Continuity is a key characteristic of good care, argues one GP.
Actomyosin contractility is a key characteristic of activated HSCs, allowing mechanotransduction and force generation.
But only a tiny proportion of the leaders (2%) think mentoring is a key characteristic of future public leaders.
Evaluation, by end-users, of the increasingly refined prototypes, is a key characteristic of the method.
Production of milk is a key characteristic of mammals, but the features of lactation vary greatly between monotreme, marsupial and eutherian mammals.
This parasitic existence is a key characteristic of biological viruses, as is the ability to replicate only inside the cells of a living host.
Variability is a key characteristic of the ionosphere, which varies over a wide range of time scales, from hours to years.
Chemo-resistance is a key characteristic of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in older patients and a number of randomized trials have now been completed to assess this approach.
Scalability is a key characteristic of reconfigurable manufacturing systems, which allows system throughput capacity to be rapidly and cost-effectively adjusted to abrupt changes in market demand.
Pointedly, the commission's assessment also underlines the role of the European court, stating it is crucial to provide effective judicial control and that "compliance with fundamental rights is a key characteristic of EU security policy".
