Such an arrangement, where the newly created neurons pass through the settled layers and position themselves one step above, is a distinguishing feature of mammalian brain, in contrast to the evolutionary older reptile cortex, in which layers are positioned in an " outside-in " fashion.

As the series progressed, Mandark's schemes became significantly more evil, his laboratory darker-looking, industrial and angular ( Thereby distinguishing it more from Dexter's ), in contrast to his original brightly-lit lab which had more rounded features.

In their role as foil, the villain exemplifies characteristics that are diametrically opposed to those of the hero, creating a contrast distinguishing heroic traits from villainous ones.

In contrast to the carabao, it has a number of distinguishing characteristics: it is slightly hairier, has light markings on its face, is not gregarious, and has shorter horns that are somewhat V-shaped.

The contrast between broad and slender consonants plays a critical role not only in distinguishing the individual consonants themselves, but also in the pronunciation of the surrounding vowels, in the determination of which consonants can stand next to which other consonants, and in the behavior of words that begin with a vowel.

Cavil notes that the Sixes have done a good job of distinguishing themselves and praises Godfrey for it, in contrast to the Number Five / Aaron Doral copy who has individuated himself from the copy abandoned on Ragnar only by wearing a teal suit instead of a burgundy one, in the same cut.

The name roman is customarily applied uncapitalized distinguishing early Italian typefaces of the Renaissance period and most subsequent upright types based on them, in contrast to Roman letters dating from classical antiquity.

In the hands of a skilled composer or arranger, the natural harmonics can be used to haunting melancholy effect or, by contrast, to create a charming pastoral flavor, as in the lilting " Ranz des Vaches " and works by Brahms, Rossini, and Britten cited below.

Since society considers so many rights as natural ( hence the term " right ") rather than man-made, what constitutes a crime also counts as natural, in contrast to laws ( seen as man-made ).

Carnivory was a natural transition from insectivory for medium and large tetrapods, requiring minimal adaptation ( in contrast, a complex set of adaptations was necessary for feeding on highly fibrous plant materials ).

In contrast, Rand saw ethics as a necessity for human survival and well-being, and argued that the " social " implications of morality, including natural rights, were simply a subset of the wider field of ethics.

He was critical of modern philosophy for its lack of progress, which he believed was in stark contrast to the dramatic advances in the natural sciences since the Renaissance.

In contrast, a natural harbor is surrounded on several sides by prominences of land.

Several of Lovecraft's stories of the Old Ones ( alien beings of the Cthulhu Mythos ), propose alternate mythic human origins in contrast to those found in the creation stories of existing religions, expanding on a natural world view.

Some areas, however, although arid, do have natural vegetation in contrast to the desert.

* Legal positivism, by contrast to natural law, holds that there is no necessary connection between law and morality and that the force of law comes from some basic social facts although positivists differ on what those facts are.

In contrast to the understandings canvassed so far, justice may be understood as a human creation, rather than a discovery of harmony, divine command, or natural law.

The central argument of council communism, in contrast to those of Social democracy and Leninist communism, is that workers ' councils arising in the factories and municipalities are the natural and legitimate form of working class organisation and government power.

In contrast to natural selection, which makes gene variants more common or less common depending on their reproductive success, the changes due to genetic drift are not driven by environmental or adaptive pressures, and may be beneficial, neutral, or detrimental to reproductive success.

Indoor Trials are trials held in stadiums ( not necessarily with a roof ) which by their very nature use man made artificial sections in contrast to outdoor trials with rely heavily on the natural terrain.

A natural monopoly by contrast is a condition on the cost-technology of an industry whereby it is most efficient ( involving the lowest long-run average cost ) for production to be concentrated in a single firm.

So Mill's initial use of the term concerned natural abilities, in contrast to the common contemporary usage, which refers solely to market failure in a particular type of industry, such as rail, post or electricity.

Though the exact definition varies between scholars, natural language can broadly be defined in contrast on the one hand to artificial or constructed languages, such as computer programming languages like Python and international auxiliary languages like Esperanto, and on the other hand to other communication systems in nature, such as the waggle dance of bees.

In contrast, some contemporary Pagans believe that there are specific spirits which inhabit various features in the natural world, and that these can be actively communicated with.

By contrast, many ethical philosophers have tried to prove some of their claims about ethics by appealing to an analysis of the meaning of the term " good "; they held, that is, that " good " can be defined in terms of one or more natural properties which we already understand ( such as " pleasure ", in the case of hedonists ).

By contrast, natural languages have changing meanings given by their users in different communities.

As he succeeded in painting trees in their natural colours, in contrast with many of his predecessors, he began to acquire a reputation for painting landscapes.

The word Prakrit itself has a flexible definition, being defined sometimes as " original, natural, artless, normal, ordinary, usual ", or " vernacular ", in contrast to the literary and religious orthodoxy of Sanskrit.

Thorstein Veblen saw socialism as an immediate stage in an ongoing evolutionary process in economics that would result from the natural decay of the system of business enterprise ; in contrast to Marx, he did not believe it would be the result of political struggle or revolution by the working class as a whole and did not believe it to be the ultimate goal of humanity.

In contrast with a tax on real estate ( land and buildings ), a land value tax is levied only on the unimproved value of the land (" land " in this instance may mean either the economic term, i. e., all natural resources, or the natural resources associated with specific areas of the Earth's surface: " lots " or " land parcels ").

One of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross ( in contrast to the Southern Cross ).

In contrast, a single light source, such as harsh daylight, can serve to highlight any texture or interesting features.

The very high spatial resolution and high contrast for features on the atomic scale arises from the fact that the electric field is enhanced in the vicinity of the surface atoms because of the higher local curvature.

In contrast, catastrophism is the theory that Earth's features formed in single, catastrophic events and remained unchanged thereafter.

Staining is employed to give both contrast to the tissue as well as highlighting particular features of interest.

In contrast to the 1990s, fewer major animated features of the 2000s included musical numbers, as the success of Pixar and DreamWorks computer animated films ( which were not musicals ) upset Disney's dominance.

In contrast, the volcano's steeper southeastern side has features indicating compression.

Having said this, Campidanese in contrast at times shows more archaic features than Logudorese, particularly in its verb forms, such as the retention of the 3rd person plural in-nt (), reduced to-n () in Logudorese.

All verbal languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information, and to convey emphasis, contrast, and other such features in what is called intonation, but not all languages use tones to distinguish words or their inflections, analogously to consonants and vowels.

Windows Media Player features universal brightness, contrast, saturation and hue adjustments and pixel aspect ratio for supported video formats.

In contrast to the fine features and smooth skin of its heroes and heroines, characters who possess negative or evil characteristics have also been known to possess more rugged features and skin blemishes, including facial moles.

It is conducted over 161 laps, on a track that features two long straights, that contrast with a tight section of fast blind corners across the top of the mountain.

In contrast to the TCSEC's precisely defined hierarchy of six evaluation classes, the more recently introduced Common Criteria ( CC )— which derive from a blend of more or less technically mature standards from various NATO countries — provide a more tenuous spectrum of seven " evaluation classes " that intermix features and assurances in an arguably non-hierarchical manner and lack the philosophic precision and mathematical stricture of the TCSEC.

In contrast to the deep-water deposits of the Archean, the Proterozoic features many strata that were laid down in extensive shallow epicontinental seas ; furthermore, many of these rocks are less metamorphosed than Archean-age ones, and plenty are unaltered.

In contrast, the twin-engine F-15 Eagle features a single JFS, and the JFS power section is connected through a central gearbox which can be engaged to one engine at a time.

Despite its location in the tropics, in stark contrast with most of South India, Ooty generally features pleasantly mild conditions throughout the year.

Ultimately, the painting would be labelled as kitsch by critics who thought it lacking in interesting artistic features: contrast, coordinated lines, and a worthy subject.

In contrast to the drama-heavy and operatic events of previous Star Trek features, Nimoy and producer Harve Bennett wanted a lighter movie that did not have a clear-cut villain.

By contrast, recent discontinuous street patterns follow the configuration of natural features without disrupting them.

By contrast the artistic work of antiquarians James Bentham and James Essex at the end of the century, while stopping short of being genuine archaeology, was detailed and precise enough to provide a substantial base of architectural fine detail on medieval castle features and enabled the work of architects such as Wyatt.

This collection features approximately twenty-five tracks, and is notable for its stripped down production and decidedly lo-fi nature ( many songs are just Fagen and his piano ), in contrast to future Steely Dan works.