Although he used the usual French terms " avant J .- C ." ( before Jesus Christ ) and " après J .- C ." ( after Jesus Christ ) to label years elsewhere in his book, the Byzantine historian Venance Grumel used negative years ( identified by a minus sign, −) to label BC years and unsigned positive years to label AD years in a table, possibly to save space, without a year 0 between them.

Although many were initially wary of the concept, it was because people were able to witness the procedure's consistently positive results, within their own community of ordinary citizens, that it became widely utilized and supported.

Although most obituaries were positive, a number of clergymen expressed different sentiments.

Although political freedom is often interpreted negatively as the freedom from unreasonable external constraints on action, it can also refer to the positive exercise of rights, capacities and possibilities for action, and the exercise of social or group rights.

Although The Histories were often criticized in antiquity for bias, inaccuracy and plagiarism — Lucian of Samosata attacked Herodotus as a liar in Verae Historiae and went as far as to deny him a place among the famous on the Island of the Blessed — modern historians and philosophers take a more positive view of Herodotus's methodology, especially those searching for a paradigm of objective historical writing.

Although in later times Hecate's dog came to be thought of as a manifestation of restless souls or demons who accompanied her, its docile appearance and its accompaniment of a Hecate who looks completely friendly in many pieces of ancient art suggests that its original signification was positive and thus likelier to have arisen from the dog's connection with birth than the dog's demonic associations.

Although Huneric was a fervent adherent to Arianism, his reign opened with making a number of positive overtures towards the local Roman population.

Although the upgrade to version 6 should be seen as a positive thing, some users may find that useful features such as sending multiple files at one time is no longer supported in the new version.

Although it says and or by the law of the land, this in no manner can be interpreted as if it were enough to have a positive law, made by the king, to be able to proceed legally against a citizen.

Although the aether is almost stationary according to Fresnel, his theory predicts a positive outcome of aether drift experiments only to second order in, because Fresnel's dragging coefficient would cause a negative outcome of all optical experiments capable of measuring effects to first order in.

Although the latter is higher-order, viewing positive cones as maximal prepositive cones provides a larger context in which field orderings are extremal partial orderings.

Although growth slowed to 2. 4 % in the first half of 2009, due to the global economic downturn, it is expected to improve in 2010 and is still one of the most positive growth rates in the region.

Although critical reaction to King's work has been mostly positive, he has occasionally come under fire from academic writers.

Although most Shabbat laws are restrictive, the fourth of the Ten Commandments in Exodus is taken by the Talmud to allude to the positive commandments of the Shabbat.

Although the principal square root of a positive number is only one of its two square roots, the designation " the square root " is often used to refer to the principal square root.

Although these alleles have differing frequencies across African, European and Asian populations, there is no evidence of positive selection for them and they do not appear to be associated with the evolution of lighter skin in Eurasian populations.

Although Charles Dickens had ridiculed positive depictions of Native Americans as portrayals of so-called " noble " savages, he made an exception ( at least initially ) in the case of the Inuit, whom he called “ loving children of the north ”, “ forever happy with their lot ,” “ whether they are hungry or full ”, and “ gentle loving savages ”, who, despite a tendency to steal, have a “ quiet, amiable character ” (" Our Phantom Ship on an Antediluvian Cruise ", Household Words, April 16, 1851 ).

Although it had the support of the Hollywood establishment, and received mostly positive reviews, its socio-political outlook provoked a negative reaction among some members of the public.

It is possible to extend the definition of the negative binomial distribution to the case of a positive real parameter r. Although it is impossible to visualize a non-integer number of “ failures ”, we can still formally define the distribution through its probability mass function.

Although the Chinese Communist Party officially condemns the Cultural Revolution, there are many Chinese people who hold more positive views of it, particularly amongst the working class, who benefited most from its policies.

Although he was credited with positive traits in the Osiris myth, the sinister aspects of his character predominate.

Although the film wasn't financially successful, it was met with relatively positive reviews from film critics, and has been argued by animation historians and fans as the finest original feature-length appearance for the cartoon characters.

Although applying this technique with consistency is difficult, it can have a positive effect on insomnia in motivated patients.

" Although quite complicated, this was a carefully conducted study in which the investigators went to great lengths to eliminate bias and to rigorously measure outcomes.

Although various negative emotions affect negotiation outcomes, by far the most researched is anger.

Although less common, involving 3. 5 % to 9 % of reported injuries, traumatic head injuries and death are possible severe outcomes.

Although the number of symbols eventually increased to about 22, allowing approximately 10, 000 combinations, this still limited jackpot sizes as well as the number of possible outcomes.

Although developers have always written test cases as part of the development cycle, these test cases have generally been either functional tests or unit tests that verify only intended outcomes.

Although the data suggests negative outcomes for these students whose parents relocate after divorce, there is not enough research that can alone prove the overall well-being of the child A newer study in the Journal of Family Psychology found that parents who move more than an hour away from their children after a divorce are much less well off than those parents who stayed in the same location

Although pneumonia was regarded by William Osler in the 19th century as " the captain of the men of death ", the advent of antibiotic therapy and vaccines in the 20th century have seen radical improvements in survival outcomes.

Although common, this romanticized view of leadership ( i. e., the tendency to overestimate the degree of control leaders have over their groups and their groups ’ outcomes ) ignores the existence of many other factors that influence group dynamics.

Although Red Beard played to packed houses in Japan and Europe, which helped Mifune recoup some of his losses, the ensuing years held varying outcomes for both Mifune and Kurosawa.

Although early research links financial coaching to improvements in client outcomes, much more rigorous analysis is necessary before any causal linkages can be established.

Although a number or scholars and managers have expressed fears that employee careers might suffer and workplace relationships be damaged because of telecommuting, the meta-analysis finds that there are no generally detrimental effects on the quality of workplace relationships and career outcomes.

Although a sensor will accurately measure the temperature of the toast-slice's surface with both methods, the outcomes are by no means the same.

) Although there are individual outcomes which have a higher probability than any outcome in this set, the vast number of outcomes in the set almost guarantees that the outcome will come from the set.

Although one group of researchers indicated that CRP may be only a moderate risk factor for cardiovascular disease, this study ( known as the Reykjavik Study ) was found to have some problems for this type of analysis related to the characteristics of the population studied, and there was an extremely long follow-up time, which may have attenuated the association between CRP and future outcomes.

Although the primary outcome ( all-cause mortality ) did not reach statistical significance in the group randomized to use high-flux membranes, several secondary outcomes were better in the high-flux group.

Although some governments and research centers have already undertaken a number of surveys in this area there is no standard way to describe the approach and detail the outcomes.

Although men and women are equally likely to initiate in a salary negotiation with employers, men will achieve higher outcomes than women by about 2 % of starting salary Studies have indicated that men tend to use active negotiation tactics of directly asking for a higher salary, while women tend to us more of an indirect approach by emphasizing self-promotion tactics ( e. g. explaining the motivation to be a good employee ).

Although visualization of success in athletic outcomes fosters more success than not visualizing, and / or not practicing, it is not as great a predictor of athletic success as practice alone, or practice mixed with visualization techniques.

Although children and adults express personal preferences, there is no evidence that identifying a student's learning style produces better outcomes, and there is significant evidence that the widespread " meshing hypothesis " ( that a student will learn best if taught in a method deemed appropriate for the student's learning style ) is invalid.

Although combined small cell lung carcinoma is currently staged and treated similarly to " pure " small cell carcinoma of the lung, recent research suggests surgery might improve outcomes in very early stages of this tumor type.

Although there is some opposition to Dutch monolingualism amongst the immigrant-bilingual communities and they converse in their mother tongue among themselves, due to the strong discouragement by the school staff, they are made to believe that the exclusive use of Dutch will lead to favourable outcomes.

Although the concept of learning styles is popular among educators in some countries ( and children and adults express preferences for particular modes of learning ), there is no evidence that identifying a student's learning style produces better outcomes ; on the contrary, there is substantial evidence that the meshing hypothesis ( that a student will learn best if taught in a method deemed appropriate for the student's learning style ) is invalid.