The prioritization is often complicated by the need to consider multiple competing and non-commensurable criteria, such as subsurface complexity, size of reservoir, plateau production, and needed infrastructure, in addition to other issues of strategic concern, such as socioeconomic, environmental, and fiscal policies, particularly in the case of governments or national oil companies.
Uncertainty about how best to utilize the limited time spent with patients can be further compounded by multiple, competing, and often inconsistent guidelines regarding preventive health care, including most notably recommendations from the US Preventive Service Task Force USPSTFF) [ 7] and the American Cancer Society [ 8].
These studies have proven challenging given the unique nature of the US criminal justice system, agencies' multiple competing demands and limited resources, and the novelty of bringing implementation science to bear on these issues.
However, the design of a multiplex PCR assays requires the consideration of multiple competing objectives and physical constraints, and extensive computational analysis must be performed in order to identify the possible formation of primer-dimers that can negatively impact product yield.
Climate change, population growth, multiple competing demands and the lack of a holistic surface and groundwater management strategy have conspired to drastically change our state's water landscape.
The relationship between illicit opioid use, other sedating medications like benzodiazepines and addiction treatment is complicated by multiple competing risks and benefits.
Initially, some clinicians were sceptical about the value of telestroke because of multiple competing priorities, and the perceived difficulties of coordination across organisations and disciplines.
In addition, electricity grids require the co-ordination of multiple competing demands, and know-ledge about how to best ensure safety and reliability is difficult to acquire.
The non-covalent interactions between conformationally flexible sensing molecules and their ionic targets are often characterized by multiple competing equilibria and conformational states.
At each of these levels, implementation is dependent on individuals who often have multiple competing priorities, and who possess varying levels of motivation, expertise, training, and access to needed resources.
This context is not uncommon according to Rosenbeck, 2001 who sees organisational processes as a missing link between research and practice, stating that "complex organisations are characterised by multiple competing goals and fluid involvement of key participants".
