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Second, if our only goal were to maximize truth, we would lower the burden of proof in criminal cases from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to "a preponderance of the evidence."
Among patients admitted to the Internal Medicine ward, there was a preponderance of those above the age of 59 years.
The most common secondary discharge diagnosis for both diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome was kidney replaced by transplant, and secondary diagnoses did not reveal a preponderance of conditions suggesting an underlying condition leading to hospitalization.
Further evidence is that the many Turkish loanwords, in use for centuries and with no obvious preponderance of one gender, are, with very few exceptions, fully inflected, as are Italian musical and nautical terms, likewise of long standing.
Arabidopsis is known to contain extensive gene duplication and strong evidence of a whole-genome duplication [ 2]; thus it is not surprising to observe such a preponderance of repeats with just two members.