In narrower definitions that are used in social sciences and behavioral sciences, aggression is an intention to cause harm or an act intended to increase relative social dominance.

Aggression has been defined from this viewpoint as " behavior which is intended to increase the social dominance of the organism relative to the dominance position of other organisms ".

The interaction of the couple may send out a message of relative dominance and power, and may stereotype the roles of one or both partners.

Some shareholders had strong reservations and among their concerns were issues such as perceived loss of identity, dominance by one party over another, relative valuations of the two organisations, size and scale of the new entity, representation and weakening of farmer control.

It has benefited from ' coastal drift ' of local maori from the heartland, it's relative dominance over numerous smaller and less prosperous towns surrounding it, such as Te Teko ( affectionately known as ' Texas ') and Waimana, and it's popularity as a retirement destination.

Under directional selection, the advantageous allele increases in frequency independently of its dominance relative to other alleles ; that is, even if the advantageous allele is recessive, it will eventually become fixed.

American dominance through superior satellite, weapons-guiding, and communications technology emphasized the enormous relative power of the US through technological advances, even against an Iraqi military that was by no means an insignificant rival.

However, based on the presence of unusually long leg feathers in various feathered dinosaurs, Archaeopteryx, and some modern birds such as raptors, as well as the discovery of further dinosaur with long primary feathers on their feet ( such as Pedopenna ), the authors argued that the current body of evidence, both from morphology and phylogeny, suggests that bird flight did shift at some point from shared limb dominance to front-limb dominance, and that all modern birds may have evolved from four-winged ancestors, or at least ancestors with unusually long leg feathers relative to the modern configuration.

# From linear ( draughstmanly, plastic, relating to contour in projected ideation of objects ) to painterly ( malerisch: tactile, observing patches or systems of relative light and of non-local colour within shade, making shadow and light integral, and allowing them to replace or supersede the dominance of contours as fixed boundaries.

Van Paassen was convinced that the British Empire's farsighted military planners and political leaders were not entirely displeased to see France's position weakened by Germany at that time, as it improved Britain's relative dominance over its ancient rival, France, in Britain's drive for worldwide hegemony.

Depending on beach state, near bottom currents show variations in the relative dominance of motions due to: incident waves, subharmonic oscillations, infragravity oscillations, and mean longshore and rip currents.

A piece's choreography usually expresses elements such as the major or minor key, the shape of the melody line, the interplay between voices or instruments and the relative dominance of one or another voice or instrument.

In Japan, the dominance of the majors and the relative high cost and low volume involved in producing micros led to their only being known to a small number of beer enthusiasts.

Lending to specific conditions such as relative infrastructure or inherent geography countries such as Kenya, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Uganda, South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe advertise locally specialised safari experiences ranging from guided safaris, mobile safaris, walking safaris and fly-in safaris to more niche concepts including elephant back safaris, river safaris, primate safaris, horseback safaris, balloon safaris photographic safaris, mobile tented safaris, and accessible safaris for those with disabilities.

As for issues on democratic reform, it take a position to support slower pace in relative to what the Democratic Party of Hong Kong supports, DAB claims by doing so stability and prosperity will be achieved.

In the election of 1971 – 1972, Edwards won the governorship after finishing first in a field of seventeen candidates in the Democratic primary, including the final race of former governor Jimmie Davis and Gillis Long, a relative of Huey's.

John Hosea Kerr ( 1873 – 1958 ), grand-nephew of John Kerr and relative of John Kerr, Jr., was a Democratic Party member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing North Carolina from 1923 to 1953.

Wilson also wanted a candidate who could be groomed as a prospective Supreme Court nominee, given the relative dearth of Democratic prospects on the federal bench after sixteen years of Republican presidents.

founding member and Homen's close relative also went on to a notable career within the Democratic Party ( DS ).

Monmouth County's wealthy population and Ocean and Cape May Counties ' older population also contributed to Bush's relative success in this largely Democratic state.

In the parliamentary election held on April 26, 2009, Bartumeu's party was the clear winner with a 45, 03 % of the national list vote and the majority in 4 of the 7 parishes, giving to the Social Democratic Party a relative majority of 14 seats out of 28.

In the last election, in 1985, the Social Democratic Party had achieved a relative majority, thing that made its government very weak, managing to survive in coalition with the Democratic and Social Center and the Democratic Renewal Party, and after the approval of a no confidence resolution from the left-wing parties, with the aid of the Democratic Renewal Party, the government fell and Mário Soares, the President at the time, called for a new election.

With the Arizona Democratic party in relative disarray and fighting to prevent a split, Smith decided not to run for reelection in 1894.

The second vote is cast for a party list ; it determines the relative strengths of the parties represented in the Bundestag.

The relative ease of interfacing spawned a huge market of third party add-ons for the PDP-11, which made the machine even more useful.

In periods of relative liberalization, the influence of people and organizations outside the formal party structure has tended to increase, particularly in the economic realm.

Others feel that despite this apparent victory of those favoring principle, the party has for decades been slowly moving away from its ideals, a trend to which they attribute its relative stagnation since the heady days of the 1970s.

Eight centuries of Prince-Bishop rulers, relative independence from the rest of Europe, the Austrian domination and a strong sense of communal fate left a distinctive mark on the city's culture, which is dominated by a fairly progressive Social-Catholic political orientation ( in fact, Trento is one of the few cities in Italy where left-leaning Catholics form the majority party ).

* Hipparchos, son of Charmos ( a relative of the 6th century BC tyrant Peisistratos ), wins the archonship of Athens as leader of the peace party which argues that resistance against the Persians is useless.

Before long a pro-French party took shape among the nobility, urging that she should be replaced by John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, the closest male relative to the infant prince, and now third in line to the throne.

However, in contemporary usage, it means someone who is seized by a criminal abductor in order to compel another party such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way, often under threat of serious physical harm to the hostage ( s ) after expiration of an ultimatum.

The newly-formed party was a relative success, and became the second-largest party in the Syrian parliament in the 1954 election.

The party has a small number of elected local and provincial politicians, but supplies a relative large share of the mayors, which are appointed.

After six years of relative political calm, when political debate was dominated by a consensus within the ruling party on economics, regional nationalism, and terrorism, several issues arose which polarized Spanish public opinion.

It is called " theoretical " to distinguish it from the " practical " controversy waged by the Spirituals relative to the practice of Franciscan poverty which they wished to observe, whereas the leaders in the present conflict were former members of the Relaxati party and sworn enemies of the Spirituals ( 1309 – 22 ).

Most individuals with Williams syndrome are highly verbal relative to their IQ, and are overly sociable, having what has been described as a " cocktail party " type personality.

In 1969, Sorsa was brought in from relative obscurity by Rafael Paasio to assume the influential post of party secretary without much previous experience of national politics.

In order to permanently roam customers may use a false address and online billing, or a relative or friends address which is in the required area, and a 3rd party billing option.

Previously it was assumed that the President would nominate the candidate who in a third round of voting would have gained a relative majority, usually the leader of the largest party.

If no party has the absolute majority, the President shall give the leader of the party with a relative majority an exploratory mandate in order to ascertain the possibility of forming a Government enjoying the confidence of the Parliament.

For example, if you assume that the breakdown of the US population by party identification has not changed since the previous presidential election, you may underestimate a victory or a defeat of a particular party candidate that saw a surge or decline in its party registration relative to the previous presidential election cycle.

In spite of the preponderance of the " tricolour " party in the provisional government, so long as the voice of France had not spoken, the socialists, supported by the Parisian proletariat, had exercised an influence on policy out of all proportion to their relative numbers or personal weight.

Tertiary gain, a less well-studied process, is when a third party such as a relative or friend is motivated to gain sympathy or other benefits from the illness of the victim.

This is why bungalows are typically fully detached from other houses and do not share a common foundation or party wall: if the homeowner can afford the extra expense of a bungalow relative to a two-story house, they can typically afford to be fully detached as well.