There was
weak evidence of an association between partner alcohol use and baseline adolescent depressive symptoms after adjusting for confounding variables (b = -.065, 95 % CI = -.13, -.00, p =.05).
Last year he said the 5 - year mean was
weak evidence of a slowdown of global warming, by which he means the surface air temperature, which should be clear to anybody who reads Hansen.
He's been saying that climate science is alarm - driven for years, but this opinion presents pretty
weak evidence of that.
Of the four relevant correlations, only one was significant, providing only
weak evidence of an association.
In addition, we found modest evidence to support a causal relationship for intake of fish, marine ω - 3 fatty acids, folate, whole grains, dietary vitamins E and C and beta carotene, alcohol, fruits, and fiber, and
weak evidence of causation for intake of supplementary vitamin E and ascorbic acid, saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids and total fat, α - linolenic acid, meat, eggs, and milk.
The modest or
weak evidence of these dietary exposures is mostly consistent with the findings of RCTs, although RCTs have yet to be conducted for several factors.
Unexpectedly, epitope encoding regions were enriched for sites displaying
weak evidence of directional selection influenced by HIV - 1.
However, even large - scale analyses of present - day data provide only
weak evidence of the Anglo - Saxon migration impact, mainly for two reasons.
An analysis of the geographical distribution of allele frequencies showed
weak evidence of variation in distribution of alleles, with clusters representing a higher than expected number of samples with the major allele being identified for 5 SNPs.
They ignored
weak evidence of the planet's existence stretching back to 2013 in favor of stronger observations over the subsequent three years, factoring in other studies of the star stretching back 16 years.
In the current case, prosecutors joined unrelated allegations into a single indictment to heighten the appearance of wrongdoing, «with
weak evidence of one scheme propping up
weak evidence of another,» Williams argued.
The UK Childhood Cancer Study investigators23 published in 2001 a study that provided 1636 leukemia cases and indicated
a weak evidence of borderline statistical significance that ever (compared with never) having been breastfed was associated with a small reduction in leukemia risk (OR, 0.89; 95 % CI, 0.84 - 1.00).
Children reported significantly higher levels of maternal warmth and
weaker evidence of less mother hostility when fathers have ADHD (See Table 4).
Not exact matches
Too many investors saw something else: a return to the bad old days
of aggressive currency manipulation,
evidence that the Chinese economy was much
weaker than thought, or both.
China «s consumer price inflation slowed to its
weakest pace in almost a year in August, pulled down by abating food costs, although an encouraging moderation in producer price deflation added to growing
evidence of a steadying economy.
The
evidence also suggests, however, that any expansion is likely to be relatively
weak except for a 1 - 2 quarter bounce
of inventory rebuilding, and that the sustainability
of any upturn may be cut short by accelerating debt problems.
This generally supports the case that Living Goods offers high quality products, but because our experience on the site visit may have been non-representative and there are many other potential factors that may affect the effectiveness
of drug treatments aside from following storage procedures for drugs properly, we consider it to be only
weak evidence in support
of the quality
of Living Goods» drug treatments.
In «Miles to Go Before We Sleep,» Johnathon Stroud, chief intellectual property officer at Unified Patents, argues that Barnett ignores other
evidence that supports the elimination
of «
weak» patents through an administrative process created by the 2011 America Invents Act.
Underlining the lack
of evidence for a rate rise, communicating that any change in policy would not come as a surprise or ahead
of schedule, and forecasting
weaker US growth thanks in part to the strong dollar had its desired effect: but not for long.
According to U.S. best practices, nonprofit boards should be comprised
of at least five people who have little overlap with an organization's staff or other related parties.70 However, there is only
weak evidence that following these best practices is correlated with success, and if they are correlated, that may be because more competent organizations are more likely to both follow best practices and to succeed — rather than because following best practices leads to success.
Your examples are
evidence, but they are
weak evidence and they do not meet your precondition
of being «nonbiased».
No
evidence of Adam and Eve or hell or heaven or god or satan... just stories meant to fool the
weak of heart and gullible... stories to make you feel like you're less
of a person than you are.
The
evidence that Jesus ever spoke
of himself as the Messiah is thus decidedly
weak.
Women and men are less different then you may think and there is no
evidence that either gender is more noble, protective
of the
weak.
No matter how
weak you may believe it to be, it is far stronger than any
evidence for a GOD or gods,
of which there is none.
Capital punishment's lack
of demonstrated superiority as a deterrent (the
evidence for its effectiveness being at best mixed), the capacity
of society to protect itself equally well by permanently imprisoning those who are currently being executed (which is possible at limited marginal cost, especially when one takes into account the cost
of the extended trial procedures and interminable appeals and reviews which usually accompany capital punishment)-- all these points are important, but their utility is chiefly as rebuttal arguments in response to the empirically
weak but emotionally strong claims made on behalf
of capital punishment.
According to Gareth Nelson, «
evidence, or proof,
of origins —
of the universe,
of life,
of all the major groups
of life,
of all the minor groups
of life, indeed
of all the species is
weak or nonexistent when measured on an absolute scale.»
If your faith is so
weak that it can not stand up to being looked at from an objective, historical,
evidence based perspective, then this article is the least
of your problems.
Where one appeal to the
evidence of experience is
weak, the other is strong.
But that is only one example — the strength
of Fonte - Nagai paper is the cumulative
evidence that a relatively
weak love
of country persists across a large range
of issues.
I hope one day he realizes that there's a difference between flip flopping and changing your mind and it's not
weak or cowardly to change your opinion in light
of new
evidence.
At the end
of the day, the prosecution's case was
weak to begin with and I believe that the verdict
of «not guilty» was the correct one due to a lack
of evidence.
The holy spirit is real to me he speaks to me he leads me he gives me wisdom he comforts me and he empowers me to do the work i am called to do.the
evidence that you are walking by and with the holy spirit is that you are walking no longer walking according to the flesh but by the spirit
of God.One
of the things i used to struggle with was sin but no more it is the holy spirit that empowers me to live a holy life and when tempted i admit that my flesh is
weak but that in Christ i am an overcomer and in the holy spirits power he strengthens me to be like Christ.To God be the glory great things he has done.brentnz
Yet there too there is empirical
evidence of new forms
of religious expression, even new religious institutions, that resemble the «
weak» American model.
Hepcat, Your incessant insults show that you subscribe to ad hominem argument, more
evidence of weak critical thinking skills.
Although early studies showed that saturated fat diets with very low levels
of PUFAs increase serum cholesterol, whereas other studies showed high serum cholesterol increased the risk
of coronary artery disease (CAD), the
evidence of dietary saturated fats increasing CAD or causing premature death was
weak.
«Even the authors
of this study admit that they failed to find any cause and effect, and provide
weak scientific
evidence to support their contention.
Although a number
of studies have investigated the
evidence for anti-obesity programmes at school, the results have been mixed and the studies
weak.
Arsenal have allot
of mentally
weak players, and they have very little
evidence of holding any leaders.
Though on
evidence of Gabriel Paulista and Callum Chambers performance against Liverpool, there is no cause for worry against a
weaker Newcastle side.
Besides the 2013 University
of Washington study, a number
of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body
of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one
of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes
of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus
of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «
weak,» all
of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.
It's clear in your
weak defenses
of your claims and attempts to explain yourself that you really have no true deeper understanding
of the physiology
of the human body, the process
of birth, and the use
of statistics and
evidence in medicine.
In child attention at five years
of age,
weak evidence was found (one study) favouring the supplementation.
A systematic review
of strategies to reduce the rate
of Caesarean birth in low - risk women [12] concluded that no single strategy was uniformly successful in reducing CS but the
evidence was
weak — suggesting more research is needed to begin to identify effective strategies to reduce CS.
Jim was determined to find answers over why the rear facing information in US is so
weak considering there has been overwhelming peer reviewed research and
evidence for a large number
of years.
On the issue
of whether Orwell had the Fabians in mind: I think the direct
evidence is
weak.
«The findings from DFID - commissioned research published in recent years indicates that there is
weak evidence that market competition enhances the quality
of schools in the private or public sectors.
He too alluded darkly toward «
evidence of voter suppression,» and called for formal federal oversight
of the final vote count — though was
weak on the details
of what nefarious activities transpired.
Evidence and testimony showed how some lawmakers can wield their considerable power to extort benefits for themselves or others; how the
weak enforcement
of lax financial disclosure requirements gives legislators ample opportunity to mask illegal payments as outside income; how moneyed real estate interests spend millions
of dollars in campaign contributions to influence legislation; and how power is concentrated in the hands
of the so - called three men in a room: the legislative leaders and the governor.
Her committee has criticised the government's ability to detect fraud among welfare to work providers, and said arrangements for inspecting contractors were so
weak that
evidence of potential fraud was not picked up.