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HOW GOOD IS THE EVIDENCE - INTUITION, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, TESTIMONIALS, AND APPEALS TO AUTHORITY
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25/10/2013, 15:20
... Good Is the Evidence 1? 107 The quality of evidence depends on the kind of evidence it is Thus, to evaluate evidence, we first need to ask, "What kind of evidence is it?" Knowing the kind of evidence ... hesitate to answer these questions They know they have substantial support for their claims and, consequently, will want to share their evidence in the hope that you will learn to share their conclusions ... a fact The major difference between claims that are opinions and those that are facts is the present state of the relevant evidence The more supporting evidence there is for a belief, the more...
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HOW GOOD IS THE EVIDENCE - PERSONAL OBSERVATION, RESEARCH STUDIES, CASE EXAMPLES, AND ANALOGIES
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25/10/2013, 15:20
... always the more reputable the source, the better designed the study So, try to find out all you can about the reputation of the source Other than the quality of the source, are there other clues ... determine the structure of the argument How Good Is the Evidence 11? 133 Then, ask the questions to evaluate the argument Look for relevant similarities and differences Usually, the greater the ratio ... complex, and because humans are fallible in their observations and theories about these events The scientific method attempts to avoid many of the built-in biases in our observations of the world and...
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Nutrition and cancer: A review of the evidence for an anti-cancer diet pptx
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06/03/2014, 02:21
... such as lactase, in the small intestine Beneficial bacteria help strengthen the immune system right in the gut where much of the interaction between the outside world and the body goes on Beneficial ... without the lignans is not very beneficial Some brands of flax seed oil retain some of the seed particulate because of the beneficial properties of the lignans Fruits and Vegetables One of the most ... quartile (1/4 of the population) who ate the least amount of fruits and vegetables had about twice the risk of cancer compared to those who in the upper quartile who ate the most fruits and vegetables...
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Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices: A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses pot
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07/03/2014, 13:20
... If offered by suppliers, then the potential for competitive foreclosure and raising of barriers to entry is clear On the other hand, much of the empirical and anecdotal evidence suggests that such ... it and hence the ability to influence prices at least to some extent.3 Second, retailers have the ability to differentiate themselves through the services they emphasize, advertising, and other ... this theory, however, is that slotting allowances must rise with retailers’ cost of handling new products There is no evidence that this is the case, and in fact, Rao and Mahi offer survey evidence...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Re-evaluation of intramolecular long-range electron transfer between tyrosine and tryptophan in lysozymes Evidence for the participation of other residues doc
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17/03/2014, 10:20
... TyrOÆ yields in the lysozymes from the magnitudes of the absorbance changes at 510 and 410 nm and the assumption that the extinction coefficients of the protein bound radicals and those measured ... both tryptophan and tyrosine; i.e absorbance maxima at % 510 and 410 nm, and isosbestic points at % 430 nm and % 370 nm [7,8] These isosbestic points, together with the fact that the apparent first-order ... microdensitometer (LKB) The proportion of material present in each band was determined using the intensity of the vertical cut corrected for the bandwidth Dimers were separated from the monomers by HPLC,...
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Toxic chemicals and childhood cancer: A review of the evidence docx
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22/03/2014, 16:21
... carcinogen and childhood leukemia and other cancers Although the human evidence of the links between these chemicals and childhood cancer is weaker than it is for pesticides and solvents, the overall evidence ... products) We examine the evidence for each class of substance and discuss the strengths and limitations of the literature We conclude that there is sufficient human and laboratory evidence that exposure ... supporting evidence from laboratory animal toxicology and adult human epidemiologic studies The report concludes with an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence presented and a discussion...
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Clinical Judgement in the Health and Welfare Professions Extending the evidence base pot
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22/03/2014, 20:20
... something; the therapist communicates something in response; the patient communicates and/ or experiences something different; and the therapist, patient and others like the change What the therapist ... plausibility of the mother’s story, how she responded to the child and vice versa, and what they could find out SCIENCE AND ART 17 about the family history Thus, the ‘science’ of clinical practice, the generation ... The guidelines will also feed into the standards set by the Social Services Inspectorate, and ultimately those produced by the General Social Care Council and the National Care Standards 28 THEORIZING...
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Decentralization and Water Pollution Spillovers: Evidence from the Re-drawing of County Boundaries in Brazil ppt
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29/03/2014, 14:20
... still the possibility of bias arising from the non-random re-districting of counties, which we discuss in greater detail in the next section, and address in the theory and empirical sections 10 The ... inter-county water management committees The focus of and the conclusions the authors draw in these case studies point to the centrality of spillovers and the importance of inter-jurisdictional ... and a motion for a referendum on the proposal 13 in the state legislature Both the district newly acquiring county status and the county being split must ratify the proposal in a referendum The...
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Industry Consolidation and Price-Cost Margins --Evidence from the Pulp and Paper Industry ppt
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01/04/2014, 00:20
... estimates from the random effects model and 2SLS estimation are similar to the OLS estimates, and the F-test cannot reject the hypothesis of no fixed effects and Hausman test cannot reject random effects ... banking, advertising, and gasoline and grocery retailers and cement (Weiss 1989, Schmalensee 1989, and Werden 1991, and Koller and Weiss 1989) and notwithstanding that there has been an active ... and the cost of materials are the actual expenditures in the 17 Two segments in the paper sector, fine writing papers and tissue, are consumer oriented products and more heterogeneous than other...
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signature in the cell dna and the evidence for intelligent design
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08/06/2014, 09:00
... into the earth, geophysicists would time the resulting echoes as they traveled back to the surface and then use the information from these signals to reconstruct a picture of the subsurface of the ... my sense of the scientific status of the problem was accurate—if there was no accepted or satisfactory theory of the origin of the first life—then a mystery was at hand And if it was the case that ... biology and, therefore, no good evidence for the existence of God According to Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and other New Atheists, the lack of evidence for design has made the idea...
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human genome epidemiology 2nd edition building the evidence for using genetic information to improve health and prevent disease jan 2010
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11/06/2014, 10:43
... of the rapid advances in gene discovery, and for many of them, their benefits and cost-effectiveness are not well known Therefore, there is an urgent need to understand the benefits and harms and ... on the efficient and meticulous handling of the samples from receipt through genetic analysis Close coordination between the laboratory performing the extraction and the biorepository storing the ... this method the presence of redundant sequences is amplified, either locally or elsewhere in the genome, and if there are polymorphisms between these different segments, the fidelity of the SNP assay...
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Migration, Environment and Climate Change: ASSESSING THE EVIDENCE docx
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28/06/2014, 12:20
... Migration and Development in 2006, and continuing with the recognition of the impact of remittances on countries of origin and on individual migrants and their families, the role of Diasporas and the ... uncertainties in the extent and magnitude of the climatic signals responsible for pushing and pulling migrants, and to the variation in the contexts and perception of climate threats and, thus, the behaviour ... of migration, the environment and climate change within the aforementioned themes It examines the existing evidence with respect to the ways in which changes in the environment and climate change...
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Báo cáo y học: "Psychological stress and fibromyalgia: a review of the evidence suggesting a neuroendocrine link" pps
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09/08/2014, 01:23
... and the levels peak just before ovulation Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is the major androgen produced by the adrenal glands, both in women and men Up to 20% of DHEA in women is produced by the ... the morning and the evening to detect the loss of normal diurnal variation The most common dynamic test is the ‘dexamethasone suppression test’, which tests the suppressiblity of the HPA axis ... P content in the hippocampus, the septum, the periaqueductal grey and the ventral tegemental areas of the midbrain after stressors such as inescapable foot shock, immobilisation and social isolation...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Primary atypical carcinoid of the breast: A case report and brief overview of evidence" ppt
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09/08/2014, 01:24
... contributions IN and TV performed the literature search, wrote the main body of the text and revised the manuscript SZ and GI participated in drafting the manuscript IZ and MD evaluated histology and performed ... along with the decision for no further treatment in case of a negative result, was made Indeed the histology of the breast and of the 17 lymph nodes removed during the ALND showed no evidence of ... performed the IHC AF interpreted the scans and participated in manuscript drafting NP, MP and VD critically revised the manuscript All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript...
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Báo cáo y học: "Hyperuricemia and cardiovascular disease: how strong is the evidence for a causal link" docx
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09/08/2014, 14:22
... During the allopurinol treatment phases, both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly reduced when compared with the respective pressures at the end of the placebo phases These ... has a direct effect on the development of hypertension and atherosclerosis, and an indirect effect on the development of coronary heart disease and stroke (b) Besides the indirect effects described ... Serum urate and cardiovascular mortality In 1999 the Framingham Heart Study published the results of their ancillary study on the association of serum urate with cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular...
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báo cáo khoa học: " Use of the evidence base in substance abuse treatment programs for American Indians and Alaska natives: pursuing quality in the crucible of practice and policy" ppsx
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10/08/2014, 11:20
... rather than the reverse [26,79] However, others have suggested that there are important parallels between the scientific process and traditional AI/AN ways of understanding themselves and the ... that the characteristics of many of the EBTs themselves and their potential lack of fit with the values of providers and the communities they serve [88] are likely a major factor in limiting their ... classifying the issues we identified and for discussing the impacts we hypothesize they are having on the use of EBTs in these substance abuse programs The most relevant factors are discussed below and...
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báo cáo khoa học: " The economics of health and climate change: key evidence for decision making" pdf
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11/08/2014, 14:21
... adaptation and Page of mitigation policies However, the general public, and even policy makers, often not understand what is behind the numbers, such as which impacts are included and excluded, and the ... time, the range of health impacts included has expanded and the current and future deaths and cases have been estimated based on more precise underlying data on both climate impact and the link ... using efficiency and other criteria, based on policy goals study was identified and is presented below The economic evidence base is reviewed under these three categories, focusing on the eighteen...
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Báo cáo y học: "Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), psychiatry and the Clinical assessment of Skills and Competencies (CASC)Same Evidence, Different Judgement" ppsx
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11/08/2014, 15:22
... There is no published data on the reliability of the CASC Given the number of stations and testing time, the reliability may well be reasonable but this remains to be seen The caveats about the ... general and in comparison to long cases), raise the question of whether the CASC is the ideal response to the perceived difficulties of using long cases in the previous MRCPsych system Validity There ... of consequences, some desirable and others less clearly helpful These impacts can be at the level of learners and at the level of the profession, with effects at the latter level potentially affecting...
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báo cáo khoa học: " The evolution of the Global Burden of Disease framework for disease, injury and risk factor quantification: developing the evidence base for national, regional and global public health action" pps
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11/08/2014, 18:20
... Zeckhauser and Shepard in 1976 [32] and widely used in economic evaluations Much of the comment and criticism of the GBD Study has focussed on the construction of DALYs [33-35], particularly the social ... cholesterol and overweight Disease burden in the poorest countries, on the other hand, is primarily caused by underweight, unsafe sex, unsafe water and sanitation, indoor air pollution and micronutrient ... greater confidence that the estimates are correct Rather, it suggests that despite the progress of the past decade, the incremental gains in advancing our knowledge and understanding of global descriptive...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "A Toxicity of polymyxins: a systematic review of the evidence from old and recent studies" ppsx
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12/08/2014, 23:21
... conceived the study idea Both authors contributed to the reviewing of the articles and writing of the manuscript Both authors approved the final manuscript MEF had full access to all the data in the ... Perioral paresthesia, numbness in the hands, weakness, ataxia, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, apnea 6/23 pts renal impairment; 7/23 pts albuminuria Nausea, itching of the face, hands, and arms ... explain the observed differences In the coming years further research is needed to assess the safety profile of polymyxins, clarify several aspects of their toxicity, and investigate the benefits...
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