Sentences with phrase «useful theory of»

Building a practically useful theory of goal setting and task performance.

The Presbyterian report starts and ends blaming everything on the feminist bugbear of patriarchy - that most useful theory of a grand universal conspiracy of all men against all women.

Not exact matches

An important and useful element of the thinking at the time was the replacement of the earlier «control theory» approach to policy (i.e. the belief that the central point was to find an appropriate spot on the Phillips curve and to stay there), towards a «game theoretic» view, in which the critical issues related to behaviour — the interaction between the monetary authorities and the public.

The leaders of Animal Farm maintain thought control by obscuring the facts with smokescreens, rewriting history, creating conspiracy theories about pending attacks, faking victims, slander, scapegoating, murdering opposition, outrageous public works projects to keep the animals busy, and through a large group of useful idiots — sheep — that spread their message unthinkingly and distract dissenters.

«The most useful part of Dow Theory, and the part that must never be forgotten for even a day, is the fact that no price movement is worthy of consideration unless the movement is confirmed by both averages.

Nonetheless, the theory provides a useful heuristic framework for analysing the response of the Australian economy to the terms of trade boom.

We believe these metrics are useful because they are linked to our ultimate outcomes via a sound theory of change.»

In theory, loads of cheap debt could have been used to finance incredibly useful public works projects and other social services that laid the foundations for enduring prosperity.

Here's the rest of it:»... Reason tells me, that if numerous gradations from a simple and imperfect eye to one complex and perfect can be shown to exist, each grade being useful to its possessor, as is certainly the case; if further, the eye ever varies and the variations be inherited, as is likewise certainly the case; and if such variations should be useful to any animal under changing conditions of life, then the difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, though insuperable by our imagination, should not be considered as subversive of the theory.

But, from his clinical experience, he developed a theory of personality that provides resources which are useful for facilitating growth in people all along the continuum of wholeness.

Models are superfluous and theories are useful fictions; neither is a representation of the world.

Reason tells me, that if numerous gradations from a simple and imperfect eye to one complex and perfect can be shown to exist, each grade being useful to its possessor, as is certain the case; if further, the eye ever varies and the variations be inherited, as is likewise certainly the case; and if such variations should be useful to any animal under changing conditions of life, then the difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, should not be considered as subversive of the theory.»

At a day conference on the «Multi-verse» at Emmanuelle College Cambridge, the Cape Town Professor George Ellis, as agnostic bio-chemist from South Africa, suggested that the theory of multiple, even infinite, universes, of which our finely tuned one is just one, might be useful as an explanatory tool but not in terms of contributing to the theistic debate.

It seems to me that theories of secularization and, more broadly, theories of modernization have been useful in orienting our inquiries to these dominant patterns.

Factors in the struggle of a people to exist as a corporate body are set forth in the four - function paradigm of Talcott Parsons.10 Although the adequacy of his analysis is challenged by other theories, especially those focused upon social change, 11 Parsons's model provides a useful delineation of the actions implicated in a group's toil to perpetuate itself.

This limitation in the meaning of «information» made it possible to develop a mathematical theory which is very useful in connection with transmission of messages along channels, but effectively mined it as a word which is useful to apply in wider contexts.

Not to do so is, at best, to render an incomplete picture of the theory; and at worst to severely distort some of its more important and useful features.

In providing an Archimedes point from which to view the major contours of an entire cultural epoch, however, such theories can be enormously useful.

I may say here, however, that Professor W. K. Clifford, one of the ablest champions of the combination - theory, and originator of the useful term «mind - stuff,» considers that theory incompatible with individual immortality, and in his review of Stewart's and Tait's book, The Unseen Universe, thus expresses his conviction: --

He was at the conference to talk to us about chaos theory, and in particular about how the science of complexity might be useful to us as parish leaders.

It is useful to track down the shabby history of gender theory, which is not widely known.

The main thrusts of Rank's theory are particularly useful when counseling with persons caught in severe independence - conformity conflicts (such as some adolescents) those who are paralyzed about finishing a project or chapter of their lives (e.g, pre-graduation anxiety attacks) and in danger of sabotaging the successful completion of something they really value; those who are afraid to make decisions or try something new which they want but which may mean giving up old securities; couples who are struggling to find satisfying closeness without either of them losing their identity and autonomy heir lives (e.g., pre-graduation anxiety attacks) and in danger of sabotaging the successful completion of something they really value; those who are afraid to make decisions or try something new which they want but which may mean giving up old securities; couples who are struggling to find satisfying closeness without either of them losing their identity and autonomy.

Many of his ideas stand on their own as valid and useful, independent of the theories.

I call myself a naturalist because I can not conceive of any useful theory that makes humankind unnatural.

Recovering Self - Evident Truths: Catholic Perspectives on American Law edited by Michael A. Scaperlanda and Teresa Stanton Collett Catholic University Press, 403 pages, $ 35.95 paper An extremely useful collection of informed examinations of how natural law theory can constructively engage American legal and political traditions.

The history of science provides many examples of this combination of analogy and innovation in the creation of models which were useful in generating theories.4 The «Bohr model» of the atom, in which «planetary» electrons revolve in orbits around a central nucleus, resembles the solar system in certain of its dynamical properties; but the key assumption of quantum jumps between orbits had no classical parallel at all.

Models provide a kind of map for thinking about the overall direction of political change, which is undeniably useful, but these theories require considerable fleshing out in terms of their understanding of social life.

Abell 2744 is useful as an astronomical tool because the universe obeys Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

String theory's mathematical tools were designed to unlock the most profound secrets of the cosmos, but they could have a far less esoteric purpose: to tease out the properties of some of the most complex yet useful types of material here on Earth.

Although it may not offer a comprehensive theory of reality, he says, «it has ushered in the development of a new set of mathematical techniques that are useful in broad areas of physics.»

The latest issue of EPJ Special Topics examines the question as to whether econophysics, a physics - based approach to understanding economic phenomena, is more useful and desirable than conventional economics theories.

Rafael Wlodarski explains: «There are three main theories about the role that kissing plays in sexual relationships: that it somehow helps assess the genetic quality of potential mates; that it is used to increase arousal (to initiate sex for example); and that it is useful in keeping relationships together.

By comparing the numbers of species of ostracods that have evolved bioluminescence for either mating displays or defensive purposes to related species without bioluminescence, Ellis realized she could gain very useful evidence to support or refute the theory of sexual selection as a driver of species diversification.

Under this theory, declarative memory, which stores knowledge and facts, would be more useful for learning vocabulary and certain rules of grammar.

This makes clusters very useful in refining theories of star formation and evolution.

Hong et al. used theory to guide the design of an iridium catalyst that inhibits this rearrangement, steering the nitrene toward C — H insertion to form a variety of useful lactam rings.

So I think Peter Usher has done something very useful and I think it's great that he, you know, he spent years sort of working on this theory, and I think it's terrific that he's done that even though, yeah, I'm not really willing to embrace this allegory theory.

«The fact that we could alleviate inflammation by adding back a single key bacterial strain, suggests that it could be useful as a probiotic for inflammatory diseases,» said Rolig, who, along with Eisen, is a scientist in the National Institutes of Health - funded Microbial Ecology and Theory of Animals Center for Systems Biology, known as the META Center, which Guillemin heads.

He returned after a year to Japan, having worked on a theory of particles moving in one dimension that is currently proving useful to string theorists.

But in theory, COX - 2 inhibitors could be useful for fighting viruses besides CMV, says Kerry O'Banion, a neurobiologist at the University of Rochester in New York and part of the team that discovered the role of COX - 2 in viral replication and holds a patent on its use.

While the theory doesn't completely resolve the origin - of - life debate, it provides a common source of energy for both sides and could be a useful starting point for a compromise, the authors report in the June issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution.

For the new study, Brandt and his colleagues analyzed approximately 15,000 measurements from 18 prior studies of natural gas leaks from across the U.S. using a statistical technique called extreme value theory, which is useful for analyzing infrequent but highly consequential events.

Some types of uranium reactor fuel could in theory be useful in weapons, while plutonium - also theoretically useful for weaponry - is created during operation.

Because of the improvement in insulin resistance, LCDs could, in theory, be useful for any condition related to insulin resistance, and thus any such condition should be a topic of future research.

But Stephen Porges» polyvagal theory gives counselors a useful picture of the nervous system that can guide us in our efforts to help clients.

His mother is assigned to a hospital bed and tended by Nurse Paige (Kelly Macdonald), whose utility to the mother saves her from Victor's instant ravaging, and who oddly enough has theories on the forefront of medical knowledge that may find a sex addict useful.

Again, many empirical observations could prove useful to teachers — for example, that intelligence can be improved with sustained cognitive work — but there is no single accepted theory of intelligence.

This resource is to support the Advanced Colour Theory (ACT) unit of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/advanced-colour-theory-act-ks3-sol-11455773 Particularly useful with lesson 5 of this unit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/advanced-colour-theory-l5-11455889

All of our institutes provide a useful mix of theory and practice, create opportunities for deep reflection, foster a chance to share challenging and interesting ideas, and establish venues to learn together and forge useful and lasting professional networks.

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