Word: reflexive
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London political circles have it that a general election will take place either during December or early in the New Year. This prognostication is made on the assumption that the Ruhr-Reparations situation, with its adverse reflex on British industry, will remain static or grow worse. In view of M. Poincare's recalcitrant attitude to the reparations tangle, this forecast of events is justified; no Government can endure a prolongation of the present intolerable situation, in view of the fact that unemployment is an intrinsic part...
...salivary gland to the surface of the cheek and measured the flow under stimulus of food. At regular feeding times a bell was rung, and after several repetitions it was found that the sound of the bell alone, without food, stimulated the saliva. This process, known as a "conditioned reflex," has been repeated in scores of forms by physiologists and psychologists on both animal and human subjects. It forms the basis of much of modern " behavioristic " psychology, and suggests how reflexes and instincts can be re-educated into new habits of conduct...
...increasing interest in business at Harvard is concerned, there is little doubt that it is largely a result of the success of the Graduate School of Business Administration. This, in turn, has had its reflex upon the college undergraduates, who, in seeking advice from their business friends as to what to "go into," are being urged to take a year or more at the Business School. In the old days youngsters who could not make up their minds just how they would set about conquering the world were urged to go for a year or more to the Law School...
...maximum of sound without sacrificing clearness. He then diagrammed the various methods of setting up a set by which one can increase the intensity of sound without being troubled by excessive sputtering from the instruments. Mr. Dallin discovered in particular the relative disadvantages of the regenerative, crystal, and reflex receiving outfits, favoring the crystal detector as the best receiver of music. In speaking of the possible strength to which such sets can be developed, he mentioned the fact that Great Britain built a 19-stage regenerative amplifier in the late war which enabled her to hear the German Navy practicing...
...Tension Laboratory under the auspices of the Wireless Club. The talk is to be practical and non-technical in nature and will be illustrated by apparatus and demonstrations. In addition to discussion of the regular radio frequency circuits, Mr. Dallin will explain and show one of the latest type "reflex" receivers...