The project will address a major shortfall in knowledge with the goal of improving clinical outcomes.
This shortfall in knowledge could severely compromise a hospital's ability to provide optimal care for its patients.
This imbalance links to the Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls [ 3, 4], which, respectively, are the massive gaps in knowledge about the details of the diversity and distribution of units of biodiversity.
However, shortfalls in our knowledge about the significance of exchange and interaction between rivers and their catchments, particularly the significance of interactions mediated through hyporheic sediments, are still apparent.
The challenge faced by clinical trialists is therefore to encourage surgeons to openly acknowledge the doubt that exists within the surgical community about any given surgical approach, and to identify shortfalls in knowledge.
Training of medical and other health professionals clearly needs to address not only shortfalls in knowledge but also the significant attitudinal barriers that clearly still abound [ 8, 21].
Indicator species could help to compensate for a shortfall of knowledge about the diversity and distributions of undersampled and cryptic species.
This difference may be due to students lacking the necessary problem-solving abilities and medical knowledge, contributing to a shortfall in nursing knowledge and understanding.
This suggests a shortfall in important knowledge among many dental professionals in Sanaa, who would be the main public providers of necessary preventive care and management of dental erosion [ 34, 35].
The first UN Development Programme Arab Human Development Report, published in 2002, compiled by Arab thought-leaders, highlighted three shortfalls – in freedom, knowledge and womanpower.
