

Yet after nearly 40 years of research, little is known about how these important inhibitory neurons develop and function.

But we know surprisingly little about whether it is really effective, and much less about how it actually alters brain function.»

Photosynthetic organisms typically have multiple different types of ferredoxins, although little is known about how their functions differ.

Telomere dysfunction — alterations in the structure and / or functioning of telomeres — is one of the molecular mechanisms underlying a number of age - related diseases but, to date, little is known about its possible role in pathologies of the liver such as cirrhosis, hepatitis and liver cancer.

Originally, however, they were not examining brown fat thermogenesis, but instead were looking for clues to the function of ERRβ, a protein about which little was known at the time, except that it was closely related to ERRα, appeared in brown fat cells, and also worked as a so - called nuclear receptor — a molecular switch for gene activation that can be turned on by small lipophilic molecules or a signaling protein partner.

However, potential health effects of marijuana use in the general population have not been extensively studied, and little is known about potential effects on kidney function.

Little is known about its potential effects on kidney function.

This project motivated me because very little is known about BIN1 function in the brain and its involvement in AD.

Very little is known on BIN1's function in the brain and how it is related to AD.

Though earlier studies clearly showed that astronauts on these extended missions suffered serious deficits from lengthy times in a low - gravity environment, including dizziness when standing up, considerable loss of bone mass, and impaired muscle function, little was known about the effects of long - term space flight on the heart and vascular system.

While memory is a function that has attracted the interest of the scientific community for several years, little is known about the rules underlying memory formation in the brain.

Two related studies led by the Pagliarini lab, published consecutively in today's (Aug. 4) issue of the journal Molecular Cell, identify functions for three little - known mitochondrial proteins that play either a direct or potential role in disease.

Recent evidence indicates that non-cancerous support cells within tumours, referred to as the stroma are emerging as key sources of tumour - promoting inflammation, but little is known how or when in tumour evolution these functions are acquired.

A large body of research has explored how adaptation in sensory systems (e.g. vision and proprioception) affects motor performance, however we know little about how motor learning affects the function of sensory systems.

Despite their prevalence in the cell, lincRNAs have been referred to as the «dark matter» of all the transcribed RNAs because little is known of their functions or mechanisms.

What scientists didn't know until Fawzi's team looked into the little droplets, however, was that the FUS proteins take no characteristic form, even when they are performing their RNA chaperone functions.

«What you eat can improve cognitive function, but a little - known fact is that hydration levels and brain performance are directly linked.

And for a vegan bodybuilder who must unfortunatelly play tetris with the food sources that he choses in order to give to his body the right ammounts of aminos, restricting SPI and soy foods so much does not make his goal any easier.There are sometimes that you need a meal thats complete with aminos and soy provides that meal with the additional benefits of lacking the saturated fats trans cholesterol and other endothelium inflammatory factors.I'm not saying that someone should go all the way to 200gr of SPI everyday or consuming a kilo of soy everyday but some servings of soy now and then even every day or the use of SPI which helps in positive nitrogen balance does not put you in the cancer risk team, thats just OVERexaggeration.Exercise, exposure to sunlight, vegan diet or for those who can not something as close to vegan diet, fruits and vegetables which contains lots of antioxidants and phtochemicals, NO STRESS which is the global killer, healthy social relationships, keeping your cortisol and adrenaline levels down (except the necessary times), good sleep and melatonin function, clean air, no radiation, away from procceced foods and additives like msg etc and many more that i can not even remember is the key to longevity.As long as your immune system is functioning well and your natural killer cells TP53 gene and many other cancer inhibitors are good and well, no cancer will ever show his face to you.With that logic we shouldn't eat ANY ammount of protein and we should go straight to be breatharians living only with little water and sunlight exposure cause you like it or not the raise of IGF1 is inevitable i know that raise the IGF1 sky high MAYBE is not the best thing but we are not talking about external hormones and things like this.Stabby raccoon also has a point.And even if you still worry about the consumption of soy... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21711174.

There may be no other single natural substance that performs so many beneficial biochemical functions as this little - known carotenoid.

However, new research has shown a little - known strategy to boost the longevity and function of your mitochondria — regular bursts of high intensity exercise.

It's a little known fact that a poorly functioning liver can raise inflammation.

Now that you know a little about anatomy and function, let's delve into what makes outstanding biceps.

As discussed in a recent interview with Dr. Kate Rheaume - Bleue, author of Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life, both calcium and vitamin D need vitamin K2 to function properly.

However, it is important to know that not only too little of iodine can cause impaired thyroid function, but also too much can interfere with the gland's ability to produce its hormones.

Short - term studies have found that low - carb diets can have positive and negative effects on mental function and mood, but little is known about how the diet affects mood in the long run.

Shungite, obsidian, and black onyx may be a little more intense (in looks and in function) than a clear quartz, for example, but you just need to know how to use them.

The best thing about this movie is something that is impossible to prove, and that is the suggestion that former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliague resigned because he knew that damage from concussions was a very real thing, and that his feet were about to be put to the fire for what was done on his watch, so he stepped down and put human jellyfish Roger Goodell (jellyfish need very little oxygen for brain function, you see) in his place.

-- Little is known about what the full function of an animal shelters are and all of the services we provide to the community.