Given that the coiled texture is the natural state of some African Americans ' hair, or perceived as being more " African ", this simple style is now often seen as a sign of self-acceptance and an affirmation that the beauty norms of the ( eurocentric ) dominant culture are not absolute.

Given the state at some initial time ( t = 0 ), we can solve it to obtain the state at any subsequent time.

Given this reliance on literary sources, it is doubtful whether Nostradamus used any particular methods for entering a trance state, other than contemplation, meditation and incubation.

Put together: Given an input signal, current state, and stack symbol, the automaton can follow a transition to another state, and optionally manipulate ( push or pop ) the stack.

Given the above expression, evidently the result of her ( local ) measurement is that the three-particle state would collapse to one of the following four states ( with equal probability of obtaining each ):

Given the role that many social groups have in the development of public policy and the extensive connections between state bureaucracies and other institutions, it has become increasingly difficult to identify the boundaries of the state.

Given India's historic position that the original intent of the line was to separate the two nations by the highest mountains in the world, in these locations India extended its forward posts northward to the ridges, regarding this move as compliant with the original border proposal, although the Simla Convention did not explicitly state this intention.

Given the diversity of solid state compounds, an equally diverse array of methods are used for their preparation.

Given the range of his office-holding both regionally and at court, he did not need to draw ruinously on his own resources to dispense patronage on a grand scale and he was active in the arbitration of local disputes ; even state matters were regularly referred for his personal adjudication.

Given the unstable state of affairs in Massachusetts, Hillsborough instructed General Thomas Gage, Commander-in-Chief, North America, to send " such Force as You shall think necessary to Boston ".

Given that the state itself is the # 1 producer of raspberries in the country, with over 87. 8 % of the crop in 2002, this makes Whatcom County responsible for almost 75 % of the nation's raspberry production.

Given that a head of state sends a letter of credence to a fellow head of state, the converse is true also.

Given that under the External Relations Act the role of representing Ireland in the accreditation of ambassadors belonged to the King of Ireland on the advice of the Irish government, between those years the Irish head of state was unambiguously the King of Ireland.

Given a closed system in an initial state, if work is done on the system in an adiabatic ( i. e. no heat transfer ) way, and given the final state after a process, the amount of work required to be transferred to the system is the same, irrespective of how this work is performed.

Dr. Tennison states: " Given the account of Elliot Paul, and given that Lead Belly witnessed boogie-woogie in 1899 in the Arklatex ; and given the North to South migration of the Thomas family ; and given the Texas & Pacific headquarters in Marshall in the early 1870s ; and given that Harrison County had the largest slave population in the state of Texas ; and given the fact that the best-documented and largest-scale turpentine camps in Texas did not occur until after 1900 in Southeast Texas, it is most probable that boogie-woogie spread from Northeast to Southeast Texas, rather than from Southeast to Northeast Texas, or by having developed diffusely with an even density over all of the Piney Woods of East Texas.

Given a more realistic yield of 36 tonnes / hectare ( 3834 US gal / acre ) the area required is about 152, 000 square kilometers, or roughly equal to that of the state of Georgia or of England and Wales.

for every Borel subset U of R. Given a mixed state S, we introduce the distribution of A under S as follows:

Given human nature, the variability of human desires, and need for scarce resources to fulfill those desires, the state of nature, as Hobbes calls this anarchic condition, must be a war of all against all.

Given the social state that was emerging, Tocqueville believed that a " new political science " would be needed.

Given the observation space, the state space, a sequence of observations, transition matrix of size such that stores the transition probability of transiting from state to state, emission matrix of size such that stores the probability of observing from state, an array of initial probabilities of size such that stores the probability that. We say a path is a sequence of states that generate the observations.

Given that drug poisoning causes a large portion of patients in a coma, hospitals first test all comatose patients by observing pupil size and eye movement, through the vestibular-ocular reflex.

Given the complicated nature of the " clamp " technique ( and the potential dangers of hypoglycemia in some patients ), alternatives have been sought to simplify the measurement of insulin resistance.

Given the amount of evidence suggesting a link between antipsychotic medications and metabolic syndrome, several agencies have recommended regular clinical monitoring of weight, symptoms of hyperglycemia, glucose, hypertension and signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease in chronically medicated patients with schizophrenia.

Given the small number of NAION events with PDE5 use ( less than 1 in 1 million ), the large number of users of PDE5 inhibitors ( millions ) and the fact that this event occurs in a similar population to those who do not take these medicines, the FDA concluded that they were not able to draw a cause and effect relationship, given these patients underlying vascular risk factors or anatomical defects.

Given that the toxins alter acetylcholine transmission which causes the paralysis, some patients have been successfully treated with cholinesterase inhibitors such as physostigmine or neostigmine, but success is variable and may be species dependent as well.

" Given the ease at which information can be exchanged between health IT systems, patients whose physicians use them may feel that their privacy is more at risk than if paper records were used.

Given the series of medical data breaches and the lack of public trust, some countries have enacted laws requiring safeguards to be put in place to protect the security and confidentiality of medical information as it is shared electronically and to give patients some important rights to monitor their medical records and receive notification for loss and unauthorized acquisition of health information.

" Given the ease at which information can be exchanged between health IT systems, patients whose physicians use them may feel that their privacy is more at risk than if paper records were used.

Given M doctors and N patients, the minimum number of gloves G ( M, N ) required for all the doctors to examine all the patients is given by:

* Consent under pressure: Given the economic grounds for voluntary euthanasia, critics of voluntary euthanasia are concerned that patients may experience psychological pressure to consent to voluntary euthanasia rather than be a financial burden on their families.

Given that the data are collected from a select group of hospitals, a significant limitation of the RCSN is that the results may not be generalizable to the entire population of patients with acute stroke.

Given the unusual casting and production demands, Pacific Overtures remains one of the least-performed musicals by Stephen Sondheim.

* Given their strong position, the mercenaries inflate their demands and demand payment for the non-mercenary Libyan conscripts in the army as well.

Given the demands on a new wife, and the learning curve in her new role, it was prudent to provide her some reserve time with quilts already completed.

Given the importance of the seasonal gift-giving to the U. S. economy, one driven largely by consumer spending, and with the music industry making at least 40 percent of its annual revenue in the fourth quarter culminating at Christmas, demands for increased revenues motivates the shift.

Given the demands of his career in the Navy and NASA, Pete and Jane spent a great deal of time apart, and Pete saw less of his boys growing up than he would have liked.

Given the demands of the Siege of Calais, no further men could be summoned for the defence of Northern England.

Given the strategic requirements of winning the war, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had no option but to accept the demands of their erstwhile ally, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam, argues retired diplomat Charles G. Stefan.

Given their newly strengthened bargaining position, the mercenaries vastly inflated their original demands, even requiring the extension of the payments to the Libyans whom Carthage had conscripted ( and who were not mercenaries ) as well as other Numidians and to the escaped slaves and the like who had joined their ranks against Carthage.

* Given their position, the mercenaries inflate their demands and demand payment for the non-mercenary Libyan conscripts in the army as well.

Cafferty courted controversy on September 23, 2004 while discussing terrorist demands for the release of two female scientists from an Iraqi prison and remarking: " Given the way these mutants treat women in their societies, the women are probably better off in U. S. custody.

Given this scenario, it is obvious newspapers must raise the quality of their news offerings to meet the demands and expectations of their readers.

Given El Progreso's location as a crossroads several fast food franchises have been established in the city to satisfy the demands of travelers.

Given this stance, it emphasises the practical teachings of subjects with a sound theoretical background, while at the same time actively adapting the lesson material and courses to the job market demands and the realities of today ’ s society.