Provide for
hierarchical levels of diagnostic description.
It is the central problem of the brain where there appears to be an unlimited possibility for new
hierarchical levels of description.
Not exact matches
In review, the
hierarchical scheme is constructed on a modified reductionist principle, in that each
level of abstraction is to be explained in terms
of the elements at the next highest
level.
The idea
of transcendence, he says, belongs to the infancy
of the human race and is on the same
level with the bourgeois idea
of a
hierarchical society.
We must ask whether the physical and historical continuity that evolutionary theory posits, in its picture
of life and consciousness arising from a soup
of chemicals, rubs out the
hierarchical distinction
of levels.7
In the created order, this
hierarchical structure provides each
level of being its proper responsibility and privileges — archangels, angels, men, women, children, animals, etc..
He first introduces the top
level of his
hierarchical description with what he calls the general presumption
of the whole and part, which is characterized as pure extension.
In the latter system
of thought, nature separates
levels of reality according to a
hierarchical arrangement — God, angels, man, animals, plants and inanimate matter.
In the last century the Church was presented as a full and perfect society, on the same
level as the state; at the same time, emphasis was placed on the
hierarchical and juridical aspects
of the Church as institution.
What I want to discuss in this section is the idea that the duration
of a superject is correlated with its size (i.e., its
hierarchical level in a structured society).
But in any case, it is clear that Whitehead means that there are various
levels of «organisms
of organisms,» or
hierarchical societies, which are to be contrasted with those types
of societies which do not have a
hierarchical order and hence no overall unity
of activity.
(2) And in the
hierarchical view symbols «hold together» the
level of our human consciousness with the higher
level that seeks to comprehend and integrate our consciousness (in its response
of faith) into itself.
We have repeatedly observed that in nature's
hierarchical structure the higher
level dwells in and relies upon the lower but can not be comprehended simply by an analysis
of the lower.
The very fact
of our noticing and being bothered about chance occurrences is a clue to the fact
of a
hierarchical universe in which causal paths involving distinct
levels at times cross each other to our dismay or delight.
Of course it is also true that a certain amount of stability is part of the very nature of hierarchies in that hierarchical structuring prevents the collapse of the whole edifice if there is a local disturbance at one of the level
Of course it is also true that a certain amount
of stability is part of the very nature of hierarchies in that hierarchical structuring prevents the collapse of the whole edifice if there is a local disturbance at one of the level
of stability is part
of the very nature of hierarchies in that hierarchical structuring prevents the collapse of the whole edifice if there is a local disturbance at one of the level
of the very nature
of hierarchies in that hierarchical structuring prevents the collapse of the whole edifice if there is a local disturbance at one of the level
of hierarchies in that
hierarchical structuring prevents the collapse
of the whole edifice if there is a local disturbance at one of the level
of the whole edifice if there is a local disturbance at one
of the level
of the
levels.
If purpose is intrinsic to a
hierarchical universe, then it would be located at a higher
level than that
of human consciousness.
According to our
hierarchical model, the ultimate
level of meaning would also dwell in and rely upon the subsidiaries which it attempts lovingly to order into a patterning
of beauty.
Hierarchical structuring provides the universe with a stability without which emergence
of higher
levels would be impossible.
Speaking more realistically, the environment into which the biosphere flooded was already a
hierarchical assembly
of subassemblies, each
level of which was endowed with an order and irreversibility that prevented the whole edifice from constantly sinking back into complete chaos.10 In such a
hierarchical framework the initial appearance
of a new and higher
level always has to be a unique event.
And this is because we also, as conscious and purposive beings, are part
of this
hierarchical universe where many
levels are constantly intersecting one another.
And even evolutionary theory continues to rely upon the
hierarchical distinctions
of levels, though it envisages them as stages in a horizontally linear movement with the lines
of demarcation somewhat blurred.
By its implicit demand that teleology display itself on the
level of molecular mechanisms, this Harvard biologist's statement exhibits the difficulty many scientists have today with
hierarchical thinking.
But in an emergent,
hierarchical universe faith is the kind
of knowing whereby we at the human
level of evolution leave ourselves open to being grasped by a more encompassing field
of influence.13 In the cosmic hierarchy the lower can not comprehend the higher.
«Macro-level changes in the structure
of citation clusters» is the title
of one
of the articles in this collection, and «multidimensional scaling» within «a
hierarchical or nested structure
of clusters four
levels deep» is what it is all about.
To eliminate these periodic possibilities, Radin modifies the construction so that certain features
of the Conway tiling, in particular its
hierarchical structure into
levels, can not be avoided.
«That allows us to couple our task inference as well as our inferred specificity
level with a
hierarchical planner, so we can plan at any
level of abstraction,» Arumugam said.
Just as a
hierarchical crew runs the fictional starship, Williams» Enterprise system incorporates
levels of decision - makers.
In this paper, we use a new statistical framework (based on spatio - temporal empirical
hierarchical modeling with Gaussian processes; code available at Github) to identify the common global signal in a new database
of > 1300 geological sea -
level indicators from 24 localities around the world.
Basic characteristics are shared by all
hierarchical levels and include the ability
of a system to adjust to changes in its environment.
Yet school leaders «tend to think
of the entire [education governance] system as a
hierarchical - linear system, meaning that they feel they can not influence parts
of the system much «higher» or «lower» than their
level» (Jean - Marie, Normore, & Brooks, 2009, p. 17).
A two -
level hierarchical linear model (Raudenbush & Bryk, 2002) was used to examine the extent to which teacher / classroom, school, and home variables can predict the average classroom usage
of specific technology tools.
Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM; Raudenbush, Bryk, & Congdon, 2000) was used to investigate the impact
of school -
level and classroom -
level characteristics on students» reading growth.
We matched 8,095 dual credit participants to an equal number
of nonparticipants within the same high school at the point
of postsecondary enrollment using propensity scores calculated through a two -
level hierarchical generalized linear model with college type as a post treatment adjustment.
Ph.D. is the highest
level of hierarchical structure
of education system.
After fighting your way through a few lower
level Orcs you are pointed in the direction
of this
hierarchical system where an Orc military structure is presented to you.
As with many painters, Kelani uses photography as a preparatory tool for his work however very few artists in Nigeria have placed it on the same
level given the reinforced
hierarchical barriers between the «art»
of painting and mechanical procedure
of photography.
Since a significant percentage
of applicants are unwilling to consider enrolling at any school below a certain
hierarchical level, and / or will decline to enroll at certain other schools without receiving massive discounts on the advertised tuition price, these numbers portend fiscal calamity for more than a few schools.
Define and enforce a custom,
hierarchical set
of security
levels to secure records, satisfying the most stringent set
of records requirements: DoD Standard 5015.2.
These cataloging systems produce
hierarchical concept frameworks placing broad legal concepts such as constitutional law and environmental law at the top and then drill down from those broad concepts through successive
levels of increasingly narrow subtopics.
The achievement
of the deconstruction
of the existing hyper - segregated
hierarchical power regime, and therein the transformation
of the existing power structural arrangements, results in the institutionalization
of mediation processes within the new democratic power structural arrangements, which in turn ensures that future conflicts among the actors do not reach impasse or rise to a
level that threatens the broader society in which the actors reside.
The special feature
of the project is the use
of a
hierarchical hybrid consensus mechanism (HHCM), which uses PoS consensus at the first
level of entry / contract processing, and PoW consensus at the second
level.
Lead team
of 2 researchers and analysts to collect, analyze, interpret, and prepare cogent, concise intelligence reports to support operations objectives; distribute reports to all relevant
hierarchical levels.
RESULTS:
Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that long - term success (at least 5 % weight reduction by the 1 - year follow - up) versus failure (dropping out or less weight reduction) was significantly predicted by the set
of psychosocial variables (family adversity, maternal depression, and attachment insecurity) when we controlled for familial obesity, preintervention overweight, age, and gender
of the index child and parental educational
level.
Two
hierarchical multiple regressions were calculated, both
of which included estimated METs per week, mean choice reaction time, age, and gender as predictors at the first
level and the five NEO-FFI scores at the second -
level.
As shown in the results
of the Pearson's correlations and the
hierarchical regression analysis, social support had a significant negative association with PTSD symptoms, and this finding is consistent with other researches.9 36 51 52 The
level of PTSD symptoms was significantly and negatively correlated with the healthcare workers» scores for objective support and utilisation
of support.
RESULTS: The
hierarchical regression model for job stress explained 26.8 %
of... the variance among those with a low monthly income (β = − 0.151, p = 0.021), an irregular diet (β = 0.165, p = 0.014), and high daily work hours (β = 0.380, p = 0.000), showing that these respondents were more likely to report high job stress
levels.
Hierarchical linear modeling39 was used to examine intervention group differences in cortisol
levels at waking and bedtime as well as in slope cortisol
levels across the day, following analytic procedures used previously.5
Hierarchical linear modeling accounts for the nonindependence
of repeated measures by modeling multiple data points as nested within individuals, which further allows for missing data.
Independent sample t - test was used to compare the
level of self - esteem, family function score and social support score between the two groups with and without grandparenting experience; Pearson correlation was calculated to explore how
levels of self - esteem and family functions as well as perceived social support were related;
Hierarchical regression analysis was applied to examine the moderating effect
of social support on the relationship between family function and self - esteem.
A two -
level hierarchical linear model consisting
of repeated observations within individuals and individuals assigned to conditions was used to evaluate the effects
of time from baseline to post-intervention comparing the three conditions and from post-intervention to eight - month follow - up for both intervention conditions.
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of the America