Inconsistency Monitoring in a Large Scientific Knowledge Base

Author(s):  
Vinay K. Chaudhri ◽  
Rahul Katragadda ◽  
Jeff Shrager ◽  
Michael Wessel
2013 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Petrokofsky ◽  
Nicholas D. Brown ◽  
Gabriel E. Hemery

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 462-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan D. Kelly ◽  
Larkin Feeney

Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and study of psychological disorders. The role of the psychiatrist evolves to reflect developments in medicine, science and society. The scientific knowledge base required for the practice of psychiatry changes from generation to generation, but many of the fundamental principles of practice remain essentially unchanged. We attempt here to identify some of these (relatively unchanging) principles and explore their relevance to contemporary psychiatry. In particular, we focus on the work of some of the more reflective physicians of history (e.g. Sir Robert Hutchison, Sir William Osler) in order to identify and interpret principles of medical practice outlined in the 19th and 20th centuries and we explore the relevance of these conceptual frameworks to the practice of psychiatry in the 21st century.


1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard D. Zaichkowsky ◽  
Frank M. Perna

The purpose of this paper is to respond to the arguments against certification in sport psychology presented by Anshel (1992). Anshel’s central arguments were (a) certification will diminish rather than promote the field of sport psychology, (b) Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP) certification favors professionals trained in psychology, and (c) AAASP certification is inappropriately reliant on clinical psychology as a model for the practice of sport psychology. These criticisms of certification are rebutted by clearly defining certification and related terms, professing an adequate scientific knowledge base in sport psychology to support practice, identifying fraudulent practice as unrelated to certification, clarifying procedures used in developing AAASP certification criteria, and presenting evidence that sport psychology professionals trained in the sport sciences are not less favored for AAASP certification and that clinical psychology is not used as the model for practice in sport psychology.


2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 150-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Hopkins ◽  
Matthew P. Mumber

Technologic advances, medical specialization, novel payment structures, and an increased scientific knowledge base have resulted in a health care system requiring trained experts to deliver guidance as patients complete care plans: Enter the concept of patient navigation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 143-158
Author(s):  
Jean-François Joanny ◽  
Michael Cates

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes was one of the leading physical scientists of his generation. Awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1991, he made outstanding contributions to both solid state physics (magnetism, superconductivity) and so-called soft matter ( matière molle in French, a term he coined in his Nobel lecture), which includes among other systems polymers and liquid crystals. He was the first to realize the deep mathematical analogies that exist between these areas—for instance between polymers and magnetism, and (separately) between superconductors and liquid crystals. These abstract and surprising insights were those of a theorist par excellence , yet de Gennes was closely concerned with experiments throughout his career and was a sought-after contributor to industrial research. In several cases, such as his work on wetting and adhesion, de Gennes’s intense curiosity, combined with an unerring ability to detect weak points in the ‘received wisdom’, led him to rebuild the scientific knowledge base, with profound consequences for subsequent research in these areas.


Author(s):  
Deris NGE MEH

This article presents the feasibility of conveying Information and Communication Technology (ICT) content in Mmɛn, a Bantu Grassfields language of Cameroon; a process which would imply a modernisation of the language, with a view to increasing its scientific knowledge base. It explores the processes used to create ICT terminology in this language in a bid to make such concepts relevant to the community. The focus is placed on the translation of a computer science manual used in primary schools within Cameroon’s language teaching project. Issues raised relate to translation, lexical innovation and mother tongue ICT instruction. Some solutions are proposed to problems inherent to official language into mother tongue translation, and the lexification of new phenomenon where adequate terminology is currently lacking. The results obtained highlight the role of translation and terminology in developing our languages, and indicate how ICT instruction in our languages justifies the claim that an idea expressed in one language can be expressed in any other. If well harnessed, this instruction will ensure access to innovative educational resources for rural and semi-urban Cameroonians alike, and will improve literacy and standards of living within a context of globalisation.


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