For a child, parties follow a predictable sequence of events: They are invited, attend, consume too much junk food, possibly vomit, return home, collapse.
In 2010, Duffy et al. showed that subjects diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) followed a predictable sequence of prodromal symptoms (Duffy et al. 2010).
A predictable sequence of progression of lesions facilitates a staging strategy that can be followed when assessing neurodegenerative lesions (3, 5, 17).
Because MODS implies a systemic inflammatory reaction leading to microcirculatory dysfunction, our hypothesis was that organ failures follow a predictable sequence of appearance.
Although this model appears valid for patients with HCV, some with HBV do not experience such a predictable sequence of events prior to developing liver cancer [ 24- 26].
Dust-covered flies follow a predictable sequence of cleaning tasks: beginning by using their front legs to clean their eyes, they then clean their antennae and head.
If, however, pathological processes evolve in an anatomically restricted manner, then convergence of clinical syndromes should occur in a predictable sequence over time.
Furthermore, patient-based outcomes reveal a predictable gain in oral health-related quality of life [2].
Ossification centres of the first and second cervical vertebrae follow a predictable sequence and timing of appearance and fusion [9, 10] (Figs. 1c,d and 2).
This situation imposes a partially predictable sequence of change in the physical environment and species composition of communities.
This situation imposes a partially predictable sequence of change in the species composition of communities during succession.
