Poor people are often tremendously knowledgeable about the environment in which they live, but they are also usually reluctant to try anything new.
Wildlife rangers — who tend to be older, maybe a bit slower and incredibly knowledgeable about their environment and the ways of animals, but less so about infantry tactics — are wading into the bush to confront hardened soldiers.
In both cases, the ad hoc agent is more knowledgeable of the environment, and attempts to influence the behavior of its teammate such that they will attain the optimal possible joint utility.
It means becoming more aware, educated and knowledgeable of your environment and what you eat.
(These authors, and I, are more knowledgeable about business environments where free enterprise is prevalent than about other business environments. Thus what is said here extrapolates best to nations where free enterprise plays a significant role in the nation's economy).
Across the biotech and medtech spectrum, says Maderis, it's happening in the Bay Area: personalized medicine, stem cell therapy, molecular diagnostics, health information technology (IT), and industrial biotechnology, all supported by a strong academic environment and knowledgeable venture capitalists.
It is a new concept of health care that employs social software and other Web-based tools to promote collaboration between patients, their caregivers, medical professionals, and other stakeholders in health care to create a better, more knowledgeable and cost effective environment for better well-being [18].
For the qualitative interviews, both KIIs and FGD participants were selected purposively using criteria that includes being born in a particular village or lived there for not less than two decades; have a first-hand experience of flood disasters; and being knowledgeable about the local environment, weather patterns and climate.
This paper investigates the link between firm-level innovative performance and innovation prone external environments where knowledgeable individuals tend to cluster.
In an environment in which knowledgeable staff can assist and, more importantly, help teach us novice dumpers how to properly dispose of waste, waste diversion rates will rise.
The CCP discharge goal is an empowered patient reintegrated into a safe physical environment supported by knowledgeable caregivers.
