Common methods include uranium-lead dating, potassium-argon dating and argon-argon dating, and uranium-thorium dating.

Common methods of shoring are the use of sheet piles or soldier beams and lagging.

Common methods include the AAR wheel arrangement, UIC classification, and Whyte notation systems.

Common experimental methods of structure determination include X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, both of which can produce information at atomic resolution.

Common risk identification methods are:

Common methods of conducting a probability sample of the household population in the United States are Area Probability Sampling, Random Digit Dial telephone sampling, and more recently Address-Based Sampling.

Common methods of regression testing include rerunning previously run tests and checking whether program behavior has changed and whether previously fixed faults have re-emerged.

Common treatment methods include an eclectic mix of psychotherapy techniques, including cognitive behavioral ( CBT ), insight-oriented therapies, dialectical behavioral therapy ( DBT ), hypnotherapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing ( EMDR ).

Common management methods include: a command-line interface ( CLI ) accessed via serial console, telnet or Secure Shell, an embedded Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP ) agent allowing management from a remote console or management station, or a web interface for management from a web browser.

Common methods of determining what Preventive ( or other ) failure management policies should be applied are ; OEM recommendations, requirements of codes and legislation within a jurisdiction, what an " expert " thinks ought to be done, or the maintenance that's already done to similar equipment, and most important measured values and performance indications.

Common methods used in chain letters include emotionally manipulative stories, get-rich-quickly pyramid schemes, and the exploitation of superstition to threaten the recipient with bad luck or even physical violence or death if he or she " breaks the chain " and refuses to adhere to the conditions set out in the letter.

Common inspection methods for aluminum castings are radiography, ultrasonic testing, and liquid penetrant testing.

Common methods include:

Common methods used for fortune telling in Europe and the Americas include astromancy, horary astrology, pendulum reading, spirit board reading, tasseography ( reading tea leaves in a cup ), cartomancy ( fortune telling with cards ), tarot reading, crystallomancy ( reading of a crystal sphere ), and chiromancy ( palmistry, reading of the palms ).

Common methods include:

Common methods for such reduction include:

Common methods for the qualitative analysis of nonlinear ordinary differential equations include:

Common methods used to stop shaving-induced bleeding include: ( 1 ) pressing any simple alcohol onto the cut until the bleeding stops ( e. g. with a cotton swab ); ( 2 ) placing a small piece of tissue or toilet paper onto the cut ; ( 3 ) applying styptic pencils and styptic liquids ; 4 ) placing a small amount of petroleum jelly on the cut after most of the bleeding has ended ( which can stop the bleeding without forming a scab ), or 5 ) applying a small amount of aluminum chlorohydrate ( commonly found in roll-on deodorants such as Ban ).

Common usability evaluation methods include:

Common methods used are music, prayer, and listening circles.

In certain systems for object-oriented programming such as the Common Lisp Object System and Dylan, a generic function is an entity made up of all methods having the same name.

Common Lisp can also retrieve individual methods from the generic function.

Common methods and themes in crime thrillers are mainly ransoms, captivities, heists, revenge, kidnappings.

Common methods for verifying that operating system patches have not been altered include the use of cryptographic hash, such as an MD5 based checksum, or the use of read-only media.

If it is not enough that all of our internationalist One Worlders are advocating that we join this market, I refer you to an article in the New York Times' magazine section ( Nov. 12, 1961 ), by Mr. Eric Johnston, entitled `` We Must Join The Common Market ''.

Compared to other grains, amaranth is unusually rich in the essential amino acid lysine Common grains such as wheat and corn are comparatively rich in amino acids that amaranth lacks ; thus, amaranth and other grains can complement each other.

Although anthems were written in the Elizabethan period by Tallis ( 1505 – 1585 ), Byrd ( 1539 – 1623 ), and others, they are not mentioned in the Book of Common Prayer until 1662, when the famous rubric " In quires and places where they sing here followeth the Anthem " first appears.

The prefix AD and the suffixes CE, BC or BCE ( Common Era, Before Christ or Before Common Era ) are dropped.

Common suggestions are that they are old English breeds introduced by the early whalers, or by Captain Cook or other early explorers.

Common among the mislabeled works are all of the reasons identified for misattributing Cuyp ’ s works: the lack of biography and chronology of his works made it difficult to discern when paintings were created ( making it difficult to pinpoint an artist ); contentious signatures added to historians ’ confusion as to who actually painted the works ; and the collaborations and influences by different painters makes it hard to justify that a painting is genuinely that of Aelbert Cuyp ; and finally, accurate identification is made extremely difficult by the fact that this same style was copied ( rather accurately ) by his predecessor.

Common industrial catalysts are based on platinum, nickel or palladium.

Common categories include the type of structural elements used, by what they carry, whether they are fixed or movable, and by the materials used.

They show the closest relationship with the Slavic languages, and have, by most scholars, been reconstructed to a common Proto-Balto-Slavic stage, during which Common Balto-Slavic lexical, phonological, morphological and accentological isoglosses are thought to have developed.

Common dice are sometimes made of Bakelite for weight and sound, but the majority are made of a thermoplastic such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ( ABS ).

* Suspension to absorb shocks between the bogie frame and the rail vehicle body: Common types are coil springs, or rubber airbags.

The full name of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer is The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches and the form and manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.

Common law systems place great weight on court decisions, which are considered " law " with the same force of law as statutes — for nearly a millennium, common law courts have had the authority to make law where no legislative statute exists, and statutes mean what courts interpret them to mean.

Common vegetables such as cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi and Brussels sprouts are all descendants of the wild cabbage plant.

Common examples of smoldering phenomena are the initiation of residential fires on upholstered furniture by weak heat sources ( e. g., a cigarette, a short-circuited wire ), and the persistent combustion of biomass behind the flaming front of wildfires

Common reactions, such as desperation, anger, frustration, and denial are possible.

Common features of CBT procedures are the focus on the " here and now ", a directive or guidance role of therapist, a structuring of the psychotherapy sessions and path, and on alleviating both symptoms and patients ' vulnerability.

The legal instruments used by the Council for the Common Foreign and Security Policy are different from the legislative acts.

The Celtic or Keltic languages ( usually pronounced but sometimes ) are descended from Proto-Celtic, or " Common Celtic "; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family.

* The 2011 movie Rio shows Common marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus ) who are experts in Capoeira.

Common crystals include snowflakes, diamonds, and table salt ; however, most common inorganic solids are polycrystals.