Sentences with phrase «confounding issue»

One confounding issue I have in trying to understand energy flows is the way the temperature is always given as the anomaly — usually on a monthly basis.

Pat, I am no expert in this field at all, but you appear to be confounding the issue of absolute temperature determination with the calculation of temperature * anomalies * - differences from one point in time to another.

Judy, again you are confounding the issue of clear well - written work, versus the PLACE where that work is read.

Further confounding the issue was the paradoxical allure of twelve - cylinder motivation and not - so - motivating looks, making inbound competitors like the Rolls - Royce Cullinan and the Aston Martin DBX seem all the more threatening.

For many, Low T is a confounding issue, but testing for low testosterone levels can help strip away some of the mystery.

It should be noted that a significant proportion of former smokers in our sample set exhibited low FEV1 levels, raising the possibility that airflow obstruction may be a confounding issue in this analysis.

Writing in a linked Comment, Dr Alexander C McFarlane, University of Adelaide, Australia, notes that «a potential confounding issue with this study design is the fact that by filling in the self - report measures, both groups had the opportunity to reflect on their obvious levels of symptomatic distress... which might have minimised the ability to find differences between groups.»

When confronted with confounding issues about buyer decisions and their future choices, the impulse is to «run the numbers» for answers.

There could be all sorts of confounding issues in your life?

So this confounds the issue.

There are plenty of confounding issues: (1) We know pork has problems that beef and lamb do not (see The Trouble With Pork, Part 3: Pathogens and earlier posts in that series), but all three meats were lumped together in a «red meat» category.

Finally, even though the build is great, the design has some confounding issues.

This article examines those two assumptions with an eye to uncovering the confounding issues.

And there will remain variability — unusually hot periods, wicked storms, more droughts, and some of that can confuse and confound the issue.

As to ice, lurching off into the irrelevant analogies regarding sugar merely serves to confound the issue.

My non-scientific p.o.v. is that coverage and reporting technology has improved dramatically during the period covered by the study and that I would need to see potentially confounding issues at least addressed in the paper before taking it on wholesale.

Not exact matches

In my scientific suppositions I have proposed that their were once immeasurably unknown amounts of Big Bangs spread out uniformly upon the great vastness of spatial relativisms that is Nothingness itself... Such a theory regarding unknowable amounts of Big Bangs spread out uniformly upon the great vastness of continual Nothingness just may well be the missing mathematical linkage for explaining the hindering smallness of celestial issues that has confounded many astrophysicists who endeavor to seek a mathematical formulary in order to rationalize a theoretical understanding of the celestial cosmos...

Dr. Earley is concerned about issues raised by Felt against Wallack's confounding «ontological» and «epistemological» aspects of actual entities..

While many users of palm oil in the consuming countries are committed to CSPO, its greater growth especially SG grades has been somewhat held back due to the premium; an issue further confounded by CSPO supply chain challenges.

A baby who is born early may have more trouble nursing either because of a lack of mature sucking ability or other confounding medical issues.

Finger feeding prevents issues that may confound the nursing baby.

Most studies addressed the issue of confounding by restricting the sample to low risk pregnancies and demonstrating that the two groups had similar maternal and gestational age, some demonstrated similar birth weights.

The moment was in contrast to last week's blow up when Skelos stormed out of the meeting claiming that «another branch of government» was pushing New York City issues in the budget talks (There is no doubt he was referring to Silver, who has confounded Republicans during budget negotiations for 20 years now).

Since 1994, dozens more genes have been found that increase a woman's risk of hereditary breast cancer, but by how much is uncertain, confounding already complicated issues in genetic testing and counseling.

Berger hopes that increased use of electronic medical records will help build databases that can detect weight loss patterns — even if they occurred decades prior or are confounded by other health issues.

Although reanalysis of the available evidence is important, the ability to properly control for bias and confounding [factors that can influence outcomes] in observational studies is often limited, and without randomized controlled trials specifically designed to test the hypothesis, the issue of nonspecific effects of vaccines may remain subject to continuing debate.»

Although we addressed this issue in several ways, including the use of a natural experimental design exploiting the quasi-randomized assignment of patients to hospitalists, it is still possible that unmeasured confounding (eg, residual differences in socioeconomic status of patients that are not explained by patient race / ethnicity, Medicaid eligibility, and household income level) could explain the observed differences in patient outcomes.

This whole issue confounds me.

Finally, some issues remain as inherent confounds.

This issue has confounded earlier conclusions regarding timing of ISC cell cycles.

This new study suggests that the risk of developing type 2 diabetes is somewhat higher than previously estimated — however the study was not specifically designed to address this issue, and it relies on modelling to take into account confounding factors underlying the reasons for prescribing statins.

The present study is not a randomised trial of statins so the usual issues of confounding and treatment biases can not be overcome and the headline figure of 30 % increased diabetes risk is therefore far less precise and could be an over-estimate.

My second issue with the methods of assessing and treating gluten sensitivity are that there are no processes in place to account for the significant confounding variable of the placebo effect.

This issue with trans fats is just one example of the variables which may have confounded the effect of saturated fat reduction.

In my opinion, except for celiac disease, gluten issue is only a confounding factor used to mislead from the real issue: high processed carbs.

And he often confounded journalists with his surprising stances on prevailing social issues.

In January, the #MeToo movement gave way to Time's Up, a coalition of 300 (and growing) prominent women in Hollywood standing up against the systemic problem of not only sexual misconduct, but also to address the imbalance of power in the workforce confounded by issues of gender disparity in jobs and pay leading to ongoing injustice and inequality.

This problem — a systemic imbalance of power in the workforce confounded by issues of gender disparity in jobs and pay leading to ongoing injustice and inequality — is what led 300 prominent women in Hollywood, including Shonda Rhimes, Reese Witherspoon and America Ferrera, to form a coalition called Time's Up.

How much to credit — and blame — teachers for student performance is an issue that continues to confound the education field.

The confounding of language at its most basic level reduces us to a state of civic catatonia: we can't think about these issues, let alone discuss them or act against them, when they've been so obfuscated, when words have been so twisted.»

The resolution of these issues confounds any speculation by the reader.

One subject we touched on was the issue of «bottom - up, fundamental» versus «top - down macro» investing styles, a topic that has received some attention overnight in the WSJ (see «Macro» Forces in Market Confound Stock Pickers).

«Thus, none of the obvious factors that confound most road - kill surveys applied to our study,» explain the researchers in the most recent issue of Current Biology.

The application process itself can be confounding for many pet owners, leading some manufacturers to address the issue with new innovations to the category.

Commenters are absolutely correct that Ha seems to confound «therapy dogs» with «assistance dogs,» an important oversight if discussing such an important and controversial issue.

Issue 03 / Lisa Nilsson: Pulp Anatomy Science and art have long been relegated to the left and right brain respectively: two distinct modes of theory that confound the possibility for coexistence.

Gonzalez - Torres used aspects of his own identity to address issues of homosexuality, immigration, AIDS, and the personal relationships in his life, to make rigorously democratic, conceptually layered, and formally innovative work that confounds separations between the public and private.

When the forcings have been changing during the period that has been measured, then confounding is in fact a serious issue.

Steven Mosher: The issue isnt confounding.

The issue isnt confounding.