Sentences with phrase «major life function»

A disability is a substantial impairment of a major life function.

A disability is a substantial impairment of a major life function (such as breathing or eating in the case of severe food allergies).

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) states that a Service Animal is any animal that has been individually trained to provide assistance or perform tasks for the benefit of a person with a physical or mental disability which substantially limits one or more of the person's major life functions.

Not exact matches

A major research direction, then, might well develop a design for research in which pastors would develop psychological skills in aiding parishioners in the development of wholesome (as part of «holy»), mature personalities, and in assisting persons in developing meaning and purpose in their lives, as well as dealing therapeutically with specific emotional problems which cripple their functioning.

Tribal life suggests tribal deities whose major functions are the protection of the social group in battle and the securing of necessary food and water.

Among his strongest points is that observations that demonstrate gradual evolutionary changes in specific characteristics (beak shape of finches, color of forest moths, for instance) do not establish how gradual changes could bring about major evolutionary transitions that require concerted functioning of many specialized organs — such as the change from arboreal mammals to night - flying bats, or the origin of life.

Indeed, the major function of religion, in the experience of its great exemplars, has been not so much the explanation of life, as life's conquest — the winning of spiritual triumph in the midst of mysterious adversity.

NOW... LIFE... «I WAS dead - but I am alive...» God gave earthly things as a reminder of spiritual ones (new birth, promised land etc.) Let's see the function of blood in the living organism: the major one is TRANSPORTING of a) oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and rest of the body, b) nutrients to the body, c) Waste products to be detoxified or removed by the liver and kidneys... See the picture?

The New York City projects are (1) «The Big U», a series of berms and bridges around lower Manhattan, (2) «Living Breakwaters», a series of breakwaters off the south shore of Staten Island, and (3) «Lifelines», to provide flood protection systems for Hunts Point, the site of a major food market that functions as a hub of the region's food supply chain.

According to Dr. Manning, «In summary, the major finding of this study is that AM and EFT impairment could be efficiently improved by means of a facilitation program and that the use of an MVI strategy seemed easily integrated and resulted in significant benefits in their daily life functioning.

«Whether the bacterial community is very small, as it is in early infancy, or if it's larger as it is later in life, the community is always serving the same major functions regardless of its composition.

«Our dietary choices play a major role in determining whether we are going to live into our 80s and 90s and even beyond with a good, functioning brain or like 50 % of people who live to be age 85, we will experience brain decline in the form of Alzheimer's which is a preventable disease.»

Our only major complaint with the Traverse is that like many other new Chevy models, it doesn't have defeat button for its start / stop function, making it a rather annoying feature to live with on a daily basis.

Major responsibilities include primary medical care of collection animals (e.g., implementing preventative medicine program, performing clinical exams and emergency response, reviewing water quality and life support system function), case management leadership for National Aquarium Animal Rescue animals (primarily sea turtles and seals), a research project for publication, and veterinary student training.

An antibiotic can also starve the bacterium by stopping its ability to transform glucose into energy, a major function of all living cells.

An antibiotic can also starve the bacterium by preventing it from transforming glucose into energy, which is a major function of all living cells.

Be informed of and work diligently toward the elimination of hereditary health problems of the breed by refraining from breeding a dog or bitch if they have, in 2 litters to different partners, produced offspring with the same serious genetic defect, such as: blindness, deafness, PDA, lameness, or impairment of vital functions which prevent these offspring from living a normal, healthy life without major surgical or significant medical intervention.

The artists represented in this exhibition wish to restore tactility to painting, to redefine drawing as part of the pictorial and to go beyond Postmodernism to retrieve the fullness of painting as major art, including its tactility, explicitly material surface and capacity for metaphor as well its purpose to fulfil what Henri Bergson defined as its principle function: to be «life enhancing» in its vitality.

The exhibition consists of three works including «Playtime» (2014) functioning as the major axis to the constellation paired to «Kapital» (2013) and finally «The Leopard» (2007) that renders historic traumas into a choreography playing on the border of life and death.

Loss of feeling and loss of muscle function in your arm will have a major impact on the rest of your life.

These «other impairments» included difficulties with «major life activities of interacting with others, reproducing, and social and occupational functioning.»

Over the course of his professional life Mehran has worked for a number of major financial institutions as part of the in - house legal function.

88 In Meyer, supra, it was held that an «important» bodily function is one that plays a major role in the health, general well - being and way of life of the particular injured plaintiff.

The biggest thing is making sure you can qualify for life insurance with SBLI, so lets cover (in general) what SBLI will and won't insure: SBLI Underwriting Uninsurable medical scenarios with SBLI: • Aids / HIV + status • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) • Alzheimer's disease or dementia or significant cognitive impairments related to functionality • Cancer diagnosis within last 2 years • Chronic pain treatment, severe, receiving disability, narcotic use • Cirrhosis of the Liver • Congestive heart Failure • COPD / Emphysema or chronic bronchitis - Severe or with current nicotine use • Cystic Fibrosis • Defibrillator use • Depression, severe, recurrent or with multiple in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes with co-morbidities that include significant cardiac disease, or impairment of renal function or mobility • Heart / Cardiac Disease - multiple vessels diagnosed within 2 years or any past history with current nicotine use • Muscular Dystrophy • Multiple Sclerosis, if symptoms progressing • Organ Transplants, in most scenarios • Quadriplegia • Pulmonary hypertension • Renal failure, Renal insufficiency - severe • Stroke within 1 year • Suicide attempt within 5 years • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs within six months, including gastric bypass Uninsurable non-medical scenarios: • Marijuana use, 4 or more times weekly • Substance abuse / misuse within last 5 years • Criminal activity - any history within the last 10 years • DUI, more than 2 or under age 25 if within 1 year • Unemployed (other than homemakers or retired) with minimal household income or dependent on SSI / disability benefits • Bankruptcy filing within 2 years • Liens / Judgements - outstanding activity that exceeds $ 50K

• Chronic Pain, mild - moderate, fully functional, one healthcare provider prescribing pain medication, no increase in dosage, not more than one medication • Depression, moderate - severe, well managed, no in - patient hospitalization history • Diabetes • Heart / Cardiac Disease • Multiple Sclerosis • Renal insufficiency, mild - moderate, or progressing • Respiratory ailments, mild - moderate, not dependent on oxygen treatment or regular breathing treatments, minimal impact to pulmonary function • Stroke history within 5 years (uninsurable within last 12 months) • Surgical repair of heart valves, aneurysms, intracranial tumors, major organs after six months, including gastric bypass Life insurance is an essential part of financial planning in general.

Aside from phablet and near - phablet form factors, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have three major differences as far as hardware is concerned: screen size and quality; camera functions; and battery life.

Sample members who reported 5 or more of the relevant diagnostic criteria for a major depressive episode at any time in the past 12 months, and who also reported severe impairment in at least 1 area of life functioning, were classified as having MD (18.4 % of the sample).

All of these states permit coverage of an abortion in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest; the Indiana law also permits coverage when there is a risk of «substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.»

Significant life events — such as the death of a family member, friend, or pet; moving or divorce of parents; trauma; abuse; a parent leaving on military deployment; natural disaster; or a major illness in the family — can cause stress that might lead to problems with mood, sleep, appetite, behavior and academic or social functioning in children.

The creative team beautifully executed the personification of brain and personality function in the mind of 11 - year - old girl, Riley, as she negotiates the major life change of moving to a new city far from home.

Quality of life, functioning and cognition in bipolar disorder and major depression: A latent profile analysis.

Raising a child with ASD has been described as a major transition that can disturb the balance in family functioning and have a negative impact on the lives of families and individuals (e.g., Keenan et al. 2010).

The regulations also define «major life activities» as «functions such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.»

Major life activities include functions such as caring for one's self, performing manual tasks, walking,... and working.