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91The Arab Mind — is a non fiction cultural psychology book by Raphael Patai, who also wrote The Jewish Mind . It was first published in 1973, and later revised in 1983. An update (Patai has since died) is planned for 2007.The book advocates a tribal group… …
92Infinite-alleles model — Unreferenced|date=May 2008The infinite alleles model is used to examine the dynamics of mutations. It is built on a set of assumptions:* Each mutation is unique * Mutations are not reversibleThis means that two alleles identical by state must… …
93Mentalism (discrimination) — Part of a series on Discrimination General forms …
94paralogize — /peuh ral euh juyz /, v.i., paralogized, paralogizing. to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions. Also, esp. Brit., paralogise. [1590 1600; < ML paralogizare < Gk paralogízesthai to reason falsely, equiv. to …
95Lyotard, Jean-Francois — ▪ 1999 French philosopher, teacher, and writer who, influenced by the Paris riots of 1968, became a leader of the Postmodernists (b. Aug. 10, 1924, Versailles, France d. April 21, 1998, Paris, France). * * * ▪ French philosopher and writer… …
96Pro-Forma Earnings — Projected earnings based on a set of assumptions and often used to present a business plan (in Latin pro forma means for the sake of form ). It also refers to earnings which exclude non recurring items. Pro forma earnings are not derived by… …
97Legal System — Most Italians, legally trained or not, take pride in the fact that the basis of the most widely adopted legal system in the non–Anglo Saxon world is, in fact, Roman law and the medieval glosses prepared by those who systematized it, the… …
98term structure model — Also known as yield curve models. An assumption, or set of assumptions, used to describe future changes in interest rates over a range of maturities. The most simple term structure model is a parallel shift in rates, e.g. all rates rise by 1… …
99ideology — A more or less systematic, well developed and comprehensive set of assumptions, beliefs, ideas and values about politics which help us to explain the political world, what it is and why, and what it should be. An ideology consists of both… …
100causation — [[t]kɔːze͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it. [FORMAL] Therefore it is clear that the gene is only part of the causation of illness. Syn: cause 2) N UNCOUNT Causation is… …
