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Journal articles on the topic "Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences"
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Liseev, Igor K. "Ecology as a Way to Combine Knowledge about the Natural and Social in Human Being." Epistemology & Philosophy of Science 57, no. 4 (2020): 133–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/eps202057466.
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The article considers the process of expanding the subject and methods of research in modern environmental science. It is shown how, following the traditional biological science of ecology, new directions of ecological knowledge arise under the influence of research activities: social ecology, anthropoecology. Knowledge about a human being is achieved through the use of both natural and human sciences. A great step in expanding the subject of modern ecology was the intensive formation of human ecology in recent years, in which the need for the formation of a unity of natural science and socio-humanitarian research methods was reflected most clearly. In contrast to biological ecology, in which the main focus of research was the principles of natural science research, in social ecology, socio-humanitarian issues become dominant, and in human ecology-the synthesis of natural science and socio-humanitarian approaches. It's time to abandon the progressive illusions of the past and move on to the awareness of the specifics of sustainable civilizational development at the present stage. This sustainable development presupposes the co-evolution of society and nature, such a co-development of society and nature, in which both components of this single system do not oppose each other, do not conflict, but organically presuppose each other in their combined, harmonious development. Thus, now acting as a unified science that studies the interaction of the central coreof the system and its environment, ecology sets new guidelines for understanding the organization of scientific knowledge, the mood of the modern world picture is falling. A promising way for ecology is to grow into a modern universal organizational science. But this is a distant prospect. However, even now, such a renewed ecology can provide much for Russia’s search for its modern civilizational path, clarifying the organization of scientific knowledge, specifying the contours of the modern scientific picture of the world.
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Manning, Patrick. "The Life Sciences, 1900–2000: Analysis and Social Welfare from Mendel and Koch to Biotech and Conservation." Asian Review of World Histories 6, no. 1 (January 30, 2018): 185–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22879811-12340030.
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Abstract The life sciences underwent a dramatic transformation during the twentieth century, with an expansion in fundamental knowledge of the process of evolution and its molecular basis, through advances in health care that greatly extended human life, and by the combination of these advances to address the problem of conserving the many forms of life threatened by expanding human society. The essay highlights the worldwide emphasis on social welfare in the years 1945–1980 and the expanding role of international collaboration, especially in the International Biological Program and its advances in ecology and the notion of the biosphere, and in the emergence of molecular biology. This was also the era of the Cold War, yet military confrontation had fewer implications for life sciences than for the natural sciences in that era. After 1980, deregulation and neoliberalism weakened programs for social welfare, yet links among the varying strands of life sciences continued to grow, bringing the development of genomics and its many implications, expanding epidemiology to include reliance on social sciences, and deepening ecological studies as the Anthropocene became more and more prevalent. In sum, the experience of the life sciences should make it clear to world historians that scientific advance goes beyond the achievements of brilliant but isolated researchers: those same advances rely substantially on social movements, migration, and the exchange of knowledge across intellectual and physical boundaries.
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Criales-Hernández, María I., Diana M. Sanchez-Lobo, and Johanna K. Almeyda-Osorio. "Expanding the knowledge of plankton diversity of tropical lakes from the Northeast Colombian Andes." Revista de Biología Tropical 68, S2 (October 22, 2020): S159—S176. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v68is2.44347.
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Introduction: A large number of planktonic communities found in tropical lakes have not yet been recorded, limiting understanding of how these ecosystems function and of the role that organisms play within them. Objective: Add new records of previously described species and to contribute to the knowledge of the planktonic communities present in tropical mountain and lowland lakes of the northeast Colombian Andes. Methods: Planktonic samples were collected and physicochemical variables measured in nine tropical lakes. Organisms were identified and a bibliographic search was carried out in databases and research articles to the identification of the new records to Colombia. Results: We present the data corresponding to six physicochemical variables measured in tropical lakes of this region and expand the existing information on organisms present in tropical lakes with a list of 391 taxa (299 phytoplankton and 92 zooplankton). The proportion of planktonic species unique to tropical lakes and the low similarity between lake types found with a Jaccard analysis indicated high heterogeneity of ecological conditions in the studied lakes. Conclusions: The 391 taxa found and 15 new records contribute to the list of planktonic organisms present in tropical lakes located in high and low areas of the Colombian northeast Andes.
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Essl, Franz, Stefan Dullinger, Piero Genovesi, Philip E. Hulme, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ingolf Kühn, et al. "A Conceptual Framework for Range-Expanding Species that Track Human-Induced Environmental Change." BioScience 69, no. 11 (September 25, 2019): 908–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz101.
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Abstract For many species, human-induced environmental changes are important indirect drivers of range expansion into new regions. We argue that it is important to distinguish the range dynamics of such species from those that occur without, or with less clear, involvement of human-induced environmental changes. We elucidate the salient features of the rapid increase in the number of species whose range dynamics are human induced, and review the relationships and differences to both natural range expansion and biological invasions. We discuss the consequences for science, policy and management in an era of rapid global change and highlight four key challenges relating to basic gaps in knowledge, and the transfer of scientific understanding to biodiversity management and policy. We conclude that range-expanding species responding to human-induced environmental change will become an essential feature for biodiversity management and science in the Anthropocene. Finally, we propose the term neonative for these taxa.
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Shalamova, E. A. "Methodological issues in the History of origin and development of the Foundation Engineering from Ancient times to the beginning of the XVII century." Construction and Geotechnics 12, no. 2 (December 15, 2021): 51–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.15593/2224-9826/2021.2.05.
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The article is devoted to the methodology of the history of the emergence and development of knowledge in the field of foundation building from ancient times to the beginning of the XVII century. It is suggested that for the full-fledged formation of general cultural and professional competencies of graduates of higher education in the specialty 08.03.01 «Construction», it is necessary to build relatively deeper historical and theoretical connections in the methodology of the history of foundation construction. The object of the research is the history of the foundation building sciences. The purpose of this work is to analyze the history of the emergence and development of the foundation sciences in the «horizontal cross-section» of scientific periodization at the stage of pre-science within the framework of methodological issues. The research method is system-historical. Results of the research: during the research, the structures of the foundations of individual famous architectural monuments erected during the chronology of world history from the beginning of the primitive society age to the beginning of the New Time are considered. The role of sections of scientific works of the epochs of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance devoted to the structure of foundations and foundations in modern issues of methodology is analyzed. Conclusions are drawn about the rationality of expanding the chronological boundaries in the study of the history of the emergence and development of the sciences of foundation construction to form students of the specialty 08.03.01 «Construction» theoretical knowledge that meets the requirements of modern professional standards.
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Vallee, Mickey. "The Science of Listening in Bioacoustics Research: Sensing the Animals' Sounds." Theory, Culture & Society 35, no. 2 (August 31, 2017): 47–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263276417727059.
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Bioacoustics is an interdisciplinary field bridging biological and acoustic sciences, which uses sound technologies to record, preserve, and analyse large datasets of animal communications. But it is also a world, made of the meanings created through inter- and intra-species communication. This article empirically explores a variety of bioacoustics research, including interviews with researchers, as part of a broader qualitative study, in order to theorize the expanding sense and sensation of a global biosphere and sonic data. By giving a sustained and detailed account of the science of bioacoustics, particularly how its modes of measurement allow for a new way of understanding what is involved in the de-centred modes of hearing that re-centre acts of listening and, by extension, the nature of the relation between researcher and researched, the article contributes to methodological discussions regarding the longstanding questions of how researchers and scientists are implicated in the knowledge and objects they collectively produce.
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Graciá, Eva, Francisco Botella, José Daniel Anadón, Pim Edelaar, D. James Harris, and Andrés Giménez. "Surfing in tortoises? Empirical signs of genetic structuring owing to range expansion." Biology Letters 9, no. 3 (June 23, 2013): 20121091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2012.1091.
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Much of our current knowledge about the genetic dynamics in range expansions originates from models, simulations and microcosm experiments that need to be corroborated by field data. Here, we report a neutral genetic pattern that matches the predictions of the genetic surfing theory. Genetic surfing occurs when repeated founding events and genetic drift act on the wave of advance of an expanding population, promoting strong spatial structure. In the range expansion of the tortoise Testudo graeca from North Africa to southeastern Spain, we found several genetic signatures consistent with surfing: a decrease of genetic diversity with distance from the initial founder area, clinal patterns in allele frequencies, rare African alleles which have become common at distal sites in the Spanish range, and stronger spatial differentiation in the expanded range than in the original one. Our results provide support for the theory that genetic drift can be an important force in shaping the genetic structure of expanding populations.
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Near, Joseph A., and Bruce J. Martin. "Expanding course goals beyond disciplinary boundaries: physiology education in an undergraduate course on psychoactive drugs." Advances in Physiology Education 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 161–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00058.2005.
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The topic of psychoactive drugs is one of inherent interest to college students. We used this insight to design and implement a multidisciplinary undergraduate course with psychoactive drugs as the central theme. The Medical Science of Psychoactive Drugs examines the biological mechanisms underlying all major effects of psychoactive drugs, including the effects on the brain and other organs and tissues. Physiological principles, molecular mechanisms, and genetic factors involved in drug-induced therapeutic and adverse effects are emphasized. The course is open to undergraduate students at all levels and carries no prerequisites, and enrollment is limited to ∼50 students. Major teaching modes include lecture, short homework papers on topics related to the previous class meeting, small-group discussions at several points during each class, and whole class discussions. Because of the diversity of students' knowledge of basic science, we employ a variety of methods designed to help students grasp the necessary scientific concepts. Our methods are intended to be inquiry based and highly interactive. Our goals are 1) to foster the development of an organized knowledge base about psychoactive drugs that will have practical applicability in the daily lives of the students; 2) to promote the rational application of this knowledge in thinking about current medical, social, legal, and ethical issues involving psychoactive drugs; and 3) to cultivate science literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills among students.
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Pakeman, Robin J., Francisco I. Pugnaire, Richard Michalet, Chris J. Lortie, Katja Schiffers, Fernando T. Maestre, and Justin M. J. Travis. "Is the cask of facilitation ready for bottling? A symposium on the connectivity and future directions of positive plant interactions." Biology Letters 5, no. 5 (June 17, 2009): 577–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0384.
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The 2009 British Ecological Society's Annual Symposium entitled ‘Facilitation in Plant Communities’ was held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, from 20 to 22 April 2009. This was the first ever international meeting dedicated to the rapidly expanding field of facilitation. The aim of the symposium was to assess the current ‘state-of-play’ by contrasting findings from different systems and by looking outwards in an attempt to integrate this field with other related fields. It was also aimed at understanding how knowledge of facilitation can help understand community dynamics and be applied to ecosystem restoration. The symposium identified several key areas where future work is likely to be most profitable.
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Xu, Xingjian, Lili Hao, Junwei Zhu, Bixia Tang, Qing Zhou, Fuhai Song, Tingting Chen, et al. "Database Resources of the BIG Data Center in 2018." Nucleic Acids Research 46, no. D1 (October 3, 2017): D14—D20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx897.
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Abstract The BIG Data Center at Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences provides freely open access to a suite of database resources in support of worldwide research activities in both academia and industry. With the vast amounts of omics data generated at ever-greater scales and rates, the BIG Data Center is continually expanding, updating and enriching its core database resources through big-data integration and value-added curation, including BioCode (a repository archiving bioinformatics tool codes), BioProject (a biological project library), BioSample (a biological sample library), Genome Sequence Archive (GSA, a data repository for archiving raw sequence reads), Genome Warehouse (GWH, a centralized resource housing genome-scale data), Genome Variation Map (GVM, a public repository of genome variations), Gene Expression Nebulas (GEN, a database of gene expression profiles based on RNA-Seq data), Methylation Bank (MethBank, an integrated databank of DNA methylomes), and Science Wikis (a series of biological knowledge wikis for community annotations). In addition, three featured web services are provided, viz., BIG Search (search as a service; a scalable inter-domain text search engine), BIG SSO (single sign-on as a service; a user access control system to gain access to multiple independent systems with a single ID and password) and Gsub (submission as a service; a unified submission service for all relevant resources). All of these resources are publicly accessible through the home page of the BIG Data Center at http://bigd.big.ac.cn.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences"
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Ross, Alec N. "Knowledge creation and learning through conversation: a longitudinal case study of a design project." Thesis, Aston University, 2003. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/11008/.
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Schreiber, Raphael, and Moisin Monica Bota. "Rebranding “Made in India” through Cultural Sustainability : Exploring and Expanding Indian Perspectives." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-25395.
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This exploratory study is a first attempt to translate the Indian cultural context from a socio-cultural, and legal perspective by identifying the values attributed to Indian textile craftsmanship by Indian textile and fashion stakeholders, and how their perspective is influenced by the global recognition and perception of Indian textile crafts and connotation of “Made in India”. At the same time the study investigates the meaning of “sustainability” in the Indian cultural context, in relation to textile craftsmanship, and how this relates to the Western concept of “sustainability”. Through field research in conjunction with a series of in-depth unstructured interviews, this study reveals that Cultural Sustainability is the dominating narrative in the Indian cultural context due to the prevalence of culturally embedded sustainability practices and the role of textile craftsmanship in sustaining livelihood, being a unique exercise of positioning Indian textile craftsmanship within a framework of cultural heritage as a valuable source of knowledge for sustainable practices in the fashion and textile industry. Unique about this study are the India-centric approach combined with the ethnicity of the subjects interviewed - who are, without exception, Indian nationals, whose work, voice and reputation are shaping India's contemporary textile craft -sustainability narrative (being referred to as the “Indian textiles and fashion elite”) and the framing of traditional craftsmanship from a legal perspective, introducing the notion of legal protection of traditional textile knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.
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Lawton, Kirstie. "The impact of a healthy eating intervention : a comparative, longitudinal observation of dietary intake, knowledge and behaviour in council sector nursery school children and their parents in Edinburgh." Thesis, Queen Margaret University, 2016. https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/7376.
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Good nutrition is essential for optimal growth and functional development in children. Research indicates that the preschool years are essential for encouraging children to develop a taste for healthy food. Scotland’s obesity rates are amongst the highest in the world, and in areas of low socio-economic status, obesity and related conditions are considered to be most prevalent. It is also widely reported that areas of deprivation are related to poor dietary intake. In 2004, Edinburgh Community Food Initiative (ECFI) was responsible for initiatives that were based on ECFI’s ‘provide and promote’ philosophy, combining health promotion activities with the provision of fresh fruit and vegetables to schools, child and family centres and community centres in the most disadvantaged communities of Edinburgh. Funding was acquired from the Big Lottery Fund to initiate a citywide health initiative in the nursery school setting called ‘the Pip Project’. The aim of this research was to identify dietary intake at baseline in pre-school children and their parents from council sector nurseries, and to observe changes in dietary intake and behaviour over a period of 20 months, comparing dietary intake of children and their parents from areas of lower socio-economic status who received the Pip project interventions to those from areas of higher socio-economic status, who did not. Dietary intake was recorded using a 5 day diet diary at three time points; prior to nursery school attendance (August 2005), at completion of year one (June 2006), and two months prior to leaving nursery (April 2007). A questionnaire was also completed to determine knowledge and dietary behaviour at baseline (August 2005) and at the end of the research period (April 2007). Baseline intake was compared to the National Diet and Nutrition Surveys for adults and for children aged 1.5 to 4.5 years, the Payne and Belton Edinburgh preschool dietary survey, the Food Standards Agency Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey, and the standards devised by UK Scientific Advisory Committee for Nutrition (SACN). Results at baseline were comparable to results from other national surveys. Research indicated that all adults were aware of the 5 a day message and 80 % thought that 400 g was ‘just right’ or ‘not enough’. Adults, and particularly those from the lower SES group, had clear knowledge of what constituted one portion of fruit or vegetables and did not report any barriers to healthy eating, however at baseline fruit and vegetable intake was 260 g/d, which was significantly lower (p = < 0.05) than the recommended 400 g/d and intakes were significantly less (p = < 0.05) in the lower SES group (219.5 g/d compared with 297.5 g/d in the higher SES group). Minimal increase was seen in fruit and vegetable intake of adults from the lower SES group, who consumed significantly less (p = < 0.05) than adults from the higher SES group by the end of the 20 month research period; children from the lower SES increased their intake by 1 portion (82 g) per day but still consumed less than the children from the higher SES group by stage 3 (203 g/d compared to 253 g/d). At baseline, the diet was balanced for adults and children in terms of % energy from CHO and fat, but mean intakes of both NME sugar and saturated fat were greater than the recommended maximum intake of 11 % total food energy. Mean intake NME sugar in children was 17.9 %; intakes were greater in the higher SES group (19.5 % compared to 16.6 %). Mean intakes were also significantly greater (p = < 0.05) in the parents from the higher SES group (15.2 % compared to 11 %). Mean intakes of NME sugar in parents decreased in both groups over the 18-month duration of the study but mean intakes in children remained high throughout the research period. Saturated fat intakes increased in adults from both SES groups, but were higher in the lower SES group at all stages. There was no change in mean saturated fat intake over time in children from the higher SES group, but mean intake decreased in children from the lower SES group (from 16.2 % to 14.1 %). Mean intake of NSP increased in both parents and children, but remained below the recommended 18 g/d throughout the study. With the exception of iron, mean intakes of all micronutrients for parents were greater than the RNI in both groups. Iron intake was lower than the RNI (14.8 mg/d) at all stages. At baseline intakes were lowest in the lower SES group (9.3 mg/d compared to 11.4 mg/d); 11 participants consumed less than the LRNI (8 mg/d), eight of whom from the lower SES group (73 % of participants). Mean intakes increased in the lower SES group by 3.7 mg/d over the duration of the study but neither group reached the RNI at any stage. At baseline, children met the RNI for all micronutrients, and there were no significant differences between groups. Overall the diet of children, particularly from the lower SES group, improved over the duration of the study, although salt and NME sugar intake did not decrease over time. Further research is required to investigate the best methods to improve diet in families with young children, with particular emphasis on reducing % energy from NME sugar and saturated fat, reducing salt intake and increasing fruit, vegetable and NSP intake.
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Cruz, Albert P. "Knowledge sharing and competitiveness of professional service firms: A case study." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/903.
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The problem addressed in this study is that little action is taken to create the social aspects and social value of knowledge-sharing culture within organizations. There is a need for increased understanding of the behavioral side of knowledge management. The purpose of this study was to focus on knowledge sharing from a behavioral perspective. Knowledge management is defined as the accumulation, protection, and leverage of knowledge. This research study investigated the relationship between knowledge sharing and competitiveness and approached the field of knowledge management from the organizational, cultural, and behavioral perspectives. The research questions examined how knowledge workers described the parameters and conditions of knowledge sharing, as well as the relationship between knowledge sharing and competitiveness of professional service firms. The overall research design employed three focus groups and individual interviews of a selected professional service firm. Similarity and commonalities of data from interviews were color coded and labeled. Field notes, handouts, and a qualitative research computer program were used to triangulate data. Results of the study generated and established five specific categories. The categories of spiritual essence of business, believability and openness, and ethical responsibility present the mind and spiritual connection to enhance the value of knowledge sharing as a factor for competitiveness. In addition, the categories of whole brain learning and connectivity are context for creating a learning organization. The implications for social change include a clearer understanding of knowledge sharing which can increase organizational competitiveness. The effect of the added competitiveness of professional service firms can result in enhancing economic and social value of their key stakeholders.
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Holmberg, Catarina. "How can traditional knowledge be mobilized in a legitimate, credible, and salient way? : A comparative study of three approaches to developing and applying indicators for Aichi Target 18." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-107940.
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The importance of including indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) and their traditional knowledge (TK) into environmental forums such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is being increasingly recognized. Despite numerousefforts to open up forums and assessment processes to diverse types of knowledge, extensive challenges remain for the full and effective participation of IPLCs at all levels of environmental governance. This paper explores three cases of assessment processes at different levels, where TK has been mobilized for monitoring progress towards Aichi Target 18 of the CBD. Through in-depth interviews with representatives for IPLCs, policy-makers and scientists, the mechanisms for mobilizing TK across scales in ways that are legitimate and credible and fulfill the needs for multiple actors are explored. Findings suggest that community-based monitoring and information systems (CBMIS) have greater potential than top-down approaches for capturing the complexity of social-ecological systems and for monitoring progress towards Aichi Target 18. In addition, CBMIS is embedded in the institutions and ecosystem management of IPLCs, providing a direct link between knowledge and action, hence advancing implementation of the CBD on the ground. However, findings across the three cases also demonstrate that hierarchies between knowledge systems and institutional norms of science constitute substantial barriers for the inclusion of insights and knowledge from local monitoring into national and international processes. Overcoming such barriers requires an increase in focus on the process of knowledge sharing rather than solely on the outcomes. A Multiple Evidence Based Approach, where TK and science are viewed as equally valid knowledge, is suggested as a way forward to mobilize TK in forums such as the CBD. Parallel validation methods and intercultural dialogue between TK-holders, scientists and policy-makers is key for creating processes that are legitimate, credible, and salient among a diversity of actors.
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Linard, Benjamin. "Développement de méthodes évolutionnaires d'extraction de connaissance et application à des systèmes biologiques complexes." Phd thesis, Université de Strasbourg, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00766182.
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La biologie des systèmes s'est beaucoup développée ces dix dernières années, confrontant plusieurs niveaux biologiques (molécule, réseau, tissu, organisme, écosystème...). Du point de vue de l'étude de l'évolution, elle offre de nombreuses possibilités. Cette thèse porte sur le développement de nouvelles méthodologies et de nouveaux outils pour étudier l'évolution des systèmes biologiques tout en considérant l'aspect multidimensionnel des données biologiques. Ce travail tente de palier un manque méthodologique évidant pour réaliser des études haut-débit dans le récent domaine de la biologie évolutionnaire des systèmes. De nouveaux messages évolutifs liés aux contraintes intra et inter processus ont été décrites. En particulier, mon travail a permis (i) la création d'un algorithme et un outil bioinformatique dédié à l'étude des relations évolutives d'orthologie existant entre les gènes de centaines d'espèces, (ii) le développement d'un formalisme original pour l'intégration de variables biologiques multidimensionnelles permettant la représentation synthétique de l' histoire évolutive d'un gène donné, (iii) le couplage de cet outil intégratif avec des approches mathématiques d'extraction de connaissances pour étudier les perturbations évolutives existant au sein des processus biologiques humains actuellement documentés (voies métaboliques, voies de signalisations...).
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Saleh, Adam. "Un modèle et son revers : la cogestion des réserves de biosphère de Waza et de la Bénoué dans le Nord-Cameroun." Phd thesis, Université du Maine, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00808569.
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La cogestion des aires protégées a été conçue comme un modèle innovant àimplementer dans le but d'ameliorer les conditions de vie des populations riveraineset d'assurer une conservation durable des ressources biologiques. Cette theseconfronte ce modèle à la réalité de son application dans les réserves de biosphère deWaza et de la Bénoué, au Nord du Cameroun. Afin de mettre en évidence les raisonsdu contraste entre les resultats attendus et ceux obtenus, notre methode s'appuiesur l'analyse des donnees bioécologiques, des relevés sur le terrain, des enquêtes etinterviews auprès de différents acteurs et l'examen des terroirs des zones àcogestion. Les résultats montrent que la cogestion a permis de désamorcer unesituation conflictuelle entre les parties prenantes, et qu'elle a aussi favorise lacomprehension par les acteurs en charge des deux reserves, de l'interet qu'accordentles communautés riveraines aux ressources naturelles. Toutefois, ces résultatsrévèlent que les retombées de la cogestion en matière de protection de labiodiversite et de survie des populations riveraines n'ont pas ete a la hauteur dutemps et des moyens (financiers, matériels) investis et des espoirs placés en ceprocessus par les riverains. La situation de cogestion a provoqué de violents conflits,des rancoeurs et la decrepitude des entites biologiques, objets meme de cettecogestion. Cette étude montre comment les acteurs se servent de manièredetournee, comme d'une passerelle pour atteindre des fins personnelles, de lacogestion, prise en tenaille entre ses acteurs prêts à lui faire obstacle si besoin. Sontegalement mises en lumiere les responsabilites de l'Etat engage dans ce processussans étude de faisabilité et contraint de céder une partie de ses pouvoirs à desreprésentants sur le terrain. Sur le plan local, l'analyse des relations montre desstructures étatiques restées rigides, sans concession et sans ménagement face auxpopulations. Celles-ci, galvanisées par les ONG nationales et internationales,entendaient jouer pleinement le jeu, tout en masquant leurs activites d'exploitantsillégaux. Les deux parties se découvrent sur le terrain de la cogestion avec leursidentités de maître et de sujet, de répresseur et de braconnier. Ce jeu de dupes nepouvait être associé à la gestion participative. Les phases d'elaboration du conceptthéorique de cogestion qui auraient pu prévenir cette situation, ont étéappréhendées superficiellement par les parties prenantes, hypothéquant ainsi lesrésultats du processus à moyen et long terme. Effectivement, la perte de plus dutiers du potentiel faunique des deux réserves pendant la phase de cogestion et legain insignifiant de 400 frs CFA/an par habitant dans la réserve de la Bénoué ne sontpas de nature a stimuler l'avancee et l'appropriation du processus. La manière dontla cogestion dans les réserves de biosphère de Waza et de la Bénoué a été menée,met en évidence les limites des politiques préconçues, appliquées sur le terrain sanstenir compte des savoirs autochtones et des contextes particuliers. Notre étudedemontre l'importance d'une exploitation et d'une fusion reflechies et preparees dessavoirs et des compétences locaux et exogènes, afin de relever le défi de la gestiondurable des ressources naturelles.
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Ying-Hsin, Lin, and 林穎欣. "High School Students’ Awareness of Teachers’ Influence on Interest Toward Learning Biological Sciences, Fundamental Knowledge of Science, and Ability of Scientific Research." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81280612267246606934.
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This study primarily focuses on the current situation of high school students’ awareness of teachers’ influence on their interests toward learning biological sciences, fundamental knowledge of science, and ability of scientific research; secondly, it dis-cusses the relationship between their awareness of teachers’ research on teaching be-havior, interests toward learning biological sciences, fundamental knowledge of science, and ability of scientific research; it also discusses the structural relationship between their awareness of teachers’ research on teaching behavior, interests toward learning biological sciences, fundamental knowledge of science, and ability of scientific re-search. The study utilizes stratified cluster sampling toward high school freshmen throughout the country, picking 336 students as subjects. They’re tested by individual evaluations of ability in scientific research, fundamental knowledge of science, interests toward learning science, and research of teaching behavior by teachers of awareness. Their results are then analyzed by SPSS12.0 software using descriptive statistical analy-sis, t test, one-way ANOVA, and the Pearson product-moment correlation; results are also analyzed using the appropriateness of distribution of the entire structural model and tested on the linear structural relationship between potential variables and observed the data using AMOS5.0 software. The result of this study discovers that, when concerning “interests toward biologi-cal sciences” and “ability of scientific research”, there was no difference between gen-ders. However, larger differences were observed in the “explanation” of the “research of teaching behavior by teachers of awareness”. Each variable appears to have an obvious difference between schools of North, Central, and South Taiwan. Conclusively, students’ interests for learning are more likely influenced by awareness of students; it is only with the support of interests in learning are the students more likely to improve in the fun-damental knowledge of science and ability of scientific research.
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Schutt, Stefan. "The Small Histories project: the internet, life stories and ‘performances of reconstruction’." Thesis, 2011. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/16069/.
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This project revolves around Small Histories, an online web-based software system for the uploading and
sharing of life stories: http://www.smallhistories.com. I created Small Histories to explore the ways in which
the internet can facilitate the urge to tell, share and compare one’s personal history and, by doing so,
generate an online network of interlinked personal narratives connected to historical times, events and
places.
The project originated with a personal event: the tracing of my biological Israeli father in 1997 and my
subsequent explorations of my Israeli and German family histories. The stories I encountered in these
explorations differed, depending on who was telling them. The Small Histories system was a response to the
potential of the burgeoning internet to represent such differing viewpoints, and to generate new forms of
encounters with the past. Since then the system has developed in tandem with the internet, especially the
explosive growth over recent years of what has been called social software.
Conceptually, this project explores the fast-evolving social internet as a setting for auto/biographical
narrative practice and how this overlaps with and changes accepted notions of performance, community
formation, identity construction and acts of memory. As a framework for these investigations, I propose
that the internet is a catalyst without precedent for the production of performances of reconstruction, where
fragments of the past are dug up, collected, assembled and presented as an imaginative reconstruction of
‘what used to be’, in an attempt to re-establish a lost sense of roots, identity and belonging; a coherent
narrative of identity in an era of fragmentation.
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Boya, Busquet Mireia Aran. "Rapport à la nature et stratégies intégrées de conservation et développement : le cas de São Tomé et Principe." Thèse, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/2838.
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Depuis les années 90, les Projets Intégrés de Conservation et Développement ont été présentés comme des modèles fonctionnels de développement durable pour un site spécifique dans une perspective de réalisation. Le but est d’intégrer les objectifs biologiques de la conservation aux objectifs sociaux et économiques du développement. Ces projets, qui répondent à de multiples dénominations et stratégies, sont implantés dans des contextes naturellement hétérogènes et dynamiques, où l’aménagement du territoire ne doit pas être un outil de planification étatique, désigné et imposé dans une logique conservationniste.
Les aires protégées représentent une certaine vision du rapport entre l’être humain et la nature, apparue dans le contexte nord-américain avec la création des premiers grands parcs nationaux en 1870. Aujourd'hui, la forte volonté d'impliquer la population se heurte avec la difficulté de concilier la gestion de ces espaces avec les pratiques, les nécessités et les intérêts locaux. Le parc naturel Obô, qui occupe 30% du territoire de São Tomé et Principe, doit affronter la difficile intégration entre les représentations de la nature et les usages locaux avec les objectifs globaux des politiques conservationnistes, ainsi qu’avec les intérêts touristiques et économiques des investisseurs locaux et étrangers.
Les représentations sociales de la nature, établissant une forme de connaissance pratique, déterminent la vision du monde et la relation qu'un certain groupe social peut avoir avec le territoire. Ainsi, chaque communauté possède ses propres mécanismes d'adaptation au milieu basés sur ce système représentationnel. Dans le cas des communautés sãotoméennes, la nature présente un caractère spirituel (associé à des croyances, des rites et des pratiques médicales traditionnelles) et utilitaire (la nature, à travers l'agriculture, la récolte ou la chasse, répond au besoin de subsistance). L’objectif de ce projet de thèse est donc de mieux comprendre la synergie existante entre savoir endogène et gestion de la biodiversité pour adapter l’aménagement du territoire à la réalité des populations qui y vivent.Since the beginning of the 1990s, Integrated Conservation and Development Projects have offered a functional model of sustainable development for specific sites within the perspective of particular projects. Their goal has been to integrate biological aspects of conservation to the social and economic aspects of development. Protected areas represent a particular vision of the relationship between man and nature, appeared in the American context with the creation of the first national parks. Currently, the wish to involve the population in the creation of protected areas faces the challenge of reconciling the management of these spaces with the local practices, needs and interests. Obô Natural Park, which occupies 30% of the territory of Sao Tome and Principe, follows the difficult process of integrating both local uses and representations of nature to the global objectives of conservationist policies while considering the touristic and economic interests of local and foreign investors. Social representations of nature, understood as a form of practical knowledge, determine the vision of the world and the relationship that a particular social group may have with its territory. Thus, based on this system, each community has its own mechanisms of environmental adaptation. In the case of the Saotomean communities, nature presents a strong spiritual (associated with beliefs, rituals and traditional medical practices) and utilitarian character (nature provides, through farming, collecting or hunting, all you need to live). The aim of this thesis is to understand the synergies between endogenous knowledge and management of biodiversity to adapt the land management process to the reality of the people who live in the particular territory of Sao Tome and Principe.
Books on the topic "Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences"
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A legacy for living systems: Gregory Bateson as precursor to biosemiotics. Dordrecht: Springer, 2008.
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service), SpringerLink (Online, ed. Knowledge Democracy: Consequences for Science, Politics, and Media. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
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Canadian Association for Information Science. Conference. Advancing knowledge: Expanding horizons for information science : proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, May 30-June 01, 2002 = L'avancement du savoir : élargir les horizons des sciences de l'information : travaux de 30e congr`es annuel de l'Association canadienne des sciences de l'information, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 30 mai-01 juin 2002. [Toronto: Canadian Association for Information Science, 2002.
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Stern, Scott. Biological Resource Centers: Knowledge Hubs for the Life Sciences. Brookings Institution Press, 2010.
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Stern, Scott. Biological Resource Centers: Knowledge Hubs for the Life Sciences. Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
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Stern, Scott. Biological Resource Centers: Knowledge Hubs for the Life Sciences. Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
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McMeekin, Andrew, and Mark Harvey. Public or Private Economies of Knowledge?: Turbulence in the Biological Sciences. Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward, 2009.
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Public or Private Economies of Knowledge?: Turbulence in the Biological Sciences. Edward Elgar Pub, 2008.
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What Do You Know About Biological Sciences (Test Your Knowledge; No. Q-15). National Learning Corp, 1997.
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Jurisica, Igor, and Dennis Wigle. Knowledge Discovery in Proteomics. Taylor & Francis Group, 2005.
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Ghosh, Shyamasree, and Rathi Dasgupta. "Applications and Software of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Knowledge and Health." In Machine Learning in Biological Sciences, 151–67. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8881-2_17.
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Falmagne, Jean-Claude. "Probabilistic Knowledge Spaces: A Review." In Applications of Combinatorics and Graph Theory to the Biological and Social Sciences, 95–101. New York, NY: Springer US, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6381-1_4.
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Morgado, Fernando, and Luis R. Vieira. "Marine Bioprospecting to Improve Knowledge of the Biological Sciences and Industrial Processes." In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 1–14. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_117-1.
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Morgado, Fernando, and Luis R. Vieira. "Marine Bioprospecting to Improve Knowledge of the Biological Sciences and Industrial Processes." In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 845–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95864-4_117.
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Chen, Bohang. "A Historico-Logical Re-assessment of Hans Driesch’s Vitalism." In History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 49–65. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12604-8_4.
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AbstractToday vitalism is widely dismissed as a metaphysical heresy. For instance, Brigandt and Love (Reductionism in biology. In: Zalta EN (ed) The stanford encyclopedia of philosophy, 2017) claimed that “the denial of physicalism by vitalism, the doctrine that biological systems are governed by forces that are not physico-chemical, is largely of historical interest” (p. 3). Perhaps the most “infamous” vitalist is the German biologist Hans Driesch. However, Driesch (In Rádl E (ed) Actes du Huitième Congrès International de Philosophie a Prague 2–7 septembre 1934. Comité d’Organisation du Congrès, Prague, pp 10–30, 1936) himself very explicitly stated that his vitalism is “neither ‘mysticism’[…]nor ‘metaphysics’” (p. 27). So, in order to address the mismatch between the present conception of vitalism and his own, I seek to offer a historico-logical re-assessment of Driesch’s vitalism. From the historical point of view, I show that Driesch had provided long ignored theoretical reflections on the nature of entelechy (the central concept in his vitalism), especially those in relation to evolution and physics. From the logical point of view, following logical empiricists (Phillipp Frank and Rudolf Carnap), I indicate that Driesch’s vitalism should be rejected due to its lack of vital laws, at least with respect to current biology; it is an unestablished theory rather than a metaphysical heresy. Ironically, some current theoretical biologists have proposed similar theories (or principles and laws) of life, even though they (incoherently) reject Driesch’s vitalism. In the end, I briefly conclude that the failure of vitalism actually alludes to the fact that even today we understand very little about the nature of life (I mean, the pure concept/phenomenon of life!) (While I cannot elaborate here, it is of extremely importance not to conflate knowledge about the pure concept/phenomenon of life and knowledge about objects predicatable of life (Ben-Naim, manuscript, p. 281). For instance, it is common among philosophers of biology today to cite elementary knowledge in a particular biological discipline as offering a better understanding of life. Yet their promise fails to be delivered. At best, they are merely relying on knowledge about objects predicatable of life (in most cases, merely knowledge about complex organizations of matter: about heredity, reproduction, development, metabolism, etc); but such knowledge has not been shown of any relevance to the pure concept/phenomenon of life).
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Bremer, Anne, and Roger Strand. "Introduction." In Human Perspectives in Health Sciences and Technology, 1–15. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92612-0_1.
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AbstractThis introductory chapter gives an overview of the context in which the book was written, and goes through the central themes being addressed. The book is a result of long-held collaborations between oncologists, clinicians, philosophers, STSers, anthropologists, economists, ethicists, and media studies scholars, who, for the most part, are affiliated to the Centre for Cancer Biomarker (CCBIO), in Bergen, Norway. In addressing the issues at stake and matters of concern around precision oncology and cancer biomarker research, the authors come to see precision oncology as a sociotechnical imaginary, around which a high degree of confusion between hope and reality is observed, and where debates around the feasibility and desirability of precision medicine are altogether political, social, ethical, scientific and medical. The contributions to this book variously approach the culture of biomarker research, powered to a significant extent by a sociotechnical imaginary of precision oncology, with a focus on the following overarching themes: (i) the uncomfortable knowledge that comes to undermine the legitimacy of precision oncology by point at its shortfalls, and the lack of ambivalence in the discourses and practices around precision oncology; (ii) the dynamics of framing and overflowing, when trying to control biological, social and ethical complexity; and (iii) the role of the economy of hope in legitimising and sustaining the imaginary of precision oncology, and the starch dichotomy between illness and disease it leads to.
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Batzli, Janet M., Michelle A. Harris, Dennis Lee, and Heidi A. Horn. "Feedback and Discourse as a Critical Skill for the Development of Experimentation Competencies." In Trends in Teaching Experimentation in the Life Sciences, 243–62. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98592-9_12.
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AbstractDeveloping experimentation competencies is enhanced through scientific discourse and feedback. Students who are able to give and receive feedback through authentic scientific discourse are better able to reason about their science, identify questions, to value collaboration, construct knowledge, and to gain intellectual confidence as practicing scientists. Although the ACE-Bio Competencies were not the driver for our work, they were an important lens and affirmation of our curriculum where students learn to reason scientifically and do biological experimentation through scientific discourse and feedback. In this chapter we discuss the value of feedback, how we scaffold opportunities to practice giving and receiving feedback into a multi-week experimentation curriculum, and some practical implementation strategies with particular focus on the influence of a feedback-rich curriculum for students’ achievement of experimentation competencies. We provide examples, evidence, and instructional materials that support student learning through feedback and discourse. We articulate implications that would be relevant to junior faculty new to teaching experimentation as well as long-time practitioners. Finally, we outline affordances and persistent challenges to this type of teaching and learning, especially important when making decisions with limited resources.
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Leydesdorff, Loet. "The Communication Turn in Philosophy of Science." In Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Scientific and Scholarly Communication, 39–50. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59951-5_2.
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Abstract Whereas knowledge has often been attributed to individuals or, from a sociological perspective, to communities, a communications perspective on the sciences enables us to proceed to the measurement of the discursive knowledge contents. Knowledge claims are organized into texts which are entrained in evolving structures. The aggregated citation relations among journals, for example, can be used to visualize disciplinary structures. The structures are reproduced as “ecosystems” which differ among them in terms of using specific codes in the communications (e.g., jargons). Unlike biological DNA, these codes are not hard-wired; they can be changed in the communication. The sciences develop historically along trajectories embedded in regimes of expectations. Regimes exert selection pressure on the historical manifestations. The evolutionary dynamics at the regime level induce crises, bifurcations, etc., as historical events.
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Nowicka, Magdalena, and Elahe Haschemi Yekani. "Conclusion: Revising Intersectionality." In Revisualising Intersectionality, 115–25. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93209-1_5.
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AbstractIn the conclusion of Revisualising Intersectionality, Nowicka and Haschemi Yekani underscore the need for a transdisciplinary revision of the visual anchoring of difference in scientific knowledge production. In cognitive and psychological research, the habitual use of gender or race as categories that can be accessed by relying on visual inputs needs to be questioned. In the social sciences, a careful analysis of scopic regimes of difference can help overcome simplifications both of social constructivism and of biological determinism. In analyses of cultural representation, circular explanatory models of stereotypes producing “bad images” which would be alleviated through “positive images” should be avoided. To this end, the authors suggest learning from artistic research and practice to assume another point of view and disrupt preconceived orders.
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Brown, Gwen Cohen, and Laina Karthikeyan. "Integration of Civic Engagement Pedagogies in the STEM Disciplines." In Cases on Interdisciplinary Research Trends in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, 295–319. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2214-2.ch012.
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This chapter discusses the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary learning community between the departments of Dental Hygiene and Biological Sciences, correlating nutrition with oral health and oral cancer and its prevention by early screening. The goal of the project was to engage underrepresented, urban undergraduate students in civic learning, with an eye toward expanding learning capacities and civic responsibilities beyond the classroom. The project followed participation in the 2010 Summer Institute offered by the National Science Foundation’s Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER). Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology integrates basic science curriculum and applies this unified foundation knowledge to the clinical evaluation of disease, thereby closing the gap between didactic and applied material. Dental Hygiene students enrolled in Nutrition and Anatomy and Physiology will learn to connect this knowledge gained with practical application outside the natural sciences, which in turn will make these courses more interesting and relevant.
Conference papers on the topic "Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences"
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Tsai, Hsine-Jen, Les Miller, Ming Hua, Sree Nilakanta, and Meher Vani Bojja. "Expanding the Disaster Management Knowledge Space through Spatial Mediation." In 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2012.262.
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Croasdell, D. T., and Y. K. Wang. "Virtue-nets: toward a model for expanding knowledge networks." In 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2004. Proceedings of the. IEEE, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2004.1265594.
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"Knowledge Assessment of the Effect of Environmental Contaminants on Reproductive Health in Jigawa Rural Communities, Nigeria." In International Conference on Chemical, Environment & Biological Sciences. International Institute of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/iicbe.c914142.
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"Project Management Knowledge and Skills for the Construction Industry." In 4th International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological & Ecological Sciences. International Institute of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/iicbe.dir1216416.
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"Knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS in Zabol high school students 2014." In International Conference on Medicine, Public Health and Biological Sciences. CASRP Publishing Company, Ltd. Uk, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/mphbs.2016.165.
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"Factors Affecting Knowledge Transfer in International Construction Joint Venture Projects." In 4th International Conference on Advances in Agricultural, Biological & Ecological Sciences. International Institute of Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/iicbe.dir1216415.
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Shires, M. A., and M. S. Craig. "Expanding citizen access and public official accountability through knowledge creation technology: one recent development in e-democracy." In 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the. IEEE, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2003.1174321.
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Crichton, Daniel, Ashish Mahabal, Kristen Anton, Luca Cinquini, Maureen Colbert, S. George Djorgovski, Heather Kincaid, Sean Kelly, and David Liu. "The EDRN knowledge environment: an open source, scalable informatics platform for biological sciences research." In SPIE Defense + Security, edited by Thomas George, Achyut K. Dutta, and M. Saif Islam. SPIE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2263842.
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"The study on the knowledge, attitudes and function of gestated mothers about gestational diabetes that referred to health centers in the city of Zabol from 2014 to 2015." In International Conference on Medicine, Public Health and Biological Sciences. CASRP Publishing Company, Ltd. Uk, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18869/mphbs.2016.167.
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Bishop, Glenys, and Mike Talbot. "Statistical thinking for novice researchers in the biological sciences." In Training Researchers in the Use if Statistics. International Association for Statistical Education, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.52041/srap.00303.
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Postgraduate students from non-statistical disciplines often have trouble designing their first experiment, survey or observational study, particularly if their supervisor does not have a statistical background. Such students often present their results to a statistical consultant hoping that a suitable analysis will rescue a poorly designed study. Unfortunately, it is often too late by that stage. A statistical consultant is best able to help a student who has some grasp of statistics. It is appropriate to use the Web to deliver training when required and that is the mechanism used in this project to encourage postgraduate students to develop statistical thinking in their research. Statistical Thinking is taught in terms of the PPDSA cycle and students are encouraged to use other Web resources and books to expand their knowledge of statistical concepts and techniques.
Reports on the topic "Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences"
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Rodriguez Muxica, Natalia. Open configuration options Bioinformatics for Researchers in Life Sciences: Tools and Learning Resources. Inter-American Development Bank, February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003982.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that bioinformatics--a multidisciplinary field that combines biological knowledge with computer programming concerned with the acquisition, storage, analysis, and dissemination of biological data--has a fundamental role in scientific research strategies in all disciplines involved in fighting the virus and its variants. It aids in sequencing and annotating genomes and their observed mutations; analyzing gene and protein expression; simulation and modeling of DNA, RNA, proteins and biomolecular interactions; and mining of biological literature, among many other critical areas of research. Studies suggest that bioinformatics skills in the Latin American and Caribbean region are relatively incipient, and thus its scientific systems cannot take full advantage of the increasing availability of bioinformatic tools and data. This dataset is a catalog of bioinformatics software for researchers and professionals working in life sciences. It includes more than 300 different tools for varied uses, such as data analysis, visualization, repositories and databases, data storage services, scientific communication, marketplace and collaboration, and lab resource management. Most tools are available as web-based or desktop applications, while others are programming libraries. It also includes 10 suggested entries for other third-party repositories that could be of use.
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Sible, Jill, Erica Echols, Kasey Richardson, and Hao Wang. Using Data to Fuel Inclusive Excellence at Virginia Tech. Ithaka S+R, May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18665/sr.315527.
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In Fall 2020, the American Talent Initiative (ATI), an alliance of high-graduation-rate colleges and universities committed to expanding access and opportunity for low- and middle-income students, established its newest community of practice (CoP) focused on academic equity. Together, the 37 CoP members explore topics related to creating equitable academic communities. One such area of focus is how institutions can more effectively utilize data to enhance equity-related projects. In January 2021, members participated in a webinar discussion on this topic, during which CoP representatives presented on how they have leveraged data in their academic equity work. This case study builds on a presentation given by Dr. Jill Sible, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Professor of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech, titled, “Using data to fuel inclusive excellence at Virginia Tech.”
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Dello, Kathie D., and Philip W. Mote. Oregon climate assessment report : December 2010. Corvallis, Oregon : Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5399/osu/1157.
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The group of scientists that make up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found in 2007 that the warming of Earth’s climate is unequivocal and largely due to human activity. Earth’s climate has changed in the past, though the recent magnitude and pace of changes are unprecedented in human existence. Recent decades have been warmer than at any time in roughly 120,000 years. Most of this warming can be attributed to anthropogenic activity, primarily burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) for energy. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and other heat trapping gases, also known as greenhouse gases, into the atmosphere. This warming cannot be explained by natural causes (volcanic and solar) alone. It can be said with confidence that human activities are primarily responsible for the observed 1.5 ˚F increase in 20th century temperatures in the Pacific Northwest. A warmer climate will affect this state substantially. In 2007, the Oregon State Legislature charged the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, via HB 3543, with assessing the state of climate change science including biological, physical and social science as it relates to Oregon and the likely effects of climate change on the state. This inaugural assessment report is meant to act as a compendium of the relevant research on climate change and its impacts on the state of Oregon. This report draws on a large body of work on climate change impacts in the western US from the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington and the California Climate Action Team. In this report, we also identify knowledge gaps, where we acknowledge the need for more research in certain areas. We hope this report will serve as a useful resource for decision-makers, stakeholders, researchers and all Oregonians. The following chapters address key sectors that fall within the biological, physical and social sciences in the state of Oregon.
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Microbiology in the 21st Century: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? American Society for Microbiology, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aamcol.5sept.2003.
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The American Academy of Microbiology convened a colloquium September 5–7, 2003, in Charleston, South Carolina to discuss the central importance of microbes to life on earth, directions microbiology research will take in the 21st century, and ways to foster public literacy in this important field. Discussions centered on: the impact of microbes on the health of the planet and its inhabitants; the fundamental significance of microbiology to the study of all life forms; research challenges faced by microbiologists and the barriers to meeting those challenges; the need to integrate microbiology into school and university curricula; and public microbial literacy. This is an exciting time for microbiology. We are becoming increasingly aware that microbes are the basis of the biosphere. They are the ancestors of all living things and the support system for all other forms of life. Paradoxically, certain microbes pose a threat to human health and to the health of plants and animals. As the foundation of the biosphere and major determinants of human health, microbes claim a primary, fundamental role in life on earth. Hence, the study of microbes is pivotal to the study of all living things, and microbiology is essential for the study and understanding of all life on this planet. Microbiology research is changing rapidly. The field has been impacted by events that shape public perceptions of microbes, such as the emergence of globally significant diseases, threats of bioterrorism, increasing failure of formerly effective antibiotics and therapies to treat microbial diseases, and events that contaminate food on a large scale. Microbial research is taking advantage of the technological advancements that have opened new fields of inquiry, particularly in genomics. Basic areas of biological complexity, such as infectious diseases and the engineering of designer microbes for the benefit of society, are especially ripe areas for significant advancement. Overall, emphasis has increased in recent years on the evolution and ecology of microorganisms. Studies are focusing on the linkages between microbes and their phylogenetic origins and between microbes and their habitats. Increasingly, researchers are striving to join together the results of their work, moving to an integration of biological phenomena at all levels. While many areas of the microbiological sciences are ripe for exploration, microbiology must overcome a number of technological hurdles before it can fully accomplish its potential. We are at a unique time when the confluence of technological advances and the explosion of knowledge of microbial diversity will enable significant advances in microbiology, and in biology in general, over the next decade. To make the best progress, microbiology must reach across traditional departmental boundaries and integrate the expertise of scientists in other disciplines. Microbiologists are becoming increasingly aware of the need to harness the vast computing power available and apply it to better advantage in research. Current methods for curating research materials and data should be rethought and revamped. Finally, new facilities should be developed to house powerful research equipment and make it available, on a regional basis, to scientists who might otherwise lack access to the expensive tools of modern biology. It is not enough to accomplish cutting-edge research. We must also educate the children and college students of today, as they will be the researchers of tomorrow. Since microbiology provides exceptional teaching tools and is of pivotal importance to understanding biology, science education in schools should be refocused to include microbiology lessons and lab exercises. At the undergraduate level, a thorough knowledge of microbiology should be made a part of the core curriculum for life science majors. Since issues that deal with microbes have a direct bearing on the human condition, it is critical that the public-at-large become better grounded in the basics of microbiology. Public literacy campaigns must identify the issues to be conveyed and the best avenues for communicating those messages. Decision-makers at federal, state, local, and community levels should be made more aware of the ways that microbiology impacts human life and the ways school curricula could be improved to include valuable lessons in microbial science.