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disordered

dis awr derd

  • v  disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
  • v  bring disorder to
  • s  thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
    the small disordered room
  • s  lacking orderly continuity
  • a  not arranged in order

  • At dawn one morning FBI men raided Terminal Island, a disordered conglomeration of tiny wooden houses, fish nets, rabbit warrens, where 2,000 Japanese lived right in the .
  • Some argue that Twitter is a form of digital narcissism, the toy of the moment for an attention-deficit-disordered culture.
  • But they are beset by an inherent tendency toward an "intrinsic moral evil" and are thus by nature "objectively disordered.
News & Articles

  • Structure from disorder: Scientists find new source of versatility so 'floppy' proteins can get things done
    Many proteins work like Swiss Army knives, fitting multiple functions into their elaborately folded structures. A bit mysteriously, some proteins manage to multitask even with structures that are unfolded and floppy -- "intrinsically disordered." Scientists have now discovered an important trick that a well-known intrinsically disordered protein uses to expand and control its functionality.
    June 19, 2013 - Science Daily
  • Structure from Disorder
    In this week's issue of Nature, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute report their discovery of an important trick that a well-known intrinsically disordered protein uses to expand and control its functionality.
    June 19, 2013 - Newswise
  • Scientists find new source of versatility so 'floppy' proteins can get things done
    ( Scripps Research Institute ) Many proteins work like Swiss Army knives, fitting multiple functions into their elaborately folded structures. A bit mysteriously, some proteins manage to multitask even with structures that are unfolded and floppy -- "intrinsically disordered." In this week's issue of Nature, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute report their discovery of an important ...
    June 19, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Quotes

  • Fabio Capello in SI.com
    We were disordered in the first half, but in the second we went looking to recover a result and on the field we saw at all times the great will to win, the heart and spirit of the team,Madrid coach Fabio Capello said.
  • Pope Benedict XVI in Catholic Culture
    During Lent, the Pope said, the faithful should practice fasting "as a preparation for the Eucharist and as a spiritual weapon to fight against any disordered attachment to ourselves."
  • Diane Levin in San Francisco Chronicle
    What you play is looking pretty, being an object,says Levin, who has written extensively on child development, "the Bratz feet come off to try on shoes. Her body is an eating-disordered body -- and all you do is focus on appearance, or...

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