scholarly journals UNESCO Chair of Developmental Biology: How an initiative that fostered careers in Developmental Biology impacted Brazilian science

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose G. Abreu
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Biology ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Hands On ◽  
International Laboratory ◽  
Brazilian Students ◽  
New Research ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Brazilian Science

The UNESCO Chair in Developmental Biology started in 1998, at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. This Chair was a Brazilian-French initiative led by Professor Vivaldo Moura Neto and Professor Nicole Le Douarin, one of the most inspiring Developmental Biologists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The UNESCO Chair wanted to stimulate interest in the Developmental Biology of Brazilian students and scientists by organizing annual international courses at an advanced level in Evolution and Developmental Biology. At the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the UNESCO Chair established an international laboratory for the permanent training of researchers and the development of research programs in Developmental Biology and related areas. Moreover, the program aimed at establishing an international network connecting Brazilian Universities and research centers in Latin America and Europe. The advanced hands-on courses, symposiums, and workshops promoted by this Chair inspired the careers of many young scientists. They generated new research lines of research in Developmental Biology using a variety of animal models. This review does not intend to bring up all the historical events that marked the beginning of Developmental Biology in Brazil. Instead, it will be dedicated to highlighting one specific initiative that inspired a new generation of Developmental Biologists who established important research lines and contributed to the advance of this scientific field in Brazil.

scholarly journals Aporte Teórico-Metodologico para o Estudo da Pluviosidade em Ambientes Urbanos Vulneráveis: Estudo de Caso do Clima Urbano de Duque de Caxias/RJ (Theoretical and Methodological Rain for the Study of Vulnerable in Urban Environments: a Case Study of ...)

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 476
Author(s):  
Antonio Carlos Da Silva Oscar Júnior ◽  
Ana Maria De Paiva Macedo Brandão
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Weather And Climate ◽  
New Space ◽  
New Research

Hodiernamente as ciências do tempo e do clima assumem protagonismo no meio cientifico devido às questões e polêmicas atuais acerca das mudanças climáticas. Tendo em vista esse novo espaço, esse trabalho tem como objetivo trazer uma contribuição teórico-metodologica para aqueles que desejam se debruçar sobre essas novas questões que afligem o mundo moderno. Para aprofundar as discussões deste artigo, abordaremos o caso de Duque de Caxias, localizado na Baixada Fluminense do Rio de Janeiro, usando a também como caso exemplo para explicar como as dinâmicas socioeconômicas, deixando suas marcas no território intensificam os riscos naturais e aprofundam as vulnerabilidades sociais. No aflorar dessa nova agenda de pesquisas é papel dos Geógrafos aprofundarem suas análises em prol de um ordenamento territorial, e gestão do espaço condizente com as novas necessidades da sociedade. Palavras-Chave: Clima Urbano, Mudanças Climáticas, Planejamento Urbano.  Theoretical and Methodological Rain for the Study of Vulnerable in Urban Environments: a Case Study of Urban Climate Duque de Caxias-RJ  ABSTRACT Today the sciences of weather and climate took center stage in the middle due to scientific issues and controversies about the current climate. In light of this new space, this work aims to bring a theoretical and methodological contributions for those Who wish to dwell on these new issues that plague the modern world. For further discussion of this article, we discuss the case of Duque de Caxias, located in the Baixada Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro, also using as a case example to explain how socio-economic dynamics, leaving it’s mark in the territory of natural hazards intensify and deepen the vulnerabilities social. Flourishin this new research agenda is the role of geographers deepen their analysis in favor of a use and land management consistent with the changing needs of society.  Keywords: Urban Climate, Climate Change, Runoff, Urban Management

Summary and conclusion

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Gafaranga
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Concurrent Use ◽  
Interactional Functions ◽  
New Research

Research in code-switching, undertaken against the backdrop of very negative attitudes towards the concurrent use of two or more languages within the same conversation, has traditionally been geared towards rehabilitating this form of language use. From being seen as a random phenomenon reflecting the user’s lack of competence, code-switching is currently seen as sign of an advanced level of competence in the languages involved and as serving different interactional functions. However, as a result of its success, the research tradition now faces an entirely new challenge: Where to from here? How can research in code-switching continue to be relevant and interesting now it has largely achieved its original purpose? This book has argued that, in order to overcome this challenge, the notion of bilingualism itself must be redefined. Bilingualism must be seen as consisting of diverse interactional practices and be investigated as such. This book has made the case for this new approach, outlined a methodology for investigating bilingualism as interactional practices and illustrated it by means of three case studies. This concluding chapter wraps up the argument and invites other researchers to contribute to this new research direction.

Neuroanatomy

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Fisch
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Muscle Testing ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Yield Learning ◽  
Unique Method ◽  
Learning Points

Neuroanatomy: Draw It to Know It, Second Edition teaches neuroanatomy in a purely kinaesthetic way. In using this resource, each neuroanatomical pathway and structure is learned by drawing, and through this process, memorable and reproducible schematics for the various learning points in neuroanatomy are created in a hands-on, enjoyable, and highly effective manner. In addition to this unique method, this resource also provides a remarkable repository of reference materials, including numerous anatomic and radiographic brain images, muscle-testing photographs, and illustrations from many other classic texts, which all enhance the learning experience. This new edition adds "Know-It" points to each chapter, providing high-yield learning methods that separate the essential from the advanced topics. It engages the reader in a direct manner while covering both the advanced level of detail needed as well as retaining the simplistic approach used in learning this challenging subject.

The new research centre of the Brazilian Petroleum Company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The achievements in the thermal performance of air-conditioned buildings in the tropics

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1917-1930
Author(s):  
Rafael Brandão ◽  
Mônica Pereira Marcondes ◽  
Gisele S. De Benedetto ◽  
Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves ◽  
Denise Helena Silva Duarte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Performance ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
New Research ◽  
Petroleum Company ◽  
The Tropics

Providing Hands-on Experiences in Health Care Research to Mentor New Research Scholars

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth G. McCaffrey ◽  
Linda Weglicki ◽  
Juyoung Park ◽  
Jacinto Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Research ◽  
Care Research ◽  
Hands On ◽  
New Research

Dance and Fetish: Phenomenology and Metz's Epistemological Shift

October ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 103-132
Author(s):  
Dominique Chateau ◽  
Martin Lefebvre
Keyword(s):  
Film Studies ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Film Criticism ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
The World ◽  
Specific Discipline ◽  
New Research ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Christian Metz

Christian Metz is remembered today as having almost single-handedly transformed the culture of film studies. This widely held view was summarized by one commentator, who wrote that “with Metz a new research paradigm is born, as well as a new generation of scholars. The ontological theories are followed by methodological theories.” According to another, “Metz exemplified a new kind of film theorist, one who came to the field already ‘armed’ with the analytic instruments of a specific discipline, who was unapologetically academic and unconnected to the world of film criticism.” Of course, Metz didn't just surge like a meteor on the scene of film studies. His arrival was “prepared” by the filmologie movement spear-headed in Paris by Gilbert Cohen-Séat and by two early film semiology essays published by Roland Barthes in La Revue internationale de filmologie. Yet it is Metz who is rightly remembered as the figurehead of film semiology.

A new paradigm for graduate research and training in the biomedical sciences and engineering

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Humphrey ◽  
G. L. Coté ◽  
J. R. Walton ◽  
G. A. Meininger ◽  
G. A. Laine
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Graduate Research ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The Individual ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Collaborative Efforts ◽  
And Training

98Emphasis on the individual investigator has fostered discovery for centuries, yet it is now recognized that the complexity of problems in the biomedical sciences and engineering requires collaborative efforts from individuals having diverse training and expertise. Various approaches can facilitate interdisciplinary interactions, but we submit that there is a critical need for a new educational paradigm for the way that we train biomedical engineers, life scientists, and mathematicians. We cannot continue to train graduate students in isolation within single disciplines, nor can we ask any one individual to learn all the essentials of biology, engineering, and mathematics. We must transform how students are trained and incorporate how real-world research and development are done–in diverse, interdisciplinary teams. Our fundamental vision is to create an innovative paradigm for graduate research and training that yields a new generation of biomedical engineers, life scientists, and mathematicians that is more diverse and that embraces and actively pursues a truly interdisciplinary, team-based approach to research based on a known benefit and mutual respect. In this paper, we describe our attempt to accomplish this via focused training in biomechanics, biomedical optics, mathematics, mechanobiology, and physiology. The overall approach is applicable, however, to most areas of biomedical research.

scholarly journals A Research Agenda for the Future of Ecological Economics by Emerging Scholars

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1557
Author(s):  
Kaitlin Kish ◽  
Joshua Farley
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Ecological Economics ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
New Research ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Normative Foundations

As a discipline, ecological economics is at a turning point and there is a need to develop a new research agenda for ecological economics that will contribute to the creation and adoption of new economic institutions. There are still considerable environmental issues and a new generation of scholars ready to tackle them. In this paper and Special Issue, we highlight the voices of emerging scholars in ecological economics who put social justice squarely at the center of ecological economic research. The papers in this issue remain true to the central focus of economic downscaling while calling for greater emphasis on culture and society. We acknowledge that methodological and intellectual pluralism inherently entail tensions but strive to find shared normative foundations to collectively work toward socio-ecological transformations. In this editorial, we emphasize the need for further attention to social aspects of ecological economics and evolutionary approaches to further strengthen cooperation.

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