Sentences with phrase «of animal relationship»

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A Question Of Human Dignity I applaud James Legge for directing attention towards questions to do with the relationship between animals and man (Faith, January / February 2004).

From the very start of a relationship between a boy and a girl, each should realise (and, if they are sincere, this is not difficult) that between them there is an animal sexual instinct drawing each one to take physical pleasure from contact with the other.

The context of Genesis 1:26 - 27 gives us the best clues as to what is meant by «image» and it probably refers to the things that set us apart from animals — our intellect, emotions, will, authority to rule over creation, desire for relationships, and other non-physical attributes and characteristics.

Evidence of the fact that union differentiates is to be seen all round us — in the bodies of all higher forms of life, in which the cells become almost infinitely complicated according to the variety of tasks they have to perform; in animal associations, where the individual «polymerises» itself, one might say, according to the function it is called upon to fulfil; in human societies, where the growth of specialization becomes ever more intense; and in the field of personal relationships, where friends and lovers can only discover all that is in their minds and hearts by communicating them to one another.

Overall, Premack's work provides evidence of the general correctness of Whitehead's view of the relationship between human and animal mentality — that there is both a vast similarity and crucial differences.

But in view of the fact that God entered into a covenantal relationship with animals as well as with men, this concern seems misplaced.

It covers every facet of human relationships; it spells out punishment for crime; it states the way children, servants, and animals are to be treated; it gives directions in intimate detail for worship, sacrifice, burnt offering, dressing the altar, and a thousand other details.

We shall probably have to leave the question of our corporal relationship with the animals to the natural scientists.

Some of the Celtic saints had a close relationship with animals.

You have to be a very special kind of stupid to equate the loving relationship of two consenting adults with the abusive relationships between adults and children, or animals.

but when sex is treated as nothing but an animal instinct or bodily function, it loses its mystery and sacredness and gives us one more excuse to approach relationships with an attitude of consumerism.

Without taking a strong stand on the controversial question of whether inter-species relationships ought to be governed by justice — in other words, the question of whether we owe anything to animals as such — the author establishes all sorts of interesting parallels between evolutionary biology and traditional theology in this area, as well as challenges from one to the other.

For all of its continuity with animal sexuality, human sexuality is different: As persons our sexuality means the possibility of expressing and sharing a total personal relationship in love.

But, of course they won't because this ritual has nothing to do with the symbols of the United States but rather their ancient relationship to the animals.

In this very old prescription only two simple sacrifices are called for: the burnt offering (the complete consumption by fire of an animal victim), signifying the worshiper's homage to the god - ness of God; and the peace offering, a joyous, religious, communion meal celebrating the full three - member relationship of the Covenant by enacting the oneness at the common board of the Lord with his people, and his people with each other.

The first rule of human - animal relationships is this: Never name an animal that isn't your pet.

C. S. Lewis speculated on the eternal fate of animals in The Problem of Pain, suggesting that at least tame animals might enter heaven through their relationship with humans, in the same way that humans do through their relationship with Christ.

The company has built long - term relationships with bison producers by offering a reliable outlet for their animals and by helping them to level out the production schedule to coincide with the natural cycle of the animal.

For a start ending all live animal exports will not destroy our relationship with Indonesia, because our ties with that country are stronger than critics give them credit for and are certainly strong enough to survive our decision to stop selling it just one form of one particular foodstuff.

The only animals Rozin found during the course of his studies who exhibited true, laboratory - proven preference for chile, were two chimpanzees and a dog, all of which had strong relationships with humans.

«It is my desire and my purpose to further the education of the people of Texas and elsewhere in wildlife conservation, in the knowledge of the breeding and living habits of our wild creatures and in the relationship of wildlife to domesticated livestock on our ranches and farms; to afford students and others interested in wildlife betterment and propagation and in the raising of wildlife along with domesticated animals a place for research and an opportunity for the study thereof; and to develop scientifically methods of increasing the wildlife population of the state and nation for the benefit of future generations... who may not have the opportunity to know and appreciate our wildlife, as I have, unless methods of increasing and conserving our wildlife are scientifically developed.

Honestly, keeping animals on the farm has brought us full circle to the cycle of life and it has enlightened me as to how important these relationships are to growing food.

(Now, to preface I'm only addressing long - term relationships / marriages of people between the ages of 24 - 47; not past 47 because menopause starts to set in and that's whole different animal).

Our teacher naturalists work with students to help them develop an appreciation for native plants and animals and their habitats as well as the relationships of these ecological communities to our agricultural practices.

The presence of friendly animals — rare and charming creatures in dreams — is generally thought to represent a good relationship between the dreamer and his or her instincts.

Shedd Aquarium along with Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Illinois, Illinois Institute of Technology and the United States Department of Agriculture started this project to explore the unique relationships between the countless unseen living organisms that share our exhibit environments with the animals that live there.

More important than the stuffed animal, jewelry or letter, will be the memories that these items trigger of your relationship and time together.

He also stresses that, «Animal studies have linked the combination of stress and lack of sleep to behavioural problems in teenage years... and changes to the brain brought on by stress hormones may make it more difficult to form relationships later on, leading to problems such as promiscuity.»

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

NYCLASS, the vocal animal rights group that is leading the charge to ban horse - drawn carriages in New York City, has parted ways with the Advance Group, a source with close knowledge of the relationship confirmed to the Observer this afternoon.

I remember seeing a woman prisoner, who had no meaningful relationship with anyone, coming out of her damaged self through the caring for an animal in prison.

The agreement creates a relationship between the County of Oneida and the CNYSPCA in order for the CNYSPCA to function as Oneida County's animal cruelty investigators going forward.

The borough president insisted that he did not have all the details on the five probes into Mr. de Blasio's political nonprofits, his funneling cash into Democratic State Senate campaigns in 2014, his administration's decision to lift a deed restriction for a well - connected developer, on his acceptance of cash from potential straw donors in 2013 and into his relationship with animal rights groups dedicating to abolishing horse - driven carriages in Central Park.

Dismayed by the disconnect between reality and the cartoonish animals populating his young daughter's pajamas, books and view of the natural world, journalist Mooallem sets off to explore often circuitous human - animal relationships: The once - feared polar bear has become the cherished mascot of climate change, and whales, once hunted without restraint, now attract near - fanatical rescue efforts.

In the Eickbush lab, he began a study of the evolutionary relationships among non-long-terminal-repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons, which are abundant in the genomes of animals, plants, and fungi.

«Features and structures of the enamel layer have long been associated with differences in diet and tooth usage among animals, and can also help in the understanding the relationships among fossil and living species.

«If we are to understand the evolution of certain key features of animals, such as their nervous systems, tissue organization and organs, we first have to clarify the early phylogenetic relationships» Wörheide explains.

However, the extent to which non-human animals are capable of understanding causal relationships is not well understood.

«Other studies have seen a relationship between tameness and stress responses in animals,» said Jessica Hekman, the first author of the paper who worked on the study as a graduate student in the laboratory of University of Illinois animal sciences professor Anna Kukekova.

One of the earliest compelling studies to suggest a relationship between diabetes and air pollution was an animal experiment published in 2009 in Circulation from researchers at Ohio State University and other institutions.

The sequencing of the oldest mammalian genome from an ancient polar bear jawbone provides clues about these animals» fraught relationship with climate change

The team wanted to use tissue from hundreds of mammoth carcasses found in permafrost to work out the relationships among the animals and compare them to their distant cousins, modern elephants.

However, his memoir, while charming, also does real work, perfectly capturing the sheer oddness of our relationships with animals.

PCR analysis of mtDNA is increasingly used by field biologists to track the relationships or numbers of animals in the wild.

Many botanists and zoologists investigating the evolutionary history of plants and animals and their relationships to one another other use the same basic technique to construct family trees.

Of all relationships between wild animals and people, few are more heartwarming than that of African honey hunters and a robin - sized bird called the greater honeyguidOf all relationships between wild animals and people, few are more heartwarming than that of African honey hunters and a robin - sized bird called the greater honeyguidof African honey hunters and a robin - sized bird called the greater honeyguide.

To clarify the relationship between «neophobia» — a fear of novelty associated with shyness in both animals and humans — and life span, Cavigelli and her team classified baby male rats based on their reaction to unfamiliar objects.

«Captive studies may undercut these animals, may underestimate what they are doing,» because studies of animals in captivity can fail to fully replicate the social groups and relationships that occur in the wild, he told Live Science.