Conventional wisdom

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141Medicine / Statistics / Pharmacology / Number needed to treat / Absolute risk reduction / Number needed to harm / Evidence-based medicine / Relative risk / Randomized controlled trial / Epidemiology / Medical statistics / Health

Best Evidence = Best Practice Therapy In the past, “conventional wisdom” had dictated that if a child had an ear infection, a physician would prescribe a course of antibiotics. Sounds logical, but did antibiotics rea

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Source URL: library.umassmed.edu

Language: English - Date: 2011-12-07 11:43:22
142Philosophy of life / Parents / Embers / Lawyer / Mind / Literature / Anxiety / Emotions / Fear

olap Debunking the ‘lone sufferer’ myth once and for all Conventional wisdom in our society about

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Source URL: albertalawyersassist.ca

Language: English - Date: 2014-01-13 19:28:27
143Catalyst

Pipeline’s Broken Promise Contrary to conventional wisdom, even an MBA doesn’t level the playing field for women executives. Catalyst’s new report, Pipeline’s Broken Promise explores how the “best and the brigh

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Source URL: catalyst.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-04-29 10:55:52
    144Entrepreneur / Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation / Small business / Entrepreneurship Cell /  IIT Kharagpur / Startup Visa / Entrepreneurship / Business / Startup company

    Proving Washington Critics Wrong By: Sen. Jerry Moran, Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Coons Inside the Beltway, conventional wisdom says that Congress does little during an election year. But Americans

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    Source URL: wichitatechnology.com

    Language: English - Date: 2012-05-29 09:57:48
    145Teratogens / Chemistry / Drinking culture / Mental retardation / Syndromes / Fetal alcohol syndrome / Prenatal stress / Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder / Alcoholism / Alcohol abuse / Medicine / Health

    A Commentary on the Book: “Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know” by Emily Oster, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Economics, University of Chicago. Multiple he

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    Source URL: www.neurodevnet.ca

    Language: English - Date: 2013-09-10 15:33:56
    146Mauritius / Republics / Ibrahim Index of African Governance / Navin Ramgoolam / Tax haven / Outline of Mauritius / Economy of Mauritius / Volcanism / Politics / Africa

    NATIONAL STATEMENT BY DR THE HON NAVINCHANDRA RAMGOOLAM, GCSK, FRCP PRIME MINISTER Mauritius : An African Model for Sustainable Development Defying Conventional Wisdom

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    Source URL: www.whitehouse.gov

    Language: English - Date: 2014-08-07 17:43:23
    147Common law / Property law / Equitable servitude / Real property law / Tort / Property / Competition law / Intellectual property / Conflict of tort laws / Law / Tort law / Private law

    Glen Robinson Questioning Conventional Wisdom Wherever He Finds It

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    Source URL: www.law.virginia.edu

    Language: English - Date: 2007-10-19 08:33:51
    148Meth / Pharmacology / Neurochemistry / Methamphetamine / Montana Meth Project / Medicine

    Idaho Business Review "Just say no" gets a radical facelift November 14, 2007 Conventional wisdom has it that “just say no” campaigns don’t work. That if kids are going to try drugs, they’ll do it no matter how m

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    Source URL: foundation.methproject.org

    Language: English - Date: 2008-08-20 17:29:43
    149Education / Statistics education / Quantitative analyst / Valuation / Literacy / Numeracy / Quantitative research / Mathematics / Calculus / Science / Mathematics education / Knowledge

    The Role of Mathematics Courses in the Development of Quantitative Literacy DEBORAH HUGHES HALLETT Conventional wisdom holds that quantitative literacy is developed by taking mathematics courses. Although this is often t

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    Source URL: www.maa.org

    Language: English - Date: 2013-12-12 10:01:53
    150Structure / Business / Management / Social innovation / Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneur / Innovation

    PLENARY D: E NTREPRENEURSHIP AND I NNOVATION It is now conventional wisdom that innovation is a driving force of societal progress, especially in terms of welfare and standards of living. Equally important, however, is e

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    Source URL: www.africainnovationsummit.com

    Language: English - Date: 2014-02-02 14:36:10
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