Genome-scale studies of psoriasis are exploratory and not hypothesis-driven, but such studies can provide the leads necessary to begin hypothesis-driven investigations into pathogenetic mechanisms [ 1, 2].
In this paper, we reviewed the existing literature on PEG placement in patients with dementia, in terms of subsequent mortality rates, beginning with the hypothesis that PEG does not prolong life.
Set up informational interviews or begin testing hypotheses for the business you want to launch.
Once pressure by scholars and by the journal Biblical Archaeological Review led to publication of the texts, and new excavations had begun, other hypotheses proliferated.
Studies of Phragmites and other non-native plants in North America have typically begun with hypotheses of negative impacts on other organisms, potentially creating a bias in selecting research questions, study sites and methods, and interpreting results.
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis, i.e. the production of new granule cell neurons in the adult hippocampus, has captured the imagination of a wide audience and is beginning to influence hypotheses for clinical medicine.
"We're now beginning to prove the hypothesis of Darwin's whole 'survival of the fittest' category in that people who are fitter tend to do better and live longer," said Dr. Gary J. Balady, a Boston Medical Center cardiologist.
Beginning with a provisional hypothesis about the world (there are, of course, no other kinds), we assign to it an initial probability called the prior probability or simply the prior.
Objective: Our purpose was to test the null hypothesis that beginning regular, moderate-intensity exercise in early pregnancy has no effect on fetoplacental growth.
We were all taught in grade school that science begins with a hypothesis -- a hunch, a guess.
