Perform
scientific analyses of evidence in the police crime laboratory in connection with crime detection and law enforcement activities.
Not exact matches
«And to focus more precisely on the issue
of «
scientific evidence,» the sciences, ordered by their nature and method to an
analysis of empirically verifiable objects and states
of affairs within the universe, can not even in principle address questions regarding God, who is not a being in the world, but rather the reason why the finite realm exists at all.......
The concept
of the supernatural is culturally derived from an innate cognitive schema...» The
scientific evidence for his position comes from an
analysis of studies done on children that show that their innate way
of viewing the world is in terms
of «design, function and purpose» - making them, in effect, «intuitive theists.»
The Code permits manufacturers and distributors
of breastmilk substitutes to provide «
scientific and factual» information on their products to health workers, but
analysis shows what they provide is promotional and rarely supported by independent
evidence.
If you read the
scientific and medical literature, the controversy about bed sharing safety primarily concerns babies less than 20 weeks old, and the most recent meta -
analysis of published studies found no
evidence of increased risk for babies over 3 months
of age (Carpenter et al 2013).
Objective To conduct a meta -
analysis of available
scientific evidence on the association between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia.
To conduct a meta -
analysis of available
scientific evidence on the association between breastfeeding and childhood leukemia.
«The model offers the potential to put linkage
analysis on a more reliable and
scientific basis, increases standardization, reduces the workload
of police investigators and improves the prospect
of using linkage
analysis as
evidence in legal proceedings,» explained Porter.
Our blood
analysis service is built on a foundation
of scientific evidence and has been designed with a healthcare setting in mind.
New research published online in the journal PLoS ONE is the first
scientific analysis of the oldest known
evidence of a shamanic costume in Europe.
Regardless
of the type
of legal proceeding or which side uses
scientific evidence, the forensic scientist must be able to write a report and testify under oath about: what facts or items
of evidence were analyzed or tested; what tests or
analyses were used; how valid or reliable those tests or
analyses have been found to be by other courts; why and how the forensic scientist was qualified to conduct those tests or
analyses; and, what the results
of the tests or
analyses were and how those results are relevant to the issues in dispute.
He describes the ancestor around 6 million years ago who was common to chimpanzees and humans, siting the three major sources
of compelling
scientific evidence for that common ancestors: DNA (which shows humans more closely related to chimps than gorillas are); DNA gene
analysis; and morphological
evidence from fossils.
The
analysis found that significant
scientific evidence still supports that doses
of 3 grams
of oats per day can lower LDL cholesterol levels by 5 to 10 percent.
Various on - line dating sites claim that their methods for pairing individuals produce more frequent, higher quality, or longer lasting marriages, but the
evidence underlying the claims to date has not met conventional standards
of scientific evidence including: (i) sufficient methodological details to permit independent replication; (ii) open and shared data to permit a verification
of analyses; (iii) the presentation
of evidence through peer - reviewed journals rather than through Internet postings and blogs; (iv) data collection free
of artifacts, such as expectancy effects, placebo effects, and confirmatory biases by investigators; and (v) randomized clinical trials (3, 9).
Effects
of Teacher Professional Development on Gains in Student Achievement: How Meta -
Analysis Provides
Scientific Evidence Useful to Education Leaders (PDF).
With these concepts in mind, the Center employs the following three - stage process: • Knowledge Synthesis — a critical
analysis of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and
evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the
scientific community.
To this end, the Center has developed a three - stage knowledge transfer process: (1) Knowledge Synthesis — a critical
analysis of cutting - edge science and program evaluation research to identify core concepts and
evidence - based findings that are broadly accepted by the
scientific community; (2) Knowledge Translation — the identification
of gaps in understanding between scientists and the public, and the development
of effective language to communicate accurate
scientific information in a way that can inform sound public discourse; and (3) Knowledge Communication — the production and dissemination
of a wide variety
of publications and educational media via print, the Web, and in - person presentations.
Clear and compelling
analysis of scientific evidence and descriptions
of historic events bring this little - known tragedy to life.
Veterinarians are becoming increasingly aware
of the problems associated with trying to visually identify dog breeds and some have instituted statements similar to the following in their practices: «Because new
scientific evidence has called into question the accuracy
of visual breed identification
of dogs, our hospital has adopted a policy to not identify canine patients by predominant breed unless the dog is purebred, the predominant breed
of the dog's parents is known, or the dog's lineage has been established through the use
of DNA
analysis.»
For an
analysis that, in contrast, reflects an understanding
of the
scientific evidence that is generally shared in the climate science community, see MacCracken's recent journal article, «Prospects for Future Climate Change and the Reasons for Early Action,» which is posted on the Climate Institute Web site here (3.2 MB).
As EPA nears the release
of its finalized hydraulic fracturing / water report, the weight
of scientific study and
analysis backs the agency's preliminary conclusion that there's no
evidence that fracking has led to «widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.»
On the first sentence stating that the WGI report considers
evidence of past and future climate change based on many independent
scientific analyses from observations
of the climate system, paleoclimate archives, theoretical studies
of climate processes, and simulations using climate models, Saudi Arabia proposed clarifying that
evidence of future climate change is based on models and simulations only.
Robust
evidence (just using AGW «
scientific» terminology) on the occurrence
of a MGW, warmer than the last decade warming, comes from the
analysis of the flux
of biogenic opal (SiO2.nH2O).
Carl Sagan's
scientific baloney detector warns that when the messengers are attacked instead
of the
evidence and logic, it is a sure sign a discussion has veered away from the foundations
of critical
scientific analyses.
Handaxes in dried - up ponds and watercourses: Isaac (1977); F. Clark Howell, «Isimila: A Paleolithic site in Africa,»
Scientific American 205:118 - 129 (1961); M. R. Kleindienst and C. M. Keller, «Towards a functional
analysis of handaxes and cleavers: The
evidence from East Africa,» Man 11:176 - 187 (1976).
There is no
evidence of a recent pause or hiatus in global warming, according to an
analysis of 40 peer - reviewed studies on the subject published Tuesday in the
Scientific Reports, a peer - reviewed journal
of the Nature Publishing Group.
Instead
of assuming every peak in a frequency
analysis constitutes sufficient
evidence for the existence
of a cycle, I only consider those where abundant
evidence exists in the
scientific literature that solar cycles match the climate
evidence precisely.
The IPCC should
of course change its conclusions and confidence levels in response to new
scientific evidence and
analyses.
«Investigations»
of scientific misconduct should themselves align with the usual principles
of scientific discourse (open discussion, honesty, transparency
of method, public disclosure
of evidence, open public
analysis and public discussion and reasoning underlying any conclusion).
IMO, what would be more interesting and more valuable to look at the underlying issues related to «availability cascades» as they exist in a non-tribal framework and then, perhaps, carefully and with due skeptical diligence and application
of a
scientific approach to
analysis determine whether this balance that you assert (based on purely anecdotal
evidence gathering I assume?)
The whole point
of the
scientific process is to move beyond, as much as is humanly possible, the political and cultural biases that every human being has, and to instead encourage rational, objective
analysis of the
evidence at hand.
Poor Communication by Scientists + Full Court Press by Denial Lobbyists to Blame Over at Huffington Post, Andrew Weaver, professor
of climate
analysis at the University
of Victoria, pretty much nails why this is happening — despite the fact that
scientific evidence continues to mount that global warming is indeed happening and caused in the largest part by human activity:
... leaves readers with such an inaccurate and misleading impression
of the
evidence on the causes
of climate change that is documented in the
scientific literature... My
analysis indicates that (your company) provided more that $ 2.9 million to organizations in the United States which misinformed the public about climate change through their websites.»
The Judge addressed the specific issues that arise when dealing with a decision based in part on
scientific assessments which involve a predictive element and held that the Reviewing Judge had been inappropriate in entering into his own
analysis of the reliability
of the
scientific evidence before him.
In this case, logical
analysis and discussion
of the
evidence with the opposing expert, resulted in all
of the referred complaints having been accepted to have been without
scientific foundation.
Manual on
Scientific Evidence 3rd Edition published by the Federal Judicial Center, which covers all of the common areas of forensic and scientific analysis that usually arise in civil or criminal l
Scientific Evidence 3rd Edition published by the Federal Judicial Center, which covers all
of the common areas
of forensic and
scientific analysis that usually arise in civil or criminal l
scientific analysis that usually arise in civil or criminal litigation.
Further, in describing flaws in the data the EEOC's expert Kevin Murphy relied upon to support the disparate impact claim, the Judge labeled these reports as 1) «laughable»; 2) «based on unreliable data»; 3) «rife with analytical error»; 4) containing «a plethora
of errors and analytical fallacies,» and a «mind - boggling number
of errors»; 5) «completely unreliable»; 6) «so full
of material flaws that any
evidence of disparate impact derived from an
analysis of its contents must necessarily be disregarded»; 7) «distorted»; 8) «both over and under inclusive»; 9) «cherry - picked»; 10) «worthless»; and 11) «an egregious example
of scientific dishonesty.»
Generalist forensic science technicians, sometimes called criminalists or crime scene investigators, collect
evidence at the scene
of a crime and perform
scientific and technical
analysis in laboratories or offices.
Preliminary
evidence from descriptive studies within programs and meta -
analyses of randomized trials (comparing programs with different characteristics) suggest that it will be important to adhere to established program models until there is sufficient
evidence to support revisions.14 Although the
scientific literature provides some comparison
of effects for programs with different constellations
of characteristics, the field
of home visits is still in its infancy as far as determining the relative importance
of any specific characteristic is concerned.