Negative Studies Have a Higher Burden of Proof

negative studies have a higher burden of proof

Burden of Proof

This paper presents an analysis of the concept of burden of proof in argument. Relationship of burden of proof to three traditional informal fallacies is considered: (i) argumentum ad hominem (ii) petitio principii and (iii) argumentum ad ignorantiam. Other topics discussed include persuasive dialogue, pragmatic reasoning, legal burden of proof, plausible reasoning in regulated disputes, rules ...

Higher-order proof translation

A simple proof of Zariski's Lemma

‎Our aim in this very short note is to show that the proof of the‎ ‎following well-known fundamental lemma of Zariski follows from an‎ ‎argument similar to the proof of the fact that the rational field‎ ‎$mathbb{Q}$ is not a finitely generated $mathbb{Z}$-algebra.

Diabetic patients infected with helicobacter pylori have a higher Insulin Resistance Degree

Background: The association of HP and insulin resistance degree (IR) has not been evaluated in the diabetic patients so far. In this study, we evaluated the association between HP seropositivity and the homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in diabetic patients. Methods: In this study, 211 diabetic patients admitted to the endocrinology clinic of Shahid Beheshti Hospita...