Well, sure, as an explanatory device, and as change, but no evidence of time as a material state or location has ever appeared ("Physics' Big Puzzle Has Big Question: What Is Time," June 19).
They aim to explain and provide evidence for a general theory, punctuated equilibrium, adducing examples for proof rather than taking them as a primary explanatory device.
We discuss the relevance of this view of the lexicon, as an explanatory device accounting for language creativity, as well as a mechanism underlying the implementation of open-ended natural language processing systems.
A number of studies have been conducted by Chinese scholars to consider how the introduction of 'face' may modify the issues identified by the western social theory and how the theory itself may use it as an explanatory device (Zuo 1997; Zhai 2006).
In his dissertation, Mincer developed what then became known as the "schooling model", which attempted to use human capital (education and training) as a major explanatory device for empirical findings such as a higher remuneration for occupations requiring more training and a more pronounced lifetime income pattern as a result of training on the job.
Regarding technology transfer a study on the adoption of medical devices identified three explanatory variables: subjective expected value of the device, information and learning, and the innovativeness of the adopting unit [ 7].
As discussed above, normative contractarianism uses the contract device primarily as justification, but it may be that Hobbes and Locke thought that there was an explanatory element to the contract device.
The four buttons around the outside of the device are pretty self explanatory — there's an answer button, an end call button that doubles as a power button when held down, and two volume buttons.
For audio devices match the colors and USB is pretty much self explanatory.
To this end, the explanatory feedback principle was therefore replaced with perceptual feedback provided by the haptic device.
