Sentences with phrase «known phenomenon among»

BBD — or Big Black Dog Syndrome — is a somewhat unexplained, but widely known phenomenon among shelters.

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The answer would seem to be that anti-Jewish prejudice is the classic example of that dislike and fear of strangers which the Greeks knew as xenophobia and which appears as a familiar phenomenon among primitive peoples and peoples reverting to primitivism.

Among bishops, priests, and editors who know the facts, there is frequently an evident uneasiness about the phenomenon.

This time Saul's efforts to take David are frustrated by a religious phenomenon known among the Canaanites and common in early Israel.

Mallon's prior research has shown that such species - rich communities may have been enabled by dietary specializations among the herbivores, a phenomenon more commonly known as niche partitioning.

«Sperm counts among men have dropped substantially over the last few decades, but the reason for such an alarming phenomenon is not known.

Using microlensing — an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of discovering planets at truly great distances from the Earth among other detection techniques — OU researchers were able to detect objects in extragalactic galaxies that range from the mass of the Moon to the mass of Jupiter.

The writer / director, who's known for the epic samurai flick 13 Assassins among many other films, has pulled together a stellar Japanese cast, with talented youngster Hana Sugisaki starring alongside the action icon / cultural phenomenon Takuya Kimura.

But consider these three parallel and seemingly independent phenomena: More than 98 percent of all children and young people play video games; the time devoted to social networking, whether on Facebook or newer platforms, has grown explosively; and the favored means of both information - seeking and communications, especially among young people, is no longer via computers or laptops but smartphones.

A study at Edinburgh University in Scotland says the phenomenon known as «limber tail,» which causes a dog's tail to become limp and difficult to move, tends to affect larger working breeds, and is more common among dogs who live in the north.

Dr. Polyakov was among those who said that the well - known, and very dramatic, natural warm - up of the Arctic early in the 20th century was very much centered on Greenland and Scandinavia, and not a pan-Arctic phenomenon of the kind unfolding in recent years.

Mental illness is one of the major causes of suffering in the United States, and extreme weather events can affect mental health in several ways.113, 223,114,115,116 First, following disasters, mental health problems increase, both among people with no history of mental illness, and those at risk — a phenomenon known as «common reactions to abnormal events.»

The news about the exploding iPhone 6s Plus comes amid reports that class action lawsuits were filed against the Cupertino giant in Canada due to the notorious malfunctioning phenomenon that persists among older iPhones known as «touch disease.»

Although the phenomenon applies broadly, we know that it is particularly prevalent among young women.