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(bĕn-ăs′ər-əf), Baruj Born 1920.
Venezuelan-born American immunologist. He shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for discoveries concerning cell structure that enhanced understanding of the immunological system, resulting in higher success rates in organ transplantation.
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Heyting, Arend (1983), "The Intuitionist Foundations of Mathematics," in Paul Benacerraf and Hilary Putnam (eds.), Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings.
An analysis of linguistic normativity and communication as a response to objections to a biopsychological foundation for linguistics
Benacerraf, "Adenomyosis: sonographic findings and diagnostic accuracy," Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, vol.
Sonographic Signs of Adenomyosis Are Prevalent in Women Undergoing Surgery for Endometriosis and May Suggest a Higher Risk of Infertility
Benacerraf BR, Mandell J, Estroff JA, Harlow BL, Frigoletto FD, Jr.
Antenatal renal pelvic dilatation and foetal outcomes - review of cases from a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan
Tania Benacerraf, director of behavioral health and child welfare programs at Hope Street Family Center, stated, 'We tend to overlook mental health and needs,' explaining that adults do not always pay attention to mental care.
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Among the topics are Aristotle on Zeno's paradoxes, Kant on the transcendental schema and number, Wittgenstein from Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, Benacerraf's "What Numbers Could Not Be," and Heck's "Frege's Theorem: An Introduction." ([umlaut] Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)
An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics: A Reader
Inhibition of humoral response to SRBCs indicated decrease in the response of macrophage, T and B lymphocytes which are key players in antibody synthesis (Benacerraf, 1978).
IMMUNOMODULATORY ACTIVITY OF FLURBIPROFEN IN MICE
Benacerraf, P., 1973, "Mathematical Truth", Journal of Philosophy, vol.
A plea for concrete universals
He is led to a discussion of the contributions of Paul Benacerraf and the Bourbaki school to set theory and of Emmy Noether's achievement in abstract algebra.
Franklin, James. An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics: Mathematics as the Science of Quantity and Structure

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