scholarly journals Psychology of Religion in the World

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Raymond Paloutzian
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
General Psychology ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Religious Behaviors ◽  
The World

The psychology of religion used to be a small and little known field. Although a few pockets of work in the area were done when Psychology began, it was functionally nonexistent for 1/3 of psychology’s history, and received little attention for most of the rest of it. However, in the past 20 years the field has become vast in scope.  It now intersects all subfields of general psychology. Also, the psychology of religion no longer exists only in Western countries.  It is now an international field with research being conducted worldwide. This article summarizes this trend and documents psychology of religion in the world and in Brazil as a part of it. The need for a multilevel interdisciplinary approach to research and theory is highlighted, as a way to synthesize knowledge of religiousness cross-culturally and trans-religiously. Future research should invoke a meaningmaking model in order to examine not merely observable religious behaviors, beliefs, or experiences, but their underlying roots, i.e., their meanings and attributions made about them. Such research can help us eliminate barriers between disciplines, cultures, religions, and nations.

Costituzione e religione

2009 ◽  
pp. 5-46
Author(s):  
Silvio Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
The State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Legislation And Jurisprudence ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Religious Background ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
The World

- An examination of a country's Constitution offers useful pointers for understanding how the state in question conceives and regulates its relationship with religion. In this essay, the author analyses the constitutions of all the countries of the world, considering three groups of enactments: the ones that concern a constitution's inspiring ideals and principles, the ones that deal with the sources of law and, lastly, the ones that regulate the relationships between the state and religions. An examination of this material paints a picture of the position accorded to religion in each country's legal system and above all highlights the differences attributed to the cultural and religious background that inspires them: in particular, the differences between the Western countries with a Christian tradition and the Arabian countries with an Islamic tradition, but also the differences found, within the Islamic world itself, between Arabian and non-Arabian countries. While recognising that any comparison between constitutions needs to be completed by an analysis of other sources of legislation and jurisprudence, this article indicates several directions for future research to develop on this work.

scholarly journals Air quality changes and Grey relational analysis of pollutants exceeding standards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junhong Ji ◽  
Runqi Chang
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Grey Relational Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quality Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Relational Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Grey Relational

Abstract The COVID-19 has spread widely around the world, and the air quality during that period has changed significantly. On the contrary, air quality also can affect the development of the pandemic. Therefore, it is pretty necessary to study air quality changes during the pandemic. This paper achieves this goal by applying the Over-standard multiples method and Grey relational analysis to study the individual and overall change trends of pollutants in Wuhan during the same period in the past seven years. The result shows that the concentrations of SO2 and O3 increased affected by the pandemic but still meet the standard. However, the pandemic promoted a decrease in PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 concentrations, but it had just reached the standard or even exceeded the standard. This article discussed the feasibility of using Grey relational analysis to analyze pollutants exceeding the standard from an overall perspective and provided new ideas for future research.

scholarly journals Posing the million dollar question: What happens after graduation?

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison J. Head
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
And Training ◽  
Literacy Research

This paper reflects on the increase of information literacy research about the workplace and lifelong learning during the past 10 years. Librarians have long held that lifelong learning is the goal of information literacy instruction and training, but until the last decade, there has been a paucity of research about the information-seeking behaviour of students after they graduate. The origins and drivers of this shift in the research agenda are examined, drawing on US research studies by Project Information Literacy (PIL), and related research from around the world. Key takeaways from this body of work are discussed in addition to the implications findings have for academic librarians teaching and working with university students. Directions for future research are identified and discussed.

Beyond the Big Five: Extinctions as Experiments in the History of Life

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 249-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowan Lockwood
Keyword(s):  
Mass Extinction ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Natural Experiments ◽  
Evolutionary Patterns ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
History Of ◽  
Extinction Events

The past century has witnessed a number of significant breakthroughs in the study of extinction in the fossil record, from the discovery of a bolide impact as the probable cause of the end-Cretaceous (K/T) mass extinction to the designation of the “Big 5” mass extinction events. Here, I summarize the major themes that have emerged from the past thirty years of extinction research and highlight a number of promising directions for future research. These directions explore a central theme—the evolutionary consequences of extinction— and focus on three broad research areas: the effects of selectivity, the importance of recovery intervals, and the influence of spatial patterns. Examples of topics explored include the role that trait variation plays in survivorship, the comparative effects of extinctions of varying magnitudes on evolutionary patterns, the re-establishment of macroevolutionary patterns in the aftermath of extinction, and the extent to which spatial autocorrelation affects extinction patterns. These topics can be approached by viewing extinctions as repeated natural experiments in the history of life and developing hypotheses to explicitly test across multiple events. Exploring the effects of extinction also requires an interdisciplinary approach, applying evolutionary, ecological, geochronological, geochemical, tectonic, and paleoclimatic tools to both extinction and recovery intervals.

What is religious fundamentalism? A literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-338
Author(s):  
Russell Earl Phillips ◽  
Michael Kitchens
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Religious Fundamentalism ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
World Today ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Relevant Topic

Religious fundamentalism (RF) is a relevant topic in the world today. Over the past two decades there is an increase in definitions, theories, and measures of RF in the social sciences. The present publication reviews and integrates this information into an overarching definition and provides suggestions for future research.

Women Entrepreneurs: A Research Overview

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candida G. Brush
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Despite the proliferation of research, the population of women entrepreneurs is vastly understudied. This is surprising considering women are one of the fastest rising populations of entrepreneurs, and contribute significantly to innovation, job creation, and economies around the world. Why are women entrepreneurs comparatively understudied? What have we learned about women entrepreneurs in the past few decades? What are the future research directions? This article addresses these questions. It begins with a brief overview on the extent of research on women's entrepreneurship and considers reasons why they are under-studied. The article also explores empirical findings in terms of similarities and differences between men and women entrepreneurs, then it concludes with suggestions for future research.

Suicide Bereavement and Postvention in Major Suicidology Journals

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 338-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Andriessen
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
The World ◽  
Suicide Bereavement ◽  
Life Threatening

Background: Since the seminal publications of Shneidman (1969) and Cain (1972), suicide bereavement and postvention have attracted increasing research interest. Aims: To examine the topics of suicide bereavement and postvention in the core international suicidology journals, since their inception until mid-2013, in order to reveal the number of postvention articles throughout the years, their geographic distribution, and the topics of suicide bereavement and postvention that have been published. Method: The online databases of four journals (Crisis, The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention; Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior [SLTB]; Archives of Suicide Research; and Suicidology Online) as well as the tables of content of all issues were searched. The number of articles and the countries of origin were quantified, and articles were categorized according to their content. Results: The search identified 144 postvention articles, published during the past 40 years, almost exclusively in two journals (Crisis and SLTB). The majority of articles were (co-)authored by authors from Anglo-Saxon, Western countries. Articles were categorized in three groups: characteristics of suicide bereavement (n = 73), postvention programs (n = 66), and definition/theory and epidemiology of survivors (n = 5). Conclusion: Articles on suicide bereavement and postvention have been published mostly in two suicidology journals, albeit in modest numbers, and from a limited number of mostly Western countries. Our understanding of suicide bereavement and the provision of survivor support might benefit from the development of consensual definitions and from studies in other parts of the world.

Update on Iron Chelators in Thalassemia

Hematology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (1) ◽  
pp. 451-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellis J. Neufeld
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Thalassemia Major ◽  
The United States ◽  
Iron Chelators ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Compassionate Use ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Specific Patient ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

Abstract Over the past four decades, there have been dramatic improvements in survival for patients with thalassemia major due in large measure to improved iron chelators. Two chelators are approved for use in the United States and Canada, parenteral deferoxamine and oral deferasirox. Three are available in much of the rest of the world, where oral deferiprone is also approved (in the United States, deferiprone is only available in studies, for emergency use, or on a “compassionate-use” basis). Many trials and worldwide clinical experience demonstrate that each of the three drugs can chelate and remove iron, and thereby prevent or improve transfusional hemosiderosis in thalassemia patients. However, the chelators differ strikingly in side-effect profile, cost, tolerability and ease of adherence, and (to some degree) efficacy for any specific patient. The entire field of chelator clinical trials suffers from the fact that each drug (as monotherapy or in combination) has not been tested directly against all of the other possibilities. Acknowledging the challenges of assessing chelators with diverse properties and imperfect comparative data, the purpose of this review is to summarize the last 4 years of studies that have improved our understanding of the applications and limitations of iron chelators in various settings for thalassemia patients, and to point out areas for much-needed future research.

scholarly journals Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Insights from Poincaré, Waddington, and Lamarck

Biomolecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1490
Author(s):  
Prakash Kulkarni
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Disordered Proteins ◽  
Phenotypic Switching ◽  
Cambrian Explosion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evolutionary Transitions ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Intrinsically Disordered ◽  
The Past

The past quarter-century may justly be referred to as a period analogous to the “Cambrian explosion” in the history of proteins. This period is marked by the appearance of the intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) on the scene since their discovery in the mid-1990s. Here, I first reflect on how we accidentally stumbled on these fascinating molecules. Next, I describe our research on the IDPs over the past decade and identify six areas as important for future research in this field. In addition, I draw on discoveries others in the field have made to present a more comprehensive essay. More specifically, I discuss the role of IDPs in two fundamental aspects of life: in phenotypic switching, and in multicellularity that marks one of the major evolutionary transitions. I highlight how serendipity, imagination, and an interdisciplinary approach embodying empirical evidence and theoretical insights from the works of Poincaré, Waddington, and Lamarck, shaped our thinking, and how this led us to propose the MRK hypothesis, a conceptual framework addressing phenotypic switching, the emergence of new traits, and adaptive evolution via nongenetic and IDP conformation-based mechanisms. Finally, I present a perspective on the evolutionary link between phenotypic switching and the origin of multicellularity.

Educating Evaluators 1976–2017: An Expanded Analysis of University-Based Evaluation Education Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. LaVelle
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Programs ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Advanced Degrees ◽  
Master's Degrees ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Dramatic Growth

2015 was designated the International Year of Evaluation, suggesting that evaluation has an important role to play in service of positive global ideals. It is vital to recognize the critical role that the education of evaluators plays in these efforts. The current study uses an online search and curricular analysis to provide a snapshot of evaluation education in late 2017 as well as a retrospective analysis of advanced degrees in evaluation offered at universities across time. The results indicate a period of dramatic growth in the number of certificates and master’s degrees being offered at universities across the world over the decades, with a minor decrease in doctoral programs in the past 5 years. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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