If, as the report says, there are weaknesses in our governance structures or a lack of rationale displayed in some of our decisions, this is something that I, as well as council staff, will be committed to rectifying.
Many medicinal plants have been used for centuries for the treatment of urinary stones in spite of the lack of rationale behind their use.
While the practice of issuing conditional appraisals and requesting additional data has a clear legal basis and is not questioned per se, this analysis identifies key shortcomings in the current G-BA approach such as a lack of rationale for conditional appraisals, a lack of methodological guidance from the G-BA and a lack of flexibility and pragmatism within the G-BA.
Given the lack of rationale by both Dean Mallory and the Council of Provosts for the increased sanctions, it appears the increased sanctions are punitive towards Petitioner for appealing the decision of the Panel".
The poor overlap between different miRNA target prediction algorithms is well known and the lack of rationale behind filtering of targets by using multiple target prediction algorithms has been demonstrated [25].
The results suggest that there is often suboptimal and inconsistent investigation, with a subsequent lack of rationale for discontinuation of immobilization.
The most common problems were: use of a fixed effect model and lack of rationale for choice of that model, lack of comment on even severe heterogeneity and of reservations and explanations of its likely causes.
Connelly and Yoder [ 15] identify a number of common failings in qualitative proposals such as inadequate explanation of methodological techniques, lack of rationale for the use of qualitative methodology, failure to outline the significance of the proposed qualitative study, and underestimation of the costs of undertaking qualitative research.
This was similar to issues previously identified by Connelly & Yoder for qualitative research proposals [ 15] and O'Cathain et al. [ 16] for mixed methods research proposals such as a lack of rationale for the use of qualitative methodology, and a failure to outline the significance of the proposed qualitative study.
Future research and education approaches should include strategies to address the barriers identified by family physicians and specialists in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, which include a lack of rationale for bone mineral density testing and confusion about management [ 28].
