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The existence of qi has been mostly rejected by the scientific community.
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) The concept of qi is often reified, however no scientific evidence supports its existence.
In the late 1970s, Chinese scientists purported to have " discovered " the material existence of the qi energy which qigong seeks to harness, thus lending a level of scientific credibility to the movement.
The existence of qi as a measurable form of energy as discussed in traditional Chinese medicine has no basis in the scientific understanding of physics, medicine, biology or human physiology.
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And when we consider the tenuous hold tradition has on existence, any weakening of that hold constitutes a crisis of existence.
A Lebanese Moslem told about its existence and application in the Islamic tradition as the `` divine law '', while a C.A.I.P. member who has been working in close association with delegates of the new U.N. nations told of its widespread recognition on the African continent.
The automobile maintenance unit, or motor pool, came into existence in 1942 and has been responsible for centralized maintenance and management of state-owned transportation since that time.
in the case of a partnership or corporation, the existence of which has been terminated and on behalf of which an award is made, payment shall be made, except as provided in paragraphs ( 3 ) and ( 4 ), to the person or persons found by the Comptroller General of the United States to be entitled thereto ; ;
With the existence of these many factors, some of them variable, it obviously has never been and is not now possible for the Commission to make assignments of AM stations on a case-to-case basis which will insure against any interference in any circumstances.
The significance of these differences has not been studied nor has the existence of corresponding physiologic differences been determined.
In addition, little work has been done on a comparative basis in regard to the normal existence of bronchial artery-pulmonary artery anastomoses.
Of course, nationalism has really outlived its usefulness in a country as world-oriented as ours, and its continued existence reflects one of the major culture lags of the twentieth-century United States.
Yet the truth, according to the New Testament, is that every local church has its existence only by being the embodiment of the whole church in that particular place.
In a long commentary which he has inserted in the published text of the first act of the play, he says at one point: `` However, that experience never raised a doubt in his mind as to the reality of the underworld or the existence of Lucifer's many-faced lieutenants.
But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact: there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of some pax-ordo preserved by clothed or naked force.
Following Ernest Becker, he argues that the desire to ' authoritatively disambiguate ' the world and existence has led to numerous ideologies and historical events such as genocide.
Some sources state that At < sub > 2 </ sub > does not exist, or at least has never been observed, while other sources assert or imply its existence.
The Anglican Communion has no official legal existence nor any governing structure which might exercise authority over the member churches.
Since the 1950s, this type of fiction has to a large extent merged with science fictional tropes involving cross-time travel between alternate histories or psychic awareness of the existence of " our " universe by the people in another ; or ordinary voyaging uptime ( into the past ) or downtime ( into the future ) that results in history splitting into two or more time-lines.
A vast number of engraved stones are in existence, to which the name " Abrasax-stones " has long been given.
Outpacing that of wine since 2001, the growing production and consumption of beer has supported the existence of related events, for example the so-called Oktoberfests ( sic ) or " Fiestas de la Cerveza " in locations that have a significant German population ( Villa General Belgrano in Córdoba, San Carlos and Esperanza in the province of Santa Fe, etc .).
The intense secrecy surrounding the base, whose very existence the U. S. government did not even acknowledge until 29 September 1995, has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component to unidentified flying object ( UFO ) folklore.
In this view, human evolution has accompanied the Earth's evolution throughout the existence of the Earth.
Some scientists believe it has to do with a kind of neural map that the brain has of the body, which sends information to the rest of the brain about limbs regardless of their existence.
The amphisbaena has been referred to by the poets, such as Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and A. E. Housman, and the amphisbaena as a mythological and legendary creature has been referenced by Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Isidore of Seville, and Thomas Browne, the last of whom debunked its existence.
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My argument is that there was no Saxon Shore prior to that time even though the forts had been in existence since the time of Carausius.
Dickens suggests the economic evils of such a society on the first page of his novel in the description of Pip's five little dead brothers `` who gave up trying to get a living exceedingly early in that universal struggle '', who seemed to have `` all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence ''.
A number of theories have been proposed as explanations as well as criticisms regarding its existence.
This violin, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence.
While there is no scientific evidence for the cryptid's existence, there have been over 300 reported sightings.
Societies devoted to the care of cultural heritage have been in existence around the world for many years.
The previous Belarusian National Republic of March 1918 to 1919 did not have time to create armed forces in its brief existence, although attempts to create a military have been documented.
It has not been definitively established whether the existence of these brainless species indicates that the earliest bilaterians lacked a brain, or whether their ancestors evolved in a way that led to the disappearance of a previously existing brain structure.
The existence of divalent berkelium salts is uncertain and has only been reported in mixed lanthanum chloride-strontium chloride melts.
A few scientists have been less skeptical about the claims of the existence of sasquatch.
While some recent scholars have questioned the existence of a large-scale Domitian persecution, others believe that Domitian's insistence on being treated as a god may have been a source of friction between the Church and Rome.
Other exotic baryons have been proposed, such as pentaquarks — baryons made of four quarks and one antiquark ( B = + + + − = 1 ), but their existence is not generally accepted.
India does not have a clear law on corporate bankruptcy even though individual bankruptcy laws have been in existence since 1874.
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Evidence of their existence in the area include pits in rock formations, which they used to grind acorns, and a shellmound, now mostly leveled and covered up, along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay at the mouth of Strawberry Creek.
Their simple implementation and the existence of mostly local dependencies exhibited in the structure allows for fast, parallel implementations in hardware.
Philosophy of religion is frequently discussed outside of academia through popular books and debates, mostly regarding the existence of God and problem of evil.
After the war, Paraguay's mostly rural populace continued to subsist as it had done for centuries, eking out a meager existence in the hinterland under difficult conditions.
Most Teletype audio recordings in existence today are of teleprinters operating at 60 words per minute, and mostly of the Teletype Model 15.
Evidence for the existence of such pre-pores comes mostly from the “ flickering ” of pores, which suggests a transition between conductive and insulating states.
However, in many gardens, the damage caused by moles to lawns is mostly visual, and it is also possible to simply remove the earth of the molehills as they appear, leaving their permanent galleries for the moles to continue their existence underground.
), to the use of foreign terms, it became the standard for most style guides that followed ; thus, the 1926 first edition remains in print despite the existence of the 1965 second edition, and the 1996 and 2004 printings of the third edition, which was mostly rewritten as a usage dictionary incorporating corpus linguistics data.
Still, the existence of a Canadian Royal Family is contested, mostly by individuals in Canada's republican movement, but also by former Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Iona Campagnolo.
Thus the tadpole gradually shifts from being fully aquatic to possessing a body suitable for a mostly terrestrial existence, a tadpole typically leaving the water after ten weeks.
After 1954, its existence was declared, but the public knew little of its activities, which were mostly hidden from public view or oversight.
The town has been mostly agricultural throughout its existence, although several small mills existed in the nineteenth century, as well as a marble quarry.
It was known by a succession of different names early in its existence, due mostly to the swampy land within its borders.
The city's current existence is based on agriculture ( some farming, but mostly ranching ) and oil and gas service and production throughout the area.
One of the oldest surviving witnesses to early Kalām, it begins with epistemological investigations, turns to proofs of the creation of the world and the subsequent existence of a Creator, discusses the unity of the Creator ( including the divine attributes ), and concludes with theodicy ( humanity and revelation ) and a refutation of other religions ( mostly lost ).
Towards the end of its existence, the Bophuthatswana Defence Force ( BDF ) had an estimated number of 4, 000 troops, mostly infantry.
The evidence for their existence is mostly indirect, as will be shown below.
The Kalmyks ' ability to maintain a mostly homogenous existence contrasts with the Russian admixture with other similar people, " as there is evidence for Russian admixture with Yakuts ," for example.
The " essays " actually came into existence as programme notes written by Tovey to accompany concerts given ( mostly under his own baton ) by the Reid Orchestra in Edinburgh.
Proving uniqueness turns out to be mostly easier than that of existence or expressibility.
While each has presumably heard of the other's existence there are only two instances shown in which Forty-chan has some consciousness of Forty-kun ; mostly each is blithely unaware of the other.
After the war, Santa Ana and all of El Salvador began to address the problem of rising crime rates, mostly due to the existence of " maras " or gangs, mainly generated by the deportation of illegal immigrants from the United States.
The port of Teignmouth, in existence since the 13th century, remains active, mostly handling clay, timber and grain.
However, because of how the exits are spaced along I-890, the exit numbers end up being mostly sequential anyway, with the only evidence of distance based numbering being the existence of exit 4C.
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