Sentences with phrase «current lack of knowledge»

Our finding that un-owned cat population size and predation rate explained the greatest variation in mortality estimates reflects the current lack of knowledge about un-owned cats.

This would not give us a more informative an answer about what the relative attribution of the 20th century warming is, but would perhaps give us a range on what it could be, given our current lack of knowledge and understanding.

Not exact matches

Indeed, I would suggest that... major factors contributing to the current decline have been a certain lack of knowledge of both theology and history, as well as a certain lack of maturity in responding to newly discovered postconciliar realities.»

Nobody is suggesting that you must believe in them and scientists would be disappointed if you did with the current knowledge because that would show a lack of respect for other, equally valid theoretical possibilities.

The current era of consumer interest in the nature of the agri - food system contrasts to previous times when consumers and consumer advocates lacked knowledge and interest in the technical aspects of the system.

Knowledge about the current satisfaction levels of pregnant women in The Hague with birth care elements is lacking.

One clear barrier to change is a lack of clarity on stakeholders (women and clinicians) understanding and knowledge of what constitutes WCC, and a lack of evidence that gives a qualitative voice to women's views, experience and preferences while availing of current maternity services [10, 11].

A statement by NYC coordinator, Abiodun Emmanuel, says the Waziri of Adamawa possess knowledge of modern economic policies and political economy which the current administration lacks.

LeVine says that the main problem is a lack of scientific knowledge about the baseline conditions in the region, in terms of everything from ocean currents to animal populations.

The current extinction of many of Earth's large terrestrial carnivores has left some extant prey species lacking knowledge about contemporary predators, a situation roughly parallel to that 10,000 to 50,000 years ago, when naı̈ve animals first encountered colonizing human hunters.

While these experiments have not been used in the real world, these potential labeling improvements may hold value based on the lack of nutritional knowledge in the current study.

Due to the lack of sensitivity of past and current infrared (IR) instrumentation, so far it has not been possible to get a glimpse into the earl... ▽ More Our current knowledge of star formation and accretion luminosity at high - redshift (z > 3 - 4), as well as the possible connections between them, relies mostly on observations in the rest - frame ultraviolet (UV), which are strongly affected by dust obscuration.

Only half of patients with psychosis respond to current medications and there is still a lack of knowledge surrounding the factors causing this lack of response.

The film's misjudged intro relies heavily on knowledge of a particular British TV show, but if audiences persevere through this awkward opening, Chalet Girl makes for untaxing, light - hearted fun that lacks the pretensions and meanness that seems to be the current flavour of comedy.

In March 2003 I was having dinner in London with Faber and Faber's editor of film books, Walter Donohue, and several others when the conversation turned to the current state of film criticism and lack of knowledge of film history in general.

Considering the current state of our democracy (with partisan politics resulting in policy gridlock), it is concerning that the civic mission of public schools is so neglected, particularly given the lack of civic knowledge of our youth (evidenced by their poor performance on the 2010 NAEP in Civics)-- and low civic engagement (for example, just 41.2 percent of youth — voters age 18 - 24 — turned out for the 2012 presidential election).

Given the lack of Congressional action and recognizing the promising policies states were pursuing on their own, in 2011, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan began granting waivers to provide states relief from some of the federal requirements that were most at odds with current knowledge and practice.47

«[EVAAS] depends a lot on home support, background knowledge, current family situation, lack of sleep, whether parents are at home, in jail, etc. [There are t] oo many outside factors — behavior issues, etc.» that apparently are not controlled or accounted for in the model.

And frankly, after being spoiled by Amazon Publishing for a few years, my own knowledge of the current state of self - publishing (particularly the marketing aspect) was somewhat lacking.

Consensus, as measured by a lack of need to reference, trails the real consensus among experts because textbooks trail current knowledge - but it is real, and is relied on in science, for if scientists had to reference everything they would never get anything done.

The current lack of consistency between various data sets makes it difficult, based on current knowledge, to attribute the millennial time scale large - scale climate variations to external forcings (solar activity, episodes of intense volcanism), or to variability internal to the climate system.

It is not a lack of scientific knowledge that makes me a skeptic of some of the current paradigms, it is a familiarity with the «facts» that allows me to see the holes in the arguments.

The lack of knowledge and investigation of a resident's current state in these facilities is a huge factor that increases the likelihood of a resident becoming a victim of abuse or neglect.

The Committee stressed three factors explaining this decision: insufficient current scientific knowledge, lack of efficient information campaigns targeting MSM population and the format of the individual questionnaire.

At that time, Michael Chobanian, founder of KUNA, the first bitcoin agency in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, and co-founder of Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine (BFU), told CoinFox that, while there is a general lack of knowledge of the technology behind bitcoin, still, «current problems with the currency and the banking system push people to search for a solution.

Chapter 7 considers the lack of protection afforded under current intellectual property laws such as copyright and patenting and considers the need for the development of a mechanism which provides protocols around the use, access, and ownership of Indigenous knowledge's that includes a protection regime.

The report also considers the lack of protection for Indigenous traditional knowledge under current intellectual property laws, such as copyright and patenting.

I've dealt with long time, prolific REALTORS and those with less experience whose offers require correcting, or their knowledge of current real estate law is sorely lacking.