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As far as decorations are concerned, one Medal of Honor is conferred for one act of bravery.
After an evening stuck in summer traffic, you'll remember that the driver in front of you imposed a cost, but you might forget that the guy who invented your car's air conditioner conferred a benefit.
For instance, summarizing the New Growth Theory devised by Paul Romer in the 1980s, Lewis says that now "wealth came from the human imagination," and concludes that "the new theory conferred a stunning new status upon innovation."
The mutant 2369 T peak was small, possibly because gefitinib had been discontinued in this patient for 4 mo at the time pleural fluid tumor cells were collected; thus, there was no selective advantage conferred upon cells bearing the T790M mutation.
Eukaryotes might have acquired the YRH gene from a bacteriophage at an early stage of their evolution and retained the RDRPs thanks to the selective advantage conferred by the new level of gene expression regulation mediated, in part, by these enzymes.