Sentence examples for categories discontinuous from inspiring English sources

"They chose a model in which all psychiatric illnesses were represented as categories discontinuous with 'normal.' But this is totally wrong in a way they couldn't have imagined.

The landscapes currently studied in ecology are either "discontinuous" (category-based or patch-based), as in the case of mosaics of agricultural units, or of more "continuous" type (raster lattices), as used for representing elevation or other ecological gradients.

The primary aim is to determine whether the different scraper types identified in the assemblage represent discrete and discontinuous implement categories made according to fixed designs, or rather, points or stages along one or more reduction continuums.

Opinion types are defined as prototypical exemplars rather than as discrete categories; Q-methodology assumes neither discontinuous data nor clear cut-off points between categories.

A fifth USV category, punctuated calls, was characterized by discontinuous jumps in frequency that were ≥7.5 kHz.

The Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance (ANOVA) procedure (H) was used to test for significant relationships where the predictor variable was discontinuous and had more than two categories (e.g. "director", 'scientist", "technician").

The discontinuous templates are clustered into one category if they have the same number of domains with same domain segments number and similar boundaries, where 'similar boundary' means that the difference in boundary positions is within ±5 residues after structure alignment of the two templates.

The aEEG background patterns were classified into the following categories by using the voltage method: continuous normal voltage (CNV), discontinuous normal voltage, low voltage, flat trace, BS, and SE.

The ovicidal response of the rice leaf sheaths at WBPH oviposition sites leads to necrotic discoloration, and the intensity of necrotic symptoms was visually rated from 0 to 3 based on the following categories: 0, no visible necrotic symptoms; 1, brownish oviposition damage, but no WLs; 2, discontinuous WLs; 3, conspicuous, vertically elongated WLs.

These included variables known to influence dioxin emission: capacity (four categories: < 1 ton/h, 1 3 ton/h, 3 6 ton/h, > 6 ton/h), type of functioning (continuous, discontinuous), dust control (present, absent), fume treatment (present, absent), and year operations began.

The intensity of reactivity was scored using four categories: negative, no discernible staining or background type staining; 1+, definite cytoplasmic staining and/or equivocal discontinuous membrane staining; 2+, unequivocal membrane staining with moderate intensity; and 3+, strong and complete plasma membrane staining.