Collocations withevidence
These are words often used in combination withevidence.
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absence of evidence
Commitment to the scientific enterprise requires that we not accept claims about constraint, exaptation, or spandrel in the absence of evidence.
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abundant evidence
The generally harsh treatment of people of mixed descent is abundant evidence of this sense of race.
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accumulated evidence
The accumulated evidence in the published literature world-wide shows that albendazole is an effective anthelminthic in humans.
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additional evidence
Finally, our findings provide additional evidence that shared environmental effects are a critical source of co-morbidity among the childhood externalizing disorders.
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admissibility of evidence
Stein, however, proposes that in determining the admissibility of evidence, the valuing function should be understood as one based on the degree of achievement of an optimal error-risk allocation.
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ample evidence
In addition, there is ample evidence that deteriorating macroeconomic conditions promote trade liberalization.
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anecdotal evidence
Anecdotal evidence on the point is not difficult to gather.
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archaeological evidence
It suggests that we have to engage with ideas, rather than simply to apply them to archaeological evidence.
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archival evidence
This conclusion is supported with a weight of rich archival evidence which will convince most readers.
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clear evidence
His spellings give clear evidence of the variation in his own speech, with raised, unraised and even lowered equivalents of the short front vowels.
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clinical evidence
Virtually all of these efforts presume, encourage, and sometimes even require modeling to accompany systematic reviews of clinical evidence (10).
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compelling evidence
To provide compelling evidence for adaptation, however, homologous traits must play the same functional roles in human and nonhuman species.
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conclusive evidence
Both in cosmic environments and astrophysical settings, there is conclusive evidence of magnetic fields.
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concrete evidence
Concrete evidence suggests that vaporization resistant impurities are responsible for laser-cone formation.
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conflicting evidence
The authors have had to be selective, otherwise the readership would have been overwhelmed by conflicting evidence and comment.
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considerable evidence
There is considerable evidence that some of this improvement could come from optimizing treatment.
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contradictory evidence
The views of certain prominent scholars remain dominant and authoritative even when confronted with contradictory evidence.
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converging evidence
Converging evidence for left hemisphere language lateralization in bilinguals.
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convincing evidence
A recent overview, however,84 failed to find convincing evidence that specialist epilepsy nurses improve outcomes for people with epilepsy overall.
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corroborating evidence
I have no corroborating evidence for this assertion.
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corroborative evidence
The defence attacks the second witness claim by pointing out the corroborative evidence that the witness is biased (17).
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credible evidence
No definitive credible evidence of assassination has been found, and it is highly improbable that there was any such attempt.
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crucial evidence
Generally speaking, though, this is the sort of situation that would provide crucial evidence to distinguish the two approaches, at least for sonority-driven stress.
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definitive evidence
Furthermore, finding definitive evidence in many areas, especially the newer social concerns in public health, may often be very difficult, if not impossible.
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direct evidence
On the other hand, they did not provide any direct evidence that seeds defecated by grit-using birds are intact and viable.
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documentary evidence
Indeed, the lack of documentary evidence makes it difficult enough to track him down.
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documented evidence
The present study appears to be the first documented evidence of a gene-gene interaction in relation to internalizing and externalizing behaviors in typically developing children.
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emerging evidence
Clinical implications will be discussed including emerging evidence for the use of atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of the depressed phase of bipolar disorder.
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empirical evidence
These effects are often assumed, and may very well be the case in some places, but there is little hard empirical evidence on the subject.
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epidemiological evidence
The research targets for sound health economic evaluation are limited by a lack of epidemiological evidence and treatment options.
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evidence of bias
Empirical evidence of bias : dimensions of methodological quality associated with estimates of treatment effects in controlled trials.
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evidence of corruption
And there is continuing evidence of corruption and fraud in the administration of the health service, despite the government's plans to allay that.
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evidence of discrimination
The gerontological study of ageism has by no means ignored evidence of discrimination against younger persons.
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evidence of effectiveness
Designing an outcome-based ethics curriculum for professional education: strategies and evidence of effectiveness.
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evidence of fraud
My case is that evidence of fraud emerged at local level.
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evidence of guilt
Nor do whatever snippets of information about the case that the juror may have come by through other sources provide evidence of guilt or innocence.
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evidence of harm
Because of the special nature of environmental exposures, when the population often has no choice in accepting the exposure, programs are implemented without firm evidence of harm.
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evidence of infection
Chorioamnionitis can be described as histopathological evidence of infection, characterised by an inflammatory leukocyte infiltration of the chorion and amnion.
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evidence of wrongdoing
He was seemingly exploring the efficiency of the system rather than seeking evidence of wrongdoing.
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examination of evidence
The only defence of belief was, ultimately, its inherent truth, discovered by the examination of evidence.
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exculpatory evidence
The prosecuting and investigating authorities are, of course, acutely aware of their duty to investigate exculpatory evidence no less vigorously than incriminatory evidence.
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experimental evidence
Nevertheless, experimental evidence shows that the parameter t tends to increase when observed paths are nonstationary.
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extrinsic evidence
The inclination to construct elaborate parallels and personification readings should be resisted where there is no extrinsic evidence with which to validate them.
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factual evidence
The book does not provide unbiased, factual evidence on the benefits of the first generation products of this technology to farmers.
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firm evidence
The intervention used varies between departments and individual patients and is ad hoc rather than based on firm evidence.
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first-hand evidence
A surviving logbook or journal thus becomes prime evidence, indeed perhaps the only first-hand evidence, that a particular voyage took place.
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flimsy evidence
Such information would greatly enhance the flimsy evidence base from which policy has often been derived.
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forensic evidence
This sort of indexical relationship, or seeming to be one, underlies the argumentative power of forensic evidence and eyewitness identifications.
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fossil evidence
The fossil evidence suggests that the adaptations necessary for articulate speech occurred only recently in hominid evolution.
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geologic evidence
Possible geologic evidence will be discussed.
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geological evidence
These hypotheses will be tested as additional genomic, biochemical and geological evidence sheds more light on the evolution of nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis and cyanobacteria.
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growing evidence
Growing evidence indicates that abnormalities in brain development play determining roles in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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hard evidence
The problem, as noted above, is that fuzzy inferences are then dressed and delivered as hard evidence.
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hearsay evidence
Far-reaching consequences have been ascribed to a policy decision that remains undocumented except for hearsay evidence in the popular conversation that surrounded the trials.
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historical evidence
Finding discrepancies between oral traditions and other sources does not negate the value of oral traditions as historical evidence.
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incontrovertible evidence
All partiality must be cast aside in the light of incontrovertible evidence.
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incriminating evidence
Should incriminating evidence emerge, it goes without saying that the relevant procedures would be implemented.
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indirect evidence
All of this indirect evidence has supported the assumption that hormones and particularly estrogens determine breast density.
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indisputable evidence
However, there is no indisputable evidence for this at present.
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insufficient evidence
For most strategies, there was insufficient evidence to draw any conclusions regarding their effectiveness.
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irrefutable evidence
It is obviously difficult to provide irrefutable evidence with which to validate this messy story on all counts.
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lack of evidence
Problems of replication aside, the lack of evidence suggesting that host-associated populations may have arisen is, perhaps, surprising.
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limited evidence
But subjective-standard-inspired interpretations of the substituted judgment standard are equally problematic, given the limited evidence such interpretations permit surrogates to consider.
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molecular evidence
The molecular evidence so far refutes this scenario.
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mounting evidence
There is mounting evidence that this approach is neither profitable for producers nor good for the environment2.
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objective evidence
Diagnosis of heart failure therefore requires the collection of objective evidence that can be appropriately interpreted.
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observational evidence
Although the observational evidence is strong, these assumptions need to be confirmed by experimental studies.
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on the basis of evidence
That is, he defends the claim that, in exercising faith, agents believe beyond 'what can be established rationally on the basis of evidence and argument'.
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paucity of evidence
For simplicity and given the paucity of evidence, the model assumes that the transition probabilities remain constant over the 10 years.
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persuasive evidence
The temporal association between the life events and the onset of disorder provides quite persuasive evidence that a contribution to a causal process is involved.
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photographic evidence
Photographic evidence revealed that increased roughness also led t o increased forward throw.
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physical evidence
Physical evidence of racial differentiation had to wait until the boom of the 1890s provided sufficient taxation to implement segregated public services.
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piece of evidence
Let me therefore point to a piece of evidence that cannot be cast in this mould: the evidence for a majority status effect.
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preliminary evidence
The preliminary evidence just reviewed documents that, similar to adults with bipolar disorder, children and adolescents with this condition also display significant sleep disturbance.
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preponderance of evidence
Although this may seem like an implausible explanation for repression, there is a preponderance of evidence that memories can be altered by more recent information.
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presentation of evidence
Bayesian methods have significant advantages over classical frequentist statistical methods and the presentation of evidence to decision makers.
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prima facie evidence
The preceding analysis provides prima facie evidence of close linkages between political parties, policy preferences and market outcomes.
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published evidence
To date, there is no published evidence of a serious public health risk from biofilm-contaminated dental waterlines.
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quantitative evidence
The quantitative evidence does not, however, give a very 'rich' picture of the 'reasoning' that respondents employ in these preference elicitation exercises.
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reliable evidence
It is, however, usually impossible to find independent, reliable evidence affixing these to specific calendar dates.
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robust evidence
Although this strategy has been an effective way to advance knowledge, it provides somewhat less robust evidence than a single comprehensive test of a model.
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satisfactory evidence
There is no satisfactory evidence on record to show that plaintiff is an outcaste.
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scant evidence
The challenge is to attribute a plausible function despite the scant evidence.
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scientific evidence
The report will be updated when new scientific evidence becomes available.
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scintilla of evidence
The comparisons require the notion of level of proof which include beyond reasonable doubt, scintilla of evidence and preponderance of evidence.
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shred of evidence
He did not offer a shred of evidence to say that that is true.
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solid evidence
Again, there is little solid evidence available against which one could test this account and draw definitive conclusions.
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statistical evidence
The intention of a quick perusal of such a table is to observe trends, not attempt to produce statistical evidence.
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strong evidence
Recent studies have provided strong evidence in support of the above interpretation.
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substantial evidence
There is substantial evidence that serotonergic systems play an important role.
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substantive evidence
Substantive evidence for a total 'long-distance' dispersal hypothesis is minimal but should not be dismissed out of hand.
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sufficiency of evidence
His decision will be affected by the sufficiency of evidence and by the extent of damage or injuries.
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sufficient evidence
Thus, an assumption is manifest ' if the environment provides sufficient evidence for its adoption ' (p. 324).
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suggestive evidence
While further investigation is needed, there is at least some suggestive evidence that the post-tonic deletion analysis is on the right track.
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summary of evidence
Reducing food poverty with sustainable agriculture: a summary of evidence.
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supporting evidence
The occurrence of significant gene flow between populations provides interesting additional supporting evidence for their dispersal potential.
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tangible evidence
They were those completely lacking tangible evidence of progress, improvement and morality.
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textual evidence
Let us examine the textual evidence for this interpretation.
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trace evidence
But archaeology is all about the recovery of the history of societies of (human) agents from trace evidence.
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unambiguous evidence
But a careful examination of his terminology offers little unambiguous evidence of browsing.
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unequivocal evidence
Interpreting such findings as unequivocal evidence for the direct assimilation of mangrove detritus may be incorrect.
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valid evidence
These decisions need to be based on reliable and valid evidence.
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verifiable evidence
On receipt of an application for a national insurance number we require acceptable and verifiable evidence of identification.
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visual evidence
Most interestingly, the visual evidence for the third-person actor is coded by the first-person-actor marker added to the verb.
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