A characteristic expression of such concern and inquiry is found in Joseph P. Lyford's Introduction To The Agreeable Autocracies, a recent paperback study of the institutions of modern democratic society.

The recent history of the Dominican Republic is an almost classical study of the way in which even a professedly benevolent dictatorship tends to become oppressive.

A recent study on radiation exposure by the AEC's division of biology and medicine stated: `` The question of the biological effect of ( radiation ) doses is not considered '' herein.

For example, the level of improvement noted in a recent experiment with a short course of immediate treatment for parent-child relationship problems compared favorably with the results reported by typical child guidance clinics where the hours spent in purely diagnostic study may equal or exceed the number of hours devoted to actual treatment interviews in the experimental project.

A recent study indicated that 85 per cent of the nation's largest corporations conducted educational programs involving some class meetings and examinations.

The relative scarcity of fossil evidence prevents precise dating, but the most recent molecular study, based on multilocus sequence typing, suggest a Late Carboniferous – Early Permian origin of extant amphibians.

It is the subject of a recent study by German archaeologists who are digging and surveying at the site.

A recent study suggests Alioth's 5. 1-day variation may be due to a substellar object of about 14. 7 Jupiter masses in an eccentric orbit ( e = 0. 5 ) with an average separation of 0. 055 astronomical units.

A recent study suggests that there are at least two distinct genetic lineages among the blind populations, arguing that these represent a case of convergent evolution.

A recent study has showed that these nylon-3 polymers can either mimic host defense peptides or act as signals to stimulate 3T3 stem cell function.

A recent 20-year prospective study on bipolar I and II found that functioning varied over time along a spectrum from good to fair to poor.

In a recent academic study that was published in the Journal of Finance, Drexel University ’ s LeBow College of Business professors Jie Cai, Jacqueline Garner, and Ralph Walkling examined how corporate shareholders voted in nearly 2, 500 director elections in the United States.

A recent National Association of Corporate Directors study found directors averaging just 4. 3 hours a week on board work.

Research in this area has not yet reached firm conclusions, but a recent questionnaire-based study identified eleven significant factors contributing to drug-induced states of consciousness: experience of unity ; spiritual experience ; blissful state ; insightfulness ; disembodiment ; impaired control and cognition ; anxiety ; complex imagery ; elementary imagery ; audio-visual synesthesia ; and changed meaning of percepts.

However, in recent times, leaders of the church have emphasized that Latter-day Saints should not restrict their study of the standard works to the particular book being currently studied in Sunday School or other religious courses.

A recent detailed study of the Regnal List dates the arrival of the West Saxons in England to 538, and favours seven years as the most likely length of Ceawlin's reign, with dates of 581 – 588 proposed.

A recent study showed that there is a bivalent structure present in the chromatin: methylated lysine residues at location 4 and 27 on histone 3.

A recent report demonstrated that 50 mg of β-carotene every other day prevented cognitive decline in a study of over 4000 physicians at a mean treatment duration of 18 years.

A recent study examined the hand radiographs of 215 people ( aged 50 to 89 ) and compared the joints of those who regularly cracked their knuckles to those who did not.

Perhaps the best-known study of clairvoyance in recent times has been the US government-funded remote viewing project at SRI / SAIC during the 1970s through the mid-1990s ; at least those studies amongst these that did not involve " agents " visiting or being otherwise aware of the target sites.

A recent study revealed the use of such advanced tools as spears, which West African chimpanzees in Senegal sharpen with their teeth, being used to spear Senegal bushbabies out of small holes in trees .< ref >

A recent study of the Brazilian Amazon predicts that despite a lack of extinctions thus far, up to 90 percent of predicted extinctions will finally occur in the next 40 years.

A recent study that used virtual reality technology to study reported deja vu experiences supported this idea.

Several recent Tao Te Ching translations ( e. g., Lau 1989, Henricks 1989, Mair 1990, Henricks 2000, Allan and Williams 2000, and Roberts 2004 ) utilize these two versions, sometimes with the verses reordered to synthesize the new finds.

A Russian study suggests that the decay rate of radioactive isotopes is not constant as is commonly believed, and a recent study also finds this, and says it appears to be affected by the rate of neutrinos emitted by the Sun.

In recent years, several archaeological finds indicate a Sami presence in Southern Norway in the Middle Ages, and Southern Sweden, including finds in Lesja, in Vang in Valdres and in Hol and Ål in Hallingdal.

The Nation of Trinidad and Tobago has enjoyed a thriving economy ( which is based on energy and oil ) from recent oil finds ( 48 million barrels ) to oil finds dating back to the 1950s.

Gwyn Jones notes that " no true town has been found and excavated " and that the identification of the site in Elbląg with Truso is based on " finds of Norse weapons " and the presence of " a large Viking Age cemetery " nearby, According to Mateusz Bogucki " by now, there is no doubt that the settlement really is Wulfstan's Truso " The Elbląg Museum brochure: Truso-A Discovered Legend, by Marek F Jagodziński, describes a large number of buildings found during the recent excavations, with burnt remains of posts suggesting buildings of c. 5 x 10 m and long houses of about 6 x 21 m.

Israeli officials denied any connection with the recent finds., and Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, who specializes in espionage stories, reported that based on his research Israel did not kill Arafat, claiming that then-Prime Minister Sharon rejected suggestions by the military to do so since the negative publicity would outweigh the advantages.

examining spatial patterns of surface temperatures shown in multi-proxy reconstructions finds that the MWP shows " warmth that matches or exceeds that of the past decade in some regions, but which falls well below recent levels globally ".

At the time of first European contact, it has been estimated the existing population was at least 350, 000, while recent archaeological finds suggest that a population of 750, 000 could have been sustained.

( Despite recent finds indicating a Roman presence near the modern city of Minden, its location remains disputed ; other sites near Minden or Rinteln have been suggested by the historian Hans Delbrück ( 1848 – 1929 ) and the military writer Kurt Pastenaci ( 1894 – 1961 ), respectively.

A recent review finds the first use of the term in an 1845 report by the US Secretary of State to the Senate.

Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts, but there are some recent finds of earlier epigraphy in Tamil-Brahmi writing found on pottery in South India and Sri Lanka, dating back to the 6th century BCE or even earlier.

Additionally, although pitting, holes, lesions, and other damage on Triceratops skulls ( and the skulls of other ceratopsids ) are often attributed to horn damage in combat, a recent study finds no evidence for horn thrust injuries causing these forms of damage ( for example, there is no evidence of infection or healing ).

A 2009 molecular study using ancient DNA recovered from archaeological finds like bones and teeth places the Przewalski's horse in the middle of the domesticated horses, but more recent mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests that the Przewalski and the modern domestic horse diverged some 160, 000 years ago.

Merlin tries to use Trump magic to locate Coral-with the help of Mandor, Jasra and even his own creation Ghostwheel, with whom he is back on good terms-but is ambushed by various ghostly constructs of people that have walked the Pattern and Logrus, and even by Corwin's most recent Pattern-ghost ( from his own Pattern, not the Pattern of Amber ), and finds himself drawn into a struggle between the Logrus, the fundamental power of chaos, and the Pattern, the fundamental power of order.

An example of these most recent finds is at Cueva del Milodon in Patagonian Chile.

According to recent finds, the oldest human settlements are believed to be from around 5, 000 BC.

The precise origins of the Elymians are unknown, though it has been suggested ( based on recent archeological finds ) that they may have been migrants from Anatolia to Sicily.

In the latter, Davies finds historical Israel only in archaeological remains, biblical Israel only in Scripture, and recent reconstructions of " ancient Israel " to be an unacceptable amalgam of the two.

A recent article in Details proclaimed " The Return of the Yuppie ", stating that " the yuppie of 1986 and the yuppie of 2006 are so similar as to be indistinguishable " and " e ’ s a shape-shifter ... he finds ways to reenter the American psyche.

* The Tongeren Basilica ( Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe Basiliek ), built in Gothic style in the 13th century, where recent excavations have produced some of the richest archaeological finds in Flanders.

Against the traditional interpretation that finds a common origin for the Khoi and San, other evidence has suggested that the ancestors of the Khoi peoples ( one subset of the Khoisan ) are relatively recent pre-Bantu agricultural immigrants to southern Africa, who abandoned agriculture as the climate dried and either joined the San as hunter-gatherers or retained pastoralism to become the Khoikhoi.

Naturally, most finds are from comparatively recent times, but it is interesting that while there are more than 20 known species from the Cenozoic, and at least seven from the Paleozoic, only one species from the Mesozoic has yet been found.