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Recall bias In psychology, recall bias (or reporting bias) is a type of systematic bias which occurs when the way a survey respondent answers a question is affected not just by the correct answer, but also by the respondent's memory. [http://www.
Recall election A recall election is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office. Along with the initiative and referendum, it was one of the major electoral reforms advocated by leaders of the Progressive movement in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Recant To recant usually means to (publicly or in the presence of relevant officials) state that one has stopped holding a particular opinion, often an opinion which is in defiance of current religious or political dogma. See :wiktionary:recant.
Recapitulation (music) In music theory, the recapitulation is the third major section of a movement written in sonata form. The recapitulation re-presents the thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section, placing it all in the tonic key (that is, the overall key of the movement).
Recapitulation theory The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, is a theory in biology which attempts to explain apparent similarities between humans and other animals. First espoused in 1866 by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, the theory has been discredited in its absolute form ("strong recapitulation"), although recognized as being perhaps partly fruitful.
Recaro Recaro is a German company based in Kirchheim unter Teck in the vicinity of Stuttgart, well known for their bucket seats and commonly contracted to produce upgraded racing style seats for all the sporty cars built by the Volkswagen Group as well as many other manufacturers.
RecA recA is a 38 kilodalton Escherichia coli protein essential for the repair and maintenance of DNA. RecA has a structural and functional homolog in every species in which it has been seriously sought and serves as an archetype for this class of homologous DNA repair proteins.
RecBCD RecBCD, also known as Exonuclease V, is a protein of the E. coli bacterium that initiates recombinational repair from DNA double strand breaks which are a common result of ionizing radition, replication errors, endonucleases, oxidative damage and a host of other factors.
Recca Recca ("Raging Fire") is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game for the Famicom, released in 1992 for an annual "Summer Carnival" shooting competition. It is known for being extremely fast and difficult, placing dozens of objects on screen with no slowdown in frame rate.
Recca Hanabishi Recca Hanabishi (花菱çç« Hanabishi Rekka, "Raging Fire"), is a fictional character in the Japanese anime and manga series, Flame of Recca. Obsessed with ninjas since early childhood, Recca learns that he was originally born into the Hokage ninja clan 400 years ago, and was sent forwards in time by his mother, Kagerou, to keep him from being slaughtered in a war.
Recce (film) Recce (pronounced "recky") is a word used in media production, derived from "reconnaissance", a general military term. It is a pre-filming visit to a location to work out its suitability for shooting, including access to necessary facilities and assessment of any potential lighting or sound issues.
Recceology Recceology (ancient Latin: recognoscere, and later French: reconnaitre = recognise and ancient Latin logos = word) is the archaeological slang for a group of non-invasive studies, such as topographical evaluation, surface examination, aerial observation and environmental measurements.
Reccesuinth Reccesuinth; or Recceswinth, Recceswint, Reccaswinth, Recdeswinth, Recesvinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Reccesvinthus (Latin); ruled as a king of the Visigoths from 649–672: jointly with his father from 649 and as sole king from 653.
Rece Davis Rece Davis (born December 14, 1965 as Laurece Davis in Muscle Shoals, Alabama), has been a journalist for ESPN since 1995. Currently, Rece works as an anchor on SportsCenter, and host of various other programs on the network.
Receive-after-transmit time delay In telecommunication, receive-after-transmit time delay is the time interval between (a) the instant of keying off the local transmitter to stop transmitting and (b) the instant the local receiver output has increased to 90% of its steady-state value in response to an rf signal from a distant transmitter.
Received Pronunciation Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language which has been long perceived as uniquely prestigious among British accents and is the usual accent taught to non-native speakers learning British English.
Received view A "received view" refers to any worldview that is taken for granted or that is assumed to be true without further criticism by the part of the "receiver" - until he or she manages to "unhide" it, e.g.
Receiver (firearms) In firearms terminology, the receiver is the part of a firearm that houses the operating parts. It is sometimes called the body of the firearm, and especially in the context of handguns (revolvers and pistols) it is often called the frame.
Receiver (modulated ultrasound) In modulated ultrasound terminology, a receiver is a device that receives a modulated ultrasound signal and decodes it for use as sound, navigational-position information, etc. Its function is somewhat like that of a radio receiver
Receiver (radio) In radio terminology, a receiver is an electronic circuit that receives a radio signal from an antenna and converts the signal into sound, pictures, navigational-position information, etc. Radio and radio receiver are often used specifically for receivers whose output consists only of sound, although other types of receivers, such as television receivers, are technically radio receivers as well.
Receiver attack-time delay In telecommunication, receiver attack-time delay is the time interval from (a) the instant a step rf signal, at a level equal to the receiver threshold of sensitivity, is applied to the receiver input to (b) the instant the receiver output amplitude reaches 90% of its steady-state value.
Receiver General for Canada Receiver General for Canada (French: Receveur général du Canada) is responsible for making payments to the Canadian government each fiscal year, accepting payments from financial institutions and preparing the Public Accounts of Canada, containing annual audited financial statements of the Government of Canada. The Receiver General deposits and withdraws funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada.
Receiver operating characteristic In signal detection theory, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC), also receiver operating curve, is a graphical plot of the sensitivity vs. (1 - specificity) for a binary classifier system as its discrimination threshold is varied.
Receiving house A receiving house is a theatre which does not produce its own repertoire but instead receives touring theatre companies, usually for a brief period such as three nights or a full week. The incoming company may receive a share of the box office takings or a minimum guaranteed payment.
Receiving Transmission Receiving Transmission is the second and final album released by Australian punk rock band One Dollar Short in 2004. It was produced by Phil McKellar, who has produced albums for bands such as Grinspoon and Frenzal Rhomb, and was marketed and distributed by Festival Mushroom Records.
Recency effect The recency effect, in psychology, is a cognitive bias that results from disproportionate salience of recent stimuli or observations. For example, if a driver sees an equal total number of red cars as blue cars during a long journey, but there happens to be a glut of red cars at the end of the journey, he or she is likely to conclude that there were more red cars than blue cars throughout the drive.
Recency principle The Recency Principle is described by the Roger Shuy in the journal Language Log is used by police interrogators to have a subject incriminate himself without realizing it, and more importantly, without speaking further about the topic. It exploits a known phenomenon where people focus on the most recent topic.
Recent construction projects in Providence [existing skyline seen with condominium construction in foreground]The Providence Renaissance has caused a spurt of new development in Providence. Most of these projects consist of hotel and condominium development in new and existing buildings, but two new office towers are underway as well.
Recent history of Stonehenge The recent history of Stonehenge has been the period from the nineteenth century onwards when widespread literacy, affordable mass travel and a growing body of archaeological knowledge propelled the site towards its role as an internationally famous, public monument that has been studied, adopted and exploited by numerous different groups.
Recent Change Memory Administration Center RCMAC stands for Recent Change Memory Administration Center, sometimes mistakenly called Recent Change Message Accounting Center, in late 20th century telco parlance. Its purpose is to use centralization, automation, and specialized labor to cut the cost of installing switched service customers and changing their service features.
Recent single-origin hypothesis In paleoanthropology, the recent single-origin hypothesis (RSOH, or Out-of-Africa model, or Replacement Hypothesis) is one of two accounts of the origin of anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens. According to the RSOH, anatomically modern humans evolved in Africa between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago, with members of one branch leaving Africa about 100,000 years ago.
Recept "Recept" is a term used in the work of 19th-century psychologist George Romanes to refer to an idea that is formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object. The notion is similar to that of concatenated impressions, found in the work of David Hume.
Receptacle A receptacle is the expanded tip of a flower stalk (pedicel), or axis that hold the floral organs or in the family Asteraceae, part of the peduncle where the group of flowers of the head are borne. It is the base of a flower
Receptaculites Receptaculites, also known as "sunflower coral" although it is not a coral, are a calcareous green algae that lived from the lower Ordovician to the Permian era. It formed a double spiral radiating pattern of rhombus-shaped plates supported by spindle-like meroms and grew on the seafloor.
Reception (astrology) In astrology, reception is a condition where one planet is located in a sign where a second planet has astrological dignity--for example, a sign which the second planet rules or in which it is exalted, or where the second planet is the triplicity ruler.
Reception desk The Reception desk is the place in most buildings where a receptionist sits typically located in the front of a building just inside the door. At a receptioon desk you may ask how to gain access to different parts of the building.
Reception history According to Harold Marcuse (reception history is "the history of the meanings that have been imputed to historical events. It traces the different ways in which participants, observers, historians and other retrospective interpreters have attempted to make sense of events both as they unfolded and over time since then, to make those events meaningful for the present in which they lived and live.
Reception Tower Utlandshörn Reception Tower Utlandshörn was a 65 meter high wood framework tower built of oak wood on the area of the radio reception station Utlandshoern. This tower carried wire antennas at 4 arms on its top, which were manufactured of teak wood, for the reception of short wave signals.
Receptive field The receptive field of a sensory neuron is a region of space in which the presence of a stimulus will alter the firing of that neuron. Receptive fields have been identified for neurons of the auditory system, the somatosensory system, and the visual system.
Receptor (biochemistry) In biochemistry, a receptor is a protein on the cell membrane or within the cytoplasm or cell nucleus that binds to a specific molecule (a ligand), such as a neurotransmitter, hormone, or other substance, and initiates the cellular response to the ligand. Ligand-induced changes in the behavior of receptor proteins result in physiological changes that constitute the biological actions of the ligands.
Receptor tyrosine kinase The receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family of cell surface receptors shows a high affinity to numerous growth signals. Although numerous intracellular signaling pathways are shared following activation of the receptors by ligand, the responses may be tightly regulated by ligand-receptor specificity or through variations in responses to specific receptors – the one receptor may induce differing results following stimulation depending on the cell type in which the receptor is expressed.
Receptor-ligand kinetics In biochemistry, receptor-ligand kinetics is a branch of chemical kinetics in which the kinetic species are defined by different non-covalent bindings and/or conformations of the molecules involved, which are denoted as receptor(s) and ligand(s).
Receptor-mediated endocytosis Receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME) is a process by which cells internalize molecules (endocytosis) into a cell by the inward budding of plasma membrane vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being internalized.
Recerta (elm cultivar) An American cultivar raised by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) as selection 196-5 from seed obtained from a specimen of Siberian Elm U. pumila in Volgagrad, Russia; the male parent deduced as U.
Recess Recess is a general term for a period of time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties. In parliamentary procedure, "recess" refers to legislative bodies—such as parliaments, assemblies, juries—that are released to reassemble at a later time.
Recess appointment A recess appointment occurs when the President of the United States fills a vacant Federal position during a recess of the United States Senate. The commission or appointment must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session, or the position becomes vacant again.
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street is a Disney direct-to-video animated film released on December 9 2003. It compiles four unrelated episodes of the popular Recess TV series, including the program's Christmas special "Yes Mikey, Santa Does Shave".
Recessed light A recessed light or downlight is a ceiling light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in the ceiling. When installed it appears to have light shining from a hole in the ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction.
Recession A recession is defined in macroeconomics as a decline in a country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two or more successive quarters of a year (equivalently, two consecutive quarters of negative real economic growth). A recession may involve simultaneous declines in coincident measures of overall economic activity such as employment, investment, and corporate profits.
Recession of 1937 The Recession of 1937 was a sharp economic downturn in the United States in 1937-38. It was part of the Great Depression, and had serious political results, and helped strengthen the new Conservative Coalition led by Senators Robert A.
Recession-proof industries Some industries are considered by economists as Recession-proof industries. Goods and services produced by theses industries have a low income elasticity of demand and thus business involving these goods remains relatively stable despite the fall in discretionary income that occurs during an economic recession.
Recessional (poem) Recessional is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, which he composed on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The poem expresses pride in the British Empire, but also an underlying sadness that the Empire might go the way of all previous empires.
Recessive gene In genetics, the term "recessive gene" refers to an allele that causes a phenotype (visible or detectable characteristic) that is only seen in a homozygous genotype (an organism that has two copies of the same allele) and never in a heterozygous genotype. Every person has two copies of every gene on autosomal chromosomes, one from mother and one from father.
Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia is a disorder of cartilage and bone development. This condition has relatively mild signs and symptoms, including joint pain that usually begins in late childhood; malformations of the hands, feet, and knees; and abnormal curvature of the spine (scoliosis).
ReceSs receSs is a Washington, DC based comedy group performing sketch comedy and improv comedy. Founded in 1991 as the No Time Players, that name was taken to found a successful but short-lived comedy group in Los Angeleshttp://laughstore.
Recife Recife ((IPA: ) (Portuguese for reef), 2005 population 1,501,000 (3,599,181 in the metropolitan area) is the third largest city in the Northeastern Region of Brazil, the largest metropolitan area and the most important cultural, economical, political and scientifical city in this Region. It is the 5th largest metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of Pernambuco.
RecipeML Recipe Markup Language (formerly known as DESSERT -- Document Encoding and Structuring Specification for Electronic Recipe Transfer) is an XML-based format for marking up recipes. The format was created in 2000 by the company FormatData.
Recipriversexcluson In Douglas Adams' novel Life, the Universe and Everything, a recipriversexcluson is a fictional number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself. For example, if the given time of arrival of a party at a restaurant is a recipriversexcluson, then it is the one moment of time at which it is impossible that any member of the party will arrive.
Reciprocal (grammar) A reciprocal is a linguistic structure that marks a particular kind of relationship between grammatical agents. In a reciprocal construction, each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to each other.
Reciprocal altruism In evolutionary biology, reciprocal altruism is a form of altruism in which one organism provides a benefit to another in the expectation of future reciprocation. This is similar to the tit for tat strategy in game theory.
Reciprocal cipher A reciprocal cipher means, just as one enters the cleartext into the cryptography system to get the ciphertext, one could enter the ciphertext into the same place in the system to get the cleartext. Sometimes also referred as self-reciprocal cipher.
Reciprocal cross In genetics, a reciprocal cross is a breeding experiment designed to test the role of parental sex on a given inheritance pattern. All parent organisms must be true-breeding to properly carry out such an experiment.
Reciprocal determinism Albert Bandura's belief that a person's behavior is both influenced by and is influencing a person's personal factors and the environment. Bandura accepts the possibility of an individual's behavior being conditioned through the use of consequences.
Reciprocal innervation René Descartes (1596-1650) was one of the first to conceive a model of reciprocal innervation (in 1626) as the principle that provides for the control of agonist and antagonist muscles. Reciprocal innervation describes skeletal muscles as existing in antagonistic pairs, with contraction of one muscle producing forces opposite to those generated by contraction of the other.
Reciprocal inter-insurance exchange A reciprocal inter-insurance exchange, is an insurance company referred to in United States state legislation as either a reciprocal insurance exchange, a reciprocal interinsurance exchange, or perhaps most properly a reciprocal inter-insurance exchange and is managed by an attorney in fact (AIF). Sometimes they are referred to simply as "reciprocals".
Reciprocal liking Reciprocal liking is a psychological term to describe an effect where a person who is liked by another will tend to return that liking. It reflects the notion that people enjoy the company of those who give them positive feelings.
Reciprocal Public License The Reciprocal Public License (RPL) is a software license inspired by the GNU General Public License (GPL) but authored to explicitly remove what some have referred to as the GPL's "privacy loophole" -- an aspect of the GPL which allows recipients of GPL'd code to:
Reciprocal Recordings Reciprocal Recordings was the name of a recording studio in the outskirts of Seattle, Washington that was founded in 1984 and was abandoned in the mid-1990s. The studio specialized in grunge music, and was the site of many grunge recordings, most notably the album Bleach (Nirvana's debut album), Screaming Life (Soundgarden's debut album), and most Green River albums.
Reciprocal socialization Reciprocal socialization is a socialization process that is bidirectional; children socialize parents just as parents socialize children. For example, the interaction of mothers and their infants is sometimes symbolized as a dance or dialogue in which following actions of the partners are closely coordinated.
Reciprocating Chemical Muscle The Reciprocating Chemical Muscle (RCM) is a mechanism that takes advantage of the superior energy density of chemical reactions. It is a regenerative device that converts chemical energy into motion through a direct noncombustive chemical reaction.
Reciprocating oscillation Reciprocating oscillation is an action of oscillation where the oscillation vector varies its amplitude, frequency and or displacement reciprocally. (Note: not to be confused with the reciprocal of the given sinusoidal function).
Reciprocating screw machinery Reciprocating screw machinery is used for the extrusion blow molding of hollow containers. Examples of parts manufactured from these machines include lightweight HDPE bottles for dairy and water, as well as large 3-5 gallon polycarbonate bottles for water coolers.
Reciprocity (electromagnetism) In classical electromagnetism, reciprocity refers to a variety of related theorems involving the interchange of time-harmonic electric current densities (sources) and the resulting electromagnetic fields in Maxwell's equations for time-invariant linear media (under certain constraints). Reciprocity is closely related to the concept of Hermitian operators from linear algebra, applied to electromagnetism.
Reciprocity (international relations) In international relations and treaties, the principle of reciprocity states that favours, benefits, or penalties that are granted by one state to the citizens or legal entities of another, should be returned in kind.
Reciprocity (photography) In photography and holography, reciprocity refers to the inverse relationship between the intensity and duration of light that determines exposure of light-sensitive material. Within a normal exposure range for film stock, for example, the reciprocity law states that exposure = intensity Ă— time.
Reciprocity in network A lot of theoretical efforts have been made to study the nontrivial properties of complex networks, such as clustering, scale-free degree distribution, community structures, etc. Here Reciprocity is another quantity to specifically characterize directed networks.
Recirculating ball Recirculating ball, also known as recirculating ball and nut or worm and sector, is a steering mechanism commonly found in older vehicles. Most newer vehicles use rack and pinion steering instead, but some significant manufacturers (including DaimlerChrysler and General Motors) still use this technology in some models, e.
Recital (law) In Law, a recital (from the Latin word recitare, meaning: to read out) consists of an account or repetition of the details of some act, proceeding or fact. Particularly, in law, that part of a legal document - such as a lease, which contains a statement of certain facts - which contains the purport for which the deed is made.
Recitation A recitation is a discussion carried by a teaching assistant (TA) to supplement a lecture given by a senior faculty at an academic institution. During the recitation, TAs will review the lecture, expand on the concepts, and carry a discussion with the students.
Recitation Hall One of the original buildings for the West Chester State Normal School, Recitation Hall now houses the College of Education and general purpose classrooms at West Chester University. Marking the western edge of the Quad, its serpentine rubble stone and slate roof make it one of the architectural treasures on campus.
Recitation song A recitation song or "recitation" as it is more commonly called, is a spoken narrative to music, generally with a sentimental (or at times, religious) theme. Such numbers were quite popular in country music from the 1930's into the 1960's although few in number.
Recitative Recitative, a form of composition often used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas (and occasionally in operettas and even musicals), is melodic speech set to music, or a descriptive narrative song in which the music follows the words.
Reciting tone In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) is a repeated musical pitch around which the other pitches of the chant gravitate, or by extension, the entire melodic formula that centers on one or two such pitches. In Gregorian chant, reciting tones are used for a number of contexts, including the chanting of psalm tones.
Reckange-sur-Mess Reckange-sur-Mess (Luxembourgish: Reckeng op der Mess, German: Reckingen) is a commune and small town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, which is part of the district of Luxembourg.
Reckless Engineering Reckless Engineering is a BBC Books original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Anji and Trix.
Reckless Youth Tom Carter (born September 8 in Babylon, New York) is an American professional wrestler also known by his ring name Reckless Youth. He has appeared in many independent wrestling promotions and was one of the founders of CHIKARA Pro Wrestling.
Recklessness (criminal) In the criminal law, recklessness (sometimes also termed willful blindness which may have a different meaning in the United States) is one of the three possible classes of mental state constituting mens rea (the Latin for "guilty mind"). To commit an offence of ordinary as opposed to strict liability, the prosecution must be able to prove both an actus reus and a mens rea, i.
Reckoning of Hell In the cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the Reckoning of Hell (often referred to as the Reckoning) was a civil war that shaped the political landscape of the Nine Hells into its current form. The Reckoning received its fullest treatment in the D&D sourcebook A Guide to Hell.
Reclaim the Streets Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a group of people with a collective ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize themselves as a resistance movement to the new corporate colonial forces of globalisation, and, more significantly, as a form of opposition to the car as the dominant mode of transport.
Reclaimed water Reclaimed water is wastewater (sewage) that has been treated and purified for reuse, rather than discharged into a body of water. It is frequently used to irrigate golf courses and parks, fill decorative fountains, and fight fires.
Reclaimer (Halo) In the video game Halo, a "Reclaimer" is an individual who, whether by chance or by precedent, has been placed in charge of retrieving an item known as the Index and returning it to, and subsequently placing it into a control panel within, a control center on a Halo structure to activate a massive superweapon. The word is first used as a title bestowed upon Master Chief SPARTAN-117 in the video game, Halo: Combat Evolved, by an artificial intelligence construct, designated 343 Guilty Spark by its creators, the Forerunner.
Reclaiming (neopaganism) Reclaiming (formerly known as Reclaiming Collective) is an international community of women and men working to combine earth-based spirituality and political activism. Reclaiming was founded amid the peace and anti-nuclear movements of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and focuses on progressive social, political, environmental and economic activism.
Reclamation Reclamation is the process of reclaiming something from loss or from a less useful condition. It is generally used of water reclamation, which, a century ago meant damming streams (thus the US Bureau of Reclamation owning dams), and now has come to be used to describe wastewater reclamation.
Reclamation district Reclamation districts are a form of special-purpose districts in the United States (and possibly other countries) which are responsible for reclamining and/or maintaining land that is threatened by permanent or temporary flooding for agricultural, residential, commercial, or industrial use. The land is reclaimed by removing and/or preventing water from returning via systems of levees, dikes, drainage ditches, and pumps.
Reclus Peninsula Reclus Peninsula is a peninsula 7 miles long which borders the W side of Charlotte Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named the N extremity "Cap Reclus" for Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), French geographer and author.
Recognition of prior learning Recognition of Prior Learning, Prior Learning Assessment, or Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition, describes the set of standards and procedures put in place by educational institutions to assign advanced standing to prospective students. Typically referred to as RPL or PLA by education professionals, it is most often associated with adult education.
Recognition of states approach A recognition of states approach, also known as the Estrada doctrine, is a development on the earlier recognition of governments approach whereby a government would recognize another governments. This caused political problems following an unconstitutional change in the government of another state.
Recognition of studies abroad in the European Union Recognition of titles is an important instrument to facilitate the free movement of students and of graduates in Europe. Also at the occasion of the "Prague Ministerial Conference" on Higher Education (May 2001), "Ministers strongly encouraged universities and other higher education institutions to take full advantage of existing national legislation and European tools aimed at facilitating academic and professional recognition of course units, degrees and other awards, so that citizens can effectively use their qualifications, competencies and skills throughout the European Higher Education Area".
Recognition of the Traditional Owners of the Land Many events in Australia begin with a Recognition of the Traditional Owners of the Land, a phrase, paragraph, or sometimes an entire speech recognising that the land where the event is taking place is stolen and traditionally belongs to the Indigenous people of Australia. The recognition is not of Aboriginal people as a whole, but of the Aboriginal nation where the event takes place.
Recognition primed decision Recognition-primed decision is a psychological technique for modeling how people come to a rapid decision when faced with complex situations. In this model, the decision-maker is assumed to generate a possible course of action, compare it to the constraints imposed by the situation, and select the first course of action that is not rejected.
Recall election A recall election is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office. Along with the initiative and referendum, it was one of the major electoral reforms advocated by leaders of the Progressive movement in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Recant To recant usually means to (publicly or in the presence of relevant officials) state that one has stopped holding a particular opinion, often an opinion which is in defiance of current religious or political dogma. See :wiktionary:recant.
Recapitulation (music) In music theory, the recapitulation is the third major section of a movement written in sonata form. The recapitulation re-presents the thematic material that originally appeared in the exposition section, placing it all in the tonic key (that is, the overall key of the movement).
Recapitulation theory The theory of recapitulation, also called the biogenetic law or ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, is a theory in biology which attempts to explain apparent similarities between humans and other animals. First espoused in 1866 by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, a contemporary of Charles Darwin, the theory has been discredited in its absolute form ("strong recapitulation"), although recognized as being perhaps partly fruitful.
Recaro Recaro is a German company based in Kirchheim unter Teck in the vicinity of Stuttgart, well known for their bucket seats and commonly contracted to produce upgraded racing style seats for all the sporty cars built by the Volkswagen Group as well as many other manufacturers.
RecA recA is a 38 kilodalton Escherichia coli protein essential for the repair and maintenance of DNA. RecA has a structural and functional homolog in every species in which it has been seriously sought and serves as an archetype for this class of homologous DNA repair proteins.
RecBCD RecBCD, also known as Exonuclease V, is a protein of the E. coli bacterium that initiates recombinational repair from DNA double strand breaks which are a common result of ionizing radition, replication errors, endonucleases, oxidative damage and a host of other factors.
Recca Recca ("Raging Fire") is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up video game for the Famicom, released in 1992 for an annual "Summer Carnival" shooting competition. It is known for being extremely fast and difficult, placing dozens of objects on screen with no slowdown in frame rate.
Recca Hanabishi Recca Hanabishi (花菱çç« Hanabishi Rekka, "Raging Fire"), is a fictional character in the Japanese anime and manga series, Flame of Recca. Obsessed with ninjas since early childhood, Recca learns that he was originally born into the Hokage ninja clan 400 years ago, and was sent forwards in time by his mother, Kagerou, to keep him from being slaughtered in a war.
Recce (film) Recce (pronounced "recky") is a word used in media production, derived from "reconnaissance", a general military term. It is a pre-filming visit to a location to work out its suitability for shooting, including access to necessary facilities and assessment of any potential lighting or sound issues.
Recceology Recceology (ancient Latin: recognoscere, and later French: reconnaitre = recognise and ancient Latin logos = word) is the archaeological slang for a group of non-invasive studies, such as topographical evaluation, surface examination, aerial observation and environmental measurements.
Reccesuinth Reccesuinth; or Recceswinth, Recceswint, Reccaswinth, Recdeswinth, Recesvinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Reccesvinthus (Latin); ruled as a king of the Visigoths from 649–672: jointly with his father from 649 and as sole king from 653.
Rece Davis Rece Davis (born December 14, 1965 as Laurece Davis in Muscle Shoals, Alabama), has been a journalist for ESPN since 1995. Currently, Rece works as an anchor on SportsCenter, and host of various other programs on the network.
Receive-after-transmit time delay In telecommunication, receive-after-transmit time delay is the time interval between (a) the instant of keying off the local transmitter to stop transmitting and (b) the instant the local receiver output has increased to 90% of its steady-state value in response to an rf signal from a distant transmitter.
Received Pronunciation Received Pronunciation (RP) is a form of pronunciation of the English language which has been long perceived as uniquely prestigious among British accents and is the usual accent taught to non-native speakers learning British English.
Received view A "received view" refers to any worldview that is taken for granted or that is assumed to be true without further criticism by the part of the "receiver" - until he or she manages to "unhide" it, e.g.
Receiver (firearms) In firearms terminology, the receiver is the part of a firearm that houses the operating parts. It is sometimes called the body of the firearm, and especially in the context of handguns (revolvers and pistols) it is often called the frame.
Receiver (modulated ultrasound) In modulated ultrasound terminology, a receiver is a device that receives a modulated ultrasound signal and decodes it for use as sound, navigational-position information, etc. Its function is somewhat like that of a radio receiver
Receiver (radio) In radio terminology, a receiver is an electronic circuit that receives a radio signal from an antenna and converts the signal into sound, pictures, navigational-position information, etc. Radio and radio receiver are often used specifically for receivers whose output consists only of sound, although other types of receivers, such as television receivers, are technically radio receivers as well.
Receiver attack-time delay In telecommunication, receiver attack-time delay is the time interval from (a) the instant a step rf signal, at a level equal to the receiver threshold of sensitivity, is applied to the receiver input to (b) the instant the receiver output amplitude reaches 90% of its steady-state value.
Receiver General for Canada Receiver General for Canada (French: Receveur général du Canada) is responsible for making payments to the Canadian government each fiscal year, accepting payments from financial institutions and preparing the Public Accounts of Canada, containing annual audited financial statements of the Government of Canada. The Receiver General deposits and withdraws funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada.
Receiver operating characteristic In signal detection theory, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC), also receiver operating curve, is a graphical plot of the sensitivity vs. (1 - specificity) for a binary classifier system as its discrimination threshold is varied.
Receiving house A receiving house is a theatre which does not produce its own repertoire but instead receives touring theatre companies, usually for a brief period such as three nights or a full week. The incoming company may receive a share of the box office takings or a minimum guaranteed payment.
Receiving Transmission Receiving Transmission is the second and final album released by Australian punk rock band One Dollar Short in 2004. It was produced by Phil McKellar, who has produced albums for bands such as Grinspoon and Frenzal Rhomb, and was marketed and distributed by Festival Mushroom Records.
Recency effect The recency effect, in psychology, is a cognitive bias that results from disproportionate salience of recent stimuli or observations. For example, if a driver sees an equal total number of red cars as blue cars during a long journey, but there happens to be a glut of red cars at the end of the journey, he or she is likely to conclude that there were more red cars than blue cars throughout the drive.
Recency principle The Recency Principle is described by the Roger Shuy in the journal Language Log is used by police interrogators to have a subject incriminate himself without realizing it, and more importantly, without speaking further about the topic. It exploits a known phenomenon where people focus on the most recent topic.
Recent construction projects in Providence [existing skyline seen with condominium construction in foreground]The Providence Renaissance has caused a spurt of new development in Providence. Most of these projects consist of hotel and condominium development in new and existing buildings, but two new office towers are underway as well.
Recent history of Stonehenge The recent history of Stonehenge has been the period from the nineteenth century onwards when widespread literacy, affordable mass travel and a growing body of archaeological knowledge propelled the site towards its role as an internationally famous, public monument that has been studied, adopted and exploited by numerous different groups.
Recent Change Memory Administration Center RCMAC stands for Recent Change Memory Administration Center, sometimes mistakenly called Recent Change Message Accounting Center, in late 20th century telco parlance. Its purpose is to use centralization, automation, and specialized labor to cut the cost of installing switched service customers and changing their service features.
Recent single-origin hypothesis In paleoanthropology, the recent single-origin hypothesis (RSOH, or Out-of-Africa model, or Replacement Hypothesis) is one of two accounts of the origin of anatomically modern humans, Homo sapiens. According to the RSOH, anatomically modern humans evolved in Africa between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago, with members of one branch leaving Africa about 100,000 years ago.
Recept "Recept" is a term used in the work of 19th-century psychologist George Romanes to refer to an idea that is formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object. The notion is similar to that of concatenated impressions, found in the work of David Hume.
Receptacle A receptacle is the expanded tip of a flower stalk (pedicel), or axis that hold the floral organs or in the family Asteraceae, part of the peduncle where the group of flowers of the head are borne. It is the base of a flower
Receptaculites Receptaculites, also known as "sunflower coral" although it is not a coral, are a calcareous green algae that lived from the lower Ordovician to the Permian era. It formed a double spiral radiating pattern of rhombus-shaped plates supported by spindle-like meroms and grew on the seafloor.
Reception (astrology) In astrology, reception is a condition where one planet is located in a sign where a second planet has astrological dignity--for example, a sign which the second planet rules or in which it is exalted, or where the second planet is the triplicity ruler.
Reception desk The Reception desk is the place in most buildings where a receptionist sits typically located in the front of a building just inside the door. At a receptioon desk you may ask how to gain access to different parts of the building.
Reception history According to Harold Marcuse (reception history is "the history of the meanings that have been imputed to historical events. It traces the different ways in which participants, observers, historians and other retrospective interpreters have attempted to make sense of events both as they unfolded and over time since then, to make those events meaningful for the present in which they lived and live.
Reception Tower Utlandshörn Reception Tower Utlandshörn was a 65 meter high wood framework tower built of oak wood on the area of the radio reception station Utlandshoern. This tower carried wire antennas at 4 arms on its top, which were manufactured of teak wood, for the reception of short wave signals.
Receptive field The receptive field of a sensory neuron is a region of space in which the presence of a stimulus will alter the firing of that neuron. Receptive fields have been identified for neurons of the auditory system, the somatosensory system, and the visual system.
Receptor (biochemistry) In biochemistry, a receptor is a protein on the cell membrane or within the cytoplasm or cell nucleus that binds to a specific molecule (a ligand), such as a neurotransmitter, hormone, or other substance, and initiates the cellular response to the ligand. Ligand-induced changes in the behavior of receptor proteins result in physiological changes that constitute the biological actions of the ligands.
Receptor tyrosine kinase The receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family of cell surface receptors shows a high affinity to numerous growth signals. Although numerous intracellular signaling pathways are shared following activation of the receptors by ligand, the responses may be tightly regulated by ligand-receptor specificity or through variations in responses to specific receptors – the one receptor may induce differing results following stimulation depending on the cell type in which the receptor is expressed.
Receptor-ligand kinetics In biochemistry, receptor-ligand kinetics is a branch of chemical kinetics in which the kinetic species are defined by different non-covalent bindings and/or conformations of the molecules involved, which are denoted as receptor(s) and ligand(s).
Receptor-mediated endocytosis Receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME) is a process by which cells internalize molecules (endocytosis) into a cell by the inward budding of plasma membrane vesicles containing proteins with receptor sites specific to the molecules being internalized.
Recerta (elm cultivar) An American cultivar raised by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) as selection 196-5 from seed obtained from a specimen of Siberian Elm U. pumila in Volgagrad, Russia; the male parent deduced as U.
Recess Recess is a general term for a period of time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties. In parliamentary procedure, "recess" refers to legislative bodies—such as parliaments, assemblies, juries—that are released to reassemble at a later time.
Recess appointment A recess appointment occurs when the President of the United States fills a vacant Federal position during a recess of the United States Senate. The commission or appointment must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session, or the position becomes vacant again.
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street is a Disney direct-to-video animated film released on December 9 2003. It compiles four unrelated episodes of the popular Recess TV series, including the program's Christmas special "Yes Mikey, Santa Does Shave".
Recessed light A recessed light or downlight is a ceiling light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in the ceiling. When installed it appears to have light shining from a hole in the ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction.
Recession A recession is defined in macroeconomics as a decline in a country's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two or more successive quarters of a year (equivalently, two consecutive quarters of negative real economic growth). A recession may involve simultaneous declines in coincident measures of overall economic activity such as employment, investment, and corporate profits.
Recession of 1937 The Recession of 1937 was a sharp economic downturn in the United States in 1937-38. It was part of the Great Depression, and had serious political results, and helped strengthen the new Conservative Coalition led by Senators Robert A.
Recession-proof industries Some industries are considered by economists as Recession-proof industries. Goods and services produced by theses industries have a low income elasticity of demand and thus business involving these goods remains relatively stable despite the fall in discretionary income that occurs during an economic recession.
Recessional (poem) Recessional is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, which he composed on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The poem expresses pride in the British Empire, but also an underlying sadness that the Empire might go the way of all previous empires.
Recessive gene In genetics, the term "recessive gene" refers to an allele that causes a phenotype (visible or detectable characteristic) that is only seen in a homozygous genotype (an organism that has two copies of the same allele) and never in a heterozygous genotype. Every person has two copies of every gene on autosomal chromosomes, one from mother and one from father.
Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia is a disorder of cartilage and bone development. This condition has relatively mild signs and symptoms, including joint pain that usually begins in late childhood; malformations of the hands, feet, and knees; and abnormal curvature of the spine (scoliosis).
ReceSs receSs is a Washington, DC based comedy group performing sketch comedy and improv comedy. Founded in 1991 as the No Time Players, that name was taken to found a successful but short-lived comedy group in Los Angeleshttp://laughstore.
Recife Recife ((IPA: ) (Portuguese for reef), 2005 population 1,501,000 (3,599,181 in the metropolitan area) is the third largest city in the Northeastern Region of Brazil, the largest metropolitan area and the most important cultural, economical, political and scientifical city in this Region. It is the 5th largest metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of Pernambuco.
RecipeML Recipe Markup Language (formerly known as DESSERT -- Document Encoding and Structuring Specification for Electronic Recipe Transfer) is an XML-based format for marking up recipes. The format was created in 2000 by the company FormatData.
Recipriversexcluson In Douglas Adams' novel Life, the Universe and Everything, a recipriversexcluson is a fictional number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself. For example, if the given time of arrival of a party at a restaurant is a recipriversexcluson, then it is the one moment of time at which it is impossible that any member of the party will arrive.
Reciprocal (grammar) A reciprocal is a linguistic structure that marks a particular kind of relationship between grammatical agents. In a reciprocal construction, each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to each other.
Reciprocal altruism In evolutionary biology, reciprocal altruism is a form of altruism in which one organism provides a benefit to another in the expectation of future reciprocation. This is similar to the tit for tat strategy in game theory.
Reciprocal cipher A reciprocal cipher means, just as one enters the cleartext into the cryptography system to get the ciphertext, one could enter the ciphertext into the same place in the system to get the cleartext. Sometimes also referred as self-reciprocal cipher.
Reciprocal cross In genetics, a reciprocal cross is a breeding experiment designed to test the role of parental sex on a given inheritance pattern. All parent organisms must be true-breeding to properly carry out such an experiment.
Reciprocal determinism Albert Bandura's belief that a person's behavior is both influenced by and is influencing a person's personal factors and the environment. Bandura accepts the possibility of an individual's behavior being conditioned through the use of consequences.
Reciprocal innervation René Descartes (1596-1650) was one of the first to conceive a model of reciprocal innervation (in 1626) as the principle that provides for the control of agonist and antagonist muscles. Reciprocal innervation describes skeletal muscles as existing in antagonistic pairs, with contraction of one muscle producing forces opposite to those generated by contraction of the other.
Reciprocal inter-insurance exchange A reciprocal inter-insurance exchange, is an insurance company referred to in United States state legislation as either a reciprocal insurance exchange, a reciprocal interinsurance exchange, or perhaps most properly a reciprocal inter-insurance exchange and is managed by an attorney in fact (AIF). Sometimes they are referred to simply as "reciprocals".
Reciprocal liking Reciprocal liking is a psychological term to describe an effect where a person who is liked by another will tend to return that liking. It reflects the notion that people enjoy the company of those who give them positive feelings.
Reciprocal Public License The Reciprocal Public License (RPL) is a software license inspired by the GNU General Public License (GPL) but authored to explicitly remove what some have referred to as the GPL's "privacy loophole" -- an aspect of the GPL which allows recipients of GPL'd code to:
Reciprocal Recordings Reciprocal Recordings was the name of a recording studio in the outskirts of Seattle, Washington that was founded in 1984 and was abandoned in the mid-1990s. The studio specialized in grunge music, and was the site of many grunge recordings, most notably the album Bleach (Nirvana's debut album), Screaming Life (Soundgarden's debut album), and most Green River albums.
Reciprocal socialization Reciprocal socialization is a socialization process that is bidirectional; children socialize parents just as parents socialize children. For example, the interaction of mothers and their infants is sometimes symbolized as a dance or dialogue in which following actions of the partners are closely coordinated.
Reciprocating Chemical Muscle The Reciprocating Chemical Muscle (RCM) is a mechanism that takes advantage of the superior energy density of chemical reactions. It is a regenerative device that converts chemical energy into motion through a direct noncombustive chemical reaction.
Reciprocating oscillation Reciprocating oscillation is an action of oscillation where the oscillation vector varies its amplitude, frequency and or displacement reciprocally. (Note: not to be confused with the reciprocal of the given sinusoidal function).
Reciprocating screw machinery Reciprocating screw machinery is used for the extrusion blow molding of hollow containers. Examples of parts manufactured from these machines include lightweight HDPE bottles for dairy and water, as well as large 3-5 gallon polycarbonate bottles for water coolers.
Reciprocity (electromagnetism) In classical electromagnetism, reciprocity refers to a variety of related theorems involving the interchange of time-harmonic electric current densities (sources) and the resulting electromagnetic fields in Maxwell's equations for time-invariant linear media (under certain constraints). Reciprocity is closely related to the concept of Hermitian operators from linear algebra, applied to electromagnetism.
Reciprocity (international relations) In international relations and treaties, the principle of reciprocity states that favours, benefits, or penalties that are granted by one state to the citizens or legal entities of another, should be returned in kind.
Reciprocity (photography) In photography and holography, reciprocity refers to the inverse relationship between the intensity and duration of light that determines exposure of light-sensitive material. Within a normal exposure range for film stock, for example, the reciprocity law states that exposure = intensity Ă— time.
Reciprocity in network A lot of theoretical efforts have been made to study the nontrivial properties of complex networks, such as clustering, scale-free degree distribution, community structures, etc. Here Reciprocity is another quantity to specifically characterize directed networks.
Recirculating ball Recirculating ball, also known as recirculating ball and nut or worm and sector, is a steering mechanism commonly found in older vehicles. Most newer vehicles use rack and pinion steering instead, but some significant manufacturers (including DaimlerChrysler and General Motors) still use this technology in some models, e.
Recital (law) In Law, a recital (from the Latin word recitare, meaning: to read out) consists of an account or repetition of the details of some act, proceeding or fact. Particularly, in law, that part of a legal document - such as a lease, which contains a statement of certain facts - which contains the purport for which the deed is made.
Recitation A recitation is a discussion carried by a teaching assistant (TA) to supplement a lecture given by a senior faculty at an academic institution. During the recitation, TAs will review the lecture, expand on the concepts, and carry a discussion with the students.
Recitation Hall One of the original buildings for the West Chester State Normal School, Recitation Hall now houses the College of Education and general purpose classrooms at West Chester University. Marking the western edge of the Quad, its serpentine rubble stone and slate roof make it one of the architectural treasures on campus.
Recitation song A recitation song or "recitation" as it is more commonly called, is a spoken narrative to music, generally with a sentimental (or at times, religious) theme. Such numbers were quite popular in country music from the 1930's into the 1960's although few in number.
Recitative Recitative, a form of composition often used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas (and occasionally in operettas and even musicals), is melodic speech set to music, or a descriptive narrative song in which the music follows the words.
Reciting tone In chant, a reciting tone (also called a recitation tone) is a repeated musical pitch around which the other pitches of the chant gravitate, or by extension, the entire melodic formula that centers on one or two such pitches. In Gregorian chant, reciting tones are used for a number of contexts, including the chanting of psalm tones.
Reckange-sur-Mess Reckange-sur-Mess (Luxembourgish: Reckeng op der Mess, German: Reckingen) is a commune and small town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, which is part of the district of Luxembourg.
Reckless Engineering Reckless Engineering is a BBC Books original novel written by Nick Walters and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz, Anji and Trix.
Reckless Youth Tom Carter (born September 8 in Babylon, New York) is an American professional wrestler also known by his ring name Reckless Youth. He has appeared in many independent wrestling promotions and was one of the founders of CHIKARA Pro Wrestling.
Recklessness (criminal) In the criminal law, recklessness (sometimes also termed willful blindness which may have a different meaning in the United States) is one of the three possible classes of mental state constituting mens rea (the Latin for "guilty mind"). To commit an offence of ordinary as opposed to strict liability, the prosecution must be able to prove both an actus reus and a mens rea, i.
Reckoning of Hell In the cosmology of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the Reckoning of Hell (often referred to as the Reckoning) was a civil war that shaped the political landscape of the Nine Hells into its current form. The Reckoning received its fullest treatment in the D&D sourcebook A Guide to Hell.
Reclaim the Streets Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a group of people with a collective ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize themselves as a resistance movement to the new corporate colonial forces of globalisation, and, more significantly, as a form of opposition to the car as the dominant mode of transport.
Reclaimed water Reclaimed water is wastewater (sewage) that has been treated and purified for reuse, rather than discharged into a body of water. It is frequently used to irrigate golf courses and parks, fill decorative fountains, and fight fires.
Reclaimer (Halo) In the video game Halo, a "Reclaimer" is an individual who, whether by chance or by precedent, has been placed in charge of retrieving an item known as the Index and returning it to, and subsequently placing it into a control panel within, a control center on a Halo structure to activate a massive superweapon. The word is first used as a title bestowed upon Master Chief SPARTAN-117 in the video game, Halo: Combat Evolved, by an artificial intelligence construct, designated 343 Guilty Spark by its creators, the Forerunner.
Reclaiming (neopaganism) Reclaiming (formerly known as Reclaiming Collective) is an international community of women and men working to combine earth-based spirituality and political activism. Reclaiming was founded amid the peace and anti-nuclear movements of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and focuses on progressive social, political, environmental and economic activism.
Reclamation Reclamation is the process of reclaiming something from loss or from a less useful condition. It is generally used of water reclamation, which, a century ago meant damming streams (thus the US Bureau of Reclamation owning dams), and now has come to be used to describe wastewater reclamation.
Reclamation district Reclamation districts are a form of special-purpose districts in the United States (and possibly other countries) which are responsible for reclamining and/or maintaining land that is threatened by permanent or temporary flooding for agricultural, residential, commercial, or industrial use. The land is reclaimed by removing and/or preventing water from returning via systems of levees, dikes, drainage ditches, and pumps.
Reclus Peninsula Reclus Peninsula is a peninsula 7 miles long which borders the W side of Charlotte Bay, on the W coast of Graham Land. First charted in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, who named the N extremity "Cap Reclus" for Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), French geographer and author.
Recognition of prior learning Recognition of Prior Learning, Prior Learning Assessment, or Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition, describes the set of standards and procedures put in place by educational institutions to assign advanced standing to prospective students. Typically referred to as RPL or PLA by education professionals, it is most often associated with adult education.
Recognition of states approach A recognition of states approach, also known as the Estrada doctrine, is a development on the earlier recognition of governments approach whereby a government would recognize another governments. This caused political problems following an unconstitutional change in the government of another state.
Recognition of studies abroad in the European Union Recognition of titles is an important instrument to facilitate the free movement of students and of graduates in Europe. Also at the occasion of the "Prague Ministerial Conference" on Higher Education (May 2001), "Ministers strongly encouraged universities and other higher education institutions to take full advantage of existing national legislation and European tools aimed at facilitating academic and professional recognition of course units, degrees and other awards, so that citizens can effectively use their qualifications, competencies and skills throughout the European Higher Education Area".
Recognition of the Traditional Owners of the Land Many events in Australia begin with a Recognition of the Traditional Owners of the Land, a phrase, paragraph, or sometimes an entire speech recognising that the land where the event is taking place is stolen and traditionally belongs to the Indigenous people of Australia. The recognition is not of Aboriginal people as a whole, but of the Aboriginal nation where the event takes place.
Recognition primed decision Recognition-primed decision is a psychological technique for modeling how people come to a rapid decision when faced with complex situations. In this model, the decision-maker is assumed to generate a possible course of action, compare it to the constraints imposed by the situation, and select the first course of action that is not rejected.
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