Sentences with phrase «several known variations»

The origins of the pushup are not totally clear, although several known variations have been in existence for centuries.

Not exact matches

Indeed I argue in several writings that when Darwin spoke of «chance variations» he was more right than he knew and that something like evolution is what a sound theology requires.

OK Lacazette would be a slight improvement or at least a variation but he's not a top tier striker in the same vien as say Ronaldo or Higuain, and while I know we could never get in the former, there was a chance that however highly priced he was the latter could have been ours several seasons ago but was scuppered by Arsenals reluctance to get the deal done quickly and by their distracted bid for Suarez.

There is no single mutation that causes Alzheimer's, says Wild, but we know of several gene variations that increase the risk of the disease.

«The variation of Mercury's calcium exosphere with the planet's position in its orbit has been known for several years from MESSENGER observations, but the proposal that the source of this variation is a meteor shower associated with a specific comet is novel,» added MESSENGER Principal Investigator Sean Solomon, of the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in New York.

The consensus is that several factors are important: atmospheric composition (the concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane); changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun known as Milankovitch cycles (and possibly the Sun's orbit around the galaxy); the motion of tectonic plates resulting in changes in the relative location and amount of continental and oceanic crust on the Earth's surface, which could affect wind and ocean currents; variations in solar output; the orbital dynamics of the Earth - Moon system; and the impact of relatively large meteorites, and volcanism including eruptions of supervolcanoes.

There are several known methods (and variations within each method) to increase flexibility.

The Syrian hamster is commonly known as the golden hamster because its original and most widespread color is golden brown with a white belly, but there are now several different color and coat variations of this hamster.

The island of many spellings — it's also known as Koh Rong Sanloem, Koh Rung Samloen, Koh Rong Saloem, Koh Rong Samlon and several other variations — the name means something like Island of the Far Away Cave, though no - one mentioned any caves to us when we were there.

There would be several subtly different sizes of car and more variation of houses, while the ground would no longer be littered with neat rows of tulips or clusters of teddy bears.

She is joined on the short list by Laure Prouvost, 35, a French artist and filmmaker who works in London, and was nominated for «Wantee,» a performance piece, and several exhibitions; Tino Sehgal, 36, a British - born, Berlin - based artist, selected for his «This Variation» and «These Associations» exhibitions; and David Shrigley, 44, a British artist known for his darkly humorous works (including a stuffed Jack Russell terrier holding a sign that reads, «I Am Dead»), shortlisted for «Brain Activity,» a retrospective of his drawings, photography, sculpture and film.

My understanding is that GCMs are run several times with known forcings (as far as we can determine them) but random natural variability (e.g. ENSO), so the end result is an «ensemble» of model runs characterised by mean, standard deviation etc. rather than following precisely the year - to - year variations of global temperature.

The entire history of Earth — especially the last several million years — indicates a system of remarkable stability, oscillating between 2 more or less fixed states regardless of wide variations in all known climate - influencing factors.

Although the study of psychological genetics is in its infancy and much is still to be learned, in this article, we present data suggesting that variation in several genes known to affect brain function appear to influence the degree to which one is emotionally responsive to the social environment.

I knew I wanted something bold and graphic for our daughter's new bedroom, so about two weeks beforehand, I narrowed down my options to four colors then did several variations of design options on card - stock with Frog Tape and sample paints.