Sentences with phrase «citing lack of evidence»

Unfortunately, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the rule, citing a lack of evidence.

Another eight states declined to investigate, citing a lack of any evidence to even suggest wrongdoing.

While the Court began its opinion by ruling in favor of Leonard on the plaintiff's manufacturing defect claim citing a lack of evidence that the valve was not installed as an anti-scald device, Leonard's fortunes quickly deteriorated.

On Dec. 28, district prosecutors filed their own motion to dismiss the case, citing a lack of evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Citing a lack of evidence against the taxi driver, the trial judge acquitted him of sexual assault charges.

It said the lower court judge erred in dismissing claims over Spitzer's statements tying Greenberg's 2005 exit from AIG to fraud there, citing a lack of evidence of such a link.

In April, the country's justice department indicted Deguito and the owners of Philrem but dropped the case against Wong, citing a lack of evidence, Salido says.

Balen and others we contacted cited a lack of evidence that adding fresh mitochondria would help make old eggs youthful again.

Critiques of such «hereditarian» hypotheses — arguments that genetics can powerfully explain human character traits and even human social and political problems — cite a lack of evidence and weak statistical analyses.

On the implied warranty of merchantability, the court cited the lack of evidence that would indicate what the intended purpose of the strap was.

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No doubt it would be tempting for Barthians to attribute this lack of influence to the decadence of contemporary mainline Protestantism, and they could certainly cite the recent romance of many seminary professors with multiculturalism and postmodern thought as evidence for their suspicion.

Several reasons were cited by the EC Chair, Mrs Charlotte Osei, for disqualifying the presidential hopefuls, including the lack of evidence on statutory declaration as to home town or residence in the constituency as per the legal requirements and the use of the same subscribers by various candidates.

Berkeley cites academic freedom and lack of evidence as it wraps up investigation over contentious paper.

The lack of claws is one of the traits cited by the authors as evidence a hominin made the prints.

Skeptics cite such a lack of epidemiologic evidence in the decades since the concern was first raised and say avoiding the third most common element in Earth's crust is impossible.

Last year 70 cognitive researchers signed a statement speaking out against computer - based games that promise better cognitive performance, citing a lack of scientific evidence to back such claims.

The paper, which was recently republished in a different journal, is still cited in some anti-GMO camps as evidence for a lack of consensus concerning health effects.

But in a recent scientific statement, the American Heart Association cited a lack of conclusive evidence that gum disease causes heart disease or stroke, or that treating a person's gum disease reduces the risk of those events.

Another 2015 review cites «inconsistent / weak evidence» for flossing and a «lack of efficacy.»

The World Health Organization has also recently recognized adrenal fatigue as a separate illness, yet conventional medical science in the Western world still cites «lack of evidence» as the main reason they believe this syndrome simply doesn't exist.

Ravitch is so reckless in her interpretation of evidence that she and anyone citing her would lack credibility in policy discussions with those possessing a passing familiarity with the research.

Citing research evidence about the lack of a relationship between spending and educational outcomes and about the ineffectiveness of previous court - mandated funding, the Supreme Court said that the lower court should also consider other school programs.

The task force, chaired by Joel Klein, former head of New York City public schools, and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, cites mediocre U.S. showings on international assessments; high dropout rates, particularly among black and Hispanic students; poor civics performance; limited study of foreign languages; and lack of college preparedness as evidence that the nation's security is at risk.

«While numerous studies have confirmed that companion animals help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has cited a lack of specific scientific evidence on the effectiveness of service animals for war veterans suffering from PTSD and TBI,» said HABRI Executive Director Steven Feldman.

I would cite Kundzewicz et al. (2005) for lack of evidence for an increase in flooding.

Elsewhere in this thread, I have predicted that Kevin Trenberth will not focus on the definition of a null hypothesis, but will instead cite climate data as evidence that it is wiser to assume significant human effects, unless proven otherwise, than to assume the lack of these effects.

Prosecutors often cite a lack of this clothing as mitigating evidence even though their effectiveness is highly disputed.

In the event, the Labour government decided not to add caste to the list of protected characteristics in the Equality Bill, citing as the main reason the lack of evidence of caste discrimination in spheres covered by discrimination legislation.

37 It cited Wikipedia itself as to how it is «openly editable,» as well as a number of federal court decisions «troubled by Wikipedia's lack of reliability» and ultimately concluded the government could not show there was «no reasonable possibility» that the jury's verdict was not impacted by the internet research.38 At least one federal court has followed Lawson to set aside another jury verdict based on a juror's research on the IRS website, which, although equally beyond the scope of the evidence at trial, is undoubtedly more reliable than a website like Wikipedia.39

You want to cite evidence that would support lack of fit in an emotion - free way; for example, consistent turnover in the department or lack or training for new employees made it difficult to integrate into the culture.

However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors did report that home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of home - visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.

Although the author raises interesting theories, much of the evidence cited lacks an empirical basis.