Whether this abnormal TSH differs chemically from pituitary TSH, or is, alternatively, normal TSH with its period of effectiveness modified by some other blood constituent, cannot be decided without chemical study of the activity in the blood of these patients and a comparison of the substance responsible for the blood activity with pituitary Aj.

Whether this was based on just a rumour put about by people who resented Nash's success or if there is substance behind is not known.

Whether or not there is any substance to the rumors, the Phra Bang remains an object of veneration and a reminder of the rich traditions of Luang Prabang.

Whether the scheme came to fruition is unknown.

Whether or not the German-Polish invasion of Bohemia actually happened, the friendly relations between the Czechs and the Poles came to an end.

Under the section entitled " Whether the hen or the egg came first ", the discussion is introduced in such a way suggesting that the origin of the dilemma was even older:

Whether they adopted the Achaemenid name, or " Saka " came to be an endonym, it is not clear.

Whether commissioned officer, mercenary, or both, Standish apparently came to Holland around 1603 and may, according to historian Tudor Jenks, have seen service during the Siege of Ostend in which Vere's English troops were involved.

Whether the question at issue was the civil list, the excise, the income of the Prince of Wales, or the state of domestic affairs, Pulteney was ready with a pamphlet, and the minister or one of his friends came out with a reply.

Whether it was signing autographs for fans by the players entrance or who came up to him on the street Roenick always tried to have a good rapport with the fans and reach out to them each day.

Whether the garment came from Central Asia or Ottoman Turkey or Iran still remains a question, and the same applies to the allied male garment — the kontusz.

Whether, however, these were taken immediately by Pope from Shaftesbury, or whether they came to him through the papers which Bolingbroke had prepared for his use, we have no means of determining.

For this abusing the treaty of peace doth plainly show how the King of Spain will have all things perfect, his plot is laid, before he will proceed to execute ... Whether this not breed most great danger and dishonour, I leave it to her Majesty's wisdom ; but if it should fall out so, I would I had never been born ... And if were to-morrow next on the coast of Spain, I would not land in any place to offend any ; but they should well perceive that we came not to spoil, but to seek out the great force to fight with them ; and so should they have known by message ... But I must and will obey.

Whether the Lords of Winternheim came from Groß-Winternheim or Klein-Winternheim cannot be answered without further investigation.

The earliest reported use of the term, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, came in 1890: " Whether a little farmer from South Carolina named Tillman is going to rule the Democrat Party in America — yet it is this, and not output, on which the proximate value of silver depends.

Whether this has ever been tested or was just a bluff is unknown, but considering that his opponent wasn't real, much less alive, Mr. Terrific would have had no moral difficulties in using this option if it came down to it.

Whether or not she ever used them are unknown, as the series came to an end after the events of the third-season spin-off The Goliath Chronicles.

" After the group finished and the crowd finally settled down, the MC came up and said " Whether you know it or not, that was rock ' n ' roll.

Whether the Persian parts came through Kipchak intermediaries or whether Persian was a lingua franca for Mediterranean trade well known in Western Europe is a matter hotly debated by scholars.

Whether Saint Conal was an Irish monk or the son of a local shepherd befriended and educated by Glasgow ’ s Saint Mungo, Christianity came early to this part of Nithsdale.

Whether concluding old contracts or discussing new arrangements, and tenants frequently came into conflict in these months and sometimes fell to blows.

Whether the first shot came from boat or dock was never determined.

Whether or not the naming of the nightclub is related to this band is uncertain ; the history of the nightclub as related on their website states that the name came to one of the founding owners in a dream.

Whether through individuals, corporations or advocacy groups, such donations are often believed to engender a cronyist or patronage system via which major contributors are rewarded on a more or less quid pro quo basis.

803, a Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to Investigate Whether Sufficient Grounds Exist for the House of Representatives to Exercise its Constitutional Power to Impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, Book VIII, Internal Revenue Service, May-June 1974 via The Internet Archive

Whether the Marmotini dispersed between North America and Eurasia via " island-hopping " across the Bering Straits or the Greenland region — which both at that time were temperate habitat — and from which continent they dispersed to which, or if both continents brought forth distinct subtribes which then spread to the other, is not known and would probably require more fossil material to be resolved.

Whether a lake becomes salty or not simply depends on whether the lake lacks an outlet and the relative balance between water flowing into the lake and leaving the lake via evaporation.

Whether the Clovis culture drove the mammoth, and other species, to extinction via overhunting – the so-called Pleistocene overkill hypothesis – is still an open, and controversial, question.

Whether this represents the reactivation of JCV within the CNS or seeding of newly reactivated JCV via blood or lymphatics is unknown.

Whether it is only human males who risk injury in sex with Newcomers, or if human women would be similarly affected via sex with Newcomer men, was never elaborated on.

Whether to minimize governmental interference ( via taxes or otherwise ), or to maximize privacy, the theory proposes that you arrange for each of the following to be in a separate country:

Whether he was writing about them, promoting their careers and endeavors, becoming friends with them as they entered the professional world, and / or welcoming them back to Vanderbilt through the years, Russell was the mainstay of the Vanderbilt community.

The referees did not call a foul on the play, and Russell later remarked, " Whether he pushed off or not, he was making that shot.

Whether you experienced the passion of desire I have, of course, no way of knowing, nor indeed have I wished with even the most fleeting fragment of a wish to know, for the fact that one constitutes by one's mere existence so to speak the proof of some sort of passion makes any speculation upon this part of one's parents' experience more immodest, more scandalizing, more deeply unwelcome than an obscenity from a stranger.

" Grammer later told Maxim, " Whether or not you ’ re a celebrity — even if you ’ re just an old slob with a video camera — you don ’ t realize you shouldn ’ t do it.

Whether in political parties, places of residence, schools, media outlets, even workplaces, there is a lack of regular interaction across sectarian lines to facilitate the exchange of views and promote understanding.

Whether or not the neutrino and its corresponding antineutrino are identical particles has not yet been resolved, even though the antineutrino has an opposite chirality to the neutrino.

Whether food is prepared with precision in a fine dining restaurant, picked from a dumpster, plucked, devoured, or even consumed by a wild animal, meaning can always be extracted from the way a certain food has been prepared and the context in which it is served.

Whether the marriage was ever even consummated is a matter for conjecture.

" Whether she had survived the Time War or if she was not even a part of it is also unknown.

Whether senescence as a biological process itself can be slowed down, halted or even reversed, is a subject of current scientific speculation and research.

Whether this story is reconcilable with " Reaching the Omega Point ", or whether it is even part of the Transformers canon is debatable.

Whether through climate change, vegetation change, ecological competition, or a combination of factors, most of the remaining large cynodonts ( belonging to the Traversodontidae ) and dicynodonts ( of the family Kannemeyeriidae ) had disappeared by the Norian age, even before the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event that killed off most of the large nondinosaurian archosaurs.

Whether this is a good trade or not can be a difficult decision, even for human players.

Whether he also introduced a property-tax for military purposes, and even held a high position in connection with the treasury, is uncertain.

Whether this solution works, and whether it was even seriously intended by Frege, is disputed.

Whether he was prisoner to a satrap, grossly insulted and even spit upon by a tyrant, enjoying the pleasures of a banquet or reviled for faithlessness to Socrates by his fellow-pupils, he maintained the same calm temper.

Whether one chooses to call it " pragmatism " or " pragmaticism "— and Peirce himself was not always consistent about it even after the notorious renaming — his conception of pragmatic philosophy is based on one or another version of the so-called " pragmatic maxim ".

Whether there can be a clear delimitation of a white-eye subfamily or even a young or emerging family is a question that requires a more comprehensive study of both this group and Timaliidae to resolve.

Whether or not these bombing missions were authorized aroused considerable controversy, and assertions by the Nixon administration that Sihanouk had " allowed " or even " encouraged " them were disputed by critics such as British journalist William Shawcross.

Though Reynolds agreed with Félibien about the natural order of the genres, he held that an important work from any genre of painting could be produced under the hand of genius: " Whether it is the human figure, an animal, or even inanimate objects, there is nothing, however unpromising in appearance, but may be raised into dignity, convey sentiment, and produce emotion, in the hands of a painter of genius.

Whether a batch job or a started task, CICS regions may run for days, weeks, or even months before shutting down for maintenance ( MVS or CICS ).

" Whether wearing cloth or disposable diapers they should be changed frequently to prevent diaper rash, even if they don't feel wet.

Whether a court will permit, require, or guarantee the opportunity to present oral argument is usually left up to each court to decide as part of its rules of procedure, with differences from court to court even within a single jurisdiction.

Whether or not such studies should be called cultivation does not seem to be an issue for most researchers ; as a practical matter, numerous scholars are pursuing studies of exposure to genres ( and even to specific single programs ) under the rubric of cultivation.

( Whether the activation of healing processes explanation is supernatural or biological, or even both, is beyond the scope of this study and this article.