biological relevance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbiologicalandrelevance
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biological
adjective
uk/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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relevance
noun[U]
uk/ˈrel.ə.vəns/us/ˈrel.ə.vəns/
the degree to which something is related or useful to what is happening or being ...
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(Definition ofbiologicalandrelevancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thebiologicalrelevanceof his findings could not be fully appreciated until the modern era of molecular population genetics.
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Another problem related to levels is the misconception that the level of a model determines itsbiologicalrelevance.
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Of course,biologicalrelevanceisn't and shouldn't be the aim of an engineered solution.
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What is thebiologicalrelevanceof 'hard-core' and 'soft-core' altruism?
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They are also limited in terms ofbiologicalrelevance.
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Although this constitutes an elegant example of an artificial neural network, the claim ofbiologicalrelevanceseems contrived.
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Effects of water environment on infrared spectra of several molecules ofbiologicalrelevance(amino acids, nitriles, small peptides) are investigated using quantum chemistry techniques.
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Biologicalrelevanceis important to ensure that the inevitable abstractions preserve the essential functional characteristics.
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Thebiologicalrelevanceof the experimental results is discussed.
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Thebiologicalrelevanceof some of these experiments also needs to be taken into account.
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This suggests abiologicalrelevancefor this type of spatial organization.
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This may be ofbiologicalrelevancesince analogous cluster stabilization could occur in vivo, where strong reducing agents, such as glutathione, are present.
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Herebiologicalrelevanceis less easy to fathom.
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Following the dimensions of "biologicalrelevance," "level," and "generality," it is the dimension of "abstraction" which seems most prone to confusion.
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Although this model has been useful for comparing various treatment approaches, its directbiologicalrelevanceto humans is limited.
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No program will take over the task of highlighting thebiologicalrelevanceof the results.
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Aversive stimuli likely have a greaterbiologicalrelevancethan appetitive stimuli, and they are thus more easily stimulated in a laboratory setting using standardized affective probes.
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Therefore, although the study of fracture incidence rates has the major advantage of directbiologicalrelevance, measuring the amount of bone tissue is much easier and more quantifiable.
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Nevertheless, some neural systems can work in a way that can be mimicked with engineering principles; and for these processes, we might indeed learn something ofbiologicalrelevance.
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