Sentences with phrase «possible mechanism»

This allowed them to estimate the forces acting on the slow eruption and discuss possible mechanisms for the interaction between the slow and fast phenomena.

The most extensive chapter of the book examines possible mechanisms of peer influence and the evidence in favor of each.

The following figure shows a simple example of how this can happen (there are also other possible mechanisms).

The structure of this transcription factor — DNA complex provides insights into possible mechanisms of transcription activation.

Still, if measurements could demonstrate a gradual increase in stored ocean heat, one would be forced to consider possible mechanisms.

Thus, further studies are warranted to establish the relationship and possible mechanisms between strength training and improved skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity.

The current IPCC climate models only include one possible mechanism for natural global warming — changes in solar variability.

Without real - world verification of the mechanisms which eliminates other possible mechanisms, we can not tell if it is correct.

I investigate a number of possible mechanisms by which charter schools might influence students at district schools by examining school - level data and survey results from parents and teachers.

Instead, neuroscience works best when it's understood as establishing possible mechanisms behind behaviours.5 Again, knowing these mechanisms does little in the way of instructing us how to change behaviour (unless we're willing to perform neurosurgery or pump a student full of neurochemicals).

During last decades different models such as molecular mimicry, «bystander effect» and viral persistence were proposed as possible mechanisms that initiate the overreaction of the immune system and lead to an autoimmune disease.

These limitations underline the necessity for more in - depth exploration of possible mechanisms underlying associations between parenting and health.

Using a mixture of targeted and exploratory approaches, the goal of the present study was to identify possible mechanisms of action in the developing forebrain and placenta.

Results are discussed in terms of possible mechanisms responsible for the critical role that family support plays in altering maladjustment consequences of victimization by peers.

A few scientists, including Haley and neuropharmacologist Richard Deth of Northeastern University in Boston, continue to study possible mechanisms for the connection.

«This study is the first to reveal possible mechanisms that may explain how seemingly mild experiences of being sexually objectified can increase women's vulnerability to sexual victimization», DiLillo said.

Possible mechanisms include (vii) changes in ocean temperature (and salinity), (viii) suppression of air - sea gas exchange by sea ice, and (ix) increased stratification in the Southern Ocean.

«This is important for understanding the nature and possible mechanisms driving these strong jet streams,» Kaspi said.

Burkle and Runyon (2016) examine possible mechanisms underlying changes in pollinator behavior resulting from climate change and report that volatile organic compounds emitted by flowering plants are a primary pollinator attractant.

«There are several possible mechanisms leading to the particular bedforms, and this is an area of legitimate scientific controversy.

The only possible mechanism for individual super-WIMPs to lose kinetic energy is to convert a tiny bit of it into gravitational radiation.

The researchers went on to investigate possible mechanisms for, and solutions to, low fluorescence levels.

Where research uncovers possible mechanisms for disease, those working in drug discovery can use these data to develop novel diagnostic or monitoring tools, to develop therapies that address the biological pathways concerned, or to develop companion diagnostics to ensure that new — or existing — therapies are targeted at the correct subgroup of patients.

According to the experts at the Wi - Fi Alliance who have announced WAP3, the Wi - Fi protected Access protocol now on the wait to fight the hackers would be the best possible mechanism that could authenticate the personal devices on a specific form of network.

«This study is the first to show that an amino acid can be synthesised by a naturally possible mechanism on the early Earth,» he says.

A different possible mechanism, proposed by Juan Salinas, a lecturer specializing in the neuropharmacology of learning and memory at the University of Texas at Austin, resembles the neurobiological hypothesis, given that ADHD involves a dysfunctional release of dopamine in the brain.

One possible mechanism mediating this preference is altered testosterone levels; men raised in environments with frequent diseases and germ exposure tend to have lower testosterone levels through adulthood, because testosterone can handicap immune function.

This suggested that blocking PTEN might not only be a potential new therapy for Parkinson's disease, but that at least in this model alterations in PTEN leading to increased activity could actually be one possible mechanism whereby the toxins kill the target cells.

There are so many possible mechanisms that cause thyroid dysfunction; and simply taking (more) thyroid hormone isn't always the best way to correct it... It could be from too much estrogen affecting thyroid hormone function.

Holten et al. [48] investigated a number of important biochemical muscle adaptations in both diabetic and non-diabetic individuals in response to 4 weeks of one - legged low - intensity strength training and reported possible mechanisms leading to a training effect including increased protein content of GLUT4, insulin receptor, glycogen synthase and protein - kinase B (PKB) without an increase in muscle mass.

According to Chalmers, the research shows that possible viscoelastic properties of muscle (see the sidebar «Viscoelastic Muscle Properties») and an unexplained phenomenon known as stretch tolerance are possible mechanisms observed with acute changes in ROM from PNF stretching.

Abstract Possible mechanisms of solar - climatic connections, which may be of importance over short and long time intervals, are discussed.

«One of the challenges in the field is to tease apart such aspects to pin down possible mechanisms of risk transmission» (Bifulco et al., 2002: p. 1076).

There are several possible mechanisms by which physical activity can protect against nocturia, including reducing body size, improving sleep, decreasing sympathetic nervous system activity and lowering levels of systemic inflammation.

Overall, although reported associations were small, we have shown that self - esteem may be an enduring vulnerability to developing depressive symptoms and we have identified possible mechanisms that make young adolescents with low self - esteem vulnerable to developing depressive symptoms later in life.