The study included conceptions by all available techniques: in vitro fertilization, or I.V.F., in which multiple eggs are fertilized in a solution with sperm; intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, in which a single sperm is injected into an egg; gamete intrafallopian transfer, or GIFT, in which the eggs and sperm are transferred to the fallopian tubes before fertilization; and others.
Along this line some argue that advances in genetic knowledge unsettle current moral conceptions including conceptions of equal opportunity by falsifying their factual presuppositions (Buchanan et al. 2000: chapters 3 and 7).
After all, there will be plenty of other possible conceptions that are at least as plausible as having the agency-regarding ability, including conceptions emphasizing the ability to experience complex emotions, to control certain aspects of their world, or to feel pleasure and pain [see Gendler 2002a, 236].
Concomitant with the demise of positivism and of utilitarianism in the post-war era has been the rise of analytical enquiry into non-hedonistic conceptions of value, including conceptions of meaning in life, grounded on relatively uncontroversial (but not certain or universally shared) judgments of cases, often called "intuitions".
The selection of a referent group that included conceptions 1 year prior and 1 year after the exposure of interest was intended to control for both seasonal variations and annual temporal trends in the outcomes of interest.
The system design of coal washing includes various stages including conception, site selection, data collection, finalisation of flowsheet and layout, engineering and commissioning.
The work included conception, computer modeling, laboratory load tests of a reduced size specimen, field construction of a pilot bridge and field load testing.
HA was involved in all aspects of this study, including conception, data collection, data analysis, and revision.
At some point, sane religious people must insist that not everything was meant to happen, including rape -- and including conception as the result of a rape.
SDP oversaw the entire project including conception, implementation, and drafting of the initial manuscript.
