Much existing knowledge is national in focus and ignores the local level.
There is much existing knowledge about the factors that influence adoption of new practices in agriculture but few attempts have been made to construct predictive quantitative models of adoption for use by those planning agricultural research, development, extension and policy.
Although research in concrete technology is growing rapidly and faces many challenges associated with skills and technological expertise, an important contributor to failure is that there is much existing knowledge that is not adequately applied.
May 22, 1846 Saluda, Indiana November 2, 1930 Washington, D.C., United States Oliver Perry Hay, (born May 22 , 1846 Saluda, Ind., U.S. died Nov. 2, 1930, Washington, D.C.) American paleontologist who did much to unify existing knowledge of North American fossil vertebrates by constructing catalogs that have become standard references.
A review of the literature suggests that much of our existing knowledge comes from computational simulations, including controlled studies of abstract market designs (e.g., simultaneous ascending auctions), and research tournaments comparing agent strategies in a variety of market scenarios.
Much of the existing knowledge on caregiver burden has been obtained from cross-sectional studies.
In addition, these reviews have indicated that much of the existing knowledge base is derived from speculative claims [ 3].
Much of the existing knowledge is derived from model fungi, such as Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa, which are only distantly related to C. zeae-maydis.
Our indicators were based, as much as possible, on existing knowledge, but they may still have caused bias.
Landslide-generated tsunamis have been much less studied and the existing knowledge about them is more limited.
Dominik, however, expected audiences to bring too much with them in the way of existing knowledge of the man and his background.
