scholarly journals AMiTaNS -- Euro-American Consortium for Promoting the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences - Retrospection, Present and Future

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Michail Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Main Tool ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Non Profit

The Euro-American Consortium for Promotion of the Application of Mathematics in Technical and Natural Sciences was founded in 2008 as a non-governmental non-profit organization in order to foster the scientific activity and informal international exchange. Since then a main tool to realize this intention and idea became an annual conference called AMiTaNS.

The role of a single lingua franca in scientific inquiry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Ekkehard König
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
External World ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Conceptual System ◽  
Lingua Franca ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Multilingual Approach

This paper discusses the role of English as the current lingua franca academica in contrast to a multilingual approach to scientific inquiry on the basis of four perspectives: a cognitive, a typological, a contrastive and a domain-specific one. It is argued that a distinction must be drawn between the natural sciences and the humanities in order to properly assess the potential of either linguistic solution to the problem of scientific communication. To the extent that the results of scientific research are expressed in formal languages and international standardised terminology, the exclusive use of one lingua franca is unproblematic, especially if phenomena of our external world are under consideration. In the humanities, by contrast, especially in the analysis of our non-visible, mental world, a single lingua franca cannot be regarded as a neutral instrument, but may more often than not become a conceptual prison. For the humanities the analysis of the conceptual system of a language provides the most reliable access to its culture. For international exchange of results, however, the humanities too have to rely on a suitable lingua franca as language of description as opposed to the language under description.

scholarly journals Report on the Japan Association of Self-Access Learning (JASAL) 2016 Annual Conference

2016 ◽  
pp. 383-393
Author(s):  
Michael P. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Plenary Talk ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Poster Presentations ◽  
Oral Presentations

This article reports on the JASAL 2016 Annual Conference held on December 10, 2016 at Konan Women’s University in Kobe, Japan. JASAL (Japan Association for Self-Access Learning) is a non-profit professional organization devoted to promoting self-access learning in Japan. The conference consisted of opening remarks by JASAL president Hisako Yamashita, a plenary talk by Dr. Jo Mynard, twenty oral presentations on various self-access learning topics, twelve poster presentations, and tours of the e-space, which is a self-access center at Konan Women’s University. Ninety-five participants from over forty institutions attended. In this summary, the author reports on the day’s events, featuring select presentations on SALC design, leadership, integration into curriculum, training, and lessons learned.

scholarly journals Self-Access Centers and Autonomous Learning: Report on the Japan Association for Self-Access Learning (JASAL) Conference, 2017

2018 ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
Lorraine Reinbold
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Autonomous Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Plenary Talk ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Non Profit

JASAL (The Japan Association for Self-Access Learning) held their 12th Annual Conference/Forum on December 16th, 2017 at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Chiba. JASAL is a non-profit organization that fosters learner autonomy and self-access learning to a cross-section of educational institutions in Japan. This article contextualizes the plenary talk and selected presentations that captured the underlying themes of this conference: 1) necessity to become a social learning space for language learners, 2) necessity of structured support, and 3) necessity to assess and modify.

scholarly journals Grundtvigs natursyn

1989 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-104
Author(s):  
Kim Arne Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Natural Science ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Knowledge Of God ◽  
Spiritual World ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Symbolic Image ◽  
Near Future

Grundtvig’s conception of Nature.By Kim Arne Pedersen.In this paper Grundtvig’s view on non-human nature and natural science is examined with the contemporary Danish discussion about theology and natural sciences (Viggo Mortensen) as a starting-point. It is argued against the use of Grundtvig’s ideas as a model for a dialogue between these fields of scholarship.Earlier researchers’ (C. I. Scharling) denial of Grundtvig having a view on nature is rejected, and Kaj Thaning’s conception of the autonomy of natural sciences in Nordens Mythologi 1832 is modified.Grundtvig’s conception of nature is defined as rooted in the Western European theological tradition’s Neo-platonic oriented cosmological interpretation of Genesis. Grundtvig takes up the understanding of natural objects as images of the invisible, spiritual world, but he shows his awareness of the rational, scientific interpretation of this tradition.The article points out 4 phases in Grundtvig’s elaboration of his view on nature after 1810, connected with the years after Kort Begreb af Verdens Krønike 1812, the magazine Danne-Virke 1816-1819, the years after Nordens Mythologi 1832 and the period from 1855 to 1860-1865. In the first phase Grundtvig rejects the independence of natural sciences as a tool of Antichrist in the final battle of the near future. In Danne-Virke nature is understood as a tool used in man’s symbolic knowledge of God. The main tool is man’s knowledge of himself because of his exceptional position inside creation as a creature with self-consciousness and language, and therefore the natural sciences are subordinated research on the history of man. Grundtvig’s thesis of femininity as representing nature and man’s body as a microcosm both in a rational, scientific and in a symbolic way is connected with this leading idea. In the years after Nordens Mythologi Grundtvig gives nature and natural sciences a much more independent position, but at the same time he stresses nature’s connection with man because of the state of man’s body as a microcosm. Grundtvig also attacks the Copernican picture of the universe.In the years after 1855 Grundtvig’s attitude towards natural science is sharpened. Apocalyptic motives return, and now Antichrist is connected with the rejection of God’s omnipotence and man’s exceptional position inside creation. As an alternative to the natural sciences Grundtvig emphasizes the interpretation of nature as a symbolic image of God.

scholarly journals Estimating the global warming emissions of the LCAXVII conference: connecting flights matter.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Fernández Astudillo
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Emissions Reductions ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Environmental Burden ◽  
Minor Contribution ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Ideal

Conferences are an important element of scientific activity but also one of the major causes of environmental burden. In this conference report, we analyse the carbon footprint of the annual conference of the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment, as well as some of the potential ways to reduce it. The average emissions per participant are estimated to be 952 kg CO2eq, but with a large variability due to differences in travelled distance. Results indicate that studies should use distance-dependent flight emissions to increase the accuracy of the assessment. Connection flights are found to increase emissions up to 32 % compared with direct flights, due to the increased number of take-offs and landings. A method to calculate the ideal location is proposed, which can be used to identify unreasonably distant conference locations. Some of the measures taken to reduce the impact, such as meat-free menus, had a relatively minor contribution to emissions reductions, but could be important, as scientist advocating for the reduction of environmental burden should lead by example.

scholarly journals Cantor's dilemma: approximations between experimentation, literature and natural sciences teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. e45389
Author(s):  
Fabio Peres Gonçalves ◽  
Elisa Prestes Massena
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Social Nature

Research indicates the potential of literary works to be used in teaching natural sciences. This text deals with Carl Djerassi's Cantor’s dilemma (1991), a material that portrait intrigues from the academic world in the form of fiction. The objective of the present study was to investigate the potential of this work for the approach of experimentation in training natural sciences teachers from various fields. The work was analyzed according to the procedures of the discursive textual analysis and two emergent categories were constructed: ‘epistemological issues associated to experimentation’ and ‘the laboratory diary in scientific activity’. The analysis pointed out the potential of the work to favor the debate regarding: the function of experimentation in the refutation/confirmation of hypotheses and their social nature; the non-reduction of the work with experiments to the action in the laboratory; the association between experimentation and error; and writing in laboratory journals and related aspects.

The American Association of Suicidology (AAS)

2021 ◽  
pp. 777-780
Author(s):  
Amy J. Kulp ◽  
Julie Cerel ◽  
Lanny Berman
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
American Association ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Professional Journal ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Survivors Of Suicide ◽  
Research Service

The American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is America’s oldest and largest membership-driven non-profit association which aims to promote the understanding and prevention of suicide. After more than 50 years, the association continues to grow and provides a centralized hub in support of its mission and in service to the public and its membership. AAS brings together clinicians, crisis centres, prevention professionals, researchers, survivors of suicide loss, and suicide attempt survivors. The association programmes include an annual conference, a professional journal, training, and accreditation programmes, psychological autopsy training, and dissemination of resources and information. AAS recognizes the outstanding achievements of individuals in the field of suicidology and presents awards annually for research, service, and career milestones. In recent years, AAS has increased its partnerships and collaborations with organizations whose missions and target audience overlap with AAS.

scholarly journals STUDENTS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AS A BASIS OF NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Korozhneva
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Main Form ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Natural Science Education

Currently, many scientists and teachers ask themselves the question: "What can be changed in the process of science education so that students become active creators of their own knowledge and actively act in the environment?" Over the past several decades of the twentieth century, the main form of organizing education in the field of natural sciences was a lesson at a school desk, the main method was the teacher's word and the main tool was a textbook. The need to organize research activities is explained by the orientation of education towards the development of the student's personality, his cognitive and creative abilities and the acquisition of experience of independent activity in various areas of the surrounding world.

scholarly journals B.U. RODIONOV’S HYPOTHESIS OF THREADED MATTER AND SOME OF ITS APPLICATIONS

Metaphysics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 149-164
Author(s):  
D. V Kolokolov ◽  
V. M Polyakova ◽  
V. A Panchelyuga
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Reactions ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Mathematical Sciences ◽  
Academy Of Natural Sciences

The article contains a brief biography and main directions of scientific activity of the doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, member of the Russian Philosophical Society Boris Ustinovich Rodionov. A brief overview of ideas related to the threaded matter hypothesis and some of its applications to the analysis of the phenomenology of low energy nuclear reactions, the results of measurements with a fammeter, and the problem of nonlocality is given.

scholarly journals Estudio cienciométrico de la actividad científica de Cuba en las Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería y Matemática-Ciencias de la Computación

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (72) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlenis Herrera Vallejera ◽  
Rubén Sánchez Perdomo ◽  
Marinelsy Rosario Sierra ◽  
Yaniris Rodríguez Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Scientific Output ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Para Determinar

La cienciometría es un área disciplinar que permite evaluar la actividad científica de un país. En su haber se pueden definir políticas científicas a nivel gubernamental para determinar nuevas líneas de investigación. El objetivo de este estudio fue visualizar el desarrollo de la actividad científica cubana en las áreas del conocimiento de Matemática-Ciencias de la Computacióny Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería. En Cuba se invirtió aproximadamente el 2.7 % del PIB en la actividad de I+D y el 63 % del PIB en la educación superior según datos del Banco Mundial. Como resultado de este trabajo se determinó que las temáticas de Ciencias Químicas, Ingenierías y Astronomía-Astrofísica son las más destacadas en cuanto a producción, consumoe impacto científico. Estos resultados se debieron en gran medida a los lazos de colaboración internacional, principalmente con países como España y México. Este estudio nos indica que Cuba, que es uno de los países en vías de desarrollo de la región, prioriza buena parte de sus ingresos económicos al desarrollo de las ciencias naturales.Scientometrics provides tools for evaluating scientific activity of a nation, thereby aiding policy makers in setting policies aimed at determining new lines of research. The aim of this study is gain a clearer picture of Cuban scientific activity in the areas of Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences and Engineering. Cuba invests approximately 2.7% of GDP inR&D and 63% of GDP in higher education according to the World Bank. Our study shows that subject areas of Chemistry, Engineering and Astronomy-Astrophysics are the most important in terms of scientific output, consumption and scientific impact. These results are due mostly to international cooperation, mainly with Spain and Mexico. This study indicates that Cuba, adeveloping countries of the region, prioritizes much of its GDP to the development of natural sciences.

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