scientific knowledge

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificandknowledge

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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knowledge
noun
uk
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofscientificandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore, the problem choices of scientists determine the content of individual research programs, ultimately shaping the character of their contributions toscientificknowledge.
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The growth ofscientificknowledgeraises new visions of a modern elixir of life, and the culture of science may give them misplaced concreteness.
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First,scientificknowledgeaccumulates in a domain of science, including understanding of methods, rules of evidence, empirical findings, and synthesis into theory.
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The consequences for theology of newscientificknowledgealso merit more consideration than appears in this text.
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This book brings together all known information on these fascinating groups to form a compendium of existingscientificknowledgefor future biological investigation and conservation.
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This consensus statement reflects the panel's assessment ofscientificknowledgeavailable at the time the statement was written.
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For despite the vast accumulation ofscientificknowledgein medical libraries, the body does, indeed, work in mysterious ways.
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It nonetheless shows that conflicting legitimacies are at play- emphasizing the production of traditionalscientificknowledgeversus user-oriented knowledge.
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The emergingscientificknowledgecontinues to impact on the way in which we implement change, however we still have a long way to go.
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Currentscientificknowledgeenables relatively successful predictions of climate variability in this region.
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Sociologists (and anthropologists) went into the laboratory and made detailed studies of how science is done; how (what counts as)scientificknowledgeis produced.
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Basing decisions regarding health care onscientificknowledgeis again approximating excellence to health care policy and management.
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Evidence-based medicine refers to treatment decisions guided by prevailing biomedical andscientificknowledge.
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Thorough synthesis of availablescientificknowledgeis also necessary for promoting consensus and developing clinical guidelines.
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There the experience, unlike certifiedscientificknowledge, dates back thousands of years.
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They agreed that scientific advances caused most improvements in health and that mostscientificknowledge would be translated into technology delivered to individual patients.
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The demand-side of the health sector allocated resources to priorities set by suppliers ofscientificknowledge, services, and professional education.
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This was one of the most important new bodies ofscientificknowledgeto emerge from the process.
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