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practical

1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.

2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. Man's practical understanding. . For all practical purposes. .

3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.

4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill. Practical joke, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; especially, a trick played upon a person.

Origin: L. Practicus active, Gr. Fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. To do, work, effect: cf. F. Pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. Pragmatic, Practice.


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Re: How to avoid contamination in microbiology lab?

The answer is practical training in aseptic technique by experienced folks and subsequent practice and experence. I doubt seriously that one can establsh appropriate efficiency via internet study.

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by JorgeLobo
Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:01 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: How to avoid contamination in microbiology lab?
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I am very puzzled about job hunting

... most of the jobs neither not accepting non citizen, nor they are temporary /seasonal/ short term technician job. I would like to do something more practical. So I even think about having a biostat degree or some health services related degree. I am wondering whether someone who only has a bio degree ...

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Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:02 pm
 
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Topic: I am very puzzled about job hunting
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BLAST

... it addresses a fundamental problem and the algorithm emphasizes speed over sensitivity. This emphasis on speed is vital to making the algorithm practical on the huge genome databases currently available, although subsequent algorithms can be even faster.See more wikipedia.com...

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by Jinky
Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:46 am
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: BLAST
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Evolutionary cause of facial hair pattern?

... that rubbing is the specific etiology, but the pattern is probably caused by sexual selection rather than other forms of fitness. If beards were practical for physical survival, women would probably have them too, so the whole pattern of facial hair growth in males is most likely sexual ornamentation. ...

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by aaronwhi
Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:11 pm
 
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Topic: Evolutionary cause of facial hair pattern?
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Re: Active/Inactive status of HVS1 or HVS2

... levels - does that tell you anything? This was in a different context and indeed, one has to be careful with the terms one uses with viruses. In practical terms, an inactivated virus is the same as a dead virus - when talking about viral particles themselves. However, with HSV infections, better ...

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by biohazard
Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:40 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Active/Inactive status of HVS1 or HVS2
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