regulatory mechanism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofregulatoryandmechanism
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regulatory
adjective
uk/ˌreɡ.jəˈleɪ.tər.i/us/ˈreɡ.jə.lə.tɔːr.i/
controlling:
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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This suggests aregulatorymechanismwhereby cytotrophoblasts recognise and respond to changes in their immediate locale.
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The former represents an activity-dependent regulation, while the latter represents a faultyregulatorymechanismthat leads to abnormal neuronal activity.
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Activation of paternally derivedregulatorymechanismin early mouse embryo.
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Furthermore, these differences may indicate an alternateregulatorymechanismof myelin expression.
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Anotherregulatorymechanismin the hospital sector is the budget.
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Adaptation is a keyregulatorymechanismfor altering the neural response properties to a stimulus.
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Alternative, de-centralized forms of governance are considered, notably responsive regulation, in which persuasion rather than traditional forms of regulatory coercion is the dominantregulatorymechanism.
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Given the complexity of the apoptotic process, theregulatorymechanismof this form of cell death in bovine embryos is unknown at present.
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Epigenetics provides the perfectregulatorymechanismfor dynamic changes in global gene expression required for multiple cellular processes such as senescence.
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We suggest that these ecologies can be differentially evaluated in terms of theregulatorymechanismthey provide.
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This double analysis allows one to observe theregulatorymechanismof the process.
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Effector andregulatorymechanismin immunity to schistosome : a heuristic view.
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Diversity of species and function is a major component of, andregulatorymechanismin, natural grassland ecosystems1.
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These instruments together offer a well-functioningregulatorymechanismfor an important part of health services, especially the high technology/big-ticket items.
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The state finally turned to criminal law as the only effectiveregulatorymechanismfor these renegade small entrepreneurs who operated beyond the reach of government control and the concession system.
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Wheeler et al., (1999), though there is mounting evidence that informal community pressure may provide an important alternativeregulatorymechanismwhich may be better suited to monitoring small plants.
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The milk quota system will still need to continue after 2015 or be replaced with anotherregulatorymechanism.
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There is no doubt that there has been a serious failure in theregulatorymechanism, so it is important that we analyse exactly what happened.
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Could it be that a large volume of unemployment will produce theregulatorymechanismfor import restraints?
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