While there is universal agreement that some Mesoamerican people practiced human sacrifice, there is a lack of scholarly consensus as to whether cannibalism in pre-Columbian America was widespread.

In January 2010, five pan-democrats resigned from the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to trigger a by-election in response to the lack of progress in the move towards universal suffrage.

Many mushrooms lack a universal veil, therefore they do not have either a volva or volval patches.

Everett did not draw the conclusion that it was the lack of numbers in their language that prevented them from grasping mathematics, but instead concluded that the Pirahã had a cultural ideology that made them extremely reluctant to adopt new cultural traits, and that this cultural ideology was also the reason that certain linguistic features that were otherwise believed to be universal did not exist in their language.

Those who call themselves humanists are estimated to number between four and five million people worldwide in 31 countries, but there is uncertainty because of the lack of universal definition throughout censuses.

The characteristic features of Turkish, such as vowel harmony, agglutination, and lack of grammatical gender, are universal within the Turkic family and the Altaic languages.

Characteristic features of Turkish, such as vowel harmony, agglutination, and lack of grammatical gender, are universal within the Turkic family.

Despite the lack of universal agreement upon definition for determining a stream's source, the United States Geological Survey, the National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian Institution agree that a stream's source should be considered as the most distant point ( along watercourses from the river mouth ) in the drainage basin from which water runs.

In 1912, for example, Eugene Debs ( a founding member of the IWW ) polled 6 % of the popular vote as the Socialist Party presidential candidate — a significant portion of the popular vote considering that this was 8 years before the adoption of universal suffrage in the U. S. Some political scientists would, in part, attribute the lack of an American labour party to the single member plurality electoral system, which tends to favour a two-party system.

The term poison with regard to biology and chemistry is often misused due to lack of a universal definition.

The lack of a mathematical definition for the term poison impedes a universal definition.

While these job titles are protected by legislation in some countries, this protection is by no means universal, and anyone might, for example, call themselves an ' EMT ' or a ' paramedic ', regardless of their training, or the lack of it.

In Diane Duane's novel Spock's World, it was suggested that Arie ' mnu closely translates into " passion's mastery ", but that linguist Amanda Grayson, Sarek's wife and Spock's mother, in her work on the universal translator, had mistranslated the Vulcan word to mean " lack of emotions ".

The main use in English is not universal and applies to loan words from French and Portuguese such as “ façade ”, “ limaçon ” and “ cachaça ” ( often typed “ facade ”, “ limacon ” and “ cachaca ” due to lack of Ç keys on the keyboards of most Anglophone countries ).

Some commonalities are near universal among Native American traditional music, however, especially the lack of harmony and polyphony, and the use of vocables and descending melodic figures.

The lack of adequate universal terminology in discussing unpaid work is an example.

The lack of words, makes it much more difficult for the composer to be subjective in the symphony, so a more universal message must be found.

As an ACP policy implication, the guideline stated a lack of support for any performance measures that incentivize physicians to apply universal prophylaxis without regard to the risks.

As a child his vivacity, cleverness and ready affection made him a universal favourite, but his harsh circumstances and lack of discipline, both helped develop self-reliance and fostered wayward tendencies.

This lack of a single, universal definition commonly results in discrepancies between advertised and actual number of baths in real estate listings.

Some racetracks are of an oval shape, often banked, which allows almost universal spectator views or high speed racing ( cycling, stock cars ), but are often criticised for lack of excitement ; these predominate in North America.

The first appearance of the cords or supports that these " unsupported " bindings lack is found in two other books at Fulda, and they soon became universal in, and characteristic of, Western bookbinding until the arrival of modern machine techniques.

Other differences are not universal for all mosses and liverworts, but the occurrence of leaves arranged in three ranks, the presence of deep lobes or segmented leaves, or a lack of clearly differentiated stem and leaves all point to the plant being a liverwort.

Other differences are not universal for all mosses and all liverworts ; but the lack of clearly differentiated stem and leaves in thallose species, or in leafy species the presence of deeply lobed or segmented leaves and the presence of leaves arranged in three ranks, all point to the plant being a liverwort.

" Regular " was a term of approval, implying symmetry and adherence to classical rules: the lack of symmetry, where Georgian additions were added to earlier structures, was deeply felt as a flaw.

Today the term " Soft Science Fiction " is often used to refer to science fiction stories which lack a scientific focus or rigorous adherence to known science.

The lack of adherence to the standards produced a thriving industry of breakout boxes, patch boxes, test equipment, books, and other aids for the connection of disparate equipment.

In particular, Henry II had strong connections to Margrave Gunther of Merseburg, Count Egbert the One-Eyed, and Dietrich I of Wettin, who were all displeased with Otto II's lack of adherence to Saxon tradition.

A lack of adherence to a society's or field's ideological assumptions is often grounds for the dismissal of a theory outright before it has been fully considered.

According to Fulcher of Chartres who wrote a version of the speech in Gesta Francorum Jerusalem Expugnantium, Urban addressed various abuses of the church such as simony and the lack of adherence to the Peace of God:

The terms of the agreement are contentious, because of their apparent lack of adherence to the Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing, as outlined in the Convention on Biological Diversity ( CBD ).

He also created a DVD, " Knowing the Score ," which questions many of the basic concepts of musical performance taught in conservatories and music schools around the world, specifically, the lack of adherence to notated articulations and assumptions about the length of rhythmic values.

Many people claim to be moderate because of a lack of adherence with the more radical sides of the political or religious spectrum, rather than advocating a specific stance.

A practiced story teller, Vlaminck wrote many autobiographies, marred little either by lack of confidence or adherence to the truth.

Because of his lack of adherence to any creed regarding the nature of good or evil, he is also recognized by Lady Sati, the leader of the neutral faction Gandhara in the Shaman Fight, as the Elemental Warrior for the Spirit of Earth, one of the Patch Tribe's Five Elemental Spirits, and one of the shaman she believes as having the necessary resolve to defeat Hao.

Failure has often been attributed to the delay in receiving treatment ( greater than 72 hours post-exposure ), the level of exposure, duration of treatment ( lack of adherence to the 28 day regimen ), or all three.

He developed the argument that submarines would find adherence to prize rules impossible, for practical reasons: a submarine could not capture a merchant ship, for it would have no spare manpower to deliver the prize to a neutral port, neither could it take survivors or prisoners, for lack of space.

Also contributing to the parity was a lack of air combat training against dissimilar aircraft, a deficient early warning system, and ECM pod formations that mandated strict adherence to formation flying.

In order to combat a growing lack of adherence to the statute by many federal property management agencies, blind merchants and state vocational agencies have begun to partner with leading corporations in the food service industry to bring an array of solutions to the government.

He claimed that his lack of adherence to his own rules was the main reason for his losses after making his 1907 and 1929 fortunes.

" The authors also say the episode comments on the lack of adherence to safety standards for the plant, and criticizes the " apathetic acceptance " of unforced environmental inspections.

Windows Live OneCare has also been criticized for the lack of adherence to industry firewall standards concerning intrusion detection.