Sentences with phrase «of particular animals in»

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It is possible that additional funding will come from other major donors — we focus on Open Phil in particular because they are one of the most significant grantmakers in effective animal advocacy, they are transparent with their donations, and they have often made recurring donations to organizations.

This sweeping anthropocentric position then leads him to the conclusion that it is permissible, if not desirable, to breed and keep animals for our food, work, and pleasure, and he approves, in particular, of their use in medical research and even in the testing of cosmetics that are to be marketed.

They share some useful thoughts on a range of issues, in particular regarding human uniqueness in comparison with other animals, and the neuroscience of religiousness.

In particular, questions about the rights of animals have made their way into texts in philosophical ethicIn particular, questions about the rights of animals have made their way into texts in philosophical ethicin philosophical ethics.

This depends upon there being a brain, an arrangement of cells in a particular part of the body which by reason of its peculiar coordination makes the given routing able to «know» in a distinctively human manner — quite different from, although certainly continuous with, the sort of «knowing» that is possible for the higher grades of animal life.

(II Samuel xv - xviii) Again, if we isolate those parts which in our proposed classification would have to be labelled «Religion», some of them do not appear to have any particular relevance to the religious life as it is understood by civilized men in our contemporary world; such as the detailed regulations for the ritual slaughter of animals in the Book of Leviticus.

These animals send their own children to suicide, mutilate and oppress women, throw gays off rooftops to their death in front of cheering crowds, and slaughter any who dare to insult their particular brand of extremism while continuing to claim they are about peace.

If one described it in a particular way — as playful, or brown, or ill — that also referred to real features of this animal, and one's description was understood to be true or false according as it corresponded to these features.

An example of this Christian schizophrenia is the embarrassment caused to the World Council of Churches by a report of one of its consultations on the need for a non-anthropocentric ethic, and in particular the need for Christian concern for oppressed animals, especially those used for human purposes.

The difference is that in man and the higher animals there is a unique coordination of many such occasions over a particular area called the body, and a unique inheritance of past occasions that is able consciously to identify a self through history.

The plant is less coordinated as a subject than an animal and is more like a democracy of cells in which no particular group of cells has a central control.

This hardening occurs to the extent that particular gaps, such as that between self - conscious human experience and that of animals, is asserted to be fundamentally different from all the other gaps to be found in reality.

Unless you have the patience, willingness, and love for a particular breed of animal, a pedigreed pet will only put your pocket in a pinch.

The last element of analysis has to do with the particular theological heritage that has influenced many of our congregations, especially in regard to two issues The first is the false spirituality that sees little connection between faith and questions of material well - being, the environment, and so forth ~ The sermon deals with that by stressing God's concern for all of creation, even the animals.

In particular, Australian R&D is world leading in a number of pre-farm gate fields including animal production, plant biology and environmental management (see Table 3In particular, Australian R&D is world leading in a number of pre-farm gate fields including animal production, plant biology and environmental management (see Table 3in a number of pre-farm gate fields including animal production, plant biology and environmental management (see Table 3).

Steve and I were talking about a particular pasture, in the back of the garden, that is a bit of a puzzle for us in terms of finding the best use for it (it's removed from the rest of the animal pastures, and not ideal for pasture grass).

Nutrition aside (these particular animal crackers do contain some whole grain), this seems like a terrible message to be sending our students about sound food choices, particularly in an age of rampant childhood obesity.

All of my children sleep in different ways — covered with her animal friends (7 year old), kicks the sheets off every night but still prefers them (8 year old), particular about the type of sheets (9 year old), doesn't want a top sheet (3 year old) etc..

In particular, the proposal pivots on the prohibition of the mass prophylactic application of antibiotics and the mandatory justification for using antibiotics in the absence of animal infectionIn particular, the proposal pivots on the prohibition of the mass prophylactic application of antibiotics and the mandatory justification for using antibiotics in the absence of animal infectionin the absence of animal infections.

But — just as our human rights underdetermine our rights as citizens of a particular country — the «human rights» of animals (grounded in intrinsic moral status) under - determine rights (and duties) owed to (and by) individual animals on the basis of their relations with other human and animal community members.

Yes, the Prime Muppet, who used to be a friend of the earth and all animals - huskies in particular - today revealed a rather more hardline stance on being green.

New Beginning is the brainchild of Pedro Rosario, a former NYC Animal Care and Control Supervisor, who witnessed first hand the abuse and neglect inflicted on countless dogs and cats in NYC, and in particular the Bronx.

«Living herd animals do occasionally turn carnivore to fulfill a particular nutritional need,» says vertebrate paleontologist Paul Barrett of the Natural History Museum in London.

In particular, they are also interested in clarifying the position of the simplest of all multicellular animals, the PlacozoIn particular, they are also interested in clarifying the position of the simplest of all multicellular animals, the Placozoin clarifying the position of the simplest of all multicellular animals, the Placozoa.

«We used high - resolution animal tracking tools to describe in as much detail as we could the ecology of the mantas and their connection to this particular marine habitat,» McCauley explained.

Up until now, there has been a heavy focus on the role of animal protein and cooking in the development of the human brain over the last 2 million years, and the importance of carbohydrate, particular in form of starch - rich plant foods, has been largely overlooked.

Stress can affect a wide range of physiologies and behaviors, and researchers are beginning to test whether the additions make the animals better models for depression — and, in the case of these particular fish — retinal regeneration.

The immediate comparison of real and modeled neurons within the coding space allows both the systematic investigation of the model and the tuning of particular model variants as found in the real animal.

A compilation of studies suggests that as temperatures rise, herbivorous mammals will suffer greater effects from the toxins they eat, with animals living in dry regions at particular risk.

«Among other proteins, we managed to find collagen, one of the most important proteins in the bodies of animals in general, and in vertebrates in particular.»

However, the dwarfing of animal species in the oceans in particular can be quite clearly attributed to climate change.

The researchers monitored groups of neurons in the visual processing areas of macaque monkeys as the animals paid attention to one particular stimuli and ignored others around them.

In particular, Panksepp's work has focused on «the possibility that our most commonly used animal subjects, laboratory rodents, may have social - joy type experiences during their playful activities and that an important communicative - affective component of that process, which invigorates social engagement, is a primordial form of laughter.»

For the study, the researchers used an unusually large dataset made up of the sequences of 128 proteins from 55 species, including representatives of all the major animal groups, focusing in particular on those that diverged very early.

Of particular concern to Jacobs: 21 newly detected contaminants, including the controversial plastics additive bisphenol A, or BPA, which mimics estrogen and has been shown to cause developmental problems and precancerous growth in animals.

«Oceans in the future may provide less fish and shellfish for us to eat, and larger animals that are at the top of the food web, in particular, will suffer.

Large scientific studies in people and animals may help us understand the role of particular genes and neurochemicals in this process — and whether this process differs in the various forms of autism.

Lead author Paul - Yannick Bitome - Essono, from the National Center for Scientific and Technological Research, France, explains: «We thought the tsetse fly might be a good candidate in our study, as both sexes feed on blood, they are large and easily trapped, present in large numbers in Central Africa, and are opportunistic feeders with no strong preference for a particular host animal, so would feed on a large range of wildlife.»

McCrea's research suggests that the skin ridge patterns found in some footprint fossils are unique to particular groups of animals.

In particular, one of the enzymes needed for the synthesis of important glycoconjugates had not yet been identified: the apicomplexan organisms do not have the GNA1 enzyme that fulfils this function in animals, plants and other eukaryoteIn particular, one of the enzymes needed for the synthesis of important glycoconjugates had not yet been identified: the apicomplexan organisms do not have the GNA1 enzyme that fulfils this function in animals, plants and other eukaryotein animals, plants and other eukaryotes.

In particular, the emergence of zoonotic viruses — those that jump to humans from animals, such as SARS or Ebola — is a concern, says Bruno Lina, director of the VirPath virology lab in Lyon, FrancIn particular, the emergence of zoonotic viruses — those that jump to humans from animals, such as SARS or Ebola — is a concern, says Bruno Lina, director of the VirPath virology lab in Lyon, Francin Lyon, France.

A lot of the work that we do relies on the use of rodents, animal models, rats and mice in particular.

In the animal model, the researchers eliminate some of the stem cells by deleting a particular gene in theIn the animal model, the researchers eliminate some of the stem cells by deleting a particular gene in thein them.

The authors argue that the reliability of animal signals is maintained in a variety of ways that depend on particular circumstances.

Ocean acidification in particular, caused as the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is a grave concern for stony corals, because it makes it harder for the animals to passively precipitate skeletons made of calcium carbonate, the same molecule found in antacids for heartburn and indigestion.

I would guess that this mechanism helps ensure balance in what the animal can detect, so that, if it's getting a lot of information about a particular class of molecule, it turns down that channel of information and that leaves more capacity to pick up other cues that it's not detecting as well right now.»

These cells fire only when an animal is in a particular place — close to an exercise wheel, for example, or in front of a door.

A species» body mass is the decisive factor, since it not only determines the amount of food (in animals) and the metabolism, but in particular the feeding preference, as well,» explains Schneider.

«They've had to start much earlier and continue much longer than they would in a typical winter, so right now you've got a lot of cattle ranchers in particular who are trying to figure out how long they can continue to do that, how long that's sustainable and perhaps if they need to market their animals sooner than they would,» he said.

More than a decade ago microelectrode studies of rats and monkeys revealed place cells that respond when the animals move to a particular spot in a maze.