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The chapters illustrate a range of methods, although there is an overall emphasis in favour of qualitative approaches.
In terms purely of logic and expediency, the argument in favour of a single language is difficult to oppose.
This latter approach is favoured in semantical investigations as it renders no proof-theoretical problems when forming term models.
These small differences favoured the co-occurrence of the two parasitoid species on the same attacked trees.
A mild disturbance event, the treefall of a single or several trees, would favour the suppressed-sapling strategy.
In this case, the density field promotes global tilting, whereas the viscosity field favours a straight vertical interface.
As the cooperatives favoured vertical groupings, their presence made it easier to carry out this task.
The book takes a strong ideological stance in favour of the state's primary role in social services provision.
Since the current recommendations favour mass distribution covering the entire population in endemic areas, these areas must be defined carefully.
Topdown solutions and large campaign-style approaches are therefore rejected in favour of more participatory solutions, involving local consultation and village level planning.
However, they have not found favour with many workers, possibly due to complexity and expense.
She then asks what argument the egalitarian has in favour of equality such that reducing welfare is sometimes justified.
These natural enemies should be favoured by pest management tactics and their population levels considered when making control decisions.
The behavioural details that dominated in the earlier production are now abandoned in favour of psychological states and their nuances.
In this case, the intense perturbation of the upper boundary favours the generation of downstream patches of vortices travelling with high phase velocity.
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