Sentences with phrase «considerable evidence on»

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Increasing exposure to larger deals (there is considerable evidence, anecdotal and otherwise, that lenders are seeking to raise their hold limits on syndicated deals) will create an uncomfortable dynamic in which the failure of some deals will be too painful to contemplate, suggesting drawn - out turnarounds as an approach to increase enterprise value and bailout lenders unable to take severe haircuts on large exposures.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

The bible would have taken roughly a century to get into proper circulation, and only two and a bit centuries later, it's quite possible that maybe it grew on some of the Romans and out of remorse, re-considered that they actually were responsible for killing the son of God (in the sense they started to believe him to be), thus Constantine coming around and establishing it as a Rome's primary religion, and how closely apart the dates are, makes me think its considerable evidence than Jesus couldn't have just been a made up figure.

4:14) That considerable portions of Acts are based on his travel diary is evidenced by the «we» sections toward the end of the book, where the story is told in the first person.

And there is considerable evidence that the ideas of one person can have effects on another that can not be explained by ordinary physical mediation.

On the one hand, evangelical scholars like Craig Keener have amassed considerable evidence for modern miracles that parallel those in the Bible.

I am (a) A victim of child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.

We assume, on the basis of considerable evidence, that it is to the years and reign of Artaxerxes I (465 - 424) that Nehemiah refers, not Artaxerxes II (404 - 358).

Although a considerable body of scientific evidence substantiates the positive correlation between curcumin consumption and a reduction in the risk of cancer, the paucity of suitably designed human clinical trials that clearly demonstrate any direct effect of curcumin on cancer markers may prevent Health Canada from approving a cancer risk reduction claim for curcumin within the current regulatory framework.

«they provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument» synonyms: experiential, practical, heuristic, firsthand, hands - on;

The potential benefits of the Unicef baby friendly initiative of accrediting health facilities are considerable and now evidence based.6 There are also indications that the initiative has led to an arrest in the worldwide decline in breast feeding.7 Training of health workers is an essential prerequisite to reducing the harmful effects of health services, but pretraining should be carried out systematically and periodically so that new workers are included, and there should be an emphasis on the development of advocacy skills.

The evidence supports the need for considerable investment in adaptation and mitigation actions toward a «climate - smart food system» that is more resilient to climate change influences on food security.

«There is also considerable indirect evidence that viruses are incredibly ancient,» said Stedman, «but no direct evidence, so we have been working on virus fossilization / preservation in the fossil record.»

Previous work on the McGill - R - Thy1 - APP transgenic rat has provided additional evidence to support that a considerable component of the intracellular material detected by McSA1 is Aβ.

Depending on cancer type, between 20 - 90 % of cancer patients present to the clinics without evidence of manifest metastasis; however, abundant literature indicates that these patients carry minimal residual disease (MRD) and are at considerable risk for relapse and metastasis after initial surgery.

Although the research on TENS may be thin, they added, «there seems to be considerable empirical evidence that, at least in some patients, TENS is useful.»

These studies clearly provided evidence that GABA had a considerable gastroprotective effect on ethanol - induced gastric mucosal injury and gastric epithelial cells injury.

Although many Primal eaters relish the freedom from having to keep snacks on hand in order to stave off hunger and enjoy the fact that they can skip a meal or two and just rely on their hunger signals, there is a considerable amount of evidence that maintaining a regular eating schedule can improve the metabolic response to meals in some people.

Based on this evidence one school decided to re-arrange its» out of school activities so that it only had to heat and light one part of the school buildings rather than the whole site saving a considerable amount of money and carbon.

While there is considerable anecdotal evidence that principals are important — including various movies about the charismatic principal or the bumbling bureaucrat, there has been very little systematic evidence about the magnitude of differences among principals or about their impact on student learning.

Accountability doesn't seem to do a great job at closing achievement gaps (though it certainly shines a light on underperformance), but there's considerable evidence that it can raise student achievement.

In the considerable majority of cases, however, the children's teachers have remained unaware of their extraordinary intellectual potential or, where psychometric evidence of this has been made available, the school has refused, on ideological grounds, to develop any form of differentiated curriculum for the gifted child.

Assessment has been the focus of considerable research over many years leading to greater recognition of the importance of formative assessment and an emphasis on the nature of the evidence being assessed.

To receive this rating, models must provide considerable evidence indicating positive outcomes based on rigorous research, primarily randomized controlled trials (RCTs, also referred to as experiments) or solid quasi-experimental studies.

Although evidence about the influence of student and family backgrounds on student success in school is incontrovertible (e.g., Henderson, 1987; Sanders and Epstein, 1998; Snow et al., 1991; Walberg, 1984), there remains considerable conflict about how this variable should be addressed in district and school improvement efforts.

Although we have much to learn about education leadership and how it contributes to student learning, there is considerable existing evidence on which to build.

Evidence from the use of Lesson Study by hundreds of leading teachers working with «coasting schools» who used Lesson Study as a coaching approach to improve pupil progress in writing and mathematics at age 11 showed considerable impact year on year (Dudley, 2012).

The 2016 Cadillac CTS Vsport doesn't feature the fire - breathing V - 8 of its CTS - V sibling, but its V - 6 engine is certainly no handicap as evidenced by its considerable hustle on the way to 60 mph.

Publishers take DRM on faith, in the face of considerable evidence that DRM hurts both readers and sales.

There is now considerable evidence that early exposure to stress has lasting effects on physiology [e.g., humans (refs.

And now we come to the multiplayer aspect of Mass Effect 3, a topic which generated considerable controversy when it was first announced, sparking angry comments from a considerable chunk of the fan base who, and I'll be blunt here, made massive assumptions based on very little evidence.

spalding craft (2)-- Actually, there is an overwhelming abundance of evidence that the climate warmed to a maximum, so - called optimum, temperature at different times in different regions, but about 8 — 6 thousand years ago; it had been cooling, on average since until humans started added considerable quantities of global warming (so - called greenhouse) gases started in, say, 1850 CE.

Do you think that the fact that there is still considerable debate on the web (including by some people who are scientists and engineers) in regards to evolution means that there is legitimate scientific evidence against it?

Recent research provides a considerable body of evidence on the effect of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on the Earth's climate (Stocker et al. 2013).

It will therefore be a source of considerable frustration to compensators that the reform process looks set to drag on for a long while and be prolonged further by the Committee's intervention, especially as relevant evidence was submitted fairly recently for the consultation phase and we now appear to risk starting over again.»

Anthony Isaacs, president of the SDT, says a considerable burden had been placed on the tribunal over the past year, due to the length and complexity of a substantial number of cases that involved a large amount of documentary evidence, with the majority of the weight being felt by clerks.

Green J accepted and gave considerable weight to the evidence of the Metropolitan Police that disclosure of information to defendants in Thai criminal proceedings would breach assurances of confidentiality, which would have a chilling effect on international law enforcement co-operation.

However, the defendants produced considerable evidence demonstrating that an increase in the following distance would not have prevented the crushing, for the lack of lighting on the exit ramp would have still prevented the driver from seeing the body until it was too late to prevent the impact.

He has considerable freedom in terms of the evidence he allows and the questioning of witnesses, but the family's representative will usually be allowed to put questions to witnesses on their behalf.

Both market studies and «on - notice» letters can place considerable burdens on individual firms to provide evidence in response to an FCA information request.

Justice Timms indicated at the conclusion of the evidence that he had considerable prior demands upon his schedule in terms of reserve judgments and that the parties regrettably could expect a long period of reserve before he would be in a position to release his decision and reasons on the trial.

Canadian data analyst and former employee Christopher Wylie provided considerable evidence to The Observer newspaper that initially broke the story and has since passed on the details to the UK's National Crime Agency's cybercrime unit and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

In those publications, a blend of psychological techniques was applied, with particular emphasis on hypnosis.19 20 24 25 In fact, there is considerable evidence for the effectiveness of hypnosis as an empirically supported clinical intervention in managing symptoms such as pain, 26 — 35 and also in promoting psychological well - being across a variety of illnesses and disorders.36 — 43 Among PWH, studies have shown that hypnosis can contribute to control pain and to reduce frequency and severity of bleedings and factor consumption.19 20 24 Concurrently, by promoting better disease management, hypnosis can contribute to better coping and less distress.24

We examine intervention outcomes on children's anticipation of and response to a social challenge, as well as diurnal patterns, because considerable evidence suggests that abnormal HPA activity in children with or at risk for conduct disorders may be context specific.7, 9,11,13,28

Maternal postnatal depression (PND) is common with a prevalence in the developed world of around 13 % 1 and a far higher prevalence in some developing world contexts.2, 3,4 There is a considerable body of evidence attesting to the fact that PND limits a mother's capacity to engage positively with her infant, with several studies showing that PND compromises child cognitive, behavioural and emotional development.5 It has proved difficult to predict PND antenatally6 and, in any event, preventive interventions have largely proved ineffective.7 Research and clinical attention has, therefore, been focused on the treatment of manifest PND.

The results of the survey add considerable weight to existing evidence on the need for timely and appropriate support for adoptive families across the UK - a long - standing campaign priority for Adoption UK.

Boys Issues Looking at the evidence which confronts us of so many young men attempting suicide, being suspended from school, in trouble on the streets and struggling to achieve at school, any sensible person would have to conclude that young males are in considerable difficulties.

Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning edited by Zins et al. (2004) presents considerable evidence that SEL can not only improve students» social development and mental health but can strengthen their academic achievement.

There is now considerable evidence that compassion cultivation has an impact on a range of physiological systems including the immune system, frontal cortex, and cardiovascular systems [19].