Sentences with phrase «doubt on the assumption»

Four years ago, the research team of Pedro Herrera (University of Geneva) first cast doubt on this assumption when they demonstrated that a few alpha cells in the pancreas of genetically modified diabetic mice changed into beta cells.

But the study casts doubt on that assumption.

These large bubbles and crashes in the absence of significant changes in valuation cast doubt on the assumption of efficient markets that incorporate all public information accurately.

The existence of an unexplained change in the sensitivity of tree growth to climate casts doubt on the assumptions of uniformitarianism, limits confidence in climate reconstructions, and impacts on the investigation of climate change (Briffa et al. 1998b).

But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency — and a growing understanding of the pollution associated with the full «life cycle» of gas production — is casting doubt on the assumption that gas offers a quick and easy solution to climate change.

But a new study casts doubt on that assumption.

Not exact matches

The report claims Facebook was responsible for roughly 16 per cent of smartphone sales worldwide, on the assumption that people bought those phones in order to get access to Facebook — and all those cute kitten videos on its pages, no doubt.

And lest you think this post is about finger - pointing, I have no doubt in my mind that if my own assumptions and prejudices go totally unchecked, if I never stop for a moment to consider the other side and wonder if I might be wrong, I too am capable of using the Bible to my own ends, of convincing myself that God is on my side.

No doubt that the scientists are of good repute, but the actual records only go so far, everything else is a calculation based on assumptions.

So wait you aren't going to blame what was obviously Politics on Religious Wars lets not forget that there were a few things involved in these «Wars of Religion» and I am sure most historians will agree with me, firstly the Crusades weren't thought up as some ideological crusade to protect Christians from some horde of Muslims coming from the east, they were in - fact land grabbing and trying to stave off the eventual fall of what is now known as Istanbul, secondly I highly doubt that most of the average religious person had any idea just how politicized the church became during this time period or up until probably John Paul the II took over, I mean the Thirty Years War could have been called a Religious war under this Videos silly assumptions.

Searle's account of consciousness, in short, merely throws doubt on the wisdom of his initial assumption — that there are only two alternatives for tackling the problem of consciousness: either search for a causal theory or succumb to some sort of vicious Cartesian dualism.

If you still have doubts, get an expert (such as an accountant) to draft the final copies for you, based on the budgets and assumptions you've worked out.

The data support most cosmologists» view that the universe is «flat,» but cast doubt on some key assumptions about the balance of matter it contains or the nature of its early expansion.

Negotiation may not be the «sweetest» part of sugar daddy dating, yet with all the assumptions in Sugarland, there's no doubt that it's important to know that you and your sugar are on the same accord during every stage of your mutually beneficial relationship.

When Mary wakes up on a Hampton beach in a fugue state, all assumptions of her identity are thrown into doubt.

Accordingly, in a statement signed by Marchionne and Chairman John Elkann, Fiat says the economic climate in Europe has cast doubt on previous volume assumptions, prompting full - year 2012 Fiat - Chrysler trading - profit guidance of E3.8 billion ($ 5 billion) to E4.5 billion (5.9 billion).

Now, I'm not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to U.S. mutual funds but a quick search revealed plenty of studies on fees paid by mutual fund investors in the U.S. Take this report titled 2010 Investment Company Fact Book put out by the Investment Company Institute — a fund industry association, which casts serious doubt on the validity of the assumption that U.S. investors pay an ~ 5 % front load.

In a liquidation, the cash returned to shareholders could vary greatly depending on certain assumptions, but I doubt you would disagree that there is a reasonable probability this return would be below $ 1.25.

[Response: I strongly doubt that policy was made on the assumption that models are perfect (evidence?).

What I also said was that there is little to no consensus on what the cause is for those planets having changes occurring, but that my original question and original assumption was very much in doubt that it was solar influenced.

In a range of naturally ventilated homes with airtightness ranging from 5 to 20 ach @ 50Pa, winter air exchange rates were estimated to vary between 0.2 and 0.7 ach — and the ventilation rate was not closely related to airtightness, which casts doubt on the long standing assumption that infiltration can be seen as part of the ventilation strategy.2

Effectively she appears to at least confirm the possibility of my proposition that what is going on is an entirely natural solar induced process (destruction of ozone in the upper atmosphere by more incoming solar protons) which casts doubt on all previous assumptions concerning human CO2 AND CFCs.

With these assumptions, there is no doubt that the correct method is found by computing posterior probabilities based on the «subjective» uniform prior.

This would seem to cast doubt on the ERI assumption.

Anastassia, I had a brief look at it again, trying to focus not too much on specific assumptions which may be doubted.

No doubt is cast on the truth of the underlying assumptions.

Being a Borg collective cult of AGW groupthink space cadet on the other hand means never having to question your assumptions — feeling supreme overconfidence that only the Borg collective can bring — having complete faith in your moral and intellectual superiority — self censoring doubts and uncertainties — indulging in the illusion of unanimity and kowtowing to self appointed mind guards.

The compartments inside the ocean and in the soil can then be manipulated at will to recover k (t) and T0 and the delta13C steps at the times of the El Nino but the many assumptions to be made cast a strong doubt on such modelling; note than between IPCC's AR4 and AR5 the difference between preindustrial flows between compartments and todays assumed flows has been changed very significantly (from 2 to 14 Gt - C for the absorption by the plants) and the air - ocean exchanges reduced by 10 Gt - C!

I look forward to reading and then commenting on the article you no doubt intend to write that expands on the various theories and assumptions you have set out in your numerous posts here.

We have both expressed our doubt that the L&S determination of climate sensitivity can be ascribed to have any confidence because it is based on an improbable assumption of system invariance.

It answered my post at July 28, 2011 at 2:48 am that restated our agreement; viz. we doubt the L&S determination of climate sensitivity can be ascribed to have any confidence because it is based on an improbable assumption of system invariance.

This at least shows you've read it and they always leave more lingering doubt that science may have been incorrect on assumptions that not all avenues have been explored.

I doubt that very much, although in Graeme's case I've operated on this thread with the assumption that he does want to improve his understanding.

Empirical data from recent studies based on actual physical observations have raised serious doubt concerning these feedback assumptions and the resulting 2xCO2 climate sensitivity.

11 Accordingly, notwithstanding the principle (which I do not doubt) that questions of apportionment are generally questions of fact with which we should interfere only in exceptional cases, I would conclude that the issues I have referred to are ones of law and that the learned trial judge erred in law in placing too high a standard on the plaintiff and in failing to consider the assumptions she was entitled to make.

This is a major psychological and technical threshold and — if it is reached — we will no doubt see some volatility post break based both on the fact that many people will likely take profits on shorter - term holdings while others will likely pick up fresh positions on the assumption that we should see some follow - through above the $ 10,000 level.

Listen for many things, such as the Client's assumptions and conclusions, evidence of Client's emotional pain that blocks action; what motivates and excites the Client; self doubt, growth the Client may not be giving himself / herself credit for, resources the Client already has available but may not as yet recognize, and so on.

I have shown homes in this situation and there is no doubt that most buyers pick up on the cues and make assumptions regarding the sellers and their motivation / level of desperation to sell.