Sentences with phrase «classic theory on»

We demonstrate that, whereas the mean admixture under assortative mating is equivalent to that of a randomly mating population, the variance of admixture generally increases with higher levels of positive assortative mating and decreases with negative assortative mating, analogous to classic theory on assortative mating by single locus genotypes or traits.

Not exact matches

The resulting theory, though founded on quite different principles and developed in an independent fashion from Einstein's theory, nevertheless gives predictions that are identical to the latter's, within observable limits, for each of the four classic tests of gravitational theories (i.e., precession of the perihelion of Mercury, redshift of light emitted by a massive body, the bending of light - beams in a strong gravitational field, and the apparent slowing of the speed of light propagation near massive bodies).

An initial chapter presents a phenomenological description of religion, drawing on classic (but not uncontested) theories of religion to show what Appleby takes to be a fundamental «ambivalence» in the human response to «the sacred» — an ambivalence that is the inevitable result of the limits of human understanding.

In an opening section of which a theological scholar would be proud, Gladwell turns the tables on the classic interpretation of the shepherd boy's battle with the Philistine giant, gradually proving his theory that David actually went into the fight as the favourite.

Though Bergson did not develop an elaborate theory of extensive abstraction, it is not surprising that he should have viewed Whitehead's The Concept of Nature, in which this theory is given its classic formulation, as «one of the most profound (works) ever «written on the philosophy of nature» (DS 62n).

Lead researcher Sunny Consolvo, a computer scientist at Intel, read up on classic psychology theories before starting the project.

In the classic view of ecosystems, outlined by Elton and later Robert MacArthur and E. O. Wilson in their theory of island biogeography, ecosystems run on a knife's edge: They are tightly structured, without much room for new competitors.

One classic example of chaos theory is the weather, in which a relatively small change in one part of the system is enough to foil predictions — and vacation plans — anywhere on the globe.

«Our approach is based on probability theory and allows to reinterpret and combine two seemingly contradictory classic theories,» explains Stefan Glasauer, one of the authors of the study.

To date there hasn't been a lot of strong evidence in support of any of the competing theories, but here we have confirmed that the classic theory is probably on the right track.

That is because for decades cosmologists have had trouble reconciling the classic notion of viscosity based on the laws of thermodynamics with Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Classic theory, involving a one - sex (female) model of human demography, suggests that genes imparting deleterious effects on post-reproductive survival will accumulate.

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Developed by Ninja Theory this was a reboot of the classic Devil May Cry (DMC) franchise which debuted on the PS2 in 2001.

«At Berkeley» In theory, the 70th Venice Film Festival was something of a banner one for documentaries: two in competition, one of which, «Sacro GRA,» won the Golden Lion, several others in sidebars or out of competition, and a number of films - about - filmmaking in the Classics strand, including «A Fuller Life,» «Bertolucci On Bertolucci» and «Double Life: James Benning and Richard Linklater» (the latter two we didn't make it to, but heard good things about, and hope to catch up with in the near future).

Often when I'm about to leave on vacation and am hunting around for some appropriate reading material I'll pick up an investment classic under the theory that after the first or second read I must know it pretty well and so it's become a «light» read.

It's quite an interesting read — because I don't necessarily agree with the theory on classic Sonic titles, but I do agree somewhat with regards to modern Sonic.

Overall, DmC provides an interesting retelling of Dante's roots, and Ninja Theory have created a solid title with a well - told story and interesting takes on the series» classic characters.

A take on the classic resource management game, it distinguishes itself from the pack in its use of color theory to add a pleasant layer of challenge to preparing items in the game.

Whether you believe my conspiracy theory or not, SEGA won't have the 3D Classics to fall back on as a means to distract us from their lack of productivity or as a continued revenue stream.

The Mystery System — I have a theory that it MIGHT be a special version of the game for Sega Saturn or Dreamcast for those classic fans who made random pleads for it to be on those systems.

Artist Statement I was in the mood to recover some classics so I did some arting on that new - fangled computer machine.The cover is supposed to represent Hobbes» social contract theory...

In her approach to abstraction, Strobert draws on the classic «push - pull» theory of Hans Hofmann (1880 — 1966), which rejects linear perspective in favor of illusion created through compositional shape and color.

The title and content of Dana Hoey's latest series of photographs riffs on classic works of French feminist theory — Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex (1949) and Luce Irigaray's This Sex Which...

Data were analyzed by Hughes (1973); Weertman (1974), «entirely possible,» p. 3; the classic theory was Thomas (1973a); and Thomas (1973b); Flohn (1974) gave a more general model; on ice modeling, see also Hughes (1977).

«uncertainty» equals no consensus but consensus is not proof this is just one classic example of just more humans trying to justify their existence and no the IPCC Judith Curry and everyone else involved continue dancing on the head of a pin whilst Mr Ordinary gets his wealth sequestrated in order to pay for these guys to indulge in their pet hobby when the person who is making their life possible derives no benefit whatsoever except higher and higher energy bills, more restrictions on their ability to travel whilst again the lauded few get to travel across the planet 1st class to tout their jaded theories of how what and where and all I hope and pray is that we get another five years of flat temperatures then you are all toast and in a great need of having to work for a living or get another hobby.

This is the classic «technocratic» view of governance dependent on an assumed perfection / perfectibility of science in theory and also (progressively) in practice.

She's an avowed modern natural lawyer, so you can sort of see how Mr. Vellacot got things twisted in his head the way he did, because your classic, historical natural law theory was espoused by people like St. Thomas Aquinas, who's views on law were certainly well - integrated with his religious beliefs.

Once again, although the classic adage is that we are all Legal Realists now, and a few people argue that critical legal theory has not died but been absorbed into general legal thought, I find on the whole that lawyers and law professors at least appear to have internalized very little of the lessons of Legal Realism or CLS, and retain in thought and deed a surprising attachment to the appearance of «reasoned elaboration.»

Like the NES Classic, they connect using the Wiimote controller port, which means you can (in theory) use them with SNES games on the Wii and Wii U.

On a classic episode of The Big Bang Theory, Howard learns about the third date rule — the idea that the third date is the «sex date,» the date when it is deemed appropriate for a new couple to have sex.

As well as gender and culture, attachment style has been shown to have a profound effect on the nature and success of romantic relationships; Hazan and Shaver (1987) have applied the classic developmental theory of attachment (Bowlby, 1979) to adult romantic relationships.

This is not surprising, given that both classic theories of gender (Chodorow, 1978; Gilligan, 1982) and empirical research on interpersonal relations have highlighted girls» and women's stronger emphasis on interpersonal relations across the life course, relative to those of their male counterparts (Suitor et al., 2011).