basic research
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbasicandresearch
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basic
adjective
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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research
noun[U]
uk/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/us/ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a ...
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(Definition ofbasicandresearchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Casual observations andbasicresearchhave shown that population densities can be much higher than in rural habitats due to abundant availability of food.
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As early as the drafting of the twelve-year plan for science and technology in 1956,basicresearchhad been neglected.
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I suspect that for a lot of the morebasicresearch, it will be mice and rats and rabbits that will be used.
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Although the book's focus is onbasicresearch, in several places she comments on the relation between such research and related psychometric tests.
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The work of their predecessors was tainted, either by censorship of what they wrote or - more seriously - by political control of thebasicresearchitself.
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Transgenically cloned large domestic animals have many potential applications, such as the production of therapeutic and nutritional proteins, xenotransplantation andbasicresearch.
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This, in turn, limits our ability to translatebasicresearchon early experiences and stress into more effective preventive intervention designs for maltreated children.
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Bringingbasicresearchon early experience and stress neurobiology to bear on preventive interventions for neglected and maltreated children.
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In short,basicresearchseeks understanding, whereas applied research seeks to control vital processes.
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Basicresearchinto the extent and utilization of health technology is also needed.
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With evolving knowledge inbasicresearchand with the development of new intervention strategies, more effective treatments will be available over the next several years.
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The implications forbasicresearch, for classification and for therapeutics are immense.
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On the other hand, the contribution from developing countries is negligible and bounded by simply designed clinical research and nominalbasicresearch.
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The importance of utilizing and translatingbasicresearchknowledge on normal and abnormal development into preventive interventions.
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Thus,basicresearchon apoptosis in mouse oocytes may have eventual application to humans.
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Bringingbasicresearchon early experience and stress neurobiology to bear on preventative interventions for neglected and maltreated children.
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Bringingbasicresearchon early experience and stress neurobiology to bear on preventive intervention research on neglected and maltreated children.
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There must be something useful about econometrics, even if it is not immediately applied but just asbasicresearch.
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Earth, the impetus behind thisbasicresearchhas its origins in meeting the physical as well as the intellectual needs of humans.
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Submission of bothbasicresearchand clinical papers is encouraged.
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