Sentence examples for attributable to an agent from inspiring English sources

Since Watson 1996, there has been considerable discussion of the relationship between (1) the claim that an action is "attributable to" an agent; (2) the claim that an agent is "answerable for" her action and (3) the claim that an agent is "accountable for" her action.

It is also possible that even in cases in which an implicit attitude or a concomitant action is not attributable to an agent's deep self, it may still be appropriate to hold the agent responsible for violating some duty or obligation she holds due to her implicit biases (Zheng forthcoming).

Why the debris moves when it does or where it does is not attributable to a single agent.

Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for the greatest number of deaths attributable to a single infectious agent worldwide and most of this mortality is in developing countries.[1] New diagnostic tools, and enhanced treatment strategies, are needed to help combat the TB epidemic.

Two million people die annually due to non-AIDS related TB, which is the highest number of deaths attributable to a single infectious agent [ 2], and corresponds to the 7th cause of death worldwide [ 3].

If one assumes, based on pneumococcal vaccine probe data [ 56, 60] that approximately 25% of SARI (based on a 12% reduction in severe pneumonia and a 50% vaccine efficacy against all pneumococcal serotypes from vaccine studies) is due to S. pneumoniae, then up to 75% of SARI episodes might be attributable to a specific etiologic agent.

Finally, animal populations such as wild birds, commercially shipped livestock, and animals involved in the local or international pet trade, could play a role in the maintenance and spread of an epidemic attributable to an intentional release of a biological agent.

Thus, the specific sensitivity of set2Δ to DSB-causing agents is not attributable to an indirect effect of gene expression changes.

The latter activity is usually attributable to an Elovl5 enzyme.

We have already noted that actions must be attributable to agents, and an action is properly an agent's only when it is produced by the agent as a whole.

Fourth, the cost analysis was limited to those costs attributable to a diagnosis of diabetes or receipt of an antidiabetic agent.