Narrative is such a basic mode of human thought, such a powerful way of organising the world around us that it's "really easy to think that, looking at the world through a particular narrative frame, we're looking at the unvarnished truth, the unarguably real.
Low-level responses are relatively predefined and may not always be accurate, but they are quick and provide the system with a basic mode of functioning in terms of built-in goals and behavioural responses.
At a minimum, hospitals should plan to be able to deliver to critically ill patients a basic mode(s) of mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic support, antibiotic or other disease-specific countermeasure therapy, and a small set of prophylactic interventions that are recognized to reduce the serious adverse consequences of critical illness.
The basic mode of an articulated tower is the motion characterized by rigid body sway compliant with a relatively high natural period.
The basic mode of the competition is a locally controlled robot and a remotely controlled robot cooperate with each other to complete some tasks.
Also various failure modes occurred for such FRP-plated steel beams; plate end debonding in an FRP-plated steel beam is the basic mode of failure.
The unique nature of the HER2/HER3 receptor pair in signaling is also reflected in the basic mode of activation, which features a 'separation of duties', as compared with the basic model established by homodimers of EGFR.
His son, Howard, says that it's difficult to connect with Buffett on an emotional level, "because that's not his basic mode of operation".
Even in more temperate times, the basic mode of civic discourse there involves a lengthy question about campaign-finance reform posed by an older man wearing an L.L. Bean barn jacket.
Although some details of our solution have been specifically designed for the CONET architecture, its general ideas and concepts are applicable to a class of recent ICN proposals, which follow the basic mode of operation of CCN/NDN.
Table 3 Basic mode of functioning of the respective national ICU reimbursement schemes, based on experts' responses Basic modes of functioning ( "++" strongly agree, "+" agree, "0" indifferent or unknown, "-" do not agree, "-- do not agree at all) Item Grading GER IRL UK NETH AUS DEN FRA SPA The reimbursement works per case (e.g., DRG-based).
