Sentence examples for patterns of contact from inspiring English sources

Undoubtedly, the patterns of contact with other languages have helped to obscure the genetic affiliations of the Manchu-Tungus languages.

Using a spatially explicit individual-based model, we investigated how empirical movement rules translate into spatial patterns of contact rates among disease hosts in complex landscapes.

We show that complex patterns of contact rates can emerge from simple empirical movement rules and, therefore, can be key drivers of disease spread dynamics.

Model 2 illustrates, by using a patchwise heterogeneous model, that all three patterns of contact angle-drop size relation can be produced with different degrees of surface heterogeneity.

Herbivores tend to have specialized cheek teeth with complex patterns of contact (occlusion) and various ways of expanding the crowns of the teeth and circumventing the problem of wear.

Somewhat later the local cultures of central and northwestern Iran were apparently influenced by developments in northern Mesopotamia and Assyria, along patterns of contact that had been well established in earlier periods.

For understanding the spread of infectious diseases it is crucial to have knowledge of the patterns of contacts in a population during which the infection can be transmitted.

The influence of network topology on epidemic spread is not mono-directional, because, as the epidemic unfolds and individuals become infected or recover from infection, the patterns of contacts from infected to susceptible individuals will be modified (Kamp 2010 a, b ; House 2012).

To identify frequency and pattern of contact sensitization among patients with periorbital dermatitis.

Overall, the RFLP pattern of contact cases matched the pattern of index cases in 46 of 61 pairs (75%; Table 1).

Intensity and pattern of contact with humans vary by group; only 3 groups enter into areas visited regularly by tourists.