Determinants

We then considered the nature of scientific laws, and found that, instead of stating that one event A is always followed by another event B, they stated functional relations between certain events at certain times, which we called determinants, and other events at earlier or later times or at the same time. ❋ Bertrand Russell (1921)

And prognosticators tend to look toward a mixture of partisan elected officials and foul winds of fate and chance as the main determinants of macroeconomic performance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And they are the long-term determinants of population growth and therefore work force growth. ❋ James Freeman (2011)

A sounder approach, for those concerned about green jobs, would focus on the long-term determinants of economic growth, such as technological innovation. ❋ Robert Stavins (2010)

Population size is one of the main determinants of that; small populations experience a lot of drift, creating noise in the selective process, allowing more deleterious mutations to slip through. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Hence his view that Buddhism involves the stripping away of all determinants from the self by a rigorous asceticism and ❋ Unknown (2007)

Hearings started on March 4 with Robert McCauley, from the Bank for International Settlements, telling the commission that portfolio shifts, including those accomplished through changes and leads and lags were among the most short term determinants of exchange rates. ❋ Unknown (2002)

In the 1970's, I continued theoretical work in crystal structure analysis that included the derivation of a "tangent formula" for phase determination that was based on the more restrictive higher and higher order determinants from the determinantal inequalities. ❋ Unknown (1986)

Three months post-transplantation into laboratory sheep, the researchers were able to observe an alteration in the RV function, which is one of the long-term determinants of morbidity and mortality after TOF correction. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But here the determinants are the competence of the parties to the transaction and their business viability, a determination that banks normally are schooled to make. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Theyalso are called determinants on the surface of the antigen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the other hand, some studies suggest that the sustained house-price appreciation represented a catching up of prices with their long-term determinants and that they are now broadly in line with fundamentals. " ❋ Unknown (2010)