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Selective

Selective | Selectively | Selectiveness

Selective meaning

Of or relating to the process of selection. | Of or relating to natural selection. | Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.

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Countries considered to have significant practices of sex-selective abortion are those with birth sex ratios of 108 and above ( selective abortion of females ), and 102 and below (selective abortion of males).

It inhibits PDE4 to the greatest extent, but also shows significant inhibition of other PDE subtypes, and so acts as a selective PDE4 inhibitor or a non-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor, depending on the dose.

Prevalence of sex-selective abortion Asia China further A roadside slogan calls motorists to crack down on medically unnecessary antenatal sex identification and sex-selective pregnancy termination practices.

Selective pressures, such as ecological interactions with other populations or environmental conditions, often lead to the variation in mammalian coloration. citation These selective pressures favor certain colors in order to increase survival.

Sex-selective abortion in the context of abortion MacPherson estimates that 100,000 sex-selective abortions every year continue to be performed in India.

This effect is called "selective recall", "confirmatory memory" or "access-biased memory". citation Psychological theories differ in their predictions about selective recall.

A boy accused of the murder of will give evidence to a jury by typing his answers as he has "selective mutism".

Actually, he was an expert at selective ignorance, a master rationalizer, a fellow who only knew what he wanted to know, and only understood the world on the most personally complementary and comforting terms.

A father once told his then selective daughter that she so much desired in a man can only be found among angels in heaven and not on earth.

Alexander said: “The Asian Art market is still very strong but it’s definitely more selective and more unpredictable than it was five or so years ago.

Allegheny College, a small selective nationwide liberal arts school, invitations purposes for the place of Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Coach The place is a full-time exempt place reporting to the Director of Athletics and Recreation.

And again, I think it goes back to our bidding process, it’s being very selective, it’s moving up the value chain and positioning early, working with customers.

And when I see people watching the horrible tragedy that is happening here as if it were a Super Bowl of victimhood, in which you support one team and really don’t care about the other, empathy becomes very, very selective.

Angel has a (selective) on her site that she recommends (and of course, she is available in Detroit for piercing and she also does online consultations).

Another reason is the selective approach to the international law or its arbitrary interpretation.

Bank of America Boosts Selective Insurance Group Price Target to $100.

Buffett’s stockpicking may be highly selective and perhaps inimitable, but it proves that you can come to Japan and win.

But critics say giving preference to applicants who are related to alumni unfairly restricts access to highly selective universities that educate many of society’s most influential decision makers.

But if we see U.S. origin product at a price that we think is attractive to us, we'll continue to build our book with some selective purchases.

But such selective killing is a recent phenomenon.