Sentences with phrase «absence of actual data»

One of the findings of fact the Agency was compelled to make, in the absence of actual data from the carriers, concerned the average number of trips taken by persons who would be eligible for IPIF.

The absence of actual data was a direct result of a tactical decision by the carriers: a risk they themselves accepted «at their peril».

Not exact matches

But, Dawid notes, physicists have begun to use purely theoretical factors, such as the internal consistency of a theory or the absence of credible alternatives, to update estimates, instead of basing those revisions on actual data.

A study published in March 2015 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology cites clinical data showing that even in the absence of an actual increase in blood pressure, excess sodium in the diet could harm the body, including blood vessels (for example, increased arterial stiffness), the heart (enlarged heart muscle), the kidneys (reduced renal function), and the brain (adverse sympathetic nervous system reactions).

Given the absence of any physical evidence (such as actual testing of a float) that the floats are in error, I'm perfectly willing to accept their data — which shows the oceans are losing heat at a rate ~ 50 times as fast as they supposedly gained it over the last century.