Because of the overlapping substrate preferences, there is a redundancy in the PC functionality, albeit distinctive functions of furin have also been reported [47].
In this role they have a distinctive function compared with the security services.
The distinctive function of phonemes, which depends upon and supports the principle of the duality of structure, can be related to the cognitive function of language.
The view that "art is imitation" is at least as old as the Greek philosopher Plato (c. 428 c. 347 bce), and, although not widely held today, its long and distinguished history is evidence of its continuing hold on human beings as an account of the distinctive function of art.
"The letter and CV serve distinctive functions," says Janssen.
His concern, however, is to identify art's proper and most distinctive function.
(vii) The analogy comparing one's life as a whole to arts and crafts, each with its own distinctive function, operatio, seems weak, questionable and indeed question-begging.
(iv) The "distinctive function" argument is inherently unsatisfying in ways that could hardly have failed to be apparent to so able a philosopher as Aquinas.
(ii) The "distinctive function" argument is not prominent or adduced as fundamental (or at all) in Aquinas' more free-standing treatments of morality.
Construction of micro- and nanoscale semiconductor materials with special size, morphology, and hierarchy has attracted considerable attention for potential application due to their distinctive functions, novel properties, and potential applications in advanced devices and biotechnologies[1, 2].
