Sentences with phrase «scientific issues of the case»

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The infamous atheist and scientific expert was prompted to campaign on the issue after the case against Simon Singh, an author being sued by the British Chiropractic Association for an article questioning the use of chiropractic techniques in childhood illness.

The Program issued urgent appeals on the AAASHRAN about Erkel's kidnapping and urged members of the scientific community to pressure the government to investigate the case, ensure Erkel's safety and to hold those responsible accountable.

Civil war has nearly broken out among neuropsychologists over this issue, so let me tread lightly here — I will simply say that I have seen no scientific evidence for how such recovered memories might work, no supposed cases of it documented to be legitimate in a way that should satisfy a rigorous scientist, and plenty of scientific explanations for why various claims have not been legitimate.

SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE: Report to Argue for More Training Funds Although many groups have tried to make the case that the supply of scientists is not keeping up with demand, the members of the National Science Board's Task Force on National Workforce Policies have taken a different approach to the issue.

«It is our belief that, in cases involving scientific evidence, the pre-trial phase should be used to sort out and define as many scientific issues as possible and to consider... the best means of resolving (for example, by further scientific tests) any matters that may be disputed.»

In that case, the controversy revolved around scientific issues, not disclosure of funding sources.

The National Academies, fulfilling a congressional request, have issued a trio of invaluable reports affirming the scientific case for a growing and largely harmful human influence on climate; proposing a path and strategies for curbing American emissions of heat - trapping gases; and urging the country to work to cut risks attending life with no new «normal» climate patterns or coastlines.

Climate change skeptics often highlight certain scientific results as a means of confusing this issue, and that appears to be the case with Mr. Gunter's description of our recent results based on data from Argo buoys.

In this day and age, we lay - people are constantly bombarded by misinformation and in some cases disinformation concerning the top scientific issues of our time.

The conclusion appears to be to abandon seeking where the center and range of scientific opinion is on this uncertain issue, and just have some kind of «open debate» whatever that means without quantifying uncertainty ranges, worst case and best case scenarios, etc..

I've worked with ministers and prime ministers from both parties over a long period of time, and in all cases I think I've tried to draw a line between fearless scientific advice about issues and actual policy development, which I think is in the realm of government,» he said.

Scientific questions are questions of facts and judges are supposed to restrict their rulings to issues of law, except in those relatively few cases where the parties have asked the court to determine questions of fact.

Though this may be an appropriate tool in some cases, its usefulness to the job of shedding light on what people think about complex political and scientific issues is debateable, and may in fact reveal more about Lewandowsky than sceptics.

Now, because of posts like this, I predict that you and a few dozen others will go down in scientific history on this topic, relative to defense of scientific integrity and freedom on an issue that spent the better part of a generation devolving to the point where RICO cases are suggested against dissenting scientists and corporations and «skeptics» are obliquely likened to Holocaust «deniers».

The issue in the Mann case is the allegation of scientific fraud.

In this case the main ethical issue of concern has not been the scientific integrity but the influence of the results of research on society.

Then again, the Post generally corrects errors of scientific fact or misrepresentations of scientists» views, as in the case of Nigel Weiss, only after the offended scientist issues a libel notice.

I don't know what the particular scientific issues in this case were, and I have areas of disagreement with Dr. Ball.

While I hope this is not the case (for the sake of climatology going forward beyond the current cult of global warming) you are to be lauded as one of the few voices with the courage to treat this a scientific issue rather than a political one.

Integrity is an issue of particular importance at the science - policy interface, particularly when the scientific case is represented by a consensus that is largely based on expert opinion.

Topic: Case Studies of Important Scientific and Technological Issues The Nature and Development of Science and Technology Global Warming.

which was published in the April 16, 2007 issue of Newsweek and distributed by MSNBC, includes roughly a score of statements that are contrary to the international scientific consensus and, in many cases, quite misleading.

Lindzen's reaction appears to be to dig in his heels and try to make the issue even more political (or religous in this case) however he better watch out because he has an awful lot of dirty scientific laundry out there in the literature.

W's administration knew they couldn't win this case, the ESA is unambiguous regarding listing once the professional staff of USF&W issues its scientific finding of the status of the species in question.

This paper is a great case study of the issue I've been working through recently — how might the mainstream media most usefully report on these sorts of scientific controversies?

@John Coochey You can prove that Monckton has a case by presenting a list of his most central claims that bring down the foundations of climate science as it concerns the specific issue of enhanced greenhouse effect due to fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions, and an accompanying list of evidence directly relevant to these central claims, and an accompanying logical argument based upon the current state of scientific knowledge.

But critics say that the report in some cases overstated the level of scientific certainty on the issue or simply got things wrong.

[13] On the second issue, the case management judge concluded that the issues would require a prolonged examination of documents and a scientific examination within the meaning of the sub-rule, but rejected the argument that the examination of these documents and expert reports could not be made conveniently with a jury.

At Conroy Simberg we know that a successful mass tort defense requires an in - depth understanding of the complex legal and technical issues involved in the case, as well as access to knowledgeable medical and scientific experts.

Though most of his cases involve complex scientific issues, Larkin enjoys the challenge of condensing the technical issues in a case and presenting them to judge and jury in a simple, direct, and forceful manner.

The extent of our product liability experience is most evident in the courtroom, where our lawyers have a long track record of winning high - profile product liability cases involving complex technical, scientific and medical issues.

An influx of patent cases to any given jurisdiction offers a new opportunity for local attorneys, yet patent litigation often involves complex scientific issues that are new to many courts.

In fact, Omnity includes free access to a variety of legal resources, including issued and pending patents, U.S. case law, SEC filings, technical and scientific articles, and more.

His practice involves litigation of complex business cases, including those involving intellectual property, oil and gas, environmental issues, business disputes, insurance law, and other cases involving technical and scientific issues.

For the past several years, he has focused on the development and presentation at trial of scientific issues in pharmaceutical product liability cases.

A successful defense in these types of cases requires seasoned attorneys with a keen understanding of the complex legal and medical issues involved in asbestos litigation, as well as access to skilled medical and scientific experts capable of thoroughly investigating and analyzing claims.

In addition to organized seminars, Mr. Dye has sought out additional educational materials in the fields of toxicology, gas chromatography, infrared spectroscopy and other issues related to scientific evidence in DUI cases.

[9] I find that the issues in this case raise a level of technical and scientific knowledge beyond what can reasonably be expected of counsel generally.

In their submission to Supreme Court case addressing issues of causation and Workers Compensation Appeals Tribunal jurisdiction, IAVGO and ONIWG argue that scientific certainty is not required (and in fact definitive scientific evidence on work - related causation rarely exists).

Provided that in any other civil action, expert witness is defined as one who has scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge which may assist the trier of fact in understanding evidence and determining a fact or issue in the case.

We have enjoyed great victories framing scientific issues and positioning cases successfully for Daubert and analogous state - court challenges, often leading to summary judgment of hundreds of cases in favor of our clients.

Understanding of medical, scientific, construction, products, engineering and similar issues inherent in workers compensation cases

Many of her cases have involved technical and scientific issues.