While disc players and drives may have capabilities beyond the standards, enabling them to read and write nonstandard discs, there is no assurance, in the absence of explicit additional manufacturer specifications beyond normal Compact Disc logo certification, that any particular player or drive will perform beyond the standards at all or consistently.

Instead of arguing for explicit consent, which can always be manufactured, Pettit argues that the absence of an effective rebellion against the contract is the only legitimacy of it.

Combined with an absence of explicit legal doctrine the result can be deceptive, as the simple phrasing hides the underlying implicit doctrine.

Even in the absence of taxes, turnover has both explicit and implicit costs, which directly reduce returns on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

Danzig is one of few albums labeled as " explicit " despite the virtual absence of profanity, save for one use of " whore ".

However, probable descendants of Gabrán, such as Dúnchad mac Conaing and his many kinsmen, would appear to have disputed the succession with the descendants of Eochaid Buide grandson of Gabrán, so that this absence of explicit segments in the kindred may be misleading.

The title " zeroth law of thermodynamics " began to appear in textbooks to refer to statements of this kind, though now stripped of their explicit reference to heat ; their implicit dependence on the notion of heat could not be removed because they rely on the concept of thermal equilibrium which in turn relies on the concept of transfer of heat by conduction or radiation, the presence or absence of which must be empirically recognizable in order to make the concept of thermal equilibrium empirically recognizable.

" A military secretary is not bound by these qualifiers for comparable treatment, but the framework is a useful reference in the absence of explicit DoD guidance on comparable circumstances.

A major part of dōjinshi, whether based on mainstream publications or original, contains sexually explicit material, due to both the large demand for such publications and absence of restrictions official publishing houses have to follow.

* Juxtaposition, adjacency with the absence of an explicit operator in an expression, especially for multiplication, for example, a × b written as ab.

However, this is put into question by the fact that vowels were only distinguished in the time-period by their very absence due to the lack of explicit vowels in the Hebrew script.

All functions have a return value, which in the absence of an explicit statement is the last expression evaluated.

Critics of the DMCA have often noted the absence of an explicit exception for circumvention to enable fair use.

# in the absence of explicit directions, teach an " inevitable result " which " can only be proved by experiments "; and

This articles also says that in absence of an explicit choice of law, a protected consumer contract is governed by the law of the consumer's habitual residence.

This process of an addressee assuming that a presupposition is true, even in the absence of explicit information that it is, is usually called presupposition accommodation.

However, since CIU was founded by evangelical Protestants, and is a longtime member of the AABC ( American Association of Bible Colleges ), the administration took the position that the school's statement of faith was a Protestant symbol despite the absence of explicit anti-Catholic / Orthodox language.

The absence of a separate index and the grouping of articles into parallel encyclopaedias ( the Micro-and Macropædia ) provoked a " firestorm of criticism " of the initial 15th edition.

However, since this grouping is not based on common linguistic innovations, but rather on the absence of the High German consonant shift and Anglo-Frisian features, modern linguistic reference books do not group them together.

Blood grouping revealed an absence of both Fy ( a ) and Fy ( b ) antigens in two areas and a low prevalence in two others.

The grouping arose out of a need to uphold certain natural social principles during the British pre-colonial era when the absence of the Law, led to the adoption of the principle of " an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth " as the tool for exacting compliance to certain standards of behaviour.

Edward began to send urgent messages to the Pope and to Charles IV, expressing his concern about his wife's absence, but to no avail.

For example, in Leishmania, protein-coding genes are understood to be organized as large polycistronic units in a head-to-head or tail-to-tail manner ; RNA polymerase II transcribes long polycistronic messages in the absence of defined RNA pol II promoters, and Leishmania has unique features with respect to the regulation of gene expression in response to changes in the environment.

In many of them she asks for money to get drink, others refer to opportunities for their meetings in the absence of Dyson ; there are kind messages to members of Peace's family, his wife and daughter, and urgent directions to Peace to hold his tongue and not give ground for suspicion as to their relations.

Here they propose three conditions for rendering such propaganda effective, terming these ‘ monopolization ’ ( the ‘ absence of counter propaganda ’), ‘ canalization ’ ( taking established behaviour and enlisting it in a particular direction ), and ‘ supplementation ’ ( the reinforcement of mass media messages by face-to-face contact in local organizations ).

Lohia, along with freedom fighter Usha Mehta, broadcast messages in Bombay from a secret radio station called Congress Radio for three months before detection, as a measure to give the disarrayed Indian population a sense of hope and spirit in absence of their leaders.

In the absence of confirmed sightings of the terrorist figurehead, many sources openly speculated that videotaped messages from bin Laden were in fact recordings of a double-either as part of a ' frame-up ' operation, or as part of a strategy of deception on bin Laden's part.

It allows them to continue sending messages complete with emoticons even in the absence of a laptop or personal computer.

Whose absence dearer comfort is, by far, Than presences of other women are ''!!

Therefore, if the sense of touch is functioning normally and there is a complete absence of spatial awareness in a psychically-blind person when the eyes are closed and an object is handled, the conclusion seems unavoidable that touch by itself cannot focus and take possession of the third-dimensionality of things and that actual sight or visual representations are necessary.

Both man and wife should be aware of the fact that a lack of climax, and even the absence of the anticipated keen pleasure are not a sign that the wife may be cold or frigid.

In the absence of a truly adequate conceptuality in which the gospel can be expressed, the unavoidable need to demythologize it makes use of whatever resources are at hand -- and this usually means one or another of the various forms of `` folk religion '' current in the situation.

In the case of the tapering worm tubes Selkirkia, trilobites are always found with their heads directed towards the opening of the tube, suggesting that they reversed in ; the absence of any moulted carapaces suggests that moulting was not their primary reason for seeking shelter.

They are set apart from the amaryllis subfamily ( Amaryllidoideae ) by their superior ovary, the presence of saponins and the absence of the alkaloids typical of amaryllids.

In the absence of written records, there are several ways to study the ( pre ) history of a people:

An abettor differs from an accessory in that he must be present at the commission of the crime ; all abettors ( with certain exceptions ) are principals, and, in the absence of specific statutory provision to the contrary, are punishable to the same extent as the actual perpetrator of the offence.

There are two different forms of albinism: a partial lack of the melanin is known as hypomelanism, or hypomelanosis and the total absence of melanin is known as amelanism or amelanosis.

White spots are sometimes present below the eyes, and there may be white markings on the legs and back ; the absence or presence of these white markings may be indicative of distinct races.

In continuum mechanics a body is considered stress-free if the only forces present are those inter-atomic forces ( ionic, metallic, and van der Waals forces ) required to hold the body together and to keep its shape in the absence of all external influences, including gravitational attraction.

The petioles and leaves are removed and harvested ; celery is packed by size and quality ( determined by colour, shape, straightness and thickness of petiole, stalk and midrib length and absence of disease, cracks, splits, insect damage and rot ).

This absence of record means that Æthelstan's reasons for marching north against Constantine in 934 are unclear.

# Under certain conditions, involving primarily complete absence of threat to the self structure, experiences which are inconsistent with it may be perceived and examined, and the structure of self revised to assimilate and include such experiences.

The second one happens on the evening of 24 December ; gifts are placed under the Christmas tree, usually in the absence of Santa-believing children ( many of whom are occupied with watching the sky in search of the first star ) if there are any in the family.

This absence of investment contributes to the marginalisation of these zones. When unfavourable agro-climatic conditions are combined with an absence of infrastructure and access to markets, as well as poorly adapted production techniques and an underfed and undereducated population, most such zones are excluded from development.

Not only are hole information signs critical, but way-finding signs and informational signs can make a good course great, and the absence of these can make a good course bad.

Another feature of Erewhon is the absence of machines ; this is due to the widely shared perception by the Erewhonians that they are potentially dangerous.