In both cases the preliminary conditions would be related to changes in technology as well as economic conditions impacting the publication and dissemination of sf, seen as generating a " widespread " sense of malaise among writers and fans, coincidental or coherent with a generational phenomenon, the retirement or obvious decline in productivity of a number of major authors whose output had dominated the previous decade ; finally the perceptible emergence of fresh thematic material which might previously have been inhibited by prevailing orthodoxies.

However, poor climatic conditions and severe drought badly affected the agricultural sector, thus reducing its share in the economy to about 17 % of 2008 GDP, down from 20. 4 % in 2007, according to preliminary data from the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Additionally, U. S. osteopathic physicians and academic researchers have conducted preliminary research to determine the efficacy of manual techniques to manage and / or co-manage conditions such as asthma and acute otitis media in children, dysmenorrhea, and pulmonary infection.

Heartburn can be caused by several conditions and a preliminary diagnosis of GERD is based on additional signs and symptoms.

The division of comorbidity as per syndromal and nosological principles is mainly preliminary and inaccurate, however it allows us to understand that comorbidity can be connected to a singular cause or common mechanisms of pathogenesis of the conditions, which sometimes explains the similarity in their clinical aspects, which makes it difficult to differentiate between nosologies.

After a preliminary study of literature, Bahro began in 1972 with the part-time work on his dissertation on the development conditions of the high school and technical college job openings in state-owned enterprises of the GDR, which was to bring part of his project in the academic discourse.

A preliminary study shortly after the discovery of the deposit examines the market conditions such as the supply and demand of the mineral, the amount of ore needed to be moved to recover a certain quantity of that mineral as well as analysis of the cost associated with the operation.

This extract is also commonly used for other medical conditions, such as baldness, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and other hyperandrogen conditions, though research on such uses is preliminary at best.

Four Olympic records and several other world records were broken at these games, despite poor weather conditions during the preliminary rounds of competition.

At 7 a. m. on September 7, hurricane conditions were considered possible for the southeast Bahamas, with preliminary caution raised for the central Bahamas.

One week after the food drop, all dogs participating in the race undergo a preliminary veterinarian inspection to ensure they are healthy enough to race 1, 000 miles in subarctic conditions.

The list of terms and conditions will be a preliminary term sheet describing the pricing, structure, collateral, covenants, and other terms of the credit ( covenants are usually negotiated in detail after the arranger receives investor feedback ).

* In law, a binder ( also known as an agreement for sale, earnest money contract, memorandum of sale, contract to sell ) is a short-form preliminary contract in which the purchaser agrees to buy and the seller agrees to sell certain real estate under stated terms and conditions, usually in the form of a purchase offer, and is enforceable in a court of law and used to secure a real estate transaction until a more formal, fully negotiated contract of sale can be signed.

The Times Literary Supplement of July 18, 1936, summarised in its review by Harry Pirie-Gordon the setup of the plot and concluded, " The plot is ingenious and the first murder very cleverly contrived but some will doubt whether Mrs Leidner, as described, could have been so forgetful and unobservant as to render the principal preliminary conditions of the story possible.

Pocock's naval paintings incorporated extensive research, including interviewing eyewitnesses about weather and wind conditions as well as the positions, condition, and appearance of their ships ; and drawing detailed plans of the battle and preliminary sketches of individual ships.

Often a non-competing pilot will make a preliminary flight to verify conditions aloft ( known as a " sniffer ").

A preliminary study by Chennai City Connect, an NGO working on improving traffic and transport conditions in Chennai, found that the Gemini Circle intersection costs the city 270, 000 a day in petrol, human capital and ecological loss.

At the outset, the Government's spokesman explained that counsel for the Government and for Du Pont had already held preliminary discussions with a view to arriving at a relief plan that both sides could recommend to the court.

The successful and positive resolution of these crises during adolescence involves an epigenetic principle -- during adolescence, the individual's positive resolutions in each area of identity crisis depend, to a considerable degree, on his already having resolved preliminary and preparatory identity crises during his infancy, childhood, and early adolescence.

Gort had foreseen the order and preliminary plans were already in hand.

He conducted some preliminary measurements using largely improvised equipment in 1878, about the same time that his work came to the attention of Simon Newcomb, director of the Nautical Almanac Office who was already advanced in planning his own study.

The European Space Agency is already studying the preliminary design of a space mission able to demonstrate this futuristic technology.

Copies of cuneiform inscriptions from Persepolis had been published by Carsten Niebuhr many years earlier in 1778 and some preliminary inferences had already been made by other scholars about these Persian inscriptions.

He even details the dates to be observed for the lending and care of the books, and had already taken the preliminary steps for the foundation.

In New Zealand, preliminary New Zealand Law Commission reports and white papers have raised the issue already, while Metiria Turei, a Green Party of New Zealand List MP raised the issue in late May 2006.

As for Russia and Austria, the immediate problems arising out of the Turkish Question had already been privately settled between the emperor Alexander and Metternich, to their mutual satisfaction, at the preliminary conferences held at Vienna in September.

Upon reaching the Washita Agency, he discovered that Confederate commissioners had already signed a preliminary treaty with the tribes.

If no quarterly or interim report has been issued between the last preliminary report or annual report and the date in question, then there is no need to generate trailing twelve months figures, because annual and preliminary reports already contain figures for 12 months.

On 7 July 2010, one week before the start of preliminary court proceedings, Lopera sold 94 % of the shares that he owned ( 51 % of Betis total shares ) to Bitton Sport, fronted by Luis Oliver, for the surprisingly low figure of € 16 million, leaving Lopera with only minor shares ; Oliver had already reportedly taken two football clubs, Cartagena FC and Xerez CD, to the brink of bankruptcy.

Since Adams insisted that his contract not be a standard-work-for-hire agreement, Marvel eventually chose Brent Anderson as the illustrator — despite the fact that Adams had already penciled some preliminary pages.

Though a July 2007 news update announced that preliminary recording had already begun, no new material ever surfaced from these sessions or was ever performed live.

This request for a preliminary ruling was in addition to that already made by the Divisional Court on the compatibility of the 1988 Act with Community law.

While Microsoft prepared an appeal, Stac obtained a preliminary injunction from the court stopping the sales of all MS-DOS products that included DoubleSpace ; by this time Microsoft had already started shipping an " upgrade " of MS-DOS to its OEM customers that removed DoubleSpace.

Ward was exempt from the final preliminary fight in the Super Six because he had already secured a number one position in the elimination rounds and his designated opponent ( Andre Dirrell ) had dropped out of the tournament.

In fact, preliminary planning and versions of the designs were already being worked on as early as 1935.

Using the preliminary orbit calculation to predict where the object might appear on old archival images, those images ( sometimes decades old ) are searched to see if it had been in fact photographed already.

On 8 March 1933 the Cavalry had already made a preliminary order of 45 for whatever type would be chosen.

In Allegro's defense, it is suggested the team had already issued a preliminary translation, and Allegro held his book back to try and let the official version take precedence.

Norden had already done some preliminary work, but got entangled in war-service for England and died in France 1742 of tuberculosis, before anything was ready.

Agatho agreed, but first held a preliminary synod at Rome 680 in order to obtain the opinion of the western theologians.

Affected stakeholders would have agreed to a preliminary annexation framework that stipulated how annexation would play-out between the cities of Burien and Seattle and with King County.

The expedition was called off when preliminary peace terms were agreed.

Welles consented and, after preliminary conversations, agreed to leave the play he was in after a single night to take the lead in Houseman's production.

The preliminary peace of Villafranca, agreed to between Napoleon III and Franz Joseph on 11 July, provided for the return of the Lorraines to Florence, but Leopold himself was seen as too unpopular to be accepted, so on 21 July 1859 he abdicated the throne in favour of his son, Ferdinand.

Despite dissatisfaction with the deployment of US weapons in Europe, the Soviet Union agreed to open negotiations and preliminary discussions began in Geneva in 1980.

By 1964 the two sides were able to reach a preliminary agreement on the eastern section of the border, including Zhenbao Island, which, it was agreed, would be handed over to the Chinese side.

After having not had any favorable response from the Prime Minister he approached the Supreme Court and based on the fair credibility of preliminary evidence and documents, the court agreed to take up the petition.

In this interview, Reves contended that penniless Rauschning's main reason for agreeing to write Hitler speaks was the 125, 000 Francs advance, and, referring to preliminary talks with Rauschning in 1939 where he had agreed with the author on what themes and personality traits to apply to Hitler, considered it as largely fabrication.

On April 5, 1925, Pierpont and Skeer were taken into city court in Kokomo, where Howard County prosecutor Homer Miller announced to City Judge Joe Cripe that by agreement between himself and the attorneys for the prisoners, the preliminary hearing might be set for Thursday ( April 9 ) afternoon, and the judge agreed.

But in April 1955, D. C. highway officials proposed a compromise: They agreed to " eventually " construct a major new bridge at Roaches Run in exchange for NCPC approval of the existing preliminary plans offered by Zeckendorf.

In January 1995, the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam agreed to a cease fire as a preliminary step in a government-initiated plan for peace negotiations.

By 23 February, Tipu began making overtures for peace talks, and hostilities were suspended the next day when he agreed to preliminary terms.

Among the preliminary terms that Cornwallis insisted on was the Tipu surrender two of his sons as hostages as a guarantee for his execution of the agreed terms.

The Soviet side insisted that the act of surrender signed in Rheims should be considered " a preliminary protocol of surrender ", so the Allies agreed that another surrender ceremony should take place in Berlin.

Upon their arrival based on some preliminary communication between Mirza and the Bolsheviks, Mirza agreed to enter into an alliance with the Soviets against the British.

When the word reached Berlin of Russian general mobilization, Wilhelm agreed to sign the orders for German mobilization, and German troops began preparations to enter Luxembourg and Belgium as a preliminary towards invading France.

A sortie from the town weakened the British forces, which were likely to have raised the siege if word had not arrived on 29 June that a preliminary peace had been agreed between France and Britain.

After preliminary peace terms had been agreed, the British evacuated Charles Town on December 14, 1782, a day now officially designated as " South Carolina Independence Day ".

Shortly thereafter the PBL agreed to the issuance of a preliminary injunction order formally reinstating the team.

Although preliminary work on the album was begun using songs from various writers, upon Nesmith's agreement to join the production it was agreed that all songs would be written only by the four members of the group.

On 20 January 1495 in Antwerp, a preliminary alliance, which included a wedding of Prince John with Maximilian ’ s daughter was agreed.