Yet, following Kant, he strongly repudiates the positivist/empiricist view that basic statements (i.e., present-tense observation statements about sense-data) are infallible, and argues convincingly that such basic statements are not mere 'reports' of passively registered sensations.
Thus, although quantifying actual membrane tension in our experiments is difficult, the observations of tense membranes and subsequent poration indicate that the osmotic perturbation is sufficient for most GUVs to surpass their maximum volume limit, developing appreciable membrane tension and pressure differences.
A tense moment is interrupted with the observation: "He scratched his tattoo.
An interesting observation stemming from the interview data pertains to the somewhat tense interactions that academics who contributed to the process had with government policymakers.
There are tense episodes, some dangerous, some absurd, as well as many ironic observations on the jargon of professionals and the language that conceals feelings.
The illustration shows that overall labour-market conditions were relatively tense during the mid-2000 s and eased only in the last years of the observation period.
Gould's very voice — with its crackling sound, sharply etched diction, and trenchant observations — is musical and, once heard, isindissociable from the excited, tense profundity of his piano performances.
As the narrative moves between past and present between past tense and present tense and between recollected events and dramatised scenes the spreading bleakness is lightened by enjoyable observations of Edinburgh and a background cast of students, university bureaucrats and overly cheerful television presenters.
Responses to surgical wound palpation were seen in 83.3 % of Group 1 observations (56.9 % with slight discomfort and relaxed abdominal wall and 26.4 % with moderate discomfort, tense abdominal wall, or immediate response with an attempt to evade painful stimulus).
Write in the first person, past tense (or present if the action really justifies it), and make your story a personal account, interwoven with facts, description and observation.
