And, by becoming aware of how dispensable our daily conveniences are -- and reminding ourselves of those that are living life with much less -- it suddenly diminishes the value of luxuries that we have been conditioned to define as necessities (or what some have popularized with the hashtag #firstworldproblems), and provides an eye opening moment of clarity.
Acute respiratory failure, which is defined as the necessity for intubation and mechanical ventilation, occurs with an incidence of 78-88 cases/100 000 inhabitants per year [ 1, 2].
Cardiac arrest was defined as the necessity for chest compressions on arrival of the emergency medical service or and/or helicopter emergency medical service.
Presence of a threatened airway was defined as a necessity for intratracheal suctioning, insertion of oro- or nasopharyngeal tubes, intubation, bronchoscopy and occurrence of seizures as repeated or prolonged (>five minutes) seizures.
Multiple linear regression analyses identified some variables independently associated to PCT values in group 1. PCT concentrations were associated with resuscitation at birth (defined as the necessity of tracheal intubation) at 36 48 h of life, and with chorioamnionitis at birth (Table 3).
Then, in April 1863 Lincoln issued General Orders No. 100, later known as "the Lieber Code," defining as military necessity all measures "indispensable for securing the ends of the war," including summary punishment of guerrillas.
The political space must be protected from the private sphere, defined as the domain of necessity and inequality, where the material reproduction of the polis is secured.
For a gauge of a family's affluence, the report's authors looked at how much of income was consumed by basic necessities — defined as food, housing and clothing — and how much was left over to obtain other goods and services like health care, entertainment and education.
One reason to accept (b) is that metaphysical possibility and necessity, as defined as truth in some possible world and truth in all possible worlds may itself reduce either to logical possibility and necessity or physical possibility and necessity.
On one hand, there are those motivated by necessity, operationally defined as the percentage of individuals involved in early-stage entrepreneurial activity (as defined above) who claim to be driven by necessity (having no better choice for work) as opposed to opportunity.
