Sentences with phrase «more as a marker»

«In our story, we use it more as a marker,» Liefeld said.

As such, it serves more as a marker of interest in the topic than as a detailed road map for legislators to follow.

Yet most constellations don't exactly look like their namesakes, which act more as markers to help map the sky.

Not exact matches

A former Obama aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, said this was an opportunity to lay down a clear second - term marker - «no more Mr. Nice Guy, no more pushovers» - as a message to political friends and foes alike.

He has written three more books about eating and helped established «foodyism» as both a social marker and a political movement.

Apparently, the inclusive family ethic articulated in mainline congregations functions more as an identity marker than as a guide to congregational practice.

I'll be there listening and speaking, as will Rita Marker, Alex Schadenberg, Diane Coleman, Margaret Dore, Bobby Schindler, Ian Dowbiggen, William Toffler, and more.

The state's propensity to assign individuals identities through voter registration lists and social security numbers or more generally to reinforce conceptions of individual rights serves as an example; the roles of educational systems (through individualized test scores) and professional careers (organized around cumulative skills attached to the individual's biography) provide further examples.7 This work is important because it shows the dependence of self - constructs on markers in the culture at large: the self is understood not only in terms of internal development but also as a product of external reinforcement.

I am aware that there are a few more that I might want to try, but as a marker, it was way better topping wise and base texture, than the more expensive well known ones readily available.

Welbeck scored and i felt it was it was great i liked his movement, dropping off in the midfield to lose his marker then darting forward through the space created, thats how he assisted Ozil and got a goal for himself, unfortunately he dropped off wide in the second off, thought he would have more success if he continued as the first half.

I'm sure the Arsenal defender will want to play the full game as France have good options in the shape of Sakho, Varane Mathieu and more and Koscielny will want to lay down a marker for Euro 2016, but hopefully Dider Deschamps will want to look at a few players and go easy on Kos.

Giroud forgets that his role as a striker is to score goals.His hold up play is excellent, but a striker should be concentrating on scoring.He needs to change his game so he can loose his marker and play a more effective role for the team.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

However, Bolton had the more clear cut of opportunities, as he beat his marker Laurent Koscielny, but had his shot saved by Szczesny.

Unlike their parents» and grandparents» generations, for whom marriage and parenthood were prerequisites for adulthood, young people today more often view these markers as life choices rather than requirements, as steps that complete the process of becoming an adult rather than start it.

There are some signs that we are seeing through research that can be used as more early diagnostic markers of autism.

At the party, have kids decorate the gingerbread house wi... MORE th items such as candy, stickers, colored markers, glitter and various holiday decorations.

As the good news and its missionaries spread to ever more remote corners of the world, Europe's traditional identity marker of Christendom no longer did the trick.

Published in the peer - reviewed journal Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, the study, «Sperm RNA elements as markers of health,» from the lab of Stephen A. Krawetz, Ph.D., the Charlotte B. Failing Professor of Fetal Therapy and Diagnosis in the Wayne State Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, indicates that RNA found in male sperm not only shows promise as a determinant in successful live birth, it may also tell us more about the health of a child as it matures.

PD - L1 is often used as a marker to indicate if a cancer might be responsive to immunotherapy, and usually the higher the PD - L1 level, the more responsive a cancer would be to certain immunotherapies.

«Either there were many more impacts than supposed, including one as recently as 5 centuries ago, or, far more likely, these are not extraterrestrial impact markers.»

«The phi test helps physicians distinguish prostate cancer from benign conditions by utilizing three different PSA markers (PSA, freePSA and p2PSA) as part of a sophisticated algorithm to more reliably determine the probability of cancer in patients with elevated PSA levels,» said Kevin Slawin, MD, director, Vanguard Urologic Institute at Memorial Hermann Medical Group, clinical professor of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine and director of Urology, Memorial Hermann Hospital ‐ Texas Medical Center, who performed some of the key research that led to the development of the phi test and who also began using the test in February.

Due to the growing prevalence of ASD (1 in 68 children in the U.S.) and the lack of objective markers, identifying remote eye gaze tracking as an objective measure of autism could aide early identification leading to more rapid treatment.

More than 200 college - age study subjects were hooked up to equipment that tracked a set of psychophysiological markers, such as blood pressure and heart rate as well as other cardiovascular measures that can be used to differentiate a threat response — a state of negative arousal — from a challenge response — a state of positive arousal.

This month the moon floats just above the galaxy's core on August 4 and acts as a helpful marker; it illuminates the spot even more closely on August 31.

The study is the first in any non-human mammal to find that females use an acoustic cue as a marker for body size in selecting a mate; and they like the big guys because they are more likely to provide healthy offspring — and the big guys are more likely to have the loud call.

The closest she came to a feminist statement was when I referred to the DNA adduct, in use for more than 20 years, as the granddaddy of biological markers.

With the advent of more and more sophisticated ways to measure genetic variation and relatedness using molecular markers, such as allozyme polymorphisms and DNA - based markers, not only can individuals be tracked as to their parentage, but changes in allele patterns over time and thus the effects of evolution on populations can be «seen» in the genetic information.

A well - known breeding technique called backcrossing has become far more potent recently, as markers have allowed scientists to locate rare offspring that retain only the desired — and now detectable — genes from orphan crops.

Those markers can tell the story of human adaptation as early man moved from equatorial Africa into lower - light regions, and may explain changes in skin pigmentation to metabolize more sunlight, or how indoor living has silently damaged human health.

One group of small, non-coding RNA molecules could serve as a marker to improve cancer staging and may also be able to convert some advanced tumors to more treatable stages, report a University of Chicago - based research team in the April 1, 2008, issue of the journal Genes & Development.

Thus, as the inflammatory cascade progresses from nonatrophic gastritis through the atrophic gastritis — intestinal metaplasia — neoplastic spectrum, it was found that these 5 specific markers were statistically significant in predicting precancerous lesions in comparison to traditional risk factors (receiver operating characteristic, 0.803 vs 0.580).70 As discussed previously, intestinal - type gastric cancer is more strongly associated with the atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia cascade, thus explaining the closer correlation with intestinal - type gastric cancer and the serologic biopsy than diffuse - type gastric canceas the inflammatory cascade progresses from nonatrophic gastritis through the atrophic gastritis — intestinal metaplasia — neoplastic spectrum, it was found that these 5 specific markers were statistically significant in predicting precancerous lesions in comparison to traditional risk factors (receiver operating characteristic, 0.803 vs 0.580).70 As discussed previously, intestinal - type gastric cancer is more strongly associated with the atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia cascade, thus explaining the closer correlation with intestinal - type gastric cancer and the serologic biopsy than diffuse - type gastric canceAs discussed previously, intestinal - type gastric cancer is more strongly associated with the atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia cascade, thus explaining the closer correlation with intestinal - type gastric cancer and the serologic biopsy than diffuse - type gastric cancer.

Diagnosis of BPDCN was confirmed by the positivity of the cells for CD4 and CD56, along with other markers that are more restricted to plasmacytoid dendritic cells (such as CD123), and the negativity of the cells for lymphoid, NK and myeloid lineage - associated antigens.

We also report that 5 - HT1A binding alterations correlate among components of the medullary 5 - HT system in the SIDS cases (and controls), substantiating our concept that the medullary 5 - HT system is an interrelated network that modulates respiratory and autonomic functions3 — a concept likewise increasingly supported by animal data.3,23 - 25 We now postulate that SIDS can be viewed as a disorder caused by a defect in 1 or more components of the medullary 5 - HT system and that any single case need not express defects in all 5 - HT markers simultaneously.

These include mutations that render genes dysfunctional, which we now recognise as key markers predicting the move towards a more severe and invasive disease.

Studies show that a substance known as C - reactive protein (CRP), one of the so - called markers released by cells during the inflammation process, may be more effective than cholesterol in gauging the risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular events.

The researchers used blood levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, as a marker for secondhand smoke exposure in more than 20,000 nonsmokers.

Research in Psychological Science noted that women who are ovulating act more flirtatious with men who have more markers of «genetic fitness,» such as attractiveness and masculinity.

As compared with men, inflammatory markers among women appear to be more closely related to GI, on the one hand (22), and to measures of adiposity (25), the development of type 2 diabetes (26), and the metabolic syndrome (27), on the other.

Many patients with chronic digestive problems who have had a stool or blood test performed will often have increased antibody markers as part of their test results, more so the blood based tests though than with the stool tests.

While dietary Nε - carboxymethyllysine (the usual marker) does raise serum CML (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21792213), Krajcovicova - Kudlackova attributed higher AGE levels in her vegetarian cohort to their consumption of roughly twice as much fructose through fruit and honey: «It is due to higher proportion of more reactive acyclic form of fructose vs. glucose.

These markers are about finding small «wins» every day to motivate you in your efforts, such as whether you feel better with a good energy level or eating a healthier meal which leaves you more satisfied and not feeling like you're still hungry.

Personally, I've never met anybody who has low thyroid symptoms or Hashimoto's who has not improved their markers as a result of eating more greens.

Women with PCOS have been shown to have more inflammation than the general population as evidenced by higher c - reactive protein levels, a marker for inflammation.

C - Reactive Protein (CRP)- More Info More information about C - reactive protein as a valuable marker for heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, what causes high CRP levels, what lowers CRP levels, and research on CRP.

More autoimmune marker papers: From Questioning Answers blog: «Autoantibodies by the way, refers to antibodies against self tissue as per what has been noted in various autoimmune conditions / diseases,» and Paul Whiteley cites to: Plasma Autoantibodies (Disease Associations) located at: http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/plasma-autoantibodies-disease-associations.

In fact, according to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) in 2006, an increase in usage of flip - flop sandals by teens and young adults has led to an increase in heel pain.3 ACFAS spokesperson Marybeth Crane, DPM, has reported that practitioners are seeing more heel pain more than ever in patients 15 to 25 years old, noting that heel pain is a marker of plantar fasciitis which accounts for 15 % of all adult foot complaints.3 Furthermore, the ACFAS recommends that patients with heel pain should avoid flat shoes with paper - thin soles and should also avoid walking barefoot since wearing flat shoes (including flip - flops) and walking barefoot provides little cushioning as well as little to no arch support.3 This lack of arch support and cushioning of the heel while wearing flip - flops seems to exacerbate any abnormalities in the biomechanics of foot motion, and may perpetuate heel pain and inflammation.

I'm not worried about the amount of butter that I do because I looked at my inflammatory markers and all of that over the course of years and that works for me but about two years ago, just by beverage where was living, I started drinking lots more San Pellegrino, it's mineral water, but it's relatively high in calcium and I am scared as an anti-aging kind of guy of having free calcium in my body because free calcium funny enough tends to calcify tissues and you don't want to calcify tissues.

From there, it's as simple as filling in your polka dots with a metallic sharpie — you can add - on an extra layer of metallic marker after the first layer dries if you'd like the color to be a bit more opaque.

It's by and far a massive update for the «crafters» in the game, giving new heads up designations to items needed for trait researching, as well as clear markers for items that either sell for more, or are designed to give a bigger boost to the crafting skills when broken down.