To build their set, they applied a branch of mathematics known as ergodic theory (loosely speaking, a theory of mixing or averaging) to mathematical objects called pseudorandom numbers.
In order to investigate whether directional (positive) selection might have affected the tree reconstruction, a ML analysis applying a branch-site model of evolution as implemented in PAML was performed.
But Henri Loyrette, the president and director of the Louvre, said he expected to break free of ennui and reap fresh ideas from the "Louvre Atlanta" collaboration that he could apply to a branch of the Louvre being built in northern France.
Finally, because all of these models assume a homogeneous omega ratio across codons, we also applied a branch-site test of positive selection on the anthropoid clade [ 49, 50].
Besides the persistence of the progressionist language ('lower' vs. 'higher') discussed below, based on data extracted by the recent literature, let us briefly consider the widespread use of 'basal', as applied (illegitimately) to a branch of the tree of life, or to a terminal taxon, rather than (legitimately, in a comparative context) to a node.
Painting was his primary interest, and he considered going to art school, but he changed his mind and applied to Western Culinary Institute, a branch of the Cordon Bleu, in Portland, Oregon.
In the case of Mr. Hanjour, the school where he applied to study English, a branch of ELS Language Centers in California, had no way of knowing he had obtained his student visa, entered the country and gone AWOL.
Classical mechanics is sometimes considered a branch of applied mathematics.
But it was he, more than anybody else, who helped to turn economics into a branch of applied mathematics.
As a branch of applied ethics, bioethics is distinct from both metaethics, the study of basic moral concepts such as ought and good, and normative ethics, the discipline that seeks to establish criteria for determining what kinds of action are morally right or wrong.
