Theories of goal regulation suggest that engaging in new goals can reduce the distress associated with giving up on highly valued, unattainable goals and offset the negative consequences of continuing to persist in an unattainable goal [ 17].
The "true value" is an unattainable ideal, but it may be defined operationally based on appropriate reference materials (see below).
The hatched region demarks aS0 values that are unattainable, except transiently, because rapid precipitation of inorganic colloids occurs.
Although achieving a value of θ C = 1 is unattainable in reality because some domestication selection is inevitable, we include it as a point of comparison and to provide the complete range; where on this continuum, a given cultured population might sit will depend on a complex combination of broodstock origin, time in captivity, and strength of domestication selection.
While currently this may appear to be unattainable in many settings, it is important to acknowledge the value of incremental progress in areas of technology, demand creation, and consumer support that is advancing us toward this goal.
Gay male culture in the U.S. places the highest social value on a definition of masculinity that is both unattainable and fictional.
From the fields and orchards of California to the population centres of the east coast, farmers and others on the food distribution chain say high-value and nutritious food is being sacrificed to retailers' demand for unattainable perfection.
The perfect seasonal tale, with its Dickensian morality or heartwarming Hollywood values is, for the vast majority of the human race, an unattainable myth.
Work hard, value learning, remember that the journey is worthwhile even if the destination seems unattainable, and keep things in proportion.
As will be the focus of this short review, such 'hybrid' strategies are now facilitating the generation of new and useful value-added bioproducts from renewable sources, the likes of which have previously been unattainable via biological routes alone.
