Disruptive selection, also called diversifying selection, describes changes in population genetics in which extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values.

Disruptive physical contact ( a personal foul ) is penalized, and a free throw is usually awarded to an offensive player if he is fouled while shooting the ball.

* Disruptive innovation is Clayton Christensen's theory of industry disruption by new technology or products.

): P2P Computing: The Evolution of a Disruptive Technology, Idea Group Inc, Hershey.

* Ramesh Subramanian and Brian Goodman ( eds ), Peer-to-Peer Computing: Evolution of a Disruptive Technology, ISBN 1-59140-429-0, Idea Group Inc., Hershey, PA, USA, 2005.

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* Disruptive Solutions Process, U. S. Air National Guard disruptive improvement and procurements

* Parasomnias: Disruptive sleep-related events involving inappropriate actions during sleep ; sleep walking and night-terrors are examples.

The External Leadership of Self-Managing Teams: Intervening in the Context of Novel and Disruptive Events.

The Dickey Betts Band, including Warren Haynes, was also formed during this time and released the album Pattern Disruptive in 1988.

Disruptive conflicts when Edward took over government could thus be minimized, while Dudley's chances to continue as principal minister would be good.

The period saw a generational change in weapons and equipment on issue to ADGs ; jungle green uniforms were replaced by the Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform ( DPCU ), the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle ( SLR ), M16 and F1 Sub-Machine Gun were replaced by the F88 Austeyr assault rifle and Vietnam-era radios were replaced with the Raven series of VHF and HF sets.

He now runs his own company, Disruptive Innovations.

The agenda featured more than 100 speakers and nearly 50 sessions on topics ranging from cloud to mobility and virtualization, to address the event's theme — New Business Solutions: Embracing Disruptive Technologies & Changing Delivery Models.

Linspire sponsored development of Nvu, a stand-alone version of Mozilla Composer which incorporates Cascading Style Sheets support and other improvements from software company Disruptive Innovations.

* Terrorist and Disruptive Activities ( Prevention ) Act ( TADA ) is passed by parliament.

The act replaced the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance ( POTO ) of 2001 and the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities ( Prevention ) Act ( TADA ) ( 1985 – 95 ), and was supported by the governing National Democratic Alliance.

Disruptive technological advances have been few in the Honorverse for most of the 500 years leading up to the series ; as the series opens, that technological stagnation has led to a similar stagnation in both military strategy and tactics.

* Disruptive behaviour.

In Citizens for Democracy through its President v. State of Assam and Others, 1995 KHC 486: 1995 ( 2 ) KLT SN 74: 1995 ( 3 ) SCC 743: 1995 SCC ( Cri ) 600: AIR 1996 SC 2193, the court entertained a letter from Shri Kuldip Nayar ( a journalist, in his capacity as President of Citizens for Democracy ) to a judge of the court alleging human-rights violations of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities ( Prevention ) Act ( TADA ) detainees ; it was treated as a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India.

Following the introduction of the Combat Soldier 95 ( CS95 ) clothing system of Disruptive Pattern Material ( DPM ) this is worn for most day-to-day business replacing the old ' working ' uniform of green Lightweight Trousers and Shirt / Jersey, albeit that these are still used as ' Barrack Dress ' by some office based personnel.

Details of Marguerite Durand can be found in the English language in American Professor Mary Louise Roberts ' 2002 book, Disruptive Acts: The New Woman in Fin-de-Siècle France.

Disruptive sexual selection for plumage coloration in a passerine bird.

The enormous changes in world politics have, however, thrown it into confusion, so much so that it is safe to say that all international law is now in need of reexamination and clarification in light of the social conditions of the present era.

The men in power are committed in principle to modernization, but economic and social changes are proceeding only erratically.

but basically that pace depends on changes in the supply of resources and in the human attitudes, political institutions, and social structure which each society must generate.

`` The primary objective of non-violence '', writes the outstanding Mennonite ethicist, `` is not peace, or obedience to the divine will, but rather certain desired social changes, for personal, or class, or national advantage ''.

But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact: there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of some pax-ordo preserved by clothed or naked force.

The idea of the author as the sole meaning-maker of necessity changes to include the influences of the editor and the publisher in order to engage the audience in writing as a social act.

Following the Second World War, far-reaching social, economic and political changes profoundly affected a number of areas where Ismāʿīlīs resided.

The social problems arising from alcoholism are serious, caused by the pathological changes in the brain and the intoxicating effects of alcohol.

This difficult transition combined with political vagueness, unpreparedness of people for the social and economic changes led to seriously worsen economic conditions during early 1990s.

Berkeley is strongly identified with the rapid social changes, civic unrest, and political upheaval that characterized the late 1960s.

Howlett and Ramesh argue that the inherent instability of such industries also contributes to greater government intervention in the economy, to reduce the social impact of market changes.

The new style was also pushed forward by changes in the economic order and in social structure.

In the intervening years, the social world of music had seen dramatic changes: international publication and touring had grown explosively, concert societies were beginning to be formed, notation had been made more specific, more descriptive, and schematics for works had been simplified ( yet became more varied in their exact working out ).

The first modern parties in the country developed in the middle of the 19th century, and their agenda and appeal changed, reflecting major social changes, such as the breakup of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, dictatorship and social upheavals in the kingdom, World War II, the establishment of Communist rule and the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia.

The war set in motion profound social changes within Britain and led to a popular desire for social reform.

Goldoni maintains an acute sensibility for the differences in social classes between his characters as well as environmental and generational changes.

That means a social rule changes over time within the same society.

There has also been an effort to apply this mechanism to social phenomena, whereby population increases result in changes in social structure.

The law of the passage of quantitative changes into qualitative changes can also be applied to the process of social change and class conflict.

Reforms are usually proposed by thinkers who aim to redress societal ills or institute societal changes, most often through a change in the education of the members of a class of people — the preparation of a ruling class to rule or a working class to work, the social hygiene of a lower or immigrant class, the preparation of citizens in a democracy or republic, etc.