Studies have shown that numerous biological systems, such as Xenopus oocyte maturation, mammalian calcium signal transduction, and polarity in budding yeast, incorporate temporal ( slow and fast ) positive feedback loops, or more than one feedback loop that occurs at different times.

An example from Psychobiology of Personality by Marvin Zuckerman is alcoholism: Studies suggest that alcoholism is an inherited disease, but if a subject with a strong biological background of alcoholism in their family tree is never exposed to alcohol, they will not be so inclined regardless of their genome.

Studies suggest that orexin-A may be of greater biological importance than orexin-B.

Studies of network topologies have found surprising similarities between a variety of complex social, technological and biological networks.

Studies of cognitive reserve explore the specific biological, genetic and environmental differences which make one person susceptible to cognitive decline, and allow another to age more gracefully.

* Organization for Tropical Studies, which operates a network of biological research stations

Constance Penley, professor of Film & Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara believes that part of the stories ' popularity rests in the idea of men being subject to a hormonal cycle, observing that in slash fiction the symptoms of pon farr are " wickedly and humorously made to parallel those of PMS and menstruation, in a playful and transgressive levelling of the biological playing field ".

Studies in cell cultures can be useful for finding mechanisms for biological processes, but they can be criticized for not effectively capturing the whole of the living organism.

* Center for Biomedical Studies was established to conduct biological and medical research on regional health issues and biotechnological approaches that may contribute to regional development.

At the same time, Disability Studies should work to de-stigmatize disease, illness, and impairment, including those that cannot be measured or explained by biological science.

Studies on the biological resources of Nariva swamp, Trinidad.

Studies have suggested that the earliest hominins were dimorphic and that this lessened over the course of the evolution of the genus Homo, correlating with humans becoming more monogamous, whereas gorillas, who live in harems, show a large degree of sexual dimorphism.

Studies have shown that the abundances of these light elements are much lower than models of stellar evolution predict.

Studies on migration have attempted to answer questions on the evolution of migration, orientation and navigation.

Studies of the eclipsing ternary Algol led to the Algol paradox in the theory of stellar evolution: although components of a binary star form at the same time, and massive stars evolve much faster than the less massive ones, it was observed that the more massive component Algol A is still in the main sequence, while the less massive Algol B is a subgiant star at a later evolutionary stage.

* ISM at the crossroads: the evolution of the International Solidarity Movement (. pdf ), C. Seitz, Journal of Palestine Studies 22, 4 ( Summer 2003 ), 50-62.

to Magee reading extracts from Molloy and From an Abandoned Work on the BBC Third Programme in December 1957 .< ref > University of Reading Library MS 1227 / 7 / 7 / 1, as cited in James Knowlson, " Krapp's Last Tape: the evolution of a play ", Journal of Beckett Studies 1. 1.

The evolution of these programs are well documented in " Minds of her own: Inventing Feminist Scholarship and Women's Studies in Canada and Quebec, 1966-76 ", edited by Wendy Robbins, Meg Luxton, Margrit Eichler and Francine Descarries, published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press ( 2008 ).

Studies have shown that incorporating a parameter to account for differences in rate of evolution among characters is often critical to accurate estimation of phylogenies ; failure to model this or other crucial parameters may produce incorrect or biased results.

" Henry Bauer, Professor of Chemistry and Science Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, reviewed the book saying Johnson " misleads about science and about what science says about evolution.

* Robert E. Page, Jr., Studies population genetics and the evolution of complex social behavior at Arizona State University.

" Jennifer Gidley, President of the World Futures Studies Federation, is a researcher in the areas of futures studies, integral theory and spiritual evolution, which she refers to as evolution of consciousness.

Studies show that lesbians have a higher body mass and are generally less concerned about weight issues than heterosexual women, and lesbians consider women with higher body masses to be more attractive than heterosexual women do.

Studies generally looked at platforms launched by the Saturn V, followed up by crews launched on Saturn IB using an Project Apollo | Apollo Command / Service Module, or a Gemini capsule on a Titan II-C, the latter being much less expensive in the case where cargo was not needed.

" Studies generally find that there is some free riding, but less than one would expect based on the predictions of economic theory.

Studies looking for a correlation between prostatic hyperplasia and serum estrogen levels in humans have generally shown none.

Most higher education institutions generally offer certificates and several programs leading to the obtention of a Master of Advanced Studies, which is predominantly known as a Diplôme d ' études supérieures spécialisées under its original French name.

Studies of speed dating events generally show more selectivity among women than among men.

Studies have also indicated that self-ratings are generally significantly higher than the ratings given from others.

Students in the elementary education stream generally study towards a Liberal Studies degree.

Meanwhile, despite official adoption of the new system in South Korea, many in the Korean Studies community – both in and out of South Korea – and international geographic and cartographic conventions generally continue to use either the McCune – Reischauer or Yale system, and North Korea uses a version of McCune – Reischauer.

Although the intellectual origins of the Critical Legal Studies ( CLS ) can be generally traced to American Legal Realism, as a distinct scholarly movement CLS fully emerged only in the late 1970s.

Board Developed Courses have a syllabus and final exam set by the Board of Studies, and generally may be included in the calculation of the ATAR.

Studies have unsurprisingly indicated that mammals that are primarily nocturnal in activity, such as rabbits, shrews or muroid rodents, are generally preferred.

Most are either specific to a particular country ( though they generally include some members from other countries as well ), often with local branches, or are international, such as the International Federation of Library Associations ( IFLA ) or the Regional Studies Association, in which case they often have national branches.

Studies have also determined that Interferon beta improves the integrity of the blood – brain barrier ( BBB ), which generally breaks down in MS patients, allowing increasing amounts of undesirable substances to reach the brain.

The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies defines the field as a set of various, and in some cases independent disciplines for the study of the collection of ancient texts generally known as the Bible.

Studies have shown that Jews generally view Mormons more positively than any other religious group, despite often voting on opposite ends of the political spectrum.

Studies have shown that accents in the West Riding ( that is, mostly, modern West and South Yorkshire ) are generally popular and are associated with common sense, loyalty and reliability.

Studies have shown that although Americans frown upon domestic violence regardless of whether the perpetrator is male or female, generally they are more accepting of minor violence, such as slapping, when it's perpetrated by a woman against a man rather than the opposite.

Instead, as in the case of, Studies in Ethnomethodology ( 1967 ), we are given oblique theoretical references to: Wittgenstein Language Philosophy ; Husserl Phenomenology ; Gurwitsch Theory ; the works of the social phenomeonologist Alfred Schutz of the Natural Attitude ; and an assortment of traditional social theorists generally appearing as antipodes and / or sounding boards for ethnomethodological ideas.

Panofsky codified an influential approach to iconography in his 1939 Studies in Iconology, where he defined it as " the branch of the history of art which concerns itself with the subject matter or meaning of works of art, as opposed to form ," although the distinction he and other scholars drew between particular definitions of " iconography " ( put simply, the identification of visual content ) and " iconology " ( the analysis of the meaning of that content ), has not been generally accepted, though it is still used by some writers.

International Studies ( IS ) generally refers to the specific University Degrees and courses which are concerned with the study of ‘ the major political, economic, social, cultural and sacral issues that dominate the international agenda ’.

As discussed, the study of the International Studies discipline in Australia occurs mostly within universities and generally approaches the subject as a holistic study of international affairs and phenomena.

Japanese Studies ( or Japanology ) is a term generally used in Europe to describe the historical and cultural study of Japan ; in North America, the academic field is usually referred to as Japanese studies, which includes contemporary social sciences as well as classical humanistic fields.

With Keith Critchlow, Brian Keeble and Philip Sherrard she co-founded, in 1981, Temenos, a periodical, and later, in 1990, the Temenos Academy of Integral Studies, a teaching academy that stressed a multistranded universalist philosophy, and in support of her generally Platonist and Neoplatonist views on poetry and culture.