Sentences with phrase «of physiological factors»

A whole range of physiological factors — alertness, mental acuity, body temperature and the production of key body hormones — rise and fall in a 24 - hour cycle, directed by poorly understood «pacemakers» in the brain.

In other mammals, the ratio of male to female births is influenced by a number of physiological factors.

A serious problem, however, confronts most clergymen who desire to obtain sufficient knowledge of the physiological factors that influence behavior.

It is important, however, that in training clergymen in mental health, opportunities be provided for some discussion of the physiological factors that enter into psychological behavior.

Not exact matches

Self - consciousness, of course, will involve physiological and psychological factors and any insights into these will be welcome.

We can be so full of our own wisdom, that we forget that sex is a profound mystery to put it in theological terms, or to put it in humanistic language, it is an intricately complex mix of physiological, psychological and relational factors.

It satisfies the learned, because it agrees that the sensations experienced are the outcome of a process involving and conditioned by the sense organs and other physiological factors.

(2) There is no clear dichotomy between either alcoholics and non-alcoholics, or between prealcoholics and nonprealcoholics even though individuals may have differing susceptibility to both the use of alcohol and the development of alcohol problems as a result of genetic, physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors.

The following types of causative factors seem to be involved in alcoholism: physiological, psychological, cultural, philosophical, and religious.

I have known instances where a clergyman has attempted to counsel an individual with a behavioral problem using the insight and techniques of psychoanalysis, when what was really indicated was a physical checkup, since the behavioral pattern of the individual was being distorted by physiological factors.

Such a variation in quality depends on many factors, not least on the particular psychological and physiological equipment of the lover.

Athletes who suffer concussion should follow a six - step, symptom - limited, return to play process towards return to game play and may require a longer rest period and / or extended period of non-contact exercise before return than adults because they have a different physiological response to concussion, take longer to recover, and have other unique risk factors.

What Macall Gordon did show is that supposed «sleep experts» are recommending CIO with very young babies, but the studies that purport to demonstrate that CIO is safe did not look at infants or did not seperate infants from older babies in their results and also only looked at a very small number of factors in determining its effectiveness / safety (not assessing the physiological or psychological effects).

Twelve critical success factors, including «the right attitude, focus, leadership, teamwork, support, and a personal and financial commitment to best practice and continuous quality improvement,» were identified, based on practices at four Ontario hospitals with comparatively low caesarean rates.19 The «right attitude» included taking pride in a low caesarean rate, developing a culture of birth as a normal physiological process, and having a commitment to one to one supportive care during active labour.

* To do a fair comparison of formula and breastfeeding, you would have to control every other possible factor and then breastfeed for at least a year if not two or three or four (recommended average age of weaning based on physiological development).

Like human taste buds which reward us for eating what's overwhelmingly critical for survival i.e. fats and sugars, a consideration of human infant and parental biology and psychology reveal the existence of powerful physiological and social factors that promote maternal motivations to cosleep and explain parental needs to touch and sleep close to baby.

Smokers with a strong intention to breastfeed were more likely to continue breastfeeding that non-smokers with a low intention to breastfeed, i.e. the social factors were more important than the possible negative physiological effects of nicotine on breast milk supply [78].

Breast milk itself contains hormones and other biological factors involved in the regulation of food intake and energy balance which may help shape long - term physiological processes responsible for maintaining energy balance (19).

As such, there are a wide variety of factors that contribute to the way this physiological process

Presented When Breast Milk Feeding is Plan A: Sociological and Psychological Factors Influencing Women to Provide Their Milk Instead of Directly Breastfeeding Their Babies; and When Breast Milk Feeding is Plan B: Physical, Medical, and Physiological Factors that Interfere with Establishing Direct Breastfeeding.

«Low milk supply can be caused by mother or baby, can be physical or physiological, or any combination of these factors,» she says.

The researchers also found that using physiological biomarkers, such as hormones from droppings, is an effective way of evaluating the impact of ecological and demographic factors on animal populations.

An ornithologist at the University of Rhode Island who studies the physiological changes that birds undergo to migrate has found that the capacity of a bird's gut to change with environmental conditions is a primary limiting factor in their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing climate.

An ornithologist who studies the physiological changes that birds undergo to migrate has found that the capacity of a bird's gut to change with environmental conditions is a primary limiting factor in their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing climate.

«The results of this study shed light on the great complexity of factors that contribute to the physiological differences between people and allow us to better understand how genetic diseases develop,» explains Maria Gutierrez - Arcelus, first author of this article and member of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research Frontiers in Genetics.

«Although we can not demonstrate a direct link between Candida infection and physiological brain processes, our data show that some factor associated with Candida infection, and possibly the organism itself, plays a role in affecting the memory of women with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and this is an avenue that needs to be further explored,» says Severance.

The study, led by scientists from the University of Chicago, uses a novel method to measure genetic predisposition for telomere length, rather than physiological measures which are confounded by factors such as age and lifestyle.

«The problem is that most of the plant - tolerance models we currently use to predict these outcomes are based on laboratory studies or plant physiological studies, so they often don't factor in the compounding effects of simultaneous stressors like drought and pressure from natural enemies.

The similarity of yoga and exercise's effect on cardiovascular risk factors, say the investigators, «suggest that there could be comparable working mechanisms, with some possible physiological aerobic benefits occurring with yoga practice, and some stress - reducing, relaxation effect occurring with aerobic exercise.»

Physiological factors, such as a rapid growth and maturation rate, might explain how this line of bird was able to survive the Cretaceous - Paleogene mass extinction event that occurred approximately 66 million years ago and eliminated approximately three - quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth.

This means that these new results significantly expand our understanding of physiological GDNF, from a factor protecting dopamine neurons to a dynamic regulator of their function.

Kernbach's project opens new territory by testing the effects of light on physiological factors that control how diseases that can infect humans might hopscotch among animals, says Jenny Ouyang, of the University of Nevada, Reno.

Further study of the relationships between the clinical assays for CTX and PINP as well as physiological and pre-analytical factors contributing to variability in BTM concentrations is required.

These environmental factors in turn regulate two independent physiological mechanisms by controlling the synthesis of two hormones: insulin and ecdysone.

About 80 percent of threatened birds, 75 percent of threatened amphibians, and 19 percent of threatened corals are considered «susceptible» to climate change in the future owing to their specialized habitat needs, physiological limitations, or other factors.

The authors suggest that the mechanisms by which stress resilience may influence the development of type 2 diabetes are probably complex and involve unhealthy lifestyle behaviours as well as other physiological factors.

Psychosocial stress in adulthood is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, possibly mediated by behavioral and physiological factors.

While decision making could play a role, physiological factors might also be a primary factor explaining the greater slowing of men relative to women.

«In this study, we identified a novel regulatory factor for the Golgi - ER retrograde transport and a new mechanistic connection between the physiological trafficking and the autophagic transportation of cellular material.»

A general theme of interest is to understand the physical and physiological factors that affect MRI signals and to use this knowledge to devise non-invasive imaging methods that provide new types of information as well as for developing new applications of imaging.

Under physiological conditions, ROS are important mediators of a wide variety of cell functions through their actions on redox - sensitive transcription factors.

I am interested in the physiological and behavioral aspects of development and how things like maternal care, social / environmental factors, and stressors influence an individual's life history trajectory.

Zuzana Kirsnerova (Baretton, TUD)-- «The role of Hypoxia Inducible Factors in physiological and pathological angiogenesis» (2006)

The physiological function of von Willebrand's factor depends on its tubular storage in endothelial Weibel - Palade bodies.

Chronic inflammation triggered by these pro-inflammatory factors changes the immune response and vascular system and finally disrupts the physiological function of many tissues to promote the aging process.

The liver is a large organ that lies beneath the right lung that performs many important physiological functions, including breaking down nutrients absorbed from the intestine; filtering the blood of toxins; and producing blood clotting factors.

The first piece of Mildrexler and colleagues» effort was the creation of a forest vulnerability index that, in effect, relates climatic drivers of vulnerability, such as extreme temperature and low precipitation, directly to physiological stress factors, which reduce photosynthesis and deteriorate forest health.

With ever greater power and speed, computers should be able to sort through bewildering mazes of data about genetic and environmental factors to help determine how their effects in one organ influence other physiological systems.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Drapkin laboratory focuses on developing a comprehensive understanding of the genetic, molecular and physiological factors that drive the development of cancer, with a special focus on gynecologic malignancies.

While there are many physiological factors involved in female athletes» vulnerability to iron deficiency, low dietary intake of iron is a major factor.