An integrative approach to understanding mechanosensation

An integrative approach to understanding bird origins.

Recent discoveries of spectacular dinosaur fossils overwhelmingly support the hypothesis that birds are descended from maniraptoran theropod dinosaurs, and furthermore, demonstrate that distinctive bird characteristics such as feathers, flight, endothermic physiology, unique strategies for reproduction and growth, and a novel pulmonary system originated among Mesozoic terrestrial dinosaurs. The...

towards an integrative approach to trauma study

Neuromechanics: an integrative approach for understanding motor control.

Neuromechanics seeks to understand how muscles, sense organs, motor pattern generators, and brain interact to produce coordinated movement, not only in complex terrain but also when confronted with unexpected perturbations. Applications of neuromechanics include ameliorating human health problems (including prosthesis design and restoration of movement following brain or spinal cord injury), as...

An integrative approach to understanding microbial diversity: from intracellular mechanisms to community structure

Trade-offs have been put forward as essential to the generation and maintenance of diversity. However, variation in trade-offs is often determined at the molecular level, outside the scope of conventional ecological inquiry. In this study, we propose that understanding the intracellular basis for trade-offs in microbial systems can aid in predicting and interpreting patterns of diversity. First...

An integrative approach to evidence based practices.

Evidence-based practices (EBPs) is an important standard in the evaluation of interventions that can be used to impact decision making (Kaiser & McIntyre, 2010). Throughout the article, evidence-based practices are defined as practices that are based on current best evidence and that are used as the basis for clinical, managerial, and policy decisions related to service delivery and continuous ...