The phrase "ascertain basic" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express the idea of determining fundamental information or principles, but it lacks clarity and completeness.
Example: "Before proceeding with the project, we need to ascertain basic requirements to ensure we are aligned with the client's needs."
Alternatives: "determine essential" or "identify fundamental".
Though invited to spend a week attending classes, I was scolded on more than one occasion for photographing the chalet's interior, for recording lectures, and for attempting to ascertain basic biographical facts about the school's students, a group that Neri claims has included the daughters of Presidents and Prime Ministers.
The RCHS was initially designed to enumerate and ascertain basic demographic and health profiles for all tribal members.
The pathology form included questions to ascertain basic demographic data and risk factors for C. difficile acquisition.
If one were just looking for a good species among all vertebrates to try to ascertain basic principles that underlie interrelationships among hormones and brain and sex differences, one would certainly not pick Homo sapiens!
The current results that ascertained basic knowledge about HIV prevention and treatment agreed with results from other studies.
The goals which were found to be most important to students were as follows: pass the course exam (90%% (cumulative agree), 58%% (strongly agree)), ascertaining basic knowledge in pathology (90 %; 40 %) and understanding histopathological connections (83%, 333 %).
Thermogravimetry (TG) weight loss measures were accomplished on hardened renders to ascertain their basic composition, and to correlate the water/cement ratio prescribed by the manufacturer, with the water just added to the mortar on site.
It is important to ascertain three basic positions vis-à-vis drought.
Studies are now ongoing to ascertain the basic mechanism by which knockdown of Smad7 leads to eIF2 α hyperphosphorylation as well as to determine the factors/mechanisms implicated in the control of Smad7 expression in CRC cells.
But the results show that it is important for protocol feasibility studies and patient recruitment tooling to be able to ascertain the basic timing of the course of therapy (i.e., start and stop dates), even if the detail of the dose quantity, frequency of administration, or route of administration within that course is not provided in any machine readable/queryable way.
Peer review submitting papers to other experts for independent review before acceptance remains one of the best ways we have for ascertaining the basic seriousness of the study, and many scientists describe peer review as a truly humbling crucible.
