scholarly journals Ruminations on the role of artists in a world of science

2008 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. C06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Morris ◽  
Susannah Sayler
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
The World

In January 2006, my wife Susannah Sayler and I set out to photograph landscapes around the world that were being transformed by global warming. We called our work The Canary Project. From the beginning, as now, we had both activist aims and artistic ambitions. These two types of motivation overlap in places and in other places feel completely distinct. In general, we feel as though are carrying forward a torch that science cannot carry any further. Following are some thoughts on our role as activists and as artists and as collaborators with the scientific community.

Triage in der (Strafrechts-) Wissenschaft

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
The State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Available Resources

The COVID-19 pandemic forced physicians around the world to make tragic decisions: Whose life should be saved when it is apparent that available resources are insufficient to treat everyone? Under the heading of "triage" a broad societal debate ensued that also ignited the scientific community. This anthology unites voices from medicine, law, and philosophy for a conversation. It reveals controversies that are deeply rooted in ideas of law, morality, and the role of the individual in the state. Simultaneously, answers are being formulated to questions that have become sadly prominent in the COVID pandemic but could also valid beyond it.

scholarly journals Making Eugenics a Public Issue

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-66
Author(s):  
Heiner M. Fangerau
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Peak Level ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Racial Hygiene ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Reception Study ◽  
Human Heredity ◽  
The World

During the 1920s, the world-wide eugenics movement reached a peak level of popularity. Historians have stressed the key role of the textbook “Human Heredity and Racial Hygiene” in the popularisation of eugenic thinking in Germany. In this textbook the well known scientists Erwin Baur (1875-1933), Eugen Fischer (1874-1967) and Fritz Lenz (1887-1976) tried to combine genetics, anthropology and racial hygiene to form a “Magna Carta” of eugenics. This paper aims at quantitatively reconstructing the book’s development into a standard work. 325 contemporary reviews of the book were analysed. More than 80% of the reviewers evaluated the book positively recommending it to a variety of readers. Most of the reviewers were Medical Doctors concentrating on the eugenic aspects of the book. The reception study makes the reciprocity of eugenics as an accepted science and academics forming it into science prevalent. Explanations for the uniform reaction of the scientific community are discussed. *Key words*: reception study, interwar years, eugenics

scholarly journals New SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Pet Cat with Severe Lung Disease in Italy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolò Musso ◽  
Angelita Costantino ◽  
Sebastiano La Spina ◽  
Alessandra Finocchiaro ◽  
Francesca Andronico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Nasal Swab ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Italian Study ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
The World ◽  
Severe Lung Disease ◽  
Severe Lung

The pandemic respiratory disease COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan in December 2019 and then spread throughout the world; Italy was the most affected European country. Despite the close pet-human contact, little is known about the predisposition of pets to SARS-CoV-2. Among these, felines are the most susceptible. In this study, a domestic cat with clear symptoms of pneumonia, confirmed by Rx imaging, was found to be infected by SARS-CoV-2 using quantitative RT–qPCR from a nasal swab. This is the first Italian study reporting on the request of the scientific community to focus attention on the possible role of pets as a SARS-CoV-2 reservoir. An important question remains unanswered: did the cat die from SARS-CoV-2 infection?

scholarly journals The role of knowledge intensive business services in economic development: a bibliometric analysis from Bradford, Lotka and Zipf laws

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronnie Figueiredo ◽  
Osvaldo Quelhas ◽  
Júlio Vieira Neto ◽  
João J. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Business Management ◽  
International Scientific Community ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Knowledge Intensive Business Services ◽  
The World ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

Abstract The international scientific community considers Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) as one of the main themes related to innovation and economic development. This article presents a review based on Scopus and ISI Web of Knowledge databases, on the KIBS topic in the world, considering the period 2000-2017. The study aimed to understand the role of KIBS in regional development, and they were considered in their roles as innovations’ attributes and resources, methodologies and tools for innovation management, transfer, knowledge diffusion and networks. They concentrate in the areas of business, management and economics, developing approaches to seek innovation, competitiveness and economic development.

scholarly journals Preprinting the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Fraser ◽  
Liam Brierley ◽  
Gautam Dey ◽  
Jessica K Polka ◽  
Máté Pálfy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Events ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe world continues to face an ongoing viral pandemic that presents a serious threat to human health. The virus underlying the COVID-19 disease, SARS-CoV-2, caused over 29 million confirmed cases and 925,000 deaths since January 2020. Although the last pandemic occurred only a decade ago, the way science operates and responds to current events has experienced a paradigm shift in the interim. The scientific community responded rapidly to the COVID-19 pandemic, releasing over 16,000 COVID-19 scientific articles within 4 months of the first confirmed case, of which 6,753 were hosted by preprint servers. Focussing on bioRxiv and medRxiv, two growing preprint servers for biomedical research, we investigated the attributes of COVID-19 preprints, their access and usage rates and characteristics of sharing across online platforms. Our results highlight the unprecedented role of preprint servers in the dissemination of COVID-19 science, and the impact of the pandemic on the scientific communication landscape.

scholarly journals Present and prospective role of the oceans and ice cover in the world climate

2019 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 00004
Author(s):  
Peter Wadham
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
The World ◽  
Polar Oceans

In this article I will focus on the role of the ice-covered oceans, particularly the Arctic, because global warming affects the Arctic more than any other part of the world, and the decline in ice extent which this induces has serious feedback effects upon the enire global climate, including that of the non-polar oceans.

scholarly journals New SARS-CoV-2 Infection Detected in an Italian Pet Cat by RT-qPCR from Deep Pharyngeal Swab

Pathogens ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 746
Author(s):  
Nicolò Musso ◽  
Angelita Costantino ◽  
Sebastiano La Spina ◽  
Alessandra Finocchiaro ◽  
Francesca Andronico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Nasal Swab ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
Viral Reservoir ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Pharyngeal Swab ◽  
Human Contact ◽  
The World

The pandemic respiratory disease COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in Wuhan in December 2019 and then spread throughout the world; Italy was the most affected European country. Despite close pet–human contact, little is known about the predisposition of pets to SARS-CoV-2. Among these, felines are the most susceptible. In this study, a domestic cat with clear clinical signs of pneumonia, confirmed by Rx imaging, was found to be infected by SARS-CoV-2 using quantitative RT–qPCR from a nasal swab. This is the first Italian study responding to the request of the scientific community to focus attention on the possible role of pets as a viral reservoir. An important question remains unanswered: did the cat actually die due to SARS-CoV-2 infection?

scholarly journals Diet Supplementation, Probiotics, and Nutraceuticals in SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Scoping Review

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Infusino ◽  
Massimiliano Marazzato ◽  
Massimo Mancone ◽  
Francesco Fedele ◽  
Claudio Maria Mastroianni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Respiratory Viruses ◽  
Endothelial Damage ◽  
Specific Data ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Effective Product ◽  
Diet Supplementation

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Sars-CoV-2) global pandemic is a devastating event that is causing thousands of victims every day around the world. One of the main reasons of the great impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on society is its unexpected spread, which has not allowed an adequate preparation. The scientific community is fighting against time for the production of a vaccine, but it is difficult to place a safe and effective product on the market as fast as the virus is spreading. Similarly, for drugs that can directly interfere with viral pathways, their production times are long, despite the great efforts made. For these reasons, we analyzed the possible role of non-pharmacological substances such as supplements, probiotics, and nutraceuticals in reducing the risk of Sars-CoV-2 infection or mitigating the symptoms of COVID-19. These substances could have numerous advantages in the current circumstances, are generally easily available, and have negligible side effects if administered at the already used and tested dosages. Large scientific evidence supports the benefits that some bacterial and molecular products may exert on the immune response to respiratory viruses. These could also have a regulatory role in systemic inflammation or endothelial damage, which are two crucial aspects of COVID-19. However, there are no specific data available, and rigorous clinical trials should be conducted to confirm the putative benefits of diet supplementation, probiotics, and nutraceuticals in the current pandemic.

scholarly journals Geoeconomic Uses of Global Warming: The “Green” Technological Revolution and the Role of the Semi-Periphery

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Hurtado ◽  
Pablo Souza
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Green Growth ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Technology Revolution

While some semi-peripheral countries have seen renewable energies as an opportunity to build their industrial and technological capacities, core countries and global governance organizations have been promoting “green growth.” Since the 2008 global financial crisis, global warming has been used as a catalyst for big business. As the global economy may be entering the first stage of a “green” technology revolution, neo-Schumpeterian economists have regained visibility. We intend to show how, as a consequence of the lack of a world-systemic perspective, crucial inconsistencies arise in neo-Schumpeterian contributions that weaken their conceptualization of the role of non-core economies in technological change. We examine the case of the tortuous trajectory of wind energy in Argentina to show the specific organizational, institutional, and macroeconomic constraints faced by a semi-peripheral economy as it attempts to develop its own technological and industrial capacities. The neo-Schumpeterian view of the “green industrial revolution” must be understood as valid only for the core-economy subsystem, which seems to require as well polarization of the world-system through what we call “semi-peripheral neoliberalism,” a peripheralizing force upon the semi-periphery necessary in order to rejuvenate core economies.

scholarly journals Scientific education, society and TV

Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco-José Martínez-Ruiz ◽  
María-Mercedes Bautista-Arnedo ◽  
José-Ramón del-Pino-Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Active Participation ◽  
Educational Community ◽  
Education Society ◽  
Scientific Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

The advances in the world of sciences contributes to the progress of mankind. It’s really important to take into account the role of TV as a way of expanding and interpreting the information to make society aware of it and to imply an active participation. But mass media do not only have informative values but they are also formative. In this way of disseminating the information there are three factors to consider: scientific community, educational community and, concretely in this work, TV. El avance de la Ciencia contribuye al progreso de la humanidad. Para que la sociedad, sea consciente y participe de ella, es importante tener en cuenta el papel que juega la televisión como fenómeno de expansión e interpretación de la información. Pero los medios de comunicación no tienen sólo un valor informativo, sino también formativo. En este camino de difusión los intermediarios son tres: la comunidad científica, la comunidad educativa y los medios informativos, en concreto en esta comunicación, la televisión. La comunidad científica tiene la responsabilidad de conocer aquellas preocupaciones y actitudes de su entorno social relevantes para el desarrollo de su actividad. Asimismo, debe aprovechar todas la oportunidades para transmitir a la sociedad en qué forma incorpora a su trabajo y a sus decisiones esas preocupaciones, preferencias y demandas del público. La comunidad educativa juega un papel importante en el desarrollo del conocimiento científico, y también en el desarrollo de hábitos, incluso televisivos. La escuela no sólo tiene la responsabilidad de aportar conocimientos, sino también de fomentar en los alumnos la capacidad de análisis y evaluación crítica del desarrollo científico y técnico. Entre los medios de comunicación, la televisión se ha convertido en una pieza fundamental para las transmitir el conocimiento científico al público, y puede contribuir a la alfabetización científica de la población. Por ello, es esencial que la televisión dedique más atención y espacios a programas de divulgación científica, sin caer en la confusión e imprecisión fruto del desconocimiento de la ciencia.

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