Indeed, speaking of phrases I've never heard here before, another goes like this: "Is the 'Beijing Consensus' replacing the 'Washington Consensus?' " Washington Consensus is a term coined after the cold war for the free-market, pro-trade and globalization policies promoted by America.
A few years ago, the inexorable rise of China led to talk of a new Beijing consensus, replacing the Washington consensus that epitomized the confident domination of the United States.
When faced with the prospect of a "Beijing consensus" replacing the Washington consensus, the US and the EU may set aside their existing disagreements.
We initially tested the role of the single W-box cis-element, by replacing the consensus sequence TTGAC, with the non-functional TTGAA motif [ 27].
The profile-based searches against partial consensus sequences (only most informative positions replaced by consensus) were somewhat less efficient, especially when more false hits were allowed (Fig 2; MET-partial).
Finally, gaps between the de novo contigs were replaced with consensus sequences of raw reads mapped to the reference genomes.
If we consider that the root of the eukaryotic tree is presently unknown and we replace the consensus phylogeny by a polytomy, we are forced to infer a maximal set of enzymes back to the LECA in order to minimize convergent protein gains.
Second, we are entering an era of competitive sovereignty, replacing two decades of consensus around the universal benefits of globalization — however uneven and unequal its path.
But Benedict has been more prompt about replacing bishops, and the consensus among Catholic experts is that the next major event in Cardinal Egan's ecclesiastic life will be the acceptance of his resignation and the anointing of his successor.
In the fairest reading of this mission statement, it's a sign that congressional Republicans are beginning a formal process to arrive at a consensus about replacing Obamacare -- a process made all the more vital because the party has no control over its leading presidential contender, Donald Trump, and would like to start defining the issues before he has a chance to lock up the nomination.
We agree and would point out there is an inherent danger in consensus opinion replacing clinical evidence.
