Sentence examples for driven and passive from inspiring English sources

McShea (1994) defined two kinds of trend dynamics: driven and passive.

The third is that large-scale trends may often consist of both driven and passive components, in some cases depending on the taxonomic and/or historical scale at which they are being observed (Fig. 7; McShea 1994, 2001; Trammer and Kaim 1999; Carroll 2001; Wang 2001; Hone and Benton 2005).

Both driven and passive dynamics may result in a distribution that is skewed in one direction, meaning that most species will exhibit values for a given trait at one end of the distribution with a decreasing number of species located along an extended tail at the other end of the distribution (Fig. 9).

Inertial drives and passive tuned-mass dampers utilize a suspended mass to reduce the vibration experienced by a host structure.

Both constraints and higher-level processes may be responsible for generating trends, which may be passive as well as driven and may be influenced by a number of factors.

Such comparisons provide a detailed view of the directionality of each change that took place and can deliver a convincing determination of whether trends have been driven or passive and whether this has changed at different times or at different scales.

In this sense, terrorist attacks would be linked to the idea of war of movement, while acting in Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) would be driven by passive revolution and war of position.

There are numerous processes capable of causing either driven or passive trends, which by and large are not mutually exclusive and may interact in interesting ways (Alroy 2000; Gould 2002).

In accordance with BioSemi's design specifications, the Common Mode Sense active electrode and Driven Right Leg passive electrode served as the reference during data acquisition.

The role of ABC transporters in the zebrafish developmental processes and in dealing with chemical exposure is, however, as yet unknown, and uptake and distribution of chemicals are generally assumed to be driven by passive diffusion.

As passive safety features for nuclear power plants receive increasing attention, various studies have been conducted to develop safety systems for third-generation (GEN-III) nuclear power plants that are driven by passive systems, such as natural circulation, gravity, and resistance to high temperatures.