Sentence examples for collective functions from inspiring English sources

These collective functions of agricultural-sector management have to be guided by the strategic direction and measurable performance targets broadly shared among the actors and organizations.

Metagenomics invites us to replace this 'monogenomic' conception by an organism- and species-free context: by demonstrating how genes "influence each other's activities in serving collective functions", the field encourages us to "explain and predict the behavior of the biosphere as though it were a single superorganism (Committee on Metagenomics [2007], 13 & 139 – my emphasis).

In some ways, an art collective functions similarly to a religious institution: various individuals with a singular, unified end goal come together to create and support something they unabashedly believe in, an artistic "greater good" of sorts.

Overall, our studies demonstrate that monocytes are important catalysts of survival for different cellular subsets, and protect stem cells from NK cell mediated lysis, thereby elevating the collective functions of the cells.

Specifically, different cell types make up tumor microenvironment which, on turn, preserves cell heterogeneity and provides regulations of cell individuality and cell collective functions.

Even though many GIs have unknown functions, some of these acquired gene clusters are involved in pathogenicity (the Pathogenicity Associated Islands), though several other clustered collective functions are known (metabolic islands, degradation islands et cetera) [ 17, 18].

That the emergent properties derived from the collective function of many parts are the key properties of biological systems has been known since at least the first half of the 20th century.

This work contributes to the literature on participatory methods calling for more research on team function, and a corresponding framework incorporating participatory ergonomics and collective function is proposed for further study.

Theoretical studies might help to identify the link between mechanisms, spatial organization and the collective functioning.

Surprisingly, few studies were devoted to the global changes induced in the susceptible host by a virulent pathogen, which should give important clues about the collective function of pathogen effectors.

Since the resulting increase in intracellular ionic strength is harmful for the function of cellular components, cells synthesize chaperones, such as Hsp70, as well as enzymes and transporters whose collective function is to increase the intracellular concentration of compatible organic osmolytes to normalize the ionic strength of the intracellular fluid [1], [2].