Out of the apparent chaos, a pattern emerges.
However, when absolute recharge rate changes are considered, more sensitivity is apparent and a pattern emerges (Supplementary Figs. 6 and 7) that indicates the strong inverse relationship between the spatial and temporal sensitivity of groundwater systems to changes in recharge that we observe (Fig. 3b).
In these animals, areas of confluent necrosis were apparent in a pattern typical of APAP overdosage [37] that was accompanied by pronounced sinusoidal congestion and significant hepatocyte ballooning injury (arrowed in Fig. 4D&F (Nox4-/)).
We thus hypothesized that the Symbiodinium communities hosted by Leptoseris spp. in the mesophotic zone might be highly specialized to this environment and that this would be apparent as a pattern in the distribution of Symbiodinium types hosted by Leptoseris spp. over a depth gradient.
A random variable of this form can be viewed (as usual) as a combination of signal and noise, and the signal (if one is apparent) could be a pattern of fast or slow mean reversion, or sinusoidal oscillation, or rapid alternation in sign, and it could also have a seasonal component.
Although the number of institutional investors expressing concern about FCA is small, their apparent nervousness mimics a pattern that developed last summer, when lack of confidence in FCA management prompted depositors--mostly those with millions of dollars on deposit--to withdraw $6.84 billion from July through September, or about 27% of the savings and loan's deposit base.
In fact, some thinkers argue that this turn of mind, which evolved as a survival mechanism, ended up predisposing humans to believe in a deity, because when we can't find a natural cause for an apparent pattern or event, we posit a supernatural one.
Greenwald contrasted the paper's take with that of Politico, which began an article on the WikiLeaks documents by saying: "Newly released Iraq war documents paint a devastating portrait of apparent US indifference to a pattern of murder and torture by the Iraqi army, raising new questions about the Obama administration's plans to transfer the nation's security operations to Iraqi units".
Another way to guard against spurious price patterns is to find a plausible explanation for why an apparent pattern should exist in the first place.
The investigation was announced after the NAACP yesterday released a letter it sent last month to Attorney General Janet Reno that cited an apparent pattern linking the fires and asked Reno to launch a probe into potential civil rights violations stemming from them.
