Likewise, some in Congress expressed concern that Mr. Obama's stop in Cambodia not be seen as validating a harsh authoritarian government that has cracked down on dissidents.
When the United States and Britain recently underlined their support for a transition to "genuine" democracy and universal suffrage in Hong Kong, Beijing slammed them for irresponsible "interference in Hong Kong's internal affairs". The U.S. and British comments did not explicitly support Occupy Central but were seen as validating its goals.
Noting that the letter is already available on other sites, she added, "I don't think we should be seen as validating his letter".
Boasting the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters and more, Desert Trip was seen as validating the idea that fests could target a boomer market.
At the same time, some of the latest advance reflected quirks such as a rebound in used car prices, and the figures may potentially be seen as validating a recent decline in inflation expectations in financial markets, amid tumbles in crude oil and equities.
These results can be seen as validating the sensitivity of the QoL instruments used in this study.
A key part of Sanders' closing pitch to Democratic superdelegates was that he stood a better chance against Donald Trump (or any other Republican) than did Clinton, an argument that his backers now see as validated.
Furthermore, administering STORC will provide information about its perceived fitness for implementation strategies in clinical practice, which could be seen as another validating step in itself.
"These ostensibly interdisciplinary efforts are sometimes seen as attempts to validate the humanities by attaching them to more empirical disciplines," said Jonathan Kramnick, a professor of English at Johns Hopkins and the author of the 2011 essay "Against Literary Darwinism," who has not read Mr. Chwe's book.
Only PIs associated with new infections were seen as relevant to validate the network based risk score.
