We assumed that the CRFs found by epidemiology studies conducted in North America apply globally, despite differences in health status, lifestyle, age structure, and medical care, and emphasize cause-specific mortality.
The criticism that Meserole took most seriously was that their methodology meant that they emphasized causes that could be identified at the national level, when the real action was taking place within jihadis' social networks.
Because global causes of death differ from those in North America and Europe, we emphasized cause-specific mortality, which may have less error than estimates of all-cause mortality across different populations.
Some, such as Bogen (2005), Machamer (2004), and Glennan (forthcoming) emphasize that causes and mechanisms are, at base, singular, not general or universal.
From the beginning, sponsors and planners of the Beijing Olympics have worked out their marketing campaigns with care, often emphasizing social causes.
Rather than emphasizing the causes that Mr. bin Laden has offered for his jihad -- American support of Israel, sanctions against Iraq and a military presence in Saudi Arabia -- the documentary argues persuasively that the terror network has arisen largely in reaction to alleged corruption and oppression by Arab governments themselves.
Further, we emphasize the cause-and-effect relationship between gene CNV and complex disease traits.
While other observers emphasized proximate causes, Thucydides went straight to the heart of the matter.
Training emphasized the causes of blindness in children and their management, and how to identify and list children suspected of being blind.
