Effect

As a verb, to do; to produce; to make; to bring to pass; to execute; enforce; accomplish. As a noun, that which is produced by an agent or cause; result; outcome; consequence. The result that an instrument between parties will produce in their relative rights, or which a statute will produce upon the existing law, as discovered from the language used, the forms employed, or other materials for construing it. The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act. The phrases take effect, be in force, and go into operation, are used interchangeably.

In the plural, a person's effects are the real and Personal Property of someone who has died or who makes a will.

EFFECT. The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect.
2. By the laws of the United States, a patent cannot be granted for an effect only, but it may be for a new mode or application of machinery to produce effects. 1 Gallis. 478; see 4 Mason, 1; Pet. C. C. R. 394; 2 N. H. R. 61.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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In praise of the placebo effect

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The Underestimated Significance of Conditioning in Placebo Hypoalgesia and Nocebo Hyperalgesia

It is conjectured that a placebo effect is more likely to surface in longer duration exercise performances (Wright et al., 2009).

Laboratory Investigation of Specific and Placebo Effects of a Magnetic Bracelet on a Short Bout of Aerobic Exercise

The idea that expectation of improvement has a major impact on treatment outcome is firmly grounded in research on the placebo effect. Studies have shown that what people expect to experience as an outcome of treatment has a substantial impact on what they actually experience.

The placebo effect in psychiatric practice: This well-known effect can be harnessed to improve treatment

The rationale behind this was the 'additive' model which was first described by Beecher in his influential explicit assumption of an additive relation between placebo and drug effects,5 'The placebo effect of active drugs is masked by their active effects...

Revisiting the Randomized Controlled Trial

To reduce the placebo effect, patients who do well on placebo during the screening period will remain on placebo, whereas those who do not, will be re-randomized across the three trial arms.

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