A second distinction is between the level of a life worth starting (for an individual who does not yet exist) and the level of a life worth continuing (for an existing individual) (Benatar 2006, 22 23).
It may be that once the disease pathology has reached a certain point, whatever neuroprotective effects testosterone may have had no longer exist, and the level of testosterone affects the likelihood of specific negative behaviors.
16 The adapted CQII is a seven-subscale proxy measuring implementation of QMS, including whether specialised quality management committees and hospital policies exist, and the level of compliance monitoring, system sustainability and improvement focus.
According to Heyd, comparisons between the wellbeing level a given person has at a world at which that person exists and the wellbeing level that same person has at a world where that person never exists are not cogent and hence we have no basis for the claim that a wrong has been done (Heyd 1992, 30 33).
Unfortunately, no uniform definition of vitamin D deficiency exists and tissue levels of the major active metabolite 1,25(OH)2D are currently not measurable.
Given the suggested link between exon expression and DNA methylation in honeybees ([ 18]) we next tested whether a positive relationship between DNA methylation and expression exists on the level of exons, instead of the whole gene.
There is also a condition known as prediabetes, where elevated blood glucose levels exist and the person with this condition is highly likely to develop diabetes.
In order to determine whether the positive correlation between AP4 and NOTCH1/NICD1/HES1 also exists on the level of protein expression in human CRCs, we determined AP4, NICD1 and HES1 expression levels by immunohistochemical analysis of 220 primary CRC samples.
The identity of the signifier and the signified exists on the level of a set of differentiations within the same media.
In the water supply system application, a tradeoff exists between the level of conservatism and imported water purchase.
