"Changing people from a very limited functional capacity is one of the greatest parts of this technology,"

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You need a functional form that connects the value at one state of matter, the freezing point of water to another phase change, the boiling point of water.

你需要一个函数形式来,连接物质某个态对应的温度值，如水的冰点，和另一个相变,如水的沸点。

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And I'm trying to suggest that Milton's composition of this poem is actually doing something for him, that it gets him somewhere, and that it's functional in a genuine sense.

我试图设想弥尔顿的这首诗,实际上是在为他做一些事情，使他，能够真正的发挥某些作用。

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Now the team was moving toward a matrixed structure, with each employee reporting to both a functional leader and a local area leader.

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The treatment involves loading a functional gene onto a fragment of a deactivated virus that transports the gene to a cell's nucleus, where it is intended to take over.

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In Phase II, teams are expected to complete and demonstrate a functional software configuration as a proof of concept.

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