scholarly journals In Open Access’s Long Shadow – A view from the Humanities

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-47
Author(s):  
Enrico Natale
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Xxth Century ◽  
Empirical Assessment ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Library Professionals

Historians have been in recent years among the most vocal critics against open access to scientific literature. Discussing the controversies they have triggered in Europe and in the USA, we argue that research on open access should be broadened chronologically and thematically. The first section recalls the very first debate on open access that took place among library professionals at the turn of the XXth century and points similarities with the present situation. The second section reviews the criticisms levelled by humanities disciplines against mandatory regulations on open access. The third section argues that the potential of open access for science democratization and knowledge dissemination may not be taken for granted and need further empirical assessment.

scholarly journals A Fundamentação Metafísica da Psicologia Humanista à Luz da Fenomenologia Existencial

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-219
Author(s):  
Paulo EVANGELISTA
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Being And Time ◽  
Humanistic Psychology ◽  
Existential Phenomenology ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Do So

This article aims to indicate the metaphysical ontology underlying American Humanistic Psychology in order to correct a misunderstanding present in the published literature that the Third Force in Psychology in existential phenomenological. To do so, it rebuilds the historical context in which the Humanistic Psychology appears in the USA and the questions it tries to answer, emphasizing its position relative to scientific knowledge. Next, it shows the confusion between humanistic and existential-phenomenological psychologies in the scientific literature. The third step is to expose in Martin Heidegger's oeuvre, Being and Time, the requirements of existential phenomenology, in order to evaluate the Rogerian ontology according to them. Carl Roger's psychology is indicated as paradigmatic Third Force Psychology. It concludes that Humanistic Psychology is not existential phenomenological because it substantivizes human existence.

Optimum Structure of the Banking Market: How Many Banks Are Necessary for Russia?

2006 ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Moiseev
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Optimum Structure ◽  
Population Number ◽  
The Third ◽  
Banking Market ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Equilibrium Number

The number of classical banks in the world has reduced. In the majority of countries the number of banks does not exceed 200. The uniqueness of the Russian banking sector is that in this respect it takes the third place in the world after the USA and Germany. The paper reviews the conclusions of the economic theory about the optimum structure of the banking market. The empirical analysis shows that the number of banks in a country is influenced by the size of its territory, population number and GDP per capita. Our econometric estimate is that the equilibrium number of banks in Russia should be in a range of 180-220 units.

Displace of Documentary Heritage from the Soviet Union to Poland during the Third Decade of the XXth Century

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Tatsiana Hiarnovich
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Xxth Century ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
History Of ◽  
Selection Of

The paper explores the displace of Polish archives from the Soviet Union that was performed in 1920s according to the Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 and other international agreements. The aim of the research is to reconstruct the process of displace, based on the archival sources and literature. The object of the research is those documents that were preserved in the archives of Belarus and together with archives from other republics were displaced to Poland. The exploration leads to clarification of the selection of document fonds to be displaced, the actual process of movement and the explanation of the role that the archivists of Belarus performed in the history of cultural relationships between Poland and the Soviet Union. The articles of the Treaty of Riga had been formulated without taking into account the indivisibility of archive fonds that is one of the most important principles of restitution, which caused the failure of the treaty by the Soviet part.

scholarly journals Shared Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Its Clinical Presentations: Automated Molecular Mechanisms Extraction Approach

Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 785
Author(s):  
Mila Glavaški ◽  
Lazar Velicki
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Automated Extraction ◽  
Clinical Presentations ◽  
Machine Reading ◽  
Pathway Databases

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiovascular disease with a prevalence of 1 in 500 people and varying clinical presentations. Although there is much research on HCM, underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood, and research on the molecular mechanisms of its specific clinical presentations is scarce. Our aim was to explore the molecular mechanisms shared by HCM and its clinical presentations through the automated extraction of molecular mechanisms. Molecular mechanisms were congregated by a query of the INDRA database, which aggregates knowledge from pathway databases and combines it with molecular mechanisms extracted from abstracts and open-access full articles by multiple machine-reading systems. The molecular mechanisms were extracted from 230,072 articles on HCM and 19 HCM clinical presentations, and their intersections were found. Shared molecular mechanisms of HCM and its clinical presentations were represented as networks; the most important elements in the intersections’ networks were found, centrality scores for each element of each network calculated, networks with reduced level of noise generated, and cooperatively working elements detected in each intersection network. The identified shared molecular mechanisms represent possible mechanisms underlying different HCM clinical presentations. Applied methodology produced results consistent with the information in the scientific literature.

scholarly journals Applications of Silver Nanoparticles in Dentistry: Advances and Technological Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 2485
Author(s):  
Clara Couto Fernandez ◽  
Ana Rita Sokolonski ◽  
Maísa Santos Fonseca ◽  
Danijela Stanisic ◽  
Danilo Barral Araújo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
International Patent Classification ◽  
Patent Classification ◽  
International Patent ◽  
Promising Area ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Prevention Of Infections

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been successfully applied in several areas due to their significant antimicrobial activity against several microorganisms. In dentistry, AgNP can be applied in disinfection, prophylaxis, and prevention of infections in the oral cavity. In this work, the use of silver nanoparticles in dentistry and associated technological innovations was analyzed. The scientific literature was searched using PubMed and Scopus databases with descriptors related to the use of silver nanoparticles in dentistry, resulting in 90 open-access articles. The search for patents was restricted to the A61K code (International Patent Classification), using the same descriptors, resulting in 206 patents. The results found were ordered by dental specialties and demonstrated the incorporation of AgNPs in different areas of dentistry. In this context, the search for patents reaffirmed the growth of this technology and the dominance of the USA pharmaceutical industry over AgNPs product development. It could be concluded that nanotechnology is a promising area in dentistry with several applications.

scholarly journals Review: Peluang Pengembangan Imbuhan Pakan Fitogenik Sebagai Pengganti Antibiotika dalam Ransum Ayam Pedaging di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Cecep Hidayat ◽  
Rahman Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Broiler Chicken ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Growth Promoter ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Third ◽  
Feed Industry ◽  
Broiler Diet ◽  
Main Support

ABSTRAK                                                            Seiring dengan telah dilarangnya penggunaan antibiotic growth promotor (AGP) dalam pakan oleh pemerintah Indonesia, maka pencarian pengganti AGP mejadi penting saat ini. Imbuhan pakan fitogenik menjadi salah satu pengganti AGP potensial. Makalah ini ditulis untuk mengungkap peluang pengembangan imbuhan pakan fitogenik sebagai pengganti AGP dalam ransum ayam pedaging di Indonesia. Metode penulisan makalah dilakukan dengan beberapa tahapan. Tahapan pertama, tahap persiapan, dilakukan dengan mengumpulkan dan membaca jurnal, makalah prosiding, buku yang diperoleh dari hasil dari pencarian  pada internet. Dilanjutkan dengan memilih dan menentukan jurnal hasil penelitian, makalah ilmiah pada prosiding, buku terkait dengan topik yang sudah ditentukan. Tahapan ke dua, penyusunan outline makalah yang akan ditulis, dimana pada tahapan ini untuk menentukan skema berfikir penulis terkait dengan topik yang akan di bahas. Tahapan ke tiga, mengembangkan kerangka makalah dengan menggunakan literatur ilmiah, teori, hasil penelitian yang sudah diperoleh. Tahapan ke empat, pemeriksaan terhadap isi makalah yang sudah ditulis, baik secara substansi maupun redaksional. Berdasarkan studi pustaka yang dilakukan disimpulkan bahwa imbuhan pakan fitogenik dari berbagai jenis tanaman potensial digunakan sebagai pengganti AGP dalam pakan ayam pedaging. Kebutuhan akan daging ayam nasional yang semakin tinggi setiap tahunnya, menjadi peluang betapa besarnya pasar akan kebutuhan pengganti AGP di Indonesia. Sinergisme antara lembaga penelitian-perguruan tinggi dengan pelaku industri pakan dan imbuhan pakan menjadi penopang utama dalam pengembangan imbuhan pakan fitogenik di Indonesia.Kata Kunci: imbuhan pakan fitogenik, ayam pedagingABSTRACTKeywords: pytogenic feed additive, broiler chicken The use of antibiotic growth promoter (AGP) in feed has been banned by the Indonesian government. Therefore, the search for alternative AGP continues to be carried out. The addition of phytogenic is one of the potential alternatives because it has the same ability as AGP. This paper was written to reveal the opportunities for developing phytogenic feed additives as a substitute for antibiotics in broiler diet in Indonesia. The method of writing this paper was done in several stages. The first stage, the preparation, is done by searching and reading journals, proceedings, books obtained from the internet. The second method is the preparation of the outline of the paper to be written, to determine the author's thinking scheme related to the topic to be discussed. The third method is developing a framework of thought by using scientific literature obtained and read before. Fourth method is examination of the contents of papers that have been written, both substantially and editorially. Based on the literature study, it was concluded that the phytogenic feed additives from various types of plants should be considered as a substitute for AGP in broiler diet.  The need for national chicken meat which is getting higher every year becomes an opportunity for how big the market will be for AGP's replacement in Indonesia. Synergism between university-research institutions and feed industry is the main support in developing phytogenic feed additives in Indonesia.Keywords: pytogenic feed additive, broiler chicken

scholarly journals Who’s writing Open Access (OA) articles? Characteristics of OA authors at Ph.D. granting institutions in the USA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Olejniczak ◽  
Molly J. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Federal Research ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Prestigious Institution ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Article Processing Charges

The open access (OA) publication movement aims to present research literature to the public at no cost and with no restrictions. While the democratization of access to scholarly literature is a primary focus of the movement, it remains unclear whether OA has uniformly democratized the corpus of freely available research, or whether authors who choose to publish in OA venues represent a particular subset of scholars - those with access to resources enabling them to afford article processing charges (APCs). We investigated the number of OA articles with article processing charges (APC OA) authored by 182,320 scholars with known demographic and institutional characteristics at American research universities across 11 broad fields of study. Results show, in general, that the likelihood for a scholar to author an APC OA article increases with male gender, employment at a prestigious institution (AAU member universities), association with a STEM discipline, greater federal research funding, and more advanced career stage (i.e., higher professorial rank). Participation in APC OA publishing appears to be skewed toward scholars with greater access to resources and job security.

scholarly journals Assessing the impact of widespread respirator use in curtailing COVID-19 transmission in the USA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 210699
Author(s):  
Calistus N. Ngonghala ◽  
James R. Knitter ◽  
Lucas Marinacci ◽  
Matthew H. Bonds ◽  
Abba B. Gumel
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Models ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Natural Immunity ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Respiratory Protection ◽  
The Third ◽  
Surgical Masks ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Baseline Levels ◽  
The Impact

Dynamic models are used to assess the impact of three types of face masks (cloth masks, surgical/procedure masks and respirators) in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. We showed that the pandemic would have failed to establish in the USA if a nationwide mask mandate, based on using respirators with moderately high compliance, had been implemented during the first two months of the pandemic. The other mask types would fail to prevent the pandemic from becoming established. When mask usage compliance is low to moderate, respirators are far more effective in reducing disease burden. Using data from the third wave, we showed that the epidemic could be eliminated in the USA if at least 40% of the population consistently wore respirators in public. Surgical masks can also lead to elimination, but requires compliance of at least 55%. Daily COVID-19 mortality could be eliminated in the USA by June or July 2021 if 95% of the population opted for either respirators or surgical masks from the beginning of the third wave. We showed that the prospect of effective control or elimination of the pandemic using mask-based strategy is greatly enhanced if combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) that significantly reduce the baseline community transmission. By slightly modifying the model to include the effect of a vaccine against COVID-19 and waning vaccine-derived and natural immunity, this study shows that the waning of such immunity could trigger multiple new waves of the pandemic in the USA. The number, severity and duration of the projected waves depend on the quality of mask type used and the level of increase in the baseline levels of other NPIs used in the community during the onset of the third wave of the pandemic in the USA. Specifically, no severe fourth or subsequent wave of the pandemic will be recorded in the USA if surgical masks or respirators are used, particularly if the mask use strategy is combined with an increase in the baseline levels of other NPIs. This study further emphasizes the role of human behaviour towards masking on COVID-19 burden, and highlights the urgent need to maintain a healthy stockpile of highly effective respiratory protection, particularly respirators, to be made available to the general public in times of future outbreaks or pandemics of respiratory diseases that inflict severe public health and socio-economic burden on the population.

scholarly journals Article processing charges for open access publication—the situation for research intensive universities in the USA and Canada

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2264 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Solomon ◽  
Bo-Christer Björk
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Western European ◽  
Article Processing Charges ◽  
The Cost

Background.Open access (OA) publishing via article processing charges (APCs) is growing as an alternative to subscription publishing. The Pay It Forward (PIF) Project is exploring the feasibility of transitioning from paying subscriptions to funding APCs for faculty at research intensive universities. Estimating of the cost of APCs for the journals authors at research intensive universities tend to publish is essential for the PIF project and similar initiatives. This paper presents our research into this question.Methods.We identified APC prices for publications by authors at the 4 research intensive United States (US) and Canadian universities involved in the study. We also obtained APC payment records from several Western European universities and funding agencies. Both data sets were merged with Web of Science (WoS) metadata. We calculated the average APCs for articles and proceedings in 13 discipline categories published by researchers at research intensive universities. We also identified 41 journals published by traditionally subscription publishers which have recently converted to APC funded OA and recorded the APCs they charge.Results.We identified 7,629 payment records from the 4 European APC payment databases and 14,356 OA articles authored by PIF partner university faculty for which we had listed APC prices. APCs for full OA journals published by PIF authors averaged 1,775 USD; full OA journal APCs paid by Western European funders averaged 1,865 USD; hybrid APCs paid by Western European funders averaged 2,887 USD. The APC for converted journals published by major subscription publishers averaged 1,825 USD. APC funded OA is concentrated in the life and basic sciences. APCs funded articles in the social sciences and humanities are often multidisciplinary and published in journals such as PLOS ONE that largely publish in the life sciences.Conclusions.Full OA journal APCs average a little under 2,000 USD while hybrid articles average about 3,000 USD for publications by researchers at research intensive universities. There is a lack of information on discipline differences in APCs due to the concentration of APC funded publications in a few fields and the multidisciplinary nature of research.

scholarly journals SUCCESSFUL AGEING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUNG ADULTS IN POLAND

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 421
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kozerska
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
The Third

On the basis of the theoretical and empirical analyses published in the scientific literature, it can be stated that the concept of successful ageing presented in educational discourses is understood differently by authors and it is focused primarily on three issues related to 1/ spirituality, 2/ well-being, 3/ a sense of community. The article discusses research results aimed at comparing ways of understanding successful ageing in the scientific literature with ways of defining this term by young adults in Poland. The survey participants are pedagogy students. The article attempts to answer the following questions: 1/ How do young adults in Poland understand the concept of successful ageing?, 2/ To what extent do the ways of understanding this concept, which have been distinguished based on the analysis of empirical data, coincide with a typology created based on a review literature. Data analysis (cluster analysis) enables to distinguish two types of successful ageing understood as a link between transcendence and generativity. The third type consists of elements of Rowe and Kahn model which are supplemented with good family relations.

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