The Science Critic: A Critical Analysis of the Popular Presentation of Science (see IRPS No. 40/87c00881)
In: Science & public policy: SPP ; journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 113-114
ISSN: 0302-3427, 0036-8245
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In: Science & public policy: SPP ; journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 113-114
ISSN: 0302-3427, 0036-8245
Applied Mathematics and Sciences: An International Journal (MathSJ) ISSN: 2349 – 6223 http://airccse.com/mathsj/index.html Call for papers Applied Mathematics and Sciences: An International Journal (MathSJ) aims to publish original research papers and survey articles on all areas of pure mathematics, theoretical applied mathematics, mathematical physics, theoretical mechanics, probability and mathematical statistics, and theoretical biology. All articles are fully refereed and are judged by their contribution to advancing the state of the science of mathematics. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Abstract Algebra and Applications Adaptive control Agriculture, environment, health applications Algorithms Applications of modelling in science and engineering Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) Computational Complexity Computer modelling Control theory Differential Geometry Digital control Discrete Mathematics Embedded systems Evolutionary algorithms Fault detection and isolation Feedback control Functional Analysis Fuzzy logic and applications Fuzzy set theory Genetic Algorithms Genetic algorithms and evolutionary computing Graph Theory and Applications Hybrid systems Industry, military, space applications Linear and nonlinear control systems Linear and Nonlinear Programming Markov Chains and Applications Mathematical modelling Model predictive control Networked control systems Neural networks and fuzzy logic Neuro-Fuzzy Control Numerical Analysis Numerical analysis and scientific computing Operations Research Optimal Control Optimization and optimal control Optimization Theory Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations Process control and instrumentation Real and Complex Analysis Real-time issues Robust control Set Theory Sliding mode control Statistics Stochastic control and filtering Stochastic Modelling System identification and control Systems and automation Topology and Analysis Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit papers for this journal through E-mail: ...
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Science and Babies -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Reproductive Health Issues -- INFERTILITY -- CONTRACEPTION -- TEENAGE PARENTHOOD -- PRENATAL CARE -- ETHICAL ISSUES -- REFERENCES -- 2 Infertility -- HOW COMMON IS INFERTILITY? -- THE PROCESS OF HUMAN REPRODUCTION -- WHEN THE SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK -- SEEKING THE CAUSE -- DAMAGE TO THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT -- OVULATION DISORDERS -- ENDOMETRIOSIS -- CAUSES OF MALE INFERTILITY -- MEDICAL THERAPIES FOR WOMEN AND MEN -- SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR VARICOCELE -- SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR WOMEN -- ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION -- NEW FERTILIZATION PROCEDURES -- In Vitro Fertilization -- Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer -- Setting Standards for the New Technologies -- PROTECTING THE CONSUMER -- Physician Credentials -- Using Procedures Appropriately -- Defining IVF and GIFT Success -- Questions to Ask an IVF Clinic -- Some Approaches for Protecting Consumers -- IVF CLINICS-THE CURRENT SCENE -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Contraception: Having a Healthy Baby at the Right Time -- WHY THE DECLINE IN CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPMENT? -- The Lawsuit Proliferation -- Changes in the Legal Rules -- The Increased Cost of Insurance -- The Funding Gap -- FDA Requirements -- THE NEED FOR BETTER CONTRACEPTION -- To Prevent Abortions -- To Slow Population Growth -- To Improve Maternal and Child Health -- To Increase the Choice of Effective Methods -- To Increase Acceptability and Accessibility -- HINDERING CONTRACEPTIVE USE -- CONCLUSION -- Birth Control Methods Available in the United States Today and Their Effectiveness -- Birth Control Methods on the Horizon for the United States -- Birth Control Methods Not Available in the United States -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 4 The Dilemma of Teenage Parenthood -- THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM -- PRECURSORS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCY.
In: Journal of institutional economics, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 71-81
ISSN: 1744-1382
Abstract:Judge Posner (2010) has identified an important lacuna in law and economics, namely a tendency to ignore organization theory. I will apply the tools of organization theory to an area almost completely neglected in law and economics, forensic science. Posner points us to tools we should make use of; I am pointing to an application we have neglected. Forensic science today is characterized by a twofold monopoly. First, evidence is typically examined by one crime lab only. Second, that same lab will normally be the only one to offer an interpretation of the results of the examination it performs. Crime labs today are typically organized under law enforcement agencies, which may create conscious and unconscious biases in favor of police and prosecution. These organizational features of forensic science today encourage errors and wrongful convictions.
In: Political studies review, Band 2, Heft 3, S. 293-313
ISSN: 1478-9302
Rankings of academic institutions are key information tools for universities, funding agencies, students and faculty. The main method for ranking departments in political science, through peer evaluations, is subjective, biased towards established institutions, and costly in terms of time and money. The alternative method, based on supposedly 'objective' measures of outputs in scientific journals, has thus far only been applied narrowly in political science, using publications in a small number of US-based journals. An alternative method is proposed in this paper – that of ranking departments based on the quantity and impact of their publications in the 63 main political science journals in a given five-year period. The result is a series of global and easily updatable rankings that compare well with results produced by applying a similar method in economics.
In: Politics and governance, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 22-30
ISSN: 2183-2463
This article sets out to show how different understandings of technology as suggested by Science and Technology Studies (STS) help reveal different political facets of cybersecurity. Using cybersecurity research as empirical site, it is shown that two separate ways of understanding cybertechnologies are prevalent in society. The primary one sees cybertechnologies as apolitical, flawed, material objects that need to be fixed in order to create more security; the other understands them as mere political tools in the hands of social actors without considering technological (im)possibilities. This article suggests a focus on a third understanding to bridge the uneasy gap between the two others: technology defined as an embodiment of societal knowledge. The article posits that in line with that, the study of cyberpolitics would benefit from two innovations: a focus on cybersecurity as social practice―enacted and stabilized through the circulation of knowledge about vulnerabilities―and a focus on the practices employed in the discovery, exploitation and removal of those vulnerabilities.
In: New political science: a journal of politics & culture, Band 29, Heft 4, S. 509-514
ISSN: 0739-3148
The Science of Carbon Sequestration and Capture examines the current scientific underpinnings of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and provides readers with sufficient background on the basics of geology, natural science, chemical and environmental engineering.
Contrary to the stereotype of the "strong Black woman," African American women are more plagued by domestic violence than any other racial group in the United States. In fact, African American women experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than white women and about two and a half times more than women of other races and ethnicities. This common portrayal can hinder black women seeking help and support simply because those on the outside don't think help is needed. Yet, as Hillary Potter argues in Battle Cries: Black Women and Intimate Partner Abuse, this stereotype often helps these African American women to resist and to verbally and physically retaliate against their abusers. Thanks to this generalization, Potter observes, black women are less inclined to label themselves as "victims" and more inclined to fight back.Battle Cries is an eye-opening examination of African American women's experiences with intimate partner abuse, the methods used to contend with abusive mates, and the immediate and enduring consequences resulting from the maltreatment. Based on intensive interviews with 40 African American women abused by their male partners, Potter's analysis takes into account variations in their experiences based on socioeconomic class, education level, and age, and discusses the common abuses and perceptions they share. Combining her remarkable findings with black feminist thought and critical race theory, Potter offers a unique and significant window through which we can better understand this understudied though rampant social problem
Blog: American Enterprise Institute – AEI
The Biden administration chose a six-month extension of the US-PRC Science and Technology Agreement. The goal is to improve the terms, but it won't matter. Beijing doesn't respect rules when technology gains can be had, and the US pattern is to punish illegal Chinese technology acquisition with speeches.
The post The Science Agreement with China, and IP appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
In: Journalism quarterly, Band 40, Heft 3, S. 323-328
There is no simple, pat answer to the preparing of science writers. This study examines trends in undergraduate education, graduate level programs, science writing seminars and on-the-job training experiments and suggests some new approaches.
In: Journal of the International AIDS Society, Band 20, Heft 1
ISSN: 1758-2652
AbstractIntroduction: The science presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, in July 2016, addressed the state of the field across basic, clinical, prevention, law and policy and implementation science.Methods and Results: The AIDS response has seen remarkable achievements in scientific advances, in translation of those advances into prevention, treatment and care for affected individuals and communities, and in large scale implementation – reaching 18 million people with antiviral therapy by mid‐year 2016. Yet incident HIV infections in adults remain stubbornly stable and are increasing in some regions and among adolescents and adults in some key populations, challenging current science, policy and programming. There have been important advances in both preventive vaccines and in cure research, but both areas require ongoing investment and innovation. Clinical research has flourished with new agents, regimens, delivery modes and diagnostics but has been challenged by aging and increasingly complex patient populations, long‐term adherence challenges, co‐infections and co‐morbidities, and unresolved issues in TB management and epidemic control. It is an extraordinary period of innovation in prevention, yet the promise of new tools and combination approaches have yet to deliver epidemic HIV control.Conclusions: Proven interventions, most notably pre‐exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, have been limited in rollout and impact. Treatment as prevention has the promise to improve clinical outcomes but remains uncertain as a prevention tool to reduce population‐level HIV incidence. The improvement of legal, policy and human rights environments for those most at risk for HIV acquisition and most at risk for lack of access to essential services; sexual and gender minorities, sex workers of all genders, people who inject drugs, and prisoners and detainees remain among the greatest unmet needs in HIV/AIDS. Failure to do better for these individuals and communities could undermine the HIV response.
In: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, v. 7
This volume offers an up-to-date overview of the much-debated issue of how a democracy may defend itself against those who want to subvert it. The justifications, effectiveness and legal implications of militant democracy are discussed by addressing questions as: How can militant democracy measures such as party bans be justified? Why is it that some democracies ban antidemocratic parties? Does militant democracy succeed in combatting right-wing extremism? And is militant democracy evolving into an internationalized legal and political concept? Bringing together experts and perspectives from political science, law and philosophy, this volume advances our understanding of the current threats to democracy, a political system once thought almost invincible. It is especially timely in the light of the rise of illiberal democracy in the EU, the increasingly authoritarian rule in Turkey, the steady shift to autocracy in Russia and the remarkable election of Trump in the US.
In: Politix: revue des sciences sociales du politique, Band 15, Heft 59, S. 67-88
ISSN: 0295-2319