Tension is the theme running through the new
consensus statement issued by the Hinxton Group, an international working group on stem cell research and regulation.
The «simple» versus «complex» concussion classification was abandoned under the 3rd international consensus statement on concussion in sport, replaced by list of «modifying» factors, which have carried through to the 4th
consensus statement issued in March 2013.
The new
consensus statement issued after the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport (Zurich statement) thus abandoned the classification terminology of the Prague group.
Not exact matches
Yet, this
statement, supported by so many organizations, from such a diversity of standpoints, demonstrates that there is a
consensus for a new approach to this
issue.»
Citing credibility
issues and conflicting
statements, the committee said it was «unable to reach a
consensus» about whether Ms. Wozniak had broken the Assembly's rule against sexual harassment.
A
statement issued Tuesday by the school said a lack of
consensus by members of the school's Students Representative Council (SRC) on a decision to invite the NPP vice presidential candidate to speak at a forum forced management of the school to advise against bringing him.
Once the
consensus statement is
issued, either today or in the coming weeks and months, patients, lab scientists, ethicists and medical workers will be carefully watching what comes next.
Blood and urine samples taken from athletes to spot signs of doping should be stored for 10 years, to enable technology to catch up with substances that currently evade detection, says a
consensus statement of international anti-doping bodies, published in a special
issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
The latest
consensus statement aims to address such
issues by embedding oral health into the wider culture of sports healthcare and health promotion.
The goal is to release
consensus statements on both
issues at a May 2013 summit in Berlin.
The ethical
issues identified were explored in a series of background papers that provided detailed ethical analyses and policy options, and a panel of experts using a systematic process developed a
consensus statement.
The coalition developed
consensus policy
statements and recommendations on a number of key early education
issues to inform federal policy and legislation
Climate
consensus or group think: Andrew Dessler has posted a followup on Grist's blog re-examining whether
statements issued by professional scientific organizations have value as a barometer of their memberships» views on matters like climate.
I would take
issue with the
statement that point 2 of the RealClimate «
consensus» has been validated:
In addition to the
issues Rob raised regarding causation, point 4 of the
consensus statement as articulated on RealClimate implies a cost benefit analysis, and requires an assessment of what level of harm / damage is unacceptable, and an assessment of the cost and likelihood of avoiding it.
In 2004 the secretariat was warned by the SBI on its role as an impartial actor (after the Executive Director attended an international energy conference to endorse renewable energy) when it formally «took note of the concern expressed that officials of the secretariat should take care in their public
statements to reflect the views of parties held by
consensus, and not to appear to support only one side or another on contentious
issues.»
Issuing statements of «
consensus» or «authority» is antithetical to good science, and especially so in circumstances where the originating organizations have been established with political intent, have acted to restrict public debate or have a financial conflict of interest.
But potent public
statements issued in support of a socially enforced
consensus, are typically about
consensus prosperity and not about what the seem to say.
«In light of the overwhelming scientific
consensus on climate change and its worsening impacts, and the related
issue of air pollution from burning fossil fuels, the United States and China recognize the urgent need for action to meet these twin challenges,» the countries said in the
statement.
This can also be seen in print and TV news coverage of GOP presidential candidates» climate denial, which frequently failed to indicate that the candidates»
statements about climate change conflicted with the scientific
consensus on the
issue.
The societies can then quietly
issue new
statements, not based on defending the IPCC «
consensus» position, but based on the status of the «science» at that time.
In a
statement, Mr. Boehlert, who is retiring at the end of the year, expressed satisfaction with the results, saying, «There is nothing in this report that should raise any doubts about the broad scientific
consensus on global climate change — which doesn't rest primarily on these temperature
issues, in any event — or any doubts about whether any paper on the temperature records was legitimate scientific work.»
which was published in the April 16, 2007
issue of Newsweek and distributed by MSNBC, includes roughly a score of
statements that are contrary to the international scientific
consensus and, in many cases, quite misleading.
Scientific groups have
issued numerous
statements supporting the
consensus, and numerous surveys (including one released this week) continue to show that over 95 percent of those working in the field see evidence of an anthropogenic impact on climate.
Roughly twice a decade, the panel would assemble the most recent research and
issue a
consensus statement about the prospects for climate change.
The IPCC does * NOT *
issue a single
statement that constitutes «the
consensus», per Cook et al's attempt.
However, the individual group raised eyebrows last year when it claimed that it would attempt to execute the controversial SegWit2x hard fork even after its main proponents
issued a joint
statement withdrawing support for the fork due to a lack of community
consensus.
Building
consensus was neither fast nor easy, but in 2012, NAEYC and the Fred Rogers Center
issued a joint position
statement titled «Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8.»