However, by developing explicit processes that generate change from individuals, groups or communities ( Theories of Change ), and by fusing political economy analysis and outcome mapping tools, the complex state-citizen dynamics can be better understood.

Theories about what caused berserker behaviour include ingestion of materials with psychoactive properties, psychological processes, and medical conditions.

Theories which assert that the universe has an infinite age, including many of the theories described above, fail to account for the abundance of deuterium in the cosmos, because deuterium easily undergoes nuclear fusion in stars and there are no known astrophysical processes other than the Big Bang itself that can produce it in large quantities.

* Miller, K., Communication Theories: Perspectives, processes, and contexts.

Theories about the processes involved in adult face perception have largely come from two sources: research on normal adult face perception and the study of impairments in face perception that are caused by brain injury or neurological illness.

* Interactive Storytelling and Narrative Theories wiki Grouping descriptions of various narrative theories, IS systems and the computational models behind the systems.

He has also authored Austrian and Marxist Theories of Monopoly-Capital, Contract Feudalism, The Ethics of Labor Struggle, and The Iron Fist behind the Invisible Hand.

The programs were so well received by the British public that the arguments have been published in a totally engrossing little book called, `` Rival Theories Of Cosmology ''.

Theories connecting Ēostre with records of Germanic Easter customs ( including hares and eggs ) have been proposed.

Theories on the use of graffiti by avant-garde artists have a history dating back at least to the Scandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism in 1961.

Theories about them have to rely on a preponderance of other evidence, which alone are not solid enough to warrant much conclusiveness.

Several Grand Unified Theories ( GUTs ) have been proposed to unify electromagnetism and the weak and strong forces.

Theories have been proposed that Víðarr's silence may derive from a ritual silence or other abstentions which often accompany acts of vengeance, as for example in Völuspá and Baldrs draumar when Váli, conceived for the sole purpose of avenging Baldr's death, abstains from washing his hands and combing his hair " until he brought Baldr's adversary to the funeral pyre ".

Theories have been proposed that these figures are connected to valkyries.

Theories that the painting is about duality ( city and country, male and female ) have been dismissed since radiography has shown that in the earlier stages of the painting the soldier to the left was a seated female nude.

Theories have been proposed suggesting that the Pied Piper is a symbol of the children's death by plague or catastrophe.

Theories of creativity ( particularly investigation of why some people are more creative than others ) have focused on a variety of aspects.

Theories have been proposed about the Greek origin of the symbol and its implications.

Theories have abounded, including some which suggest it may indicate the whereabouts of the Holy Grail, an idea fuelled by the Anson family's ancestral ties to the Knights Templar.

Theories do not have to be perfectly accurate to be scientifically useful.

Theories which assert that the universe has a finite life, but that the Big Bang did not happen, have problems with the abundance of helium-4.

Theories about the site have focused on the idea of inversion, as represented by the upside-down central tree stump and the single post turned 180 degrees from the others within the circle itself.

Theories with more than 32 supersymmetry generators automatically have massless fields with spin greater than 2.

Theories with 32 supersymmetries automatically have a graviton.

In practice, testing measures are never perfectly consistent. Theories of test reliability have been developed to estimate the effects of inconsistency on the accuracy of measurement.

Theories suggest she could have been an Egyptian royal by birth, a foreign princess or the daughter of a high government official named Ay, who became pharaoh after Tutankhamun.

Theories held by mainstream Egyptologists about the date of the construction of the Great Sphinx of Giza have been challenged and various alternative theories have been proposed – about the builder or the dating – to explain its construction.

Theories, such as scattering, have been proposed for the formation of large planets close in to their parent stars.

Theories exist that its inventor was Christophe Des Rosiers, furniture maker for the French Royal Family, but Marc Andre Jacoud was also rumored to have been the inventor.

On 27 July 2010, the band announced to have signed a new record deal for three albums with Music Theories / Mascot Records.

Theories sparked about Olson's having been assassinated by the CIA.

Functionalism had been the dominant paradigm but, in the 1960s, there was a shift towards Social Control Theories, conflict criminology, and labeling theories that tried to explain the emerging and more radical social environment.

With variations, it has also been used for books on the philosophy of physics ( World Enough and Space-Time: Absolute versus Relational Theories of Space and Time ), geopolitics ( World Enough and Time: Successful Strategies for Resource Management ), a science-fiction collection ( Worlds Enough & Time: Five Tales of Speculative Fiction-Dan Simmons ), a short story by Terry Pratchett (# ifdef DEBUG + " world / enough " + " time "), and, of course, a biography ( World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell ).

Theories have been proposed that this description may have some relation to notions of the Jordan River due to phonetic and typological similarities perceived by Eilífr, though there may be no other causative connection.

Theories have been proposed about the implications of the descriptions of the temple and the findings ( or lack thereof ) of the archaeological excavations in the area.

Theories about his disappearance have suggested that he was murdered, that he ran off with another woman, or that he had been involved in corrupt practices which were about to be revealed, and therefore fled.

Theories include: the Tu-144 tried to avoid a French Mirage chase plane which was attempting to photograph it, that changes had been made by the ground engineering team to the auto-stabilisation circuits to allow the Tu-144 to outperform Concorde in the display circuit, and that the crew were attempting a manoeuvre — to outshine Concorde — that the aircraft was not capable of.

Theories have been proposed about the possible appearance of Róta in Gesta Danorum and the meaning of her name.

Theories with an academic basis which support this thinking have been popular, in the sense of receiving much attention ; without ever being able to support claims of reliability acceptable to more rationalistic perspectives.

Since then there have been several proposals for Grand Unified Theories, e. g. the Pati-Salam model, although none is currently universally accepted.

Theories intended to explain these unusual clouds include materials left over from the formation of our galaxy, or tidally-displaced matter drawn away from other galaxies or members of the Local Group.

Theories are improved ( or replaced by better theories ) as more evidence is gathered, so that accuracy in prediction improves over time ; this increased accuracy corresponds to an increase in scientific knowledge.

Theories are improved as more evidence is gathered, so that accuracy in prediction improves over time.

Theories of the importance of both line and color asserted that through these elements an artist exerts control over the medium to create psychological effects, in which themes, emotions, and ideas can be represented.

Theories included a Saxon celebration of a victory over the Danes, a phallic symbol later Christianised, a direction sign for a ( non-existent ) medieval monastery, soldiers in the Civil War amusing themselves when they had nothing better to do, and a seventeenth century alternative to a village cross.

In classical political economy, as Marx describes in Theories of Surplus Value, the " surplus " referred to an excess of gross income over cost, which implied that the value of goods sold was greater than the value of the costs involved in producing or supplying them.

McPhail has published over 90 articles and several books, including the widely translated Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends.