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31Discovery and development of renin inhibitors — Renin inhibitors are antihypertensive drugs that inhibit the first and rate limiting step of the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS). Since the 1970s scientists have been trying to develop potent inhibitors with acceptable oral… …
32Psychosocial development — as articulated by Erik Erikson explains eight stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges. Each stage builds on the… …
33Language development — is a process that starts early in human life, when a person begins to acquire language by learning it as it is spoken and by mimicry. Children s language development moves from simplicity to complexity. Infants start without language. Yet by four …
34Discovery and development of antiandrogens — In the 1960s, the first antiandrogen, or androgen antagonist, was discovered. Antiandrogens antagonise the androgen receptor (AR) and thereby block the biological effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Antiandrogens are important… …
35Child development stages — See also: Parenting and Family Child development stages describe theoretical milestones of child development. Many stage models of development have been proposed, used as working concepts and in some cases asserted as nativist theories. This …
36Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale — The PANAS is a scale measuring emotions (PANAS = Positive Affect Negative Affect Scale). The emotions measured can be general and also specific ones (i.e. at a cretin moment or event). Therefore, the PANAS can be used to measure emotions in the… …
37Healthy development measurement tool — The Healthy Development Measurement Tool (HDMT), developed by the [http://www.sfdph.org/dph/default.asp San Francisco Department of Public Health ] , provides an approach for evaluating land use planning and urban development with regards to the… …
38human development — ▪ biology Introduction the process of growth and change that takes place between birth and maturity. Human growth is far from being a simple and uniform process of becoming taller or larger. As a child (child development) gets bigger,… …
39Discovery and development of nucleoside and nucleotide reverse-transcriptase inhibitors — (NRTIs and NtRTIs) began in the 1980s when the AIDS epidemic hit Western societies. NRTIs inhibit the reverse transcriptase (RT), an enzyme that controls the replication of the genetic material of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The first …
40Clean Development Mechanism — The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is one of the flexibility mechanisms defined in the Kyoto Protocol (IPCC, 2007).[1] It is defined in Article 12 of the Protocol, and is intended to meet two objectives: (1) to assist parties not included in… …
