Yet, against the backdrop of this boom is a notable gap in the knowledge on how to quantify the environmental, socioeconomic, and geopolitical impacts of dams.
The aforementioned gap in the knowledge and the identified rupture of the elastomer of bearings under tensile loads during recent earthquakes comprised the motivation for this research.
There is a gap in the knowledge of longterm outcome of mild to moderate prematures compared to the extreme prematures or very low birth weight infants.
There is a gap in the knowledge of communicating HIV and STI [sexually transmitted infections] prevention on the side of teachers and even healthcare providers," says Mario Balibago, HIV programme officer for the UN children's agency, Unicef.
The team of authors responsible for producing this remarkable book has surveyed more than 300 endemic plants, many of which are important for medicine or food, to plug a gap in the knowledge of a poorly studied region.
In their meetings with key NIH staff, mental health policy makers and practitioners, it became clear that the lack of clinical and research tools validated for Asian immigrant and Asian American populations was a serious gap in the knowledge base.
Due to the relatively new introduction or detection of these pollutants, there exists a gap in the knowledge on their fate, behaviors and effects, as well as on treatment technologies for their efficient removal.
"Following last year's report, we said very clearly that there was a gap in the knowledge of the children's workforce in what ordinary child development should look like and what child development looks like if there is a delay or physical condition.
Models exist now that can predict how changes in land use or land cover (trees versus forest meadows, for example) will affect the delivery of ecosystem services, but Kinzig says there's a gap in the knowledge of how to then reach the ideal scenario laid out in the model.
While all these studies are doubtless useful, a clear gap in the knowledge becomes obvious.
Usually the reason is to fill a gap in the knowledge or to answer a previously unanswered question.
