Italic title Persica print ISSN 0079 0893 , online ISSN 1783 1687 is an annual multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary Peer review peer reviewed academic journal published by Peeters Publishers. It is the official journal of the Genootschap Nederland Iran Dutch Iranian Society . The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Index Islamicus . Articles are published in English, French, or German. External links Official 1 http poj.peeters leuven.be content.php?url journal&journal code PERS journal stub Category Area studies journals Category Annual journals Category Multilingual journals Category Publications with year of establishment missing ... more details
Infobox journal title South African Journal of Science cover discipline Multidisciplinarity Multidisciplinary language abbreviation S. Afr. J. Sci. editor Michael Cherry publisher OpenJournals Publishing on behalf of the Academy of Science of South Africa country South Africa history 1903 present frequency Monthly impact 0.506 impact year 2009 openaccess Yes license Creative Commons licenses Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License website http www.sajs.co.za index.php SAJS link1 http www.sajs.co.za index.php sajs issue current link1 name Online access link2 http www.sajs.co.za index.php sajs issue archive link2 name Online archive ISSN 0038 2353 eISSN 1996 7489 JSTOR OCLC 3639666 LCCN CODEN SAJSAR The South African Journal of Science is a Peer review peer reviewed Multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary academic journal and the official publication of the Academy of Science of South Africa . It covers research in any field of interest to more than one discipline and with a regional focus on Africa. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 0.506. ref name WoS cite web url http isiwebofknowledge.com title Web of Science year 2011 accessdate 2011 05 19 ref References Reflist External links Official http www.sajs.co.za index.php SAJS Commons category Images from South African Journal of Science Category Multidisciplinary academic journals Category Publications established in 1903 Category Monthly journals Category Open access journals Category English language journals ... more details
Infobox Journal titel Theory and Decision cover File Theory and Decision.jpg discipline Economics , Decision theory Decision Science multidisciplinary publisher Springer Science Business Media Springer frequency Quarterly history 1970 present website http www.springer.com economics economic theory journal 11238 ISSN 0040 5833 Theory and Decision is a peer review ed Multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary journal of Decision theory decision science published quarterly by Springer Science Business Media . It was first published in 1970. The current editor in chief is Mohammed Abdellaoui economist Mohammed Abdellaoui . The journal publishes research in fields such as economics , game theory , management science , and artificial intelligence . ref http www.springer.com economics economic theory journal 11238?detailsPage editorialBoard ref References Reflist External links http www.springer.com economics economic theory journal 11238 Website DEFAULTSORT Theory and Decision Category Economics journals Category Publications established in 1970 Category Springer academic journals Category Logic journals de Theory and Decision et Theory and Decision socialscience journal stub ... more details
Infobox journal abbreviation Port. J. Soc. Sci. editor Lu sa Oliveira discipline Social sciences publisher ISCTE Lisbon University Institute country Portugal frequency Biannually history 2002 present website http pjss.iscte.pt index.php pjss ISSN 1476 413X The Portuguese Journal of Social Science is a Multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary English language Peer review peer reviewed academic journal published twice each year by ISCTE Lisbon University Institute . It covers research by Portuguese scholars or which concerns Portugal or is being conducted as part of a project involving Portuguese institutions and organisations. Preference is given to the publication of original work, although the journal also occasionally publishes exceptional work that has previously been published in languages other than English. External links Official http pjss.iscte.pt index.php pjss Categories Category Area studies journals Category Publications established in 2002 Category English language journals Category Biannual journals Category 2002 establishments in Portugal ... more details
Orphan date October 2011 Italic title Iran and the Caucasus print ISSN 1609 8498 , online ISSN 1573 384X is a biannual multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary Peer review peer reviewed academic journal published by Brill Publishers in collaboration with the Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies Yerevan . The journal covers the history ancient, mediaeval and modern , culture, anthropology, literature textology , folklore, linguistics, archaeology, politics, and economy of the region. Articles are published in English, French and German. It was established in 1997 by Garnik Asatrian, the head of the Center. ref http www.iranicaonline.org articles iran and the caucasus Victoria Arakelova, Iran and the Caucasus in Encyclopaedia Iranica ref The editor in chief is Garnik S. Asatrian Yerevan . Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences . References reflist colwidth 30em External links Official website http www.brill.nl ic Category Area studies journals Category Publications established in 1997 Category Multilingual journals Category Brill Publishers academic journals Category Biannual journals journal stub ... more details
The Centre for Research in Innovation Management CENTRIM , at University of Brighton , is a Multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary research group that originated in the 1980s. ref http www.brighton.ac.uk centrim about history History CENTRIM ref CENTRIM offers a Postgraduate education postgraduate student program, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and a range of product and services. In 2003 CENTRIM and Science and Technology Policy Research moved to the purpose built Freeman Centre on on University of Sussex campus. More recently CENTRIM has been joined at Freeman Centre by members of the Economic and Social Engagement department at University of Brighton . In August 2010, as part of University wide improvements to organisation of faculties, CENTRIM joined forces with Brighton Business School . An eventual move to new accommodation is under discussion but for the foreseeable future, CENTRIM will remain at Freeman Centre. List of staff past and present Bob Sang , former Visiting Fellow ref http centrim.mis.brighton.ac.uk news sang memorial ref References Reflist External links http www.brighton.ac.uk centrim CENTRIM http www.brighton.ac.uk bbs Brighton Business School http www.brighton.ac.uk University of Brighton http www.freeman centre.ac.uk Freeman Centre Category University of Brighton Category University of Sussex Category Educational institutions established in 1987 ... more details
Infobox journal cover File JPGM Cover.jpg discipline Medicine website http www.jpgmonline.com publisher Medknow Publications country India frequency Quarterly open access Yes abbreviation J. Postgrad. Med. history 1955 present ISSN 0022 3859 The Journal of Postgraduate Medicine is a multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary quarterly bio medical journal . The journal is the official publication of the Staff Society of KEM Hospital Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital , Mumbai , India. The journal is indexed and abstracted in Index Medicus , Current Contents , Science Citation Index , EMBASE , CAB Direct database CAB Abstracts , and AMED. The journal was established in 1955 with N.M. Purandare as its first editor in chief . It is published Open access publishing open access . External links Official http www.jpgmonline.com http www.jpgmonline.com article.asp?issn 0022 3859 year 2004 volume 50 issue 3 spage 164 epage 166 aulast Gogtay History of the journal http www.jpgmonline.com article.asp?issn 0022 3859 year 2004 volume 50 issue 4 spage 243 epage 246 aulast Bavdekar The journal s Golden Jubilee Celebration Category Open access journals Category Quarterly journals Category English language journals Category Medknow Publications academic journals Category Publications established in 1955 Category General medical journals ... more details
Italic title Unreferenced date March 2011 Notability date March 2011 Food and Bioprocess Technology An International Journal is a peer reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science Business Media . It is available in print and online. The editor in chief is Da Wen Sun University College Dublin . Scope Food and Bioprocess Technology is a multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary journal aiming to provide original papers in the engineering and science of all types of food processing technologies. The journal also publishes critical reviews, short communications, Letter to the editor letters to the editor and book review s. Selected topics include Postharvest technologies Agri food processing technologies Physical and chemical properties of agri food Preservation and storage Packaging Processing equipment Waste treatment and management External links Official website http www.springer.com 11947 http www.ucd.ie news apr07 040407 journal.html UCD professor appointed editor in chief of new international journal Science journal stub Category Food and cookery journals Category Springer academic journals fr Food and Bioprocess Technology zh ... more details
orphan date April 2010 italictitle Infobox Journal cover image ACScover.jpg 140px discipline multidisciplinary abbreviation Adv. Complex Syst. editor Frank Schweitzer publisher World Scientific country Singapore history 1998 present website http www.worldscinet.com acs acs.shtml ISSN 0219 5259 eISSN 1793 6802 RSS http www.worldscinet.com acs acs.rss Advances in Complex Systems ACS is a Peer review peer reviewed journal published quarterly by World Scientific providing a multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary perspective to the study of complex systems . The journal was founded in 1997 and aims to promote cross fertilization of ideas among all the scientific disciplines having to deal with their own complex systems . ref http www.worldscinet.com acs mkt aims scope.shtml ACS Aims and Scope ref Papers in ACS are divided into five sections, each managed by a separate editor Physics and Mathematics Computer Sciences Biological Systems Social and Economic Systems and Traffic and Environmental Systems. Abstractingand indexing The journal is indexed in Mathematical Reviews , CSA Human Population and the Environment Abstracts, CSA Risk Abstracts, Zentralblatt MATH , Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Expanded , CompuMath Citation Index, Current Contents Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences, ISI Alerting Services, and Inspec . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Advances In Complex Systems Category Publications established in 1998 Category English language journals Category World Scientific academic journals Category Quarterly journals Category Multidisciplinary scientific journals sv Advances in Complex Systems ... more details
Italic title Infobox journal title Cancer Letters cover File Cancer Letters.gif editor M. Schwab discipline oncology peer reviewed abbreviation Cancer Lett. publisher Elsevier country frequency 28 year history 1975 present openaccess license impact 4.864 impact year 2010 website http www.elsevier.com wps find journaldescription.cws home 506050 description link1 http www.sciencedirect.com science journal 03043835 link1 name Online access link2 link2 name JSTOR OCLC 1874893 LCCN 77640685 CODEN CALEDQ ISSN 0304 3835 eISSN 1872 7980 Cancer Letters is a peer review peer reviewed medical journal established in 1975 that focusses on the rapid publication of original research on multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary aspects of cancer . The editor in chief is M. Schwab . Abstracting and indexing Cancer Letters is abstracted and indexed in BIOSIS Previews BIOSIS , Chemical Abstracts Service Chemical Abstracts , Current Contents Life Sciences, EMBASE , MEDLINE , Oncology Information Service , PASCAL database PASCAL and FRANCIS database FRANCIS , and Scopus . Category Oncology journals Category Publications established in 1975 Category Elsevier academic journals Category English language journals fr Cancer Letters ... more details
Infobox journal title Ageing Research Reviews abbreviation Ageing Res. Rev. cover File Ageing Research Reviews.gif editor M.P. Mattson frequency Quarterly discipline Ageing history 2002 present website http www.elsevier.com wps find journaldescription.cws home 621649 description description link1 http www.sciencedirect.com science journal 15681637 link1 name Online access country publisher Elsevier impact 5.622 impact year 2009 LCCN 2002243184 ISSN 1568 1637 eISSN 1872 9649 OCLC 49560020 Ageing Research Reviews is a scientific journal covering ageing published by Elsevier . The editor in chief is M.P. Mattson . Ageing Research Reviews publishes research on human life expectancy, ageing and age related disease. It is multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary , and takes reports on the broad field of ageing research with an emphasis on cellular and molecular underpinnings of manipulations that extend lifespan, such as caloric restriction, and age related diseases such as cardiovascular disease. Lifespan extension and disease prevention are also covered. Abstracting and indexing Ageing Research Reviews is abstracted and indexed in BIOSIS Previews BIOSIS , Chemical Abstracts , Current Contents Life Sciences, EMBASE , Gerontological Abstracts , MEDLINE , PubMed , PASCAL database PASCAL , FRANCIS , and Scopus . According to the Journal Citation Reports , its 2009 impact factor is 5.622. External links Official website http www.elsevier.com wps find journaldescription.cws home 621649 description description Category English language journals Category Elsevier academic journals Category Ageing journals Category Quarterly journals Category Publications established in 2002 ... more details
italictitle Infobox journal title Arctic cover editor Karen McCullough discipline Multidisciplinarity Multidisciplinary formernames abbreviation publisher Arctic Institute of North America country Canada frequency Quarterly history 1948 present openaccess license impact impact year website http arctic.ucalgary.ca publications arctic journal link1 link1 name link2 link2 name RSS atom JSTOR OCLC 1513979 LCCN CODEN ISSN 0004 0843 eISSN boxwidth Arctic is a quarterly, Peer review peer reviewed , multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary , scientific journal , published by the Arctic Institute of North America . The focus of Arctic is original research articles on all topics about or related to the northern wikt Polar polar and sub polar regions of the world. Additional published formats are book reviews, profiles of notable persons, specific geographic locations, notable northern events, commentaries, letters to the editor, and a general interest section consisting of essays and institute news. Mutltidisciplinary coverage encompasses physical sciences, social sciences, biological sciences, humanities, engineering, and technology. The journal was first published in Spring of 1948. ref name home cite web title Home page work AINA is a multi disciplinary research institute of the University of Calgary, Canada publisher Arctic Institute of North America AINA date August 2010 url http www.arctic.ucalgary.ca index.php?page arctic journal accessdate 2010 08 15 ref ref name authors cite web title Guide for authors work publisher Arctic Institute of North America AINA date August 2010 url http www.arctic.ucalgary.ca index.php?page guide for authors accessdate 2010 08 15 ref ref name archive cite web title Contents work Abstracts for back issues Volume 1 Number 1 1948 publisher Arctic Institute of North America AINA date August 2010 url http www.arctic.ucalgary.ca index.php?page arctic contents accessdate 2010 08 15 ref Abstracting and indexing Arctic is indexed in the following databases ... more details
is not antagonistic but complementary to multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity research. According to Nicolescu, transdisciplinarity is nevertheless radically distinct from multidisciplinarity ... of multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity always remains within the framework of disciplinary research. If transdisciplinarity is often confused with interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity and by the same token, we note that interdisciplinarity is often confused with multidisciplinarity this is explained ... the subject of the humanities. See also Disciplinary Interdisciplinarity Multidisciplinarity Transdisciplinary ... more details
File Environmental Toxicology4.png thumb right Overview of the interdisciplinarity of environmental toxicology Environmental toxicology , also known as entox , is a multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical biological agent agents on living organism s. ref http www.biology.sfu.ca degree graduate met ref ref http www.clemson.edu entox ref Ecotoxicology is a subdiscipline of environmental toxicology concerned with studying the harmful effects of toxicants at the population biology population and ecosystem levels. Rachel Carson is considered the mother of environmental toxicology, as she made it a distinct field within toxicology in 1962 with the publication of her book Silent Spring , which covered the effects of uncontrolled pesticide use. Societies American College of Toxicology http www.actox.org Home tabid 726 Default.aspx ACT Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry http www.setac.org SETAC Society of Toxicology http www.toxicology.org index.asp SOT Journals Environmental Health Perspectives Environmental Toxicology journal Environmental Toxicology Environmental Toxicology & Pharmacology Journal of Environmental Science and Health Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry See also Ecotoxicology Environmental chemistry Environmental science Toxicology References reflist Further reading cite book author D. A. Wright, P. Welbourn year title Environmental Toxicology publisher isbn 0 521 58151 6 cite book author W. G. Landis, M. H. Yu year title Introduction to Environmental Toxicology edition 3rd publisher isbn 1 56670 660 2 cite book author D. G. Crosby year title Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry publisher isbn 978 0195117134 cite book author W. Hughes year title Essentials of Environmental Toxicology publisher isbn 978 1560324706 cite book author S. F. Zakrzewski year title Environmental Toxicology pub ... more details
Infobox journal cover editor Lesley Anson discipline Multidisciplinary peer reviewed formernames abbreviation Nat. Commun. publisher Nature Publishing Group country United Kingdom frequency Biweekly history 2010 present openaccess license impact impact year website http www.nature.com ncomms index.html link1 http www.nature.com ncomms archive date.html link1 name Online archive link2 link2 name JSTOR OCLC 614340895 LCCN 2010243380 CODEN ISSN 2041 1723 eISSN Nature Communications is a biweekly peer review peer reviewed scientific journal published by the Nature Publishing Group since 2010. The editor in chief editor in chief is Lesley Anson. ref name archive Cite web title Journal archive work Nature Communications publisher Nature Publishing Group date November 2010 url http www.nature.com ncomms archive date 2010 04 index.html accessdate 2010 11 16 ref ref name nat scope Cite web title Aims and Scope work Nature Communications publisher Nature Publishing Group date November 2010 url http www.nature.com ncomms aims index.html accessdate 2010 11 16 ref ref name editor Cite web quote Lesley left Nature to launch Nature Communications in July 2009 title Editorial board work Nature Communications publisher Nature Publishing Group date November 2010 url http www.nature.com ncomms about eds index.html format See quote accessdate 2010 11 16 ref It is multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary in scope, with coverage that includes all topics in physics, chemistry, and biology. The online only journal is specifically designed to fill in gaps for research articles where there is no dedicated journal available in the Nature Publishing Group journals. For example coverage of this journal includes developmental biology , botany plant sciences , microbiology , ecology and evolution , paleontology palaeontology and astronomy . Cross disciplinary research such as biophysics , biological engineering bioengineering , chemical physics and environmental science, are also published. However, ... more details
The Civil Rights Project El Proyecto de CRP , originally named The Civil Rights Project , is a renowned Multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary research and policy think tank focused on issues of racial justice ref FacProfile . In January 2007 , The Civil Rights Project moved from Harvard University to the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA ref UCLAnews . Mission Its mission is to help renew the civil rights movement by Bridging the worlds of ideas and action Becoming a preeminent source of intellectual capital and Becoming a forum for building consensus within civil rights movement that movement ref TCRPMission1 . Founders It was founded by Christopher Edley, Jr. formerly of Harvard Law School , now Dean of Boalt Hall Law School at UC Berkeley and Gary Orfield formerly of Harvard Graduate School of Education , now Professor of Education at UCLA s UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Graduate School of Education and Information Studies in 1996 to provide needed intellectual capital to academics, policy makers and civil rights advocates ref TCRPMission2 . Links http www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu Official Website See Also Teaching for social justice References Instructions for adding a note NOTE Footnotes in this article use names, not numbers. Please see Wikipedia Footnote3 for details. 1 Assign your footnote a unique name, for example TheSun Dec9. 2 Add the macro ref TheSun Dec9 to the body of the article, where you want the new footnote. 3 Take note of the name of the footnote that immediately proceeds yours in the article body. 4 Add Note TheSun Dec9 to the list, immediately below the footnote you noted in step3. 5 Multiple footnotes to the same reference will not work you must insert two uniquely named footnotes. NOTE It is important to add the Footnote in the right order the order in which they are referred to in the article body in the list. Note FacProfile ... more details
The Architects & Building Branch 1949 present was formed in the wake of World War II . The UK Government decided that there was a need to centralise the construction of school buildings in order to save money and improve standards. Rationing limited materials available and meant that a programme for rebuilding schools, and building new schools for the expanding population, had to be phased, and carefully managed. Formed by the merger of the Architects Branch and the Buildings and Priority Branch of the Ministry of Education United Kingdom Ministry of Education , the department brought together both administrative personnel and professional architect s into one Multidisciplinarity multi disciplinary team . Structure The Branch began as a team of territorial architects. ref name test Saint, Andrew. Towards a Social Architecture the role of school building in post war England. New Haven, 1987 . ref and was later split into two sections the Territorial, and Development teams, headed by Stirrat Marshall Johnson, and Anthony Part respectively. The purpose of the Territorial team was to work with Local authority local authorities and private architects on the approval of school plans. Their work was often very technical, with some visits and involvement of educational advisors. The Development team investigated technical and educational matters and designed and built schools for local authorities. Effectively, the Development team were an action research body whose findings are used and applied by the Territorial architects. Their work was used for reference by the Branch and round the world, areas they investigated include buildings furniture and components, and publications. Investigations were not limited to the United Kingdom UK , visits were made to other countries including France , the Netherlands , and Germany . Activity The Branch designed and built around 30 educational buildings and schools during their period of operation. They were revolutionary in their consi ... more details
George E. Cheney is a Professor of Communication at the University of Utah , Salt Lake City , Utah . His research has involved the development of a number of new Multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary approaches to the analysis of communication . In particular he has looked at issues of identity, power, resistance, ethics, peace, and globalization . Cheney, 1983a, 1983b, 1995, 1998, 2009 Cheney & Tompkins, 1987 Cheney & Frenette, 1993 Baker & Cheney, 1994 Ganesh, Zoller, & Cheney, 2005 . Cheney s research, is distinctive in that his focus is on collective or group epistemological practices rather than the more traditional focus on the individual. Cheney s approach allows the study of collective political efforts of Resistance movement resistance movements , processes of socialization , and other communicative behaviors. And shows how they emerge through group interaction. ref http english.utah.edu ?module facultyDetails&personId 142&orgId 296 University of Utah Department of Communication George Cheney Accessed Nov 2011 ref ref name CV http english.utah.edu ?module facultyDetails&personId 142&orgId 296 University of Utah Department of Communication George Cheney Curriculum Vitae Accessed Nov 2011 ref Education Cheney to a B.A., Psychology, from Youngstown State University Ohio in 1980, an MA in Communication 1982 and Ph.D Communication from Purdue University in 1985. ref name CV http english.utah.edu ?module facultyDetails&personId 142&orgId 296 University of Utah Department of Communication George Cheney Curriculum Vitae Accessed Nov 2011 ref big Selected publications big Books Cheney, G. 1991 . Rhetoric in an organizational society Managing multiple identities. University of South Carolina Press. ref Scherer, R. P., & Cheney, G. April 01, 1992 . Review of Rhetoric in an Organizational Society Managing Multiple Identities. Sa. Sociological Analysis, 53, 1, 111 112. ref ref Gaffney, K. M. G., & Cheney, G. September 01, 1992 . Review of Rhetoric in an Organizational S ... more details
Infobox Organization name European CanCer Organisation formation 2007 1980s as FECS image ECCO cyan 3lineRGB 72.png headquarters Brussels, Belgium Brussels , Belgium membership more than 50,000 num staff 24 website ecco org.eu http www.ecco org.eu Primary sources date May 2011 The European CanCer Organisation ECCO represents the interests of over 50,000 oncology professionals and promotes the multidisciplinarity of the field. ref http www.uicc.org membership european cancer organisation ecco ref The organisation connects the European cancer community by leveraging knowledge, promoting education and building awareness. ref http www.ecco org.eu Contact Our vision and values page.aspx 521 ref ECCO also plays an important role in engaging with policymakers to promote the interests of cancer patients, research as well all other members of the oncocommunity. ref http www.ecco org.eu About Ecco What is ECCO Background page.aspx 154 ref The organisation is renowned for its prestigious biennial series of multidisciplinary congresses. Background In the early 1980s, a few European visionaries working in oncology laid the grounds of multidisciplinarity in cancer care, entailing that tackling cancer was a team effort that required a coordinated approach. It was a relatively new concept at the time, but 30 years later, multidisciplinarity is viewed as the best approach cancer treatment. ref http www.ecco org.eu About Ecco What is ECCO Background page.aspx 154 ref It was consequently decided to bring together major players in cancer research, treatment, and care in order to create awareness of patients wishes and needs, encourage progressive thinking in cancer policy, education, and training, and continue to promote European cancer research and its application through the organisation of a multidisciplinary conference called ECCO the European Conference on Clinical Oncology later renamed ECCO the European Cancer Conference . ref http www.ecco org.eu About Ecco What is ECCO Backgro ... more details
reviewed and multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary journal that provides a venue for scholars to publish ... reviewed journal that aims to publish new discoveries from the multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary ... and staff along multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary concerns such as health, education, Environmental ... studies, specifically in the Asia Pacific region. The DLSU Engineering Journal is a multidisciplinarity ... Education Journal Accreditation Service. The contents are multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary ... more details
Cleanup date February 2010 Disciplinary is a term used to describe types of knowledge, expertise, skills, people, projects, communities, problems, challenges, studies, inquiry, approaches, and research areas that are strongly associated with academic areas of study academic discipline or areas of professional practice profession . For example, the phenomenon of gravitation is strongly associated with academic discipline of physics , and so gravitation is considered to be part of the disciplinary knowledge of physics. Closely associated terms include multidisciplinary multidisciplinarity , interdisciplinary interdisciplinarity , transdisciplinary transdisciplinarity , and crossdisciplinary crossdisciplinarity . Disciplinary knowledge associated with academic disciplines and professions results in people who are known as expert or Expert specialist , as opposed to generalist who may have studied liberal arts or systems theory . Disciplinary silos create the problem of communicating with experts who speak different languages. Division of labor can lead to productivity and comparative advantage in applying production or problem solving skills , but also adds to the problem of transaction costs and the problem of communication overhead that may require that some individuals develop interactional expertise and establish Ashley Trading Zones to communicate across disciplinary silos. Disciplinary refers to knowledge associated with one academic discipline or profession. Common variations include Academic discipline Academic disciplines tend to coevolve with systems of professions . The academic disciplines and professions may be said to own knowledge and the privilege responsibility of validating authorizing new knowledge extensions in particular disciplinary areas. For example, astronomers define what is and is not a planet, and so the knowledge about the status of Pluto as a planet can change. Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinary refers to knowledge associated with more th ... more details
Thanatosensitivity describes an epistemological methodological approach into technological research and design that actively seeks to integrate the facts of mortality , dying , and death into traditional user centered design . First coined by Michael Massimi and Andrea Charise from the University of Toronto in a joint paper presented at CHI conference CHI 2009, thanatosensitivity refers to a humanistic ally grounded approach to human computer interaction HCI research and design that recognizes and engages with the conceptual and practical issues surrounding death in the creation of interactive systems. ref name ddm cite web url http www.chi2009.org altchisystem submissions submission mmassimi 0.pdf author Michael Massimi coauthors Andrea Charise year 2009 title Dying, death, and mortality Towards thanatosensitivity in HCI at Proc. CHI 2009 Extended Abstracts, 2459 2468 ref The term thanatosensitive is derived from the ancient Greek mythological personification of death, Thanatos Greek Th natos , Death , which is itself a term associated with the notion of the death drive common to twentieth century post Freudian thought. This Interdisciplinarity inter or Multidisciplinarity multi disciplinarity is crucial to thanatosensitive investigation because, unlike many areas of HCI research, studies of death and mortality are rarely amenable to laboratory study or traditional fieldwork approaches. As Massimi and Charise argue, the critical Humanism humanist aspect of thanatosensitivity effectively offers a non invasive strategy for better understanding the conceptual and practical issues surrounding death, computing, and human experience . ref name ddm Conceptual and practical applications Historically, design and research in the computer sciences has rarely considered the issues pursuant to the death of the user . However, Lindley et al note, s hifts in the field of HCI Human Computer Interaction coupled with the growing maturity of interactive technologies is leadin ... more details
Infobox Company company name Nature Publishing Group company logo Image Npg logo.png company type Private company Private foundation 1869 Nature Journal parent Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Publishers Ltd location city 4 Crinan Street, London location country United Kingdom products Nature journal Nature , Nature Biotechnology , Nature Medicine num employees 800 ref http www.nature.com npg work Work NPG , Nature Publishing Group. ref homepage http www.nature.com npg nature.com npg intl yes Nature Publishing Group NPG is an international publishing company that publishes academic journal s, online databases, and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences and clinical medicine. This includes Nature research journals and Nature Reviews journals since 2000 , and academic journals that are society owned publications. NPG also publishes Scientific American in 16 languages, a magazine intended for the general public. NPG is a division of Macmillan Publishers , which in turn is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group . NPG s flagship title is Nature journal Nature , a weekly multidisciplinarity multidisciplinary journal first published in 1869. Overview The former Nature Clinical Practice disambiguation Nature Clinical Practice series was rebranded and folded into the Nature Reviews series in April 2009. ref name pr rebrand cite press release url http www.nature.com press releases ncp rebrand.html title Nature Reviews goes clinical date 28 January 2009 publisher Nature Publishing Group accessdate 2010 06 09 ref Other NPG services include Naturejobs , containing scientific career information, tools and jobs, the pre print server Nature Precedings , Connotea a free online reference management service for scientists , Scitable a collaborative learning space for science , and Nature Network a free social networking website for scientists . NPG has offices in London , New York City , San Francisco , Seoul , Washington, D.C. , Boston , Tokyo , ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
