Human activities. Medical search. Frequent questions

Check out an update on STRIVE from the January 2023 meeting of the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council. (nih.gov)
Ahead of International Human Rights Day 2023, HRHF has spoken to several human rights defenders from around the Network of Human Rights Houses to ask them about the state of human rights in their countries and why they find it important to continue their work. (humanrightshouse.org)
In December 2023, the UN General Assembly will vote for the eighth resolution on the situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. (humanrightshouse.org)

As humans spread relentlessly across the globe, animal species are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their distance. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Kaitlyn Gaynor, Cheryl Hojnowski, Justin Brashares of the University of California-Berkeley, and Neil Carter of Boise State University, both in the US, have discovered an uptick in nocturnality - animal behaviour characterised by night-time activity and daytime sleeping - in 62 mammal species from 21 families and nine orders, across six continents. (cosmosmagazine.com)
The 62 mammal species were all disturbed by human activity, and all upped their nocturnality by roughly one-third. (cosmosmagazine.com)
This boost to night-time activity as a response to humans occurred across multiple habitats, among species with different body sizes - although larger animals exhibit a greater response than smaller ones - and in various parts of the foodchains within ecosystems. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Humans, as day-active (diurnal) apex 'super-predators' instil fear in other wildlife like no other predatory species," agrees Benítez-López. (cosmosmagazine.com)
Populations of fish species most utilized by humans have fallen by at least half, with the critical family consisting of tunas, mackerels, and bonitos decreased by 74 percent. (commondreams.org)
Newswise - For the first time, scientists have calculated the global impact of human activity on animal movement, revealing widespread impacts that threaten species survival and biodiversity. (newswise.com)
It is vital we understand the scale of impact that humans have on other animal species," said lead author Dr Tim Doherty , a wildlife ecologist at the University of Sydney. (newswise.com)
The study points to a global restructuring of animal movements caused by human disturbance, with potentially profound impacts on animal populations, species and ecosystem processes. (newswise.com)
The research compiled and analysed 208 separate studies on 167 animal species over 39 years to assess how human disturbance influences animal movement. (newswise.com)
A United Nations report on biodiversity released Monday found that human activity is responsible for 'accelerating' species extinction rates. (commondreams.org)
A United Nations report described as the most authoritative and comprehensive assessment of global biodiversity ever published found that human exploitation of the natural world has pushed a million plant and animal species to the brink of extinction--with potentially devastating implications for the future of civilization. (commondreams.org)
Conducted by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and released Monday, the report warned that species extinction rates are 'accelerating' at an 'unprecedented' rate due to the human-caused climate crisis and economic activity. (commondreams.org)

My colleagues and I wanted to know when human actions started to fragment wildlife habitats and populations to the degree seen today. (thehindu.com)
Broad involvement in these activities from various populations and communities allows for a more comprehensive Action Plan. (nih.gov)
On the one hand, it makes it possible to put off a decline in their populations due to human activity. (phys.org)
One or more studies to understand independent associations between biomarkers of VCID and biomarkers of other dementia-associated brain pathologies and comorbidities in a human cohort sufficiently powered to answer key questions in at least two populations that experience health disparities. (nih.gov)

How fMRI measures brain function by tracking hemodynamic changes caused by active vascular responses to neuronal activity. (faseb.org)
How explicit models of realistic vascular anatomy and dynamics can help infer underlying neuronal activity using fMRI. (faseb.org)
To put that view into perspective, the smallest unit of brain activity an fMRI can detect is called a voxel. (vox.com)
For the last 15 years, we've been looking at these blobs of activity and thinking that's all the information that's there - just these blobs," Peter Bandettini, chief of the department on fMRI methods at the National Institute of Mental Health, told me in July. (vox.com)

First-in-man study of western reserve strain oncolytic vaccinia virus: safety, systemic spread, and antitumor activity. (nature.com)

The Unit for Human Rights Defenders participated in the Third "Inter-Mechanisms" Meeting on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, which took place December 8-9, 2010, in Warsaw, Poland. (oas.org)
and other international mechanisms for the protection of human rights defenders. (oas.org)
The Unit for Human Rights Defenders was a co-organizer, along with the FIDH and OMCT, of the Second "Inter-Mechanisms" Meeting on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, which took place October 21-22, 2009, at OAS headquarters. (oas.org)
and representatives of various organizations that focus on the protection of human rights defenders from different regions of the world. (oas.org)
At the invitation of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the Unit participated in an "inter-mechanisms" meeting, which took place in Brussels, Belgium. (oas.org)
During the 133rd regular session of the IACHR, the Unit organized a meeting with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, along with human rights defenders from around the Americas, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. (oas.org)
The statement also recognized that the main challenges to be resolved concerning the protection of defenders around the world include the killing of human rights defenders, the existence of hostile environments that forces defenders into exile, and the labeling and slandering of defenders by authorities to undermine their credibility, putting them at serious risk. (oas.org)
In addition, the statement expressed alarm that in many countries, counter-terrorist measures and legislation are being used to limit the activities of human rights defenders, noted with specific concern the risks and stigmatization suffered by women human rights defenders, and strongly supported the International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders. (oas.org)

While it has been shown that activities such as logging and urbanisation can have big impacts on wildlife, the study by scientists at the University of Sydney and Deakin University in Australia shows that episodic events such as hunting, military activity and recreation can trigger even bigger changes in animal behaviour. (newswise.com)
It isn't easy to measure human impacts on wildlife across a region as large and diverse as Asia and more than a century ago. (thehindu.com)

Scientists have confirmed that human brains are naturally wired to perform advanced calculations, much like a high-powered computer, to make sense of the world through a process known as Bayesian inference. (medicalxpress.com)
Lein and other researchers studied four donated, intact, high-quality human prenatal brains from preterm stillbirths - two from 15-16 weeks and two from 21 weeks post-conception - as a framework for their atlas. (nih.gov)
For example, the study authors found significant differences between mouse and human brains in the subplate zone, a developmentally transient structure critical for proper cortical development. (nih.gov)
Similarly, in 2015, Gallant's team of scientists predicted which famous paintings people were picturing in their minds by observing the activity of their brains. (vox.com)

Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality. (wikipedia.org)
Sexual activity may also include conduct and activities which are intended to arouse the sexual interest of another or enhance the sex life of another, such as strategies to find or attract partners (courtship and display behaviour), or personal interactions between individuals (for instance, foreplay or BDSM). (wikipedia.org)
It is evidence of the ability of animals to adapt their behaviour to overcome human-made obstacles, allowing for peaceful co-existence. (cosmosmagazine.com)

The issue of human trafficking has swept the globe with the exploitation of millions of women, men, and children of all ages, races, and religions. (bartleby.com)
For my activism activity, I chose to research and create a video regarding human trafficking and ways to become involved in creating change. (bartleby.com)
Women who have survived human trafficking, specifically forced prostitution , describe that initially they had been in love with their pimps and their pimps filled the void that were looking for. (bartleby.com)
Gardner-Webb University "Release the Captives" club is an on campus anti-human trafficking club that raises awareness and funding for anti human trafficking organizations. (bartleby.com)
This data shows an increase in recent years, the data from the human trafficking hotline is as current as for December 31, 2016. (bartleby.com)
We testified about our previous work on federal efforts to counter human trafficking. (gao.gov)
Additionally, federal agencies face challenges countering the illicit use of virtual currency, which is increasingly being used in human trafficking. (gao.gov)
Virtual currency is increasingly used illicitly to facilitate human and drug trafficking (see fig.). For example, in December 2021, GAO reported that the number of suspicious activity reports filed with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that involve virtual currency and drug trafficking increased fivefold (from 252 to 1,432) from calendar year 2017 to 2020. (gao.gov)
In December 2021, GAO also reported that data from selected federal agencies on virtual currency use for human and drug trafficking may not be consistently captured. (gao.gov)
Consequently, agencies may lack complete data when assessing or reporting on the illicit use of virtual currency in human and drug trafficking. (gao.gov)
For example, virtual currencies are increasingly used in various legitimate transactions, but can also facilitate illicit activities, including human and drug trafficking. (gao.gov)
and (2) what is known about the use of virtual currency for human and drug trafficking and the extent to which U.S. agencies collect data on these topics. (gao.gov)
GAO reviewed available data and agency documentation on missing and murdered AI/AN women and the illicit use of virtual currency in human and drug trafficking, including relevant agency policies and procedures. (gao.gov)
GAO made 15 recommendations in prior reports, including developing a plan to continue analyses of data on missing and murdered AI/AN women and countering the illicit use of virtual currency in human and drug trafficking. (gao.gov)

Here we use high-resolution functional MRI to interrogate the layer specificity of neural activity during different periods of a delayed-response task in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. (nih.gov)

Can Human Activity Change the Composition of the Atmosphere? (paristechreview.com)
The first thing we can be sure of is this: the composition of the atmosphere is definitively affected by human activities. (wmo.int)

Commonalities, however, can be found between humans and nonhuman animals in mating behavior. (wikipedia.org)
In recent years, that paradigm has advanced still further, with a goal of '(increasing) human power beyond anything imaginable, before which nonhuman reality is a mere resource at its disposal,' he said. (archindy.org)

Human exposures to mutagens--an analysis using the genetic activity profile database. (nih.gov)
NIEHS research uses state-of-the-art science and technology to investigate the interplay between environmental exposures, human biology, genetics, and common diseases to help prevent disease and improve human health. (nih.gov)

Human activity is pushing marine life to the brink of collapse, warned a leading international conservation group, which found that overfishing, destruction of marine habitats, and climate change has led to the loss of almost half the world's marine mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish within a single generation. (commondreams.org)

Here, we describe a method to detect microcystins in human plasma by using immunocapture followed by a protein phosphatase inhibition assay. (nih.gov)

Results demonstrate that layer-specific functional MRI can be used in higher-order brain regions to noninvasively map cognitive processing in humans. (nih.gov)

The program also aims to develop a user-friendly database that any researcher can access to develop hypotheses regarding the mechanisms whereby physical activity improves or preserves health, facilitating investigator-initiated studies and catalyzing the field of physical activity research. (nih.gov)
The UN Human Rights Office and the mechanisms we support work on a wide range of human rights topics. (ohchr.org)
Although animal studies have provided invaluable insights in the basic mechanisms of brain function, there are limitations that make studies based on human tissues, which are very difficult to obtain, incredibly important. (nih.gov)

It is an innate feature of human nature, and may be related to the sex drive. (wikipedia.org)
For example, various models can recapitulate key aspects of human T cell immunity but are less able to recapitulate human innate immunity and antibody responses, regardless of the human tissue source. (nih.gov)

Nocturnality is also a reaction to many types of human-generated disturbance. (cosmosmagazine.com)

Using a novel deep brain stimulation (DBS) device capable of recording brain signals, researchers have identified a pattern of brain activity or “biomarker” related to clinical signs of recovery from treatment-resistant depression. (nih.gov)
In a small study, researchers used a device that stimulates the spinal cord to restore arm and hand mobility in two stroke patients, allowing them to perform daily life activities, such as using a fork to eat a meal. (nih.gov)
Using a mouse model, researchers have discovered a new daily rhythm in a type of synapse that dampens brain activity. (nih.gov)
Against the backdrop of emerald Kelly Creek, a renowned fly-fishing destination in Idaho's north-central wilderness near the Montana border, the researchers are piecing together the story of the region's earliest indigenous tribes, told through artifacts that represent some of the state's oldest evidence of human activity. (uidaho.edu)
On the other hand, it can lead researchers to underestimate the consequences that human activities are having on the environment. (phys.org)
In the American Chemical Society's Environmental Science & Technology , researchers report a method to measure levels of human-made contaminants in sediments that may help determine the Anthropocene's onset. (earth.com)
According to the researchers, their analysis found that the sediment record clearly shows the beginning of large-scale human impact on the environment. (earth.com)
A new study is the first to explain what some have long suspected-researchers found that human activity helps fuel and intensify naturally-occurring red tide blooms in Southwest Florida. (sccf.org)
Conducted by researchers at the University of Florida, SCCF, and Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, the study found that while a combination of factors contributes to red tide blooms, human activity has played a consistent role in intensifying them during the past decade. (sccf.org)
Yet, finding a causal link between human activity and red tide blooms has been challenging for researchers because of the complexity of the blooms and the many factors that contribute to them. (sccf.org)
Brazil is a country member of the Para Report Card, and Brazilian researchers have frequently published information on physical activity of children and adolescents. (humankinetics.com)

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The genotoxicity of some environmental contaminants may affect human health directly by damaging genetic material and thus plays an important role in cancer development. (researchgate.net)

Betulinic acid has been modified at C-3, C-20, and C-28 positions and the toxicity of the derivatives has been evaluated against cultured human melanoma (MEL-2) and human epidermoid carcinoma of the mouth (KB) cell lines. (nih.gov)
We have recently demonstrated the antiproliferative and apoptotic activities of herbal traditional Chinese medicines, including the analomous fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis, the fresh juice of Scutellaria barbata and the warmed water extract of Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis on a series of human carcinoma cells. (spandidos-publications.com)

We assert," write the authors, "that fear of humans is the primary mechanism driving the increase in wildlife nocturnality, given its prevalence across activity types. (cosmosmagazine.com)
How have humans affected wildlife? (thehindu.com)
Discussions at the recent COP15 biodiversity conference in Montréal highlighted once again the impact of human activities on wildlife . (phys.org)

Most viewers underestimate the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming, regardless of who they were tuning into watch. (independent.co.uk)

Their ability to neutralize pseudovirus and primary HIV-1 isolates were measured, as well as their potential ADCC-like activity using a newly developed assay. (nih.gov)

The pesticide DDT and the food colorant Red No. 3 were found to increase the growth of HTB 133 but not estrogen receptor (ER) negative human breast cells (HTB 125) or rat liver epithelial cells (RLE). (researchgate.net)
Red No. 3, beta-estradiol, and DDT increase ER site-specific DNA binding to the estrogen response element in HTB 133 cells and increase cyclin-dependent kinase 2 activity in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. (researchgate.net)
Progesterone and estrogen receptor expression and activity in human non-small cell lung cancer. (nih.gov)
The present and previous studies also reveal significant expression and activity of estrogen receptors (ERα, ERβ) in both extranuclear and nuclear sites in most NSCLC. (nih.gov)

He said that reducing negative impacts of human activity on animal movement will be vital for securing biodiversity in an increasingly human-dominated world. (newswise.com)

The aim of this highly detailed atlas was to analyze all genes at this level of granularity, allowing meaningful analysis of the molecular underpinnings of human cortical development. (nih.gov)
The current study aimed to analyze the policies for the promotion of adapted physical activity to Brazilian children and adolescents with disabilities. (humankinetics.com)

Much of the in vitro research of the biology of human uterine leiomyomas has resulted from the use of explants or primary monolayer cultures established from tissue samples taken after hysterectomy or myomectomy. (nih.gov)
However, in vitro research using human derived uterine leiomyoma cells can be challenging because these cells tend to grow poorly and senesce quickly in culture compared to uterine myometrial cells. (nih.gov)
Thus, structurally distinct amyloids composed of the same protein were differentially sensitive to the anti-amyloid activity of DnaJB6 both in vitro and in vivo. (nih.gov)

Members of Human Rights House Yerevan have issued a joint statement condemning police activities against peaceful citizens, and calling on the police and security services, as well as other stakeholders, to act to ensure the rights and freedoms of citizens are respected and protected. (humanrightshouse.org)

The NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has unveiled an atlas of cell types and an anatomical neuronal wiring diagram for the mammalian primary motor cortex, derived from detailed studies of mice, monkeys, and humans. (nih.gov)
Specifically for the first resective procedure, a sequence of sentences were echoed across the operating room, with the objective of capturing distinct brain activity within the auditory cortex. (epfl.ch)
Many psychiatric disorders show altered gene activity in the cortex, possibly highlighting changes that occurred during development of this region. (nih.gov)
Although working memory tasks often engage dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, few studies have investigated whether their subprocesses are localized to different cortical depths in this region, and none have done so in humans. (nih.gov)

Unobtrusive human activity recognition plays an integral role in a lot of applications, such as active assisted living and health care for elderly and physically impaired people. (easychair.org)
Although existing Wi-Fi-based human activity recognition methods report good results, their performance is susceptible to changes in the environment. (easychair.org)
That recognition has inspired Our Common Agenda and the Call to Action for human rights, in which the Secretary-General calls for a more networked and inclusive multilateralism, with actors joining forces to take on the global and interconnected challenges facing humanity. (ohchr.org)
One such application is human activity recognition (HAR) using data collected from smartphone's accelerometer. (kdnuggets.com)

We detect activity time courses that follow the hypothesized patterns: namely, superficial layers are preferentially active during the delay period, specifically in trials requiring manipulation (rather than mere maintenance) of information held in working memory, and deeper layers are preferentially active during the response. (nih.gov)

When the MoTrPAC study is completed, it will be the largest research study examining the link between exercise and its improvement of human health. (nih.gov)
This work presents an overview about the challenges and brings together knowledge from the different involved research areas, further, we provide an attempt to define the term joint human-agent activity in order to motivate a discussion about the necessary elements. (dai-labor.de)
What Effects Does Human Activity Have On Coastal Landforms Essay, Research Paper Human activities add another layer of complexity to the natural processes of coastal lands and materials. (referat.ru)
This knowledge will facilitate research surrounding human brain development and disease. (nih.gov)
The BrainSpan Atlas already is making inroads in research surrounding human brain development and disease. (nih.gov)
Through funds available from the Cancer Moonshot Initiative SM , and pursuant to the NIH interest in advancing human tissue models that do not rely on human fetal tissue ( NOT-OD-19-042 ), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is inviting applications for administrative supplements to improve representation of the human immune system in ongoing cancer modeling development projects that can be utilized in immuno-oncology research. (nih.gov)
In addition, few direct comparisons have been conducted of mice with humanized immune systems (HIS) derived using fetal vs. non-fetal human tissue sources ( https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/humanized-mouse-model-workshop ). (nih.gov)
Proposed research projects must be within the scope of the ongoing parent award and based on a model system that is beyond early stages of development to model cancer biology and the proposed research efforts must address recapitulating the tumor microenvironment with appropriate elements of the human immune system. (nih.gov)
Applicants for these supplements must explain which aspects of the human immune system their proposed model intends to reproduce and justify why their model would be a reliable or improved alternative for immuno-oncology research compared to existing human fetal tissue-based models and approaches. (nih.gov)
While red tide blooms develop naturally, we took a long view and found evidence that human activity has helped fuel coastal blooms in this estuary to varying extents between 2012 and 2021," said Miles Medina, lead author of the study and a research scientist at UF's Center for Coastal Solutions. (sccf.org)
The Deputy Director manages and provides advice on science policy and program activities related to extramural administrative management, scientific management, and scientific initiatives and is responsible for the development of policies for managing international research awards and overseeing research training policies, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion research initiatives. (nih.gov)

Adapted physical activity is not the main focus of any of the many policies to promote physical activity for children and adolescents. (humankinetics.com)

Further differences in developmental compartments of this area exist between humans and non-human primates. (nih.gov)
Using immunohistochemistry, expression of PR was observed in the nucleus and/or extranuclear compartments in the majority of human tumor specimens examined. (nih.gov)

The Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC) aims to uncover, at the molecular level, how exercise improves and maintains the health of the body's tissues and organs. (nih.gov)
Studies in three human tissues will be complemented by more extensive studies in an animal model, allowing many additional tissue types to be explored and substantially increasing the impact of the consortium. (nih.gov)
These molecules may transmit the benefits of physical activity to organs and tissues that are not directly involved in movement. (nih.gov)

We targeted this Adda side chain using a commercial antibody and extracted microcystins from human samples for screening and analysis. (nih.gov)
These results provide new insights into the neutralization and ADCC-like activity of different bNAbs that might be taken into consideration when searching for new treatments or antibody-based vaccines. (nih.gov)

It is useful to recall what scientists have said about the evolution of our climate in response to the increased greenhouse effect caused by human activity. (wmo.int)
There is no doubt about the anthropogenic origin of the changes observed, which are very well-documented (water vapour is also a greenhouse gas but its concentration in the atmosphere is not directly affected by human activities). (wmo.int)
He pointed to rapid, human-driven upticks in greenhouse gas emissions, which trap radiation from the sun in earth's atmosphere and warm the planet. (archindy.org)

The BrainSpan Atlas aims to inspire new hypotheses regarding human brain development, and has already led to some surprising findings. (nih.gov)

During April 2--8, 2006,* the number of states reporting widespread influenza activity decreased to 10. (cdc.gov)

Thereafter, we compute the spectrogram from the processed data which shows the environment independent fingerprint of the performed activity. (easychair.org)
Our approach is evaluated by using a human activity data set collected from 9 individuals while performing 4 activities (walking, falling, sitting, and picking up an object). (easychair.org)
Because this activity can be misinterpreted as human readership, data may be re-processed periodically to reflect an improved understanding of robotic activity. (jci.org)
The recently created BrainSpan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain incorporates gene activity or expression, anatomical reference atlases, and neuroimaging data of the mid-gestational human brain. (nih.gov)
A comprehensive three-dimensional atlas of the developing human brain that incorporates gene activity along with anatomical reference atlases and neuroimaging data has released its first major report online today in Nature. (nih.gov)
By using machine learning tools - a type of artificial intelligence - to mine huge troves of brain data and find the patterns of brain activity that predict our perception. (vox.com)
Addressed to 'all people of good will,' the exhortation declares that 'it is no longer possible to doubt the human … origin of climate change,' citing data from sources such as the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (archindy.org)

Although, teamwork has become a widely accepted metaphor for multi-robot/multi-agent cooperation there are several challenges towards making agents ``teammates'' -- some of them are present independently from the teams mixture, whereas others are particularly challenging for the development of human-agent teams. (dai-labor.de)
Explore the big challenges, opportunities, debates and frameworks for business and human rights. (business-humanrights.org)
Colleagues from 28 CSOs from 12 countries reconnected to discuss successes, common challenges, and emerging human rights trends. (humanrightshouse.org)
To overcome the challenges of working with explants or primary monolayer cultures of human leiomyoma cells, immortalized human leiomyoma and myometrial cell lines were created by infecting leiomyoma and myometrial cells with a retroviral vector containing hTERT, the gene for the catalytic subunit of telomerase. (nih.gov)

Overfishing, destruction of marine habitats, and climate change have dire consequences for the entire human population, with the poorest communities that rely on the sea getting hit fastest and hardest,' said Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International. (commondreams.org)

Surprisingly, despite its much larger size, no significant differences were found between this zone and the inner portion of this layer that is conserved from mouse to human. (nih.gov)

After several years of unprecedented global events, the Network of Human Rights Houses convened in Warsaw from 20-24 November for the first in-person Network meeting since 2019. (humanrightshouse.org)

For example, chemicals potentially harmful to human health , such as triclopyr or glyphosate , may be used to maintain hydroelectric transmission lines. (phys.org)
Determining what contributes to red tide intensification has been a priority for coastal states, as the harmful toxins these blooms create affect humans and sea and land creatures alike. (sccf.org)

However, it remains unknown whether climate change (CC) promoted or weakened the impact of human activities (HA) on the NEP from 1983 to 2018. (frontiersin.org)
Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change -- and both a paradigm shift and practical action are critically needed to avert looming disasters in nature and human society. (archindy.org)
With 'the effects … borne by the most vulnerable people,' the issue of climate change is 'one intimately related to the dignity of human life,' he said. (archindy.org)
While noting that 'not every concrete catastrophe' is due to global climate change, humans bear responsibility for specific changes that have led to 'extreme phenomena' -- such as storms, heat waves and flooding -- that are 'increasingly frequent and intense,' said the pope. (archindy.org)

In marine environments and landscapes relatively untouched by human impact, it is important that habitat modification is avoided," said Dr Doherty from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences in the Faculty of Science. (newswise.com)
This is particularly true of plants , which cannot move to avoid disturbances in their environment, and as a result, are necessarily subjected to the impact of human activities. (phys.org)
There are a plethora of markers of human impact on the planet that are stored in the Earth's sedimentary records, from agriculture to waste disposal. (earth.com)
However, it is important not to jump to conclusions and immediately assign 'blame' for red tide events to a particular land use because other factors play a role as to the level of impact human activity will have. (sccf.org)

The ratio of the two is a measure of specific activity. (abcam.com)
The traditional view of how the brain processes language is that it takes place in the left hemisphere, and two specific areas - Broca's area and Wernicke's area - are the centers of language activity. (vox.com)
Based on the Para Report Card initiative, the score for this indicator in Brazil is D. Brazil needs to develop specific policies to promote physical activity adapted to the pediatric population with disabilities. (humankinetics.com)
In our work, gp41-specific IgA seems to be more efficient than IgG1 in inducing ADCC-like activity, but not in its virus neutralization effect. (nih.gov)

Nonhomeostatic characteristics of appetite and spontaneous activity stem from inhibition by leptin and ghrelin of brain reward circuit that is responsive to energy deficit, but refractory in obesity, and from the operation of a meal-timing circadian clock. (medscape.com)
The human brain can change-but usually only slowly and with great effort, such as when learning a new sport or foreign language, or recovering from a stroke. (medicalxpress.com)
Under the guidance of neurosurgeon Prof. Nitin Tandon, a clinical study conducted at Memorial Hermann in Houston has marked the inaugural testing of Neurosoft Bioelectronics' subdural electrodes as they were used for recording the human brain in the context of an epilepsy resective surgery. (epfl.ch)
Specifically for these first human interventions, "This milestone represents a great de-risking step for the company and is extremely important in bringing the concept of soft brain electrodes from academic laboratories to clinical applications. (epfl.ch)
This big science endeavor, which highlights the transcriptome - when and where genes are turned on in the brain - and anatomy of the human brain during mid-term pregnancy, was undertaken at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. (nih.gov)
It is the first installment of a consortium project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the NIH, called the BrainSpan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain, which aims to profile gene activity throughout the course of brain development. (nih.gov)
An anatomically precise molecular atlas of the brain during this time period is a first step to understanding how the human brain develops normally and what can go wrong. (nih.gov)
Brain activity is too complicated for humans to decipher. (vox.com)
In 2011, the lab showed it was possible to recreate movie clips just from observing the brain activity of people watching movies. (vox.com)
The human brain, after all, is the most complicated object we know of in the universe, and we barely understand it. (vox.com)

The NIH Common Fund's Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans program aims to catalogue the biological molecules affected by exercise in people, to assemble a comprehensive map of the molecular changes that occur in response to movement and, when possible, relate these changes to the benefits of physical activity. (nih.gov)
This molecular map will contain the many molecular signals that transmit the health effects of physical activity, and indicate how they are altered by age, sex, body composition, fitness level, and exposure to exercise. (nih.gov)
Five interrelated components comprise the program's Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC). (nih.gov)
The common decisive molecular defect in AT/RT has been shown to be a single genetic alteration, i.e., the loss of hSNF5 gene that encodes for a subunit of the SWI/SNF complex that modulates chromatin remodeling activities. (nature.com)

We seek to understand how Danone has conducted and continues to conduct heightened human rights due diligence and how the findings of such a process have resulted in these continued business activities and relationships. (business-humanrights.org)

Defining organizations as purposeful human activity systems opens a holistic approach to organizational design that considers the interactions between physical and conceptual systems. (incose.org)

In this work, we present an approach to extract environment independent fingerprints of different human activities from the channel state information. (easychair.org)
When the situation involves artificial and natural agents in the same environment that work together to achieve joint goals we talk about cooperative activities, human-agent teamwork, joint activities, or joint human-agent activities. (dai-labor.de)
Alongside its core work providing a platform for Human Rights advocates, the Resource Centre runs several focused programme areas and regularly releases briefings and reports on areas of particular interest. (business-humanrights.org)
Our work in forest ecology at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) is allowing us to demonstrate the invisible effects of human activities on boreal flora. (phys.org)
The purpose is to understand the meanings given to the terms "work" and "activity" in the ergologic approach, identifying speificities and mutual interpellations evidenced in several passages in the writings of Yves Schwartz. (bvsalud.org)
These terms, which are not completely overlie because every job has its socio-economic reasons and political factors in its genesis, also cannot, in ergology, be understood separately, since it is always necessary to understand that experience makes human activity in the development of work focus. (bvsalud.org)

Around half of Fox News viewers think the climate crisis is caused by natural changes in the environment and not driven by human activities, according to a new study by Yale University. (independent.co.uk)
Almost half (48 per cent) think it is down to environmental changes instead of human-driven factors like burning fossil fuels, vehicle emissions and deforestation. (independent.co.uk)

The COX enzyme is immunocaptured within the wells of the microplate and the activity is determined by following the oxidation of reduced Cytochrome c colorimetrically by the absorbance change at 550 nm. (abcam.com)

Two powerful new books say today's global warming is due not to human activity but primarily to a long, moderate solar-linked cycle. (sott.net)

In all news audiences except that of Fox News, large majorities think global warming is happening and human-caused," the authors noted. (independent.co.uk)
Human activity has impacted and changed planet Earth so much that it may warrant its own global era. (earth.com)
The text reiterates key messages that have resonated throughout Pope Francis' papacy -- among them, concern for the marginalized, care for creation, human ecology and a 'synodal' approach to resolving global problems. (archindy.org)

People engage in a variety of sexual acts, ranging from activities done alone (e.g., masturbation) to acts with another person (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) in varying patterns of frequency, for a wide variety of reasons. (wikipedia.org)

Human spinal cord cell atlas provides foundation to study neurodegeneration, chronic pain, and other diseases. (nih.gov)

Sexual activity usually results in sexual arousal and physiological changes in the aroused person, some of which are pronounced while others are more subtle. (wikipedia.org)
The thesis of this review is that our understanding of the regulation of energy balance is impeded by preoccupation with a homeostatic view of this mechanism and comparative inattention to nonhomeostatic motivational and physiological processes controlling feeding, spontaneous physical activity, and metabolism. (medscape.com)

Since the beginning of the industrial era, human activities have added new sources of variation to the above natural causes, which bring about atmospheric change. (paristechreview.com)
Enhancement of Natural Killer Activity in Human Peripheral Blood by Flavone Acetic Acid" Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 80 Iss. (bepress.com)

The IPBES report comes as youth-led movements across the globe are organizing and taking to the streets en masse to pressure political leaders to take climate action in line with the urgency demanded by the scientific evidence. (commondreams.org)
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is expanding and accelerating its contributions to scientific knowledge of human health and the environment, and to the health and well-being of people everywhere. (nih.gov)

The genotoxic action of contaminating agents affects human health directly, damaging the genetic material, which is considered to play an important role in oncogenesis [6,7]. (researchgate.net)

In some cases, human activity forced a reduction in animal movement, the study found, because of increased access to food in human locations, reduced ability to move from modified habitat or restrictions to movement by physical barriers. (newswise.com)

Learn about how you can report a human rights violation. (ohchr.org)

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