Even the trains, which regular -
sized humans use in the film, had special compartments designed for small - sized residents.
Not exact matches
UNFPA executive director Thoraya Obaid still thinks global contraceptive
use is too low and told the press in March that the world needs a «wake up call to the urgency of giving couples the means to exercise their
human right to freely determine the
sizes of their families.»
When comparing
human and veterinary
use of antibiotics, it failed to acknowledge the vastly different population
sizes as well as the fact that livestock such as cattle and pigs weigh more than people and thus will require a larger volume of antibiotic to treat an infection than a person will.
USING YOUR BRAIN In «The Limits of Intelligence,» Douglas Fox points out that
human intelligence is limited by communication among neurons in the brain, which is limited in turn by the
size of our neurons.
The
size of the
human brain expanded dramatically during the course of evolution, imparting us with unique capabilities to
use abstract language and do complex math.
Zi Ye and Hammad Khalid of the
Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, have devised a way of
using a shoulder - mounted projector system to display — and play — a game on a bendy A4 -
sized sliver of plastic.
«Before this study, it was not known if it is possible to produce sufficient numbers of these cells and successfully
use them to remuscularize damaged hearts in a large animal whose heart
size and physiology is similar to that of the
human heart,» said Dr. Charles Murry, UW professor of pathology and bioengineering, who led the research team that conducted the experiment.
In a four - hour operation at the University of Florida Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, the surgeons replaced part of the ankle joint with a flexible plastic device about the
size of a clothespin, normally
used as an artificial joint in the big toes of
humans.
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Using a sensor the
size of a sugar cube, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology can track the magnetic pattern of a
human heart.
When
using KAIST's TE generator (with a
size of 10 cm x 10 cm) for a wearable wristband device, it will produce around 40 mW electric power based on the temperature difference of 31 °F between
human skin and the surrounding air.
Tyrannosaurs originated around 170 million years ago during the Jurassic period, as
human -
sized, fast - running stalkers who
used their long arms to grab prey.
For hundreds of years, Gould argues, questionable measurements of
human intelligence, like skull
size or IQ, have been
used to justify racism, sexism, and class stratification.
To gage the
size of a rainbow, the
human brain
uses this experience in reverse.
Using a multistate database called the State Inpatient and Emergency Department Databases, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health &
Human Services, the researchers looked at 958 hospitals admitting children, which were mostly large or medium -
sized, and urban.
Gurche infers the
size and shape of soft tissues in the face from skull dimensions and estimated body weight,
using comparative measurements gleaned from the decades he has spent dissecting
humans and ape species.
Researchers
used to think that taking to two legs caused the
size of
human brains to outstrip our primate cousins the orang - utans, gorillas and chimpanzees.
The fluid then goes through a second chamber, where the same force is
used to filter out everything smaller than 130 nanometers, which is about the
size of most exosomes and 500 times smaller than the thickness of the
human hair.
The rule has been
used to explain body
size patterns in fish, reptiles, birds and even
humans.
The
use of stone tools by macaques in Thailand has reduced the
size and population density of coastal shellfish; previously it was thought that tool - assisted overharvesting effects resulted uniquely from
human activity.
The Teop people were selected to test Grimalda's theories on
human cooperation for the small
size of their communities (populations of around 50 inhabitants) and low levels of social complexity, though also because they present very different characteristics to those found in Western societies: they are horticulturists and gatherers; they
use rudimentary tools to grow their food; they have no mechanised industry; and retribution for manual labour is infrequent.
Using Eq 2 and solving for GA with extant genome
sizes from Table 1 and gain and loss rates calculated by the recent transposon method (Table 2), we get estimated ancestral genome
sizes of 2.64 Gb and 2.66 Gb for
human and mouse respectively.
The cannulas can be fabricated in nearly any length or thickness, making it possible to adapt them for
use in brains of different
sizes, including the
human brain, the researchers say.
«If we
use relative brain
size as a metric of «intelligence» then one would have to conclude that dolphins are second in intelligence to modern
humans,» Lori Marino, Lori Marino, a senior lecturer in neuroscience and behavioral biology at Emory University, told Discovery News.
These early results indicate that the printed structures have the right
size, strength and function for
use in
humans.
A new paper (available here by subscription, a great summary at henry)
uses 357 mtDNA coding region sequences to hypothesize about the
size of the
human population through time across eight major geographic regions.
«If we
use relative brain
size as a metric of «intelligence» then one would have to conclude that dolphins are second in intelligence to modern
humans,» said Marino, who performed several MRI scans on dolphin brains.
For one, the sample
size of
humans used in the study is just 6 people.
«The body
size of mannequins
used to advertise female fashion is unrealistic and would be considered medically unhealthy in
humans,» the researchers concluded.
Whereas left ventricular ejection fraction and ventricle
size were not measurably affected by ADF, the observed changes suggest caution in the
human application of regimens
using frequent fasting (51).
The Simple
Human pull out cabinet organizer is available in 3
sizes, and glides in and out of your cabinet so you can
use all available space with ease.
Although we already called out the film's more playful
use of Pym Particles, we couldn't resist spotlighting the trailer's «stinger,» in which The Wasp eliminates a pursuing motorcyclist by toss a Hello, Kitty Pez dispenser out the back door of the van and hitting it with Pym Particles, turning the adorable collectible into a
human -
size driving hazard.
There are moments of personal magic (the boy «talks» with his sailor father as he passes their Cliffside home
using signal lamps), natural magic (schools of fish become literal waves curling upon the shore in the search for the missing Ponyo) and imaginative magic (Ponyo turns a toy boat into a watercraft
sized just right for a couple of kids), but the film's real magic is in the generosity and love on display from
humans and spirits alike.
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