Although in 2002 the NYSE and the NASDAQ required that nominating committees consist of independent directors as a condition of listing, nomination committees have historically received input from management in their selections even when the CEO does not have a position on the board.

Although clearly both genetic and environmental input is needed for a child to develop normally, considerable debate remains about how genetic information might guide cognitive development.

Although the pinyin method is easier to learn, root shapes are often preferred by professional typists due to their faster input speed.

Although passive cable theory offers insights regarding input propagation along dendrite segments, it is important to remember that dendrite membranes are host to an abundance of proteins some of which may help amplify or attenuate synaptic input.

Although the impulse response has lasted 4 time steps after the input, starting at time 5 it has truly gone to zero.

Although the cost of producing the gold standard can be quite high, automatic evaluation can be repeated as often as needed without much additional costs ( on the same input data ).

Although the senses were traditionally viewed as passive receptors, the study of illusions and ambiguous images has demonstrated that the brain's perceptual systems actively and pre-consciously attempt to make sense of their input.

Although the DFA is essentially a polarization independent amplifier, a small proportion of the dopant ions interact preferentially with certain polarizations and a small dependence on the polarization of the input signal may occur ( typically < 0. 5 dB ).

Although the dance routines were choreographed by Astaire and his collaborator Hermes Pan, both have acknowledged Rogers's input and have also testified to her consummate professionalism, even during periods of intense strain, as she tried to juggle her many other contractual film commitments with the punishing rehearsal schedules of Astaire, who made at most two films in any one year.

Although the USB amplifier had a standard mini-plug headphone output, it lacked any audio input.

Although the application note is for a specialty IC, serviceable pH meters can be built from any operational amplifier with a high input impedance, such as the common and inexpensive National Semiconductor TL082 or its equivalent.

Although handwriting recognition is an input form that the public has become accustomed to, it has not achieved widespread use in either desktop computers or laptops.

Although cheap and easy to build, a gunfighter pā required a significant input of labour and resources.

Although Restatements are not binding authority in and of themselves, they are highly persuasive because they are formulated over several years with extensive input from law professors, practicing attorneys, and judges.

Although this seems to contradict our earlier definition, we have to consider that in the abstract world our input can be arbitrarily large.

Although it is the optimal symbol-by-symbol coding for such probability distributions, Golomb coding achieves better compression capability for the geometric distribution because it does not consider input symbols independently, but rather implicitly groups the inputs.

Although the input method was initially based upon Traditional Chinese characters, it has since been revamped so that Cangjie and the Simplified Chinese character set can interact.

Although Commodore keyboards only featured two cursor keys which alternated direction when the shift key was held, the screen editor allowed users to enter direct commands or to input and edit program lines from anywhere on the screen.

Although the Greens no longer had any input into the budget, they maintained a close working relationship with the government, and the Greens remained involved in the legislation process.

Although originally coined for CJK ( Chinese, Japanese and Korean ) computing, the term is now sometimes used generically to refer to a program to support the input of any language.

Although the session adjourned on time, some members of the legislature claimed that legislation was rushed and public input was jeopardized.

Although it is possible to input Traditional Chinese characters with this method, this method is often associated with Simplified Chinese characters.

Although consoles such as the VideoSmarts and ComputerSmarts systems were stripped down to very primitive input systems designed for children, their use of ROM cartridges would establish this as the standard for later such consoles.

Although Dio is the earliest writer to mention them, Ammianus Marcellinus used the name to refer to Germans on the Limes Germanicus in the time of Trajan's governorship of the province shortly after it was formed, circa 98 / 99.

Although he was in charge of the project for the papal villa, the Villa Pamphili, now Villa Doria Pamphili, outside the Porta San Pancrazio in Rome, he may have had professional guidance on the design of the casino from the architect / engineer Girolamo Rainaldi and help with supervising its construction from his assistant Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi.

Although there are no set minimum admissions criteria for Barrett College, the average GPA of incoming freshmen was 3. 84, with average SAT scores of 1314 / 1600 and ACT scores of 29.

Although every Major League Baseball team cultivates fans from outside its immediate metropolitan area, and even though the greater Phoenix area has 2 / 3 of the statewide population, Colangelo still decided to call the team the " Arizona Diamondbacks " rather than the " Phoenix Diamondbacks ".

Although clubs from other states were at times invited, the final was almost always between the premiers from the two strongest state competitions of the time — South Australia and Victoria — and the majority of matches were played in Adelaide at the request of the SAFA / SAFL.

Although there are few examples of such systems competitive with traditional analysis techniques, potential advantages include size / portability, speed, and cost.

Although the VPI / VCI values are not necessarily consistent from one end of the connection to the other, the concept of a circuit is consistent ( unlike IP, where any given packet could get to its destination by a different route than the others ).

Although the Atari 5200's internal design was extensively based on that of the 400 / 800 home computers, the differences were sufficient that games designed for one would not run directly on the other.

Although it's increasingly common for couples – particularly younger couples – to have " power neutral " relationships and / or play styles, activities and relationships within a BDSM context are often characterized by the participants ' taking on complementary, but unequal roles ; thus, the idea of informed consent of both the partners becomes essential.

Although Hole's sound changed over the course of the band's career, the pretty / ugly dynamic has often been noted as a consistent theme in Love's music, most prominently in Hole's first two studio albums.

Although the ČSLA, as formed in 1945, included both Soviet-and British-equipped / trained expatriate troops, the " Western " soldiers had been purged from the ČSLA after 1948 when the communists took power.

Although mesoclisis is extremely formal in Brazilian Portuguese and tends to be circumscribed in lesser formal registers by avoiding synthetical future / conditional verb forms, European Portuguese still allows clitic object pronouns to surface as mesoclitics in colloquial situations:

Although the film was less than successful at the box office in the wake of 9 / 11, it reached cult film status after the DVD release, inspiring numerous websites devoted to unraveling the plot twists and meanings.

Although ditheism / bitheism imply moral dualism, they are not equivalent: ditheism / bitheism implies ( at least ) two gods, while moral dualism does not imply any-theism ( theos = god ) whatsoever.

Although the disorder varies from person to person, common characteristics among people with dyslexia are difficulty with spelling, phonological processing ( the manipulation of sounds ), and / or rapid visual-verbal responding.

Although it never uses the term, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( The Mormon Church ) is episcopal, rather than presbyterian or congregational, in the sense that it has a strict hierarchy of leadership from the local bishop up to a single prophet / president, believed to be personally authorized and guided by Jesus Christ.

Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the " two tribes " of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries ( giving the examples of " cowboys and Indians or Captain Kirk and Klingons "), the song does contain the line " On the air America / I modelled shirts by Van Heusen ", a clear reference to then US President Ronald Reagan, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen in 1953 ( briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s ), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air.

Although the Australian Official History of 24th Brigade's 2 / 32 battalion describes the counterattack force as " German ", the Australian historian Mark Johnston reports that German records indicate that it was the Trento Division that overran the Australian battalion.

Although these reforms have sparked massive protests they are now credited with being in part responsible for the economic downswing and the rise of unemployment in Germany in the years 2006 / 7.

Although the problem is not known to be in NC, parallel algorithms with time superior to the Euclidean algorithm exist ; the best known deterministic algorithm is by Chor and Goldreich, which ( in the CRCW-PRAM model ) can solve the problem in O ( n / log n ) time with n < sup > 1 + ε </ sup > processors.

Although his career in computing spanned more than two decades, he is mainly remembered in connection with IBM's unsuccessful attempt in 1980 to license CP / M for the IBM PC.

Although occupying fewer seats than the Tory / Conservatives, the Whigs had a chance to draw support from the minor parties and independents who were also elected in July 1852.

Although 3. 3 or 3. 9 mmol / L ( 60 or 70 mg / dL ) is commonly cited as the lower limit of normal glucose, symptoms of hypoglycemia usually do not occur until 2. 8 to 3. 0 mmol / L ( 50 to 54 mg / dL ).