It also means that their letters can be used as an alternative method of " numbering " ordered items, in such contexts as numbered lists.

* Cone Penetrometer apparatus, an alternative method to the Casagrande Device in measuring the Liquid Limit of a soil sample

An alternative method is to define the region based on ethnicity, and in particular, areas populated by Eastern Turkic, Eastern Iranian, or Mongolian peoples.

( An alternative method for indicating list items, without numbering them, is to use a bulleted list.

An alternative method, called " rythmo band " ( or " lip-sync band "), has historically been utilized in Canada and France.

René Descartes ( 1596 – 1650 ) developed analytic geometry, an alternative method for formalizing geometry.

An alternative method is program derivation, to " develop proof and program hand in hand ".

They begin with a critique of the past ” such that they review the ways women have been oppressed ; “ they seek alternative biblical and extrabiblical traditions that support ” the ideals Feminists are trying to advance ; and finally “ feminists set forth their own unique method of theology, which includes the revisioning of Christian categories .” Grenz and Olson also mention, however, while all feminists agree there is a flaw in the system, there is disagreement over how far outside of the Bible and the Christian tradition women are willing to go to seek support for their ideals.

With a table of appropriate size, this method is likely to be much faster than any alternative approach ( such as sorting the file and comparing all consecutive pairs ).

Braid therefore revised the theory and practice of Mesmerism and developed his own method of " hypnotism " as a more rational and " common sense " alternative.

An alternative method of solar-calendar intercalation, which does not vary the number of days in the year, works by varying the lengths of certain days.

For the benefit of users wishing to produce statistics and indexes oriented towards medical care, the Ninth Revision included an optional alternative method of classifying diagnostic statements, including information about both an underlying general disease and a manifestation in a particular organ or site.

A common alternative method of securing LDAP communication is using an SSL tunnel.

During 1995-1997, the Library of Congress received $ 2 million in appropriations to deacidify 72, 000 books using the Bookkeeper commercial method and evaluate alternative methods.

The baggage train provided an alternative supply method that was not dependent on access to a water-way.

An alternative method used by home gardeners and smaller-scale growers involves covering the growing area with organic mulches such as straw or with plastic sheets.

An alternative method to solving, once finding the first non-trivial solution, one could take the original equation and factor the left hand side as a difference of squares, yielding Once in this form, one can simply raise each side of the equation to the kth power, and recombining the factored form to a single difference statement.

An alternative method involves the application of unfolding measurement models, the most general being the Hyperbolic Cosine Model ( Andrich & Luo, 1993 ).

An alternative recording method not requiring a grid is also in use, where positions on a board are labeled left to right by letters a through h and top to bottom ( far-to-near ) by digits 1 through 8 ( Note that this is the opposite of the chess standard, with numerals running upward away from the side ( White ) that has a through h left to right, and also that the perspective may be that of either player ( with no fixed standard )), so that the very first move of a game may be ( based upon standard starting set-up ) d3, c4, f5 or e6.

An alternative method is to install another layer directly over the worn layer.

An alternative to coating for some biological samples is to increase the bulk conductivity of the material by impregnation with osmium using variants of the OTO staining method ( O-osmium, T-thiocarbohydrazide, O-osmium ).

The Smolen convention ( see below ) provides an alternative method to show a five-card major and game-going values.

An alternative method is to estimate the current altitude ( angle ) of the sun from navigation tables, then set the index bar to that angle on the arc, apply suitable shades only to the index mirror, and point the instrument directly at the horizon, sweeping it from side to side until a flash of the sun's rays are seen in the telescope.

Boehme presented his system as an alternative to the Aristotelian method which he believed could provide a more profound knowledge and more control of nature than the Aristotelian method did.

An alternative ranking system often used in the American Mid-West proceeds as B level, A level, AA level, Honor level, and Evans Scholar.

In the General Possibility Theorem, Kenneth Arrow argues that if a legislative consensus can be reached through a simple majority, then minimum conditions must be satisfied, and these conditions must provide a superior ranking to any subset of alternative votes ( Arrow 1963 ).

The title of Chief Information Officer in Higher Education may be the highest ranking technology executive although depending on the institution, alternative titles are used to represent this position.

Spin has listed it several times, ranking it No. 74 in a 1995 list of the best alternative albums and No. 20 in a 2001 list of " The 50 Most Essential Punk Records ", and including it in a 2004 list of " Essential Hardcore " albums.

In 2011, the chairman and ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services called for an alternative plan where Futenma aircraft would move to Kadena Air Base while the current aircraft at Kadena would move to Andersen Air Force Base.

In 1999 their first single made the top 20 of the Deutsche Alternative Charts, an alternative rock sales ranking in Germany.

Spin has listed it several times, ranking it # 74 in a 1995 list of the best alternative albums and # 20 in a 2001 list of " The 50 Most Essential Punk Records ", and including it in a 2004 list of " Essential Hardcore " albums.

* 2nd in the world as ranked by the Aspen Institutes biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools, Beyond Grey Pinstripes in 2011.

In the education industry, alternative assessment or portfolio assessment is in direct contrast to what is known as performance evaluation, traditional assessment, standardized assessment or summative assessment.

Formats vary: demonstrations and journals can be used as alternative assessments, portfolio presentations are considered the most wholly representative of a student's learning.

The GE matrix is an alternative technique used in brand marketing and product management to help a company decide what product ( s ) to add to its product portfolio, and which market opportunities are worthy of continued investment.

* In Muslim Persia, the Prime Minister under the political authority of the Shahanshah was commonly styled Vazīr-e Azam (' Supreme -, i. e. Grand Vizier '; alternative titles include Atabeg-e Azam and Sardār-e Azam ), and various Ministers held cabinet rank as vazir, including a Vazir-i-Daftar ( minister for finance ) and a Vazir-i-Lashkar ( war portfolio ).

The implication is that a rational investor will not invest in a portfolio if a second portfolio exists with a more favorable risk-expected return profile – i. e., if for that level of risk an alternative portfolio exists which has better expected returns.

The Shadow Cabinet of Australia is a group of senior Opposition spokespeople who form an alternative Cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government.

Work completed during the course of the year was collected in a portfolio, which served as an alternative method of measuring student's achievements ( rather than using grades ).

Various forms of alternative assessment have been proposed, most notably the portfolio as well as teamwork and peer review also in exam situations.

Multi-factor models were developed as an alternative to the CAPM, allowing a better description of portfolio risks and a more accurate evaluation of a portfolio's performance.

Structured products can be used as an alternative to a direct investment, as part of the asset allocation process to reduce risk exposure of a portfolio, or to utilize the current market trend.