0 a person who is standing near and watching something that is happening but is not taking part in it: --
1 a person who is standing near and watching something that is happening but is not involved in it: --
In extreme circumstances, bystanders might be offered some type of consent mechanism.
The release of cytokines/chemokines indirectly contributes to apoptosis of bystander lymphocytes by upregulating a variety of genes with pro-apoptotic functions.
Last, a bystander's social status seems pertinent to decisions about when and how protections are offered.
Family studies represent a third and related class of research for which bystander risks have been discussed.
As we noted, the classic work on conformity, obedience, and bystander behavior was designed to identify important situational constraints on the basic effects.
The prospect of plural bystanders raises questions of who should represent the interests of groups and how disputes should be resolved when bystanders disagree.
Rightly or wrongly, in the eyes of many bystanders, they had moved from an icon of hope for peace to a bunch of quarrelling women.
The man remained conscious, until a bystander who had observed the scene told him that he had been bitten by a snake.
