Wright defines progress using the Victorian terms "the assumption that a pattern of change exists in the history of mankind...that it consists of irreversible changes in one direction only, and that this direction is towards improvement".
In mathematical terms, the assumption here is that X directly causes Y. Mediators, on the other hand, transform inputs into unpredictable outputs.
For all models, except those with interaction terms, the assumption of standard multiple linear regression is that effects are homogeneous across strata of other variables.
The structural design paradigm used here is well-known to embody a number of limitations, including the imprecision of the energy function (especially for protein surfaces and interfaces, Jaramillo et al., 2002) and its decomposition into pairwise terms, the assumption of a fixed backbone Kuhlman et al., 2003, and the discretization of side chain conformation.
Reagan argued for a second term on the assumption that the answer to his famous question from 1980 — "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" — would be favorable the second time around.
Such a term suggests the assumption that this type of psychosis can be induced in individuals otherwise not susceptible to, e.g. schizophrenia or other primary psychotic disorders.
In this term, the basic assumption is that the end goal is visible from a single viewpoint or at least at the starting point, and the visual input alone can direct the movement of the pedestrian.
Ostensibly a commentary, verse by verse, on the canonical prophet Habakkuk, it is in reality a history of happenings that were recent at the time it was written but that are chronicled here in terms of the assumption that Habakkuk was prophesying them.
For the mid- or long-term future, the assumption of constant structures becomes a pitfall that can create illusions.
At the same time, it is important to approach the digital arts on their own terms under the assumption that the digital is an artistically significant category.
