For Divers, "A possible worlds semantics is a semantic theory which has two components: (i) an interpretation which translates some range of ordinary modal sentences into a medium involving quantification over worlds, and (ii) a theory of validity (typically model-theoretic) that determines formally whether or not arguments formulated in the interpreting medium are valid".
We must therefore await long-term follow-up of newly diagnosed infants and children with Dravet syndrome, who are appropriately treated, to determine formally whether effective control of seizures and interictal discharges prevents encephalopathy and other co-morbidities (Scheffer et al., 2009)—not only cognitive decline, but also the additional features that we and others have reported.
Effect-based tools are particularly suitable as part of investigative monitoring programmes, for which the regulatory requirements are determined less formally.
Next, model elements which are directly or indirectly impacted by the changes (i.e., may undergo changes) are determined using formally defined impact analysis rules (defined with the Object Constraint Language).
"The manner in which Governor Schwarzenegger will participate in 'The Expendables' has not yet been formally determined," she said.
John I of Castile formally determined the first council's structure in 1386, adding four members, usually lawyers, to the former eight-member group.
The video's authenticity has not been formally determined by American officials, but retired American military officers and intelligence analysts said that it appeared to be authentic.
I do not feel the sublime when I look at a city, however impressive it might be in proportion and shadow, for the reason that a city is designed, in its substance it has been formally determined, and it has been named already by the fact of its creation.
As formally determined as his project may be, with its clever variations in perspective and perception, it is ultimately a naturalistic gesture, intended to liberate the hidden portions, the shadings and the undertones, of individuals who would be reduced to stereotypes in a more conventional representation.
On the other hand, the problem is formally determined in two dimensions and therefore more difficult.
