Sentences with phrase «other leading theories»

Other leading theories to causes of mass extinctions include: global climate change, changes in sea level, chemical poisoning of the atmosphere and / or oceans, variation in solar radiation, and extreme volcanic activity.

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The discovery of the network leads to some intriguing theories about why people often fail to come up with creative solutions when they're focusing on a problem but succeed later, when they're doing other things, like taking a shower or watching a movie.

Economic pundits arguing that the Canadian dollar is overvalued often base their view on the theory of purchasing power parity (PPP), which predicts that international trade eventually leads exchange rates to adjust until a typical basket of consumer goods and services in Canada costs the same as in other countries.

But you believe it to be there because OTHER PEOPLE»S THEORIES & limited human reasoning skills have lead to a consensus.

This notion led the astrophysicist Fred Hoyle and others to develop the so - called «Steady State Theory» of cosmology as an alternative to the Big Bang tTheory» of cosmology as an alternative to the Big Bang theorytheory.

In so doing, and in his suggestive theory of intuition, Bergson led the way to the further metaphysical developments of James, Whitehead, Dewey, and others in the first half of the twentieth century.

Theories that first led to new discoveries are usually favored over subsequent theories that can give an equally coherent account of the same facts, which is why this criterion is usually distinguished from the otTheories that first led to new discoveries are usually favored over subsequent theories that can give an equally coherent account of the same facts, which is why this criterion is usually distinguished from the ottheories that can give an equally coherent account of the same facts, which is why this criterion is usually distinguished from the other two.

Spelled out in a lengthy lead editorial entitled «Evangelicals in the Social Struggle,» as well as in books such as Aspects of Christian Social Ethics, Henry's understanding of Christian social responsibility stressed (a) society's need for the spiritual regeneration of all men and women, (b) an interim social program of humanitarian care, ethical proclamation, and personal, structural application, and (c) a theory of limited government centering on certain «freedom rights,» e. g., the rights to public property, free speech, and so on.18 Though the shape of this social ethic thus closely parallels that of the present editorial position of Moody Monthly, it must be distinguished from its counterpart by the time period involved (it pushed others like Moody Monthly into a more active involvement in the social arena), by the intensity of its commitment to social responsibility, by the sophistication of its insight into political theory and practice, and by its willingness to offer structural critique on the American political system.

More to the point, just as William Paley, in his perverse way, acted as a kind of accidental midwife to Darwin's theory, so too I think the speculations of Michael J. Behe and William A. Dembski (and others, many of whom belong to the Discovery Institute) will lead not to a more robust theism but to a new impetus to find adequate explanatory laws for chemical complexity.

In fact, the process is a good deal more deductive — the vast majority of working scientists begin by assuming scientific realism, then asking what underlying, noumenal features of the world might lead to the kind of evidence that we observe, then building a theory concerning what other kinds of evidence these noumena might produce, then seeking confirmatory and disconfirmatory evidence.

More recently, Einstein's theory of relativity, Max Planck's discovery of the quantum, and other developments in contemporary physics have gathered together widely diverse natural occurrences into tighter unity and surprising coherence that leads to even further discovery.

«There is nothing in economic theory that requires» such narrowness (EC 5 - 5), but having captured their imagination this abstraction now leads all economists to discount «the effect of one person's welfare on that of others through bonds of sympathy..., and the physical effects of one person's production and consumption activities on others through bonds of bio-physical community» (EC 5 - 3).

A model may also be crucial in the modification of the theory itself It was the model, not the formalism of the theory, which led to the hypothesis of particles having a finite size and attracting each other; when the theory was thus amended, van der Waal's equations for gases under high pressure could be derived.

For example, on other current threads, STSers have (without evidence) posed the theory that Dabo didn't announce that HJ or TL is the lead dog coming out of spring camp because Dabo wants to keep all of the QBs working hard and keep them on board past the point where they could transfer for 2018.

Is also the mantra of flat earthers, 9/11 truthers, birthers, moon landing deniers, and all other purveyors of crackpot conspiracy theories like «he baited her into being violent towards him because he knew a passerby would call the police and get an investigation started that would lead to charges being considered against her in order to get her fired from her job with the endgame goal of, I don't know, making her jointhe lizard people or something?»

In theory, this might create a labour shortage that could lead to wages in that sector increasing as farmers try to attract other workers, unless other steps are taken to maintain the supply of low - wage workers.

One thing that is clear from reading the paper is that they found no evidence of the «gateway theory» that use of cannabis would lead to use of other «harder» drugs.

Dark matter is not necessarily composed of WIMPs — theorists have identified a host of other possible dark - matter particles — but they are the leading candidates because their presence would close a loophole in the reigning theory of particle physics, called the standard model.

The reason, Damour adds, is that «all attempts to unify Einstein's theories with the other forces» — an endeavor he considers essential to the field — «lead to EP violations.»

The long - sought Higgs boson is tied to the leading theory of how quarks, electrons and other particles get their mass

The story begins with the first ideas of the early Greek philosophers — Thales, Pythagoras, Democritus and others — leading to the theory of the four elements of Plato and Aristotle.

It is the subject of the theory of inflation, which was developed in the early 1980s by Alan Guth, Andrei Linde and others, and has led to a radically new global view of the universe.

Other theories suggest that the impact with Mars that created the North Polar Basin led to the formation of Phobos 4.3 billion years ago, but Minton said it's unlikely the moon could have lasted all that time.

Many cosmologists now believe there are other universes hidden from our view — as many as 10500, according to string theory, a leading approach to unifying all the universe's physical laws into one elegant solution.

The authors, led by Dr. Miklos Z. Molnar at UT, mention several theories as to how RLS is possibly linked to other poor health outcomes.

«The evidence seems compelling that the brain has these two kinds of learning systems, and the complementary learning systems theory explains how they complement each other to provide a powerful solution to a key learning problem that faces the brain,» says Stanford Professor of Psychology James McClelland, lead author of the 1995 paper and senior author of the current Review.

In 2007, Lanza published a feature article, «A New Theory of the Universe» in The American Scholar, a leading intellectual journal which has previously published works by Albert Einstein, Margaret Mead, and Carl Sagan, among others.

There are two leading theories of Jupiter's origin: One holds that Jupiter formed more or less where it is today, while the other suggests Jupiter formed at greater distances from the sun, later migrating to its current location.

Classification can be a useful tool, but at other times it leads to endless arguments, because the world (or, in this case, the solar system) is usually more complicated than theories imply.

Nowell went on to study chromosomal changes in other tumors, and this led him to advance the theory of the clonal evolution of tumor progression.

Over the past few years, headlines from such studies have led to widespread dismissal of Dr. McCully's «Homocysteine Theory of Heart Disease» and renewed media focus on cholesterol, C - reactive protein and other possible culprits that can be treated by statins and other profitable drugs.

(For example, there are theories about creatine supplementation leading to increased cell volume, which would indicate that the supplementation is stimulating other anabolic processes, but this is conjecture at this point.)

Over the past few years, headlines from such studies have led to widespread dismissal of Dr. McCully's «Homocysteine Theory of Heart Disease» and renewed media focus on cholesterol, c - reactive protein and other possible culprits that can be treated by statins and other profitable drugs.

This book led to the creation of other books supporting Dr. Mosley's theories, as well as other tools and resources for fasting and weight loss.

Evidence indicates that increased iodine consumption replaces and therefore helps detox other halogens, such as fluoride and bromide, and even toxic metals like lead, aluminum and mercury.11 One theory is that liberal amounts of iodine in the diet can protect against the harmful effects of fluoridated water.12 Iodine supports the immune system and protects against abnormal growth of bacteria in the stomach.13

This «good bacteria» theory led to taking supplemental probiotics as the go - to way to help re-populate our guts after courses of antibiotics or other stressors.

One theory holds that bacteria and viruses may cause this inflammation but clearly we know that lead, mercury, monosodium glutamate (MSG) and fluoride and other toxic chemicals can also cause inflammatory reactions in blood vessels.

The duo debunks the theory of politicians and other alarmists that playing video games leads to teen violence by handing over a real semiautomatic weapon to a nine - year - old video game player to see if he becomes a human killing machine.

Drawing on CLT, dual coding, and other cognitive theories of learning, the experimental research of Richard Mayer has led to his cognitive theory of multimedia learning (CTML).

After receiving an appointment as Associate Professor and Faculty Chair of Education at the University of Detroit Mercy, Dr. Wilson continued her pioneering work by leading faculty to develop the first field - based Master of Science degree that had as focus the theory of mediated learning, cognition, and other works of Reuven Feuerstein.

The concepts covered are: * Camera techniques * Audio techniques * Editing techniques * Mise - en - scene codes * Narrative structure * Genre conventions * Representation * Ideologies * Cultural Spheres and Universes * Institutional Techniques * Audiences models and theories * A wide range of media theories broken into contextual areas into sociological and political This is vital tool in the lead up to the exam period, where it can be used as a revision guide for key concept development, and as a compliment to other units you are teaching.

«The briefs on the other side took issue with our legal theories, but, as we lay out, the legal underpinnings of our claims are well established, and they are based on the same principals that led to historic civil rights victories,» Boutrous said.

On the other hand, the behavior of the «losers» or the «crowd» can be easily observed by taking note of certain leading behavioral indicators (the odd lot theory, for example).

In contrast to many other attempts to apply behavioral finance theories, these two leading indicators have the virtue of being quantifiable; in other words, they indicate the potential tipping points in human emotions.

To the extent that any combination of stock market slices OTHER THAN capitalization weighting outperforms the Total Stock Market (or, approximately, the S&P 500 index), the three leading academic theories must fall.

Moreover, each island harbours unique species of birds, iguanas, and other animals, which led Charles Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution in the mid-19th century.

That boy is none other than Miles Morales, leading to theories that he will be playing a role in the game.

After five years or so, most other leading minimalists grew bored and drifted in new directions but Martin remained on this track for the rest of her long life — no theory, no hiding of technique, no reference to actuality.

In the years 2013 - 2015 she conducted post-doctoral research at the Gamification Lab in the Centre for Digital Cultures (Leuphana University Luneburg, Germany), where she co-edited a collected volume Rethinking Gamification (2014), lead numerous game - design projects and seminars on games theory and criticism, and co-organised the DiGRA 2015: Diversity of Play conference, amongst others.

Traditional anthropogenic theory of currently observed global warming states that release of carbon dioxide into atmosphere (partially as a result of utilization of fossil fuels) leads to an increase in atmospheric temperature because the molecules of CO2 (and other greenhouse gases) absorb the infrared radiation from the Earth's surface.