In their Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, Vicki Ruíz and Virginia Sánchez report that demographic differences in the adoption of the term existed ; because of the prior vulgar connotations, it was more likely to be used by males than females, and as well, less likely to be used among those in a higher socioeconomic status.

Brewster pressed its adoption on those in authority at least as early as 1820, two years before Fresnel suggested it, and it was finally introduced into lighthouses mainly through Brewster's persistent efforts.

Such schemes have also been standardized for older designs as well, such as JPEG images with progressive encoding, and MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Part 2 video, although those prior schemes had limited success in terms of adoption into real-world common usage.

MIDI's flexibility and widespread adoption have led to many refinements of the standard, and have enabled its application to purposes beyond those for which it was originally intended ..

( Additionally, an example of an indirect network effect in this case is the notable similarity in user-interfaces and operability menus of most new software-since that similarity directly translates into less time spent learning new environments, therefore potentially greater acceptance and adoption of those products.

( Historical Note: Prior to the coining of the term " consequentialism " by Anscombe in 1958 and the adoption of that term in the literature that followed, " utilitarianism " was the generic term for consequentialism, referring to all theories that promoted maximizing any form of utility, not just those that promoted maximizing happiness.

More recently, advocates for radical reform in justice systems have called for a public policy adoption of non-punitive, non-violent Restorative Justice methods, and many of those studying the success of these methods, including a United Nations working group on Restorative Justice, have attempted to re-define justice in terms related to peace.

The mid-16th century saw the rise of vernacular rhetorics — those written in English rather than in the Classical languages ; adoption of works in English was slow, however, due to the strong orientation toward Latin and Greek.

As such, The United Methodist Church encourages society to support and facilitate the option of adoption and also provide nurturing ministries to those who have terminated a pregnancy.

The hallmark of the period is Minnesota's adoption law of 1917 which mandated investigation of all placements and limited record access to those involved in the adoption.

Adoption in the United States still occurs at nearly three times those of its peers although the number of children awaiting adoption has held steady in recent years, hovering between 133, 000 to 129, 000 during the period 2002 to 2006.

While the Tandy DAC's features compared favorably to those offered by Creative's 8-bit Sound Blaster audio cards, it never saw widespread adoption by software developers.

The majority of the members of UNSCOP proposed certain recommendations for the UN General Assembly which on 29 November 1947 adopted a resolution recommending the adoption and implementation of the Partition Plan, based substantially on those proposals as Resolution 181 ( II ).

But whatever the reasons for their adoption, laws often benefit those other than the original intended beneficiary.

However after the adoption of Islam, bidadari is equated with heavenly maiden mentioned in the Quran, in which God stated that the ' forbidden pearls ' of heaven are for those men who have resisted temptation and borne life's trials.

This adoption of Pentecostal beliefs by those in the historic churches became known as the charismatic movement.

He began to sharply criticize Alexander's adoption of Persian customs, with special scorn for Alexander's growing desire that those who presented themselves before him perform the servile ceremony of proskynesis.

The details of American federalism, including what powers the federal government should have and how those powers can be exercised, have been debated ever since the adoption of the Constitution.

Nino began his academic activity in the early 1970s, concentrating on some traditional issues in jurisprudence, such as the concept of a legal system, the interpretation of the law, the debate between legal positivism and natural law, and the concept of validity After realizing the need to clarify the normative problems involved in some of those issues, he was led to embrace a model based on the explicit adoption of principles of justice and social morality, rejecting the predominant German-inspired " dogmatic " approach.

Advocates of BDSM have sought to distinguish themselves from widely held notions of antiquated psychiatric theory by the adoption of the initialized term, " BDSM " as a distinction from the now common usage of those psychological terms, abbreviated as " S & M ".

Community adoption can be forecast with the Bass diffusion model, originally conceived by Frank Bass to describe the process by which new products get adopted as an interaction between innovative early adopters and those who follow them.

The success of the Riverton Lock inspired the eventual adoption of high-lift locks elsewhere, including those for the Panama Canal.

Self-organization as a word and concept was used by those associated with general systems theory in the 1960s, but did not become commonplace in the scientific literature until its adoption by physicists and researchers in the field of complex systems in the 1970s and 1980s .< ref > As an indication of the increasing importance of this concept, when queried with the keyword < tt > self-organ *</ tt >, Dissertation Abstracts finds nothing before 1954, and only four entries before 1970.

The General Assembly cannot make binding resolutions, only ' recommendations ', but through its adoption of the " Uniting for Peace " resolution ( A / RES / 377 A ), of 3 November 1950, the Assembly declared that it has the power to authorize the use of force, under the terms of the UN Charter, in cases of breaches of the peace or acts of aggression, provided that the Security Council, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member, fails to act to address the situation.

Think-tanks such as the World Pensions Council have argued that European powers such as France and Germany pushed dogmatically and naively for the adoption of the so-called “ Basel II recommendations ”, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive ( CRD ), effective since 2008.

The Parent Commission was established in 1961 to study the education system and to bring forth recommendations, which eventually led to the adoption of several reforms, the most important of which was secularization of the education system.

Think-tanks such as the World Pensions Council ( WPC ) have argued that most European governments pushed dogmatically for the adoption of the Basel II recommendations, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive ( CRD ), effective since 2008.

Rau and recommendations of Rau committee were given effect by a series of acts passed in 1955 and 1956, to regulate marriage succession, guardianship and adoption.

The report's publication led to the formation of BEA Airtours as BEA's wholly owned charter subsidiary later the same year while subsequent adoption of its recommendations by the Heath government resulted in the merger of BEA's independent rivals Caledonian Airways and BUA to form Caledonian // BUA, which assumed the role of the " Second Force " in November 1970.

The process requires that the recommendations of the Panel ( as amended by the Appellate Body ) should be adopted " unless " there is a consensus of the members against adoption.

Interviewed by Glenn Curtiss soon thereafter, Towers recounted the circumstances of the tragedy ; his report and resultant recommendations eventually led to the design and adoption of safety belts and harnesses for pilots and their passengers.

A 2010 Board Position Paper by the American Medical Informatics Association ( AMIA ) contains recommendations on EHR-related patient safety, transparency, ethics education for purchasers and users, adoption of best practices, and re-examination of regulation of electronic health applications.

European financial economics experts-notably the World Pensions Council ( WPC ) have argued that European powers such as France and Germany pushed dogmatically and naively for the adoption of the “ Basel II recommendations ”, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive ( CRD ).

They involve recommendations such as the minimization of cellphone usage, the limitation of use by at-risk population ( such as children ), the adoption of cellphones and microcells with as low as reasonably practicable levels of radiation, the wider use of hands-free and earphone technologies such as Bluetooth headsets, the adoption of maximal standards of exposure, RF field intensity and distance of base stations antennas from human habitations, and so forth.

Based largely on the recommendations of ECAFE, the " Committee for Coordination on the Lower Mekong Basin " ( known as the Mekong Committee ) was established in September 1957 with the adoption of the Statute for the Committee for Coordination of Investigations into the Lower Mekong Basin.

Think-tanks such as the World Pensions Council ( WPC ) have also argued that European legislators have pushed dogmatically and naively for the adoption of the Basel II recommendations, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive ( CRD ), effective since 2008.

A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point challenge system, which allows a player to challenge the line ( or chair ) umpire's call of a point.

A relatively recent development in the United States is the adoption of the UTSA, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which has been adopted by approximately 46 states as the basis for trade secret law.

In the United States, prior to the formation of adoption groups, over 20, 000 retired greyhounds a year were killed ; recent estimates still number in the thousands, with the industry claiming that about 90 % of National Greyhound Association-registered animals either being adopted, or returned for breeding purposes ( according to the industry numbers upwards of 2000 dogs are still euthanized annually in the US while anti-racing groups estimating the figure at closer to 12, 000.

In recent years the racing industry has made significant progress in establishing programs for the adoption of retired racers.

In terms of variation between individual people, more than 100 twin and adoption studies studies have been conducted in recent decades examining the genetic basis of aggressive behavior and related constructs such as conduct disorders.

In recent years, some participating governments, notably the governments of Quebec and Canada, pushed for the adoption of a Charter in order for the organization to sanction member States that are known to have poor records when it comes to the protection of human rights and the practice of democracy.

For example, the adoption of the dual axle design by Black Diamond, the invention of three-lobed camming units to fit smaller cracks, and the more recent invention of the Link Cam by Omega Pacific, a design that allows one SLCD to span an even larger range of crack sizes.

In recent years, the euro's increase in the share of the worldwide currency reserve basket has continued to increase — albeit at a slower rate than prior to the beginning of the worldwide credit crunch related recession and sovereign debt crisis, which adversely impacted the Euro and slowed its adoption

Despite its recent adoption, it has old roots.

In recent decades, the principal solution to the problem of the WCML's curvaceous line of route has been the adoption of tilting trains, formerly British Rail's APT, and latterly the Class 390 Pendolino trains constructed by Alstom and introduced by Virgin Trains in 2003.

Single parent adoption is legal in all 50 states, a relatively recent occurrence as California's State Department of Social Welfare was the first to permit it in the 1960s.

More recent innovations include improved coin and bill validation and the rapid adoption of sense-and-feedback systems to verify that the vend was made.

On July 19, 2006, Hillenbrand criticized the Blue Jays organization for failing to congratulate him on his recent adoption of a baby girl and not playing him upon his return.

DVR adoption has rapidly accelerated in recent years: in January 2006, ACNielsen recorded 1. 2 % of U. S. households having a DVR but by February 2011, this number had grown to 42. 2 % of viewers in the United States.

A more recent adoption is by Senator Joe Doyle, in arms granted by the Chief Herald of Ireland during the year of 1999.

Arizona is only the second state to have an official firearm behind Utah's recent adoption of the 1911 Semi-Auto pistol of Utah native John Browning fame.

In recent times, as a result of the global diffusion and adoption of neoliberalism, Sweden has become more conservative and less disposed toward the long-term, wide-angle rationality characteristic of a culture alive to contextualizing materialism.

In recent years Germany have been notable for their adoption of musical styles which are not typical of Eurovision, such as country and western ( Texas Lightning – " No No Never " in 2006 ) and swing ( Roger Cicero – " Frauen regier ' n die Welt " in 2007 and Alex Swings Oscar Sings – " Miss Kiss Kiss Bang " in 2009 ).

In 1994, the European Communities adopted " The European Directive 94 / 47 / EC of the European Parliament and Council on the protection of purchasers in respect of certain aspects of contracts relating to the purchase of the right to use immovable properties on a timeshare basis ", which was subject to recent review which resulted in the adoption on 14 January 2009 of the European Directive 2008 / 122 / EC.

The international adoption of South Korean children is a recent historical process triggered initially by casualties of the Korean War after 1953.

It is arguable that the recent Consultation Paper issued by CAFCASS and entitled Every Day Matters is a recognition of the hurt and resentment caused by the existing Family Law system, and is a call for radical change, particularly by the early adoption of Shared Residence in the vast majority of cases.

The first PC-12 Eagle surveillance aircraft was built in 1995, further developments led to the PC-12 Spectre, and in recent years adoption of the PC-12 by the USAF as the U-28A.

A recent study identified three major barriers to adoption of telemedicine in emergency and critical care units.