Sentences with phrase «other human activities against»

Weighing the social and economic benefits of fossil fuel consumption and other human activities against some of the environmental consequences, he asked «[i] s it now necessary, for the long - term future of our planet, to limit such development?»

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Yet a warning should be voiced against too unguarded an application of terms and viewpoints derived from the sociological study of other human activities.

The idea that sex, as a unique human activity, might require a unique morality, different from the general moral rules against physical harm to others and harm to the self, is not one that public schools are prepared to entertain.

Reacting to the various verbal attacks fired against each other by various political camps engaged in campaign activities for the Anambra governorship election, the CLO said that nothing could be so callous than people playing politics with human blood.

Researchers have discovered that a subset of human antibodies have catalytic activity against a particular antigen, breaking it down into smaller and less harmful fragments instead of trapping it for removal or destruction by other immune cells.

For example, silver ion - infused EbNPs with a positive surface charge (Ag - EbNP - PDADMAC) exhibit significantly higher antimicrobial activity, in terms of Ag equivalent, than other silver nanoparticles against the human pathogens E. coli and P. aeruginosa.

This study shows that the scars of people recovering from surgery heal faster when Manuka honey is part of the post-operative process than when it's not, and other research points to medical - grade Manuka honey as a powerful antibacterial agent, one that has «bactericidal activity against antibiotic - resistant bacteria» that pose a danger to humans.

Research shows that Reishi's cellular and molecular activities also provide protection against a long list of deadly microorganisms — including those causing human immunodeficiency (HIV) and hepatitis B (HBV), among others.

On the other hand, when too much estrogen is around, rye's lignans, by occupying estrogen receptors, block out the much more powerful human estrogens, causing a lowering in estrogenic activity, and providing potential protection against breast cancer.

Flyball — this high - energy activity involves two teams of four dogs who engage in a type of human relay race using one or more hurdles, with the one team competing against the other team for the fastest time to the finish.

-- this high - energy activity involves two teams of four dogs who engage in a type of human relay race using one or more hurdles, with the one team competing against the other team for the fastest time to the finish.

Gore's call to «make peace with the planet» requires an integrated awareness and action against both global warming and global warring, simultaneously — Gore describes the problem as huge, but in limiting it to civilian activities, not including military madness and mayhem, it is not huge enough — if a patient has both diabetes and severe trauma, both conditions must be treated now — militization trumps civilization in the headlines of today and tomorrow — if the truth is that both global warming everywhere and global warring anywhere are linked in the human biosphere, and if that truth is inconvenient to Mr Gore and the civilian scope of his campaign against global warming, lethal consequences for both humans and other species will continue — in cinematic terms, the great «An Inconvenient Truth» must be blended and coordinated with the great «Why We Fight»

In climate - change discussions, two Princeton professors go against the grain By Mark F. Bernstein The issue of climate change, or global warming, has become a rallying cry: The Earthâ $ ™ s surface temperatures are Ârising due to increased levels of carbon dioxide and other Âgreenhouse gases in the atmosphere, much of it produced by human activity.

OFAC is the US Treasury Department, which is responsible for economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals accused by the US authorities of involvement in terrorism, drug trafficking, human rights violations, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, transnational organized crime and other unlawful activities.