If it is to fulfill its function of guaranteeing to the lender preferential satisfaction of his claim, the charged goods must be immunized as much as possible against the rights of other persons.
And the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority [the investment industry's self-regulatory governing body] has actually consciously referred to competitiveness when people complain that it's not performing its function of giving customers money back.
Studies in E. coli suggest that a DNA gyrase that possesses such mutations is not affected in its function of DNA breakage [ 46] and maintains its functionality.
The Vatican bank was not to close, but it was to be stripped of its function of managing investments.
In its function of supporting the soft tissue structures, it imprints on the articular cartilage of the PLFC in close relation to its lateral border where it is constantly found in CT-datasets if present.
Pro203 was another interesting functional residue found to maintain DDX3X-ATP binding site (probably because of its function of extension of otherwise α helical segment of the ATP binding cleft) with significant effect on ATP binding energies (Figure 3E).
Environmental consultants said that although it was a good sign that the exchange sold all 125,000 metric tons of allowances it put up for auction, the low prices raised questions about whether the market could serve its function of encouraging efficient investment in cutting greenhouse emissions.
Yalow and Berson theorized that the foreign insulin stimulated the production of antibodies, which became bound to the insulin and prevented the hormone from entering cells and carrying out its function of metabolizing glucose.
Sometimes graphic design is called "visual communications," a term that emphasizes its function of giving form e.g., the design of a book, advertisement, logo, or Web site to information.
When schools "are facing real temptations to make their results look good by getting rid of low performers," and dedicated professionals report that they must "focus on the numbers," rather than on the kids, education is not fulfilling its function of helping children achieve their potential and become productive members of society.
Experts suggested markets were still unsettled by Friday's statement by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the state-owned lender that had been the main channel for injecting funds into the market, that the market should "exercise its function of self-adjustment".
