Along with the flu, the CDC performs a number of functions to address public health threats, such as a bioterrorism attack, a disease outbreak or the spread of viruses from other nations. .
Saliva forms a film over teeth and mucosal surfaces in the mouth (Sas & Dawes 1997) and performs a number of functions, including lubrication, prevention of soft tissue desiccation and tooth demineralization and the maintenance of an ecological balance (Amerongen & Veerman 2002).
The vegetation and growing media perform a number of functions that improve environmental performance, including: absorption of rainfall, reduction of roof temperatures, improvement in ambient air quality, and provision of urban habitat.
A compact, battery-operated, wireless computer that can perform a number of functions might seem like a far cry from its mechanical ancestor, but it's really just a refinement.
Disk Cleanup can also perform a number of functions such as removing temporary internet files, removing downloaded program files such as ActiveX controls (not always a good idea), removing restore points (a bad idea) and uninstalling Windows components that you don't use (possibly a bad idea).
That means you'll be able to talk to Apple's new iBeacons service, which uses BLE to perform a number of functions, including ones that people normally associate with NFC like tap-based payments, in theory.
In the context of the active runway crossing operation, the ATC system is comprised of three components where each component is performing a number of functions.
A Samsung smartwatch would likely be an Android-based affair to partner up with the company's line of Galaxy Android-based smartphones and tablets, but judging by the wording of the patent it might be capable of acting alone to perform a number of functions, without necessarily requiring a smartphone tether.
Earth's incredibly diverse soil biota also perform a number of functions, at a range of spatial and temporal scales, that extend beyond soil to landscape evolution, ecosystem engineering, niche construction, and carbon cycling.
Sleep and (non-lucid) dreaming perform a number of functions that are important for our emotional health.
As part of regulating cellular homeostasis, proteins perform a number of functions through native fluctuations at multiple length- and timescales.
