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Because an electron beam only penetrates to a limited depth before being absorbed, typically up to 5 cm for electron energies in the range 5 – 20 MeV, electron therapy is useful for treating skin lesions such as basal cell carcinomas.
Because meiosis is a " one-way " process, it cannot be said to engage in a cell cycle as mitosis does.
Because each resultant daughter cell should be genetically identical to the parent cell, the parent cell must make a copy of each chromosome before mitosis.
Because protein kinases have profound effects on a cell, their activity is highly regulated.
Because the electricity applied is below the cells ’ threshold, it allows the cells to repair their phospholipid bilayer and continue on with their normal cell functions.
Because of this tension, water is literally being pulled up from the roots into the leaves, helped by cohesion ( the pull between individual water molecules, due to hydrogen bonds ) and adhesion ( the stickiness between water molecules and the hydrophilic cell walls of plants ).
Because the phenotype of a cell or individual is affected by which of its genes are transcribed, heritable transcription states can give rise to epigenetic effects.
Because chloride is negatively charged, this creates a difference in the electrical potential inside and outside the cell causing cations to cross into the cell.
Because protein phosphorylation is one of the most-studied protein modifications, many " proteomic " efforts are geared to determining the set of phosphorylated proteins in a particular cell or tissue-type under particular circumstances.
Because of the high level of acetyl CoA present in the cell, the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is inhibited, whereas pyruvate carboxylase becomes activated.
Because it aids the movement of potassium, sodium, and calcium in and out of the cell, taurine has been used as a dietary supplement for epileptics, as well as for people who have uncontrollable facial twitches.
Because the epithelial cells of the bowel lack the ability to place fats into chylomicrons, lipids accumulate at the surface of the cell, crowding the functions that are necessary for proper absorption.
Because access to media has increased so quickly through a vast number of mediums such as computers, cell phones, stereos and televisions, adolescents ’ use of media has skyrocketed in the past decade.
Because cells are so small, voltages of this magnitude give rise to very strong electric forces within the cell membrane.
Because bilayers define the boundaries of the cell and its compartments, these membrane proteins are involved in many intra-and inter-cellular signaling processes.
Because the cells of Bowen's disease have not invaded the dermis, it has a much better prognosis than invasive squamous cell carcinoma.
Because many electronic devices are designed to work with primary cells that may discharge to as low as 0. 90 to 1. 0 V per cell, the relatively steady 1. 2 V of a Ni – Cd cell is enough to allow operation.
Because the beta cells in the islets of Langerhans are selectively destroyed by an autoimmune process in type 1 diabetes, clinicians and researchers are actively pursuing islet transplantation as a means of restoring physiological beta cell function in patients with type 1 diabetes.
Because of Qasim's government's repressive policy towards the opposition, Ali Salih al-Sadi, Secretary ( leader ) of the Arab Socialist Ba ' ath Party's Iraqi cell, reorganised the party's rank and file, and on 24 December 1962 launched a nationwide protest against Qasim's regime.
Because the cell skeleton has a defect, the blood cell contracts to its most surface-tension efficient and least flexible configuration, a sphere.

Because and wall
* 1961 – Because of " violations of Lenin's precepts ", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin wall with a plain granite marker instead.
Because life is constrained to begin with a simple starting point, any diversity resulting from this left wall will be perceived to move in the direction of higher complexity.
Because LDL particles can also transport cholesterol into the artery wall, retained there by arterial proteoglycans and attract macrophages that engulf the LDL particles and start the formation of plaques, increased levels are associated with atherosclerosis.
Because they lack a diaphragm, lizards and salamanders must expand and contract their body wall in order to force air in and out of their lungs, but these are the same muscles used to laterally undulate the body during locomotion.
Because the Boulevard was built over the old Thiers Wall, its entrance / exit ramps and interchanges coincide with the city gates, or " portes " in that wall.
Because a fresco cannot be modified as the artist works, Leonardo instead chose to seal the stone wall with a layer of pitch, gesso and mastic, then paint onto the sealing layer with tempera.
Because most high energy gamma photons will pass through the low density fill gas without interacting, the tube uses the interaction of photons on the molecules of the wall material to produce high energy secondary electrons within the wall.
Because a stone wall was too expensive ( since stone had to be imported ), Enschede had a system of ditches, palisades and hedges instead, which is still reflected in the street-names Noorderhagen and Zuiderhagen ( North Hedge and South Hedge, respectively ).
Because of relatively unrestricted cross-border travel within the European Union, this border was for many years marked only with a low wall, about 30 cm high, running along the length of the street.
Because there were large temperature differences between the center of the charge and the material close to the wall, a mixture of under-burned ( i. e. high loss on ignition ), well-burned and dead-burned lime was normally produced.
Because piping and tubing are commodities, having a greater wall thickness implies higher initial cost.
Because Mario lacks the ability to jump, the player must figure out the optimal order in which to destroy objects — for example, if a player destroys a ladder too soon, a wall may become unreachable and thus the player cannot finish the level.
Because Weigall described these consecutive blockings in ambiguous terms, it is unclear whether the secondary wall was found intact or had already been partially dismantled, like the primary wall .< ref name =" bell p. 133 "> Bell, M. R., < cite >" An Armchair Excavation of KV 55 ", JARCE 27 ( 1990 )</ cite > p. 133 </ ref >
Because of their inert nature, medical grade Silastic brand silicone elastomers are important materials in numerous medical and pharmaceutical devices including catheters, pacemaker leads, tubing, wound dressings and silos for abdominal wall defects.
Because some of the moisture has condensed on the top of the mountain, the foehn ( or föhn ) is drier, so any suspended moisture quickly evaporates as the air descends. A view of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains | Rockies capped by a föhn wall.
Because the majority of the load is transmitted from the ceiling through the upper part of the walls, making the buttress as a semi-arch extending far from the wall provides almost the same load-bearing capacity as a traditional buttress engaged with the wall from top to bottom, yet in a much lighter and cheaper structure.
Because ( for a given pressure ) the thickness of the walls scales with the radius of the tank, the mass of a tank ( which scales as the length times radius times thickness of the wall for a cylindrical tank ) scales with the volume of the gas held ( which scales as length times radius squared ).
Because aluminum is often the material of choice, given its lower unit weight and better weathering capability as compared with steel, deflection is usually the governing criteria in curtain wall design.
Because of its function as a wall, players can use it to create maps smaller than the default dimension the map editor provides, something that was not possible in the game's predecessor.

Because and is
Because God is what He is, the laws of the universe, material and spiritual, are what they are.
Because of these involvements in the matter at stake, Boniface lacked the impartiality that is supposed to be an essential qualification for the position of arbiter, and in retrospect that would seem to be sufficient reason why the English embassies to the Curia proved so fruitless.
Because of the means of publication -- science-fiction magazines and cheap paperbacks -- and because dystopian science fiction is still appearing in quantity the full range and extent of this phenomenon can hardly be known, though one fact is evident: the science-fiction imagination has been immensely fertile in its extrapolations.
Because administration of the forest highway system is a responsibility of the Secretary of Commerce with maintenance provided by the States and counties, this Development Program for the National Forests does not include estimates of the funds needed to maintain the forest highway system nor to construct the additions to it that are needed.
Because the bobbin-to-cone winding process is a relatively high-cost operation for the mill, the almost complete automation provided by the Uniconer can mean important economies in textile production, at the same time upgrading quality.
Because of its importance, and because the lack of price competition is well recognized, the industry is under considerable public pressure not to raise its price any more than could be justified by cost increases.
Because community not severalty of property is the law of nature no man can assert an absolutely unalterable right to what is his.
Because of undesirable flavors, odors, colors, and generally low palatability associated with radiation treatment of this magnitude, the inactivation of enzymes is best accomplished prior to irradiation by the conventional heat-processing methods of blanching.
Because agricultural activities are seasonal and the areas of production and harvest of many foods are widely scattered geographically, and because of the high cost of transporting bulk food items any substantial distance to a central processing location, the use of large central processing stations, where low-cost radiation facilities approaching the megawatt range might be utilized, is inherently impracticable.
Because the rake angle Af at the tip of the knife is very much smaller ( or even negative ) when compared to the value of **yc for the major portion of the knife, a very rapid increase in cutting force with thickness will result.
Because the food is selected with thought for its nutritional value, care for its origin, and prepared in a manner that retains the most nutrients, the food does taste good.
-- Held out of Texas Tech's sweat-suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Stafford, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders' 38-7 loss to Texas A & M Because of its important game with Arkansas coming up Saturday, Baylor worked out in the rain Monday -- mud or no mud.
Because it is so large a state, with marked contrasts in population density, the organization of the New York co-operative offers a cross-section of how the plan works.
Because of this Dr. Bonnor holds that the universe is becoming more thinly populated by stars and whatever else is there.
Because all living beings possess a soul, great care and awareness is essential in one's actions.
Because anthropology developed from so many different enterprises ( see History of Anthropology ), including but not limited to fossil-hunting, exploring, documentary film-making, paleontology, primatology, antiquity dealings and curatorship, philology, etymology, genetics, regional analysis, ethnology, history, philosophy, and religious studies, it is difficult to characterize the entire field in a brief article, although attempts to write histories of the entire field have been made.
Because most embryonic development is outside the parental body, it is subject to many adaptations due to specific ecological circumstances.
Because experimentation is iterative, the
Because the range of possible values for K < sub > a </ sub > spans many orders of magnitude, a more manageable constant, pK < sub > a </ sub > is more frequently used, where pK < sub > a </ sub >

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