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Impact

1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. (Southey)

2. (Science: mechanics) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.


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Exercise

... your whole body, improving cardiovascular conditioning, muscle strength,endurance, posture and flexibility,all at the same time.Swimming is a low-impact type of exercise that most people can do safely, provided basic precautions are taken.

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by Alessandro8100
Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:54 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Exercise
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Views: 1101

Direct or indirect protein-DNA interaction

... go about deducing whether a certain DNA binding transcription factor has a direct interaction with a gene of interest ( we know that the TF has impact on expression because a mutation in the gene coding for it caused a 10-fold decrease in expression of my gene of interest), or if it's a middle ...

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by nukeman
Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:21 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Direct or indirect protein-DNA interaction
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Views: 358

holographic origin of life

... that previously we said that human is not a neutral observer of things, but he is changing together with the system.This confuses him.What impact has that?It means that if humans entropy is raising slower than whole living natures entropy ,he will think that his entropy is lowering.Its ...

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by minasole
Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:19 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: holographic origin of life
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Views: 1225

Disease that target genes? Host affected or offspring only?

... so as well. Second part is, if a host's DNA is mutated, does it affect the host's condition, or only its offspring's? As far as I know, DNA has no impact on a organism's development past the embryonic stage? Does the host still utilize/translate DNA information during its lifetime or does the host ...

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by patem
Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:20 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Disease that target genes? Host affected or offspring only?
Replies: 2
Views: 2152

age and cumulative impact of carcinogens

Will carcinogens have more of an impact over time if you were exposed at a younger age? I don't mean being exposed froma younger age, I'm talking about one exposure event that could occur at a young age or an old age. Perhaps some carcinogens ...

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by wildfunguy
Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:17 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: age and cumulative impact of carcinogens
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Views: 1558
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