Sentence examples for external mechanisms from inspiring English sources

According to Boyd, species are HPC kinds and thus natural kinds because "species are defined... by... shared properties and by the mechanisms (including both "external" mechanisms and genetic transmission) which sustain their homeostasis" (1999b, 81).

As the expert is outside the network dimension, he or she can check the consequences of the supposed attack using external mechanisms such as testing the availability of services or interviewing the personnel about actions outside the scope of logging facilities.

No longer confident that our president and his administration will agree to implement the best practices for reporting and adjudicating sexual assault, faculty and students are turning to external mechanisms.

This DNA damage can arise either as a result of endogenous stimuli or through external mechanisms (including genotoxic stress or chemotherapeutic drugs).

External mechanisms include differential binding of Al to the cell wall, selective permeability of the plasma membrane, formation of a plant induced pH barrier in the rhizosphere, and root exudation of chelating compounds, such as organic acids (OA) or phenolic compounds.

Much effort has been made to search for external mechanisms.

That eliminates the need for a separate sensor or any external mechanism to open or close the valve.

"You're sort of saying, 'I can't control myself, so I'm putting in this external mechanism to control myself, but I'm also in control of the external mechanism.' ".

The report said it was not clear if the fire was initiated by a release of energy in the batteries or by an external mechanism like an electrical short.

However, an external mechanism is required to locate the objects in every frame.

The model assumes that an external mechanism such as time division scheduling or carrier sensing enforces such policy.