scholarly journals Ginger: Panacea or Consumer’s Hype?

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Santos Braga
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Pharmaceutical Ingredients ◽  
Current State ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
Ginger Powder ◽  
The Common ◽  
Universal Health

Ginger in its many forms, from juices of the fresh rhizome, to ginger powder and ginger essential oil, is growing in popularity for claimed universal health benefits. Nevertheless, and contrarily to the common notion of the public, ginger is not devoid of side effects, especially interactions with other drugs, and many of the claimed benefits remain to be substantiated. This work presents a comprehensive revision of the current state of the art on ginger pharmacokinetics and bioavailability, interaction with active pharmaceutical ingredients, raising awareness of the risks of uncontrolled ginger consumption. A second section of the work described the verified actions of various extracts of ginger, or of their main active ingredients, gingerols, based mainly on data obtained from controlled clinical trials. Finally, the last section is devoted to innovative technological solutions to improve the bioavailability of gingerols and ginger extracts that are expected to ultimately lead to the development of more consumer-compliant products.

scholarly journals Striving for State of the Art with Paradigm Interplay and Meta-Synthesis: Purpose-oriented Network Research Challenges and Good Research Practices as a Way Forward

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin H Lemaire ◽  
Remco S Mannak ◽  
Sonia M Ospina ◽  
Martijn Groenleer
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Current State ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Network Research ◽  
Good Research

Abstract With the growing amount and increasing heterogeneity of research on purpose-oriented networks (PONs) in the public sector, it is imperative to find a way to synthesize this research. Drawing on the varied research perspectives on PONs, we advance the idea of paradigm interplay and meta-synthesis as aspirations for the field and argue this is especially key if we want the study of PONs to inform practice. However, we recognize several challenges in the current state of the PON research that prevent the field from making strides in paradigm interplay and meta-synthesis. We discuss six challenges which we consider the most critical: different labels, differences across research foci, variation in measurement, the nestedness of networks, the dynamism of networks, and variation in the network context. We suggest six good research practices that could contribute to overcoming the challenges now so as to make integration of the research field more of a possibility in the future.

scholarly journals Ruptured space and spatial estrangement: (Un)making of public space in Kathmandu

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (12) ◽  
pp. 2780-2800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urmi Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common ◽  
The City

Public space is increasingly recognised to be central to spatial discourse of cities. A city’s urbanism is displayed in public spaces, representing a myriad of complex socio-cultural, economic and democratic practices of everyday life. In cities of the Global South, especially those with nascent democracies, different values attached to a space by various actors – both material and symbolic – frame the contestation, making the physical space a normative instrument for contestation. Tundikhel, once believed to be the largest open space in Asia, is an important part of Kathmandu’s urbanism, which has witnessed two civil wars popularly known as Jana Andolans, and the subsequent political upheavals, to emerge as the symbolic meeting point of the city, democracy, and its people. The paper argues that the confluence of the three modalities of power – institutionalisation, militarisation and informalisation – has underpinned its historical transformation, resulting in what I call ‘urban rupturing’: a process of (un)making of public space, through physical and symbolic fragmentation and spatial estrangement. The paper contends that unlike the common notion that public spaces such as Tundikhel are quintessentially public, hypocrisy is inherent to the ‘publicness’ agenda of the state and the institutional machinery in Kathmandu. It is an urban condition that not only maligns the public space agenda but also creeps into other spheres of urban development.

scholarly journals Bhartṛhari and Wittgenstein on Grammar: A Few Observations

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Rohana Seneviratne
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Ludwig Wittgenstein ◽  
Early Age ◽  
The Public ◽  
Common Notion ◽  
The Common

Irrespective of spatiotemporal limitations of the world's intellectual history, discussions on the language have attracted considerable attention of philosophers, linguists, and even the public. The topics of such discussions have also included the meaning, nature or function/s, and necessity of grammar while diverse arguments have been raised both in support and against even its ontic presence. Among the philosophers from all ages who attempted to analyze the foundation of those arguments, i.e. the common notion that grammar is prescriptive and fruit of pedagogical instructions, Bhartṛhari(c. 450 - 510 C.E.) stands significant because of the richness and legitimacy of his arguments at such an early age of history. More than a millennium later, Ludwig Wittgenstein as a highly influential philosopher from the last century shows some relationship with Bhartrhari in (re)confirming that our common construal of grammar cannot be valid because of its non-prescriptive nature. While attempting to examine the ways in which Bhartṛhari and Wittgenstein have interpreted grammar, this paper succinctly investigates each philosopher approaches towards the language in use.

scholarly journals Defining Smart Glasses: A Rapid Review of State-of-the-Art Perspectives and Future Challenges From a Social Sciences’ Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niek Zuidhof ◽  
Somaya Ben Allouch ◽  
Oscar Peters ◽  
Peter-Paul Verbeek
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Design Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Smart Glasses ◽  
Current State ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractOver recent decades smart glasses have gained increased attention in both the research arena and recently also in the consumer market, even though there is not yet a clear definition of what exactly smart glasses entail and underexposed perspectives are not represented. This study used a rapid review to assess the current understanding of smart glasses with the aim of defining them. Searches were performed across six databases, followed-up by a content-based evaluation of title and abstract. A total set of 14 relevant publications was identified to help arrive at a definition and characteristics of smart glasses. As a result, it was observed in both the research literature and in the public domain that many different names are used for smart glasses, and that in some cases there is unclarity about what constitute smart glasses. Therefore, an adapted definition of smart glasses is developed based on the existing original rationale of ubiquitous computing and taking the current state-of-the-art knowledge into account. This article provides an overview of and suggestion for defining smart glasses from a social sciences’ perspective to better inform researchers, developers, designers and companies who are involved in the design, development, research of smart glasses.

Autohaemotherapy after Treatment of Blood with Ozone. A Reappraisal

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Bocci
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Mechanisms Of Action ◽  
Viral Diseases ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trials ◽  
Current State ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Circulatory Disorders

Autohaemotherapy, involving bland treatment ex vivo of blood with ozone and prompt reinfusion into the donor, is a procedure mainly performed in central Europe, which is claimed to have therapeutic value in circulatory disorders, viral diseases and cancer. This practice is mostly performed in private clinics, and good clinical trials have not been published, which has understandably given rise to prejudice and scepticism. By analysing possible mechanisms of action and current hypotheses, this report attempts to explain how this procedure can be useful in such disparate diseases. The current state of the art is presented objectively, the lack of toxicity is documented, and the rationale and therapeutic advantages are discussed, with the aim of eliciting interest in carrying out controlled clinical trials.

scholarly journals From the public nature of art to the nature of public art: Considerations on the changing spaces and modes of exhibiting

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-200
Author(s):  
Zoltán Somhegyi
Keyword(s):  
Public Art ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Public Nature ◽  
Innovative Approaches

In this paper I am offering some reflections on the intertwined relationship between works of art and their audience by looking at the changing spaces and ways of exhibiting. While art pieces had often been and still are "public", their status and definition have changed throughout the centuries. After historical considerations I quote some contemporary examples of innovative approaches to the interpretation of the publicness of art. These show new modes of acquiring audience, of re-interpreting the connection between artwork and its public and of reviewing the current state of the art infrastructure and its institutions.

scholarly journals Gastrointestinal Diseases in Primary Immunodeficiencies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Malesza ◽  
Ida Malesza ◽  
Iwona Krela-Kaźmierczak ◽  
Aleksandra Zielińska ◽  
Eliana B. Souto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Immunoglobulin A ◽  
Gastrointestinal Diseases ◽  
Primary Immunodeficiencies ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Current State ◽  
Immune Mediated ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Variable

In recent years, the incidence of immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorders, including celiac disease (CeD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is increasingly growing worldwide. It is well established that primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) exhibit gastrointestinal manifestations and mimic other diseases, including CeD and IBD. The most common PIDs in adults are the selective immunoglobulin A deficiency (SIgAD) and the common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). However, some differences concerning diagnostics and management between enteropathy/colitis in PIDs, as compared to idiopathic forms of CeD/IBD, have been described. There is an ongoing discussion whether CeD and IBD in CVID patients should be considered a true CeD and IBD or just CeD-like and IBD-like diseases. This review addresses the current state of the art of the most common primary immunodeficiencies in adults and co-occurring CeD and IBD.

scholarly journals State of the Art of Automated Buses

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaagup Ainsalu ◽  
Ville Arffman ◽  
Mauro Bellone ◽  
Maximilian Ellner ◽  
Taina Haapamäki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Baltic Sea Region ◽  
The Baltic ◽  
The Impact

Urban transportation in the next few decades will shift worldwide towards electrification and automation, with the final aim of increasing energy efficiency and safety for passengers. Such a big change requires strong collaboration and efforts among public administration, research and stakeholders in developing, testing and promoting these technologies in the public transportation. Working in this direction, in the present work the impact of the introduction of driverless electric minibuses, for the first and last mile transportation, in the public service is studied. More specifically, this paper covers a state of the art in terms of technological background for automation, energy efficiency via electrification, and the current state of the legal framework in Europe with focus on the Baltic Sea Region.

scholarly journals Climatic niches in phylogenetic comparative studies: a review of challenges and approaches

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Budic ◽  
Carsten Dormann
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Model Fitting ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Environmental Preferences ◽  
Evolutionary Pattern ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Common ◽  
Broad Overview

Studying the evolution of climatic niches through time in a phylogenetic comparative framework combines species distribution modeling with phylogenies. Phylogenetic comparative studies aid the understanding of the evolution of species' environmental preferences by revealing the underlying evolutionary processes and causes, detecting the differences among groups of species or relative to evolutionary pattern of other phenotypic traits, but also act as a yardstick to gauge the adaptational potential under climate change. Because several alternatives exist on how to compute and represent the climatic niche, we here review and discuss the current state of the art and propose a best practice to use in comparative studies. Moreover we outline the common evolutionary models and available model-fitting methods and describe the procedure for ancestral niche reconstruction with the intention to give a broad overview and highlight the most advanced approaches for optimal niche-related comparative studies.

scholarly journals Epigenetics in the public sphere: interdisciplinary perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Dubois ◽  
Séverine Louvel ◽  
Anne Le Goff ◽  
Catherine Guaspare ◽  
Patrick Allard
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Scientific Culture ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Representation ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Knowledge Claims

Abstract Despite the high public interest in epigenetics, few scholars have empirically investigated the forms, reasons and consequences of the public circulation of epigenetics. Using an original database focusing on ‘lifestyle’ or ‘everyday’ epigenetics, this article aims to promote an open-minded and interdisciplinary dialogue between the public appropriation of epigenetics and the current scientific state of the art. It raises three main questions: Are there any specific modes of circulation of epigenetics in the general public? Why does epigenetics seem so appealing to the public? Within the public repertoire of epigenetics, is it possible to identify some specific knowledge claims and, if so, given the current state of the art, what is their degree of accuracy? The article argues that the social diffusion of epigenetics frequently carries on beliefs and misconceptions about genetics and epigenetics. The social life of epigenetics fuels a collective ‘illusion’ of control and empowerment on the basis of which new markets expand. More unexpectedly, this article underlines the emergence of a new scientific culture, i.e. the ‘scientifization’ of the cultural appropriation of epigenetics. Our analysis can inform the scientific community about the current and evolving state of the public representation of epigenetics and help it frame outreach activities.

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