We don't give grades in school without an understanding of what gets an A, so why do we dole out five stars when there isn't a set understanding of what five stars really means?
The circus haunts our subconscious like some kind of childhood bestiary - filled with fantastical creatures and explosions, danger and allure - all setting our understanding of commonplace reality on its ear.
Despite the availability of large metabolic and transcriptional data sets, understanding the logic and dynamics of metabolic regulation remains a fundamental ongoing challenge [ 1- 3].
A number of common themes were identified across all three data sets: understanding and negotiating the diagnosis of postnatal depression, hindering and facilitating disclosure, and the system of care.
The educational initiatives we propose to accomplish this goal are as follows: heightened disaster response awareness, enhanced skill sets, understanding of roles and responsibilities, alternate communication methods, self-preservation training, and experience in how to cooperate and coordinate during mayhem.
Our findings offer a rich data set of lay understanding to researchers and policymakers, to help inform development of effective communication strategies.
The two scientists and their colleagues then set about understanding why the tumors grew back and how to prevent that from happening.
Long ago, she recognized that she was trapped in a social web; rather than ignoring her predicament, she set about understanding it.
He penetrated the world of urban exploration – which is an odd combination of the secretive and the brash – and set about understanding what motivates urban explorers, old and new.
The dilemma of the film is therefore set: how understanding do you need to be of somebody else's flaws if you're going to fall in love with them?
