Sentences with phrase «accumulated evidence supporting»

But in recent years, archaeologists and linguists have accumulated evidence supporting another hypothesis: Premodern Polynesian sailors navigated their sophisticated ships all the way to the west coast of South America and brought the sweet potato back home with them.

Not exact matches

If enough evidence accumulates to support a hypothesis, it moves to the next step — known as a theory — in the scientific method and becomes accepted as a valid explanation of a phenomenon.»

The evidence from nature, which he accumulated over many decades, no longer supported the religious determinism that saw in the order of nature a predetermined design accounting for every detail from the apple to the man.

There is evidence (Rudel, Fenton, Ackerman, Euling, & Makris, 2011) to support a theory that exposure to high levels of certain environmental contaminants, namely dioxin and other endocrine disruptors, while in utero (exposure to accumulated contaminants in your mother's body before you're born) can predispose a woman to have insufficient breast growth during adolescence and pregnancy, the two times in her life her breasts should be growing.

After thoroughly reviewing the accumulated scientific literature, a Working Group of 22 experts from 10 countries convened by the IARC Monographs Programme classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A), based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect.

By contrast, evidence is accumulating in support of the quantum confinement theory.

«Evidence has been accumulating that this phase supports an exotic density wave state that may be key to its existence,» the physicists write in the new journal article.

Despite accumulating evidence for a reconsolidation process in animals, support in humans, especially for episodic memory, is limited.

«Furthermore, accumulating evidence strongly supports the idea that other proteins implicated in the pathology of neurodegenerative disorders can form aggregates via phase separation,» Dormann points out.

San - Qi Ginseng (Radix Pseudoginseng) Accumulating evidence indicates that Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS), the major ingredients in Panax notoginseng (San - Qi Ginseng) may aid in supporting blood vessel health by supporting healthy cholesterol levels.

While evidence supporting the potential of prebiotics and probiotics in adults has been accumulating for several years, up until recently, there were no studies examining the efficacy of prebiotics and probiotics for SIBO specifically in children.

There is an accumulating body of evidence supporting meal timing to ensure proper circadian rhythm physiology, which is crucial given the prominent correlations between circadian disruption, disease pathology, and morbidity (Johnston, 2014).

Circulating testosterone levels decline with increasing age but do not appear to be significantly affected by the menopausal transition.8 As early as the 1940s, testosterone was reported not only to alleviate menopausal symptoms but also to restore libido.9 In recent years, evidence has accumulated supporting the hypothesis that the decline in endogenous testosterone levels is associated with menopausal symptoms, including decreased libido, worse moods, and poorer quality of life.10 Clinical trials have demonstrated that exogenous androgens in conjunction with estrogens can ameliorate symptoms affecting sexual function and general well - being.11, 12 In addition, studies have found beneficial effects of androgen therapy on bone mineral density.13 - 15

For instance, support for the federal No Child Left Behind Act has eroded, as evidence accumulated that the federal law was not living up to the promise of its grossly overstated name and politicians in both major parties found it to be an easy target (see Figure 3).

However, evidence has accumulated over time that supported the speculation that a second gene may be involved.

In science, a theory is what is generally accepted as an explanation when enough evidence accumulates to support a hypothesis, or initial postulation.

Natural variability is now widely accepted as making a significant contribution and our argument for a lowered climate sensitivity — which would indicate that existing climate models are not reliable tools for projecting future climate trends — is buoyed by accumulating evidence and is gaining support in the broader climate research community.

This leaves around 3 or 4 billion tonnes that are somehow being absorbed by the oceans, the land biosphere, or both.One possibility is that most of the man - made CO2 which does not accumulate in the atmosphere is being absorbed by the oceans... This view is supported by indirect evidence derived from the atmospheric nuclear bomb tests of the 1950s and 1960s.

Alas, I believe the preponderance of evidence strongly supports the claim that anthropogenic emissions are having an effect on the global climate, and that effect will increase as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere.

Last, there is a physical picture linking cosmic rays to clouds, and by now, a large body of accumulating evidence to support it (including evidence for a physical picture).

Moreover, it said, «the evidence in support of these predictions» — everything from shrinking growing seasons to increased North American snow cover — had «begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard - pressed to keep up with it.»

The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologists are hard - pressed to keep up with it.

Additionally, a body of evidence has accumulated specific to law that supports shifting priorities towards a web - dominant marketing focus.

Part of our «Looking Forward» series, this policy memo makes the case for building on this accumulating evidence to create new and innovative approaches to support children's earliest years and the unique role of fathers.

Externalizing symptoms (e.g., delinquency, aggression) robustly predict adolescent SU and evidence accumulated from decades of research support externalizing symptoms as part of a developmental cascade that sets in motion a sequence of negative socialization processes that culminate in early onset and escalation of SU (e.g., Dodge et al. 2009).