mechanisms

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My research had found that corporate governance mechanisms, such as board of directors and active shareholders, tend to complement and balance each other to drive a company’s performance.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Their work showed how molecular mechanisms involving synapses and the immune system can produce distinct connectivity patterns that can be detected using fMRI.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

A nonscientific layman like me would think that the scientific community would already have mechanisms like this in place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The egomania and the fabulism are coping mechanisms that will grow more extreme under pressure.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

We do not understand human behavior well enough to be sure of the mechanisms underlying these relationships, although we can conjecture.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan