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“of marginal significance”

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Theories of rationality typically focus on the internal coherence of beliefs, values and actions, but perhaps such coherence is of marginal significance for cognitive function—perhaps, for example, we should focus instead on correspondence with reality, rather than coherence between beliefs, or the ability of a person to deploy decision-making strategies that are effective in their ecological environment, rather than justified in terms of underlying beliefs and desires (e.g., [ 17 , 18 ]).
To recapitulate, the data show two things: first, LTD is manifested differently in different stripes; and secondly, some of the molecules implicated in the LTD signaling pathways also show expression patterns restricted to stripes, ranging from convincing (e.g., mGluR1b, EAAT4, PLCβ3, PLCβ3/4, GABA B R2) to intriguing (e.g., nNOS, CRF), to being of marginal significance at best (e.g., IP 3 R; IGF-1; PKCδ: Table 1 ).
Fraser has this to say about frame-setting, which she illustrates with the division of political space within the Westphalian Order: “Far from being of marginal significance, frame-setting is among the most consequential of political decisions.
After additional adjustment for education and total household income, the effect of handgrip strength was attenuated (adjusted HR for lowest vs highest tertile, HR: 1.51 [95% CI 1.10 to 2.07]) and this association was of marginal significance, once smoking status, physical activity, alcohol consumption and obesity were taken into account.
In the diploid F 2 population, a significant increase in variation was observed at 10 of 11 traits, according to Levene's test, which is robust to asymmetry of the mean, with the variation seen in diploid F 2 s for tube length being of marginal significance ( Table 3 ).