Language could be nothing more than a higher-order instrument of thought: a physical representation of ideas, having no meaning except in relation to them.
(It is painful to consider, but there were also third-order instruments, known as C.D.O.'s squared, which bought bonds issued by other C.D.O.'s).
Ordering instruments by geography is also not totally reliable, as it cannot always be determined when and how cultures contacted one another and shared knowledge.
We assessed participants using mailed questionnaires, randomly ordering instruments within questionnaires to eliminate order effects.
The proportion of out-of-order instruments was 50% in government eye units, 47% in NGO and 3% in for-profit facilities.
However, to proper measure the time to generate the test suites, we should have access to the source code of the tools in order to instrument them and get more precise and accurate measures.
This is consistent with previous investigations that have revealed the order of instrument administration to be inconsequential[ 35- 38, 68].
This study emphasises the need for regular maintenance or recalibration of instruments in order to reduce instrument error and to obtain more accurate estimates in populations-based surveys.
In 1776 Captain Cook ordered an instrument from Boulton, most likely for use in navigation.
Analytical solutions for first and second-order focusing instruments are presented.
Within this general ordering, specific instruments or combinations are used to accompany some of the main characters Orpheus by harp and organ, shepherds by harpsichord and chitarrone, the Underworld gods by trombones and regal.
