Sentences with phrase «on environmental cues»

The grand prize of USD 25,000 goes to Liron Bar - Peled for his work describing how multicellular organisms rely on environmental cues to dictate cell size.

The ovaries - first race relies on environmental cues to trigger the female - to - male change.

Then the mice were placed in a different arm of the maze and tested on their ability to remember the location of the platform based on the environmental cues.

Warkentin is finding that the decision to stay put or hatch early is often based on environmental cues — including vibrations.

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On the other hand, the younger set takes their sexual cues from the resurrection (preferring not to think about the so - called «order of creation») while using Genesis to highlight their culture - making activities and their environmental concerns.

«Taken together, the results suggest that medial prefrontal cortex actively puts a hold on behavior in the moment that an environmental cue may trigger it.

«It shows that it is not only important to break the links between environmental cues and fear, but also to substitute new learning about safety that prevents fears from encroaching on hard - won therapeutic gains.»

«We provide the first evidence that the PPARα - dependent gene Fgf21 demethylation occurs in the postnatal mouse liver, and once established it persists into adulthood and exerts long - term effects on the magnitude of gene expression response to environmental cues, which may account in part for the attenuation of diet - induced obesity (Figure).»

«We behave the way we do in a specific situation because we have learned an association — a memory — tying an environmental cue to a behavior,» said Nobuyoshi Suto, TSRI Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, who co-led the study with TSRI Professor Friedbert Weiss and Bruce Hope, a principal investigator at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse.

In addition, the analysis provided some hints about how chemotaxis evolved from a simple signaling network that responds slowly to environmental cues — primarily by turning on genes — to a multiprotein system that can quickly alter a cell's course.

«As bioengineers, we can now design 3D culture systems where environmental parameters such as composition, porosity, and stiffness can be precisely tuned to study the importance of these cues on tumorigenesis,» says coauthor Sandeep Koshy, a Harvard graduate student in the Harvard - MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, who works in Mooney's lab at Harvard SEAS and at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

Continue reading «On the wrong track: ocean acidification attracts larval fish to irrelevant environmental cues»

Using a range of cutting edge techniques, his Group investigates the impacts of environmental cues (light, odors, sound and electrical fields) on biodiversity, sustainability and health in a large diversity of aquatic animals.

A smart strategy No matter the source of your craving (whether it began with an environmental cue or an emotional need) there's another tactic that helps derail the chemical cascade: Focus on your short - and long - term health goals.

«On the other hand, if there are environmental or psychological cues that lead to brain changes and enlargement of the amygdala, then maybe such influences can be monitored and treated,» he added.

One section has you using environmental cues to think outside of the maze format that every puzzle takes on.

The HUD is also done well; despite the amount of information on screen (such as enemy markings, objectives, and environmental cues), the HUD never felt cluttered or overwhelming.

2) Choose your preferred weapon: a) your own two hands and brute strength b) dagger c) bow & arrow d) none — you're a pacifist 3) If you were lost in the woods, would you: a) Rely on your keen sense of direction and environmental cues...

Past topics include: Making environmental cues work for you Puppy socialization Addressing unwanted behaviors Separation anxiety Integrating a new dog with other pets «Disobedience» Pulling towards other dogs Fearful dogs Capitalizing on informal behaviors Training your dog with affection Multipurpose cues Creating reliable cues Importance of fundamentals When «sit» doesn't happen Crate training your dog How to split a sit The problem with «ignoring» Training with the Grain Positive reinforcement: turning the world into a treat Learning what predicts what It depends: Why dog training «tips» often fail Teach your dog to wait at doors Teaching When, Where, and Why Redirect or Preempt?

Instead, a lot of emphasis is placed on discovering key environmental cues, like footprints and claw markings, to help located and discover the beasts you hunt.

Members may have accents that impede effective communication and lead to misunderstandings and even conflict, especially when communication by teleconference and email makes it difficult to pick up on visual or environmental cues.