scientific basis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofscientificandbasis
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scientific
adjective
uk/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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(Definition ofscientificandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Certainly fingerprint patterns looked complex, but what was thescientificbasisfor arguing that they were infinitely variable?
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It will, however, also have to provide the correctscientificbasisfor sociology (and for mental hygiene, on which a true sociology must be based).
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It was clear in 1990 that many aspects of the 75-and-over checks lacked a soundscientificbasis.
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Nurse-administered oral hygiene: is there ascientificbasis?
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It only means that thescientificbasisfor assessment is insufficient.
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Articles used as itsscientificbasisare often published in a few, high impact, general medical journals.
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It will also provide ascientificbasisand new directions for clinical assessment and intervention.
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There is a soundscientificbasisfor the participants' numerous ways of employing mental rehearsal.
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Jurists frequently relied on confessions to validate thescientificbasisof latent fingerprint identification.
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None of this is explained, so that, however effective the teaching programme, thescientificbasisof her description of the writing system is hardly clear.
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Expanding thescientificbasisof health technology assessment.
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If there is no epistemic commensurability, there can be noscientificbasisfor the critique of immoral claims about the past.
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Species- or variety-specific inhibitory effects and mechanisms provide ascientificbasisfor deducing the appropriate management for specific crop systems.
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Just as scientific agriculture is, today, a well-understood concept, this new field of management of cold, contaminated soils needs a similarscientificbasis.
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The use of clinical guidelines may improve thescientificbasison which treatments are selected and decrease practice variations.
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What is thescientificbasisof this information?
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Precisely because health technologies are undergoing continual innovation, their "scientificbasis" and utility for health services is increasingly scrutinized.
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If thescientificbasisof fingerprint identification is tenuous, how has it been able to stand unchallenged for so long?
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This volume provides an important benchmark against which change can be measured, as well as underpinning thescientificbasisfor management in the future.
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All those who were interviewed expressed, in one way or another, deference to the specialised knowledge of medical professionals and itsscientificbasis.
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