Sentences with phrase «on idiosyncratic»

Some authors have argued that the nature of the child's disorder is not important in determining its psychological consequences, because children with chronic physical disorders face common life experiences and problems based on generic dimensions of their conditions, rather than on idiosyncratic characteristics of any specific disease entity (e.g., Stein & Jessop, 1982).

Vehicles that are out of the ordinary do not have the benefit of guide prices, eg through Glass's Guide, which means that prices are dependant on the idiosyncratic view of a specific purchaser or specialist who is more likely to take previous repairs into account.

I also suspect that we would all rather have Tamino apply his time to the statistics he does so well and not waste his time on an idiosyncratic administrative bug at his site.

How the two tracks are funded, how they interact, how and when they add up to universal energy access, all that will depend on idiosyncratic national and local considerations.

In contrast to the London show, the Berlinische Galerie focuses on his idiosyncratic and experimental work of the 1940s to the 1970s with which the artist attracted much international acclaim.

Another exhibition in 1990, Jack Bilbo and The Moderns focused on his idiosyncratic gallery and the artists he championed.

Grayson Perry's exhibition takes visitors on an idiosyncratic pilgrimage through the British Museum's permanent collections.

Interview: Paul Sullivan of www.slowtravelberlin.com on idiosyncratic travel, roll of the dice transport and eccentric ramblings.

In the gender comparison, all of the results show that one gender's idiosyncratic achievement has a positive, highly statistically significant effect on the idiosyncratic achievement of its peers from the other gender group.

And who better to provide currency than Stiller, whose acute perception of popular culture imposed a «best before» date on large portions of «The Ben Stiller Show» — the earliest incarnation of which happened to air on MTV, thus shedding light on the idiosyncratic feel of scenes depicting Michael in the workplace.

Regardless, both films would make an ideal double feature on the idiosyncratic ways a filmmaker can re-invent the biographical drama and stir our perspectives during the process.

The point here is that we make judgements about people based on our idiosyncratic lens and sometimes they are erroneous judgements.

Ever the businessman, Cam is capitalizing on his idiosyncratic writing style with an app.

Rather, he condemned the mobs for trying to institute cultic theocracies based on their idiosyncratic and often violently repressive readings of scripture.

«Our expectation is for pockets of volatility on an idiosyncratic basis around these events, rather than a wholesale sea change of volatility,» said Ben Robins, portfolio specialist at T. Rowe Price.

Not exact matches

Tesla (tsla), the idiosyncratic electric - vehicle maker — which more often than not passes on these industry events — brought a house.

But most of these ideas — valuable as many of them might be — are idiosyncratic or based on personal experience.

Yes, of course you need to get through your requirements, but after that an idiosyncratic pick with an inspiring or thought - provoking teacher («When I think about the classes that shaped me the most, I think about my Marxist Canadian history class, taught by a socialist ideologue,» says Blattman) beats on on - topic one taught by a snooze - inducing robot.

The forward - thinking executive also encouraged his researchers to make time for their own passions, letting scientists pursue their idiosyncratic interests on the company clock.

Bottom line: There's no free lunch on Wall Street and just about every asset class carries its own form of idiosyncratic risk.

Second, people often focus on a CEO's most idiosyncratic trait — such as Steve Jobs's temper or Richard Branson's flair.

«This is the one that has a little bit of idiosyncratic risk going on.»

Additionally, as recent headlines illustrate, one can not ignore idiosyncratic risks in the different countries (for example the passing of the Thai King, or the impact of Samsung's woes on the South Korean market).

With decades of experience investing in uniquely complex and idiosyncratic deals, the expertise and specialized knowledge at Fundamental allows us to capitalize on a fragmented and inefficient market.

Move away from idiosyncratic marketing lingo, and run marketing campaigns by focusing on what matters: leads, conversion rates, qualified leads, and sales opportunities.

In their May 2006 paper entitled «The Relation between Time - Series and Cross-Sectional Effects of Idiosyncratic Variance on Stock Returns in G7 Countries», Hui Guo and Robert Savickas investigate why the realized idiosyncratic volatility (beta) of individual stocks correlates negatively with future returns — why there is a penalty instead of a reward for this aIdiosyncratic Variance on Stock Returns in G7 Countries», Hui Guo and Robert Savickas investigate why the realized idiosyncratic volatility (beta) of individual stocks correlates negatively with future returns — why there is a penalty instead of a reward for this aidiosyncratic volatility (beta) of individual stocks correlates negatively with future returns — why there is a penalty instead of a reward for this apparent risk.

On a somewhat related matter, Arendt's near - total absence of study of Italian fascism may simply signify a lack of interest in dealing with the exceptional and idiosyncratic features of that system's totalitarianism.

So the courageous pro-choice position must be that whether a fetus is a legal person must not depend on the mystical, idiosyncratic determination of the mother that her embryo is or isn't a person to her.

Though early Christian exegesis may on first reading appear idiosyncratic and arbitrary, it arose within the life of the Church and was practiced within a tradition of shared beliefs and practices, guided by the Church's faith as expressed in the creed.

The authors here are not on the sort of idiosyncratic quest that my journey proved to be.

I will not have discharged my self - chosen duties successfully without referring to two passages by notable founders that throw special if idiosyncratic light on religion.

On the one hand, attention to the widespread presence of societal forces obscures the reality of autonomous individuality; on the other hand, a concern for the fact of idiosyncratic action beclouds awareness of the reality of social wholeOn the one hand, attention to the widespread presence of societal forces obscures the reality of autonomous individuality; on the other hand, a concern for the fact of idiosyncratic action beclouds awareness of the reality of social wholeon the other hand, a concern for the fact of idiosyncratic action beclouds awareness of the reality of social wholes.

And yet the novel that followed The Junkers, Monk Dawson, was about a monk: a simple story of a boy from a school not unlike Ampleforth, who on graduation joins the community, then questions its commitment to educating the sons of the rich, and applies his own idiosyncratic «preferential option for the poor,» providing shelter for a homeless family in the school theater.

He was always moving on to the next project, more often than not conceived of as brilliant but in idiosyncratic ways that both thrilled and baffled his friends.

For some, tradition means «how we did it last year,» a tradition based all too frequently on the personal and idiosyncratic projections of worship leaders.

The Boston University School of Theology Library was most helpful in obtaining many idiosyncratic titles and microfilms on which this research strongly depends.

A Week in the Life of a First Things Junior Fellow (Somewhat Condensed and Idiosyncratic) Saturday, 7 pm: Night prayer, drinks, and dinner with Richard John NeuhausSunday, 1 pm: Lunch after Mass at sushi restaurant on Park AvenueMonday, 2 pm: First Things editorial meeting; 8 pm: $ 15 tickets for....

He adds that his wife's decision to foreswear the Anglican ordination she had been seeking was critical (in all of these cases family matters are crucial, idiosyncratic, and difficult to talk about on the record).

Likewise, although the ancients thought of friendship as a personal bond based on the mutual attractiveness of certain qualities, they did not emphasize individual or idiosyncratic traits as this basis.

I think that there are plenty of parents who have the same sort of issues about nudity in front of their children, bathing with their children, kissing on the lips, rubbing or stroking backs and feet, playful nibbling of ears or anything else that might carry a sexual connotation to a particular person, however idiosyncratic.

Pettit is certainly able to show that some figures like Harrington, opponent of Hobbes» attack on the «democratical gentlemen» who opposed government by prerogative, have something like Pettit's account of freedom as resting in being free from subjection «to the potentially capricious will or the potentially idiosyncratic judgement of another» [7].

Avoid idiosyncratic, ad - hoc demands and find arguments based on generalizable principles.

The idea that each of us exists inside our own idiosyncratic «olfactory envelope» asserts itself when different people try natural perfumes on their skin; responding to our biochemistry, they smell different on each of us, which is part of their allure.

This is what is known as idiosyncratic toxicity and is a big headache for the pharmaceutical industry, as it tends to be detected in late development stages of the drug and even when it is already on the market, often causing the drug to be withdrawn.

IBM's megacomputer, Watson, creamed the hominid competition at the quirky, punny, idiosyncratic Jeopardy! This contest, calling on such skills as language, grammar, and wordplay, is among the most human of games — much more so than the mathematical system of chess, which IBM's Deep Blue mastered in the 1990s.

Whereas tequila production has largely been outsourced to large - scale factories, mezcal is still made almost exclusively in the Mexican town of Oaxaca, where agave is mashed by hand, roasted in underground pits, and left to ferment in the open air, taking on alluringly idiosyncratic characteristics.

Known for their progressive take on contemporary design, Maison Margiela creates menswear classics with an idiosyncratic twist that echo's the deconstructionist philosophy of the label's founder Martin Margiela.

To celebrate the exciting collaboration with the shopping network, we caught up with the idiosyncratic songstress about the collection, why she's currently rocking pink hair, and why she'll never be stranded on a deserted island.

That was Anderson's latest idiosyncratic spin on Loewe's aristocratic Spanish heritage.

Critics Consensus: Abel Ferrara's 1995 horror / suspense experiment blends urban vampire adventure with philosophical analysis to create a smart, idiosyncratic, and undeniably odd take on the genre.