Finally, math is used to predict problem solving times and the strategy. ... Events can be predicted by math and human behavior is just a combination of events, therefore human behavior can be predicted by math. ... Math can predict what movies will be box office hits. ... When looking at the predicted revenue for a movie it cannot harm anyone. ... The last example of where math has predicted human behavior is when a research project predicted people's problem solving skills and was able to duplicate it. ...

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Symbolic Dreams and Predicting the Future People have been studying dreams for many centuries. ... As each day goes on, they learn more about the way dreams help to predict the future. ... There are also two types of dreams that help predict the future. ... The second type of dream that helps predict the future are psychic dreams. ... "Why do dream sometimes seem to predict the future". 9 Oct. 2001. 2001. ...

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In the introduction of this article the author states some very interesting points. He explains it is common sense that alcohol and drug abuse lead to marital problems. In early studies of divorce, the husband's alcohol use tended to give a reason for the breakup of the marriage. It was found that d...

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Trying to predict worthy investments is very tough considering there is always risk in the stock market. I don't believe that people can predict the market. ... These events influence the market a lot and people can't exactly predict when these events will occur. ... However, trying to predict the returns can be very challenging for the future. ... Although we have the past to study and analyze, predicting the markets for the future is very challenging. ...

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The purpose of the study described in this article was to separate the effects of prior childhood sexual or physical abuse from the effects of prior adult sexual or physical abuse as determining or predicting factors in the development of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. ... Three subscales created to determine the presence of factors that would predict the development of PTSD after a recent assault were used to collect data from the subjects. ... Even though childhood sexual abuse predicted adult victimization, this study found that it did not directly predict whether or not a curre...

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He predicted many things back then, and surprisingly many of them came true, according to him. ... However, was this something a 12 year old could have predicted? ... Perhaps many could have predicted one or two of his predictions correctly, but to have predicted all of them correctly, is something of an achievement, and you really have to take your hat off to him. ... He predicts that by year 2009, we will be carrying at least dozen computers in our body. ... However, people around 1998 would have predicted this along with Kurzweil, which just proves that Kurzweil didn't predict anyt...

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Brave New World is an apocalyptic novel, which attempts to predict and define the future. Although it predicts somewhat of an unrealistic world, in some ways it correctly portrays the modern society. Though the beliefs of the predicted society it parallels that of modern life. ... Just as Huxley predicted structured class systems, such as Alpha, Beta and Gamma, today's world has a tendency of separating people into their own classifications. ... This predicted society shows the tragic flaws of our own society. ...

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Theories predicting the relationship between attitude and behaviour date back to early 19th century. ... Wicker also went on to say that attitude only predicted 9% of our behaviour. ... Ajzen and Fishbein refine the attitude-behaviour link by saying that attitudes may indeed predict behaviour. ... Attitude and norms don't predict behaviour; they predict behaviour intention that then predicts behaviour. ... Ben and Allen (1974) suggested that personality can have an influence on whether or not attitudes predict behaviour. ...

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I ultimately finds that positions on the Iraq war to be the most powerful predictor of voter preference with religion and other issues playing a strong role. Literature Review Before going in depth on the various predictors that influenced a person's decision to vote for either John Kerry or George W Bush in the 2004 election for the office of President of the United States, it is important to provide some context for the election. ...

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The TSDM framework focuses on predicting events, which are important occurrences. This allows the TSDM methods to predict nonstationary, nonperiodic, irregular time series, including chaotic deterministic time series. ... Kaboudan's method is similar to the ARIMA methods mentioned above in that it characterizes and predicts all time series observations. ... Nabeel Demerdash to pursue funding for characterizing and predicting incipient motor faults. ... This work will build on our already developed methods for predicting time series. ...

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Since investors should always predict value and growth of the market, which is the same as analyzing decision situations that involve uncertainty, the Lens Model is an exact right tool for this job. ... By measuring exactly how large and significant each cue has historically been in its relation to the outcome, the future value of the outcome can be predicted. Essentially, Lens model attempts to measure the degree of correlation between the cues and outcome, thereby establishing the latter's predictive value. ... It would demonstrate a direct relationship between baby food sales and hou...

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Positive economics is able to explain what happened in the past, explain what is happening today and predict what will happy in the future. ... From this study of causes and effects (positive economics) by gathering data or performing controlled experiments, we can predict with confidence that Ceteris Paribus, A quota imposed on petrol will cause the price of petrol to increase. On the other hand, there are a number of economic models that are claimed to be good predictors but are not based on realistic assumptions i.e. based on normative economics. ... If we know how firms behave at either e...

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They predict Macbeth, that he is going to obtain the title of Thane of Cawdor and after that the throne of the King of Scotland (Macbeth Act I sc iii 49). ... They also predict that Banqou is going to be "lesser than Macbeth, and greater" (sc iii 65). ... In Banquo's case the witches seem to be able to affect the future as well as predict it, because unlike Macbeth, Banquo does not act on the witches' prediction that he will father kings. So it's hard to determine whether the witches are agents of fate or a motivating force, whether they affect the future or predict ...

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Roleff, editor Global Warming; Appososing Viewpoints, explains that different computer models have bee used to predict future climate. ... Satellites and weather balloons are used to predict the weather and measure temperature. ... Further more the warming trend since 1976 has been just opposite to what the models had predicted. ... The scientific methods used cannot predict weather for a very long period. Scientists don't yet and may never - have enough information and understanding to predict global warming and its effects....

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Our motivation in examining API is to better understand the factors that best predict this score, and separate out any predictive variables that are strongly correlated to the outcome. ... Through the creation of these models, we can better predict which schools will benefit from assistance (through refocused funding and resources), and help the State reach its goals of academic performance and progress. ... Our motivation in examining API was to better understand the factors that best predict this score, and separate out any predictive variables that are strongly correlated to the outc...

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IR- The wavenumber for each alcohol bond such as methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and n-propanol are predicted. The rank order is then predicted for the alcohol stretch. The wavenumber for each carbonyl bond such as ethyl acetate, dimethyl ketone and dimethylformamide are predicted. The rank order is then predicted for the carbonyl stretch. ...

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Are poor sleep patterns predictive of mental illness in students? ... Do poor sleep patterns predict depression or other negative outcomes such as suicide? ... Does a student's poor sleep patterns predict depression and suicidal ideation? ... Does a student's poor sleep patterns alone predict depression and suicidal ideation? ... The results supported a predictive role for disturbing dreams and nightmares but not for insomnia. ...

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Introduction: In the near future, it is predicted that the world will not be able to handle an ever increasing world population. ... Future: According to figure 1, the predicted projections have 3 variants. ... It is predicted that in the future, 66.7% of the world's population will live in major cities and towns. ...

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If in "Macbeth," the supernatural is used by Shakespeare to predict, to warn and to torture the conscience of the guilty, he uses it in "Hamlet" as an ally that seeks revenge. ... If in "Macbeth," the supernatural is used by Shakespeare to predict, to warn and to torture the conscience of the guilty, he uses it in "Hamlet" as an ally that seeks revenge. ... If in "Macbeth," the supernatural is used by Shakespeare to predict, to warn and to torture the conscience of the guilty, he uses it in "Hamlet" as an ally that seeks revenge. ... If in "Macbeth," the supernatural is used by Shakespeare to ...

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The 520 believers' and 330 non-believers', defined by a single questionnaire item were asked to predict the outcomes of 50 coin tosses. ... The aim of the present study, then, is to examine whether believers differ from non-believers in a pre-cognition task (predicting the outcome of a coin toss). ... Extrasensory Perception was defined as the ability to perceive or predict events independently of the known five senses. The variable, precognition accuracy, was measured as the percentage of correctly predicted coin toss outcomes. ... Although there was a slight effect in the...

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We then allowed the gametophytes to fertilize, and predicted a 3:1 ratio in the sporophyte generation. ... We predicted a 1:1 ratio because the parents of the gametophytes were homozygous and heterozygous to the recessive polka-dot (cp) trait. ... This means that that the parent cell produced identical daughter cells, so it was easy to predict the phenotype of the offspring. The sporophyte F2 generation produced a ratio of polka-dotted to solid that was significantly different than we predicted. We predicted a 3:1 ratio, but the actual ratio was roughly 2:1. ...

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Even with today's modern technology, it can be very hard to predict the severity and frequency of natural disasters. ... Even the Bible predicted the weather; Mathew 16:2, "when in the evening you say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' ... These days Meteorologists use modern technology to predict the weather. ... It was also common to observe animals and the growing cycles of plants to predict changes in the weather. ... Scientists have tried and failed over the years, using various different methods, to predict earthquakes. ...

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The statistics and trends are used to predict the performance of securities so that investors know when the best time is to invest. Many technical indicators have been developed to predict performance, but the major flaw with technical analysis is that all of the indicators are only good to the people that know how to use them. ... I feel more comfortable using the financial statements to predict how well a company is going to perform, maybe with a little bit of technical analysis involved, but I would primarily use fundamental analysis. ...

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At this point I will compare these results to my predicted ones (prediction). ... Prediction I predict that the longer the wire the higher the resistance will be, as the electrons will have further to travel. ... By using my background knowledge on this subject, I can predict what the resistances will be, by using the equation in my background knowledge. ... Lastly I predict that the voltage will only start to read up to 5v when we reach the longer lengths of wire, this being due to the wires length. I also predict that the graph will have 3 lines looking something like this; ...

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According to the National Center for Education Statistics, "The SAT is not designed as an indicator of student achievement, but rather as an aid for predicting how well students will do in college. ... Besides, we cannot predict the performance of a student in college only by the score of college entrance exam since test scores cannot accurately reflect one's abilities. Actually, those tests cannot predict students' performance in colleges, but to some extend they are a measure of how well one prepare for that particular test. ... Thus, we cannot use the same criteria to predict perf...

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