He truly was on the threshold of life and he lived his life to the full and embraced every opportunity that came his way".
Meanwhile, Limen promises to be equally allusive, a meditation on the "threshold of life and death, darkness and light" that brings together the light-and-numbers installations of Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima with the music of Kaija Saariaho, a Fin.
Tibetan monks believe a new life begins around the time of a mating couple's orgasm; many Catholics posit that it starts at the union of an egg and sperm; Roe v. Wade effectively established a legal threshold of life at 24 weeks of fetal gestation; some consider meaningful life to begin at birth; the Navajo think a baby is fully human when it laughs for the first time.
During the debate she said: "[W]e are doing at last a great act of justice to the women of the country ... just as we have [previously] opened the door to the older women, tonight we are opening it to those who are just entering on the threshold of life and in whose hands is the new life of the future country that we are going to build".
A small induction of ROS in tumor cells may push the level of ROS over the threshold of life and death to induce cell death, whereas normal cells can better tolerate the oxidative insults because of their lower basal level of ROS and stronger antioxidant capacities.
NICE accommodated a higher threshold for end-of-life drugs, but this higher threshold must still be met for a positive recommendation.
The aim of this study, therefore, was to explore the effectiveness of a supervised, hospital-based aerobic exercise-training intervention on the anaerobic threshold and quality-of-life in ICU survivors.
In most of Canada, there is a separate HTA assessment process for the evaluation of cancer versus noncancer drugs; in Québec, the process is the same, but there is a separate advisory committee that focuses on cancer drugs; and in the United Kingdom, there is a separate set of criteria and cost-effectiveness threshold for end-of-life (cancer) drugs.
It was the story of a young woman with a large fortune on the threshold of a life that seemed boundless in its possibilities".
And now, finally, I have nearly stepped over the threshold of my life into the deep abyss of the unknown darkness, only to be miraculously saved by the powers that be in order that I serve your further".
