tendencia
bias [biases, -pl.] ; penchant ; push towards ; stream ; tendency ; tide ; trend ; strand ; push ; streak ; leaning ; stripe.
The place of publication may also warn of biases in approach or differences in terminology that arise in the text.
Our penchant to organize is perhaps as close to a biological imperative as any form of human behavior is likely to come.
In the frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.
If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
In this case we find a tendency to ignore the author's identity as found in the document, and to prefer instead a real name to a pseudonym.
What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.
Current trends favour cataloguing practices which can be applied to a variety of library materials.
This article gives a brief history of the two main strands in the development of bibliotherapy, or healing through books, in the USA.
The key issue to note here is that the global push to describe and document Indigenous knowledge is gaining momentum.
The secret of his success is an obsessive streak in his personality combined with business aggression.
Finally, this new philosophy did not conflict with the librarian's elitist leanings.
The field of computational linguistics is exciting insomuch as it permits linguists of different stripes to model language behaviour.
análisis de tendencias
trend analysis
From the trend analysis it is evident that research is no longer perceived as an interesting career except in the fields of engineering and medicine.
de acuerdo con la tendencia hacia
in the trend towards
The library is located in a city with a very large state mental hospital that has been sharply downsized in the trend towards de-institutionalisation.
de tendencia socialista
socialistic
The author discusses the application of his socialistic ideas to further three causes: (1) socialism and secularism; (2) positivism; and (3) a form of middle class radicalism.
en la tendencia principal de
in the mainstream of
It was evident that aspects of industrial relations feature on courses in a variety of firms, but set firmly in the mainstream of management theory.
existir la tendencia a
there + be + a tendency (to/for)
There is a tendency for smaller items to be pushed to the back of the drawer and possibly crumpled as the drawer is opened and closed = Lo normal es que las cosas más pequeñas se vayan desplazando hacia la parte trasera del cajón y que posiblemente se arrugen al abrir y cerrarlo.
informe de tendencias
trends report
The report of findings may consist simply of a few pages, or be a trends and proposals report, or may suggest tie-ups with other groups.
proyección de tendencias
trend projection
The technique 'Trend Projection' graphically plots future trends based on past experience.
tendencia actual
current trend
This session is aimed at discussing current trends in providing farmer-oriented information services in developing countries = El objetivo de esta sesion es debatir las tendencias actuales en los servicios de información para agricultores en los países en vías de desarrollo.
tendencia alcista
bouyancy
The author outlines the reason for the buoyancy of the book trade and discusses the prospects for exports which appear to be much better.
tendencia al olvido
forgetfulness
The means for breaking this forgetfulness tendency should be rigorously explored = Se debería analizar rigurosamente la manera de acabar con esta tendencia al olvido.
tendencia autodestructiva
self-destructive behaviour
It's always sad when an artist has everything they need at their fingertips but still displays such self-destructive behavior.
tendencia de agrupamiento
clustering tendency
This article describes 3 methods - the overlap test, the nearest neighbour test, and the density test - which can be used to measure the degree of clustering tendency in a set of documents.
tendencia de clustering
clustering tendency
This article describes 3 methods - the overlap test, the nearest neighbour test, and the density test - which can be used to measure the degree of clustering tendency in a set of documents.
tendencia de la época, la
trend of the times, the
But if it fails to face up to the trend of the times and goes against it, it will be forsaken by history in the end.
tendencia demográfica
population trend
Again, the same subject may be required for a number of reasons, e.g an article on population trends in a certain area may be of interest to the statistician, the actuary, the market research worker, the economist, the sociologist, and so on = De nuevo, pueden existir varias razones por las que se necesita una misma materia, por ejemplo, un artículo sobre los cambios demográficos en una zona determinada puede ser de interés para el estadístico, el actuario de seguros, el investigador de mercado, el economista, el sociólgo, etc.
tendencia inflacionista
inflationary spiral
inflationary trend
deflationary spiral
The emphasis on arrangement and effective access to the information are two of the factors that add to the expense of these works along with the inflationary spiral also evident in the cost of living.
Inflationary trends in scholarly and professional publishing are forcing many academic libraries to cancel subscriptions to high-priced and/or seldom used titles = Las tendencias inflacionistas en la edición científica y en la especializada para profesionales están obligando a muchas bibliotecas académicas a cancelar las suscripciones a los títulos muy caros y/o usados con poca frecuencia.
And this stimulus is working in the sense that it has headed off the imminent risk of a deflationary spiral.
tendencia natural
in-built tendency
If a system employing post-coordinate indexing follows a policy of indexing in depth then it will possess an in-built tendency to produce high recall and, consequently, precision will be lowered.
tendencia opuesta
countertendency
There is also a countertendency to modify, replace, or avoid terms that are seen as overused.
tendencia social
social trend
social trend
The author reviews three recent books and one article on future social trends resulting from the information revolution.
The author reviews three recent books and one article on future social trends resulting from the information revolution.
tener una tendencia a
have + a tendency to
Humans, as we well know, already have a tendency to follow the path of least resistance, which tends to lead to over-simplification.
