The new imaging technique may also help scientists figure out whether quasicrystals ever solidify into a predictable state--or if they lock unpredictably into one of a nearly infinite number of equally likely configurations, says physicist Michael Widom of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
He was widely quoted as saying Russia was "not yet a stable, predictable state".
He needs his domestic life to return to a contented, predictable state, so that he can function properly.
The Brezhnev leadership set out to improve relations with the outside world and to demonstrate that the Soviet Union was a sober, predictable state.
They are designed to detect departures from stable, predictable processes and are therefore appropriate when information about the mean value and variability of the relevant time-series data is available, from when the process is or has been in a stable, predictable state.
As Alzheimer's experts and advocates agree, this is simply embarrassing, and it has led to an entirely predictable state of affairs.
Mr. Putin, 55, managed to stay atop these often warring government clans, and to mediate their disputes and secure enough of their loyalty to create the impression of a stable, if not fully predictable, state.
We assumed this detected point corresponded to the time when the head positions started to be deviated from a predictable resting state, which gave the time TR, when initial detectable changes in flagellar beats occurred.
He said "adequate and predictable" state financing would allow colleges and universities themselves to hold tuition increases to "modest levels".
The sanction has never been enforced, partly because of concerns that it could escalate hostilities with North Korea, the poorest and least predictable state in Northeast Asia.
Along with the predictable state animals and colors, consider Texas's vehicle (the chuck wagon), Pennsylvania's official toy (the Slinky), New Mexico's state question ("Red or green?," an allusion to chile peppers) and Maryland's oddly ordinary state exercise (walking).
