There are conflicting opinions on this phenomenon also called cainism —" No evidence of sibling aggression, but youngest in brood of 3 almost always dies of starvation ..." Considering that the 2 parents must provide food for 3 chicks at a rate of one feeding per hour after day 17 after incubation, one can understand why the last of the chicks to hatch has the least chance of survival.

Considering mtDNA D-loop sequence data, they may have evolved in the general area of Siberia ; Mallard bones rather abruptly appear in food remains of ancient humans and other deposits of fossil bones in Europe, without a good candidate for a local predecessor species.

* lysozyme: Considering that food contains more than just the essential nutrients and bacteria or viruses, the lysozome offers a limited and non-specific, yet beneficial antiseptic function in digestion.

He comments: " Considering the fact that Darwin's theory of natural selection takes generations and that successful varieties must sustain a survival advantage over others, the only way Mr. Burns can prove his assertion the fish is the next step in evolution through natural selection is by tracking Blinky over time to see if the third eye allows the mutant fish to find food more quickly or dodge predators.

Considering then the optimism which has permeated science fiction for so long, what is really remarkable is that during the last twelve years many science-fiction writers have turned about and attacked their own cherished vision of the future, have attacked the Childhood's End kind of faith that science and technology will inevitably better the human condition.

Considering what is being done compared to what needs to be done, it behooves the hospital management to do some mighty careful planning toward making the best possible use of the increase granted.

Considering that the current school-age potential is 23 million youths, the project and its message on hunting and shooting education have many more to reach.

Considering only these Fridays, what is the probability that the coach had drivers all 3 times??

Considering Dio must have read Tacitus, it is worth noting he mentions nothing about suicide ( which was also how Postumus and Nero ended their lives ).

Considering this definition, Alien: The Director's Cut, for example, is simply a misuse of the phrase.

Considering that language is essential to culture, individuals will know themselves through the result of language plus culture.

Considering the variability of the world's languages, it becomes clear that this classification is not at all clear cut, and many languages do not neatly fit any one of these types, and some fit in more than one way.

Considering the amount of new construction needed to link such countries, and the construction of a number of heavy duty iron ore railways which would almost certainly be gauge, momentum is created to adopt the gauge throughout.

Considering these references to Robin Hood, it is not surprising that the people of both South and West Yorkshire lay some claim to Robin Hood, who, if he existed, could easily have roamed between Nottingham, Lincoln, Doncaster and right into West Yorkshire.

Considering the high diversity of the global Muslim population, it is impossible to describe typical suhur or iftar meals.

Considering only homogeneous broadening affecting an atomic or molecular resonance, the spectral line shape function is described as a Lorentzian distribution:

Considering the magnitude of the Super Bowl, and the wild game that preceded it, " The Tackle " is considered one of the greatest and most exciting game-ending plays in modern National Football League history.

Considering the relationship between theodicy and cosmodicy, Johannes van der Ven argued that the choice between theodicy and cosmodicy is a false dilemma.

Considering the product v² x B², it is apparent that a light working fluid should dominate the thermal properties and the UF < sub > 4 </ sub > fraction should be small.

Considering how Zola's Nana describes an Offenbach-style operetta performance in Paris, it is not surprising that the mostly male, upper-class audience crowded the various theaters every evening.

") Considering " Mrs Dubois "' s French last name, it is likelier that she carried an invention from her native country to England, and developed it there.

Considering that the average physiological pH is approximately 7. 4, the main form of the phosphate groups bound to the inositol ring in vivo is PO < sub > 4 </ sub >< sup > 2 -</ sup >.

Considering that IP < sub > 3 </ sub > is a negatively charged molecule, positively charged amino acids such as Arginine and Lysine were believed to be involved.

Considering that many of the Federation's other members have several interplanetary colonies just as Earth does, the full number of planets which the Federation encompasses may be impossible to determine ; it is presumed that colony worlds are directly subsidiary to the planetary governments of their homeworlds ( much like individual states / provinces in a nation ), but this has never been clearly established.

Considering Yemen's size, its road transportation system is extremely limited.

Considering only ( ℓmn ) planes intersecting one or more lattice points ( the lattice planes ), the perpendicular distance d between adjacent lattice planes is related to the ( shortest ) reciprocal lattice vector orthogonal to the planes by the formula:

Considering Bill's remarks, many thought that he could not rally Hillary supporters behind Obama after Obama won the primary.

Considering his work on such bastions of high culture as the Louvre and US National Gallery, some critics were surprised by his association with what many considered a tribute to low culture.

Considering that the excavation only uncovered a small area of the cemetery, there may be as many as 100 graves.

" Considering Murray's reputation to be " deservedly low " in academia, she argued that Murray's status as President of the Folklore Society had harmed the society's reputation and was a causal factor in the mistrustful attitude that many historians held toward folkloristics as an academic discipline.

Considering the many hazards of climate, piracy, theft and abuse of military fiat by rulers of kingdoms along the trade routes, it was a major focus of these civilizations to keep markets open and trading in these scarce commodities.

Considering how strongly many people felt about removing all traces of Catholic traditions from Danish churches, surprisingly little violence took place.

Considering the vagueness of primary sources, many old scholarly estimates are not far off the mark.

Considering that a small proportion of the population, and relatively small proportion of the GDP comes from farms, many considered this expense excessive.

Considering the rosalias and the simple, unchanging chords repeated so many times in the treble, what can be said about the artistic worth of the waltz?

Considering the difficulties with which Central Trains contended, including sharing tracks with so many other operators, it did not perform too badly in its twilight months.

Considering the time at which it was written ( 1650 ), it was a meritorious work, but philology was then in the empirical stage, and many of Ménage's derivations ( such as that of " rat " from the Latin " mus ," or of " haricot " from " faba ") have since become bywords among philologists.

" Considering Padilla was held for years in military custody with no formal charges brought, many were shocked by this move by the George W. Bush presidential administration, and some reasoned that a repeat of such a process would allow the U. S. government to detain citizens indefinitely without presenting the cause that would eventually be tried.

Considering the limited number of skirts per carcass and the fact the meat wasn't available commercially, the fajita tradition remained regional and relatively obscure for many years, probably only familiar to vaqueros, butchers, and their families.

Considering his later achievements, many analysts have called Brady the best NFL draft pick of all time.

Considering two consecutive quarters of net losses in Q2 + Q3 2011 and realization they are selling too many products ; 101 individual notebook, netbook and chromebook SKUs in the United States alone, Acer will cut product lines by two thirds beginning in 2012.

Considering also how many keys that are left for testing after the first MITM-phase, it is.

Considering the interdependence of many European regions ( particularly the French ) with the Venetian Republic, which occupied most of Croatia's coast, and the word's uncertain philologic origin, the new male neckdress was known as a cravate.

Considering that many pulp mills require several thousand tonnes of fiber source per day, storage of the fiber source can be a major issue.

Considering the weight of his many responsibilities and worries, Hutton played magnificent cricket ".

) Considering himself as a descendant of the Holy Kings of Hungary, Ladislaus tried in many times to obtain the crown of Hungary, also being coronated illegitimally and bearing by his own will the title of Duke of Slavonia.