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mechanism

[mek-uh-niz-uhm] / ˈmɛk əˌnɪz əm /




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This similarity suggests that the mechanisms observed in mice accurately reflect those in humans.

From Science Daily

But in court, the judges focused largely on the mechanisms behind her appointment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pathway’s architecture organizes short-term memory very differently than the transformer, with an update mechanism that resembles what is found in the brain, and, crucially, has the same storage pattern as long-term memory, according to Stamirowska.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in 2024, Saad began pushing the notion that empathy has become a “cancer” because it allegedly has no “stopping mechanism” and will eventually kill its host — the human race.

From Salon

The team also examined isolated monocytes and used cell culture tests to explore the underlying biological mechanisms in greater detail.

From Science Daily