Indeed, it is a striking feature not just of Hempel (1965) but of many other treatments of scientific explanation that much of the discussion in fact focuses on "ordinary life" singular causal explanations similar to (2.4.1), the tacit assumption being that conclusions about the structure of such explanations have fairly direct implications for understanding explanation in science.
In other words, postulating that scientific theory is \(X\) (e.g., \(X\) = a set-theoretic structure, as per Suppes 1960, 1962, 1967, 1968, 2002) also implies that what is not \(X\) (or could not be recast as \(X\)) is not (or could not possibly be) a scientific theory, and would not help us in providing scientific understanding, explanation, prediction, and intervention.
The present computer simulation attempts to contribute to a better understanding (explanation) of pathophysiological aspects of a group of hereditary disorders impairing mitochondrial β-oxidation.
In order to improve the understandings, explanations of the adopted symbols are demonstrated in Table 1.
In the paper, Joyce concluded that the mother's presence, understanding and explanations enabled Jean to cope with the fears and fantasies of being in hospital and in pain.
The latter was the least preferred condition due to: (1) inefficiency; (2) difficulty understanding teachers' explanations; and (3) lack of teacher knowledge.
Various existing guidelines or design manuals provide no clear physical understanding and explanations to the design onramp weaving length but often based on evolved empirical experiences.
Likewise, understanding of explanations given to the families of intensive care patients is not always optimal and is often impaired by the high levels of anxiety and depression attendant upon these situations [15].
Research has shown that students' understanding and explanations of scientific processes may change as they move through a learning progression for carbon-transforming processes (Parker et al., 2013).
This qualitative study identified four barriers to addressing CKD patients' information needs, including that patients perceived their role as a 'listener', had limited CKD knowledge, did not understanding physicians' explanations and were dissatisfied with the patient provider relationship.
