His overall aim, he explained, was to distil "the principles by which ants and other animals manipulate complex environments" and bring them to bear in the design of search-and-rescue robotics.
Mathematical models that deliberately refrain from the incorporation of all known molecular details but instead merge many molecular components to a few basic functional units may help to distil such principles (Committee on Defining and Advancing the Conceptual Basis of Biological Sciences in the 21st Century, 2008).
Dr. Perkins has distilled 10 principles from these survival experiences, and he offers them as a guide for business leadership at the edge (though it's never entirely clear what, in business, "the edge" means).
The examples above all relate to engineering, but we have distilled these principles into five core values for how we run Facebook: Focus on Impact If we want to have the biggest impact, the best way to do this is to make sure we always focus on solving the most important problems.
A multidisciplinary interpretation distils relevant principles and practices to facilitate greening in packed neighborhoods and overcome major constraints.
gLinguistic typology distils general principles from comparison of different languages - to which there will usually be found to be exceptions.
The examples above all relate to engineering, but we have distilled these principles into five core values for how we run Facebook: Focus on Impact.
The examples above all relate to engineering, but we have distilled these principles into five core values for how we run Facebook: If we want to have the biggest impact, the best way to do this is to make sure we always focus on solving the most important problems.
The researchers are studying insect flight to "distil the biological principles of flight control".
"Iyanla: Fix My Life" is "Intervention" and daytime talk distilled to core principles.
It advocates three principles distilled from the discussions as the basis for "future activities towards scientific reform:".
