The practical linkages with national health agendas had their roots in UNICEF-sponsored work in Nicaragua and Honduras in the mid 1980s, concerned with evidence on key child and maternal health outcomes [ 78, 79].
Unfortunately, the characteristics that make populations practical for linkage mapping [ 9] are found only among a small fraction of species studied by ecologist and evolutionary biologists.
It is important to emphasize from the outset the potentially far-reaching biological and practical parallels and linkages in invasion-related phenomena among environmental, medical, and agricultural biology (Daszak et al. 2000; Altizer et al. 2003; Vandermeer and Perfecto 2007; Silbergeld et al. 2008; Gatenby et al. 2009a; REX Consortium 2010).
As a practical application of the linkage of processes we demonstrate that it can be effectively used in protein function prediction, having the power to increase both the coverage and the accuracy of predictions, when carefully integrated into prediction methods.
While this seems a sensible starting point, it should be noted that in numerous practical applications of record linkage this is not the case.
Fingerprints are generally accepted as unique between individuals, although this assertion has been questioned (40), the probability of two different individuals having identical fingerprints is extremely low (41) and of little practical significance for record linkage.
These are seen through a practice theory lens that emphasises practical activity and the tight linkage between strategising and organising.
A resilience perspective that links ecosystems with socioeconomic features (Sudmeier-Rieux and Ash 2009) allows the identification of complex interrelations between different systems and the practical strengthening of those linkages identified as important.
Colleges and universities must develop stronger career centers, alumni linkages and practical career pathways linked to internships and externships, whatever the major.
These mortality studies have used database linkage as a practical alternative to more traditional, individually consented prospective cohort studies.
