Collocations withfunction
These are words often used in combination withfunction.
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adaptive function
First, it is certain that if dreaming has an adaptive function, it should have enhanced biological fitness in the environment of our ancestors.
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administrative function
This is an administrative function.
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autonomic function
This study is the first to perform detailed electrophysiologic evaluation of autonomic function in children undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation.
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basic function
Thus, this equation represents a basic function approach.
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beta function
The beta function, on the other hand, is invariant.
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biochemical function
Isolation of antigens with homologous function is obviously possible only when the biochemical function of the antigen is known.
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biological function
The problem remains as to how to confirm the biological function of statistically significant motifs.
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bodily function
Neurotic disorders may also cause physical illness by direct or indirect effects on bodily function.
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brain function
Other concepts have had more success in providing insight into brain function.
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built-in function
They may then use the function like any other built-in function.
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callback function
First define two functions, the callback and the calling code, then pass the callback function into the calling code.
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cardiac function
Thus, valuable information on fetal cardiac function has become available.
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cardiovascular function
More useful, as we shall see, are tests of cardiovascular function that may positively diagnose syncope as a cause of transient loss of consciousness.
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cell function
Additionally, it is possible that follicular fluid could enhance or stimulate granulosa cell function, because it is the physiological fluid found within the follicle.
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cellular function
How might this sort of interaction influence cellular function?
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ceremonial function
It would be a tall order, after all, to maintain that the combination of a martial tone and a ceremonial function was a new development in the 1790s.
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characteristic function
The next characteristic function turns out to be useful.
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cognitive function
Motivation symptoms increased sharply with decreasing cognitive function.
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communicative function
The communicative function of each dialogue act has a task-related and/or an interactive-related function, and this permits definition of the key notion of coherence.
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core function
Is that a core function?
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cortical function
Given some understanding of these goals and strategies we can ask whether the theory is of relevance to cortical function.
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cosine function
This cosine function allows the coplanar influence to propagate to near-coplanar orientations, thereby allowing surface completion to occur around smoothly curving surfaces.
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critical function
Such conservation suggests that the protein serves a critical function.
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diastolic function
As a third consequence, there is a reciprocal influence of the diastolic function of the two ventricles through a widely patent oval foramen.
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discriminant function
It is a type of discriminant function.
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distinct function
Since there are only r distinct function names, creation of a stack s of depth greater than r is impossible.
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dual function
Aesthetic fashion fulfilled this dual function.
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ecological function
Environmental factors also play a role in the biodiversity and ecological function of mangrove ecosystems.
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ecosystem function
Feeding preferences of amphibians may dictate consequences on ecosystem function in terrestrial ecosystems.
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endothelial function
Subsequent studies have shown that infusion of the nitric oxide precursor l-arginine during reperfusion results in enhanced recovery of ventricular and endothelial function.
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essential function
The essential function is like a director vector.
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executive function
Whether children are playing, or learning language or math skills, they are also receiving training in executive function skills at the same time.
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grammatical function
In some cases, arguments bear semantic properties that, typically, require that they bear a direct grammatical function, but in these cases they do not.
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hash function
Tuning of the hash function parameters leads to many variations.
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hazard function
The method thus estimates a baseline hazard function which is modified by the coefficient estimates for the various independent variables.
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immune function
Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation.
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important function
At the same time it fulfils an important function.
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integrative function
The death ritual, then, may have had an important integrative function, providing a framework for community cohesion.
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intellectual function
Intellectual function is not affected.
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intended function
It is an improper way of carving up the cathedral, not a functional feature that is being used for something other than its intended function.
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judicial function
These are opposite approaches to the judicial function.
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key function
In the present paper, it is more convenient to use the potential as our key function, however.
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kidney function
Of that group, some have poor kidney function and need early dialysis and eventual transplant.
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known function
In most genomic approaches (including ticks) about 50 % of the transcripts are similar to proteins of known function, including of course house-keeping genes.
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legitimate function
That is not just a legitimate function.
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liturgical function
The distinction rests both upon liturgical function and on musical style.
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liver function
Laboratory data were unremarkable, including liver function tests and levels of ammonia.
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logarithmic function
Such a weight has the appeal of implying that utility is a logarithmic function of income.
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logic function
Thus, in the above example, the logic function simplifies to the exclusive 'or' function, which is the negation of the equivalence.
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logistic function
The trend in rachis length expansion was best described with a logistic function.
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loss function
They provide a learning algorithm with constant gain but do not use a discounted loss function.
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lung function
A better assessment of lung function, together with early repair, before pulmonary hypertensive changes occur, may further improve outcome.
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main function
The wrapped main function performs some initialization, calls the old main function, and then tidies up the results.
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mental function
Mental function is slowed and inefficient, with response perseverations.
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metabolic function
Individuals homozygous for such defective alleles lack a normal metabolic function, and this loss of function leads to the disease state.
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mitochondrial function
In the embryo there is uncoupling of mitochondrial function from replication.
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monitoring function
Last is the specification of the monitoring functions: the pre-monitoring function increments the appropriate counter upon seeing a profiled expression, and the post-monitoring function does nothing.
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motor function
All of the children who developed psychiatric conditions had developmental lags of motor function and what she called poor integration of visual - proprioceptive stimuli.
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nerve function
An illustrative example for this is the presentation of the theory of nerve function.
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neural function
Their interests ranged from modeling neural function to viral replication.
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neurological function
There was significant improvement in overall neurological function, primarily in motorrelated and cortical signs, which were associated with improvement in psychopathology.
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nonlinear function
This expression is harder to evaluate because it involves taking the expectation of a more complicated nonlinear function of random variables.
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novel function
This novel function for peripheral astroglia indicates that this cell lineage might represent an important new disease target in permeability disorders.
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objective function
Hierarchical grouping to optimize an objective function.
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official function
They were forbidden to assume any official function.
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oversight function
In practice, congress usually ignored its oversight function.
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partition function
However, they present an efficient algorithm for the ferromagnetic case, which approximates the partition function, provided that the system is consistent.
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periodic function
A weak_round operation, for example, can be used to reduce an argument to a periodic function to its primary domain.
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physiological function
This indicates that they probably have a physiological function within the eggs.
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polynomial function
During the stance one more polynomial function is added, to be tracked by the actuator at the ankle joint.
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primary function
It was their primary function.
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production function
The production function is assumed to meet the standard properties of the neoclassical per-capita production function.
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proper function
Perhaps the idea is that applying proper function to the organic world is philosophically puzzling, while proper function regarding artifacts is not.
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protective function
There is circumstantial evidence that fibrils may have a protective function.
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pulmonary function
Reference equations used to predict pulmonary function.
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recursive function
It is a routine exercise to check that each partial recursive function is computed by such a machine.
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regulatory function
The expressive and regulatory function of eye gaze is particularly important at the beginning of a focused gathering between shoppers and vendors.
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renal function
Aging changes in renal function.
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reproductive function
Reproductive function in female mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
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respiratory function
The ketamine0xylazine mixture slows heart rate and depresses respiratory function.
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ritual function
The decline of the aura therefore comes to pass when little remains of ritual function.
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search function
The following shows an example use of the breadth first search function to create a list of vertices in breadth-first order.
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sine function
For quantification, the direction of each neurite was transformed into an orientation index through the mathematical sine function.
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sole function
The sole function of a green manure species is to enhance soil fertility and improve nutrient cycling.
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specialized function
This means that there are no function calls left in the specialized function.
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symbolic function
Its importance lies less in its legal or institutional applicability and more in its symbolic function.
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synaptic function
With this apparent shutdown of cone synaptic function in the dark, endocannabinoids may mitigate this reduction somewhat or may even promote it.
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thyroid function
Morning sickness and thyroid function.
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tuning function
First, the temporal tuning function for parallel motion was obtained by averaging the responses for the opposite directions of motion.
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useful function
We possess many traits, such as the appendix, that serve no useful function.
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utilitarian function
Songbooks remained a mixture of art and applied art, the age-old utilitarian function remaining one of their inalienable features.
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ventricular function
However, the results of objective evaluation of right ventricular function represent a somewhat more worrisome picture.
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vestibular function
Vestibular function can also be assessed at the bedside.
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vital function
They have performed a very vital function.
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