Analysis of Japanese newspaper articles on genetic modification

The rapid spread of technologies involving the application of “Genetic Modification (GM)” raised the need for science communication on this new technology in society. To consider the communication on GM in the society, an understanding of the current mass media is required. This paper shows the whole picture of newspaper discourses on GM in Japan. For the Japanese public, newspapers represent one of the major sources of information on GM. We subjected the two Japanese newspapers with the largest circulation, the Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun, to an analysis of the full text of approximately 4000 articles on GM published over the past to perform an assessment of the change of reportage on GM. As for the most important results, our analysis shows that there are two significant shifts with respect to the major topics addressed in articles on GM by Japanese newspapers.

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Extent of opportunities in rice cultivation practices at Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh

Agricultural Science Digest - A Research Journal ◽

10.18805/ag.d-4875 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Weijimlu Tayang ◽

M. Kunjaraj Singh ◽

E. Ravi Goud

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Stepwise Regression ◽

New Technology ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Rice Cultivation ◽

Arunachal Pradesh ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Governmental Organization ◽

Mass Media Exposure ◽

The Relationship

A Study was conducted in Sunpura block, Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh with objective of studying the relationship between the selected socio-personal characteristics and extent of opportunities during rice cultivation by the rice growers with sample size of 150 respondents.The extent of opportunities in rice cultivation is any kind of benefit or facility provided to rice growers directly or indirectly by Government or Non-Governmental Organization but not the benefits from natural sources. The study revealed that 60 per cent of rice growers were fall under the medium category, 22 per cent low and 18 per cent high category, which implies that the average rice growers agree on availability of opportunities of rice cultivation. The possible reason might be that majority of farmers can read and write so they get information on new technology through mass media and also because of their high social participation. Further, Stepwise Regression analysis showed that all the selected independent variables put together explained about 54.20 percent of variation in extent of opportunities during rice cultivation among the rice growers coming from the variables like mass media exposure, sources of information and attitude towards pesticide used, were positively and significantly associated with extent of opportunities among the rice growers of Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh.

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Himalayan perceptions: Environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples

Himalayan Journal of Sciences ◽

10.3126/hjs.v2i3.224 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 17-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jack D Ives

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Environmental Change ◽

Environmental Degradation ◽

Full Text ◽

Armed Conflict ◽

Well Being ◽

Government Agencies ◽

The Past ◽

Highland Forests ◽

Development Paradigm

Preview of Himalayan perceptions: Environmental change and the well-being of mountain peoples by JD Ives Routledge, London and New York To be published in August 2004 Himalayan Perspectives returns to the enormously popular development paradigm that Ives dubbed the ‘Theory of Himalayan Degradation’. According to this seductive construct, poverty and overpopulation in the Himalayas was leading to degradation of highland forests, erosion, and downstream flooding. In the ‘Himalayan Dilemma’, Ives and Messerli exposed this “Theory” as a dangerous collection of assumptions and misrepresentations. While most scholars in the field promptly conceded Ives and Messerli’s points, the Theory has somehow survived as the guiding myth of development planners and many government agencies. In his new book, Ives returns to drive a stake through the heart of this revenant. His book not only reviews the research that, over the past 15 years, has confirmed the arguments of the ‘Himalayan Dilemma’; it also takes a close look at all those destructive factors that were overlooked by the conveniently simplistic ‘Theory of Himalayan Environmental Degradation’: government mismanagement, oppression of mountain minorities, armed conflict, and inappropriate tourism development. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 2(3): 17-19, 2004 The full text is of this article is available at the Himalayan Journal of Sciences website

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The Undergraduate Marketing Research Course: Two Decades of Change

Journal of Marketing Education ◽

10.1177/0273475320960501 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 027347532096050

Author(s):

Eileen Bridges

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Data Analytics ◽

New Technology ◽

Marketing Research ◽

Customer Data ◽

Critical Gap ◽

The Past ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Marketing Data ◽

Observational Techniques

This article looks back over the past two decades to describe how teaching of undergraduate marketing research has (or has not) changed. Sweeping changes in technology and society have certainly affected how marketing research is designed and implemented—but how has this affected teaching of this important topic? Although the purpose of marketing research is still to better understand target customer needs, the tools are different now: customer data are typically collected using technology-based interfaces in place of such instruments as mailed, telephone, or in-person surveys. Observational techniques collect more data electronically rather than requiring a human recorder. Similarly, sampling has changed: sample frames are no longer widely used. Many of these changes are not yet fully discussed in marketing research courses. On the other hand, there is increasing interest in and availability of courses and programs in marketing data analytics, which teach specialized skills related to analysis and interpretation of electronic databases. Perhaps even more importantly, new technology-based tools permit greater automation of data collection and analysis, and presentation of findings. A critical gap is identified in this article; specifically, effort is needed to better integrate the perspectives of data collection and data analysis given current research conditions.

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Barriers to identifying and obtaining CME: a national survey of physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-021-02595-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maureen O’Brien Pott ◽

Anissa S. Blanshan ◽

Kelly M. Huneke ◽

Barbara L. Baasch Thomas ◽

David A. Cook

Keyword(s):

Travel Time ◽

Nurse Practitioners ◽

Professional Associations ◽

Physician Assistants ◽

Age Group ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Online Search ◽

The Past ◽

Online Tools ◽

Source Of Information

Abstract Background CPD educators and CME providers would benefit from further insight regarding barriers and supports in obtaining CME, including sources of information about CME. To address this gap, we sought to explore challenges that clinicians encounter as they seek CME, and time and monetary support allotted for CME. Methods In August 2018, we surveyed licensed US clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants), sampling 100 respondents each of family medicine physicians, internal medicine and hospitalist physicians, medicine specialist physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants (1895 invited, 500 [26.3%] responded). The Internet-based questionnaire addressed barriers to obtaining CME, sources of CME information, and time and monetary support for CME. Results The most often-selected barriers were expense (338/500 [68%]) and travel time (N = 286 [57%]). The source of information about CME activities most commonly selected was online search (N = 348 [70%]). Direct email, professional associations, direct mail, and journals were also each selected by > 50% of respondents. Most respondents reported receiving 1–6 days (N = 301 [60%]) and $1000–$5000 (n = 263 [53%]) per year to use in CME activities. Most (> 70%) also reported no change in time or monetary support over the past 24 months. We found few significant differences in responses across clinician type or age group. In open-ended responses, respondents suggested eight ways to enhance CME: optimize location, reduce cost, publicize effectively, offer more courses and content, allow flexibility, ensure accessibility, make content clinically relevant, and encourage application. Conclusions Clinicians report that expense and travel time are the biggest barriers to CME. Time and money support is limited, and not increasing. Online search and email are the most frequently-used sources of information about CME. Those who organize and market CME should explore options that reduce barriers of time and money, and creatively use online tools to publicize new offerings.

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Studying Palestinian-Israeli Relations at the Vanderbilt Television News Archive (VTNA)

Middle East Studies Association Bulletin ◽

10.1017/s0026318400042401 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 38-40

Author(s):

Deborah L. Wheeler

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Collective Identity ◽

Television News ◽

Building Blocks ◽

Media Culture ◽

The Past ◽

Shared Identity ◽

P 16 ◽

The Creation ◽

Words And Images

For the Past Five Decades, media texts, broadcast over television air waves, have created a shared identity among viewing audiences. John B. Thompson notes that if culture is understood as “the ways in which meaningful expressions of various kinds are produced, constructed and received by individuals”, then mass media can be understood as central to the creation and maintenance of culture (pp. 122-23). The words and images that construct a media culture are the very building blocks of collective identity. As Michael Schudson observes, “news is part of the background through which and with which people think” (p. 16).

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International responses to weather modification

International Organization ◽

10.1017/s0020818300031775 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 805-826 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Edith Brown Weiss

Keyword(s):

International Cooperation ◽

New Technology ◽

International Community ◽

Weather Modification ◽

Weather System ◽

The Past ◽

Time Horizons ◽

Weather And Climate ◽

Potential Problems ◽

Do So

In the past few decades we have been improving our understanding of the weather system and exploring ways to modify it. Over sixty countries have experimented with modifying the weather. The new technology of weather and climate modification will raise important political problems which will demand new responses from the international community. Whether states will be able to establish the cooperative measures necessary to develop and manage new technology depends upon whether there are sufficient incentives to do so. This article analyzes the historical patterns of international cooperation in meteorology, and then plots against several time horizons projected developments and capabilities in weather modification technology and the potential problems emerging from using the technology. It derives a tentative picture of the responsibilities demanded, compares the likely responses with those needed, and assesses whether they will be adequate for the problems projected.

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CRISPR Genome Editing Systems in the GenusClostridium: a Timely Advancement

Journal of Bacteriology ◽

10.1128/jb.00219-19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 201 (16) ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Kathleen N. McAllister ◽

Joseph A. Sorg

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Genetic Modification ◽

Health Care Industry ◽

Wild Type ◽

Care Industry ◽

The Past ◽

Enhanced Production ◽

Significant Burden ◽

Genetic Technologies ◽

Clostridial Species

ABSTRACTThe genusClostridiumis composed of bioproducers, which are important for the industrial production of chemicals, as well as pathogens, which are a significant burden to the patients and on the health care industry. Historically, even though these bacteria are well known and are commonly studied, the genetic technologies to advance our understanding of these microbes have lagged behind other systems. New tools would continue the advancement of our understanding of clostridial physiology. The genetic modification systems available in several clostridia are not as refined as in other organisms and each exhibit their own drawbacks. With the advent of the repurposing of the CRISPR-Cas systems for genetic modification, the tools available for clostridia have improved significantly over the past four years. Several CRISPR-Cas systems such as using wild-type Cas9, Cas9n, dCas9/CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) and a newly studied Cpf1/Cas12a, are reported. These have the potential to greatly advance the study of clostridial species leading to future therapies or the enhanced production of industrially relevant compounds. Here we discuss the details of the CRISPR-Cas systems as well as the advances and current issues in the developed clostridial systems.

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Index Blending: Enabling the Development of Definitive, Discipline-Specific Resources

Information Technology and Libraries ◽

10.6017/ital.v26i2.3279 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 27

Author(s):

Sam Brooks ◽

Mark Herrick

Keyword(s):

Applied Sciences ◽

Mass Media ◽

Full Text ◽

Research Experience ◽

Specific Research ◽

Database Development ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Bibliographic Records ◽

Source Of Information

Index Blending is the process of database development whereby various components are merged and refined to create a single encompassing source of information. Once a research need is determined for a given area of study, existing resources are examined for value and possible contribution to the end product. Index Blending focuses on the quality of bibliographic records as the primary factor with the addition of full text to enhance the end user’s research experience as an added convenience. Key examples of the process of Index Blending involve the fields of communication and mass media, hospitality and tourism, as well as computers and applied sciences. When academia, vendors, subject experts, lexicographers, and other contributors are brought together through the various factors associated with Index Blending, relevant discipline-specific research may be greatly enhanced.

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