Sentences with phrase «expert consensus reports»

A series of expert consensus reports over the past decade affirm this evidence and make it clear that ecological approaches to farming are fundamental to feeding all people, now and into the future.

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The fourth consensus report from the Concussion in Sport Group (CISG 4) represents the latest recommendations from an expert panel, sponsored by five international sports governing bodies.

Although the Australian work of McIntosh (2010) found that infants under two who spent one night or more a week and toddlers who spend 10 days a month of overnight time in their non-primary caregiver's care are more irritable, more severely distressed and insecure in their relationships with their primary parent, less persistent at tasks, and more physically and emotionally stressed, this study has been largely discredited by a recently published consensus report endorsed by 110 child development experts (Warshak, 2013), which found that McIntosh drew unwarranted conclusions from her unrepresentative and flawed data.

The article is a consensus report with a balanced analysis from experts with diverse opinions about the value of cannabis as a pain treatment.

Holton and Nigg employed a rigorous study design that involved parental reports, diagnostic interviews, and consensus of two clinical experts to screen for ADHD and additional psychiatric disorders.

They also reported that most recommendations in existing guidelines are based on expert consensus, rather than evidence from randomized controlled trials.

While these experts were from diverse backgrounds with contrasting views, the report notes that «there was absolute consensus on the need for change».

The cognitive principles of learning are based on reports from (a) the National Academy of Sciences, 1 (b) a practice guide for teachers by the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education on Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning, 2 (c) and a joint initiative between the Association of Psychological Sciences and the American Psychological Association on Lifelong Learning at Work and at Home.3 The recommendations here reflect the wisdom of these reports, which are based on scientific evidence, rather than being consensus opinions of experts.

For years now, the consensus among both experts and practitioners is that the combination of old and new evidence (most often via calculating a mean average) distorts the accuracy of reported achievement levels (O'Connor, 2011; Guskey, 2015; Reeves, 2015).

The National Academies provides helpful analysis and advice to policymakers and stakeholders through its expert, consensus reports and other activities.

The U.S. News & World Report rankings compare cars on the basis of safety, reliability and a consensus of industry experts» opinions, along with value — which is measured by a combination of a vehicle's five - year total cost of ownership and the average price paid for the vehicle at the time the awards are published.

«EPA is relying most heavily on these synthesis reports because they... 3) have been reviewed and formally accepted by, commissioned by, or in some cases authored by, U.S. government agencies and individual government scientists and provide EPA with assurances that this material has been well vetted by both the climate change research community and by the U.S. government; and 4) in many cases, they reflect and convey the consensus conclusions of expert authors.»

'' if there is one, requires judgment; that's why NAS, Royal Society et al. don't do surveys but rather collect domain experts to do substantive analysies and deliberate when they issue «expert consensus» reports.»

Don't take my word for it: that's the conclusion the National Academy of Sciences reached in an «expert consensus» report, which examined numerous empirical studies on the matter and concluded that it was simply impossible to say one way or another whether such laws increase crime or instead decrease it as a result of their effect in deterring violent predation.

In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report stated a clear expert consensus that: «It is extremely likely [defined as 95 - 100 % certainty] that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic [human - caused] increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

Moreover, in order to be part of the 96 percent expert consensus, they must explicitly agree that humans are responsible for the majority of the global warming over the past half - century (a position the latest IPCC report took with 95 percent confidence).

The IPCC report and the 97 % expert consensus on human - caused global warming are themselves not proof of anything.

quote: «Despite the 97 % expert consensus on human - caused global warming supported by peer - reviewed research, expert opinion, the IPCC reports, and National Academies of Science and other scientific organizations from around the world, a large segment of the population remains unconvinced on the issue.»

23 Sept: Live Science: Becky Oskin: Climate Scientists: IPCC Report Must Communicate Consensus Climate experts also told LiveScience they would like to see the new report stress the scientific consensus on climate change, and emphasize the link between human activities and global waReport Must Communicate Consensus Climate experts also told LiveScience they would like to see the new report stress the scientific consensus on climate change, and emphasize the link between human activities and global wareport stress the scientific consensus on climate change, and emphasize the link between human activities and global warming.

When the networks did include scientists with opinions outside of the «consensus» the media embrace so much, the reports either disrespectful the experts or attempted to undermine their position.

Perhaps it is because the same procedures have been adopted by many other assessments in many other contexts; the National Academies of Science, for example, produces consensus documents from diverse committees and panels that are subjected to expert review from selected external scholars (and it is perhaps noteworthy that NAS reports occasionally feature signed dissents on particular points).

This Digest is a faithful summary of the leading scientific consensus report produced in 2010 by The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP):» Proceedings of the GESAMP International Workshop on micro - plastic particles as a vector in transporting persistent, bio - accumulating and toxic substances in the oceans» Learn more...

Despite the billions of taxpayer dollars spent on both the global warming research and associated IPCC reports, the «consensus expert» climate change predictions have been spectacularly wrong.

This consensus is found not only in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report [1], but also by several different studies, including surveys of experts [2] and comprehensive reviews of the peer - reviewed literature on climate change [3][4][5].

One after another the global warming experts rose to condemn me for questioning in public the conclusions of an IPCC report that had been compiled and endorsed as the consensus opinion of a large number of knowledgeable scientists.

However, the good news is that the report is consistent with the 97 percent expert consensus on human - caused global warming.

Mojib Latif, a climate expert at the Leibniz Institute at Kiel University in Germany, said he «can not understand» reports that used his research to question the scientific consensus on climate change.

I would like assurance that what will be included in the IPCC report will reflect the best available information and the consensus within the scientific community most expert on the specific topic.

The report's language is far more constrained than that, reflecting a delicate consensus that was reached only after months of debate and several rounds of comments by hundreds of scientists and government climate experts, Dr. Trenberth said.

There were many different representations of uncertainty (e.g., a range in models versus an expert judgment) in the TAR, and the consensus RF bar chart did not generate a total RF or uncertainties for use in the subsequent IPCC Synthesis Report (IPCC, 2001b)(Chapters 2 and 7; Section 9.2).

Though he has contributed since the early 1990s to reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — the large collaboration of scientists that regularly assesses global warming for the United Nations — Christy considers the expert consensus overstated and unduly alarmist.

In yet another sign of a growing consensus in support of energy policies that prioritize innovation, the New York Times on Sunday endorsed the recommendations of «Beyond Boom and Bust,» a recent report by experts at the Breakthrough Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the World Resources Institute.

In personal injury lawsuits, «consensus reporting» refers to when a single expert witness summarizes the opinions of other experts and delivers the findings to the court in the form of an executive summary.

Although a recent ruling criticizes the practice of selective quoting of expert findings in personal injury cases, the decision is not a broad comment against consensus reports, Toronto litigator Richard Shekter tells Law Times.

This consensus is found in the two expert reports of Dr. Loewen, as well as in the expert reports of each of Dr. Grover and Dr. Pisesky.