The absence of reliable, secure, stable and long term production has limited commercial applications of scandium.

In the absence of a Standard or an Interpretation that specifically applies to a transaction, management must use its judgement in developing and applying an accounting policy that results in information that is relevant and reliable.

Researchers stress that the presence or absence of a hymen is not a reliable indicator of whether or not a female has been vaginally penetrated.

" In the absence of a Standard or an Interpretation that specifically applies to a transaction, management must use its judgement in developing and applying an accounting policy that results in information that is relevant and reliable.

Pursuit was further complicated by the absence of reliable information about the exact direction of the Austrian retreat.

Although the absence of meteor storms that season confirmed the calculations, the advance of much better computing tools was needed to arrive at reliable predictions.

In the absence of reliable biographical information, there has been debate about the social status of the.

Given Juwayni's polemical aims, and the fact that he burned the Ismaili libraries which may have offered much more reliable testimony about the history, scholars have been dubious about his narrative but are forced to rely on it given the absence of alternative sources.

The absence of reliable distances for the majority of stars means that the angular measurements made, astrometrically, in the plane of the sky, cannot generally be converted into true space velocities in the plan of the sky.

Similarly, the typical absence of reliable radial velocities means that the transverse space motion ( when known ) is, in any case, only a component of the complete, three-dimensional, space velocity.

Recently, evidence has surfaced that the absence of blinking can also represent lying as a more reliable factor than excessive blinking.

This is a reliable test for the diagnosis of absence seizures: a patient suspected of typical absences should be asked to overbreathe for 3 min, counting his or her breaths.

One recent study using this paradigm found that 16-month-olds tend to attribute beliefs to a person whose visual perception was previously witnessed as being “ reliable ” compared to someone whose visual perception was “ unreliable .” Specifically, 16-month-olds were trained to expect a person's excited vocalization and gaze into a container to be associated with finding a toy in the reliable looker condition or an absence of a toy in the unreliable looker condition.

Most reputable scientists, Chinese and Western, who have studied the Yeren case agree that almost all the physical evidence and sightings claimed by local people are unreliable and often fabricated, and that given the absence of any reliable evidence pointing that the yeren is likely to not exist.

There has been a general lack of reliable data in this area and it is often argued that the absence of data is a reflection of the low priority given to work associated with older people.

These two kinds of cells are distinguished from each other based upon the presence or absence of an outer lipid membrane, which is a more reliable and fundamental characteristic of the bacterial cells.

" – The shape of the mushroom cap does not correlate with presence or absence of mushroom toxins, so this is not a reliable method to distinguish between edible and poisonous species.

Absence of one single consistent framework for applying fair value measurements and developing a reliable estimate of a fair value in the absence of quoted prices has created inconsistencies and incomparability.

Flying over the Himalayas was extremely dangerous and made more difficult by a lack of reliable charts, an absence of radio navigation aids, and a dearth of information about the weather.

In addition, flying in the region was made more difficult by a lack of reliable charts, an absence of radio navigation aids, and a dearth of weather data.

While neither estimate can be accurate, both extremes demonstrate the absence of reliable numbers circa 2011-2012.

Lawry was not recalled for the 1972 tour of England, and in his absence Australia was unable to find a reliable opening partnership.

While the ramps would need more time to deploy, they would be more reliable than automatic ones and would be cheaper to install and maintain because of the absence of complicated mechanical parts.

In statistics and econometrics, particularly in regression analysis, a dummy variable ( also known as an indicator variable ) is one that takes the values 0 or 1 to indicate the absence or presence of some categorical effect that may be expected to shift the outcome.

Therefore, the absence of those who suffer the most from claustrophobia could have skewed these statistics.

It is on statistics and on the absence of statistics

A major deficiency is insufficient promotion of independent thinking and student initiative, a complete absence of creative learning, unreformed and outdated teaching material, methods and syllabi inherited from the former communist educational system, and relatively low remuneration of teachers, leading to a decrease of the number of qualified ( and of well qualified ) teachers especially below the university level ( see the statistics section for some pay figures ).

The Social Institutions and Gender Index highlights the absence of current gender statistics, which prevents a more precise assessment of the situation of Turkmenistani women.

Many employers use statistics such as the Bradford factor that do not distinguish between genuine illness and absence for inappropriate reasons.

In Britain, he writes that heroin has been widely used in medication for coughs, diarrhea, and chronic pain until the present day ; in 1972, British doctors prescribed 29 kilograms of heroin to patients, which he writes amounts to millions of doses, yet a 1982 study of the statistics on iatrogenic addiction in the UK showed a " virtual absence " of such addicts.

Every profile also captures some non-crime statistics: the amount of overtime generated by members of the command, the number of department vehicle accidents, absence rates due to sick time and line-of-duty injuries, and the number of civilian complaints lodged against members of the unit.

Shortly after his 3rd start, Khabibulin was injured and Deslauriers went on to start 14 straight games in his absence, but with less impressive statistics.

Alfred, according to Asser, insisted upon reviewing contested judgments made by his ealdormen and reeves, and " would carefully look into nearly all the judgements which were passed in his absence anywhere in the realm, to see whether they were just or unjust.

In this " Déclaration d ' intention de non-publication ", he states that essentially all materials that have been published in his absence have been done without his permission.

The axiom of regularity is arguably the least useful ingredient of Zermelo – Fraenkel set theory, since virtually all results in the branches of mathematics based on set theory hold even in the absence of regularity ( see chapter 3 of ).

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.

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.

Because of the absence of scheduled sea transport between the islands, nearly all interisland passenger traffic is by air.

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.

The sort of remedies sought from courts in Public Interest Litigation go beyond mere award of damages to all affected groups and have sometimes ( controversially ) gone on to include Court monitoring of the implementation of legislation and even the framing of guidelines in the absence of Parliamentary legislation.

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.

By all accounts, Mucianus held the real power in Vespasian's absence and he was careful to ensure that Domitian, still only eighteen years old, did not overstep the boundaries of his function.

The overheard remark by Ramsey after Banks ' absence from the game was confirmed as: " Of all the players to lose, we had to lose him.

The trait that is common to all invertebrates is the absence of a vertebral column: this creates a distinction between invertebrates and vertebrates.

Since his absence from Rome might limit his ability to install his own consuls, he passed a law which allowed him to appoint all magistrates in 43 BC, and all consuls and tribunes in 42 BC.

In Berry's absence, Torrence released several singles on the J & D Record Co. label and recorded Save for a Rainy Day in 1966, a concept album featuring all rain-themed songs.

Already angered by the absence of Larwood, the Nottinghamshire faithful heckled the Australians all day.

Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests of all.

Marsh recognized that this major difference, describing the specimens as " distinguished from all previously known genera of the order Pterosauria by the entire absence of teeth.

Gerhard Kubik notes that with the exception of New Orleans, early blues lacked complex polyrhythms, and there was a " very specific absence of asymmetric time-line patterns ( key patterns ) in virtually all early-twentieth-century African American music.

Giving Robin an aristocratic title and female love interest, and placing him in the historical context of the true king's absence, all represent moves to domesticate his legend and reconcile it to ruling powers.

Although lower mass stars normally do not burn off their outer layers so rapidly, they can likewise avoid becoming red giants or red supergiants if they are in binary systems close enough so that the companion star strips off the envelope as it expands, or if they rotate rapidly enough so that convection extends all the way from the core to the surface, resulting in the absence of a separate core and envelope due to thorough mixing.

Once news of Stephen's capture reached him, Geoffrey of Anjou invaded Normandy again and, in the absence of Waleran of Beaumont, who was still fighting in England, Geoffrey took all the duchy south of the river Seine and east of the river Risle.

Within a simple isolated thermodynamic system in thermodynamic equilibrium, in the absence of externally imposed force fields, all properties of the material of the system are spatially homogeneous.

In the absence of externally imposed force fields, they become homogeneous in all their local properties.