IJH provided extensive background knowledge.
In this sense, science does not differ in kind from other kinds of inquiry, but it may differ in the degree to which it requires broad and detailed background knowledge and a familiarity with a technical vocabulary that only specialists may possess.
The industrially important fungus A. niger is an excellent model organism for this because of its broad range of hydrolytic enzymes and availability of both a large body of background knowledge and a wide variety of tools (Andersen et al., 2012; Couturier et al., 2012).
This fact usually forces advisors to supervise students which either belong to a broad variety of different degrees or possess a different background knowledge.
However, broad-based topic accessibility also implies reliance on writers' personal experiences and socio-cultural background knowledge that can lead to a greater topic-effect on L2 writing and overuse of such language features as obligation and necessity modals.
To be successful, young scientists interested in entering the field need a broad background in physics, solid grounding in maths, computing skills, and--for observational work--a good knowledge of signal processing.
A background knowledge issue?
You have a broad background in the arts.
Low-level readers with high baseball knowledge significantly outperformed strong readers with little background knowledge.
Most have very little background knowledge about 9/11.
"So much of human language is background knowledge, knowledge accumulated over time.
