Sentence examples for divergent definitions of from inspiring English sources

The program evolved from multiple models based on divergent definitions of invention, inventor, rewards, and university industry boundaries.

However, the terminology surrounding inflorescence architecture is heavily typological and suffers from radically divergent definitions of terms that together reduce the value of some recent predictive models.

Different knowledge fields have come up with divergent definitions of coping, but it is commonly understood as a temporary survival strategy that is adopted in a given context of responding to climate variability and extremes (Dercon 2002; Pelling 2011).

In fields connected with Disaster Risk Reduction, divergent definitions of resilience have also been noted [ 3].

However, in the policy and health systems research (HPSR) literature, conceptual confusion is reflected by the interchangeable use of terms such as 'complicated' and 'complex' and divergent definitions of what makes a problem, an intervention or a specific setting complex.

As a result, evaluation work may and in fact, often does present challenges for all involved, ranging from practicalities such as arranging access to data, through conceptual disagreements about the programme and what it is trying to achieve, to concerns about the impartiality and competence of the evaluation team, widely divergent definitions of success and many others.

After decades of resilience research and a rising body of literature applying this concept to disaster risk sciences, divergent definitions and highly varied methodological approaches exist (Zhou et al. 2010).

In the Greenland study, results for resistance were presented by using 2 divergent definitions (neither corresponding to modern methods), and these gave quite different estimates of effect.

These divergent definitions have sometimes resulted in conflicting or non-reproducible findings.

The variability among the published results can be explained by differences in the syndrome definitions of surveillance systems, divergent detection algorithms and diversity in the data analysed, whereas the performances reported in our study varied according to the syndromes considered and the detection algorithms being tested.

A third contribution is linked with the interwoven character of environmental health problems in a larger context of economic, financial, and social values resulting in a variety of divergent problem definitions and risk perception.