New evidence from Babylon has verified the existence of Belshazzar, the name first given in Daniel 5: 1, as well as his co-regency during the absence of his father, Nabonidus, in Temâ.

" The attempt by some twentieth-century Catholic theologians to present the Eucharistic change as an alteration of significance ( transignification rather than transubstantiation ) was rejected by Pope Paul VI in his 1965 encyclical letter Mysterium fidei In his 1968 Credo of the People of God, he reiterated that any theological explanation of the doctrine must hold to the twofold claim that, after the consecration, 1 ) Christ's body and blood are really present ; and 2 ) bread and wine are really absent ; and this presence and absence is real and not merely something in the mind of the believer.

The study argues that " at present rates of fertility and mortality and in the absence of changes within countries, the average IQ of the young world population would decline by 1. 34 points per decade and the average per capita income would decline by 0. 79 % per year.

The precise level of glucose considered low enough to define hypoglycemia is dependent on ( 1 ) the measurement method, ( 2 ) the age of the person, ( 3 ) presence or absence of effects, and ( 4 ) the purpose of the definition.

The absence of a strategic bomber force for the Luftwaffe, following General Wever's accidental death in 1936 and the end of the Ural bomber program he fostered before the invasion of Poland, would not be addressed again until the authorization of the Bomber B design competition in July 1939, which sought to replace the medium bomber force with which the Luftwaffe was to begin the war, with more advanced, twin-engined high speed bomber aircraft fitted with pairs of relatively " high-power " engines of 1, 500 kW ( 2, 000 hp ) output levels and upwards each, that would also be able to function as shorter range heavy bombers.

Often the presence, absence or variation of minute quantities of secondary elements and compounds in a bulk material will have a great impact on the final properties of the materials produced, for instance, steels are classified based on 1 / 10 and 1 / 100 weight percentages of the carbon and other alloying elements they contain.

Latham Sholes's 1878 QWERTY keyboard layoutThe QWERTY layout depicted in Sholes's 1878 patent includes a few differences from the modern layout, most notably in the absence of the numerals 0 and 1, with each of the remaining numerals shifted one position to the left of their modern counterparts.

At Schedule 3 and DOC, the main aim is to check the declaration and to verify the absence of Schedule 2 and Schedule 1 production units.

The probability that an infinite randomly generated string of text will contain a particular finite substring is 1, but this does not mean the substring's absence is " impossible ", despite such an event having a probability of 0.

Book 1, subtitled De motu corporum ( On the motion of bodies ) concerns motion in the absence of any resisting medium.

Magallan ( 1 species ) was characterised by having winged fruit and Tropaeastrum ( 2 species ) by having no spur while Tropaeolum ( 86 species ) was diagnosed only by the absence of the characteristics of the other two genera.

In the absence of clear evidence supporting 1 set of criteria over the others, clinicians may use IASP, Bruehl ’ s, or Veldman ’ s clinical criteria for diagnosis.

A nonketotic crisis means: ( 1 ) very high levels of glucose ( sugar ) in the blood ; ( 2 ) absence of ketoacidosis ; ( 3 ) great loss of body fluid ; and ( 4 ) a sleepy, confused, or comatose state.

Resolution of DKA is defined as general improvement in the symptoms, such as the ability to tolerate oral nutrition and fluids, normalization of blood acidity ( pH > 7. 3 ), and absence of ketones in blood (< 1 mmol / l ) or urine.

The α-amylases () ( CAS # 9014-71-5 ) ( alternative names: 1, 4-α -- glucan glucanohydrolase ; glycogenase ) are calcium metalloenzymes, completely unable to function in the absence of calcium.

The ICRC states that Annex II is a "... draft which, according to Article 109 ( paragraph 1 ) of the Convention, will be applied in the absence of special agreements between the Parties, deals with the conditions for the receipt and distribution of collective relief shipments.

The United States Geological Survey ( USGS ), a civilian Federal agency, produces several national series of topographic maps which vary in scale and extent, with some wide gaps in coverage, notably the complete absence of 1: 50, 000 scale topographic maps or their equivalent.

In the absence of World Champions and world record holders East Germany, the US team clocked one of the fastest times in history and won by the biggest margin ever at an Olympics, 1. 12 seconds.

Despite his absence, the Pistons rallied from 15 down in the third quarter to win Game 4 90 – 89, on a field goal by Tayshaun Prince with just 8. 9 seconds to play, taking a 3 – 1 series lead.

Chlorophyll concentrations in the surface water go from negligible, in the absence of winds, to very active at more than 1. 5 milligrams per cubic meter in the presence of the winds.

In his absence, Australia lost by an innings in three days and conceded the series 1 – 2.

Some of the criticism from within the media was answered however, as England put in a much improved performance, despite the absence of Beckham through suspension and Sol Campbell and Steven Gerrard through injury, in a 2 – 1 win against Poland.

Don Gregory was running the meeting in the absence of Alan Shepard and so it was he who answered the red phone to be informed that there was a fire in the Apollo 1 CM.

* Vice Chair or Vice Chairman – officer of the Board of Directors who may stand in for the Chairman in his / her absence.

Duesberg claims as support for his idea that many drug-free HIV + people have not yet developed AIDS ; HIV / AIDS scientists note that many drug-free HIV + people have developed AIDS, and that, in the absence of medical treatment or rare genetic factors postulated to delay disease progression, it is very likely that nearly all HIV + people will eventually develop AIDS.

When Greek orthography was codified by grammarians in the Hellenistic era, they used a diacritic symbol derived from this half-H shape to signal the presence of / h /, and added as its counterpart a reverse-shaped diacritic to denote absence of / h /.

Particularly noteworthy is the absence of loops and / statements in manipulating the array ; mathematical operations are applied to the array as a whole.

In practice, however, if consumer rationality / innovativeness is low and heuristics are preferred, monopolistic competition can fall into natural monopoly, even in the complete absence of government intervention.

To summarize the arguments against feasibility: First, critics argue that a primary barrier to achieving molecular nanotechnology is the lack of an efficient way to create machines on a molecular / atomic scale, especially in the absence of a well-defined path toward a self-replicating assembler or diamondoid nanofactory.

Some forms of polyandry appear to be associated with a perceived need to retain aristocratic titles or agricultural lands within kin groups, and / or because of the frequent absence, for long periods, of a man from the household.

Benaud took 5 / 72 and scored 43 in the First Test, but then injured himself in a grade match, so Bob Simpson captained the team for the Second Test and won the match in Benaud's absence.

Czech cultural historian and ethnographer Čeněk Zíbrt, who wrote in detail about the origin of the dance, in his book, Jak se kdy v Čechách tancovalo cites an opinion of František Doucha ( 1840, Květy, p. 400 ) that " polka " was supposed to mean " tanec na polo " ( n. b. the absence of diacritics ), i. e., " a dance in half ", both referring to the half-tempo 2 / 4 and the half-jump step of the dance.

Research at the University of North Carolina for the U. S. Department of Transportation found that the presence or absence of a sidewalk and the speed limit are significant factors in the likelihood of a vehicle / pedestrian crash.

A mark, known in Sanskrit as a virama / halant can be used to indicate the absence of an inherent vowel.

Specialised ultrasound equipment can also evaluate the blood flow velocity in the umbilical cord, looking to detect a decrease / absence / reversal or diastolic blood flow in the umbilical artery.

The mainstay of diagnosis is genetic testing, specifically DNA-based methylation testing to detect the absence of the paternally contributed Prader – Willi syndrome / Angelman syndrome ( PWS / AS ) region on chromosome 15q11-q13.

* A 08 Voice Disorder —“ A voice disorder is diagnosed based on abnormal production and / or absence of vocal quality, pitch, loudness, resonance, and / or duration, which usually persists over time and is inappropriate for an individual's age or sex ”

Modern techniques have enabled a test to be performed at the patient's bedside, identifying the presence / absence of the lactase enzyme in conjunction with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Some of the morphological differences that can help identify the different species are the presence / absence of anastomosis, the presence / absence of holes, and the shape and length of the median area.

Wisden commented, " f there really is a blemish on his amazing record it is ... the absence of a significant innings on one of those ' sticky dogs ' of old ".

Then, in the absence of collisions, f must satisfy

Even in the absence of a strict homeomorphism, near a fixed point, here taken to be at x = 0, f ( 0 )= 0, one may often solve Schröder's equation for a function Ψ, which makes f ( x ) locally conjugate to a mere dilation, g ( x )