Function
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Patients can live for decades with the physical
function
of someone with congestive heart failure.
It's a
function
of their natural resources.
It's a
function
of their climate.
It's a
function
of the development path that they've followed as a society.
It's a
function
of where on the surface of the planet they are.
Well, religious ritual and rites were essentially designed to serve the
function
of the anniversary, to be a container in which we would hold on to the remnants of that sacred, revelatory encounter that birthed the religion in the first place.
It's a tendency to only be able to think of an object in terms of its traditional use or
function.
An ingenious metaphor for this tragic setting is the O-ring production function, named by Harvard economist Michael Kremer after the Challenger disaster.
The O-ring production
function
conceives of the work as a series of interlocking steps, links in a chain.
Research shows that kids who do not have consistent nourishment, particularly at breakfast, have poor cognitive
function
overall.
You know, they can be about
function
and beauty; they can be about business strategy.
As a planner, I hate to say that, but the one thing I can say is that bicycle population is a
function
of bicycle infrastructure.
These needs must be prioritized by NGO workers, policy makers, the WHO, the UNHCR and every single one of us in whatever capacity it is that we
function
in our society.
It's a famous design mantra that form follows
function.
Evolution has selected this to allow our fixed, old DNA to
function
in a dynamic way in new environments.
Her heart muscles expanded until they couldn't
function.
We'll see our
function
decline, some of us will see our cognition decline, we'll be no longer able to care for ourselves, to do the things that we want to do.
Recently, Flickr has added an additional
function
called tagging.
Because making music also involves crafting and understanding its emotional content and message, musicians often have higher levels of executive function, a category of interlinked tasks that includes planning, strategizing, and attention to detail and requires simultaneous analysis of both cognitive and emotional aspects.
And several randomized studies of participants, who showed the same levels of cognitive
function
and neural processing at the start, found that those who were exposed to a period of music learning showed enhancement in multiple brain areas, compared to the others.
This recent research about the mental benefits of playing music has advanced our understanding of mental function, revealing the inner rhythms and complex interplay that make up the amazing orchestra of our brain.
Instead, it's a critical function, during which your body balances and regulates its vital systems, affecting respiration and regulating everything from circulation to growth and immune response.
Whatever the color, our skin tells an epic tale of human intrepidness and adaptability, revealing its variance to be a
function
of biology.
But there's a couple of things to consider when we think about how fines
function
in library budgets.
And the robot hasn't quite learned the human value
function
properly, so it doesn't understand the sentimental value of the cat outweighs the nutritional value of the cat.
So just because I'm talking about the exteriors of buildings, not form, not function, not structure, even so those surfaces give texture to our lives, because buildings create the spaces around them, and those spaces can draw people in or push them away.
And if it doesn't
function
well, then these computers themselves can be used as assistive devices for therapies.
So in addition to housing the core, these buildings will
function
to support the grieving by providing space for memorial services and end-of-life planning.
Our Seattle facility will
function
as a model for these places all over the world.
I wanted to challenge the idea that design is but a tool to create
function
and beauty.
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