Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics.

Despite the efficacy of epilepsy surgery, some patients decide not to undergo surgery owing to fear or the uncertainty of having a brain operation.

Despite this uncertainty, fourteen individuals have been identified as having verifiably attended Lunar Society meetings regularly over a long period during its most productive eras: these are Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Day, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Samuel Galton, Jr., James Keir, Joseph Priestley, William Small, Jonathan Stokes, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, John Whitehurst and William Withering.

Despite the uncertainty of Elizabeth's – and therefore the Tudor dynasty's – hold on England, she never married.

Despite the uncertainty at the heart of Dalton's atomic theory, the principles of the theory survived.

Despite uncertainty about the single origin of yakuza organizations, most modern yakuza derive from two classifications which emerged in the mid-Edo Period ( 1603 – 1868 ): tekiya, those who primarily peddled illicit, stolen or shoddy goods ; and bakuto, those who were involved in or participated in gambling.

Despite uncertainty as to the future of Psyche, when Darrin did finally begin the next album with Per-Anders Kurenbach he changed his style to emphasize a friendlier, more upbeat sound.

Despite receiving a vote of confidence from his party, Alkatiri resigned on 26 June 2006 to end the uncertainty.

Despite the Boerboel's long breeding history, there is great uncertainty as to how many and which breeds were used to create it.

Despite this uncertainty, the team was successful from the start.

Despite this vote of confidence, Alkatiri resigned on 26 June 2006, to end the uncertainty.

Despite the improvements in performance seen across a range of studies, one limitation of the contextual interference effect is the uncertainty with regard to the cause of performance improvements as so many variables are constantly manipulated.

Despite uncertainty if he would return to the Giants for the 2007 season due to a managerial change, Righetti announced in early November 2007 that he would remain with the Giants in his present role.

Despite MYCIN's success, it sparked debate about the use of its ad hoc, but principled, uncertainty framework known as " certainty factors ".

Despite initial uncertainty and some hostility from the students, Billy proved to be a successful replacement for Charlie.

Despite this uncertainty, recent years have seen government investment into the base.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the size of the spill, figures place it several times the size ( by volume ) of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Despite the uncertainty, online journalists are cautiously optimistic, reporting expanding newsrooms.

Despite such apparent comforts, the boredom and uncertainty, as well as normal rivalries and tensions common to any small town, put an undertone of unhappiness into camp life.

Despite a common misunderstanding, " random " does not mean the same thing as " chance " as this idea is often used in describing situations of uncertainty, nor is it the same as projections based on an assessed probability or frequency.

Despite recent uncertainty regarding the band's future, they look to remain competitive for the 2010 season.

Despite the political uncertainty resulting from a recently concluded civil war, 56 delegates met in San Felipe de Austin to draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government.

Despite the uncertainty they decided to try an informal jam-oriented home project.

Despite the uncertainty about his future, Jones was still a regular in the team throughout the season and managed to score 5 goals overall, including a goal in his final appearance against Millwall on 30 April.

Despite the poor economy, in the two years before 2012 a study by the professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal found a 32 % increase in the value of " change-in-control benefits " provided to US executives.

Despite caveats in the introduction to the DSM, it has long been argued that its system of classification makes unjustified categorical distinctions between disorders, and uses arbitrary cut-offs between normal and abnormal.

Despite what the statute may suggest, the regime makes sense.

Despite the construction of surfaced roads linking the principal towns in the south, the mountainous terrain elsewhere makes travel even from one valley to the next quite difficult.

Despite the fact that he has throughout his life compulsively sought out aristocratic society, none of his titled friends come to see him, which makes him alternately morose and irate.

Despite the vast number of Green Lanterns, certain sectors of space apparently do not recognize the authority of the Corps, as alien superhero Icon claims that his status as a citizen of the interstellar civilization known as the Cooperative makes him immune to prosecution from Guardians or their agents.

Despite her hyperactive personality, Dee Dee sometimes makes more logical decisions than Dexter, or even gives him helpful advice.

Despite being located in an otherwise arid region, its extremely high elevation (; one of the highest in the U. S .) allows for a relatively mild summer that makes it a popular tourist attraction in West Texas and New Mexico.

Despite their occurrence on seacoasts, Ammophila grasses are not particularly tolerant of saline soils ; they can tolerate a salinity of about 15 g / l ( 1. 5 %), which makes them " moderate halophytes ".

Despite Alf Thomas being the man identified as the assailant of the train driver, Jack Mills, by Bruce Reynolds ( albeit indirectly ), Williams only makes mention of the assailant once in his book.

Despite the interest and realism of the system, which makes a case demonic invocations no Mage can not afford to treat lightly, this part of the system has not been well integrated with the rules of magic and is confined to the end of the rules, and also the mixture of styles, the Judeo-Christian demonology adjacent to the Thousand and One Nights, all sprinkled with a touch of mythology came from the writings of Tolkien.

Despite this, Skaro makes an appearance in the first episode of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, entitled " City of the Daleks ".

Despite herself, she enjoys herself very much when Michael makes her go berrypicking and fishing with him.

Despite the traffic noise the road is still upmarket, featuring five-star hotels ( such as The Dorchester, Grosvenor House Hotel and InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel ) and showrooms for several makes of sports car.

" Despite Julio's friendliness, Fred often makes crude ethnic jokes about Julio and openly wishes he would return to Puerto Rico, despite the fact that Julio is actually from New York City.

Despite his previous identity as a great marshal who is in charge of 80, 000 heavenly warriors, he always claims Sun Wukong as “ brother ” with awe and respect while Sun has conflicts with him and often makes fun of him all the way.

Despite the positive acclaim, The Rundown was a slight box office failure, grossing just under $ 81 million worldwide compared to its $ 85 million budget, which makes a sequel not entirely likely.

Despite its phenomenal age as an Internet community, the MUD is constantly evolving which makes it both challenging and entertaining to new and old players alike.

Despite Kraven's use of a strength-enhancing potion that makes him pretty much invulnerable to physical attack, Spider-Man wins putting Kraven in jail for his crimes.

Despite the technical learning curve, the Aurora toolset still is a powerful and versatile tool, which makes Neverwinter Nights a unique and long-lived role-playing game.

Reza Shah Kazemi states: " Despite ongoing questions about the authenticity of the text, recent scholarship suggests that most of the material in it can in fact be attributed to Ali " and in support of this he makes reference to an article by Mokhtar Jebli.

Despite the neat resolution with Arthur as Emperor he never again tries this " might makes right " tactic.

Despite being professionally trained, Sean Bean adopts an instinctive style of acting that some say makes him especially well-suited to portraying his characters ' depths.

Despite pre-electoral opinion polls and predictions of a huge PSOE defeat and a PP lead of around 10 points, the close end result makes this election the closest in the Spanish democratic period to date.

Despite the title, the book itself makes clear that a sequel is not planned, though some extra material was written for the paperback edition, released to coincide with the 2010 World Cup.

Despite that legislatively, the police force of all Mainland China should answer only to one collective central government and should be considered a single entity, their various source of funding makes them de facto local police force indeed.