Sentence examples for replacing the function from inspiring English sources

As shown by Sen (1986), replacing the function mapping individual preferences onto social preferences by a "social welfare functional" mapping profiles of individual utility functions onto social preferences does the trick.

Thus, the hxt 0 strain offers an excellent opportunity to clone and characterize heterologous hexose transporters, e.g. from fungi28 or plants29 by replacing the function of endogenous transporters.

An electrical prosthetic device appears to offer hope in replacing the function of degenerating or dead photoreceptor neurons.

Photovoltaic cells — essentially tiny solar panels — implanted under the damaged parts of the retina would pick up the infrared images and convert them into electrical signals, replacing the function of damaged rods and cones.

Photovoltaic cells – essentially tiny solar panels – implanted under the damaged parts of the retina would pick up the infrared images and convert them into electrical signals, replacing the function of damaged rods and cones.

The authors abandon the idea of controlling the water flow by means of a pumping-electrovalve system, and initiate the idea of replacing the function of the pump by the action of gravity.

The pumps replace the function of your heart; the oxygenater replaces the function of your lungs.

The implant basically replaces the function of the cochlea, by electrically stimulating the auditory nerve.

This machine can replace the function of your lungs and your heart during an operation.

Urinary diversion is designed to improve or replace the function of the diseased urinary bladder.

Retinal implants are designed to replace the function of damaged light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the retina.