### theory:

Systems theory
* addresses the numerous interrelated problems that affect a community's health.
* adopts a holistic approach and looks at properties common to all systems.
* forms a knowledge base that can be shared.
* introduces the concept of open rather than closed management systems.
* is humanity's latest attempt to create a kind of unified field theory of knowledge
  - the underlying foundation from which the masters programs are designed and taught
* is used to analyze the relationships of disease and physiology
  - describe the physical and biological character of the coastal zone
  - suggest ways of maturing one's view of learning outcomes
* is useful for exploring several other sciences, including ecology
  - looking at the dynamics of family interaction
* stresses the importance of the environment.
* tries to look at interaction and cycles that ocurr in nature.

Trait theory
* Trait theories are better at describing behavior than at explaining it.
* Trait theories assume that people are shaped by past experience
  - there is some degree of consistency in personality over time
* is based on observed behaviors.
* more sophisticated, specific version of the great-man theory.

Utilitarian theory
* Utilitarian theories use a mix of criteria to maximize public and private utility.
* supports progressive taxation.

Utility theory
* basis for understanding consumer choice.
* expresses the decision makers' preferences on a scale from zero to one.

### thermal waters:

Medicinal water
* Most medicinal waters are thermal waters.
* can be cold or hot, but their curative effect and composition is essential.

### thickened cereal broth:

Gruel
* is similar to porridge but is much more like a drink.
* thickened cereal broth.
* thin, watery porridge that is the main food staple of the lower class.
+ Porridge: Breakfast foods
  * Gruel is similar to porridge but is much more like a drink. It is not as nice as porridge, it is made with water. It was eaten by poor people in Victorian times. Oliver Twist, in the famous book by Charles Dickens, is given gruel to eat.

### thiefs:

Scam artist
* are thiefs.
* exist because consumers are so easy to fool.
* prefer to prey on unsophisticated consumers.
* work in teams.

Thimble
* includes sections.
* is an amount

Thin air
* can t carry the amount of air pollution that the lower states have been able to tolerate.
* refers to that which is less dense than that at sea level.

### thinking | reasoning:

Argumentation
* emphasizes persuasion through the power of reasoning.
* is reasoning
  - the framework of judgmental conclusions

Logical argument
* are thinking.
* is reasoning
  - what destroys poetry because poetry is beyond logic
* means of determining the truth or falsity of a purported conclusion.

### third-generation violent offenders:

Juvenile offender
* Many juvenile offenders are third-generation violent offenders.
* Most juvenile offenders have a history of child abuse.

### thixotropic liquid:

Ketchup
* becomes thicker, or more viscous, when it sits still.
* contains lycopene as well
  - the highest concentrations of bioavailable lycopene
* has natural mellowing agents that help people cope with life's little crises.
* is also carbohydrates
  - blood and blood becomes ketchup
  - nothing more than flavored tomato paste.
  * It is made from tomatoes, so it is sometimes called tomato sauce. Usually it is used to add flavour to food. Some people like to eat sausages, burgers, hotdogs or fishsticks with ketchup. Ketchup tastes very unlike the real tomato
* thixotropic liquid.
+ Lycopene: Chemicals