What's the difference between ethics and foxtail?

Ethics


Definition:

  • (n.) The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A reduction in neonatal deaths from this cause might be expected if facilities for antenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy were made available, although this raises grave ethical problems.
  • (2) Dilemmas of trust, confidentiality, and professional competence highlight the limits of professional ethical codes.
  • (3) Although individual IRB chairpersons and oncology investigators may have important differences of opinion concerning the ethics of phase I trials, these disagreements do not represent a widespread area of ethical conflict in clinical research.
  • (4) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
  • (5) However, civil society groups have raised concerns about the ethics of providing ‘climate loans’ which increase the country’s debt burden.
  • (6) But she says she is totally convinced that, as a public broadcaster, RAI has an ethical responsibility to start showing women in a more realistic light.
  • (7) Ethical, legal, and practical implications of this problem are discussed.
  • (8) Given the liberalist context in which we live, this paper argues that an act-oriented ethics is inadequate and that only a virtue-oriented ethics enables us to recognize and resolve the new problems ahead of us in genetic manipulation.
  • (9) Several recommendations, based upon the results of this survey study, the existing literature relevant to the ethical responsibilities of investigators who conduct research with children, and our own experiences with these instruments and populations, are made to assist researchers in their attempts to use these inventories in an ethical manner.
  • (10) Chapter three consists of the methodology: sample, setting, design, data analysis methods, and ethical concerns.
  • (11) when a family is in conflict often creates a serious ethical dilemma for the family physician.
  • (12) It seeks to acquaint them with 'ethical' arguments against their work which, because they are simple and plausible, persuade many people.
  • (13) Pioneers (41% of Britons) are global, networked, like innovation and believe in the importance of ethics.
  • (14) The question of ethics inevitably arises, and should be considered before a concrete situation arises which leaves no time for reflection.
  • (15) Respondents did not deal with the simulated ethical problems in a uniform manner and often tended to respond more to specific details of a case rather than the overall ethical dilemma posed.
  • (16) The establishment of an ethical watchdog group to monitor biomedical research was a major recommendation in the preliminary report of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
  • (17) Justice Hiley later suggested the conduct required by a doctor outside of his profession, as Chapman was describing it, was perhaps a “broad generality” and not specific enough “to create an ethical obligation.” “It’s no broader than the Hippocratic oath,” Chapman said in her reply.
  • (18) Because many of these issues are unresolved, it is important for health professionals to be aware of current professional standards and guidelines, as well as to consult with the hospital's attorney or risk manager when confronted with a legal or ethical dilemma.
  • (19) Abbott's comments on Wednesday morning followed a pledge from Yudhoyono on Tuesday night to restore normal bilateral relations if Australia signed up to a new code of ethics on intelligence sharing.
  • (20) Although Menzies, et al., report that survival rates are higher than previously expected and that in most cases the children's and parents' lives appear not to be excessively burdensome, the Working Group contends that there "continues to be ethical justification for selective treatment" of such newborns.

Foxtail


Definition:

  • (n.) The tail or brush of a fox.
  • (n.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria.
  • (n.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The highest degree of sensitivity was observed for cocksfoot, meadow fescue, meadow foxtail, rye grass, timothy and Yorkshire fog.
  • (2) Winners and losers Going: Species facing "severe" threats in England Red squirrel Northern bluefin tuna Natterjack toad Common skate Alpine foxtail Kittiwake Grey plover Shrill carder bumblebee Recovering: Recent conservation success stories Pole cat Large blue butterfly Red kite Ladybird spider Pink meadowcap Sand lizard Pool frog Bittern
  • (3) The complete amino acid sequence of a major trypsin inhibitor (FMTI-II) from seeds of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) was determined by analysis of peptides derived from the reduced and S-carboxymethylated protein by digestion with TPCK-trypsin and Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease.
  • (4) Three classes of viral RNA were recovered from polyribosomes purified from papaya leaves infected with papaya mosaic virus (PapMV) and from barley leaves infected with foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV): full-length viral RNAs [6.8 and 6.2 kilobases (kb), respectively]; less abundant intermediate subgenomic RNAs (2.2 and 1.9 kb), and abundant, small subgenomic RNAs (1 and 0.9 kb).
  • (5) These molybdenum enzymes included (a) nitrogenase, or its molybdenum-iron protein, from Clostridium, Azotobacter, and soybeannodule bacteroids, (b) bovine liver sulfite oxidase, (c) respiratory formate-nitrate reductase from Escherichia coli, (d) NADH-nitrate reductase from foxtail grass (Setaria faberii), and (e) FADH(2)- and reduced methyl viologennitrate reductase preparations from certain Neurospora mutants.
  • (6) Most DNA fragments tested hybridized strongly to DNA from sorghum, foxtail millet, Johnsongrass, and sugarcane.
  • (7) Another rice species, O. glaberrima, also had this sequence in 540-680 copies, but four lines of foxtail millet had none.
  • (8) The molecular weight and the amino acid composition together with the above nature were identical with those of another major trypsin inhibitor (FMTI-II) previously purified from foxtail millet grain.
  • (9) One of the major trypsin inhibitors of foxtail millet, Setaria italica, was purified from a seed extract to an electrophoretically homogeneous protein by methods including chromatofocusing and affinity chromatography.
  • (10) Six of 70 yearling calves died while being fed round bale hay composed predominantly of foxtail and mature cocklebur plants with burs.
  • (11) The nucleotide sequence of the RNA genome of foxtail mosaic virus (FMV), a member of the potexvirus family, is 6151 nucleotides long, exclusive of a poly(A) tail.

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