Sentences with phrase «validity of current»

Issues concerning the predictive validity of current measures of adult attachment are discussed.

It will also «review the utility and objectiveness of the criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM - IV) and will comment on the validity of current screening instruments and their predictive capacity for accurate diagnoses.»

This is due in part that there are problems with the validity of current testing methods.

The Southampton research team, led by Richard Sandberg, Professor of Fluid Dynamics and Aeroacoustics, and including Dr Andrew Wheeler and Professor Neil Sandham, has identified that Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS), a model - free approach based on first principles (no assumptions or modelling are used) can help to develop an improved understanding of the role of turbulent phenomena in the flow - field and determine the validity of current turbulence modelling.

The ruling follows a suit filed by former PNC youth organiser Abu Ramada challenging the validity of the current voters register.

«To negate means to reject the ultimate validity of the current state of affairs,» Alves writes.

One can certainly refute the likelihood of the God of Abraham regardless of the validity of current evolutionary theory.

Not exact matches

Corrections do not prove the validity of the original and neither do gravity waves, there are numerous possible origins for the current state of the universe.

Certainly it would be the contention of many religious readers of Dawkins's book, The God Delusion, that Ecklund's point has great validity in the current debate.

Critics of the current DOD policy question the validity of the arguments used by the military to justify the exclusion of homosexuals from its ranks.

«To suggest we can't know how old the Earth is, then, is to deny the validity of these scientific methods altogether» - No it's to be open minded to the idea that we might be wrong, on the other hand to accept these dates without question or reservation is to accept current science without question.

Case - control study of current validity of previously described risk factors for SIDS in the Netherlands

It is failing under the current coalition government because of the presumption of a «conveyor belt theory» that has hardly any evidence to prove its validity.

Instead, Singer says, the main aim of the current work is to «prove the validity of thermodynamics in the single - atom regime.»

Recent questions about the validity of diagnostic criteria for mental illness have raised deeper questions about the current state of psychiatry

He also used this opportunity to criticize the current scientific model of publishing articles in peer - reviewed journals, claiming that it was a buddy - buddy system and peer - reviewing did not affect the validity of the article.

To demonstrate the validity of this thesis, Dr. Hyman provides numerous examples of patients with a wide variety of apparently disparate brain disorders, ranging from autism to depression to eating disorders to addictions to ADHD to dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, all of whom experienced not just resolution of symptoms, but recovery of healthful function as a result of his application of the functional medicine matrix to their unique physiology, history and current circumstances.

East, West and Centre: Reframing Post-1989 European Cinema, the 18 - chapter volume edited by Michael Gott and Todd Herzog, questions the validity of this particular divide by taking into consideration the current geopolitical and economic situation of the European Union and its neighbouring countries, and this opens up new ways of looking at the map of contemporary European cinema.

And one needn't take a stand on the validity of auteurism as a framework for discussing movies to acknowledge the way it continues to dominate discussions of current works of international art cinema; those of us invested in movies as art continue to latch on to the director as artist.

The bottom line is that, as many states weigh difficult choices about whether to keep or replace current statewide assessments, there is no substitute for examining rigorous evidence about the validity of the alternatives under consideration.

However, I protest the validity of his statement that «teachers have... endorsed the entire enterprise [the current computer mania]-- so far as I know, without a printed word of protest.»

Finally, the recent evaluation of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Program gets an A on internal validity because it was a well - implemented and analyzed RCT, and an A on external validity because it is an evaluation of a current statewide pre-k program that has most of the attributes that are listed by pre-k advocates as the critical features of high quality programs.

What distinguishes policy - oriented research conducted by literacy researchers from that conducted by policy and measurement researchers is a primary emphasis on the subject - matter content of standards and assessment and their validity and consistency with current literacy theory and research.

Instructional design, animating sequences and validity of content to users in current contexts are all questions that need to be asked and answered in this process.

We'll cut them some slack and examine that premise by looking at three aspects of student outcomes on PARCC, the scores themselves, the validity of those scores, and the current state of PARCC politics.

looking at three aspects of student outcomes on PARCC, the scores themselves, the validity of those scores, and the current state of PARCC politics.

For example an international seminar on the validity of lesson observation in November which will inform future practice, and research is being undertaken on the impact of the current grading structure.

The purpose of the current study was to analyze the relationship between automated essay scoring (AES) and human scoring in order to determine the validity and usefulness of AES for large - scale placement tests.

Again, as Dr. McRae asserts, including current scores in student academic records without evidence of validity, reliability, and fairness of the assessments would be «immoral, unethical, unprofessional, and to say the least, totally irresponsible.»

I have a hard time believing that but I do see the validity of applying that money to work on my student loans, especially so I can release my cosigner earlier than my current path.

(1) the amount of the debt; (2) the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed; (3) a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the debt collector; (4) a statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty - day period that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment against the consumer and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to the consumer by the debt collector; and (5) a statement that, upon the consumer's written request within the thirty - day period, the debt collector will provide the consumer with the name and address of the original creditor, if different from the current creditor.

The license period shall not extend beyond the remaining period of validity for the current rabies vaccination.

Without clear reference to the studies mentioned, the claims have no validity whatsoever and only contribute to the current oversaturation of unsupported online pet - health literature.

• Balance is due 60 days before the trip starts • No refunds of deposits or payments • Travel insurance is mandatory; • A current passport with 6 months validity from date of entry is required.

The current Twin Galaxies adjudication of scores allows players and spectators to question the validity of these scores.

On 08-28-2017 Twin Galaxies member Jeremey Young (@xelnia) filed a dispute claim assertion against the validity of Billy Mitchell's historical and current original arcade Donkey Kong score performances of 1,047,200 (the King of Kong «tape»), 1,050,200 (the Mortgage Brokers score), and 1,062,800 (the Boomers score) on the technical basis of a demonstrated impossibility of original unmodified Donkey Kong arcade hardware to produce specific board transition images shown in the videotaped recordings of those adjudicated performances.

Declaring the closure of commemoration — or perhaps the inauguration of a «post-metaphysical» commemorative practice and its «nonumental» correlates — , it not only challenges the validity of subsequent monuments, but draws attention to what lies underneath the flurry of current memorial culture: in this case, Belgium's colonial history, divisions and disparities, then and now.

* Average citizens «understand» (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the «conventional wisdom» * Media «understands» (recognizes) uncertainties in climate science * Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current «conventional wisdom» * Industry senior leadership understands uncertainties in climate science, making them stronger ambassadors to those who shape climate policy * Those promoting the Kyoto treaty on the basis of extent science appears to be out of touch with reality.

I have been pointing out the same thing, based on the observation that the current hiatus of warming nullifies the validity of the Arrhenius greenhouse theory.

Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current «conventional wisdom»

• Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge current conventional wisdom.

As it concerns their official roles and responsibilities under current environmental law, what the Republicans in Congress think about the validity of today's climate science doesn't matter much in the grand scheme of things, unless of course they are intent on revising or repealing the Clean Air Act.

There are enough red flags waving in the breeze this day to question the validity of CO2 emissions being the driving determinant for climate change such that government officials need to take a valium, sit back, and re-examine where they are going and on what basis they are heading in their current direction.

So what we are arguing about is the validity of a theory (CO2 doubling causes an extra 3.7 w / m2 of climate forcing) that ITSELF shows that 86 % of what ever bad is going to happen IS ALREADY HAPPENING and that that the next TWO CENTURIES of production at current rates in a worst case scenario only increase the effect from 86 % (of 3.7 w / m2) to 101 %.

This means that there is no validity to the comment that this is «still considerably smaller than the estimated rise in temperatures from a continuation of current CO2 emission rates» especially considering the fact that CO2 emissions from humans are definitely not the prime source of the observed increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration.

Another critical point that the deniers ignore: This type of near - real - time data never makes its way into the peer - reviewed literature and therefore has no bearing on the validity of past and current studies.

The speculative nature of the Hansen discourse lends no more validity to the current brouhaha over climate change than any other antics he has performed before or after he retired.

«(ii)[The Patent Act is amended to] provide further regulation - making authority in subsection 55.2 (4) to permit the replacement of the current summary proceedings in patent litigation arising under regulations made under that subsection with full actions that will result in final determinations of patent infringement and validity» [emphasis added]

«Even recognizing that with the advent of technology, a testator may wish to create and sign a will on a tablet, computer, or in another electronic form, the Proposed Act in its current form goes far beyond merely recognizing the validity of electronic signatures on electronic wills,» according to David M. Goldman, a lawyer who publishes the Florida Estate Planning Lawyer Blog.

Until 1802 (i.e. for the first 13 years of the current constitution), Congress imposed what amounted to property taxes of various kinds under its excise tax power, but the constitutional validity of these taxes has never been established definitively before they were repealed and those taxes have never been reinstated.