Epilogue to “Questioning Life and Cognition” by John Stewart

2021 ◽  
pp. 105971232110317
Author(s):  
Tom Froese

In 2012, John Stewart contributed a book manuscript entitled “ Questioning Life and Cognition: Some Foundational Issues in the Paradigm of Enaction” to the Enaction Series in Online Collaborative Publishing, edited by Olivier Gapenne and Bruno Bachimont. Along with Mattéo Mossio, I was invited by Olivier to serve as a glossator of this text. The purpose was to thereby continue our long and fruitful dialogues with John that began when we were both students. I took advantage of the opportunity to also express my gratitude to John for his participation in that formative stage of my personal academic journey. My reflections were included as an epilogue to his book. In memoriam, the epilogue is reproduced in this report unchanged. I will always be grateful to John for making the research community of enaction feel like family to me and for helping me recognize that there is a place for my diverse interests in the continued pursuit of an academic career.

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. i-iv
Author(s):  
A K M A Islam

Journal of Scientific Research EDITORIAL Do we need a new journal? The answer lies in the fact that currently no international journal (online and print) with interdisciplinary character which specifically caters to the academic needs of the international community operates from Bangladesh. This journal aims to fill this lacuna and to be a bridge for the scientists from the east and the west. This is the first issue of the Journal of Scientific Research (JSR). The idea of launching a journal that hopes to publish quality scientific works was planted in early 2008 during a science faculty meeting at Rajshahi University. Now it is our pleasure to see the idea blossom into the first issue of first volume (1 January 2009) that contains scientific work not only of Asian regions but of much beyond that. The inaugural issue indicates the type of journal we hope to become. It is wide ranging and interdisciplinary. Our contributors include scholars at every stage of their academic career. As regards editorial policy and scope the Journal of Scientific Research is a peer-reviewed international journal originally intended for publication annually. But due to a satisfactory flow of manuscripts since the first announcements the publication frequency has now been increased to 3 online issues (one print volume) per year.The journal is a unifying force, going across the barriers between disciplines, addressing all related topics and materials. An international Editorial Board (along with an Advisory Board) comprising of renowned academics from various fields guides our editorial policy and direction. The journal is devoted to the publication of original research (research paper, review paper, short communication) covering the following fields:Section A:  Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Geophysics, Computer, Environmental Science, Communications and Information Technology, Engineering and related branches.Section B:  Chemical and Biological Sciences: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Genetics, Fisheries and related branches.The articles selected for the first issue have been reviewed by two discipline-specialists, and their recommendations have been appropriately incorporated. Submissions from the world research community are encouraged to fulfill our mission and aim for the journal to stand for the international scientific publishing standards.    It was clear during the planning and development of this first issue that the Asian region needs a forum through which research could be shared and acknowledged. I hope that this journal will soon be recognised by the wider research community as their forum for the dissemination of knowledge. We hope that the journal will not simply act as a place for publication of material, though obviously this is important, but should act as a catalyst for the advancement of science both within and outside the region.The journal is being published both online and in print. Online publishing, unique in nature, is faster and far less expensive than traditional hard copy publishing. Access of online journals is easier and better images, storage and multimedia are other advantages. I must thank the International Network for the availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) for helping us publish via BanglaJOL – and the help of Ms. Sioux Cumming in this regard is worthy of mention.The success of a journal depends on the quality of its Editorial Board and the reviewers. The effort that I have seen from them speaks well for the future of the new born journal.  Both the Editorial and Advisory Boards should deserve thanks for their indispensable advice and support during the planning phases of the journal. I should also thank the reviewers who contributed their valuable time to complete reviews within a reasonable time. I truly hope that the diversity contained in this first issue of the journal will be the hallmark of future issues. A K M A Islam email: [email protected]  website: www.banglajol.info/index.php/JSR           © 2009 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved.DOI: 10.3329/jsr.vlil.1703    


2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Péter Medgyes ◽  
Marianne Nikolov

In the past quarter century, Hungary has offered fertile ground for innovative developments in foreign language (FL) education. The appropriate, albeit disparaging, label applied to Hungary in the mid-1970s – ‘a land of foreign language illiterates’ (Köllő 1978: 6) – no longer applies. In the wake of the dramatic changes of 1989, the number of FL speakers rose quite rapidly. As a beneficial side-effect, applied linguistic and language education research, areas which used to be relegated to the lowest rung of the academic ladder, began to be recognised as legitimate fields of scientific inquiry, offering young researchers the opportunity to embark on an academic career. As a result, Hungarian authors are now regular contributors to distinguished journals, and researchers from Hungary are welcome speakers at international conferences.However, Hungarian authors often choose to publish their research studies in local journals and volumes which are not easily accessible to the international research community, especially if written in Hungarian. The aim of this review, therefore, is to give an overview of such studies to demonstrate the breadth and depth of recent research conducted in Hungary.


KIMIKA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Wyona Patalinghug ◽  
Drexel Camacho ◽  
Jaime Raul Janairo ◽  
Lourdes Guidote ◽  
Maria Carmen Tan ◽  
...  

On April 14, 2021, the Philippine chemistry community lost one of its most prolific researchers due to the COVID19 virus. Herein we reflect on the extraordinary life and work of Dr. Consolacion Y. Ragasa. We highlight her story, her scientific contributions, and the huge impact she left, not only on her students and colleagues but also on the scientific research community.


Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5081 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-236
Author(s):  
YVES SAMYN

This contribution provides an overview of the scientific career of the late Dr Claude Massin (1948–2021), listing his scientific activities (academic career, participation to and organization of expeditions and scientific conferences, publications) as well as the taxa he described as new to science and the eponyms that were dedicated to him. The scientific career of Claude Massin is briefly sketched against the background of the personal family-life.  


2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-447
Author(s):  
ROBERT F. MILLER ◽  
ELIO RAVIOLA

The vision research community lost a valuable colleague and friend when Ramon (Ray) Dacheux II died on May 30, 2006 at his home in Birmingham, Alabama. Ray was 58 and had been ill with a brain tumor for two years.


KIMIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-67
Author(s):  
Ken Aldren S. Usman ◽  
Yasmin D.G. Edañol ◽  
Marlon T. Conato

On September 25, 2020, the Philippine chemistry society lost one of its most eminent members. Herein we reflect on the life and work of Dr. Leon M. Payawan Jr., referred to as Leon by his close friends and colleagues. We highlight some of his contributions that left a huge impact, not only to his students and cohorts, but also to the Philippine research community in general, both locally and internationally.


2021 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Santana-Aranda

Professor Orlando Zelaya Angel was an outstanding member of the research community on Solid State Physics. He served as President to the Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencia de Superficies y Vacío (SMCSyV; currently Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencia y Tecnología de Superficies y Materiales – SMCTSM), for the period 1995-1996. Professor Zelaya formed many researchers in Mexico, who continue developing research, either in Mexico, in their countries of origin, or abroad. Throughout the evolution of Superficies y Vacío, Professor Zelaya, contributed with sixteen articles on subjects ranging from thin films for optoelectronic applications, through hard coatings and studies on the process for production of Tortillas; covering most of his research areas of interest. Here is a subject-chronological compilation of the abstracts to his articles in Superficies y Vacío, after a year of his departure.


Author(s):  
Charles W. Allen

High voltage TEMs were introduced commercially thirty years ago, with the installations of 500 kV Hitachi instruments at the Universities of Nogoya and Tokyo. Since that time a total of 51 commercial instruments, having maximum accelerating potentials of 0.5-3.5 MV, have been delivered. Prices have gone from about a dollar per volt for the early instruments to roughly twenty dollars per volt today, which is not so unreasonable considerinp inflation and vastly improved electronics and other improvements. The most expensive HVEM (the 3.5 MV instrument at Osaka University) cost about 5 percent of the construction cost of the USA's latest synchrotron.Table 1 briefly traces the development of HVEM in this country for the materials sciences. There are now only three available instruments at two sites: the 1.2 MeV HVEM at Argonne National Lab, and 1.0 and 1.5 MeV instruments at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Fortunately, both sites are user facilities funded by DOE for the materials research community.


2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
Brian Petty, M.A., CCC-SLP
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