Sentence examples for passive substances from inspiring English sources

Whether passive substances truly exist or not, active agencies "are responsible for whatever activity is attributed to the former" (Shapere, 45).

If all things that exist are substances, and the essence of substance is activity, then passive "substances" do not truly exist, since they are passive, that is, not active (Shapere, 46).

An experimental study was carried out to quantify the lateral dispersion of passive substances in shallow zones of a constructed wetland wherein water flows though the interstices of the distributed vegetation.

But buildings are not only the passive substances on which political violence is imprinted, but also tools of conflict, as I have showed with the political and tactical deployment of buildings, roads and barriers in the West Bank and elsewhere.

However, innate knowledge is not merely a passive substance of ethical comprehension.

The passive substance is matter, which "lies sluggish, a substance ready for any use, but sure to remain unemployed if no one sets it in motion".

Microdialysis allows sampling of the extracellular fluid by passive diffusion of substances over a semi-permeable membrane.

The BBB maintains the homeostasis of the central nervous system (CNS) by (i) strictly limiting the passive diffusion of polar substances from the blood to the brain, (ii) mediating the transport of nutrients to the brain parenchyma as well as the efflux from the brain of toxic metabolites and xenobiotics, (iii) regulating the migration of circulating immune cells [ 1- 3].

Thus, God's perfection entails that all substances are active; passive extension is only matter, not substance.

Those exposed to passive smoke inhaled similar toxic substances as active smokers, although in different concentrations.

The transcellular pathway permits entry by passive diffusion of neutral lipophilic substances < 450 Da.