Sentences with phrase «anecdotal accounts of»

For example, anecdotal accounts of sudden death feature people whose lives are suddenly upended by a major tragic event and who rapidly succumb to death, often from acute cardiovascular events (3).

There are anecdotal accounts of domestic animals being adversely affected.

There are anecdotal accounts of people being sick when near turbines, recovering when away, and becoming sick again when back near the turbines.

I don't know how you could trust various anecdotal accounts of crops etc, talk about assumptions!

There are also anecdotal accounts of a major dust cloud in eastern Europe produced by heavy industry.

Yet despite anecdotal accounts of their value, there is a lack of empirical research on their efficacy.

Most reports are just anecdotal accounts of treatment success, so be very skeptical about exaggerated claims of success and consult with your veterinarian before trying anything you read about online.

John Kricher's A Neotropical Companion is great, too: it's full of information about the Amazon as well as some hilarious anecdotal accounts of Kricher's research travels.

Though there are some anecdotal accounts of women using Moringa to increase milk supply (especially with this particular product), I couldn't find any other research to back this up, and perhaps any increase in milk supply would just be due to increase nutrient consumption, which is important during breastfeeding.

What would be useful to me would be situational, perhaps even anecdotal accounts of things that might or might not happen as a result.

This is the first study on this topic to be conducted in BC and the findings support to - date anecdotal accounts of midwives» commitment to promoting and supporting normal birth, some of the challenges they face, and identify a number of topics for further exploration.

John L Allen, often an acute observer, writes: «Around the world there are anecdotal accounts of spikes in Mass attendance and demand for Confession, which many attribute to a «Francis effect».

2) Markets Are Efficient and You're NOT — While there are some anecdotal accounts of investors being able to exploit gaps in market efficiency, the reality is that for the most part, especially for retail investors like you and I, markets are efficient.

Each trick gives an anecdotal account of the effect being used in the classroom, followed by the explanation and teaching points if used for further work.

An anecdotal account of how one award - winning author made the transition from traditional publishing to electronic texts and her own publishing company.

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We know a lot from various kinds of evidence: a) the experience of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance of foreign buyers at the top end of the market especially, as stated for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging of several investigative journalists, and most notably by Ian Young of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c) academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).

Internet sales accounted for less than 3 percent of total sales, though the association has heard anecdotal evidence that such purchases are increasing.

Most accounts of parish culture are loosely anecdotal or motivated by mechanist or contextual goals.

Here at SB Nation, most of our spam accounts advertise making $ 28471 a month working from home, based upon anecdotal reports from a step - aunt's buddy.

This is the first clinically documented case of a transgender woman breastfeeding, although the authors mention there are heaps of anecdotal accounts on the internet.

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S&M is nothing new, and New York's erstwhile governor may not be the most shining example of conventional sexual appetites, but this account supports anecdotal evidence of a growing sexual trend.

To the contrary, anecdotal accounts indicate that the positive impacts of inclusion were beginning to manifest, as capable and well - qualified individuals who were already serving finally were able to do so authentically.»

While the effects of some substances that have become popular as recreational drugs in recent years have previously been studied for their potential medical use, such as ketamine and GHB, there are practically no published studies on mephedrone — just user surveys and anecdotal accounts.

Only anecdotal evidence exists as to the effectiveness of this on men seeking to lower their sex drives, which is fine because they account for zero of you reading here today!

Proof isn't in the pudding; that's called anecdotal evidence and doesn't account for the placebo effect, which is 99 % of the way these unscrupulous industries stay in business, the other 1 % being the foolishness of the victims they trick into believing their stories.

This may account for a higher anecdotal rate of success and perceived effect in the field as opposed to what is suggested in the literature.

Although these accounts rely almost entirely on anecdotal evidence, the prospect is of real concern.

I've read anecdotal accounts here and there that cleaning various parts of older engines can cause various parts to fail, or be pushed over the edge.

Although the long term effects of home prepared raw diets have yet to be scientifically proven by institutions, anecdotal accounts have demonstrated that a raw diet can be good for the health of a domesticated canine.

Rudy's highly anecdotal and personal account of becoming a travel journalist and what it's like shooting television shows in dozens of countries is both informative and memorable.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that Citi counts the credit lines of recently - closed accounts for 3 - 6 months against your total available credit.

Anecdotal accounts describe the influence Richter's burgeoning friendship with Blinky Palermo had on the creation of the Colour Charts, as Palermo would visit the artist's studio and — without any visual knowledge of the painting — arbitrarily call out the names of the sample colour cards, which Richter would then incorporate into the work.

Part psycho - geography, part «tourist trail», this hour - long walk (beginning and ending at MK Gallery) will combine objective and subjective knowledge, historical notes, and anecdotal musings in an illuminating verbal account of Milton Keynes» long association with Immortality.

Continuing the discussion of the role galleries play in contemporary art, guest editor David Carrier asked writers at The Brooklyn Rail to describe «memorable galleries, discussions of their politics and history, and anecdotal personal accounts.»

However, many organizations» blogs are full of appeals to emotion, pictures of children, and purely anecdotal accounts about touching moments during a particular delivery of relief.

The unequivocal and indisputable climate research clearly demonstrates that climate change is constant; and when combined with historical accounts and anecdotal evidence, warmer climates tend to favor prosperity and peace outcomes while cooler periods provide more of the opposite.

Did I simply come in late and actually miss the robust debate about the basic science of the whole shebang or has there never actually been one other than some anecdotal discussions around glaciers, polar bears and ex vice presidents with a carbon footprint and bank account I'd love to ascribe to?

In order to be able to offer a more rounded picture of our ever changing and variable climate, it might be useful if scientists were less credulous of the infinite accuracy of unlikely proxies and took more notice of the great wealth of «anecdotal» accounts.

The 1868 heatwave is described in no less apocalyptic terms than any of the others; so none of the other anecdotal accounts give us any reason to think that those heatwaves were significantly warmer than that of 1868.

Or that we had independently affirmed anecdotal accounts that there was a whopper of an El Niño event in 1791 — a year that, according to our reconstruction, also happened to be a comparative scorcher for Europe and a large part of North America.