Sentences with phrase «voluntary movement as»

The researchers point to the speed at which each subject recovered voluntary movement as evidence that there may be dormant connections that exist in patients with complete motor paralysis.

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By the early 1830s, through the persuasive evangelism of Walter Scott and through union with Barton Stone's Christian movement, what had begun as a voluntary society became a rapidly expanding association of churches.

His work in founding the communitarian movement in 1977 came not because he thought he had changed but because he thought the United States was abandoning its commitment to families and all the voluntary associations that Tocqueville observed as a defining part of a liberal republic.

These were largely voluntary movements made up of individual participants rather than churches, movements such as the Evangelical Alliance, the Student Volunteer Movement for missions, and the World Student Christian Federation.

Such action potentials from the motor cortex of the brain, for example, are the signals sent to muscles to initiate voluntary movement, such as pointing a finger.

Beyond regaining voluntary movement, the research participants have displayed a myriad of improvements in their overall health, including the increase of muscle mass and regulation of their blood pressure, as well as reduced fatigue and transformational changes to their sense of well - being.

Although the public face of Parkinson's disease is a disorder causing tremor, the condition has much more incapacitating effects, such as difficulty initiating and sustaining voluntary movement.

We develop computational models of neuromuscular systems such as the arm to test hypotheses about how the brain controls voluntary movement, and how motor learning is achieved.

Diverse approaches such as multisensory integration searches, psychophysics of perception of gravitational movements, control of eye movements, interlimb coordination, muscle synergies, and locomotor rhythms are considered for the generation of voluntary movement.

Researchers thought that the part of the brain that determines how fast we perform voluntary movements, such as walking across a room...

The presence of different levels of muscle activity has been observed both using surface electrodes and fine wire (intramuscular electrodes) and during maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC), resistance training exercises, and normal humans movements such as gait.

Included in the PowerPoint: Macroeconomic Objectives (AS Level) a) Aggregate Demand (AD) and Aggregate Supply (AS) analysis - the shape and determinants of AD and AS curves; AD = C+I+G + (X-M)- the distinction between a movement along and a shift in AD and AS - the interaction of AD and AS and the determination of the level of output, prices and employment b) Inflation - the definition of inflation; degrees of inflation and the measurement of inflation; deflation and disinflation - the distinction between money values and real data - the cause of inflation (cost - push and demand - pull inflation)- the consequences of inflation c) Balance of payments - the components of the balance of payments accounts (using the IMF / OECD definition): current account; capital and financial account; balancing item - meaning of balance of payments equilibrium and disequilibrium - causes of balance of payments disequilibrium in each component of the accounts - consequences of balance of payments disequilibrium on domestic and external economy d) Exchange rates - definitions and measurement of exchange rates - nominal, real, trade - weighted exchange rates - the determination of exchange rates - floating, fixed, managed float - the factors underlying changes in exchange rates - the effects of changing exchange rates on the domestic and external economy using AD, Marshall - Lerner and J curve analysis - depreciation / appreciation - devaluation / revaluation e) The Terms of Trade - the measurement of the terms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.

It examines forced as well as voluntary migrations and places these movements within their historical context, including ethnic cleansing, population exchanges, and demographic engineering in the service of nation - building as well as more recent labor migration due to globalization.Inside, readers will find the work of international experts that cuts across national and disciplinary lines.

It is usually regarded as a state of partial or incomplete paralysis, resulting in a deficit of voluntary movement.

Higher taxes will help, but a solution to our global climate crisis will also require a movement towards voluntary simplicity, as advocated by Henry David Thoreau and Mohandas Gandhi.

In turn, that impairment can affect voluntary nervous system functions such as speech, movement of extremities and cognitive abilities.

They covered diverse topics including refugees, mental health, social movements and activism, chronic illnesses and infectious diseases, inequities in data and health care provision, gender inequalities and family violence, screening and diagnostic tests, Indigenous health, the NDIS, health reform, and voluntary assisted dying, as well as philosophical questions.