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Evidence-based legislation Evidence-based legislation (EBL) calls for the use of the best available scientific evidence and systematically collected data, when available, by legislatures as a basis for their formulation and writing of law. Drawn from the definition of "evidence-based medicine" which is "the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients" [1], this concept calls upon legislative bodies to inform their legislation with the best available scientific and systematically collected evidence available.
Evidence-based management Evidence-based management is an emerging movement to explicitly use the current, best evidence in management decision-making. Its roots are in evidence-based medicine, a quality movement to apply the scientific method to medical practice.
Evidence-based medicine Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an attempt to more uniformly apply the standards of evidence gained from the scientific method, to certain aspects of medical practice. Specifically, EBM seeks to apply judgements about the inductive quality of evidence, to those aspects of medicine which depend on rational assessments of risks and benefits of treatments (including lack of treatment).
Evidence: The Last Ritual In Memoriam 2 (known as Evidence: The Last Ritual in the US, In Memoriam: Le Dernier Rituel in FR) is an adventure game for Windows platform, and is notable for its Alternate Reality-style gameplay, in which the player receives e-mails from other in-game characters, including the game's main antagonist, as well as being asked to find a lot of information and clues to the games' puzzles on the internet, both from real websites, and from specially-created websites that have been mixed in with other "real-world" domains. In addition to these previously mentioned thrilling reality game play style, the French version of the game (only within France) offers a new exciting service, based on a one-time fee, sending SMS messages to the player directly to their mobile phones; as well as the ability to call any of the characters and have a real phone conversation with.
Evidential apologetics Evidential apologetics or evidentialism (not to be confused with epistemological evidentialism) is an approach to Christian apologetics emphasizing the use of evidence to demonstrate that God probably exists. The evidence is supposed to be evidence both the believer and nonbeliever share, that is to say you need not presuppose God's existence (see also Presuppositional apologetics).
Evidentialism Evidentialism is a theory of justification according to which whether a belief is justified depends solely on what a person's evidence is. Technically, though belief is typically the primary object of concern, evidentialism can be applied to doxastic attitudes generally.
Evidentiality In linguistics, evidentiality is, broadly, the indication of the nature of evidence for a given statement, that is, whether evidence exists for the statement and/or what kind of evidence exists. An evidential is the particular grammatical element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.
Evil In religion and ethics, Evil refers to the "bad" aspects of the behaviour and reasoning of human beings — those which are deliberately void of conscience, and show a wanton penchant for destruction. Evil is sometimes defined as the absence of a good which could and should be present; the absence of which is a void in what should be.
Evil (song) "Evil" is a song by New York City-based Indie rock band Interpol and is featured on the band's second album, Antics. It was released 3 January 2005 as the second single from that album, charting at #18 in the UK Singles Chart and #24 on Billboard magazines Modern Rock Tracks chart (see 2005 in music).
Evil and rude As used by computer hackers, evil and rude describes a behavior or program that is both evil and rude in the hacker's sense, but with the additional connotation that the rudeness was due to malice rather than incompetence. Thus, for example: Microsoft's Windows NT, according to many hackers, is evil because it's a competent implementation of a bad design; it's rude because it's gratuitously incompatible with Unix in places where compatibility would have been easy and effective to do; but it's evil and rude because the incompatibilities are apparently there not to fix design bugs in Unix but rather to lock hapless customers and developers into the Microsoft way.
Evil bit The evil bit is a fictional IP packet header field proposed in RFC 3514, a humorous April 1st RFC from 2003 authored by Steve Bellovin. The RFC recommended that the last remaining unused bit in the IPv4 packet header be used to indicate whether a packet had been sent with malignant intent, thus making computer security engineering an easy problem.
Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain Samhain, or Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain, is an American 2003 horror film, starring Bobbie Phillips, Richard Grieco, and pornographic actor legends Ginger Lynn Allen, Chasey Lain, Taylor Hayes, and Jenna Jameson.
Evil cult Evil Cult is a Hip-Hop foursome based in Schagen, Noord Holland, Netherlands. They group includes DC-Choas (Born Damien Coughlan), MK-Morose (Born Maarten Koomen), OC-Diamonds (Born Oscar Coughlan) and JK-47 (Born Jonathan Coughlan).
Evil Clown of Middletown The Evil Clown of Middletown is a large outdoor sign on northbound Route 35 in Middletown Township, New Jersey advertising a Spirits Liquor Store. It was originally constructed in 1956 to advertise a Food Circus grocery store.
Evil Con Carne Evil Con Carne is a Cartoon Network American animated television series, created by Maxwell Atoms, which first appeared during the show Grim and Evil and later became a separate program in 2003, running for one season.
Evil Daemon The Evil Daemon is the name of an argument in philosophy that attempts to prove that the only knowledge one may be certain to possess is knowledge of one's own existence. It was originally proposed by Descartes' in his Meditations on First Philosophy:
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles, and PC. It is the unconnected sequel to the previous game, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, based on the movie trilogy The Evil Dead.
Evil Dead: Hail to the King Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror game for the PlayStation and Dreamcast video game consoles and PC. It was intended to be the fourth installment of the Evil Dead movie trilogy and was originally titled Evil Dead IV.
Evil Dead: Regeneration Evil Dead: Regeneration is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles and PC. The unconnected sequel to the previous game Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, based on the movie trilogy The Evil Dead, puts the character in similar environment but with new weapons and traditions.
Evil Divine Evil Divine was a local American black metal act comprised of members from various suburbs of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region. In 2004 Evil Divine signed with the Metal Age Productions record label, ironically after the band had broken up.
Evil eye The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore, in which it is believed that the envy elicited by the good luck of fortunate people may result in their misfortune, whether it is envy of material possessions including livestock, or of beauty, health, or offspring. The perception of the nature of the phenomenon, its causes, and possible protective measures, varies between different cultures.
Evil Genius (game) Evil Genius is a tongue-in-cheek take on the 1960s spy thriller genre offering the player the chance to play the villain himself and control a secret island fortress complete with powerful henchmen, loyal minions and a wide range of gizmos, gadgets and traps. Developed by Elixir Studios and published by Sierra Entertainment Games.
Evil lair In fiction, usually science fiction, an evil lair is a well hidden base from which an aspiring evil genius seeks to carry out his plans. A lair is typically staffed by a variety of henchmen and minions, who seek to serve their master, usually out of fear, greed or mind control.
Evil Office Evil Office is an independent record label started by the members of Danish rock band Mew in the late 1990s. They created the label after deciding that they didn't like where the Danish music scene was going and the way other labels ran and produced things.
Evil Overlord List The Evil Overlord List, also known as If I Were An Evil Overlord, is one of several popular lists of planned actions for a competent Evil Overlord to avoid the well-known blunders committed by Evil Overlords in popular fictional works. The lists were compiled by science fiction fans over a number of years, and copies of the list that can be found on the Internet vary in number and order of entries.
Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet "Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet (Sorry.)" was a pejorative used to refer to Ontario Liberal Party leader Dalton McGuinty in a press release disseminated by the rival Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario on September 12, 2003, during the provincial election campaign in Ontario, Canada.
Evil Star (novel) Evil Star is the second book in The Power of Five series by British author, Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the UK on April 3, 2006 by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States (June 1, 2006) by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title, The Gatekeepers.
Evil the Cat Evil the Cat is a fictional character from the Earthworm Jim video games and animated series. As the manifestation of evil in its truest form (the cat), Evil rules over the Planet Heck (residing elsewhere only for the hottest months).
Evil twin An evil twin is the concept in fiction (especially soap operas, science fiction and fantasy) of someone equal to a character in all respects, except for a radically inverted morality (and often some changes in appearance, stereotypically a goatee for men and a different hair color for women, for the audience's convenience).
Evil Twin Comics Evil Twin Comics is a small comic book publisher in Brooklyn. The company was founded in late 2004 when comic book creators Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente received a grant from the Xeric Foundation to publish the comic book series Action Philosophers.
Evil Under the Sun Evil Under the Sun (published in 1941) is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot. The plot is close to, although not exactly the same as, the short story “Triangle at Rhodes” that was published in Murder in the Mews.
Evilenko Evilenko is a 2004 Italian movie very loosely based on the Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. The story is a fictionalisation of the serial killer's life; large segments of the movie were adapted from a fictional book entitled 'The Communist who ate children'.
Evilive II Evilive II is a very rare live CD by The Misfits only available to members of the Fiend Club and was not sold in stores. It consists of live recordings from 1997 to 1998 with Michale Graves on vocals, Jerry Only on bass, Doyle on guitar, and Dr.
EvilPoison EvilPoison is a minimalist window manager for the X Window System. It lacks traditional window manager decorations in that there is only a one pixel border around windows, and even this feature can be removed or re-adjusted from a command-line option.
Evilwm evilwm is a minimalist window manager for the X Window System. It lacks traditional window manager decorations in that there is only a one pixel border around windows, and even this feature can be removed or re-adjusted from a command-line option.
Evince Evince is a free software document viewer for both Portable Document Format (PDF) and PostScript documents for the GNOME desktop environment. The goal of Evince is to replace the multiple document viewers that exist on GNOME, like GGV, GPdf, and xpdf, with a single, simple application.
Evington Evington is a suburb and village in eastern Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred around Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s.
Evington Valley Evington Valley is an area in Leicester, England. It is roughly bounded by East Park Road to the west (west of which is Highfields), Chesterfield/Ethel Road to the north (north of which is North Evington), Waverly Road to the east (east of which is Evington village) and to the south borders Stoneygate.
Evinos River The Evinos River (Greek: Potamos Evinou) is a river that flows entirely in the Aitoloakarnania prefecture. The river begins near the four boundaries area of the Aitoloakarnania, Evrytania, Fthiotida and Fokida in the Vardousia mountains, the length is nearly diagonal and is about 60 to 70 km.
Evinston Community Store and Post Office The Evinston Community Store and Post Office (also known as the Fred Wood Store or Wood & Swink) is a historic site in Evinston, Florida, United States. It is located on CR 225, north of the Alachua/Marion county border.
Eviscerate AD Eviscerate AD was a hardcore punk/metalcore band from Peterborough, United Kingdom. The band formed in 2001 as Eviscerate and added the "AD" on discovering the existence of an American band of the same name (see Eviscerate).
Evisu Evisu or Evisu Genes is a Japanese clothing company that specializes in producing denim wear through the use of vintage looms, and other labour-intensive methods with as little use of modern machinery as possible.
Evita (film) Evita is the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical based on the life of Eva PerĂłn. Directed by Alan Parker and starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce, it was released December 14, 1996 and grossed $50,047,179 in the U.
Evita (musical) Evita is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). It is based on events surrounding the rise to power of Juan PerĂłn as President of Argentina and the significant role played in these events by his second wife, Eva PerĂłn.
Evitts Creek, Maryland Evitts Creek is an unincorporated community located on the eastern outskirts of Cumberland, Maryland, USA along Maryland Route 51 (West Industrial Boulevard) and immediately east of the confluence of Evitts Creek and the North Branch Potomac River.
Evliya Çelebi Evliya Çelebi (اŮليا چلبي; also known as DerviĹź Mehmed Zılli) (March 25, 1611–1682) was the most famous Ottoman traveler, having journeyed throughout the territories of the Ottoman Empire and the neighbouring lands over a period of forty years.
Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname The Seyahatname (English Itinerary, Macedonian: ПатепиŃ/Patepis, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Putopis) by Evliya Çelebi is a documentation of the author's travels through the Ottoman ruled Balkans. He recorded his travels through conquered Europe between 1631 and 1670.
Evlogi Georgiev Evlogi Georgiev () (3 October 1819 - 5 July 1897) was a major Bulgarian merchant, banker and benefactor. The main building of the Sofia University was build with a large financial endowmment by him and his brother Hristo Georgiev.
Evo (board game) Evo: The Last Gasp of the Dinosaurs is a German-style board game for three to five players, designed by Philippe Keyaerts and published by Eurogames. The game won the GAMES Magazine award for Game of the year 2002 and was nominated for the Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game 2000
Evo: Phase One Evo: Phase One is a video game console in the seventh generation to be a 'forthcoming Media Center PC with gaming compatibility to be produced by Envizions Computer Entertainment and released in December, 2006. Similar to Phantom Entertainment's Phantom console, the system is intended to be capable of playing existing and future PC games as its primary source of media.
Evocatus Evocatus (plural Evocati) was the Latin term for soldiers in the Roman army, who had served out their time and obtained their discharge (missio), but had voluntarily enlisted again at the invitation of the consul or other commander.Dio Cassius, Roman History 45.
Evodiamine Evodiamine is a chemical which is extracted from the Evodia spp family of plants which has been shown to reduce fat uptake in mouse studies. Its method is believed to be similar to capsaicin, but retains none of the "hot" taste.
Evochron Alliance Evochron Alliance is a First Person 3D Space Combat & Mercenary Simulation PC game sequel to Evochron. It features zero gravity inertia based 'Newtonian' style flight model with complete 3-way rotation and 3-way direction control.
Evoism Evoism is a religion that is based on the idea that reality is rational and logical, and attempts to describe it using practical logic, and not the myths and legends handed down from generations past. As a religion, it does require an element of faith, but does not have a deity nor suggest an afterlife.
Evoke Records Evoke records is an independent record label founded by A and A Productions in 1995. In the late 90’s Evoke records was an art label producing limited run releases that were distributed mainly at art galleries.
Evoked potential In neurophysiology, an evoked potential (or "evoked response") is an electrical potential recorded from a human or animal following presentation of a stimulus, as distinct from spontaneous potentials such as electroencephalograms or electromyograms.
Evoken Evoken is an American funeral doom/death metal band that is highly inspired by the Australian band Disembowelment. The band name Evoken is taken from the Thergothon song found on the Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth demo.
Evoldo Evoldo, a fictional character from the Land of Oz book series, is the late king of Ev, a monarchy across the Deadly Desert from Oz. He is discussed and pictured in Ozma of Oz (1907), but has died before the adventure takes place.
Evoloop The Evoloop is a modification of Langton's loop which is capable of interaction with neighboring loops as well as evolution. Rather than becoming dormant when it is surrounded by neighbors, the Evoloop is capable of interacting with them.
Evoluon The Evoluon () is a former science museum erected by Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands in 1966. The building was designed by the architect Louis Christiaan Kalff, while the exhibition was conceived by James Gardner.
Evolution In biology, evolution is the process in which some of a population's inherited traits become more common, at the expense of others, from generation to generation. This is usually measured in terms of the variant genes, known as alleles, that encode the competing traits.
Evolution (Boyz II Men album) Evolution is a 1997 LP by R&B group Boyz II Men, their final studio album for Motown Records. It features the #1 hit "4 Seasons of Loneliness" and "A Song for Mama", also the theme song to the 20th Century Fox film Soul Food.
Evolution (journal) Evolution, the International Journal of Organic Evolution, is a bimonthly scientific journal that publishes significant new results of empirical or theoretical investigations concerning facts, processes, mechanics, or concepts of evolutionary phenomena and events. Evolution is published by the Society for the Study of Evolution.
Evolution (MMOG) Evolution is a web-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG.) Evolution was created by Neondragon (Neon) after the game that he was playing (Planetarion) decided to start charging money to play each round.
Evolution (professional wrestling) Evolution was a heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand consisting of Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista, and Randy Orton, officially founded on February 3, 2003. Many considered Evolution to be modeled after the Four Horsemen stable from the NWA and WCW.
Evolution (Stephen Baxter) Evolution is a science fiction novel by author Stephen Baxter. It follows 565 million years of human evolution, from shrewlike mammals 65 million years in the past to the ultimate fate of humanity (and its descendants, both biological and non-biological) 500 million years in the future.
Evolution (TNG episode) "Evolution" was the 49th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the first episode of the show's third season. It was first broadcast on September 25, 1989.
Evolution and Human Behavior Evolution and Human Behavior is an interdisciplinary journal, presenting research reports and theory in which evolutionary perspectives are brought to bear on the study of human behavior. It is primarily a scientific journal, but submissions from scholars in the humanities are also encouraged.
Evolution and natural selection Evolution and natural selection are generally seen as related, in that many biologists say natural selection "drives" evolution, in the since of giving rise to it or causing it. Others say that selection merely "steers" the process of speciation and is not in any way a causative force.
Evolution and the Roman Catholic Church The position of the Roman Catholic Church on the theory of evolution has changed over the last two centuries from a large period of no official mention, to a statement of neutrality in the 1950s, to a more explicit acceptance in recent years. Today, the official Church's position remains a focus of controversy and is fairly non-specific, stating only that faith and scientific findings regarding the evolution of man's material body are not in conflict, and that the existence of God is required to explain the spiritual component of man's origins.
Evolution Day Evolution Day is the anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species on November 24, 1859. Also celebrated is Darwin Day which commemorates the birthday of Charles Darwin who established the theory of natural selection which provided for a biological process behind evolution.
Evolution engine The Evolution engine (popularly known as Evo or Blockhead) is an air-cooled, 45 degree, V-twin motorcycle engine manufactured since 1984 by the Harley Davidson Motor Company. It was made in the 1340cc (80 cubic inch) displacement for Harley-Davidson Big Twin bikes, replacing the obsolete Shovelhead engine, until 1999 when it was replaced by the Twin Cam 88s.
Evolution of an idea The concept of evolution has been applied, not only to biology, but to numerous other fields as well. In various disciplines, both the study of the history of technology and the history of philosophy, the concept is invoked to structure the successive changes in a technology, a concept, or the thinking of an individual philosopher over the course of his work.
Evolution of baseball player evaluation Evolution of baseball player evaluation has taken place over many years. Player evaluation is the process by which general managers and other baseball personnel judge the ability of a baseball player to contribute meaningfully to his team.
Evolution of cetaceans The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, and remnants of their terrestrial origins can be found in the fact that they must breathe air from the surface; in the bones of their fins, which look like huge, jointed hands; and in the vertical movement of their spines, characteristic more of a running mammal than of the horizontal movement of fish. The question of how land animals evolved into ocean-going behemoths has been a mystery for a long time, owing to gaps in the fossil record.
Evolution of flagella The evolution of flagella is of great interest to biologists because the three known varieties of flagella (eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaebacterial) each represent an extremely sophisticated cellular structure that requires the interaction of many different and finely-tuned systems to function correctly.
Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes Most of the Hawaiian volcanoes (that is, the volcanoes that make up the Hawaiian Islands) go through several defined stages of evolution during their lifespans. These stages of growth are influenced by the position of the volcano in relation to the hotspot, whether the volcano's summit lies below, near, or above sea level, and by the composition of the lava being erupted.
Evolution of intelligence The growth in the size of the brain (although not strictly proportional to intelligence) and the increased intelligence of mankind, are believed by some to be caused by the preferential reproductive selection of groups with the ability to use tools and language. Groups with a greater ability to use tools and language may have had an evolutionary reproductive advantage, thus leading to natural selection of those groups.
Evolution of sirenians Sirenia is the order of placental mammals which comprise modern "sea cows" (manatees and the Dugong) and their extinct relatives. They are the only herbivorous marine mammals now in existence and the only group of herbivorous mammals to have became completely aquatic.
Evolution of the British Empire This is a list of the various territories that have been under the political control of the United Kingdom and/or its predecessor statesThe United Kingdom was formed in 1801 by the union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland; Great Britain in turn was formed by the union in 1707 of the kingdoms of England and Scotland.. Collectively, these territories are traditionally referred to as the British Empire.
Evolution of the eye The evolution of the eye has been a subject of significant study, as a distinctive example of a homologous organ present in a wide variety of species. The development of the eye is considered by most experts to be monophyletic; that is, all modern eyes, varied as they are, have their origins in a proto-eye believed to have evolved some 540 million years ago.
Evolution of the horse The evolution of the horse involves the gradual development of the modern horse from the fox-sized, forest-dwelling Hyracotherium. Zoologists have been able to piece together a more complete picture of the modern horse's evolutionary lineage than that of any other animal.
Evolution strategy In computer science, evolution strategy (ES, from German Evolutionsstrategie) is an optimization technique based on ideas of adaptation and evolution. It belongs to a more general class of evolutionary computation.
Evolution window It was observed in Evolution Strategies that significant progress toward the fitness/objective function's optimum, generally, only can happen in a narrow band of the mutation step size Ď. That narrow band is called evolution window.
Evolution-Data Optimized 1x Evolution-Data Optimized, abbreviated as EV-DO or 1xEV-DO and often EVDO, is a wireless radio broadband data standard adopted by many CDMA mobile phone service providers in United States, South Korea, Japan, the Czech Republic, Russia, Latvia, Romania, Portugal, Brazil, Israel, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Venezuela, Angola, Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Norway, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria and Puerto Rico. It is standardized by 3GPP2, as part of the CDMA2000 family of standards.
Evolution-X Evolution-X (not to be confused with the modified EvoX xbox bios made by the same group), is a replacement menu system designed to run on modded Xboxes. It replaces the original Microsoft GUI (known as the "Dashboard") and allows games and applications to be run from a menu that can be navigated using an Xbox joypad or DVD remote.
Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966-1974) Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966-1974) is a two-CD compilation of live stand-up comedy recordings by comedian and actor Richard Pryor, that predate his 1974 mainstream breakthrough album That Nigger's Crazy.
Evolution@Home Evolution@Home is the first global computing project for evolutionary biology. Global computing is a form of Internet distributed computing that distributes the computational workload to the CPUs of many voluntary participants.
Evolutionarily stable state "A population is said to be in an evolutionarily stable state if its genetic composition is restored by selection after a disturbance, provided the disturbance is not too large. Such a population can be genetically monomorphic or polymorphic.
Evolutionarily stable strategy In game theory, an evolutionarily stable strategy (or ESS; also evolutionary stable strategy) is a strategy which if adopted by a population cannot be invaded by any competing alternative strategy. The concept is an equilibrium refinement to a Nash equilibrium.
Evolutionary algorithm In artificial intelligence, an evolutionary algorithm (EA) is a subset of evolutionary computation, a generic population-based metaheuristic optimization algorithm. An EA uses some mechanisms inspired by biological evolution: reproduction, mutation, recombination, natural selection and survival of the fittest.
Evolutionary approach In computer science, an evolutionary approach is an acquisition strategy that defines, develops, produces or acquires, and fields an initial hardware or software increment (or block) of operational capability. It is based on technologies demonstrated in the relevant environments, time-phased requirements, and demonstrated manufacturing or software deployment capabilities.
Evolutionary argument against naturalism The Evolutionary argument against naturalism (sometimes abbreviated EAAN) is a philosophical argument that metaphysical naturalism when combined with contemporary evolutionary accounts of the origin and provenance of human life is an irrational stance. Although C.
Evolutionary arms race An evolutionary arms race is an evolutionary struggle between competing sets of co-evolving genes that develop adaptations and counter-adaptations against each other, resembling an arms race. The co-evolving gene sets may be in different species, as in an evolutionary arms race between a predator species and its prey (Vermeij, 1987), or a parasite and its host.
Evolutionary biology Evolutionary biology is a sub-field of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species, as well as their change, multiplication, and diversity over time. One who studies evolutionary biology is known as an evolutionary biologist, or less formally, an evolutionist.
Evolutionary capacitance Evolutionary capacitance is a cutting-edge biological theory stating that living systems have the ability to accumulate genetic variation that has no phenotypic effect until the system is disturbed (perhaps by stress), at which point the variation has a phenotypic effect and is subject to natural selection. This mechanism would allow for rapid phenotypic change in a population, and rapid adaptation to new environmental conditions.
Evolutionary developmental biology Evolutionary developmental biology (evolution of development or informally, evo-devo) is a field of biology that compares the developmental processes of different animals and plants in an attempt to determine the ancestral relationship between organisms and how developmental processes evolved. Evo-devo addresses the origin and evolution of embryonic development; how modifications of development and developmental processes lead to the production of novel features; the role of developmental plasticity in evolution; how ecology impacts development and evolutionary change; and the developmental basis of homoplasy and homology.
Evolutionary developmental psychology Evolutionary developmental psychology, (or EDP), is the application of the basic principles of Darwinian evolution, particularly natural selection, to explain contemporary human development. It involves the study of the genetic and environmental mechanisms that underlie the universal development of social and cognitive competencies and the evolved epigenetic (gene-environment interactions) processes that adapt these competencies to local conditions; it assumes that not only are behaviors and cognitions that characterize adults the product of natural selection pressures operating over the course of evolution, but so also are characteristics of children's behaviors and minds.
Evolutionary developmental psychopathology Evolutionary developmental psychopathology is an approach to the understanding of psychiatric disorders based on the following: that human adaptations were forged to function in past environments rather than the current environment; that investigations of brain-damaged patients should be included in the modeling of disorders to facilitate the mapping of psychological functions on to brain systems; that investigations of behavioural abnormalities should be combined with those on information-processing abnormalities in a scheme that acknowledges both cognition and affect as components of information processing; investigation of specific signs and symptoms, rather than syndromes, as symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations, for example, are observed in patients who currently fall into a number of diagnostic categories, including schizophrenia and affective psychosis; the expectation that complex psychological processes will be broken down into simpler tasks that can be performed by mindless agents and final
Evolutionary ecology Evolutionary ecology lies at the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology. It approaches the study of ecology in a way that explicitly considers the evolutionary histories of species and the interactions between them.
Evidence-based management Evidence-based management is an emerging movement to explicitly use the current, best evidence in management decision-making. Its roots are in evidence-based medicine, a quality movement to apply the scientific method to medical practice.
Evidence-based medicine Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an attempt to more uniformly apply the standards of evidence gained from the scientific method, to certain aspects of medical practice. Specifically, EBM seeks to apply judgements about the inductive quality of evidence, to those aspects of medicine which depend on rational assessments of risks and benefits of treatments (including lack of treatment).
Evidence: The Last Ritual In Memoriam 2 (known as Evidence: The Last Ritual in the US, In Memoriam: Le Dernier Rituel in FR) is an adventure game for Windows platform, and is notable for its Alternate Reality-style gameplay, in which the player receives e-mails from other in-game characters, including the game's main antagonist, as well as being asked to find a lot of information and clues to the games' puzzles on the internet, both from real websites, and from specially-created websites that have been mixed in with other "real-world" domains. In addition to these previously mentioned thrilling reality game play style, the French version of the game (only within France) offers a new exciting service, based on a one-time fee, sending SMS messages to the player directly to their mobile phones; as well as the ability to call any of the characters and have a real phone conversation with.
Evidential apologetics Evidential apologetics or evidentialism (not to be confused with epistemological evidentialism) is an approach to Christian apologetics emphasizing the use of evidence to demonstrate that God probably exists. The evidence is supposed to be evidence both the believer and nonbeliever share, that is to say you need not presuppose God's existence (see also Presuppositional apologetics).
Evidentialism Evidentialism is a theory of justification according to which whether a belief is justified depends solely on what a person's evidence is. Technically, though belief is typically the primary object of concern, evidentialism can be applied to doxastic attitudes generally.
Evidentiality In linguistics, evidentiality is, broadly, the indication of the nature of evidence for a given statement, that is, whether evidence exists for the statement and/or what kind of evidence exists. An evidential is the particular grammatical element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.
Evil In religion and ethics, Evil refers to the "bad" aspects of the behaviour and reasoning of human beings — those which are deliberately void of conscience, and show a wanton penchant for destruction. Evil is sometimes defined as the absence of a good which could and should be present; the absence of which is a void in what should be.
Evil (song) "Evil" is a song by New York City-based Indie rock band Interpol and is featured on the band's second album, Antics. It was released 3 January 2005 as the second single from that album, charting at #18 in the UK Singles Chart and #24 on Billboard magazines Modern Rock Tracks chart (see 2005 in music).
Evil and rude As used by computer hackers, evil and rude describes a behavior or program that is both evil and rude in the hacker's sense, but with the additional connotation that the rudeness was due to malice rather than incompetence. Thus, for example: Microsoft's Windows NT, according to many hackers, is evil because it's a competent implementation of a bad design; it's rude because it's gratuitously incompatible with Unix in places where compatibility would have been easy and effective to do; but it's evil and rude because the incompatibilities are apparently there not to fix design bugs in Unix but rather to lock hapless customers and developers into the Microsoft way.
Evil bit The evil bit is a fictional IP packet header field proposed in RFC 3514, a humorous April 1st RFC from 2003 authored by Steve Bellovin. The RFC recommended that the last remaining unused bit in the IPv4 packet header be used to indicate whether a packet had been sent with malignant intent, thus making computer security engineering an easy problem.
Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain Samhain, or Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain, is an American 2003 horror film, starring Bobbie Phillips, Richard Grieco, and pornographic actor legends Ginger Lynn Allen, Chasey Lain, Taylor Hayes, and Jenna Jameson.
Evil cult Evil Cult is a Hip-Hop foursome based in Schagen, Noord Holland, Netherlands. They group includes DC-Choas (Born Damien Coughlan), MK-Morose (Born Maarten Koomen), OC-Diamonds (Born Oscar Coughlan) and JK-47 (Born Jonathan Coughlan).
Evil Clown of Middletown The Evil Clown of Middletown is a large outdoor sign on northbound Route 35 in Middletown Township, New Jersey advertising a Spirits Liquor Store. It was originally constructed in 1956 to advertise a Food Circus grocery store.
Evil Con Carne Evil Con Carne is a Cartoon Network American animated television series, created by Maxwell Atoms, which first appeared during the show Grim and Evil and later became a separate program in 2003, running for one season.
Evil Daemon The Evil Daemon is the name of an argument in philosophy that attempts to prove that the only knowledge one may be certain to possess is knowledge of one's own existence. It was originally proposed by Descartes' in his Meditations on First Philosophy:
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles, and PC. It is the unconnected sequel to the previous game, Evil Dead: Hail to the King, based on the movie trilogy The Evil Dead.
Evil Dead: Hail to the King Evil Dead: Hail to the King is a survival horror game for the PlayStation and Dreamcast video game consoles and PC. It was intended to be the fourth installment of the Evil Dead movie trilogy and was originally titled Evil Dead IV.
Evil Dead: Regeneration Evil Dead: Regeneration is a video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles and PC. The unconnected sequel to the previous game Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick, based on the movie trilogy The Evil Dead, puts the character in similar environment but with new weapons and traditions.
Evil Divine Evil Divine was a local American black metal act comprised of members from various suburbs of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region. In 2004 Evil Divine signed with the Metal Age Productions record label, ironically after the band had broken up.
Evil eye The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore, in which it is believed that the envy elicited by the good luck of fortunate people may result in their misfortune, whether it is envy of material possessions including livestock, or of beauty, health, or offspring. The perception of the nature of the phenomenon, its causes, and possible protective measures, varies between different cultures.
Evil Genius (game) Evil Genius is a tongue-in-cheek take on the 1960s spy thriller genre offering the player the chance to play the villain himself and control a secret island fortress complete with powerful henchmen, loyal minions and a wide range of gizmos, gadgets and traps. Developed by Elixir Studios and published by Sierra Entertainment Games.
Evil lair In fiction, usually science fiction, an evil lair is a well hidden base from which an aspiring evil genius seeks to carry out his plans. A lair is typically staffed by a variety of henchmen and minions, who seek to serve their master, usually out of fear, greed or mind control.
Evil Office Evil Office is an independent record label started by the members of Danish rock band Mew in the late 1990s. They created the label after deciding that they didn't like where the Danish music scene was going and the way other labels ran and produced things.
Evil Overlord List The Evil Overlord List, also known as If I Were An Evil Overlord, is one of several popular lists of planned actions for a competent Evil Overlord to avoid the well-known blunders committed by Evil Overlords in popular fictional works. The lists were compiled by science fiction fans over a number of years, and copies of the list that can be found on the Internet vary in number and order of entries.
Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet "Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet (Sorry.)" was a pejorative used to refer to Ontario Liberal Party leader Dalton McGuinty in a press release disseminated by the rival Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario on September 12, 2003, during the provincial election campaign in Ontario, Canada.
Evil Star (novel) Evil Star is the second book in The Power of Five series by British author, Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the UK on April 3, 2006 by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States (June 1, 2006) by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title, The Gatekeepers.
Evil the Cat Evil the Cat is a fictional character from the Earthworm Jim video games and animated series. As the manifestation of evil in its truest form (the cat), Evil rules over the Planet Heck (residing elsewhere only for the hottest months).
Evil twin An evil twin is the concept in fiction (especially soap operas, science fiction and fantasy) of someone equal to a character in all respects, except for a radically inverted morality (and often some changes in appearance, stereotypically a goatee for men and a different hair color for women, for the audience's convenience).
Evil Twin Comics Evil Twin Comics is a small comic book publisher in Brooklyn. The company was founded in late 2004 when comic book creators Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente received a grant from the Xeric Foundation to publish the comic book series Action Philosophers.
Evil Under the Sun Evil Under the Sun (published in 1941) is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot. The plot is close to, although not exactly the same as, the short story “Triangle at Rhodes” that was published in Murder in the Mews.
Evilenko Evilenko is a 2004 Italian movie very loosely based on the Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. The story is a fictionalisation of the serial killer's life; large segments of the movie were adapted from a fictional book entitled 'The Communist who ate children'.
Evilive II Evilive II is a very rare live CD by The Misfits only available to members of the Fiend Club and was not sold in stores. It consists of live recordings from 1997 to 1998 with Michale Graves on vocals, Jerry Only on bass, Doyle on guitar, and Dr.
EvilPoison EvilPoison is a minimalist window manager for the X Window System. It lacks traditional window manager decorations in that there is only a one pixel border around windows, and even this feature can be removed or re-adjusted from a command-line option.
Evilwm evilwm is a minimalist window manager for the X Window System. It lacks traditional window manager decorations in that there is only a one pixel border around windows, and even this feature can be removed or re-adjusted from a command-line option.
Evince Evince is a free software document viewer for both Portable Document Format (PDF) and PostScript documents for the GNOME desktop environment. The goal of Evince is to replace the multiple document viewers that exist on GNOME, like GGV, GPdf, and xpdf, with a single, simple application.
Evington Evington is a suburb and village in eastern Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred around Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s.
Evington Valley Evington Valley is an area in Leicester, England. It is roughly bounded by East Park Road to the west (west of which is Highfields), Chesterfield/Ethel Road to the north (north of which is North Evington), Waverly Road to the east (east of which is Evington village) and to the south borders Stoneygate.
Evinos River The Evinos River (Greek: Potamos Evinou) is a river that flows entirely in the Aitoloakarnania prefecture. The river begins near the four boundaries area of the Aitoloakarnania, Evrytania, Fthiotida and Fokida in the Vardousia mountains, the length is nearly diagonal and is about 60 to 70 km.
Evinston Community Store and Post Office The Evinston Community Store and Post Office (also known as the Fred Wood Store or Wood & Swink) is a historic site in Evinston, Florida, United States. It is located on CR 225, north of the Alachua/Marion county border.
Eviscerate AD Eviscerate AD was a hardcore punk/metalcore band from Peterborough, United Kingdom. The band formed in 2001 as Eviscerate and added the "AD" on discovering the existence of an American band of the same name (see Eviscerate).
Evisu Evisu or Evisu Genes is a Japanese clothing company that specializes in producing denim wear through the use of vintage looms, and other labour-intensive methods with as little use of modern machinery as possible.
Evita (film) Evita is the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical based on the life of Eva PerĂłn. Directed by Alan Parker and starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce, it was released December 14, 1996 and grossed $50,047,179 in the U.
Evita (musical) Evita is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). It is based on events surrounding the rise to power of Juan PerĂłn as President of Argentina and the significant role played in these events by his second wife, Eva PerĂłn.
Evitts Creek, Maryland Evitts Creek is an unincorporated community located on the eastern outskirts of Cumberland, Maryland, USA along Maryland Route 51 (West Industrial Boulevard) and immediately east of the confluence of Evitts Creek and the North Branch Potomac River.
Evliya Çelebi Evliya Çelebi (اŮليا چلبي; also known as DerviĹź Mehmed Zılli) (March 25, 1611–1682) was the most famous Ottoman traveler, having journeyed throughout the territories of the Ottoman Empire and the neighbouring lands over a period of forty years.
Evliya Çelebi's Seyahatname The Seyahatname (English Itinerary, Macedonian: ПатепиŃ/Patepis, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Putopis) by Evliya Çelebi is a documentation of the author's travels through the Ottoman ruled Balkans. He recorded his travels through conquered Europe between 1631 and 1670.
Evlogi Georgiev Evlogi Georgiev () (3 October 1819 - 5 July 1897) was a major Bulgarian merchant, banker and benefactor. The main building of the Sofia University was build with a large financial endowmment by him and his brother Hristo Georgiev.
Evo (board game) Evo: The Last Gasp of the Dinosaurs is a German-style board game for three to five players, designed by Philippe Keyaerts and published by Eurogames. The game won the GAMES Magazine award for Game of the year 2002 and was nominated for the Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game 2000
Evo: Phase One Evo: Phase One is a video game console in the seventh generation to be a 'forthcoming Media Center PC with gaming compatibility to be produced by Envizions Computer Entertainment and released in December, 2006. Similar to Phantom Entertainment's Phantom console, the system is intended to be capable of playing existing and future PC games as its primary source of media.
Evocatus Evocatus (plural Evocati) was the Latin term for soldiers in the Roman army, who had served out their time and obtained their discharge (missio), but had voluntarily enlisted again at the invitation of the consul or other commander.Dio Cassius, Roman History 45.
Evodiamine Evodiamine is a chemical which is extracted from the Evodia spp family of plants which has been shown to reduce fat uptake in mouse studies. Its method is believed to be similar to capsaicin, but retains none of the "hot" taste.
Evochron Alliance Evochron Alliance is a First Person 3D Space Combat & Mercenary Simulation PC game sequel to Evochron. It features zero gravity inertia based 'Newtonian' style flight model with complete 3-way rotation and 3-way direction control.
Evoism Evoism is a religion that is based on the idea that reality is rational and logical, and attempts to describe it using practical logic, and not the myths and legends handed down from generations past. As a religion, it does require an element of faith, but does not have a deity nor suggest an afterlife.
Evoke Records Evoke records is an independent record label founded by A and A Productions in 1995. In the late 90’s Evoke records was an art label producing limited run releases that were distributed mainly at art galleries.
Evoked potential In neurophysiology, an evoked potential (or "evoked response") is an electrical potential recorded from a human or animal following presentation of a stimulus, as distinct from spontaneous potentials such as electroencephalograms or electromyograms.
Evoken Evoken is an American funeral doom/death metal band that is highly inspired by the Australian band Disembowelment. The band name Evoken is taken from the Thergothon song found on the Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth demo.
Evoldo Evoldo, a fictional character from the Land of Oz book series, is the late king of Ev, a monarchy across the Deadly Desert from Oz. He is discussed and pictured in Ozma of Oz (1907), but has died before the adventure takes place.
Evoloop The Evoloop is a modification of Langton's loop which is capable of interaction with neighboring loops as well as evolution. Rather than becoming dormant when it is surrounded by neighbors, the Evoloop is capable of interacting with them.
Evoluon The Evoluon () is a former science museum erected by Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands in 1966. The building was designed by the architect Louis Christiaan Kalff, while the exhibition was conceived by James Gardner.
Evolution In biology, evolution is the process in which some of a population's inherited traits become more common, at the expense of others, from generation to generation. This is usually measured in terms of the variant genes, known as alleles, that encode the competing traits.
Evolution (Boyz II Men album) Evolution is a 1997 LP by R&B group Boyz II Men, their final studio album for Motown Records. It features the #1 hit "4 Seasons of Loneliness" and "A Song for Mama", also the theme song to the 20th Century Fox film Soul Food.
Evolution (journal) Evolution, the International Journal of Organic Evolution, is a bimonthly scientific journal that publishes significant new results of empirical or theoretical investigations concerning facts, processes, mechanics, or concepts of evolutionary phenomena and events. Evolution is published by the Society for the Study of Evolution.
Evolution (MMOG) Evolution is a web-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG.) Evolution was created by Neondragon (Neon) after the game that he was playing (Planetarion) decided to start charging money to play each round.
Evolution (professional wrestling) Evolution was a heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand consisting of Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista, and Randy Orton, officially founded on February 3, 2003. Many considered Evolution to be modeled after the Four Horsemen stable from the NWA and WCW.
Evolution (Stephen Baxter) Evolution is a science fiction novel by author Stephen Baxter. It follows 565 million years of human evolution, from shrewlike mammals 65 million years in the past to the ultimate fate of humanity (and its descendants, both biological and non-biological) 500 million years in the future.
Evolution (TNG episode) "Evolution" was the 49th episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the first episode of the show's third season. It was first broadcast on September 25, 1989.
Evolution and Human Behavior Evolution and Human Behavior is an interdisciplinary journal, presenting research reports and theory in which evolutionary perspectives are brought to bear on the study of human behavior. It is primarily a scientific journal, but submissions from scholars in the humanities are also encouraged.
Evolution and natural selection Evolution and natural selection are generally seen as related, in that many biologists say natural selection "drives" evolution, in the since of giving rise to it or causing it. Others say that selection merely "steers" the process of speciation and is not in any way a causative force.
Evolution and the Roman Catholic Church The position of the Roman Catholic Church on the theory of evolution has changed over the last two centuries from a large period of no official mention, to a statement of neutrality in the 1950s, to a more explicit acceptance in recent years. Today, the official Church's position remains a focus of controversy and is fairly non-specific, stating only that faith and scientific findings regarding the evolution of man's material body are not in conflict, and that the existence of God is required to explain the spiritual component of man's origins.
Evolution Day Evolution Day is the anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species on November 24, 1859. Also celebrated is Darwin Day which commemorates the birthday of Charles Darwin who established the theory of natural selection which provided for a biological process behind evolution.
Evolution engine The Evolution engine (popularly known as Evo or Blockhead) is an air-cooled, 45 degree, V-twin motorcycle engine manufactured since 1984 by the Harley Davidson Motor Company. It was made in the 1340cc (80 cubic inch) displacement for Harley-Davidson Big Twin bikes, replacing the obsolete Shovelhead engine, until 1999 when it was replaced by the Twin Cam 88s.
Evolution of an idea The concept of evolution has been applied, not only to biology, but to numerous other fields as well. In various disciplines, both the study of the history of technology and the history of philosophy, the concept is invoked to structure the successive changes in a technology, a concept, or the thinking of an individual philosopher over the course of his work.
Evolution of baseball player evaluation Evolution of baseball player evaluation has taken place over many years. Player evaluation is the process by which general managers and other baseball personnel judge the ability of a baseball player to contribute meaningfully to his team.
Evolution of cetaceans The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, and remnants of their terrestrial origins can be found in the fact that they must breathe air from the surface; in the bones of their fins, which look like huge, jointed hands; and in the vertical movement of their spines, characteristic more of a running mammal than of the horizontal movement of fish. The question of how land animals evolved into ocean-going behemoths has been a mystery for a long time, owing to gaps in the fossil record.
Evolution of flagella The evolution of flagella is of great interest to biologists because the three known varieties of flagella (eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaebacterial) each represent an extremely sophisticated cellular structure that requires the interaction of many different and finely-tuned systems to function correctly.
Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes Most of the Hawaiian volcanoes (that is, the volcanoes that make up the Hawaiian Islands) go through several defined stages of evolution during their lifespans. These stages of growth are influenced by the position of the volcano in relation to the hotspot, whether the volcano's summit lies below, near, or above sea level, and by the composition of the lava being erupted.
Evolution of intelligence The growth in the size of the brain (although not strictly proportional to intelligence) and the increased intelligence of mankind, are believed by some to be caused by the preferential reproductive selection of groups with the ability to use tools and language. Groups with a greater ability to use tools and language may have had an evolutionary reproductive advantage, thus leading to natural selection of those groups.
Evolution of sirenians Sirenia is the order of placental mammals which comprise modern "sea cows" (manatees and the Dugong) and their extinct relatives. They are the only herbivorous marine mammals now in existence and the only group of herbivorous mammals to have became completely aquatic.
Evolution of the British Empire This is a list of the various territories that have been under the political control of the United Kingdom and/or its predecessor statesThe United Kingdom was formed in 1801 by the union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland; Great Britain in turn was formed by the union in 1707 of the kingdoms of England and Scotland.. Collectively, these territories are traditionally referred to as the British Empire.
Evolution of the eye The evolution of the eye has been a subject of significant study, as a distinctive example of a homologous organ present in a wide variety of species. The development of the eye is considered by most experts to be monophyletic; that is, all modern eyes, varied as they are, have their origins in a proto-eye believed to have evolved some 540 million years ago.
Evolution of the horse The evolution of the horse involves the gradual development of the modern horse from the fox-sized, forest-dwelling Hyracotherium. Zoologists have been able to piece together a more complete picture of the modern horse's evolutionary lineage than that of any other animal.
Evolution strategy In computer science, evolution strategy (ES, from German Evolutionsstrategie) is an optimization technique based on ideas of adaptation and evolution. It belongs to a more general class of evolutionary computation.
Evolution window It was observed in Evolution Strategies that significant progress toward the fitness/objective function's optimum, generally, only can happen in a narrow band of the mutation step size Ď. That narrow band is called evolution window.
Evolution-Data Optimized 1x Evolution-Data Optimized, abbreviated as EV-DO or 1xEV-DO and often EVDO, is a wireless radio broadband data standard adopted by many CDMA mobile phone service providers in United States, South Korea, Japan, the Czech Republic, Russia, Latvia, Romania, Portugal, Brazil, Israel, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Venezuela, Angola, Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Norway, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria and Puerto Rico. It is standardized by 3GPP2, as part of the CDMA2000 family of standards.
Evolution-X Evolution-X (not to be confused with the modified EvoX xbox bios made by the same group), is a replacement menu system designed to run on modded Xboxes. It replaces the original Microsoft GUI (known as the "Dashboard") and allows games and applications to be run from a menu that can be navigated using an Xbox joypad or DVD remote.
Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966-1974) Evolution/Revolution: The Early Years (1966-1974) is a two-CD compilation of live stand-up comedy recordings by comedian and actor Richard Pryor, that predate his 1974 mainstream breakthrough album That Nigger's Crazy.
Evolution@Home Evolution@Home is the first global computing project for evolutionary biology. Global computing is a form of Internet distributed computing that distributes the computational workload to the CPUs of many voluntary participants.
Evolutionarily stable state "A population is said to be in an evolutionarily stable state if its genetic composition is restored by selection after a disturbance, provided the disturbance is not too large. Such a population can be genetically monomorphic or polymorphic.
Evolutionarily stable strategy In game theory, an evolutionarily stable strategy (or ESS; also evolutionary stable strategy) is a strategy which if adopted by a population cannot be invaded by any competing alternative strategy. The concept is an equilibrium refinement to a Nash equilibrium.
Evolutionary algorithm In artificial intelligence, an evolutionary algorithm (EA) is a subset of evolutionary computation, a generic population-based metaheuristic optimization algorithm. An EA uses some mechanisms inspired by biological evolution: reproduction, mutation, recombination, natural selection and survival of the fittest.
Evolutionary approach In computer science, an evolutionary approach is an acquisition strategy that defines, develops, produces or acquires, and fields an initial hardware or software increment (or block) of operational capability. It is based on technologies demonstrated in the relevant environments, time-phased requirements, and demonstrated manufacturing or software deployment capabilities.
Evolutionary argument against naturalism The Evolutionary argument against naturalism (sometimes abbreviated EAAN) is a philosophical argument that metaphysical naturalism when combined with contemporary evolutionary accounts of the origin and provenance of human life is an irrational stance. Although C.
Evolutionary arms race An evolutionary arms race is an evolutionary struggle between competing sets of co-evolving genes that develop adaptations and counter-adaptations against each other, resembling an arms race. The co-evolving gene sets may be in different species, as in an evolutionary arms race between a predator species and its prey (Vermeij, 1987), or a parasite and its host.
Evolutionary biology Evolutionary biology is a sub-field of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species, as well as their change, multiplication, and diversity over time. One who studies evolutionary biology is known as an evolutionary biologist, or less formally, an evolutionist.
Evolutionary capacitance Evolutionary capacitance is a cutting-edge biological theory stating that living systems have the ability to accumulate genetic variation that has no phenotypic effect until the system is disturbed (perhaps by stress), at which point the variation has a phenotypic effect and is subject to natural selection. This mechanism would allow for rapid phenotypic change in a population, and rapid adaptation to new environmental conditions.
Evolutionary developmental biology Evolutionary developmental biology (evolution of development or informally, evo-devo) is a field of biology that compares the developmental processes of different animals and plants in an attempt to determine the ancestral relationship between organisms and how developmental processes evolved. Evo-devo addresses the origin and evolution of embryonic development; how modifications of development and developmental processes lead to the production of novel features; the role of developmental plasticity in evolution; how ecology impacts development and evolutionary change; and the developmental basis of homoplasy and homology.
Evolutionary developmental psychology Evolutionary developmental psychology, (or EDP), is the application of the basic principles of Darwinian evolution, particularly natural selection, to explain contemporary human development. It involves the study of the genetic and environmental mechanisms that underlie the universal development of social and cognitive competencies and the evolved epigenetic (gene-environment interactions) processes that adapt these competencies to local conditions; it assumes that not only are behaviors and cognitions that characterize adults the product of natural selection pressures operating over the course of evolution, but so also are characteristics of children's behaviors and minds.
Evolutionary developmental psychopathology Evolutionary developmental psychopathology is an approach to the understanding of psychiatric disorders based on the following: that human adaptations were forged to function in past environments rather than the current environment; that investigations of brain-damaged patients should be included in the modeling of disorders to facilitate the mapping of psychological functions on to brain systems; that investigations of behavioural abnormalities should be combined with those on information-processing abnormalities in a scheme that acknowledges both cognition and affect as components of information processing; investigation of specific signs and symptoms, rather than syndromes, as symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations, for example, are observed in patients who currently fall into a number of diagnostic categories, including schizophrenia and affective psychosis; the expectation that complex psychological processes will be broken down into simpler tasks that can be performed by mindless agents and final
Evolutionary ecology Evolutionary ecology lies at the intersection of ecology and evolutionary biology. It approaches the study of ecology in a way that explicitly considers the evolutionary histories of species and the interactions between them.
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