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If possible, there should be measurement of the toxic effect in order quantitatively to relate the observations made to the degree of exposure (exposure dose). Ideally, there is a need to determine quantitatively the toxic response to several differing exposure doses, in order to determine the relationship, if any, between exposure dose and the nature and magnitude of any effect. Such dose—response relationship studies are of considerable value in determining whether an effect is causally related to the exposure material, in assessing the possible practical (in-use) relevance of the exposure conditions, and to allow the most reasonable estimates of hazard. 

Dose—response relationships are useful for many purposes in particular, the following if a positive dose—response relationship exists, then this is good evidence that exposure to the material under test is causally related to the response the quantitative information obtained gives an indication of the spread of sensitivity of the population at risk, and hence influences ha2ard evaluation the data may allow assessments of no effects and minimum effects doses, and hence may be valuable in assessing ha2ard and by appropriate considerations of the dose—response data, it is possible to make quantitative comparisons and contrasts between materials or between species. 

The result is that while there is, in DM, something that might be called an information cone centered at each site, it is not really what we usually think of as a relativistic, light cone, for wliidi we can point to interior points and definitely say they arc causally related and know for sure that points outside of each other s light cones are completely independent. In DM it is simply false to say that only those events inside the information cone of the past can influence a present event the information cone can well consist of lights cones stretching into all directions, forward and back in time. 

Remarkably enough, Brush immediately adds to this claim the admission that in many cases it is difficult to prove a causal relation [between the success of the predictions and the frequency with which the periodic law is mentioned] since the authors do not mention the prediction ibid.). Two points should be made ... 

The a28 subunit 1 and 2 bind gabapentin with high affinity. This interaction may be causally related to its antiepileptic and neuropathic pain alleviating property. 

Stmcture-property relations usually have a qualitative character (words, causal relations) and can be expressed as if-then clauses by this is an existing property, then it is caused by this type of stmcture or Hf this is the existing stracture, then probably this property can be expected . Stmcture-property relations at the same scale (horizontally) were not found all relations were links between two different (meso-) levels. Stmcture-property relations are different for the different tasks, and even within the same domain (e.g. ceramics) may well be different when the type of requirements is different (e.g. unbreakable versus resistant to certain chemicals). The relations will be specific for specific stmctures and specific properties, e.g. the strength of a jacket, a set of mats, one mat, a cluster of fibres, or one fibre. 

PCR combines aspects of both CLS and ILS. In common with ILS it is based on the direct calibration of the property of interest from the multivariate predictor, irrespective of the direction of the causal relation. Contrary to ILS and in common with CLS it can use all predictor information even when there are many more... 

Bronstein, D.M., Pennypacker, K.R., Lee, H., Hong, J.S. Methamphetamine-induced changes in AP-1 binding and dynorphin in the striatum correlated, not causally related events Biol. Signals. 317, 1996. 

Alex Rosenberg We all recognise, I think, that correlation is not causation and is at most a symptom for either a causal relation, or for joint causes, or joint effects of a common cause, and the inference from correlation to causation is always an inductive one. 

Active compensation relies on the fact that, to a good approximation, the causal relation between the programmed pulse shape and the resultant pulse shape is linear. Then, it is possible to calculate the pulse shape... 

In the northern hemisphere the coefficient of determination of the partial correlation between the pollutant concentration in the dissolved phase and the volatilisation rate excluding wind speed and SST, R2V ut, is very low in comparison to both coefficients that omit the pollutant concentration (Figure 2.27). Hence the apparently high correlation between pollutant concentration and volatilisation rate, shown as yellow to green colour in Figure 2.26 in some areas in the Pacific Ocean is not caused by a causal relation between them, but spurious. Both partial correlation coefficients are much lower there. The differences between values of R, uc andR2v ut (Figure 2.27c)... 

Fig. B.l Relations between the linear and partial correlation coefficients for two variables and a controlling variable. Lines denote causal relations between the variables.

Ibanez, P., Bonnet, A. M., Debarges, B. et al. Causal relation between alpha-synuclein gene duplication and familial Parkinson s disease. Lancet 364 1169-1171,2004. 

Laidlaw Filippelli (2008), Laidlaw et al. (2005), and Filippelli et al. (2005) have demonstrated that seasonal variations in children s blood lead levels In Syracuse, Indianapolis and New Orleans could be predicted using soil moisture and atmospheric variables suggesting that resuspension of urban soils contaminated by past use of leaded gasoline and paint were causally related to seasonal variations in blood lead. These papers concluded that urban lead contaminated soil was being re-suspended when soils were dry in the summer and autumn when... 

EscargueU-Blanc, 1., Andrieu-Abadie, N., Caspar-BauguU, S., Brossmer, R., Levade, T, Negre-Salvayre, A., and Salvayre, R., 1998, Apoptosis and activation of the sphingomyehn-ceramide pathway induced by oxidizedLDL are not causally related in ECV-304 endothelial ceUs, J. Biol. Chem. 273 27389-27395. 

Return now to a point made early in this section. Statistical associations, the existence of which cohort and case-control studies can reveal to us, are not, of themselves, evidence of causation. If found, and even if they are strong - large relative risk or odds-ratio - they do not establish that the phenomena being investigated, the phenomena that are associated (disease and some exposure or other factor) are causally related. To see most easily why this is so, it is best to examine the difficulties that need to be overcome to move from association to any conclusion about the existence of a causal link. 

There are data from animal studies in mice, rats, and pigs that indicate that both carbohydrate metabolism and lipid metabolism may be affected by exposure to heptachlor or heptachlor epoxide (Enan et al. 1982 Halacka et al. 1974 Kacew and Singhal 1973 Pelikan 1971). Alterations in gluconeogenic enzymes and an increase in cellular steatosis in the liver have been reported. Granulomas and fibrotic liver have also been observed. In addition, hepatocellular carcinoma was identified as causally related to heptachlor in the diet in a mouse study conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI 1977). The existing evidence suggests that heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide are hepatic toxicants. 

Alzheimer s disease exists in two major forms, the so-called early and late onset types. The former follows typical Mendelian inheritance while the latter shows a more complex, non-Mendelian, pattern of inheritance. The early onset form of the disease has permitted the identification of several genes which are causally related to the condition. 

Thus when the results of the studies on platelets, lymphocytes, changes in cerebrospinal fluid metabolites of brain monoamines and the post-mortem studies are taken into account it may be concluded that a major abnormality in both noradrenergic and serotonergic function occurs in depression, and that such changes could be causally related to the disease process. 

Based on mechanistic similarities between different substances, a mechanism of toxicity or mode of action identified for a substance and/or group of substances and causally related to adverse effects in a target organ can be extended (read-across) to a substance for which a similar mechanism or mode of action has been identified, but where no or limited data on a specific endpoint are available. In such cases, the substance under evaluation may reasonably be expected to exhibit the same pattern of toxicity in the target organ(s) and tissue(s). 

The question then arises whether the formation of ROS can indeed be causally related to cell death or whether it simply constitutes an epiphenomenon. The strongest evidence for a causal relationship comes from studies that demonstrate the ability of iron chelators and antioxidants to protect against aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity. Effective protectants include chelators such as deferoxamine and dihydroxybenzoic acid and a variety of other antioxidant molecules includ-... 

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