Our observations suggest that the short rare MUC2-MS6 alleles could function as identifiers for risk of gastric cancer.
The request was rejected by the US Patent and Trade Office on the basis that the term was "generic" and "therefore incapable of functioning as a source-identifier for applicant's services".
See Trademark Manual of Examining Procedures § 1209.03(m) (5th ed. 2007) ("A mark comprised of an Internet domain name is registrable as a trademark or service mark only if it functions as an identifier of the source of goods or services").; see also Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc., 505 U.S. 763, 768, 112 S.Ct.
In philosophy "identity" is a predicate, which functions as an identifier, i.e. a marker that distinguishes and differentiates one object from another object.
To remain compliant with The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (46 CFR Part 160; Part 164 (subparts a,e) [ 4], CMS approved a process in which ICE acted as an "honest broker", functioning as an entity which received private identifiers from CMS only, unlinked to claims information.
Hence, Gene Ontology terms, describing the elements and their function, as well as identifiers for a plethora of other databases for genes, proteins, interactions, structural information, small molecules, etc. are added to the model.
This is facilitated by the CERTAIN investigators at University of Alabama (UAB) functioning as an 'honest broker' to maintain CERTAIN personal identifiers.
ClinicalTrials.gov unique identifier: NCT00633490 Vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFRs) are tyrosine kinases, functioning as a central regulator of multiple signaling pathways that control angiogenesis.
Religion functioned as a group identifier that evoked an us-versus-them mentality.
The international resource identifier (IRI) functions as a unique reference of the concepts, while CURIE is an abridged form of IRI that avoids listing long and redundant identifiers.
When embedded in an electronic document like an e-book or a Web page, the identifier also functions as a hyperlink to other relevant material.
