Exogenous

... of fixing the subjective importance of each variable in the aggregation.  It avoids the adoption of an equal weighting or a weighting based on exogenous criteria. Th e weightings for CFAR-m emanate only from the information content of variables themselves and their own internal dynamics. THE ...

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... Thus overcoming many of the problems associated with old age and hypogonadism etc. As we still seem to be in the dark ages of simply putting exogenous testosterone into patients or using drugs with very short term effects. So far I can only think of gene therapy that would increase the number ...

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... In general the hair feels dry and lusterless. Hair shaft abnormalities may occur as localized or generalized disorders. Genetic predisposition or exogenous factors are able to produce and maintain hair shaft abnormalities. In addition to an extensive history and physical examination the most important ...

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RNA decoys are exogenous molecules that have a sequence matching the natural RNA target of an RNA binding protein. Usually the RNA binding protein binds to its natural target, but when the RNA decoy is introduced into the cell then ...

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... of a particular protein in a cell line or organism. It is usually done either be introducing an expression plasmid into cells or by introducing exogenously-transcribed mRNA into cells. This is a common technique in embryo studies, where (at least for zebrafsih, Xenopus, sea urchins and Ciona) ...

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