But as the report emphasizes, those studies remain far from truly rigorous empirical research.
Of course, one patient is far from the rigorous proof Western medicine requires; perhaps the staph infection would have cleared up on its own.
But there are also moments far from Mr. Zhao's rigorous aesthetic — interviews with celebrity actors, for example, and the use of maudlin music.
Good research into health and nutrition is slow, rigorous and far from the evangelism of things like the GAPS diet, and wellness writing should reflect that.
There are far-from-definitive answers to any of these questions, which is why law enforcement and congressional bodies need to hold fair, rigorous, and unbiased investigations.
When I asked the people I met why Japan had seen so little looting, they offered cultural analogies from far afield: the rigorous discipline of ikebana, the art of flower arranging; the elaborate rituals of kendo, Japanese fencing.
Findings from observational studies are far less rigorous and reliable than those of interventional studies.
Even so the France manager, Jo Maso, could not keep his mind away from the autumn: "We have to be far more rigorous, ask more of ourselves.
Mr. Neuffer and others said, however, that except for some military and national security technologies, American certification procedures are far less rigorous and are conducted in testing labs independent from the government.
America already benefits from rigorous chemical security regulations, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards.
