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observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level ultimate cause (or distal cause) which is usually thought of as the "real" reason something...

only sum approximately to 100%. The causes listed are relatively immediate medical causes, but the ultimate cause of death might be described differently...

Britain and France, but many other prior events have been suggested as ultimate causes. Primary themes in historical analysis of the war's origins include...

temporaria, where older females will sometimes switch to being males. The ultimate cause of a biological event determines how the event makes organisms better...

period of fermentation in warm temperatures, which comes to be the ultimate cause behind this drink's savoury taste. In order to make doogh, firstly,...

Zero-sum thinking is the result of both proximate and ultimate causes. In terms of ultimate causation, zero-sum thinking might be a legacy of human...

that they steer in the direction of their gaze, which is often the ultimate cause of a collision. The term target fixation was originally used in World...

identify small amounts of marijuana in Eugene's system, leaving the ultimate cause of his behavior unknown. Poppo, 65, a graduate of Manhattan's Stuyvesant...

members as they battle Angels. They are called upon to understand the ultimate cause of events and the motives behind human action. The series has been described...

efficient causes following in order, the first is the cause of the intermediate cause, and the intermediate is the cause of the ultimate cause, whether...

aspiration pneumonia is commonly cited as the ultimate cause of death for those with the condition. Suicide is the cause of death in about 9% of cases. Death typically...

understood in terms of proximate causes—those specific traits of the pathogen that help make the host ill—and ultimate causes—the evolutionary pressures that...

historical materialism is the "view of the course of history which seeks the ultimate cause and the great moving power of all important historic events in the economic...

the Ultimate Marvel Universe, later known as the Ultimate Universe. Those characters include Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Ultimates (the Ultimate Marvel...

where unlike the previous films, he is the main antagonist and the ultimate cause behind the curse. Toshio was born to Takeo and Kayako Saeki, a Japanese...

limerence has an evolutionary purpose. For what ultimate cause might the state of limerence be a proximate cause? In other words, why were people who became...

in the propensity to form lasting friendship due to an evolutionary ultimate cause. This suggests that the BFF concept, albeit with a different name, may...

invoke the Aons, but finds they have lost their power, which is the ultimate cause of Elantris' collapse. Near the end of the book, Sarene helps Raoden...

unknown threat (revealed later) trying to alter the entire Ultimate Universe, in the process causing a significant amount of destruction. Whilst the previous...

physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate causes of phenomena, and usually frame their understanding in mathematical...