Science, technology and innovation (STI) policy is borne by a set of historically contingent concepts, models, and metaphors.
In a contingent referral concept, the UNSC would refer Syria for investigation of mass atrocities only if the parties do not reach a peace deal and political settlement within a set period of time, or violate the agreement thereafter.
Geographers and public health researchers recognize that healthcare accessibility is a multi-dimensional concept contingent upon the interplay of a variety of spatial and non-spatial factors, including geographic distance, cost, availability, and quality of services.
Indeed, the idea of the contingent nature of concepts like classical and contemporary drives the museum's postexpansion approach to its holdings, which in turn reflects the thinking of its executive director, Dan L. Monroe.
Rather than using utility theory concepts to decrease the value of uncertain cash flows, the risks associated with project cash flows are discretely quantified using insurance and contingent claim valuation concepts.
He was guided by considerations about future contingents and the concept of possibility.
Phonetic sounds are inherently empty vessels, their value contingent upon the concepts behind them.
In examining the reasons behind losses and achievements, the British, and the Colonial contingents, reintroduced the concept of the infantry platoon, following in the footsteps of the French and German armies who were already groping their way towards the use of small tactical units.
In our paper, we use the ideal minimal elements of a set and the concept of contingent cone to define the contingent epiderivative and analyze its domain, existence, uniqueness and other properties.
