The phrase "a rational extension of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a logical or reasonable addition or development of an idea, concept, or argument.
Example: "The new policy is a rational extension of our commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility."
Alternatives: "a logical progression of" or "a reasonable expansion of".
The induction of menopause using goserelin and its combination with tamoxifen is a rational extension for treating premenopausal women with advanced breast cancer (Klijn et al, 2001).
Rational extension of the pathway with additional enzymes for methylation, glycosylation or prenylation will greatly expand the range of compounds that can be produced.
Both of these methods are recognised as a rational methodological extension of the PSA [ 18, 20].
This perspective is referred to as rational planning, a natural extension of situational crime prevention theory.
Let Q ( i ) : = { α β + i γ δ | α β, γ δ ∈ Q } be a quadratic extension of the rational numbers.
Pursuing rational goals is a natural extension of mastery goals in PBL environments (Chinn et al., 2013), is core to solving authentic problems (Jonassen, 2011), and is indeed at the very core of what PBL researchers desire to foster among students (Barrows & Tamblyn, 1980; Hmelo-Silver, 2004).
The idea of "playing the game" and "the game for its own sake" represented an extension of rational recreation into the sphere of sports, particularly as developed in the public schools, which in this period were reformed so as to institute a sense of public duty and private responsibility among the propertied classes.
In order to support the methodology, we have implemented an extension of Rational Rose, including and managing security information and constraints in the first stages of the methodology.
A recent extension of Shepard's rational theory of dimensional generalization allows an explanation of data from both areas within a single framework.
