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For example, the level of improvement noted in a recent experiment with a short course of immediate treatment for parent-child relationship problems compared favorably with the results reported by typical child guidance clinics where the hours spent in purely diagnostic study may equal or exceed the number of hours devoted to actual treatment interviews in the experimental project.
However, in the actual assessment of the cutting force by instrumental methods for any thickness of coating a number of spurious effects occur which must be taken into account and which make the measured value larger than the true cutting force indicated by eqn. ( 1 ).
The actual number of species in each group depends on the taxonomic classification followed.
The actual number of bits in a particular implementation is documented as as implemented in the file.
Informed sources report that the actual number is closer to 100, with the 50 % decline over the last four years attributable to the lack of ability within the FSC in administering insurance companies.
There are nearly 20, 000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher.
... At least 2, 505 people were sentenced for cannibalism in the years 1932 and 1933 in Ukraine, though the actual number of cases was certainly much greater.
Catullus's poems have been preserved in an anthology of 116 carmina ( the actual number of poems may slightly vary in various editions ), which can be divided into three parts according to their form: sixty short poems in varying metres, called polymetra, eight longer poems, and forty-eight epigrams.
The actual number in Scotland varies considerably — between approximately 350 to 500 due to the use of the term " island dun " for well over one hundred Hebridean examples — a distinction that has created a divide between mainland Scottish crannog and Hebridean islet settlement studies.
The Modules consisted of a number of individual electronic components and germanium transistors mounted to a circuit board, the actual circuits being based on those from the TX-2.
Species-area models are known to overpredict the number of species known to be threatened in areas where actual deforestation is ongoing, and greatly overpredict the number of threatened species that are widespread.
The actual numbers of officials and ratios per inhabitant varied, of course, per diocese depending on the number of provinces and population within a diocese.
Thus, if n < sub > r </ sub > is the average number of times a new civilization reappears on the same planet where a previous civilization once has appeared and ended, then the total number of civilizations on such a planet would be ( 1 + n < sub > r </ sub >), which is the actual reappearance factor added to the equation.
This is the actual molecular formula for formaldehyde, but acetic acid has double the number of atoms and glucose has six times the number of atoms.
The actual aircraft used by Wintgens in his pioneering aerial engagement, his Fokker M. 5K / MG with IdFlieg military serial number " E. 5 / 15 ", as it appeared at the time of the engagement.
Dr. Carl Sagan, using optimistic numbers, suggested as many as one million communicating civilizations in the Milky Way in 1966, though he later suggested that the actual number could be far smaller.
According to a number of sources, it was Emmylou who forced the band to practice and work up an actual set list.
However, the actual genetic mechanisms of haplodiploid sex determination may be more complex than simple chromosome number.
After ethnic quotas on immigration were removed in 1965 the number of actual ( first-generation ) immigrants living in the United States eventually quadrupled, from 9. 6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007.
# Large number of similar exposure units: Since insurance operates through pooling resources, the majority of insurance policies are provided for individual members of large classes, allowing insurers to benefit from the law of large numbers in which predicted losses are similar to the actual losses.
We have thus over-counted the actual number of states.
Typically, the units are the actual number of threads, but as long as the proportions are maintained, the resulting pattern will be the same.

actual and readers
It is implied in the books that fnord is not the actual word used for this task, but merely a substitute, since most readers would be unable to see the actual word.
Euhemeristic attempts on the part of readers whose own cultural background dismisses the mythic fleece as a fanciful object have interpreted the Golden Fleece " realistically " as reflecting some actual cultural object or alleged historical practice grounded in economics: for example, in the twentieth century it was suggested that the story of the Golden Fleece signified the bringing of sheep husbandry to Greece from the east ; in other readings more schooled in mythology it would refer to golden grain, or to the sun.
The actual electoral impact cannot be known but readers were seriously misled.
" The mystery surrounding Iago ’ s actual motives continues to intrigue readers and fuel scholarly debate.
Many of the stories presented in KoDT are based on actual in-game experiences of the developers or readers, who are encouraged to submit story ideas.
Pigskin Playoff allowed readers of those papers to create a team of NFL players, earn stats for those players based on actual performance, trade those players on a weekly basis, and accrue points in an effort to compete against one another to win prizes.
This detailed, intimate and realistic approach, at times, strongly suggests matters of personal experience and attitudes to actual contemporary events, yet the specifics remain elusive in ways that tantalise readers and critics.
While slight manipulation for dramatic effect of chronology and character traits are generally accepted, some critics feel that depictions that present a significantly altered reality are irresponsible, particularly because many viewers and readers do not know the actual events and may thus take the dramatized depiction to be true to reality.
He was the first to assess the validity of this method by using 16 magazine passages that had been tested on actual readers.
Dugout Derby allowed readers to create a team of major league players, earn stats for those players based on actual performance, trade those players on a daily basis, and accrue points in an effort to compete against one another to win prizes.
The product is composed of the affluent readers who buy the newspaper — who also comprise the educated decision-making sector of the population — while the actual clientele served by the newspaper includes the businesses that pay to advertise their goods.
An actual medallion produced by Tiffany & Co., it was voted on by the readers of the magazine and given to the producer of the year's best film, chosen with an emphasis on ( according to Quirk ) " the ideals and motives governing its production ... the worth of its dramatic message.
So any text in classical Chinese from the region is not going to give a clear notion about the actual speech of the writer, although there may have been cleverly disguised puns based on local pronunciations which are lost on modern readers or other dialect speakers.
Hegel and his readers will simply " look on " while consciousness compares its actual knowledge of the object — what the object is " for consciousness " -- with its criterion for what the object must be " in itself ".
A third line of criticism centers on the coding style of the books, which strike some modern readers as " Fortran-ish ", even when the actual coding language is contemporary, object-oriented C ++.
: In the foregoing descriptions I have no desire to give my readers the impression that these types occur at all frequently in such pure form in actual life.
And Dinky provides actual Houdini escapology in " The Telltale Transmitter " that readers would do well to remember if they ever found themselves tied up.
Based on actual stories told to Adeline Greene Parks by her mother, Addie Slaughter, and in-depth interviews with Arizona Culturekeeper Dr. Reba Wells Grandrud, the John H. Slaughter ranch historian, Addie Slaughter: The Girl Who Met Geronimo, succeeds in capturing the interest and imagination of young readers due to its youthful voice, colorful descriptions and exciting recount of actual events.
He would also go on to say he felt the derogatory comments from readers about her portrayal were far worse than anything in the actual book and that the arc should be judged in full for a true sense of her character and that he would not " stand up in a movie theater and shout out the ending " to relieve the controversy at the cost of the story.
Readability tests are often used as an alternative to conducting an actual statistical survey of human readers of the subject text ( a readability survey ).
In the story, Hale skillfully convinced many readers that Nolan was an actual figure, thus increasing the story's effectiveness as a piece of patriotic literature.
* The paper offered an internet edition using Zinio which allowed readers to view the actual hardcopy layout online.

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