Some analysts have expressed skepticism that a ban on evidence obtained by torture could be effective, for example, because lawyers do not yet have the right to be present at interrogations, when most torture occurs.
To be effective, for example, the Iraqi security forces -- including army and police -- should be roughly doubled from the current goal of 325,000 to about 650,000, which would require about three years of recruiting and training, he said.
Very specific requests can be effective — for example, asking someone you know at a company to forward an e-mail you have written to a hiring manager, as opposed to asking that person to write an e-mail on your behalf, Mr. Mathison said.
Evidence-based training programmes on managing suicide risk have been found to be effective for example STORM (Skills Training on Risk Management) training [ 10].
For instance, some strategies considered to be ineffective by trials have high rates of adherence, whereas others found to be effective (for example, continuous subglottic aspiration and digestive decontamination) have a high rate of nonadherence [ 6].
Rephrasing the items to make them more extreme (increasing the difficulty of agreement) might also be effective, for example "I expect my relatives to help me when I need them" might become "I definitely expect my relatives to help me when I need them" (italics added for emphasis).
