And the last possibility is what is known as confounding, because it confounds our ability to figure out what's going on.

Iraq also argues that the EHS does not address significant confounding factors, particularly differences between the exposed and non exposed groups.

It will come upon them unawares confounding them, and they will not be able to keep it back, nor will they be given respite.

It will come upon them unawares confounding them, and they will not be able to keep it back, nor will they be given respite.

And had We made him an angel, We would still have made him a man, and We would have confounded for them that which they are confounding.

And had We made him an angel, We would still have made him a man, and We would have confounded for them that which they are confounding.

The League of Arab States, through its specialized councils and the League organs concerned, has reiterated its unqualified condemnation of terrorism in all its forms, irrespective of its motives its support for international efforts against terrorism its rejection of the confounding of terrorism with Islam, which calls for tolerance and forbids the killing of innocent persons and the confounding of terrorism with the legitimate right of peoples to resist occupation.

KATMANDU Confounding everyone except themselves, Nepal s hard line Maoists have taken a commanding role following the country s landmark elections. The people of Nepal have more than one reason to celebrate.

Furthermore, the estimate of loss does not take account of possible confounding factors, such as the decrease in fishing activity during the period of the invasion and occupation and some time subsequently.

But Iraq was different. Instead of recurring to an international forum, a devastating war was declared that went beyond deposing Saddam, wreaking damage on tens of thousands of civilians, and thus confounding the message of condemnation.

However, there are many confounding factors surrounding risk estimates for chrysotile exposure, such as the possibility of a threshold effect, possible co exposure to other fibre types, inaccurate estimates of historical exposures and the influence of tobacco smoking.

As with any therapeutic intervention, the most convincing and direct proof of the preventive efficacy of antioxidant supplements requires randomized, controlled clinical trials. Such trials eliminate the problems of participants dietary record and controls the effects of both known and unknown confounding factors.

Iraq refers in particular to potential errors resulting from the use of large numbers of proxy respondents possible confounding factors due to differences in pre war health status between the exposed and control groups and potential errors in the diagnoses of diseases by doctors.

Beppe Grillo s populist Five Star Movement emerged with 25 of the popular vote the highest support for any single party. Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, confounding those who had forecast his political demise, re emerged at the head of a populist rightist coalition that ended up only 0.3 percentage points away from winning.

This approach severely limits rival states options by confounding their deterrence plans and making it difficult for them to devise proportionate or effective counter measures. This is partly because the strategy while bearing all the hallmarks of modern Chinese brinkmanship, including reliance on stealth, surprise, and a disregard for the risks of military escalation seeks to ensure that the initiative remains with China.

If they're wearing a lap and shoulder belt, in this raw data, 19.4 percent die. And interestingly, wearing a lap only seatbelt, 16.7 percent die. And actually, the theory tells you that the lap only seatbelt's got to be worse than the lap and shoulder belt. And that just reminds you that when you deal with raw data, there are hundreds of confounding variables that may be getting in the way.

The authors emphasised that causality could not be established from a retrospective study of this design due to the numerous potential biases that may confound the association. For example, it is known that viral respiratory tract infections in infancy such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are associated with an increased risk of asthma in later childhood and that paracetamol use for such episodes could have caused confounding in the study.