Sentences with phrase «current lack of evidence»

It just puzzles me that anyone can believe, given the current lack of evidence to suggest this character exists.

Given current lack of evidence for proof of anything supernatural, will there be leniency for those who simply and honestly claim, «I don't know», granted there is a supernatural, and that the Christian God is the true God who did present us with an ultimatum to accept him or not, expecting us to wage the eternal fate of our soul?

So because of our CURRENT lack of evidence, you're saying that proves god?

I doubt that he would commit to any specific hypothesis, given the current lack of evidence.

Not exact matches

But with evidence current sanctions lack public support, Rodriguez said he thought the country's opposition «would feel quite uncomfortable with an escalation of the economic sanctions.

«This constant shuffling and de-emphasizing of women's issues is evidence of the current lack of government support for women in B.C.» — BC CEDAW, Inaction and Non-compliance: British Columbia's Approach to Women's Inequality

Dodd's whole thesis with regard to a kerygmatic chronology fails for lack of the confirming evidence required to establish a position which would reverse the course of scholarship, and thus must move against the stream of current views as to the probabilities in the case.

Four themes described current challenges: lack of placement opportunities, education versus clinical practice, evidence - based support of physiologic birth, and the need for more research on pedagogical strategies that effectively educate future nurses to advocate for minimal intervention birth options for all women.

One clear barrier to change is a lack of clarity on stakeholders (women and clinicians) understanding and knowledge of what constitutes WCC, and a lack of evidence that gives a qualitative voice to women's views, experience and preferences while availing of current maternity services [10, 11].

Moore argued that the current argument that the burning of fossil fuels is driving global warming over the past century lacks scientific evidence.

Similarly, based upon the body of current published literature, observational evidence and working with VESPA / OFM athletes, we take the view that for top - end performance a strict fat - burning or ketogenic state is lacking.

Considering the current state of our democracy (with partisan politics resulting in policy gridlock), it is concerning that the civic mission of public schools is so neglected, particularly given the lack of civic knowledge of our youth (evidenced by their poor performance on the 2010 NAEP in Civics)-- and low civic engagement (for example, just 41.2 percent of youth — voters age 18 - 24 — turned out for the 2012 presidential election).

Current first - generation tools such as student surveys and self - report tools represent a valuable first step, but too many of them lack compelling scientific evidence for the measurement constructs, use flawed or limited measurement methodologies, are susceptible to faking or coaching, or are too narrow in terms of the scoring, reporting and guidance they seek to provide users.

Given the lack of proven links between testing and achievement, as well as extensive evidence about the limitations and problems of high - stakes testing, Parents Across America opposes current efforts to expand the use of standardized tests.

«We are making this change after years of concern about the lack of scientific evidence to support the current practice of annual vaccination and the increasing documentation that over-vaccinating has been associated with harmful side effects,» said the announcement of a new vaccination protocol at the Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

A quote from the protocol: «We are making this change after years of concern about the lack of scientific evidence to support the current practice of annual vaccination and the increasing documentation that over-vaccinating has been associated with harmful side effects.

In light of the current lack of information surrounding the Switch, there doesn't seem to be much evidence of a major shift away from the 3DS just yet.

«In summary, the current assessment concludes that there is not enough evidence at present to suggest more than low confidence in a global - scale observed trend in drought or dryness (lack of rainfall) since the middle of the 20th century.»

And it has occurred principally because of a lack of rain, not principally because of warmer temperatures... the scientific evidence does not support an argument that human - induced climate change has played any appreciable role in the current California drought.»

Developing countries Developing countries are some of the most vulnerable to extreme weather events, but lack timely and robust evidence to understand current and future threats from such hazards and thus to prepare for and respond to their impacts.

, but there is no empirical evidence to indicate that «CO2 forcing... will increasingly dominate» (the relation with concentration is logarithmic and you have no notion about other factors, such as those causing the current «lack of warming»), so this part should be eliminated

the current assessment concludes that there is not enough evidence at present to suggest more than low confidence in a global - scale observed trend in drought or dryness (lack of rainfall) since the middle of the 20th century, owing to lack of direct observations, geographical inconsistencies in the trends, and dependencies of inferred trends on the index choice.

There have been calls for new public health models of interventions to enhance early child development within existing healthcare systems.74 As shown in our review, however, the current evidence base for interventions delivered to all families is lacking.

Early diagnosis and intervention for children with FASD are thought to be key to preventing behavioural, mental health and learning difficulties.36 — 38 However, Fitzroy Valley community members have reported that a current lack of diagnostic and intervention support for children with FASD impacts their children's ability to reach their full potential.14 Children with FASD need access to interventions which support their development of emotional and behavioural regulation skills.38 It is recognised that educators, alongside the family, play a crucial role in supporting children with FASD to improve life outcomes through contextually appropriate and evidence - based interventions.36 While there is limited evidence for strategies that can assist children affected by FASD, 2 particularly to improve self - regulation and executive functioning skills, 8 17 32 39 the Alert Program for Self - Regulation has evidence to suggest it is a promising intervention.17 39

This finding of the lack of impact on cognition is not surprising at one level as cognition is not targeted in either CBT or ST.. In fact there is surprisingly little evidence regarding the impact of psychotherapies or pharmacotherapy for depression on cognition, although the persistence of cognitive dysfunction despite improvement in depressive symptoms following treatment suggests that these most current treatments for depression are having little impact in this area (1).