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The act of presenting, or something presented

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A dramatic performance

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An award given to someone on a special occasion

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Money given as a wedding gift.

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A lecture or speech given in front of an audience

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The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."

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The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth

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Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent

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The specification of a group by generators and relators.

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The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.

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The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response

His political and economical pamphlets are almost unmatched as clear presentations of the views of their writer.

It is vain, therefore, to look for clearly defined and systematic presentations of the idea among ancient writers.

But, generally speaking, there was no heart in preaching, sermons were unimpassioned, stilted and formal presentations of ethics and apologetics, seldom delivered extempore.

No less rapid has been the change in America during the same period, nor less numerous the scholars well equipped to pursue the detailed investigation involved in critical study or those who have shown ability in popular presentations of the critical standpoint.'

For a given degree of opposition this burden will be shared between the conflicting presentations in the inverse ratio of their strength.

We also have access to a smaller conference hall for exhibitor presentations, which is an unexpected bonus.

Yet it is The Colony Room that has become a leitmotif in presentations of the ` School of London ' .

We find in him other corrections or new presentations of views previously accepted, and some useful suggestions for the improvement of nomenclature.

That in knowing objects certain thoughts are implied which are not presentations or their copies is at times dimly seen by Berkeley himself; but he was content to propound a question with regard to those notions, and to look upon them as merely Locke's ideas of relation.

We regard as successive presentations of one thing the resembling feelings which are experienced in succession.

It thus presents to all vacancies caused by simoniacal presentations, or by the incumbent having been presented to a bishopric or in benefices belonging to a bishopric when the see is vacant by the bishop's death, translation or deprivation.

Honours fell thick upon him in the form of addresses from the city of London and many large towns, and of presentations of freedom from various corporate bodies.

It is argued that there must be in the mind an enduring, primary faculty whereby we retain, compare and group the presentations of sense.

It contains within itself this modifying critical faculty which reacts upon and arranges the sense-given presentations.

Presbyteries in various parts of the country were still disposed to disregard the presentations of lay patrons, and to settle the men desired by the people; but legal decisions had shown that if they acted in this way their nominee, while legally minister of the parish, could not claim the stipend.

By the new policy inaugurated by Dr William Robertson (1721-1793), which led to the second secession, the assembly compelled presbyteries to give effect to presentations, and in a long series of disputed settlements the " call," though still held essential to a settlement, was less and less regarded, until it was declared that it was not necessary, and that the church courts were bound to induct any qualified presentee.

The presbyteries ceased to disregard presentations, and lay patronage came to be regarded as part of the order of things.

He holds that nothing exists except presentations, which are not merely sensational, and have an objective aspect no less than a subjective.

Another provision, which in spite of all opposition obtained a permanent place in English law, declared that all suits even between clerk and clerk concerning advowsons and presentations should be tried in the king's court.

Herbart apperception is that process by which an aggregate or "mass" of presentations becomes systematized (apperceptionssystem) by the accretion of new elements, either sense-given or product of the inner workings of the mind.

Practically it became the rule to regard suits regarding land, or presentations to beneflees, as pertaining to the kings court, while those regarding probate, marriage and divorce fell to the ecclesiastical tribunal.

And even when the presentations before the mind are so clear that assent to their truth cannot be refused, the possibility of assenting still rests with the will, which can refuse to attend to any presentation, or can refuse assent with the sole motive of proving its freedom.

In his Psychology Herbart rejects altogether the doctrine of mental faculties as one refuted by his metaphysics, and tries to show that all psychical phenomena whatever result from the action and interaction of elementary ideas or presentations (Vorstellungen).

The soul being one and simple, its separate acts of self-preservation or primary presentations must be simple too, and its several presentations must become united together.

But otherwise there ensues a conflict in which the opposed presentations comport themselves like forces and mutually suppress or obscure each other.

We have thus a statics and a mechanics of mind which investigate respectively the conditions of equilibrium and of movement among presentations.

The first must obviously be as small as possible; thus for two totally-opposed presentations a and b, of which a is the greater, the inhibendum = b.

Such total exclusion from consciousness is, however, manifestly impossible with only two presentations,' though with three or a greater number the residual value of one may even be negative.

The first and simplest law in psychological mechanics relates to the "sinking" of inhibited presentations.

As the presentations yield to the pressure, the pressure itself diminishes, so that the velocity of sinking decreases, i.e.

More important is the law according to which a presentation freed from inhibition and rising anew into consciousness tends to raise the other presentations with which it is combined.

Emotions and volitions, he holds, are not directly self-preservations of the soul, as our presentations are, but variable states of such presentations resulting from their interaction when above the threshold of consciousness.

Thus when some presentations tend to force a presentation into consciousness, and others at the same time tend to drive it out, that presentation is the seat of painful feeling; when, on the other hand, its entrance is favoured by all, pleasure results.

Desires are presentations struggling into consciousness against hindrances, and when accompanied by the supposition of success become volitions.

Self-consciousness is the result of an interaction essentially the same in kind as that which takes place when a comparatively simple presentation finds the field of consciousness occupied by a longformed and well-consolidated "mass" of presentations - as, e.g.

Poster presentations for work related to any aspect of prudent antimicrobial prescribing are invited.

Nancy Castilla, from IRRI began the session with two presentations on the epidemiology of rice sheath blight.

The presentations given illustrated the breadth of research undertaken in the School.

As it turned out, specification conformance was the main topic of practically all presentations.

They were both awarded honorary diplomas for best students, based on their presentations in the ' New Talents ' sessions.

Each session was organized with short introductory presentations, followed by commentaries from panel discussants before opening the discussion to the audience.

Features include an integrated easel for desktop presentations and keyboarding, a handle, adjustable hand strap, and a detachable shoulder strap.

Assessment B1 and B2 are assessed through term-time essays, oral presentations, and examinations.

These include written formative and summative tests to monitor and advance progress, essays and seminar presentations and continuous practical assessment.

The theme of Alite 2003 was Making it Happen, a mantra which ran throughout the variety of inspiring keynotes and presentations.

Recent presentations have covered interim injunctions in patent cases, parallel imports and patents and cross-border litigation in intellectual property.

For example, how to insert your own logotypes, change the images and change the colors of the presentations to suit your organization.

Conference presentations include pieces on Jack Kerouac and blackface minstrelsy, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Theodor Adorno.

In addition, presentations are formally assessed by peers with tutor moderation in Varieties, and by the tutor in Specials.

The afternoon plenary session built on the earlier workshop presentations and suggested some action.