Through repeated applications of this method, the reactive mind could be " cleared " of its content having outlived its usefulness in the process of evolution ; a person who has completed this process would be " Clear ".

Later, after the usefulness of Hilbert's method was universally recognized, Gordan himself would say:

Finally, evidence-based medicine can be understood as a medical " movement " in which advocates work to popularize the method and usefulness of the practice in the public, patient communities, educational institutions and continuing education of practicing professionals.

It has been argued that the generally accepted method of justifying mathematical axioms by their usefulness in common practice can potentially undermine Zermelo's reductionist program.

Most series emphasize one or the other means of understanding and manipulating the world, but in Incarnations each method is equal in usefulness and respect.

This intuition, however, came after particular classes of quantum groups had already proved their usefulness in the study of the quantum Yang-Baxter equation and quantum inverse scattering method developed by the Leningrad School ( Ludwig Faddeev, Leon Takhtajan, Evgenii Sklyanin, Nicolai Reshetikhin and Korepin ) and related work by the Japanese School.

Despite its usefulness, the concept of a partial atomic charge is somewhat arbitrary, because it depends on the method used to delimit between one atom and the next ( in reality, atoms have no clear boundaries ).

NYU, in correspondence by memorandum, was openly unconvinced " about the usefulness of an aptitude test as a method of selecting law school students ", but was open to experimenting with the idea, as were other schools which were unconvinced.

Although this method is not sufficiently concrete to allow the actual construction of effective field theories, the gross understanding of their usefulness becomes clear through a RG analysis.

The usefulness of the VAN method for prediction of earthquakes has been a matter of debate.

The chromatic adaptation matrix in the von Kries transform method, however, is diagonal in LMS space, thus the usefulness of a transformation matrix M between spaces.

The Roman Catholic Church abolished the requirement in 1983, as greater mobility had limited its usefulness as a means of determining whether there were impediments to marriage.

The original object of this time service was to furnish mariners in the seaboard cities with the means of regulating their chronometers ; but, like many another governmental activity, its scope has gradually broadened until it has become of general usefulness.

I recall that I vehemently objected to August Bebel, who was indignant over these suicides, that if one could argue against the age at which the Lafargues chose to die-for here we were dealing not with the number of years, but with the possible usefulness of a political figure-then one could by no means argue against the very principle of a political figure departing from this life at the moment when he felt that he would no longer bring any benefit to the cause to which he had devoted himself.

The more general conception of utility is that of use or usefulness, and this conception is at the heart of marginalism ; the term “ marginal utility ” arose from translation of the German “ Grenznutzen ”,< ref name =" wieser_zwei "> von Wieser, Friedrich ; Der natürliche Werth < nowiki > Value < nowiki ></ nowiki > ( 1889 ), Bk I Ch V “ Marginal Utility ” ( HTML ).</ ref > which literally means border use, referring directly to the marginal use, and the more general formulations of marginal utility do not treat quantification as an essential feature.

Therefore, because of the difficulty of its attainment, of the uneasiness of its breaking down, and of its great usefulness, we should think of the body as a boat and by its means escape from the ocean of Saṃsāra.

: " pollution " means the presence in the environment of substances or contaminants that substantially alter or impair the usefulness of the environment.

While the shear strength of each weld is high, the fact that the weld spots do not form a continuous seam means that the overall strength is often significantly lower than with other welding methods, limiting the usefulness of the process.

Their usefulness as a cost-free means to fill the gaps in fixed-duration commercial breaks left by unsold advertising airtime led to their being used regularly and extensively in the 60s, 70s and much of the 80s, and consequently, within both the COI and broadcasting companies they were typically known as " fillers ".

Once the inhabitants ' usefulness has expired, they are then exterminated by whatever means is most efficient.

This phenomenon may reduce the usefulness of newly developed therapies prior to large-scale usage.

Airport food outlets have started using plastic glasses and utensils as opposed to glasses made out of glass and utensils made out of metal to reduce the usefulness of such items as weapons.

Moment frames consisting of inverted U bents are useful in preserving lower story garage access, while a lower cost solution may be to use shear walls or trusses in several locations, which partially reduce the usefulness for automobile parking but still allow the space to be used for other storage.

The simple message of sustainable use of renewable resources is frequently repeated and early as 1864 George Perkins Marsh was pointing out that the changes we make in the environment may later reduce the environments usefulness to humans so any changes should be made with great care-what we would nowadays call enlightened self-interest.

However, some researchers question the usefulness of a hostile vs instrumental distinction in humans, despite its ubiquity in research, because most real-life cases involve mixed motives and interacting causes.

Graph ( mathematics ) | Graphs like this are among the objects studied by discrete mathematics, for their interesting graph property | mathematical properties, their usefulness as models of real-world problems, and their importance in developing computer algorithm s.

The instincts that these representatives are using to deal with national problems have been highly developed in the long course of human evolution on a small tribal scale, and this is the source of both their usefulness and their disutility.

To find a justifiable approach to such problems it may be necessary not just to appeal to the precepts or the vinaya, but to use more basic Buddhist teachings ( such as the Middle Way ) to aid interpretation of the precepts and find more basic justifications for their usefulness relevant to all human experience.

Alternative Medicine on Trial, and made various statements about the lack of usefulness of chiropractic " for such problems as ear infections and infant colic ":

The Pinetree Line had several technical problems that limited its usefulness almost immediately.

Technical problems of making this waterway would be enormous ( neither the Morava nor the Vardar are navigable ), the usefulness of its creation is negotiable ( whether the route would be used much ), and presumably it would cost ( 17 billion dollars ) too much.

It is one of the ironic quirks of history that the viability and usefulness of nationalism and the territorial state are rapidly dissipating at precisely the time that the nation-state attained its highest number ( approximately 100 ).

Suffice it to say that the usefulness of the latter apportionment is questionable.

However, many have argued that the usefulness of these laws is vastly inadequate in terms of controlling government actions, largely because of institutional and systemic obstacles like a weak judiciary, poorly trained judges and lawyers, and corruption.

Its main usefulness is the treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders such as Huntington's disease and Tourette syndrome, rather than for conditions such as schizophrenia.

This is most likely due to their usefulness as pollinators and as producers of honey, their social nature, and their reputation for diligence.

The historic interest of the rotating bucket experiment is its usefulness in suggesting one can detect absolute rotation by observation of the shape of the surface of the water.

Also, the usefulness of comparative law for the sociology of law ( and vice versa ) is very large.

A yarn's usefulness is judged by several factors, such as its loft ( its ability to trap air ), its resilience ( elasticity under tension ), its washability and colorfastness, its hand ( its feel, particularly softness vs. scratchiness ), its durability against abrasion, its resistance to pilling, its hairiness ( fuzziness ), its tendency to twist or untwist, its overall weight and drape, its blocking and felting qualities, its comfort ( breathability, moisture absorption, wicking properties ) and its appearance, which includes its color, sheen, smoothness and ornamental features.

A. M. Tibbetts is one of the main critics of the NCTE, claiming that ' the Committee's very approach to the misuse of language and what it calls " doublespeak " may in the long run limit its usefulness '.

: But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the wheel depends.

: But it is on the space where there is nothing that the usefulness of the vessel depends.

: And it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the usefulness of the house depends.

: Therefore just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognize the usefulness of what is not.

The usefulness of speaking of patterns is to have a common terminology for discussing the situations designers already see over and over.

Historically, the electron volt was devised as a standard unit of measure through its usefulness in electrostatic particle accelerator sciences because a particle with charge q has an energy E = qV after passing through the potential V ; if q is quoted in integer units of the elementary charge and the terminal bias in volts, one gets an energy in eV.

Ionizing radiation is hazardous to life ( hence its usefulness in sterilisation ); for this reason irradiation facilities have a heavily shielded irradiation room where the process takes place.

A yarn's usefulness for a knitting project is judged by several factors, such as its loft ( its ability to trap air ), its resilience ( elasticity under tension ), its washability and colorfastness, its hand ( its feel, particularly softness vs. scratchiness ), its durability against abrasion, its resistance to pilling, its hairiness ( fuzziness ), its tendency to twist or untwist, its overall weight and drape, its blocking and felting qualities, its comfort ( breathability, moisture absorption, wicking properties ) and of course its look, which includes its color, sheen, smoothness and ornamental features.

Value " in use " is the usefulness of this commodity, its utility.

The labor theory as an explanation for value contrasts with the subjective theory of value, which says that value of a good is not determined by how much labor was put into it but by its usefulness in satisfying a want and its scarcity.

It is important to recognise that even the most accurate maps sacrifice a certain amount of accuracy in scale to deliver a greater visual usefulness to its user.

Its usefulness in these applications is derived from its unique electrical and thermal insulating properties and its mechanical properties, which allow it to be cut, punched, stamped, and machined to close tolerances.