Sentences with phrase «evidenced by the controversy»

Change is not easy — as evidenced by the controversy that surrounded IMPACT and school closures — but the success achieved should help pave the way for the work still needed.

Not exact matches

While exorbitant drug price hikes by Martin Shkreli's Turing Pharmaceuticals and Valeant have sparked outrage in Washington and tanked the stock prices of much of the pharmaceutical sector in the last six months, there's growing evidence that the controversy may be more smoke than fire.

On face value, W. E. Hocking's remark that when Whitehead arrived at Harvard «his speculative structure... was already well advanced in its main outlines» is a bit of external evidence against my hypothesis, but it may mean nothing more than that Whitehead was little influenced by the philosophical opinions and controversies of his American colleagues during these years, which seems very much to have been the case.

Epigenetics provides evidence that the nature versus nurture controversy has been resolved and that each is shaped by the other through a series of complex chemical, biological and environmental interactions.

He has an incredible knack for intervening at the wrong time, at the wrong place and saying the wrong thing to the wrong people, as evidenced by the Booker controversy and the skyrocketing legal bills he is incurring as a result of his various thoughtless acts.

Dr. Rohrich and colleagues write, «Much of this controversy was driven by incomplete information, poor documentation and analysis, and the puzzling decision to withhold key medical evidence from both from investigators and the public.»

In the face of these controversies, changing our practice of laboratory test monitoring relies not only on evidence provided by key studies such as this one but may additionally require discussion within the dermatology community and possibly even endorsement or guidelines issued from key opinion leaders to gain wide acceptance,» write Eleni Linos, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.PH., of the University of California, San Francisco, and coauthors in a related editorial.

The idea that dinosaurs still walk among us — fly, really — was put forward by John Ostrom of Yale University in the 1970s, but it stayed an argument until the ever - growing mountain of evidence buried almost all controversy.

More than 20 years ago, in a study that triggered both scientific and cultural controversy, the molecular biologist offered the first direct evidence of a «gay gene,» by identifying a stretch on the X chromosome likely associated with homosexuality.

In the days before Museveni signed the bill, the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) avoided being drawn into the controversy by declining a request from the government to conduct a rushed review of the scientific evidence about the causes of homosexuality.

This article attempts to clarify some of the confusion and controversy surrounding estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, growth hormone, and thyroid hormones and discuss their roles as supported by the present state of evidence in disease prevention and aging as they apply to the primary care practice.

The site guides students in environmental investigations by providing scientific hypotheses and scientific evidence and by posing questions that help students analyze current scientific controversies.

Harris discusses the controversies surrounding VAMs, as argued by both VAM proponents and critics, and he contends in the end that «[i] t is difficult to weigh these pros and cons... because we have so little evidence on the [formative] effects of using value - added measures on teaching and learning.»

As everyone knows (or ought to know by now), one of main reason controversy over climate change is continuing in the face of overwhelming evidence is the fact that ExxonMobil has the cash spigot open to fund anyone willing to deny the evidence — the Competitive Enterprise Insitute, George Marshall Institute and the old tobacco industry network run by Steven Milloy, Fred Seitz and Fred Singer have been among the main beneficiaries.

An industry of denial, abetted by news media and «info - tainment» broadcasters more interested in selling controversy than presenting facts, has duped half the American public into rejecting the facts of climate science — an overwhelming body of rigorously vetted scientific evidence showing that human - caused, carbon - based emissions are linked to warming the Earth.

«Climate Cover - up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming is a remarkable deconstruction of what he argues is a carefully orchestrated propaganda campaign whose goal is to set the agenda in climate policy by discrediting legitimate science and manipulating public perceptions of the scientific evidence... I have no doubt that Climate Cover - up is going to stir up controversy, particularly in the United States where many of these strategies were deployed and fine - tuned.»

This perception of ongoing controversy about the fundamental scientific evidence is encouraged by the media, which tends to define news in terms of conflict, whether real or manufactured.

The National Academy of Sciences responded to the controversy by asking a panel to review all the evidence.

But while the official law school Web site shows no evidence of the controversy surrounding Mukasey's visit, the law student blog Eagleionline yesterday published a draft of an upcoming article by BC Law Prof. Daniel Kanstroom, «On «Waterboarding»: Legal Interpretation and the Continuing Struggle for Human Rights.»

[5] In the months following the amendments to Rule 20, it has become a matter of some controversy and uncertainty as to whether it is appropriate for a motion judge to use the new powers conferred by the amended Rule 20 to decide an action on the basis of the evidence presented on a motion for summary judgment.

The conventional wisom that any publicity is good publicity still holds true, as evidenced by the recent controversy over cellular company Alltel's fake ads soliciting plaintiffs for a class action lawsuit that have been appearing on law - related Weblogs like Overlawyered and How Appealing.

We have evolved from Mallios v. La Reine, [1978] Q.J. no 380, there Greenberg, J. of the Quebec Superior Court was considering whether the trial judge was in error in taking judicial notice of the fact that Montreal Harbour was in Canadian waters south of the sixtieth parallel of north latitude: 12 «Judicial Notice» is the act by which a Court, in conducting a trial or framing its decision, will of its own motion, and without production of evidence, recognize the existence and truth of certain facts having a bearing on the controversy, which are universally regarded as established by common notoriety; that is, facts which can not reasonably be the subject of a controversy.

However, this type of business has left space for much controversy and issues relating to employment and contracts, evidenced by some of the recent lawsuits brought towards Uber, from contracted employees who wished to have similar benefits as a full - time employee.