The importance of the generator lies in the fact that it fully characterises a Markov process and that convergence of Markov processes is strongly connected to the convergence of their generators; see [15].
People assume that by its mere presence, it characterises change.
The charge that the budget is unfair has come from many quarters, including Hewson, who argued on Wednesday that it was characterised by "obvious inequity".
Analysis of an allele occurring at a three-fold higher frequency in the "resistant" population revealed that it was characterised by a serine to arginine substitution at residue 1144.
"It can in fact often bear more resemblance to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in that it is characterised by a fixation on righteous eating, eating only 'pure' foods and trying to avoid contamination by food".
With respect to the HER4 receptor, the current evidence suggests that it is characterised by antiproliferative activity (Naresh et al, 2006).
3 Recent epidemiological data on adolescent sleep shows that it is characterised, on average, by late bedtime, long sleep onset latency (SOL) and short sleep duration of approximately 6.5 h on weekdays, contributing to daily sleep deficiency of about 2 h. 4 The high rate of media use in adolescence may be one factor that is related to the short sleep duration and late bedtimes.
Over the years, much of the kitsch that characterised it when new seems to have been quietly abandoned, although traces remain: the landscape, covered with what looks like pink bubble bath, that replaces the backdrop of Nagasaki when Butterfly makes her first appearance; and the tacky flapping gestures she makes as she dies.
The pop idols of the day were crooners like Dickie Valentine, Lita Rosa and Dennis Lotis, but, with a fleetness of foot that still characterises it, the NME recognised the emergence of rock 'n' rollers like Elvis Presley - who was denounced in the Melody Maker - and British aspirants such as Tommy Steele and Billy Fury.
If it characterises an age, then that age is characterised by solipsism and greed.
