Complex plasmas: An interdisciplinary research field

2009 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 1353-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor E. Morfill ◽  
Alexei V. Ivlev
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Complex Plasmas

Recent Advancement in Fuzzy System

2014 ◽  
pp. 158-168
Author(s):  
İ. Burhan Türkşen ◽  
İbrahim Özkan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Fuzzy System ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Decision Under Uncertainty ◽  
Recent Advancement ◽  
Human Decision

Decision under uncertainty is an active interdisciplinary research field. A decision process is generally identified as the action of choosing an alternative that best suites our needs. This process generally includes several areas of research including but not limited to Economics, Psychology, Philosophy, Mathematics, Statistics, etc. In this chapter the authors attempt to create a framework for uncertainties which surrounds the environment where human decision making takes place. For this purpose, the authors discuss how one ought to handle uncertainties within Fuzzy Logic. Furthermore, they present recent advances in Type 2 fuzzy system studies.

Identification of interdisciplinary research based upon co-cited journals

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Marco van Veller
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reference Lists ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Large Matrix ◽  
Or Groups

Purpose This paper aims to the identification of journal articles that probably report on interdisciplinary research at Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Design/methodology/approach For identification of interdisciplinary research, an analysis is performed on journals from which articles have been cited in articles (co-)authored by WUR staff. The journals with cited articles are inventoried from the reference lists of the WUR articles. For each WUR article, a mean dissimilarity is calculated between the journal in which it has been published and the journals inventoried from the reference lists. Dissimilarities are derived from a large matrix with similarity values between journals, calculated from co-occurrence of these journals in the WUR articles’ reference lists. Findings For 21,191 WUR articles published between 2006 and 2015 in 2,535 journals mean dissimilarities have been calculated. The analysis shows that WUR articles with high mean dissimilarities often are published in multidisciplinary journals. Also, WUR articles with high mean dissimilarities are found in non-multidisciplinary (research field-specific) journals. For these articles (with high mean dissimilarities), this paper shows that citations are often made to more various research fields than for articles with lower mean dissimilarities. Originality/value Identification of articles reporting on interdisciplinary research may be important to WUR policy for strategic purposes or for the evaluation of researchers or groups. Also, this analysis enables to identify journals with high mean dissimilarities (due to WUR articles citing more various research fields). Identification of these journals with a more interdisciplinary scope can be important for collection management by the library.

scholarly journals Bringing linguistic research into legal scholarship and practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 1037969X2096283
Author(s):  
Alexandra Grey ◽  
Laura Smith-Khan
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Area ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Legal Scholarship ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
And Linguistics

This article suggests a cohesive articulation of the shared basis upon which the interdisciplinary research field of law and linguistics is developing, organising the research around the familiar three branches of the state: legislature, executive and judiciary, thus providing a map oriented towards non-linguists and legal practitioners. It also invites interdisciplinary scholars to critically reflect on future directions for this research area. This effort to redress the lack of recognition within the law of relevant linguistic research is part of our pursuit of an alternative and more collaborative approach to legal scholarship and law reform addressing issues of communicative barriers and linguistic injustice.

It’s a Snap! An Inquiry-Based, Snapping Shrimp Bioacoustics Activity

2013 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 470-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley K. Fox ◽  
Kelvin D. Gorospe ◽  
Roxanne D. Haverkort-Yeh ◽  
Malia Ana J. Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Animal Communication ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Behavior Changes ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Snapping Shrimp

This bioacoustics activity combines concepts in invertebrate taxonomy, animal communication, and acoustical physics while providing a unique opportunity for physics and biology teachers to collaborate and introduce their students to an exciting, interdisciplinary research field. Here, we propose a lab- and field-based activity that uses hydrophones to explore how shrimp snapping behavior changes in response to different stimuli and introduces students to the process of scientific inquiry. Using free software, students use spectrograms to visualize and analyze their experimental data. Furthermore, we propose potential modifications to the lab for classrooms without easy access to marine environments or snapping shrimp.

A practice-based exploration of the enactment of information literacy among PhD students in an interdisciplinary research field

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola Pilerot
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crucial Part ◽  
Interdisciplinary Network

Purpose – The study aims to explore the interaction between the students, the material objects surrounding them, and their social site. The purpose of this paper is to identify and elucidate information literacy as it is being enacted within a complex and heterogeneous community of PhD students. Design/methodology/approach – The study is conducted from a practice-based perspective, according to which information literacy is conceived as learnt through interaction within the socio-material practice where the learner is active. In order to produce empirical material, semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten doctoral students in an interdisciplinary research network, and their workplaces were visited. Findings – The PhD students in this interdisciplinary network are more or less constantly engaged in the enactment of information literacy. It takes place in dialogue with others who can be both co-located and distantly located, and occurs through discussions about work in progress, through processes of evaluation and assessment of texts and authors, and through mundane everyday activities such as participating in meetings, which offer insights into how to navigate, in the broadest sense, the world of academia. A crucial part of the enactment of information literacy, which in practice is inseparable from interaction with others, is to pay attention to physical surroundings and material objects. Practical implications – The findings have implications for prospective PhD students in interdisciplinary fields, for their supervisors, and potentially also for librarians who are supposed to serve these groups. Originality/value – Research on the information literacies of PhD students in interdisciplinary fields is scarce. The practice-based approach applied in this study offers an extended and deepened understanding of the enactment of information literacy among PhD students in one interdisciplinary research practice.

Structure and evolution of co-authorship network in an interdisciplinary research field

2015 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Liu ◽  
Haoxiang Xia
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Field

scholarly journals A future of island studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Grydehøj
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Sustainability Research ◽  
Indigenous Voices

Island studies has developed into an established, interdisciplinary research field. It is important that island studies not only continue deepening its internal theoretical understandings but also reach out to other fields and regions that have received limited attention within island studies. It is also necessary for island studies to grapple with a number of problematic tendencies within the field and the wider scholarship, including by challenging the misuse of island spatiality to produce idealised visions of islands (for example in island sustainability research). Similarly, it is important to pursue a decolonial island studies that rethinks the ways in which island development research can end up marginalising Indigenous voices at the same time as it seeks to understand islands ‘on their own terms’.

scholarly journals LITERATURA E CIDADE: campo interdisciplinar e vazios investigativos

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clovis Ultramari ◽  
Manoela Massuchetto Jazar
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Research Field ◽  
The Other ◽  
Machado De Assis ◽  
Urban Management ◽  
Academic Production ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Selection Of

O artigo objetiva trazer ao debate a relação literatura e cidade como campo interdisciplinar de pesquisa. Serve-se de revisão bibliográfica sobre essa relação e, a partir da seleção de dois autores - Machado de Assis e Graciliano Ramos, analisa como a produção cientifica nacional em teses e dissertações defendidas entre 2000 e 2015 se apropria desse potencial investigativo. Adicionalmente, toma o caso de Graciliano Ramos para a identificação de possíveis caminhos metodológicos neste campo interdisciplinar. O debate sobre trabalhos que integrem ou possam integrar literatura e cidade indica que, se, por um lado, há uma recorrência de concordâncias sobre a riqueza dessa interdisciplinaridade; por outro, é reduzido o número de pesquisas com essa perspectiva específica. Mais que isso, é possível observar que áreas tradicionalmente afeitas ao urbanismo gestão urbana, design, arquitetura e planejamento não estão presentes no restrito número de pesquisas que foi possível selecionar, havendo uma concentração exclusiva na área da própria literatura.Palavras-chave: Cidade e literatura. Metodologia. Interdisciplinaridade.LITERATURE AND CITY: interdisciplinary field and investigative emptinessAbstract: This article aims to start a debate on the relation between literature and cities as an interdisciplinary research field. It is developed based a bibliographic review on such relation and, guided by a selection of two Brazilian authors, Machado de Assis and Graciliano Ramos, analyses how the national academic production in dissertations and thesis - defended thought 2000 to 2015 - refers and takes advantage from this rich interdisciplinary. Additionally, we take the work and public life of Graciliano Ramos to identify possible methodological paths in such interdisciplinary field. In the search of researches that combine interests in literature and cities, we could observe that, on one side, there is a consensus on the importance of different multi scientific approaches; on the other it is reduced the number of researches adopting this procedure. More than that, it is possible to conclude that areas closely connected to urbanism, like urban management, design, architecture and planning are absent in the restrict number of researches considered appropriated for this discussion.Keywords:  City and Literature. Methodology. Interdisciplinarity. LITERATURA Y CIUDAD: campo interdisciplinario y vacío investigativoResumen: El artículo tiene como objetivo argumentar sobre la relación entre literatura y ciudad como campo interdisciplinario de investigación. Hace uso de la revisión teórica acerca de esta relación y, a partir de la selección de dos autores - Machado de Assis y Graciliano Ramos - analiza cómo la producción científica nacional en tesis y disertaciones defendidas entre 2000 y 2015 se apropian de este potencial de investigación. Además, toma el caso del escritor Graciliano Ramos para la identificación de posibles enfoques metodológicos en este campo interdisciplinario. El debate sobre trabajos académicos que integran o que desean integrar literatura con ciudad indica que, por un lado, hay una grande concordancia de la riqueza de este enfoque interdisciplinario; en el otro, que hay todavía un muy bajo número de resultados con esta perspectiva específica. Más que eso, se puede ver qué áreas de estudio tradicionalmente relacionadas con el urbanismo,la gestión urbana, el diseño y la planificación no están presentes en el limitado número de resultados encontrados.Palabras clave: Ciudad y literatura. Metodología. Interdisciplinaridad.  

scholarly journals Happiness Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margareta Hallberg ◽  
Christopher Kullenberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way

This article is about the growth and establishment of the interdisciplinary research field ”Happiness Studies”. This article focuses on how research on happiness has become a quickly growing and successful field within western societies and what it says about both the social sciences and contemporary social order. The concept of co-production, as defined by Sheila Jasanoff, is used to show how science and society interact and influence each other. Hence, we show how happiness has become a significant topic for empirical studies and the way interdisciplinary research is intertwined with what is perceived as both challenging and worth striving for in society and culture.

Interculturele Communicatie

2009 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan D. ten Thije
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Interaction Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Interdisciplinary Character

Intercultural communication is a fast growing interdisciplinary research field. Its interdisciplinary character leads to four types of linguistic analysis which build on each other: 1. contrastive analysis, 2. interlanguage analysis, 3. interaction analysis, 4. transfer analysis. In this article, Master theses using these types of analyses (except the interlanguage analysis) are presented in relation to each other. The studies are mosdy explorative because there are few methods, concepts that are readily applicable in this relatively new field. However, the studies show the relevance of each of the methods of analysis. The contrast of analysis supplies insights necessary for an interaction analysis, since the latter detects the effects of cultural differences in ongoing discourse. Moreover, the interaction analysis investigates structures that can not be traced back to the cultures in contact and result from the contact itself. The results of both contrast and interaction analysis are necessary to study how aspects of intercultural competence can be taught and learned, which the focus of transfer analysis is.

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