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"you can read a bio of the author on her home page",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"According to her bio on the London Screenwriters' Festival's website, Roberts hails from Liverpool and graduated from Birmingham University in 2013. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Levin began working as a photojournalist in 2006, according to his bio on LensCulture, a photography resources website. \u2014 Vasco Cotovio, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"According to her Twitter bio , Gwen Casten was involved in the March for Our Lives gun control organization. \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"According to his bio on the spelling bee website, Braydon is an aspiring engineer with a particular fondness for tacos. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
"His bio also touts his work as a board member for several community nonprofits. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 19 May 2022",
"Beykpour was the general manager of consumer Twitter, leading design, research, product, engineering and customer service and operations teams, according to his Twitter bio . \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"According to his bio at UCLA, Ogbonnia most admires \u2014 among famous athletes \u2014 Aaron Donald of the Rams. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Each of the brand\u2019s bags is made by artisans in Cape Town whose signatures appear on interior name badges (and their bio on the company website). \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022"
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"Before taking the helm at Bates, Spencer worked for seven years as vice president of policy at Harvard, according to a biography on the Bates College website. \u2014 Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"Tennessee Williams\u2019s Memoirs is next to a biography of Patrick Dennis called Uncle Mame, because Williams and Dennis had many things in common: Pathos. \u2014 Leslie Kendall Dye, The Atlantic , 19 June 2022",
"Soskin was born Betty Charbonnet in Detroit in 1921 but recalled surviving the devastating Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 while living with her Creole family in New Orleans, according to the Park Service biography . \u2014 Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press , 1 Apr. 2022",
"After he was given an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, Reed went back to school to study at the University of North Texas in 2017, according to a biography from his family posted to a website about his case. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Mar. 2022",
"According to a family biography , Dr. Kazazian\u2019s early research was on the regulation of the synthesis of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein of the red blood cell. \u2014 Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"According to a biography on her own website, Kates moved from her native New York to Los Angeles in 1974 to pursue her acting career. \u2014 Sana Noor Haq, CNN , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Shields is not as long-winded as those authors, but just as committed to the biography as not merely the story of a person but a deep dive into their life and times. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Rhodes, out of high school, joined the Army and became a paratrooper, but was honorably discharged after he was injured during a night parachuting accident, according to a biography on the Southern Poverty Law Center\u2019s website on extremism. \u2014 Colleen Long, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Jan. 2022"
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"The fascists valued literature and the arts: If biology was the soil of fascism, history and aesthetics were the manure. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"The novel slices a clean chromosomal line through the middle of humanity, XX on one side, XY on the other, as if biology were destiny. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"Thanks to biology , this tends to be much easier for younger women to prioritise, depending on their ambitions to start a family. \u2014 Rose Stokes, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
"Conservation biology is a scientific field with a mission: protecting and restoring biodiversity around the world. \u2014 Bradley J. Cardinale, The Conversation , 2 June 2022",
"Preclinical cancer biology was particularly worrisome. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 7 Dec. 2021",
"An essential step in this direction involves broadening our understanding of the structural factors and biosocial reality \u2014 how biology is always inseparable from social and political forces \u2014 at play in U.S. public health and public trust. \u2014 Eric Reinhart, STAT , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Cell biology had been a particularly prominent beneficiary of the doubling of the budget, and so was high among the victims of the sudden deceleration. \u2014 Yuval Levin, National Review , 17 May 2021",
"Energy production is today one of the largest drivers of changing land use in the United States, said Matthew D. Moran, a biology professor at Hendrix College. \u2014 Carey L. Biron, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mononymous Jack, meanwhile, has her biotic potential enhanced through surgeries and experimentation by the Cerberus organization. \u2014 Eirik Gumeny, Wired , 31 Aug. 2021"
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"Krill eyes point upward, and the animals' undersides flash with bioluminescence when startled, Tarling says; these characteristics may help explain their vertical focus while swarming. \u2014 Andrew Chapman, Scientific American , 21 June 2022",
"The team believes that the fish can also use its bioluminescence to avoid being eaten. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 May 2022",
"The teaser explores more of the fictional Pandora than viewers saw in the first film, though its brilliant blues and bioluminescence remain. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 9 May 2022",
"Many remember the widespread bioluminescence along the Southern California coastline in spring 2020. \u2014 Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Even ocean species lacking the ability to produce their own light count on bioluminescence to survive\u2014by using another animal\u2019s light. \u2014 Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
"In a statement, Louis Vuitton says the Air Quantum\u2019s alluring design was inspired by the bioluminescence of deep-sea creatures. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Netted at 2,600 feet off the coast of New Zealand, the shark specimens were examined by marine bioluminescence expert J\u00e9r\u00f4me Mallefet from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. \u2014 Danielle Hall And Alia N. Payne, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Dec. 2021",
"Their bioluminescence is a phase in the mating ritual at the end of which the eggs are laid. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021"
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"According to her bio on the London Screenwriters' Festival's website, Roberts hails from Liverpool and graduated from Birmingham University in 2013. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 23 June 2022",
"Levin began working as a photojournalist in 2006, according to his bio on LensCulture, a photography resources website. \u2014 Vasco Cotovio, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"According to her Twitter bio , Gwen Casten was involved in the March for Our Lives gun control organization. \u2014 John Keilman, Chicago Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"According to his bio on the spelling bee website, Braydon is an aspiring engineer with a particular fondness for tacos. \u2014 Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al , 1 June 2022",
"His bio also touts his work as a board member for several community nonprofits. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 19 May 2022",
"Beykpour was the general manager of consumer Twitter, leading design, research, product, engineering and customer service and operations teams, according to his Twitter bio . \u2014 CBS News , 12 May 2022",
"According to his bio at UCLA, Ogbonnia most admires \u2014 among famous athletes \u2014 Aaron Donald of the Rams. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Each of the brand\u2019s bags is made by artisans in Cape Town whose signatures appear on interior name badges (and their bio on the company website). \u2014 New York Times , 9 June 2022"
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": connected by direct genetic relationship rather than by adoption or marriage":[
"her biological father"
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"the rights of the biological father in this case",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The biological family of two boys who authorities say were killed by their adoptive parents have filed a federal lawsuit alleging civil rights violations and wrongful death. \u2014 Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
"Jesus had his biological family with his mother Mary, but also a family of believers and followers. \u2014 Terry Pluto, cleveland , 11 June 2022",
"The woman known as Holly reconnected with her extended biological family through a Zoom call on Tuesday, and Webster said the family will meet in-person in the coming weeks. \u2014 Aya Elamroussi And Andy Rose, CNN , 10 June 2022",
"The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has offered to pay for Clouse\u2019s trip to be reunited with her extended biological family, First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster said Thursday. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 10 June 2022",
"After learning the identities of her birth parents, Holly is contact with members of her biological family, officials said. \u2014 Julian Mark, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
"She has already been reunited with some of her biological family, who provided statements describing the reunion. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 9 June 2022",
"Because she was adopted from Ukraine, Caudill doesn't know if any of her biological family has the condition. \u2014 Allure , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Mackenzie did not know that anyone at Penn was communicating with her biological family. \u2014 Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker , 28 Mar. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My son has a set biorhythm , and no arbitrary daylight saving law is going to shift it. \u2014 Rachel Meyer, Washington Post , 20 Nov. 2019",
"My son has a set biorhythm , and no arbitrary daylight saving law is going to shift it. \u2014 Rachel Meyer, Washington Post , 20 Nov. 2019",
"My son has a set biorhythm , and no arbitrary daylight saving law is going to shift it. \u2014 Rachel Meyer, Washington Post , 20 Nov. 2019",
"My son has a set biorhythm , and no arbitrary daylight saving law is going to shift it. \u2014 Rachel Meyer, chicagotribune.com , 22 Nov. 2019",
"The biorhythm lasts for one day in rats; four days in macaques; five days in sheep; and six to 12 days in humans. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 Dec. 2016",
"Perhaps not coincidentally, these are the only two physiological features that Bromage found to directly correlate with the length of the new biorhythm . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 Dec. 2016",
"Deutsche Lufthansa AG last year began using 24 different light settings on its Airbus A350-900 planes to help manage passenger biorhythms during long haul flights. \u2014 Robert Wall, WSJ , 24 Mar. 2018"
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"There is no patented or generic drug, biologic , or medical device that can solve this. \u2014 David Introcaso, STAT , 13 June 2022",
"Two of the largest pieces of Strattice biologic mesh made by the supplier were sewn together to repair the hernia. \u2014 Ashley Andreou, Scientific American , 26 May 2022",
"For example, biologic medications, which target the part of the immune system involved with causing psoriasis, have many different classes, so there are many types to consider. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 10 Jan. 2022",
"This included a decision in 2019 in which a federal district court in New Jersey ruled in favor of Amgen, the manufacturer of the originator biologic , Enbrel (etanercept). \u2014 Joshua Cohen, Forbes , 22 May 2021",
"Burk, who lives in Bellaire, Michigan, takes pricey biologic medications to control her pain and other symptoms. \u2014 Michelle Andrews, Fortune , 16 May 2022",
"Many Crohn's patients are on biologic medications that must be taken either via injection or IV infusion. \u2014 Samantha Reid, Allure , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The biologic treatment is widely prescribed to combat rheumatoid arthritis, among other ailments, and racked up $19.8 billion in worldwide sales last year, including $16.1 billion in the U.S. \u2014 Ed Silverman, STAT , 10 Oct. 2021",
"Still, no biologic treatment is going to be 100% specific, Dr. Lipner says. \u2014 Sarah Jacob, SELF , 27 July 2021"
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": the extraction of valuable metals (such as copper and gold) from ores through the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria)":[
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"\u2014 Burt Chardak , Miami Herald , 24 May 1992",
"Bacteria have been used to extract other metals from ore, in a process called bio-leaching .",
"\u2014 Lynn Dicks , New Scientist , 17 Apr. 2004"
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": a software element of a computer operating system that allows the CPU to communicate with connected input and output devices (such as a keyboard or a monitor)":[
"Your PC contains several BIOSes \u2014the video BIOS that interfaces your CPU and video card, for example\u2014but the most fundamental is the system BIOS .",
"\u2014 Neil Randall"
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"B asic I nput/ O utput S ystem":""
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"The fascists valued literature and the arts: If biology was the soil of fascism, history and aesthetics were the manure. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 24 June 2022",
"The novel slices a clean chromosomal line through the middle of humanity, XX on one side, XY on the other, as if biology were destiny. \u2014 Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic , 16 June 2022",
"Thanks to biology , this tends to be much easier for younger women to prioritise, depending on their ambitions to start a family. \u2014 Rose Stokes, refinery29.com , 7 June 2022",
"Conservation biology is a scientific field with a mission: protecting and restoring biodiversity around the world. \u2014 Bradley J. Cardinale, The Conversation , 2 June 2022",
"Preclinical cancer biology was particularly worrisome. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 7 Dec. 2021",
"An essential step in this direction involves broadening our understanding of the structural factors and biosocial reality \u2014 how biology is always inseparable from social and political forces \u2014 at play in U.S. public health and public trust. \u2014 Eric Reinhart, STAT , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Cell biology had been a particularly prominent beneficiary of the doubling of the budget, and so was high among the victims of the sudden deceleration. \u2014 Yuval Levin, National Review , 17 May 2021",
"Energy production is today one of the largest drivers of changing land use in the United States, said Matthew D. Moran, a biology professor at Hendrix College. \u2014 Carey L. Biron, Journal Sentinel , 7 June 2022"
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"She practices biological control in her gardening.",
"She uses biological controls in her garden.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even with an effective biological control , however, the DNR takes extra precautions \u2014 aerial spraying \u2014 in high-use areas. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 12 May 2022",
"Numerous conservation groups and government agencies also registered comments on the proposal expressing their difficulties and expenses in controlling tallow tree and how the use of a biological control agent could be beneficial. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
"Fisher and LeBrun speculate that pest control agencies might be able to use this microsporidian as a kind of biological control agent, because the pathogen doesn\u2019t ravage native ant species. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Biocontrol - pest management involving live biological control agents is an increasingly important part of the tool box for farmers in general. \u2014 Steven Savage, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Presentation highlights include irrigation for small farms, biological control in high tunnels, diseases in vegetables, storing pesticides, urban agriculture updates and transplant production. \u2014 Post-tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 7 Dec. 2021",
"The conservation of biological control agents (predators, parasitoids) should be favored over chemical controls. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 Oct. 2021",
"Conserve biological control agents such as predators and the parasitoids that feed on insect pests. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2021",
"Conserve biological control agents such as predators and the parasitoids that feed on insect pests. \u2014 oregonlive , 1 June 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a result of the initiative, preliminary testing there has shown a 400-percent improvement in biochemical oxygen demand , one of many water quality indicators, the release said. \u2014 Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com , 31 Oct. 2017"
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"Tarui plans to study biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University in the fall. \u2014 Seamus Webster, BostonGlobe.com , 29 June 2022",
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"At Tesla\u2019s Austin headquarters, Musk has put his confidence in Omead Afshar, a 34-year-old biomedical engineering major from UC Irvine, according to one of the former employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Wilbur Lam, associate professor in the department of pediatrics at Emory University and in the department of biomedical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"The findings confirmed the virus was not created as a biological weapon . \u2014 Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In its original form, the theory held that the Chinese deliberately created the virus as a biological weapon . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"In its initial incarnation, the hypothesis held that the virus was developed by the Beijing government as a biological weapon . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 1 Nov. 2021",
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"That\u2019s the underlying concept behind Mightier, a start-up dedicated to providing families with tools to help their children develop coping mechanisms through the use of a blend of video games and biofeedback . \u2014 Heather Wishart-smith, Forbes , 8 Nov. 2021",
"That would make the learning process into something more akin to seeing a cursor move in the right direction and figuring out\u2014through biofeedback processes that no one really understands yet\u2014how to do it better and more reliably. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The device is free because all that biofeedback comes via a smartphone app and a monthly membership fee that starts as low as $18 a month. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
"Technological advances in biofeedback sensors means that physiological parameters like heartbeats and heart rate variability can be harnessed to guide music interventions in cardiac therapy. \u2014 Grace Leslie, Scientific American , 18 Sep. 2021",
"There are biofeedback apps and devices that can assess your performance during these exercises, which experts say can be helpful for some people but are not always necessary. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Feb. 2021",
"Martha Sottosanti, president of Las Patronas, said the organization distributed the biofeedback therapy equipment and cold laser to the clinic in late 2019. \u2014 Alejandra Luna, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 Aug. 2021"
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"No one is fully healthy or fully diseased, and the language of biomedicine should aim for a humanizing nuance, not polarization. \u2014 Lee D. Cooper, STAT , 5 Mar. 2022",
"There\u2019s been no lack of opportunities for leaders in biomedicine to make an impact in the last two years. \u2014 Casey Ross And Katie Palmer, STAT , 23 Feb. 2022",
"After World War II, biomedicine lived up to its promise, and American ideology turned strongly toward individualism. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 23 Oct. 2021",
"Just as in biomedicine around the world, students of Chinese medicine test into graduate school and conduct experiments. \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 20 Oct. 2021",
"By some estimates, China in the early 1950s had just 10,000 practitioners of modern medicine\u2014now often called biomedicine . \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 20 Oct. 2021",
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"Charlotte Owens spoke with the Springer Nature Black Employee Network about her career path in biomedicine . \u2014 Marlene Stewart, Scientific American , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"Lacking regularity in your sleep schedule can lead to a phenomenon called social jet lag, which refers to a mismatch between an individual\u2019s biological clock and their social clock, says Dr. Dubar. \u2014 Alex Janin, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"Additionally, working late hours in bed can negatively affect your biological clock due to your laptop screen emitting blue light that suppresses melatonin. \u2014 Amiah Taylor, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"This pushes the biological clock forward an hour as well. \u2014 Paul Leblanc, CNN , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Some scientists suggest that your biological clock gets out of sorts. \u2014 Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Scientists know that white light enriched with blue wavelengths effectively helps synchronize the body\u2019s biological clock , which is hugely influential on things like memory, cardiovascular function, and sleep quality. \u2014 Erin Berger, Outside Online , 30 July 2014",
"In fact, there was one study that involved a year-long administration of a cocktail of different drugs that appeared to turn back the biological clock by some months, maybe more than a year. \u2014 Robin Pomeroy, Scientific American , 14 Dec. 2021",
"With her own biological clock ticking, Alma is an emotional wreck. \u2014 Angela Dawson, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"Instead of worrying about spinsterhood, her ear pressed up against her biological clock , Sara is aware that her suitors are obsessed with her. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 3 Dec. 2021"
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"Our unique terpene profiles have been incorporated into this salve to improve CBD bioavailability . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 23 May 2022",
"This bioavailability is 10 times greater than that of oil. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Upgraid\u2019s special TurmiPure Gold formulation claims to increase the bioavailability of curcuminoids (the main active ingredient in turmeric) by 24 times. \u2014 Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online , 5 Sep. 2020",
"On the difference: Our emulsifiers allow formulations to have much higher, enhanced absorption and bioavailability . \u2014 Katie Shapiro, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The person takes less of the drugs, but with more bioavailability . \u2014 Benjamin Adams, Forbes , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Nixtamalization is a process that increases the bioavailability of micronutrients and has been used in villages across Mexico since MesoAmerican times. \u2014 Shayna Harris, Forbes , 28 Sep. 2021",
"But research has linked piperine \u2014 the active compound in black pepper \u2014 to better absorption of curcumin in your body (specifically an increase of 2000% in the bioavailability of curcumin). \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 22 Apr. 2021",
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"Cole, who works in psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine, looked at the blood samples of 72 men over an eight-year period. \u2014 Florence Williams, Wired , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Steve Cole, a professor of medicine, psychiatry, and biobehavioral sciences at U.C.L.A., has done pioneering work on the subject. \u2014 Ed Caesar, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2020",
"At Penn State, Holmes plans to major in biobehavioral health and minor in African-American studies. \u2014 Lori Riley, courant.com , 12 July 2018",
"Another part of the new paper deserves attention, says Jerome Siegel, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California Los Angeles Center for Sleep Research (who was not involved with the study). \u2014 Jamie Ducharme, Time , 24 May 2018"
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"Historically, iMotions has developed software to analyze a variety of biosensor inputs. \u2014 Roger Dooley, Forbes , 7 Nov. 2021",
"Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, for instance, are developing a biosensor that is coated in tiny antibody fragments, or nanobodies, that bind to SARS-CoV-2. \u2014 Emily Anthes, New York Times , 11 July 2021",
"This booming industry also helped Oura, the health technology company that created the Oura Ring (a biosensor sleep tracker), become a unicorn in 2020. \u2014 Frank Fitzpatrick, Forbes , 1 June 2021",
"That\u2019s enough to power the biosensors as well as wireless communication. \u2014 Wei Gao, The Conversation , 22 Apr. 2020",
"For more than a decade, Snyder, a biology researcher at Stanford University, has been using consumer wearables to determine whether these kinds of biosensors \u2014and the data collected from them\u2014can help track the onset of infections or illness. \u2014 Lauren Goode, Wired , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Her poem, inscribed on a silk biosensor intended for implantation, can be viewed through a microscope. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
"In 2014, Brauer conducted a study of 120 workers at a London media agency who wore wrist devices to monitor movement and biosensors to measure brain activity. \u2014 Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com , 16 July 2019"
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"The patients in the study received a six-month course of the drug, which is marketed by GSK under the name of Jemperli, and were selected based on a rare biomarker . \u2014 Aayushi Pratap, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"But this one - discovering a biomarker in blood that indicates babies' risk for SIDS - qualifies. \u2014 Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic , 17 May 2022",
"Some sort of biomarker like a lab measurement that is believed to predict a treatment benefit. \u2014 Allysia Finley, WSJ , 4 May 2022",
"Could a biomarker present at birth predict babies at high risk",
"And researchers from Mayo Clinic and the University of Tel Aviv just published a study showing a strong association between a specific voice biomarker and health events tied to coronary artery disease. \u2014 Casey Ross, STAT , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Witwer thinks that the signal of exRNA could also prove useful to physicians as a biomarker of disease. \u2014 Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"The researchers also found that swimming for recovery was associated with much lower levels of c-reactive protein, a biomarker of inflammation, 24 hours after the interval run. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 2 Jan. 2019",
"In this context, a CV risk registry can be a valuable tool to inform physicians about baseline CV risk assessment using a cardiac biomarker . \u2014 Christos Varounis, Scientific American , 3 Nov. 2021"
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"The House last week passed legislation by a 336-85 vote that would establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) within the Health and Human Services Department to invest in biomedical research. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 26 June 2022",
"And quite often in the biomedical sciences, people do not have training in ecology, conservation, wildlife biology, anthropology, etc. \u2014 Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
"But his popularity obscured a debate raging in university laboratories and biotech boardrooms across the country: Is the biomedical sciences agency living up to its mission",
"Kevin Shoham, a 23-year old UCF senior majoring in biomedical sciences, works for VARC and is a medic for the U.S. National Guard for the state of Florida. \u2014 Guilherme Hiray Leal, orlandosentinel.com , 24 Nov. 2021",
"He was named one of the top 10 National finalists biomedical laboratory sciences by the Health Occupations Students of America. \u2014 oregonlive , 21 June 2021",
"According to Jennifer Grier, a clinical assistant professor of immunology biomedical sciences at the University of South Carolina, vaccines add a level of protection above and beyond the body's response to an infection. \u2014 Holmes Lybrand And Tara Subramaniam, CNN , 7 May 2021",
"In each of these cases, courts focused on only one dimension of genetics, such as privacy rights or the value of genetic information for biomedical research. \u2014 Liza Vertinsky, The Conversation , 3 June 2022",
"The tool is having a major impact on biomedical research, clinical medicine, agriculture and farming. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 23 May 2022"
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"Mark Gerstein, a professor of bioinformatics at Yale University, found in the research implications for data privacy. \u2014 New York Times , 4 June 2022",
"South Africa, which is ahead of the US in its BA.4/BA.5 cycle, has seen infections rise but has not seen a corresponding increase in deaths, said Shishi Luo, associate director of bioinformatics and infectious disease at Helix. \u2014 Brenda Goodman, CNN , 1 June 2022",
"Maria Nattestad is a software engineer at Google and, on the side, the author of a popular app that makes eye-catching visualizations from bioinformatics data. \u2014 Clive Thompson, Wired , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Warren Kibbe is a biomedical informaticist, chief data officer for the Duke Cancer Institute, and professor and vice chair for the department of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Duke University School of Medicine. \u2014 Warren Kibbe, STAT , 25 Nov. 2021",
"Most of my research was in bioinformatics \u2014 the analysis and interpretation of genetic data \u2014 and for seven years, culturing bacteria, purifying nucleic acids and writing code to analyze sequencing data were my bread and butter. \u2014 Irena Hwang, ProPublica , 10 Nov. 2021",
"For a ProPublica reporter who did Ph.D. work in bioinformatics , data on bacterial DNA helped reveal how a once-rare salmonella strain spread through the chicken industry. \u2014 Irena Hwang, ProPublica , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Zhang\u2019s bioinformatics group identified about 40 types of plant miRNAs after analysing serum RNA obtained from blood samples from healthy Chinese donors; some plant miRNAs were present at concentrations comparable to major endogenous human miRNAs7. \u2014 Chao Yan, Scientific American , 17 June 2020",
"By the early 2000s, they were used in fields as diverse as bioinformatics (for finding similarities between different protein sequences and predicting the functions of proteins, for example), machine vision and handwriting recognition. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 11 Oct. 2021"
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"Following the 2001 terrorist attacks, China expressed concern that bioterrorism could be an increasing threat and biosecurity became a chief priority for the nation. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 27 May 2022",
"In general, good biosecurity dictates that bird feeders should not be near poultry. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
"Farmers have increased biosecurity measures in response, Chakeres said, to ward off potential exposure. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Additional details regarding biosecurity for backyard flocks can be found on their website. \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 19 Apr. 2022",
"State officials are urging those keeping birds in Utah County \u2014 whether large commercial poultry operations or backyard flocks \u2014 to visit the USDA\u2019s website to review poultry biosecurity guidelines, to ensure their birds remain healthy. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The agency recommends that anyone involved in poultry production \u2014 small backyard flocks to commercial operations \u2014 review biosecurity guidelines to protect the health of their birds. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 13 Apr. 2022",
"For anyone who has a flock of outdoor birds, the DNR and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection recommend practicing enhanced biosecurity and moving flocks indoors in order to avoid contact with wild birds and their droppings. \u2014 Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Saskia Popescu, a biosecurity professor at George Mason University, compared Jha\u2019s appointment to that of Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 20 Mar. 2022"
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"\u2014 Peter Weiss , Science News , 22 Jan. 2005"
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"That's what Richie Fink, a retired biosafety officer from Andover, Mass., did on a recent trip to Switzerland. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 27 May 2022",
"To be sure, some gain-of-function research on pathogens requires a higher level of review given its ramifications for biosafety and biosecurity. \u2014 Victor Dirita, STAT , 25 Dec. 2021",
"The first is biosafety : the effort to ensure through training and technology that workers stay free of infection and illness \u2014 not only for their own sake but also for that of surrounding communities. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"What is lacking are the institutional attention and resources to make biosafety routine, integrating it into habitual bench practices. \u2014 Ruthanne Huising, STAT , 16 Aug. 2021",
"This will include increasing biosafety and improving the regulatory capacity in the support of vaccine and therapeutic development. \u2014 Maggie Fox, CNN , 3 Sep. 2021",
"The advisory group of up to 25 experts will come from a range of scientific specialties, including biosafety and biosecurity, Van Kerkhove said. \u2014 Andrew Joseph, STAT , 27 Aug. 2021",
"When the next disease X comes, there will always be a question about biosafety , about a lab leak, there will be conspiracy theorists. \u2014 Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS , 25 Aug. 2021",
"There is no one-size-fits-all program for biosafety . \u2014 Ruthanne Huising, STAT , 16 Aug. 2021"
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"Apple passkeys are essentially a type of biometric sign-in standard. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Throughout history, governments have exploited or collected data on their citizens\u2014from benign data, like salary information and census records, to creepy data, like biometric records for law enforcement activities. \u2014 Angelica Goetzen, Scientific American , 3 June 2022",
"The settlement stems from a 2020 lawsuit brought by the ACLU claiming Clearview had violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act by gathering biometric identifiers of Illinois residents without their consent. \u2014 Angus Loten, WSJ , 25 May 2022",
"The mobile license is more theft-resistant than its physical counterpart, thanks to the biometric controls on your phone. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"The first Mastercard biometric pilot launches in Brazil this week in partnership with Payface, a digital payment system, and St Marche, a supermarket chain in S\u00e3o Paolo. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 20 May 2022",
"In 2014, Mastercard became one of the first credit card companies to experiment with replacing PIN codes with biometric identification markers and contactless technology. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"So far, about 6,000 Ukrainians of the 19,000 who applied have received authorization to travel to the U.S. after passing background checks and biometric screenings, DHS said in a statement. \u2014 Byquinn Owen, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
"All parties are vetted before approval, with the Ukrainian migrant going through biographic and biometric screening. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 9 May 2022"
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"\u2014 James Gorman , New York Times , 18 Dec. 2012",
"Most bioarchaeology studies tend to tell the tale of illness and death of people from a single site, such as a burial pit for plague victims or an ancient cemetery.",
"\u2014 Ann Gibbons , Science , 1 May 2009"
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"And, for anyone who needs biometrics regarding each second of her slumber, the SleepIQ Technology found in every Sleep Number mattress is designed for you. \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"While the notion of using a person\u2019s voice to verify their identity has been around for a while, CAI takes voice biometrics to the next level. \u2014 Gaurav Tewari, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"The small study examined data from 30 women who became pregnant while wearing Oura rings, consumer wearables designed to track temperature and other biometrics . \u2014 Mario Aguilar, STAT , 3 June 2022",
"Behavioral biometrics plays a crucial role in helping financial institutions identify and stop social engineering scams. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"The firm estimates that the global market for contactless biometrics technology will reach $18.6 billion by 2026. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 20 May 2022",
"Even still, the metaverse is driving biometrics research at Mastercard. \u2014 Jon Markman, Forbes , 18 May 2022",
"More advanced biometrics technology will be essential to verifying transactions in this digital future world, and Mastercard is laying claim to what might become an essential piece of this infrastructure. \u2014 Tristan Bove, Fortune , 17 May 2022",
"Apple isn\u2019t about to ditch its best biometrics authentication system for the sake of design. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 4 Apr. 2022"
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"Yong explains how these senses work \u2014 sometimes down to the biochemical level \u2014 and takes us on field trips to meet the scientists behind the findings, all while masterfully weaving these disparate threads into a single narrative rope. \u2014 Sadie Dingfelder, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays a role in over 300 biochemical reactions in the body. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022",
"In the study by Jochmans and collaborators, E166A and L167F individually provided low-level resistance (10- and 4-fold) in a biochemical assay, while the triple mutant L50F+E166A+L167F resulted in the highest levels of resistance (72-fold). \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"So far, Langwallner and co-founder Peter Cheetham, a biochemical engineer, have put in their own money to run the company, as well as raising funds from friends and private investors. \u2014 Rebecca Cairns, CNN , 8 May 2022",
"The idea consisted of a cabinet providing physical and biochemical support for an animal\u2019s head severed from its body. \u2014 Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune , 17 May 2022",
"The study is the first to identify a biochemical marker from infants who would later die of SIDS in blood samples obtained before death, the authors state. \u2014 Erin Prater, Fortune , 15 May 2022",
"In addition, some infants in the control group had the biochemical abnormality but did not develop SIDS. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 13 May 2022",
"This study is very rigorous, employing a variety of methods \u2014 histological, geochemical, biochemical , and morphological \u2014 to examine 232 ancient goose bones to determine when geese may have first been domesticated. \u2014 Grrlscientist, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
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