Sentences with phrase «retardation which»

@Liz — It seems like the argument you are making is valid but only from the perspective of either creating a high risk of complication / retardation which science has proven when children are born to closely related people, and the «Ick» factor of not wanting to imagine two siblings getting it on.

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I'm sure that some of these sleeping sheep have IQ's that are at least somewhat higher than 70, which is the high - end rating for mental retardation.

«WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that the consumption of this product, which contains alcohol, during pregnancy can cause mental retardation and other birth defects.

I know he's not convinced by evolution (which in the 21st century is usually a sure sign of mental retardation).

Mice can carry Lymphocytic choriomeningitis which is very dangerous and it can also cause congenital chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus and mental retardation to an unborn baby if the mother gets infected.

The city will eliminate funding for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disability clinical programs and reduce funding for case management in the Department of Aging, which provide seniors with home care and home delivered meals.

A research group discovered a new function of the chromosomal terminus, which may lead to the clarification of the mechanism for developing abnormal telomere structure such as multiple malformation and mental retardation.

In physics, superheating (sometimes referred to as boiling retardation, boiling delay, or defervescence) is the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its standard boiling point, without actually boiling.

Other proposed changes run the gamut from eliminating the term «mental retardation» — to be replaced with a new «intellectual disability» category — to introducing diagnoses such as «psychosis risk syndrome» and «mild neurocognitive disorder,» which are designed to catch patients in the early stages of a disorder.

The researchers did not include mild retardation resulting from lead exposure, which is a big problem in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, said Ken Jaffe, president and executive director of the International Child Resource Institute, a nonprofit organization that works on children issues around the world.

Several studies in Brazil, where up to 75 per cent of clandestine abortions involve misoprostol, suggest the drug causes birth defects such as fused joints, growth retardation and a condition known as Möbius syndrome, which is characterised by paralysis of the face.

We conclude that juvenile hormone deficiency, which results from InR signal pathway mutation, is sufficient to extend life - span, and that in flies, insulin - like ligands nonautonomously mediate aging through retardation of growth or activation of specific endocrine tissue.

This silencing leads to a loss in the expression of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), which suppresses protein synthesis.

These traits are diametrically opposite to the traits that show up in fragile X, a condition in which a mutation silences the gene called FMR1, or fragile X mental retardation 1.

One of them had a deletion on chromosome 22 that affected, among other genes, SHANK3, which has been implicated in mental retardation.

FXS is caused by a mutation in the gene fmr1, which encodes the fragile X mental retardation protein, FMRP.

In addition to cognitive problems, patients with X-linked mental retardation (XLMR)-- which includes fragile x syndrome (ScienceNOW, 24 May 2007)-- may also suffer from epilepsy, macrocephaly (an enlarged head), and reproductive defects.

The diagnoses were assigned based on meeting the criteria of DSM III R (Diagnostic Statistical Manuel which is the industry standard for categorizing and evaluating mental illnesses) for Axis I (major mental disorders, developmental disorders and learning disabilities) or Axis II (underlying pervasive or personality conditions, as well as mental retardation) psychiatric disorders.

The latter include B3GALTL, GNPTAB, NIPBL, and voltage - dependent anion - selective channel protein 1 (VDAC1), which are associated with mental and psychomotor retardation and learning disability.

The mutation, which was identified in three Arab - Israeli sisters with severe mental retardation, is one of only a handful of genes outside the X chromosome that have been linked to intellectual disability.

Studies have focused on proteins involved in RNA regulation in the PND antigens Hu (nElavl) and Nova, the related protein FMRP (the protein mutated in fragile X mental retardation), Argonaute (which works with microRNAs to regulate messenger RNA translation and stability), and others, including Ptbp2, Mbln2, and Rbfox.

These so - called cohesinopathies (e.g. Roberts syndrome and Cornelia de Lange syndrome) are congenital birth defects with widely ranging symptoms, which usually include craniofacial / upper limb deformities as well as mental retardation.

High amounts of oxalates have also been found in persons with a metabolic disorder called Zellweger syndrome, which causes the reduction or absence of an intracellular organelle called peroxisome, leading to mental retardation and severe metabolic problems.

Amounts of iodine are also added to table salt, which may be beneficial to the prevention of various health problems including mental retardation and hypothyroidism.

Consequently, the normal rate of cell proliferation would have been decreased during protein deprivation, which is similar to the retardation of brain cell growth of young malnourished animals described by Winick and Rosso (18).

«the normal rate of cell proliferation would have been decreased during protein deprivation, which is similar to the retardation of brain cell growth of young malnourished animals.

«[T] he normal rate of cell proliferation would have been decreased during protein deprivation, which is similar to the retardation of brain cell growth of young malnourished animals.

PKU is the genetic disorder phenylketonuria, which can cause brain damage or mental retardation or even seizures or death.

Cod liver oil, which is high in both vitamins A and D, partially corrected growth retardation and weak legs in turkeys fed a deficiency diet, but the combination of cod liver oil and high - Activator X butter was twice as effective.

Retardation to momentum is further well - secured by unevenness to pacing, because, at 106 minutes, this film's seemingly tight runtime is achieved through a combination of thinning and bloating, placing little attention to exposition, and plenty of attention to repetitious, almost episodic filler, which wear down momentum until aimlessness sets in, slowly, but surely wearing down dramatic bite.

An earlier version of this blog post incorrectly implied that all students with disabilities are diagnosed with mental retardation, which is also an inappropriate term.

The term «severe handicap» means the disability which requires multiple services over an extended period of time and results from amputation, blindness, cancer, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, deafness, heart disease, hemiplegia, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, neurological disorders (including stroke and epilepsy), paraplegia, quadriplegia and other spinal cord conditions, renal failure, respiratory or pulmonary dysfunction, and any other disability specified by the Secretary in regulations he shall prescribe.

If you tramp the accelerator mid-corner, the stability control — which is dealing with excessive front wheel drive torque — will keep the X2 tracking in the right direction, but with enough retardation to avoid wheel spin, axle tramp and power - induced understeer.

This disease causes severe retardation of growth, thick skin and painful blisters on the muzzle, eyes, nose, ears, feet, and mucous membranes which eventually leads to pneumonia and death.

I'm not going to mince words for presumably able people who refuse to embrace their potential as thinking beings — which is the worst form of retardation because it is artificial retardation.

Asbestos products, which were used primarily for insulation and heat retardation, have been banned in construction since 1975.

They include conditions which have been referred to as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, developmental aphasia, etc... they do not include learning problems which are due primarily to visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, to mental retardation, emotional disturbance or to environmental deprivation.»

Exposure to life events is measured with the Life Events Questionnaire (see below), in which participants are given a list of three negative pregnancy - related major events (suspected growth retardation, vaginal bleeding, premature contractions) as well as 10 negative pregnancy - unrelated major life events (death of someone they were close to, serious illness, exposure to abuse, exposure to violence, serious accident, unemployment, disability, alcohol / drug abuse, divorce, moving house) and have to indicate whether they have been exposed to any of these events in the last 12 months.146 147

mental incompetence, which means one or both spouses were mentally incompetent at the time of marriage, for example, severe mental illness or retardation; or

[8], [9] One of the most serious outcomes of maternal prenatal alcohol use are fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), which involve problems with the brain, growth retardation, and facial malformations.

Fire resistance provisions of the HUD Code include strict standards for fire retardation and smoke generation in materials, large windows in all bedrooms, smoke alarms, and at least two exterior doors which must be separate from each other and reachable without having to pass through other doors that can be locked.