There is an emerging consensus that so-called " personality disorders ", like personality traits in general, actually incorporate a mixture of acute dysfunctional behaviors that may resolve in short periods, and maladaptive temperamental traits that are more enduring.

The N-end rule may partially determine the half-life of a protein, and proteins with segments rich in proline, glutamine, serine, and threonine ( the so-called PEST proteins ) have short half-life.

Nonetheless, equipped with the necessary theoretical tools, Prokofiev started experimenting with dissonant harmonies and unusual time signatures in a series of short piano pieces which he called " ditties " ( after the so-called " song form " – more accurately ternary form – they were based on ), laying the basis for his own musical style.

Some claim that Virgil meant to change them before he died, while others find that the location of the two passages, at the very end of the so-called Volume I ( Books 1 – 6, the Odyssey ), and Volume II ( Books 7 – 12, the Iliad ), and their short length, which contrasts with the lengthy nature of the poem, are evidence that Virgil placed them purposefully there.

He delivered a short speech in which he reasserted his innocence, “ I die perfectly innocent of the so-called crimes of which I am accused.

Viscous Populations: Secondly, even indiscriminate altruism may be favoured in so-called viscous populations, i. e. those characterized by low rates or short ranges of dispersal.

The disadvantage of quenching is that for a short time after a discharge pulse has occurred ( the so-called dead time, which is typically 50-100 microseconds ), the tube is rendered insensitive and is thus temporarily unable to detect the arrival of any new ionising particle.

" In this period Smetana planned a cycle of so-called " album leaves ", short pieces in every major and minor key, after the manner of Chopin's Preludes.

The gorintō ( stone pagoda ) traditionally believed to be his grave ( see article Tomb of Minamoto no Yoritomo ) is still maintained today, adjacent to Shirahata Shrine, a short distance from the spot believed to be the site of the so-called Ōkura Bakufu, his shogunate's administrative / governmental offices.

The Roman Emperor Claudius proposed introducing a new letter into the Latin alphabet to transcribe the so-called sonus medius ( a short vowel before labial consonants ), but in inscriptions was sometimes used for Greek upsilon instead.

In many parts of the nature reserve there are so-called Stühbüsche ( a form of coppice ), trees that were coppiced by repeatedly being cut short.

The so-called long alphabet has 30 letters, while the short alphabet has 22.

Succeeding generations saw Leo as a prophet and a magician, and soon a collection of oracular poems and some short divinatory texts, the so-called Oracles of Leo the Wise, at least in part based on earlier Greek sources, were attached to the Emperor's name in later centuries, and were believed to foretell the future of the world.

One of these was the so-called " Click Piece " which essentially asked for each player to repeatedly play a note as short as possible.

However, on reading the portions of the Old Testament marked by the so-called dialectus poetica or by parallelism ( e. g., Genesis 4: 23 and following ) no such sequence of long and short syllables can be discovered ; and Sievers says: " Hebrew prosody is not based on quantity as classical prosody is.

They will also have very straight, rigid front legs, and feet that are short and round ( so-called " cat feet ") with thick, black pads.

Classes last for 45 minutes, and there ( several short ones and one longer one – the so-called " big break " ( or by the students often just " big one ")).

Hobsbawm calls the period from the start of World War I to the fall of the so-called Soviet bloc " the short twentieth century ", to follow on " the long 19th century ", the period from the start of the French Revolution in 1789 to the start of World War I in 1914, which he covered in an earlier trilogy of histories ( The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789-1848, The Age of Capital: 1848 – 1875, The Age of Empire: 1875 – 1914 ).

Today, the Theodosian Walls are connected in the vicinity of the Porphyrogenitus Palace with a short wall, which features a postern, probably the postern of the Porphyrogenitus () recorded by John Kantakouzenos, and extends from the Palace to the first tower of the so-called Wall of Manuel Komnenos.

Another, short wall was added in later times, probably in the reign of Theophilos, stretching from the junction of the land and sea walls to the sea itself, and pierced by the so-called Wooden Gate ( Ξυλίνη πύλη, Xylinē pylē, or Ξυλόπορτα, Xyloporta ).

The M16K is a so-called " K " weapon (" K " standing for the German word Kurz meaning short.

The so-called Constitution of 1782 removed British parliamentary supremacy over Ireland for a short period but then the Irish parliament was merged with Britain's in the Acts of Union 1801.

Typically students are first taught the most frequent sounds of the alphabet letters, especially the so-called short vowel sounds, then taught to blend sounds together with three-letter consonant-vowel-consonant words such as cat, red, sit, hot, sun.

A short plat is the plat of a so-called " short subdivision " of land into no more than four parcels ( or up to nine within an urban growth boundary, depending on local regulations ) in the State of Washington, which provides for a more summary process for approval of such subdivisions.

A very short black-and-white cartoon was made in 1938 as part of a Warner Bros. blooper reel.

A blooper, also known as an outtake or boner is a short sequence of a film or video production, usually a deleted scene, containing a mistake made by a member of the cast or crew.

But he, as I can now retort, was the man who could see so short a distance ahead that after a visit to Russia he gave voice to the famous exclamation: `` I have seen the future and it works ''.

These can also move a short distance but at right angles to the tappets.

But anybody who promises a substantial volume of business can get a railroad to run a short spur to his plant these days, and many businesses can live without the railroad.

Limitations on the lengths of these sequences diminish the stability of the comparatively short crystallites which can be formed, and this is reflected in a broadening of the melting range.

It only takes a few minutes for the foaming action to be completed and after a short cure, the material can be cut into lengths as desired.

Naturally, enterprises of the size of General Electric are in a position to structure their prices in such a way that the relatively small competitors can be forced to the wall in a very short time.

or Rosburg, whose accurate short game and supersensitive putter can overcome so many of Augusta's treacheries ; ;

It also has a pair of short tentacles near the eye that can be extended and which have tactile and olfactory functions.

The deadline for beginning an appeal can often be very short: traditionally, it is measured in days, not months.

In quantum field theory, this process is allowed only as an intermediate quantum state for times short enough that the violation of energy conservation can be accommodated by the uncertainty principle.

Adiabatic processes can occur if the container of the system has thermally-insulated walls or the process happens in an extremely short time, so that there is no opportunity for significant heat exchange.

In short, the electrons of the atoms in the atomizer can be promoted to higher orbitals ( excited state ) for a short period of time ( nanoseconds ) by absorbing a defined quantity of energy ( radiation of a given wavelength ).

Arbitrage positions in DLCs can be set up by obtaining a long position in the relatively underpriced part of the DLC and a short position in the relatively overpriced part.

Assuming that the ion is accelerated during a very short interval, the ion can be assumed to be travelling at constant velocity.

However, four seasons can be distinguished: the long dry season ( June – August ), the short wet season ( September – November ), the short dry season ( December – January ), and the long wet season ( February – May ).

The better a plant can cope with these changing conditions, the more likely it is to be able to survive over both the short and long term as well as establish itself over a wider geographic range.

A standard telegraph key has a built-in knife switch that can be used to short the key's contacts.

They can remain underwater for long periods of time, sometimes an hour or more, but most dives are usually short.

However, single words or a short string of words can sometimes be registered as a trademark instead.

Since computers can make arithmetic calculations much faster and more accurately than humans, it was thought to be only a short matter of time before the technical details could be taken care of that would allow them the same remarkable capacity to process language.

The passivation can be enhanced by short contact with oxidizing acids like nitric acid.

Catullus's poems have been preserved in an anthology of 116 carmina ( the actual number of poems may slightly vary in various editions ), which can be divided into three parts according to their form: sixty short poems in varying metres, called polymetra, eight longer poems, and forty-eight epigrams.