scholarly journals Data, Methods and Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 2-16
Author(s):  
Ingmar Lippert ◽  
Julie Sascia Mewes
Keyword(s):  
Research Output ◽  
Boundary Object ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Ethnographic Writing ◽  
Long Time

Methods have been recognised in STS as mattering for a long time. STS ethnographies establish a boundary object with which STS scholars weave a pattern: From such ethnographic accounts we learn that knowledge is produced locally. Ethnography has over the recent decades been highlighted as a key method in STS. And that STS ethnography is specifically shaped by being often configured to consider its forms of collaboration or intervention in the field. This special issue focuses on how methods matter, specifically on how STS ethnographic collaboration and its data are translated into ethnographic writing, or performative of other reality effects. Exploring STS’s own methods-in-action brings to attention the messy landscape of method practice. Our objective in this exploration is to develop a genre of writing about method that fosters response-ability and enables the audience of research output to position themselves between the research materials and practices that were invested into the study. This special issue hopes to contribute to STS engagement with its methods by way of methodography. Methodography serves as a genre of analytic writing, that articulates specificity and scrutinises the situated practices of producing STS knowledge.

scholarly journals Volume 8 Issue 2

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Nelson ◽  
Tracy Creagh ◽  
John Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Student Persistence ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Professor Emeritus ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Vincent Tinto ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Long Time ◽  
University Professor ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
Conference Committee

This issue is our third Students, Transitions, Achievement, Retention and Success (STARS) Conference special issue held in July this year in Adelaide, Australia.   As is customary, this issue of the journal publishes the top research papers selected via a peer review process and the top Emerging Initiatives selected by the Conference Committee.    We are delighted to feature in this special  issue —Reflections on Student Persistence—prepared by Advisory Board member Professor Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, USA.  Vincent is a long-time friend and supporter of STARS and its predecessor FYHE Conferences and Journal.   In his article, Vincent explores the case for motivation to be considered as a significant aspect of the tertiary student psyche by drawing on theoretical frameworks, research and practical experiences related to the issue.

scholarly journals Labels and Realities: The Relevance of Terms like ESL and EFL in a Linguistically Complex World

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Native Language ◽  
World Englishes ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Complex World ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Expanding Circle ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Efl Students

For a long time, ELT (‘English language teaching’) scholars and practitioners have used terms like ‘ESL’ (‘English as a second language’) and ‘EFL’ (‘English as a foreign language’) unquestioningly to describe the English used by people outside the so-called ENL (‘English as a native language’) circle. For example, ELT practitioners may conveniently refer to students from places like China, Vietnam and Thailand as EFL students. Interestingly, we find counterparts of such terms in ‘World Englishes’ studies; Braj Kachru’s ‘Inner Circle English’, ‘Outer Circle English’ and ‘Expanding Circle English’ essentially refer to ENL ESL and EFL respectively. Despite the popularity of such terms in scholarly circles, the problems associated with their use have not often been explored in depth. Nevertheless, some authors have described such problems. For example, commenting on the distinction between ESL and EFL, Nayar (1997, p. 10) states, “a great deal of referential fuzziness within the two and denotative overlap between the two are making the terminological distinctions unclear, impractical, and ineffective or, worse still, in some cases inauspicious and irrelevant.” This special issue aims to further examine the use and relevance of these terms.

scholarly journals The changes of the agribusiness impact on the competitive environment of agricultural enterprises

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 449-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Bečvářová
Keyword(s):  
Market Power ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Impact

The market extension generally affects growth performance positively by allowing an expansion of markets, by increasing outside competition as well as by more rapid diffusion of new products, processes and research output between national economies. The positive effects of considerable market on productivity are indubitable. However, two other weighty phenomena of the process are necessary to investigate, effects of regulatory policy and market power exhibits. Agriculture as a sector belongs to those, where the support policies exist for a long time. Nevertheless, the last decades have witnessed considerable changes in this sector among most of developed countries and their agricultural/regulatory policies. It has been perceived, that the agriculture for 21st century cannot be separated from the other components of agri-food sector. The economic importance of the processing and finalization stages (i.e. food industry and food distribution) has increased over time. There are concerned inter-relationships between the market structures development and the crucial factors of the interconnected markets developments in the framework of production verticals of agricultural commodities. Reflecting the steadily more sophisticated supply side behaviour, solution is based upon the demand oriented approach explaining changes of the position of agriculture within the agri-food chain. Conflict of interest between the regulatory/agricultural policy and the market power of input supply and output processing firms and retail notably has increased dramatically. Economic manifestation of the increasing market power on the demand side as well as the impact of market interrelationships and change of policy regulation efficiency within commodity chains are characterised there.  The position of agriculture within the agri-food chain has changed and the influence of farmers has decreased. Success of agricultural enterprises in achieving their operational goals is still more influenced by improvements in productivity and by competitiveness of other “links” of the agri-food chain.

scholarly journals Slave Trade and Slavery in Asia—New Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Titas Chakraborty ◽  
Matthias van Rossum
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Local Character ◽  
Indonesian Archipelago ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Different Parts

Abstract Recent years have witnessed an expanding body of scholarship indicating the importance of slave trade and slavery in different parts of the Indian Ocean and Indonesian archipelago worlds. This work has not only challenged the dominant focus of slavery scholarship on the Atlantic context but has also encouraged scholars to reassess wider perspectives on Asian and global social histories. This special issue brings together contributions that explore these new horizons. Together, they take up the issue of slavery and mobility in different parts of the Indian Ocean and Indonesian archipelago worlds from a comparative perspective, dealing not only with the existence and patterns of slave trade itself but also with its social and sociopolitical implications. These articles require us to rethink some of the dominant perspectives in a historiography that for a long time has emphasized the unique and local character of “Asian” slaveries, positing dichotomies between slavery in the Atlantic and elsewhere, as well as between Western and non-Western slaveries. The contributions to this special issue challenge several of these existing dichotomies and provide new contributions to the understanding of the role and importance of slavery from a global perspective, as well as to the history of the Indian Ocean and Indonesian archipelago worlds. This introduction reflects on this collective contribution and aims to provide an outline for a relevant research agenda.

Editorial: On the 15-year anniversary of Napster - Digital music as boundary object

First Monday ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaël Nowak ◽  
Andrew Whelan
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Object ◽  
Digital Music ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Communities ◽  
Rich Variety ◽  
Music Distribution

This special issue and its range of contributions, from both emerging and established scholars with interests in digital music distribution, provides a particular and novel depth of vision, into both developments in digital music in the time since Napster, and the current issues and discussions in the field. As illustrated by the content of this issue, research is vibrant, drawn from a rich variety of disciplinary orientations, and shows especially the crucial and ongoing importance of music online, internationally and across academic communities.

scholarly journals Industrial Ecology and Innovation: At What Point Are We? Editorial for the Special Issue “Industrial Ecology and Innovation”

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Raffaella Taddeo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Industrial Ecology ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Long Time

For a long time, starting from the first industrial revolution until the second postwar period, technological progress has been aimed at increasing the technical-economic efficiency of production systems [...]

scholarly journals Effects of Socio-economic Factors on Research Over Systemic Sclerosis: an Analysis Based on Long Time Series of Bibliometric Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Guo ◽  
Zeyu Zhou ◽  
Yinhe Liang ◽  
Chuanhui Xu ◽  
Lin Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systemic Sclerosis ◽  
Rare Disease ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Causal Effects ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Abstract Background Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare detrimental disease warranting mobilization of global research efforts. Evaluating how socio-economic factors impact country research output on SSc could help to identify solutions advancing SSc research.Methods Publication production on SSc during 1969–2018 and data for structural and policy factors for WHO member countries were collected from public sources. Associations between SSc research output and country-level factors were investigated through panel regression. Difference-in-differences analysis further assessed the causal effects of rare disease legislation. Results SSc publications showed an increasing annual growth rate (−0.3% during 1969–1983 vs. 6.9% during 2000–2018), but were concentrated in high-income countries (HICs). Ten countries, nine of which were HICs, published 12 261 (77.5%) SSc publications but another 87 countries produced none. GDP, population and expenditure on research and development were positively associated with SSc publications (p<0.001). Higher health expenditure was only found to be associated with increased SSc publications in HICs (p<0.001). Rare disease legislation increased annual publication production by 62.8% (95% CI 0.390–0.867; p<0.001) averagely. In MICs, the effect was especially swift and lasting. No significant impact was found with GDP per capita, female percentage, and political indicators.Conclusions SSc research output increased over time with substantial country disparities. Effective health policies facilitating research should be expanded especially among MICs to accelerate research advancement.

scholarly journals Interview with Joe Freidhoff: A Bird's Eye View of K-12 Online Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Pourreau
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Future Needs ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Learning Journal ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Research Institute

This article showcases an interview conducted with Dr. Joe Freidhoff, Executive Director of the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, specifically for this special issue of the OLC Online Learning Journal. The perspectives provided by Dr. Freidhoff on the ever-changing field of K-12 online learning served two purposes: to introduce long-time profession-based journal readership to the field of K-12 online learning and to provide K-12 online learning scholars with perspective and direction for meeting the current and future needs of K-12 stakeholders.

scholarly journals Special Issue on “The Tight Junction and Its Proteins: More than Just a Barrier”

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
pp. 4612
Author(s):  
Susanne M. Krug ◽  
Michael Fromm
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Tight Junction ◽  
Cell Polarity ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Therapeutic Target ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cell Sheets ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Surprising Finding

For a long time, the tight junction (TJ) was known to form and regulate the paracellular barrier between epithelia and endothelial cell sheets. Starting shortly after the discovery of the proteins forming the TJ—mainly, the two families of claudins and TAMPs—several other functions have been discovered, a striking one being the surprising finding that some claudins form paracellular channels for small ions and/or water. This Special Issue covers numerous dedicated topics including pathogens affecting the TJ barrier, TJ regulation via immune cells, the TJ as a therapeutic target, TJ and cell polarity, the function of and regulation by proteins of the tricellular TJ, the TJ as a regulator of cellular processes, organ- and tissue-specific functions, TJs as sensors and reactors to environmental conditions, and last, but not least, TJ proteins and cancer. It is not surprising that due to this diversity of topics and functions, the still-young field of TJ research is growing fast. This Editorial gives an introduction to all 43 papers of the Special Issue in a structured topical order.

Editorial

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Martin Van Bruinessen
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Women And War ◽  
Long Time ◽  
War And Conflict ◽  
Role Of Women

In our coverage of Kurdish history and society, it has been our journal’s intention to pay adequate attention to the gender dimension (besides those of class, ethnicity, language, religion and political economy). We are therefore pleased to present this special issue titled Theorising women and war in Kurdistan: A feminist and critical perspective with a focus on the role of women as actors as well as victims in war and conflict. The guest editors, Nazand Begikhani, Wendelmoet Hamelink and Nerina Weiss, are long-time members of the Kurdish Studies Network (KSN) and have each previously published relevant and memorable work themselves, and for this issue they have brought together a set of remarkable papers, each of which offers a new and unusual perspective on cases of gendered violence. 

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