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What doesn't function well are gut microbial communities with only a few different types of workers.
Making laws is the primary function of the legislative branch, but it is also responsible for approving federal judges and justices, passing the national budget, and declaring war.
Assuming his bodily function is the same as any mammal's, his heart would need to pump a large amount of blood throughout his body to provide enough oxygen for him to move 5,400 pounds of body weight around.
Neurodiversity is the idea that because all our brains show differences in structure and function, we shouldn't be so quick to label every deviation from "the norm" as a pathological disorder or dismiss people living with these variations as "defective."
Neurodiversity emphasizes this spectrum of brain function in all humans and suggests that to better understand the perspectives of those around us, we should try not only to see the world through their eyes but understand it through their brains.
Well during REM, the function that keeps you from acting out your dreams, REM atonia, also removes voluntary control of your breathing.
Stem cells are cells that are undifferentiated, meaning they do not have a specific job or function.
Your ear has another important function besides hearing.
For decades, these parts were called silent areas, their function elusive.
Internet searches for heart function, point to crude models, diagrams or animations that don't really show how it works.
It's as if there has been a centuries old conspiracy amongst teachers and students to accept that heart function cannot be demonstrated.
Ants may not be able to vote, hold meetings or even make any plans, but we humans may still be able to learn something from the way that such simple creatures are able to function so effectively in such complex ways.
These sculpting tools have evolved through their use, and each one has a different form which matches its function.
Having successfully used them to reduce seizures in psychotics, Scoville decided to remove H.M.'s hippocampus, a part of the limbic system that was associated with emotion but whose function was unknown.
Then we use physiological and biochemical studies to try and understand the function of the putative protectants that we've actually discovered in our other studies.
Our conscious mind only controls about 5% of our cognitive function, including communication, while the other 95% occurs beyond our awareness, and according to the literature on reality monitoring, stories based on imagined experiences are qualitatively different from those based on real experiences.
With time, the new tissue can reach from 50-80% of some of its original healthy function, depending on the severity of the initial wound and on the function itself.
Now that we have a new generation of phrases, we can apply selection using an operation called a fitness function.
Just as biological fitness is determined by external environmental pressures, our fitness function can be determined by an external melody chosen by human musicians, or music fans, to represent the ultimate beautiful melody.
Cortisol can also cause the endothelium, or inner lining of blood vessels, to not function normally.
Via the gut's nervous system, stress can also change the composition and function of your gut bacteria, which may affect your digestive and overall health.
Initially, they help prepare to fight invaders and heal after injury, but chronic stress can dampen function of some immune cells, make you more susceptible to infections, and slow the rate you heal.
Doctors routinely interpret GFR, this important indicator of kidney function, by race.
It's a well-known function called "correcting for race."
The continual activation theory proposes that your dreams result from your brain's need to constantly consolidate and create long-term memories in order to function properly.
It's a doctor who is trying to improve a neurological function through different surgical strategies.
You've certainly heard of one of the famous ones called deep brain stimulation, where you implant an electrode in the depths of the brain in order to modulate a circuit of neurons to improve a neurological function.
The two sides of your brain look similar, but function differently.
No matter what, getting the right amount of liquid makes a world of difference in how you'll feel, think, and function day to day.
The basic function of each neuron in the brain is to either excite or inhibit other neurons.
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