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Machs principle
Mach's principle [for E. Mach ], assertion that the inertial effects of mass are not innate in a body, but arise from its relation to the totality of all other masses, i.e., to the universe as a whole. Thus, the inertial forces experienced by a body in accelerated motion have the same physical... Read more |
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equity theory
equity theory A cognitive theory of motivation, based on the work of J. Stacey Adams, which claims that employees will be motivated if they believe that they are fairly treated in the workplace. The theory proposes that employees form an estimate of how the total benefits they receive from a job... Read more |
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Exceptional Human Experience
Exceptional Human Experience (Journal) Semiannual journal founded and edited by Rhea A. White. Its central subject matter is exceptional human experience, which consists of experiences that begin as anomalous ones or anomalies of experience (first-time experiences) and when they become... Read more |
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Religious experience
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE Most of the philosophical work on "religious experience" that has appeared since 1960 has been devoted to its phenomenology and epistemic status. Two widely shared assumptions help account for this—that religious beliefs and practices are rooted in religious feelings and... Read more |
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experience
experience living through events and the impression on a person or animal of events. In epistemology, a distinction is made between things known inductively, from experience, and those known deductively or theoretically, from a priori principles. The ancients, under the influence of Plato and of... Read more |
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Experiment
EXPERIMENT. This entry traces the life of experiment from its emergence in the early seventeenth century to its transformation to a collective activity after World War II. The topics discussed include the rise of experimental philosophy and its institutional expression in the new scientific... Read more |
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Miller-Urey Experiment
Miller-Urey experiment A classic experiment in molecular biology , the Miller-Urey experiment, established that the conditions that existed in Earth's primitive atmosphere were sufficient to produce amino acids, the subunits of proteins comprising and required by living organisms. In essence, the... Read more |
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Michelson-Morley experiment
Michelson-Morley Experiment The luminiferous ether The Michelson interferometer The null result Resources In 1887, two American scientists, Polish-born physicist Albert Abraham Michelson (1852–1931) and physical chemist Edward Williams Morley (1838 |
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Jan van Helmont
van Helmont, Jan Flemish physician and chemist 1579–1644 Jan van Helmont was an early pioneer in the study of gases, and performed numerous chemical experiments, including an analysis of smoke, distinguishing it from ordinary air by the particles it ... Read more |
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Mayhew, Experience
Mayhew, Experience (1673–1758),born at Martha's Vineyard, from the age of 20 until...tract upholding a measure of free will against the Calvinist doctrine of total depravity; and Observations on the Indian Language (1884), a personal... |
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palmistry
...fluctuates with every emotional experience. The sum total of all emotional experience is thus etched into the...to a different area of experience; to use the palmist...descriptive of particular experiences and can be timed coinciding... |
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pleasure
...and referring only to lived experience. Not surprisingly, they...pleasure over other modes of experience. In fact, the greatest good...painful while enabling us to experience pleasure as fully as possible...developed this doctrine into a total ethical ... |
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Victory
...applied to war. American experience reaffirms Carl von Clausewitz's argument...first “modern” or “total war,” the combination of Ulysses S. Grant...that eclipsed the Civil War experience, Wilson nonetheless conceived...Americans, until the entire experience ... |
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consciousness
...especially qualia — our raw sensory experiences.Although some philosophers (panpsychists...latest scanning techniques to generate a total description of all the electrical...explanation of the nature of the unique experience of red, which the scientist herself...brain and ... |
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heat flow in the Earth
...more slowly, heated rock expands, experiences a proportional decrease in its density...Similarly, cooled rock contracts, experiences an increase in density, and tends to sink...by its thermal conductivity k. The total size of the (potentially) convecting...experiments in the ... |
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geoscience in the media
...inquiries from journalists. Experience of operating a similar system...for only 0.8 per cent of total coverage over its two-month sample...about 5 to 8 per cent of the total programme.Science journalists...story comes to be promoted. Experience at the ... |
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Prisoners of War
...treated during America's wars. The POW Experience uses narratives written by American POWs...recent times, to help understand the experience of modern American POWs. Prisoners of...camps became notorious on both sides. A total of more than 50,000 Union and Confederate... |
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This Side of Paradise
...debutante sister Rosaline—his one unselfish emotional experience—but she marries another man because she believes she...most living part” of himself, and considers his total experience at 24: “‘I know myself,’ he cried... |
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children
...estimated to have been one-third of the total, increasing to almost 40 per cent by...decreased to about a quarter of the total population. These changes in relative...adult views and thus the children's experiences. The concept of childhood drawn from the...childhood was ... |
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epistemology
...reconstruct critically the total of human knowledge by the employment...to interpret the world of experience at all. These concepts were therefore prior to experience, but nevertheless (a nod...within the bounds of possible experience.It is arguable that all ... |
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COCOMO
...inexperienced staff, with limited experience of the application type and...analyst capability, application experience, virtual machine experience, programmer capability...a small proportion of the total software life-cycle cost... |
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knowledge
...and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical...is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information: the transmission...awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation: the program... |
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China
...expenditure on warfare reached more than 70 per cent of its total budget. The KMT government also failed to establish a permanent...contrast, the CCP gained considerable administrative and military experience at its base in Jianxi. Almost annihilated during the Long... |
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industrialization
...continent. Belgium was the first continental European country to experience industrialization, which then spread to north-east France...manufacturing employment accounts for a shrinking proportion of total employment, as a result of the growth both of manufacturing... |
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Ishida Baigan
...Japanese movement, Shingaku (‘education of the heart’). Applying himself to meditation, he had several experiences of a total identity of mind and body. He set up his own class, teaching that the true and attainable goal is the overcoming... |
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biodata
...can be objectively assessed, e.g. qualifications, years of experience, positions of responsibility, etc. Each candidate is scored on the answers given and those whose total scores fall below a certain level are eliminated. This can be... |
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children
...estimated to have been one‐third of the total, increasing to almost 40 per cent by the...had decreased to about a quarter of the total population. Although many children...about childhood was completely outside the experience of most children. In rural areas, children... |
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equity theory
...proposes that employees form an estimate of how the total benefits they receive from a job (pay, status, interest) compare with their total input (effort, skill, experience); this ratio is then compared with that of other... |
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Goffman, Erving
...1964) provides a formal analysis of the features of those who experience stigma, whilst Asylums (1961), reports on fieldwork inside...study, he developed a more general account of the workings of total institutions. Both these studies were also very influential... |
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take
...pinch.antonyms: give back, restore. 7. take four from the total synonyms: subtract, deduct, remove; discount; informal...draw, acquire, obtain, get, gain, extract, procure; experience, undergo, feel. 22. Liz took the news badly synonyms... |
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The Experience Factor: Fund managers' tenure is no performance yardstick for...
...had equal tenure. Experience Counts-or Does...December 2005 using total returns for mutual...showing only a mild experience effect. All data...vehicle, not their total investment management career experience. There is likely... |
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Mentor program practical experience update
...2004 previous practical experience will not be recognised by...years of mentored practical experience through enrolment in the CPA practical experience mentor program. [Sidebar...Sidebar] 2000/2001 tax year total: [Sidebar] (a) $150... |
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Experience Chicago As Gray Line Celebrates Creativity, Curiosity and Culture...
...them bragging rights about experiences others haven't had. According...Blue Diamond Collection experiences incorporate their own four...Offer unique, Creative Experiences -- Satisfy Curiosity...travelers are immersed in the total ... |
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Mystical experience in Annie Dillard's "Total Eclipse" and "Lenses".(Critical...
I. MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE AND LITERATURE In her book The...illuminated moment, such as the mystical experiences described in St. Augustine and...of the essences of the original experiences themselves, whether the reader's experience or the author's prior ... |
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Deconstructing the student experience: a conceptual framework.(Report)
...a tendency to discuss the student experience as a universal concept, each university must understand the needs and experiences of its own students (Pitkethly...2001). Notions of the student experience are also likely to differ depending...their understanding of the student ... |
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Customer Experience Professionals Association Announces Inaugural Members...
...Mass. -- The Customer Experience Professionals Association...discuss the latest customer experience innovations with industry...dynamic and growing customer experience field. Additionally, the...now attracted more than 700 total community members, ... |
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Counselor Experience Related to Complexity of Case Conceptualization and...
...counseling experience, and total number of clients. Although...understanding of trainee experience than each could separately...operationalization of trainee experience. Beyond the general experience of trainees, we were interested in ... |
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Customer Experience Professionals Association Announces Program Agenda and...
...Mass. -- The Customer Experience Professionals Association...discuss the latest customer experience innovations with industry...dynamic and growing customer experience field. Additionally, the...has now attracted nearly 900 total community members, ... |
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How Do Individuals Experience Leisure?
...challenges they encounter. The experience stands out from normal daily experience and is characterized by the following experiences: total absorption, lack of focus...is an ecstatic, transient experience of being totally integrated... |
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Customer Experience Professionals Association Announces Initial Board of...
...Mass. -- The Customer Experience Professionals Association...respected experts in the customer experience field Bruce Temkin, co...has now attracted nearly 900 total community members since its...distinguished group of customer experience practitioners, ... |
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