Some authors speculated that the trauma would creep into their work in subtle ways.
The study's authors speculated that the disparity might be caused by a lack of health literacy and an inadequate supply of providers in minority communities.
Mary Ann Daher, a marine biologist at Woods Hole who is one of the paper's authors, speculated that the whale might be malformed or miswired, "broadcasting on the wrong frequency but listening on the right one".
When Amazon moved to per-page-read payments, authors speculated that the change was intended to cut out erotica authors, who tended to publish short serialised works, in an effort to improve the composition of its bookstore.
The authors speculated that the decline in premature deaths was tied to better treatment for drug overdose, as well as changes in lifestyles as pop music became more prevalent than hard rock.
Although the study does not prove that acetaminophen actually causes asthma, the authors speculated that the drug might have systemic inflammatory effects and result in greater allergic immune response.
The authors speculated that the more severe punishments meted out might reflect a bias by school and court officials, or that the teenagers might be less likely to receive educational and child welfare support services than their straight peers.
In most reports, the authors speculated that the syncope was caused by decreased cardiac output due to left atrial retraction.
The authors speculated that the known protective effects of coffee (relaxing effect, antioxidant effect, phytochemical effects) might outweigh the risks of increased gastric acid secretion [80].
The authors speculated that the low BIS values might be a consequence of the characteristic EEG abnormalities in patients with West syndrome.
The authors speculated that the dosing regimen may have been too high (starting dose of 10 mg) or titration was too rapid (5-mg increments per week) for this patient group, resulting in unexpectedly high rates of discontinuation.
