Sentences with phrase «little evidence of such»

At the moment, I see little evidence of such radical vision at work.

Unfortunately, until now we have seen precious little evidence of such a collective response.

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And while indicators such as retail sales and exports are solid, there is little evidence of inflation, meaning the central bank faces no serious pressure to cool the economy.

The reason Keynesianism got such a boost post-crisis was not for any real - world examples of its success — the list of its failures, by contrast, is lengthy — but because of the assertion, accepted far too quickly with far too little evidence, that monetary policy, at the fabled Zero Lower Bound (interest rates of near zero) had lost its effectiveness.

For example, when we have seen big moves in energy costs, such as the price of gasoline, there has been little evidence that consumers began to adjust their overall inflation expectations, either upward or downward.

While some of these measures seem sensible, overall there is little empirical evidence that such security measures decrease the likelihood of school shootings.

Macroevolution posed a problem to Darwin because his principle of descent with modification predicts gradual transitions between small - scale adaptive changes in populations and these larger - scale phenomena, yet there is little evidence for such transitions in nature.

I agree with momoya, that it is of little use to make suppositions about such mechanisms or sequences of causation without evidence.

Examination of the evidence can indicate that (1) not all of them accepted such a cosmology, and (2) such a cosmology as such has little to do with the teaching of the New Testament.

Because the US is so polarized politically, there is very little chance that a Republican controlled House of Representatives would choose to impeach a Republican President even if there were overwhelming evidence that he had accepted a direct bribe from the Russian government (such as, for hypothetical example, a 19 % interest in the Russian gas company Rosneft) in return for promulgating policies favorable to the Russians, let alone confirmation of the allegations that his Presidential campaign had coordinated election strategy and tactics with the Russians.

«While many people fear that decriminalisation will lead to increased use, there is little evidence to support such fears, and even less evidence that the current punitive sanctions provide any sort of positive return on investment for society.»

Ms. Yellen played down surveys showing a sharp rise in the optimism of consumers and business executives since the presidential election, noting there is little evidence that such surveys predict spending decisions.

«When researchers use video games as a tool for cognitive enhancement, they assume that game performance relies on specific cognitive / brain function, yet there is a little evidence that establishes such a connection,» explained lead investigator Chandramallika Basak, PhD, Assistant Professor at The Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas.

Little evidence exists around long term post-partum complications, such as the prevalence of incontinence and the effectiveness of treatments such as pelvic floor exercises, state the authors.

The study says while most suicides occur among people with clinical depression, to date there is little evidence to show the benefits of treatments, such as antidepressants, for protecting individuals against the risk of suicide.

There is little evidence that soy reduces testosterone levels — and in fact, soy is such a healthful food that it's probably just a good idea to eat it regardless of your hormone levels.

Data from clinical trials have shown that substitution of polyunsaturated fat for saturated fat results in a reduced incidence of CVD (2 — 4); however, as described below, there is little evidence from such trials or from epidemiologic studies that a reduction in saturated fat intake below ≈ 9 % of total energy intake is associated with a reduced CVD risk.

Moreover, if one man can track down and publish this evidence, then why is it that website controllers who are typically based in the USA, claim to have little or no knowledge of such «open» practices?

My results provide little evidence of general asymmetry, such as low achievers gaining more by being with high achievers than the amount high achievers lose by being with low achievers.

Critics of originalism such as Michael Klarman have pointed out that Brown is difficult to justify on originalist grounds, as there is little evidence that the equal protection clause was originally understood to outlaw school segregation.

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.

«While numerous explanations may be used to rationalise such explicit rejection of the project, the authors view this as evidence of educators» reluctance to engage with LGBTQ topics or raise these issues with parents, assuming at best that parents will have little if any interest in such a topic.»

After analyzing such evidence, there is little doubt that school choice, and failing schools writ - large, influence levels of violence and criminal activity.

Such programs, which can offer certification in three months to two years, are booming despite little more than anecdotal evidence of their success.

It helps us to prioritize initiatives, counteract negative influences, and get rid of practices — such as retaining students — that show little evidence of improving learning outcomes.

In a study of two state - mandated programs of this type, Hoffman and his colleagues found some positive effects for such programs in supporting teachers through their first year of teaching, but they found little evidence that the programs or the criteria were effective in screening out incompetent teachers (Hoffman et al., 1986)

It helps us to prioritize initiatives, counteract negative influences, and get rid of practices — such as retaining students — that show little evidence... Continue reading Supercharge Your Classroom in 5 Steps

Though nearly all schools deliver some form of professional development, there is little evidence that common types of professional development efforts, such as workshop - type training, have positive impacts on teacher quality or student outcomes.

Inside, the test CX - 7, called the Sport model, had all we needed: There's little evidence of cost - cutting and it has a lot of standard equipment, including plenty of safety features such as stability control, traction control and side and side - curtain airbags.

A couple of thousand years B.C., the Chinese were building fish pens in lakes (for food and possibly entertainment), and evidence of Roman fish tanks in the sea still exist (such as the fish tank that can still be seen a little north of Rome).

And while indicators such as retail sales and exports are solid, there is little evidence of inflation, meaning the central bank faces no serious pressure to cool the economy.

Regarding open adoptions, there's little evidence to show that such pet placement policies result in higher returns than those involving an exhaustive, hassle - filled adoption process in which would - be adopters are made to feel guilty of poor pet parenting until they prove themselves worthy.

While there's plenty of evidence that man's best friend experiences primary emotions, such as fear and happiness, there's little evidence that dogs feel secondary emotions like pride, jealousy and guilt.

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.

N.b. I'm going to caveat this a little, because despite having seen no evidence of any such glitch occurring to me in the first place, my ranks have also been reset.

Arguments put forth by advocates of AGW are based on portions of the evidence carefully selected to support a pre-conceived view and as such account for very little.

Mike's work, like that of previous award winners, is diverse, and includes pioneering and highly cited work in time series analysis (an elegant use of Thomson's multitaper spectral analysis approach to detect spatiotemporal oscillations in the climate record and methods for smoothing temporal data), decadal climate variability (the term «Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» or «AMO» was coined by Mike in an interview with Science's Richard Kerr about a paper he had published with Tom Delworth of GFDL showing evidence in both climate model simulations and observational data for a 50 - 70 year oscillation in the climate system; significantly Mike also published work with Kerry Emanuel in 2006 showing that the AMO concept has been overstated as regards its role in 20th century tropical Atlantic SST changes, a finding recently reaffirmed by a study published in Nature), in showing how changes in radiative forcing from volcanoes can affect ENSO, in examining the role of solar variations in explaining the pattern of the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age, the relationship between the climate changes of past centuries and phenomena such as Atlantic tropical cyclones and global sea level, and even a bit of work in atmospheric chemistry (an analysis of beryllium - 7 measurements).

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.

Anyone can say «Webby is such an obnoxiuous little troll» but unless there is clear evidence of this on Webby's part, this is nothing but Captain Kangaroo working off his anger.

Hence skeptics are extremely adamant there was a very cold and global little ice age, but from the other side of their mouth they will rubbish all lines of evidence like tree ring reconstructions and the instrumental record that are needed to make such an adamant claim about the little ice age.

I'll argue that if you're one of the ~ 3M persons living in the Ben Tre and Long An provinces of Vietnam situated on the Mekong Delta, unsupported claims such as Lindzen's «The evidence is that the increase in CO2 will lead to very little warming, and that the connection of this minimal warming (or even significant warming) to the purported catastrophes is also minimal» is hardly a tight argument and is ethically extremely dubious, aimed as it is at paralyzing the public policy response necessary to protect those people at risk.

Dismissing the risks of global warming as «baseless and undisguised propaganda,» a John Birch Society blogger has pronounced that evidence for climate change is «shoddy,» and that, on the basis of Bjorn Lomborg's (thoroughly discredited) analysis, «a little warming wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.»

The lack of such a trend would say very little about the 1970 - 2005 rise unless it showed some kind of long - period oscillation of the sort Gray seems to wish was there, but evidence of such a cycle would be big scientific news indeed (perhaps as big as any implied direct refutation of Emanuel).

Most of the science is flipped through fairly quickly within chapter one, and casual readers familiar with the IPCC report will find little to surprise them with sections including statements such as «An overwhelming body of scientific evidence indicates that the Earth's climate is rapidly changing, predominantly as a result of increases in greenhouse gases caused by human activities» etc..

In addition, current defamation law, which presumes more than nominal damages, provides plaintiffs with little incentive to prove special damages unless there is readily available evidence of such losses.

Furthermore, although perpetrators of abuse who are employees (such as coaches) have on occasion been dismissed by sporting organisations (or have chosen to resign), there is little evidence of effective redress having been obtained by athletes for the loss and damage they have suffered at the hands of such employees.

However, I also find that the value of the new family home has such little probative value in relation to the propensity of the plaintiff to be working full - time or part - time that it is outweighed by the prejudicial effect of such evidence.

Without an evidentiary bridge to the specific circumstances of the plaintiff, statistical evidence is of little assistance, which is why such general trends are not determinative in particular cases.

In fact, there is evidence that where ABS have been there has been little impact on providing great access to the most under - serviced areas of law such as family and criminal matters.

It might seem to be a little odd that documentation such as Aadhaar card must be made available to immigrants but since the Aadhar card is not an evidence of Indian citizenship, the card is available to the immigrants who reside in India also.