Sentences with phrase «evidence of a serious problem»

Today, outgoing MP Louise Mensch seized on both men's comments as evidence of a serious problem in the way people on the left and right perceive rape.

We have observed these patterns of unconstructive responses to performance incentives across a number of domains — health, workforce training, public assistance programs and more — but the evidence of serious problems has piled up faster in public education than in any other policy arena.

Not exact matches

Mr. Hawking wins easy battles against uneducated (in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic ideas of God, and this is very common in all scientists.

Michael Behe (in The Edge of Evolution) points out that there is abundant evidence for «microevolution» (smaller population change), but there is a boundary at which the evidence for microevolution stops and evidence for macroevolution either doesn't exist, or any clues that do exist are beset with problems so serious that explanatory attempts boil down to «just - so - stories.»

«I treat children with hip dysplasia as part of my job, and I know that there is no evidence that modern baby carriers cause this serious problem.

Oregon does not consider this a problem, and lacking evidence of a serious issue, chooses to prioritize inclusion and a commitment to making voting easier.

«There's a substantial amount of evidence suggesting that student mobility poses serious problems for the students who change schools, as well as their schools, teachers and even peers who do not change schools,» said Ruth López Turley, an associate professor of sociology at Rice and director of the Houston Education Research Consortium.

«It is important to note that while adverse event reports give us some information about a product and serious injuries or deaths related to use of a particular product, they often indicate situations that require additional analysis and do not constitute conclusive evidence of a problem with the product,» the spokeswoman, Lyndsay Meyer, said in a statement.

The study provides fresh and generalizable evidence that «there is probably a serious problem with mental health in academia,» writes Frederik Anseel, a professor at King's College London who co-authored a study published last year showing widespread risk of mental health issues among Ph.D. students in Belgium, in an email to Science Careers.

Problems can become even more serious and long - term among shift workers with evidence of chronic disturbance.

However, there's no sound scientific evidence that any of them cause cancer or other serious health problems.

That the evidence is often weak, misleading, or irrelevant is a serious problem, but at least the action is on the right field of play.

In such situations, a serious free - rider problem exists: because it is impossible to prevent a class of consumers who have not paid for the information from consuming it, far too little evidence will be produced if it is not supported by an organization with the entire nation's interests at heart.

Specifically includes: Typical and Atypical antipsychotics How each drug works Evaluation of each drug - evidence for effectiveness, problems with evidence for effectiveness, relation to the dopamine hypothesis, serious side effects and the chemical cosh argument

However, there is mounting evidence that the easier phases of reform are behind us in Texas, that some of the more intractable student achievement problem areas have not been reached by the reforms while serious backsliding is underway in others, that more of the same accountability and standards will not produce the results we want, and that a much more difficult phase of reform lies ahead.

He became concerned with such issues as: the evidence of a causal relationship between common feeding practices and serious health problems; the perceived disconnect between the nutritional requirements of felis silvestris catus and all other species of cats; an industry with a vested interest in grain as the basis for its products; a veterinary education system with little nutritional teaching, subsidized by commercial pet food industries; a questionable government concept approval and oversight process; the economic inertia of maintaining the status quo; and the rejection of science - based belief systems on the extremes of both sides of the issue.

The small amount of photographic evidence available so far does indicate there is a problem of some degree, which requires further analysis to ascertain how serious the issue is.

«But», you could now say to me, «granting, for the sake of argument only, that Miliband and others may be going rather too far, surely there is clear scientific evidence that human - induced global warming presents a serious problem which has to be dealt with.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

«Having» to paint all the streets white is just evidence of how serious the problem is to California Person.

And when the evidence starts indicating that the magnitude of the effect may be small, we question just how serious of a problem that can represent.

JimD FYI the very serious problem with Benghazi is the known false cover story (BTW I know a lot about the specific details of this event) not so bad except for the poor wannabe movie maker they arrested to cover their lie free speech... once a liberal value I am a «denier» because of my best evaluation of the evidence not because I'm «scared» of a carbon tax not because I don't like Obama

Though scientific consensus must always be open to responsible skepticism given: (a) the strength of the consensus on this topic, (b) the enormity of the harms predicted by the consensus view, (c) an approximately 30 year delay in taking action that has transpired since a serious climate change debate began in the United States in the early 1980s, (d) a delay that has made the problem worse while making it more difficult to achieve ghg emissions reductions necessary to prevent dangerous climate change because of the steepness of reductions now needed, no politician can ethically justify his or her refusal to support action on climate change based upon a personal opinion that is not supported by strong scientific evidence that has been reviewed by scientific organizations with a wide breadth of interdisciplinary scientific expertise.

On the health front, the scientific evidence is increasingly clear that eating too much of these greenhouse gas - intensive meats boosts exposure to toxins and increases the risk of a wide variety of serious health problems, including heart disease, certain cancers, obesity and, in some studies, diabetes.

Kretzmann goes on to highlight some of the public statements McCutcheon has made about his denial that climate change is a serious problem, but whether he genuinely denies the science or not, what's clear is that the evidence that burning coal is dangerous for our health and the health of the climate is undeniable.

Having considered the closed material and the reasons why it was closed, his lordship was satisfied in the instant case that the difficulties caused to AE by the adoption of the special advocate procedure were, in the words of Strasbourg decisions «strictly necessary» because of the serious security problems which would have been caused if the closed evidence and the sources of information were disclosed.

The Complainant, who was the Accused person's ex-wife, was cross-examined extensively and was confronted with prior affidavits from family court proceedings which revealed serious problems with the veracity of her evidence.

(b) At arbitration, the Board stated that this test required evidence of a «significant» or «serious» problem with alcohol and drugs in the workplace.

Stadlen J was unequivocal at para 84 of his judgment: «[I] n the absence of a problem in the witness giving evidence in person or by video link, or some other exceptional circumstance, fairness requires that in disciplinary proceedings a person facing serious charges, especially if they amount to criminal offences which if proved are likely to have grave adverse effects on his or her reputation and career, should in principle be entitled by cross-examination to test the evidence of his accuser (s) where that evidence is the sole or decisive evidence relied on against him.»

For instance, if you can prove that you have fully recovered from a serious health disorder, for instance, cancer, or can show that you are taking good care of a chronic problem like diabetes, then the evidence could lead to lowering your premium.

Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness on child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness on child abuse focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as on the behavior problems of their children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having children placed into foster care.16 More direct evidence on the relationship between maternal mental illness and child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months among mothers involved with child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17

Patients had to fulfil the following criteria: a diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective psychosis, or delusional disorder according to criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd edition, revised11; no evidence of organic brain disease; substance abuse not identified as the primary problem; age between 18 and 65 years; presence of persistent hallucinations or delusions, or both, for a minimum of 6 months and at least 1 month of stabilisation if they had experienced an exacerbation during this period; stable medication; no psychological or family intervention; their responsible medical officer had given permission for them to enter the study; no serious threat of violence towards the assessors; and they had given informed consent to participate.

Such placements are more often used for adolescents and children with serious mental or physical health difficulties.51 Overall, the evidence suggests that group home placement is deleterious to children.52 Children in group care in the NSCAW study had poorer developmental outcomes than their counterparts in family environments, but they also had more intense needs at placement entry.53 In a study comparing young children reared in foster family homes to those in group homes, children in group care exhibited more compromised mental development and adaptive skills but similar levels of behavioral problems.54

Participants in the treatment group were significantly less likely than control group participants to exhibit evidence of serious conduct problems and had higher social cognition.

The evaluation by the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group (2002) found that at the end of grade 3, participants in the treatment group were significantly less likely than control group participants to exhibit evidence of serious conduct pProblems Prevention Research Group (2002) found that at the end of grade 3, participants in the treatment group were significantly less likely than control group participants to exhibit evidence of serious conduct problemsproblems.

An evidence - based marital therapist is more likely to get strong lasting results in far fewer sessions with more types of relationship problems, even those involving more serious mental health issues.

It described the finding as «consistent with emerging evidence that serious psychological stress contributes to a range of health problems and may be involved in the development of risk factors for metabolic syndrome, including raised blood glucose».