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  • As far as UCD is concerned, I see it as nothing more except one of many helper tool's/mechanism's to induce and "activate" the next dormant prescribed "blueprint".

    Behe, Common Descent, & UD 2009

  • As far as UCD is concerned, I see it as nothing more except one of many helper tool's/mechanism's to induce and "activate" the next dormant prescribed "blueprint".

    Behe, Common Descent, & UD 2009

  • On the upper floor of the tower, above the main movement, there is a separate mechanism for the Magi's carousel. (from Antica Orologeria Famberlan, and excellent page with everything you might want to know about the mechanism's history).

    San Marco Clock Tower, Venice Heather McDougal 2008

  • He put the lazgun close to the mechanism's left eye and fired again.

    Kahen no Ame H-M Brown 2010

  • On the upper floor of the tower, above the main movement, there is a separate mechanism for the Magi's carousel. (from Antica Orologeria Famberlan, and excellent page with everything you might want to know about the mechanism's history).

    Archive 2008-06-01 Heather McDougal 2008

  • While I was calming down my px so that he could take his inhaler, I explained to his friend how an asthmatic cannot breath out and the mechanism's of carbon dioxide build up.

    Fear doyle 2009

  • Delehanty (2005) countered the context objection in a more limited sense of reduction (not of general principles but in specific instances of “token-token” reduction) by introducing the concept of mechanism extension in which aspects of a mechanism's context are added to the description of the mechanism.

    Molecular Biology Darden, Lindley 2009

  • There's no need to turn a profit and no incentive to higher truly capable people, so instead, false mechanism's like degree or title are used to assign value rather than real, concrete, market driven value.

    Sound Politics: Suppression of dissent in Mrs. Gregoire's Amerikkka 2006

  • If molecular biologists discover that the same mechanism produces different effects in distinct contexts and only one of these effects is the target of inquiry, a part of the mechanism's context becomes epistemically relevant but can be included in the explanation

    Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008

  • I want to understand what the mental mechanism's are... why they hold the grudge against the conservatives... why they will never come to understand our views Mike.

    Soldiers/Nazi's? 2005

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