Sentences with phrase «on discordant»

In addition to these potential age differences in the effects of concordance, several other studies on discordant drinking and marital happiness found that (a) these effects may be stronger among women and (b) women's use of alcohol may have stronger effects than men's.

In a recent comment on the discordant debate following my post on trends in record (hot and cold) temperatures in the United States, Jeff Turcios of New York made an interesting point:

«Their works above all touch on an erosion of certainties, engaging in artistic meditations on discordant truths.

Not exact matches

The more extreme, bizarre, fragmented, conflicting and discordant these ideologues become, the weaker their influence on politics.

Alone on the hill, with the dark sky and the stars above and the discordant world below, the narrator sinks more deeply into a contemplative state and, much like Stapledon's description of the Whiteheadian explorer, proceeds on a panoramic exploration, leaving his mountain top in a flight of imagination while staring at the stars.

To make a deal with the SSPX and the Lefebvrist movement on Archbishop Pozzo's premise — that this new personal prelature would be conceded a right to reject certain teachings of the Second Vatican Council — would be to make the symphony of Catholic truth discordant rather than melodic.

When we have deduced what we deduce by our reason and from study of visible nature, and then read what we read in His inspired word, and find the two apparently discordant, this is the feeling I think we ought to have on our minds» not an impatience to do what is beyond our powers, to weigh evidence, sum up, balance, decide, and reconcile, to arbitrate between the two voices of God» but a sense of the utter nothingness of worms such as we are; of our plain and absolute incapacity to contemplate things as they really are; a perception of our emptiness, before the great Vision of God....

The matter of discordant tunes on its use from election tribunals is disturbing as expressed by the CJN.

Avoid making pronouncements on new initiatives yet to be finalized by the Commission, so that discordant statements do not confuse the electorate.

Because of discordant findings in studies on the relationship between the athlete's age and sports - related concussion symptoms and their duration, Lee, Odom, and colleagues chose to study age - related differences by applying rigorous matching criteria across different age groups and by using reliable change index (RCI) methodology.

«The discordant twin design minimizes a number of potentially confounding factors that may explain the association between childhood verbal ability and subsequent alcohol use by «controlling» for differences on variables [such as] socioeconomic differences or family factors that, if excluded, could cloud the interpretation of findings.»

These genes were selected based on the following criteria: they exhibit differential expression in the discordant twins (q < 0.15; Fig. 3A and C), as well as differential methylation in both the discordant twins (P < 0.05; Fig. 3B and D) and case - control cohort 2 (q < 0.15; Fig. 3B and D).

In this study, we capitalized on the strengths of a twin study design to present for the first time both genome - wide mRNA and DNA methylation profiles in adipose tissue from MZ twin pairs discordant for T2D.

Comparisons between discordant twins and individuals in case - control cohort 2 are based on paired Wilcoxon statistics.

The research on PTSD monitoring grows out of work by cardiologists Amit Shah and Viola Vaccarino on heart rate variability in PTSD - discordant twin veterans (2013 Biological Psychiatry paper).

I cut out all the coconut oil and butter I was consuming and on 3/11/2013, only a few weeks after my initial NRM lipid profile, this really didn't lead to any change in my LDL - C or total cholesterol (I decided to cheap out since the standard cholesterol test is only $ 29 while the NMR lipid profile is around $ 100 with my initial NMR test I could see that I wasn't one of those people who had discordant LDL - C vs LDL - P).

Musically, the exciting on - the - rise composer duo of Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans («Martha Marcy May Marlene,» «Simon Killer «-RRB- bring an atonal A-game of discordant cellos and oblique half notes that would make Jonny Greenwood proud, and keeps the movie tilted on its discomfiting axis.

Such a discordant form - content scenario always seemed a tad too on - the - nose (see, Naughty looks like a toddler's toy!

If you see a moody pattern emerging on the type of films they've worked on, you'd be on the money; the pair, influenced by folks like Krzysztof Penderecki, Terry Bozzio and even later - day dark and doomy Scott Walker, traffic largely in droney and disquieting soundscapes, specializing in that sweet spot where discordant sounds subtly burn in the back of the frame rather than overpowering the narrative.

She's fine, but the character is so negative and undermining, even as the film seems to be on her side, and something about that feels discordant.

Imagine sitting in a darkened auditorium, nervously munching on popcorn as discordant notes play.

Don Cheadle succeeds in making Miles Davis relive on film, through a powerful cinematic concerto, drenched with discordant harmony.

Other discordant portrayals include Carey's character jumping into bed on a first date, a fistfight, a shooting, a few profanities and a sexual expletive.

Garland has a way of making the seemingly familiar turn strange and discordant, setting us all on edge.

by FaulknerLives on The Tonally Incoherent Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Hasn't a Clue How to Manage Its Weighty Themes and Discordant Plot (Film Review)

Yet there's something just off about the movie, something discordant or out of balance, and the biggest evidence of this is that the funniest stuff doesn't grow naturally from the story or characters, but feels appended, thrown on as afterthought, like a condiment, to add a little flavor.

It's such a discordant leap that I believed, until I did some snooping around, that there was a defect on the disc.

Discordant at its best, Winter's Tale is the prime example of the sweet schandefreudian justice of a mega-successful and commensurately untalented artist allowed to pursue his white whale on a grand stage.

Either this discordant plan is a front for public school expansionism, bent on adding another grade or two to its current thirteen, and adding the staff (and dues - paying union members) that would accompany such growth, or it's a cynical calculation: only by appealing to the middle - class desire for taxpayers to underwrite the routine child - care needs of working parents will any movement occur on the pre-K front, and the heck with the truly disadvantaged youngsters who need more than that strategy will yield.

But that is absolutely the only discordant note in the predictably lush interior, where the attention to finish detail borders on obsessive.

This didn't indicate the LeBaron GTS's inherently superior driving dynamics; instead, it showed how American cars could score high on smooth roads while feeling discordant in real - world conditions.

While the story grows confusing at times, the only discordant notes are a couple of narratives that focus on fringe characters who appear to exist only to move the story along.

His take on the complications in Dade's life is sophisticated and thoughtful, especially on the ambiguities of that «relationship» with Pablo, while his limning of the growing friendship with Alex is deeply satisfying, never striking a discordant emotional note.

Even more surprising is the fact that the current crop of Folio 100s that were put on sale turned out to be dismal in performance and looks which is probably why it has hit a discordant note with buyers.

25 % of these cats convert to negative on both tests (safe), 25 % become positive on both tests (typically soccumb to the virus and more common in kittens), and 50 % remain discordant (where the results of the 2 tests are different and the patient may never become ill).

I also planned ahead for an event on the Tuesday night, since it was in my neighbourhood, but it turned out to be pretty awful: a loud discordant brass band with couples slow dancing in front of the stage.

Alongside her puppets, five animations are projected on the walls playing to the discordant melodies of Hans Berg's compositions.

Using a comic - strip technique and harsh discordant colors, his paintings comment on such social topics as the homeless and the Ku Klux Klan.

For this installation Violette is working in discordant harmony with the imposing space, both resisting and acquiescing to its past and present condition, creating a new history while commenting on the site's specific past.

Touching on the Freudian conception of «unheimlich,» or the uncanny feeling of something that is familiar yet discordant, Park illuminated his lengthy exploration of the dissonance of Korean identity, the notion of home in light of his country's divisive history, and the politics of the Korean War.

Straight, short staccato dashes arranged on a diagonal seem to shatter vertical and horizontal lines and vice versa, resulting in discordant, haphazard arrangements.

Reminiscent of discordant television color bars, Whitney's loosely laid grids operate on both optical and conceptual registers, while Serra's nearby show features photos of local veterans relegated to a common child's punishment.

Using acrylic and silkscreen techniques on linen and canvas, this show pays hommage to abstract expressionism, inspired by the discordant beauty of Charlie Parker's jazz composition, Now's the Time.

Rosenquist's specialty is arranging fragmented, juxtaposed images into overlapping layers, and putting them on canvases to create a discordant visual narrative.

While discussions of Nauman's video works from this period have focused on issues of performativity, endurance, and the body, Ligon was interested in how Nauman's discordant note can be heard as a soundtrack to the war in Vietnam or the brutal violence faced by civil rights workers.

Of course, someone's interpretation of the latter statement will depend on how she / he interprets the phrase «discordant findings» and the word «theory.»

This, on the human scale, is ironic acrobatics, a juggler's trick, an incomprehensible display of omnipotence - arrogance, since from this ever renewed impurity of the air we come, we animals and we plants, and we the human species, with our four billion discordant opinions, our milleniums of history, our wars and shames, nobility and pride.

They employed a family - based discordant sib - pair analysis, which indicated that DRD4 and DAT1 failed to have significant and independent effects on ADHD.

Although previous research on younger couples revealed that discordant heavy drinking (rather than only drinking status) is associated with lower marital satisfaction and divorce (Leonard et al., 2014; Mudar et al., 2001), the present study contributes to the literature by showing that concordance on drinking status (i.e., drinker vs. no drinker) appears to be more important for negative marital relationship quality among older couples than frequency or quantity of consumption.

Most of the research to date has focused on the implications of concordant / discordant use of alcohol among younger samples.