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1Bradley effect — Tom Bradley speaking at AIDS Walk LA at the Paramount Studios lot in 1988 The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect,[1][2] is a theory proposed to explain observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and el …
2Mere exposure effect — The mere exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In social psychology, this effect is sometimes called the familiarity principle. The effect …
3Storage effect — When species populations encounter a period of time when resources are limiting the ability for a species to sustain itself and recover in size to a stronger and more abundant population is the basis of the storage effect. Knowing how a… …
4reverse Bradley effect — n. Declaring publicly that one cannot vote for a candidate because of his or her race, but then voting for that candidate in the secrecy of the ballot booth; voting for a candidate because of his or her race. Example Citations: When polls showed… …
5Social effect of evolutionary theory — The social effects of evolutionary thought have been considerable. As the scientific explanation of life s diversity has developed, it has often displaced alternative, sometimes very widely held, explanations. Because the theory of evolution… …
6prosecuted with effect — A phrase to be found in appeal bonds. The weight of authority holds that the expression means more than a mere prosecution of the appeal to a final determination and that it requires a final determination in favor of the appellant. But other… …
7Mutation rate — In genetics, the mutation rate is the chance of a mutation occurring in an organism or gene in each generation (or, in the case of multicellular organisms, cell division). The mutation frequency is the number of individuals in a population with a …
8Medicinal clay — German medicinal clay (Luvos Heilerde) consisting of loess, i.e. a mixture of sand, clay, and silt The use of medicinal clay in folk medicine goes back to prehistoric times. The indigenous peoples around the world still use clay widely, which is… …
9Maderna, Carlo — • Known principally by his extension of St. Peter s, at the command of the pope, from the form of a Greek to that of a Latin cross (1556 1629) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Maderna, Carlo Carlo Maderna …
10Friedrich Kellner — Infobox Person name = Friedrich Kellner image size = 150px caption = Friedrich Kellner in 1934 birth date = February 1, 1885 birth place = Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany death date = November 4, 1970 death place = Lich, Germany education =… …
