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81Chronic endothelial injury hypothesis — The chronic endothelial injury hypothesis is one of two major mechanisms postulated to explain the underlying cause of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease (CHD), the other being the lipid hypothesis. Although an ongoing debate involving… …
82Language of thought hypothesis — In philosophy of mind, the language of thought hypothesis (LOTH) put forward by American philosopher Jerry Fodor describes thoughts as represented in a language (sometimes known as mentalese) that allows complex thoughts to be built up by… …
83Cosmic censorship hypothesis — The weak and the strong cosmic censorship hypotheses are two mathematical conjectures about the structure of singularities arising in general relativity. Singularities that arise in the solutions of Einstein s equations are typically hidden… …
84Pole shift hypothesis — Polar Shift redirects here. For the Clive Cussler novel, see Polar Shift (novel). For the Antarctica benefit compilation, see Polar Shift (album). This article is about the hypothesis of pole shift in its historical context. For a description of… …
85EICA Hypothesis — The Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability (EICA) Hypothesis was first proposed by Berd Blossey and Rolf Nötzold in 1995 as a way to explain the success of invasive, non indigenous species (in particular, plants). Observing that 1) there is… …
86One gene-one enzyme hypothesis — The one gene one enzyme hypothesis is the idea that genes act through the production of enzymes, with each gene responsible for producing a single enzyme that in turn affects a single step in a metabolic pathway. The concept was proposed by… …
87Aquatic ape hypothesis — The aquatic ape hypothesis (AAH), sometimes referred to as the aquatic ape theory, asserts that wading, swimming and diving for food exerted a strong evolutionary effect on the ancestors of the genus Homo and is in part responsible for the split… …
88Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia — The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia or the dopamine hypothesis of psychosis is a model attributing symptoms of schizophrenia (like psychoses) to a disturbed and hyperactive dopaminergic signal transduction. The model draws evidence from the… …
89Clathrate gun hypothesis — …
90Mesopredator release hypothesis — Raccoons (Procyon lotor) and skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are mesopredators, here they share cat food in a suburban backyard. The mesopredator release hypothesis is a relatively new hypothesis from 1988[1] which describes the …
