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Reclaiming academia from post-academia [PDF]
Nature Nanotechnology, 2008 Post-academic science, driven as it is by commercialisation and market forces, is fundamentally at odds with core academic principles. Publicly-funded academics have an obligation to carry out science for the public good, a responsibility which is incompatible with the entrepreneurial ethos increasingly expected of university research by funding ...
Moriarty, Philip
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Challenges and solutions for autism in academic geosciences [PDF]
, 2020 Researcher diversity promotes research excellence. But academia is widely perceived as inaccessible to those who work in non-stereotypical ways, and disabled researchers are consequently chronically under-represented within higher education. The barriers
Johnson, Jessica H., Taylor, Nicola C.
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010 Abstract Strong forces lead to a withering of academia as it exists today. The major causal forces are the rankings mania, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of ‘university’, and inadequate organizational forms for modern research.
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Platelets promote macrophage polarization toward pro-inflammatory phenotype and increase survival of septic mice [PDF]
, 2019 We investigated the contribution of human platelets to macrophage effector properties in the presence of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), as well as the beneficial effects and time frame for platelet transfusion in septic animals.
Carestia, Agostina +9 more
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Supervision and Early Career Work Experiences of Estonian Humanities Researchers under the Conditions of Project-based Funding [PDF]
, 2014 We analyze a series of interviews with Estonian humanities researchers to explore topics related to the beginning of academic careers and the relationships with supervisors and mentors.
Eigi, Jaana +3 more
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International Journal of Tourism Cities, 2019 Purpose What ought we morally to do in a tourism academia dominated by metrics, quantification and digital codification? The purpose of this paper is to address this question by presenting the idea of “hyper academia” and exploring ethical perspectives and values related to hyper-digital cultures.
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Consequences of the Lack of IL-10 in Different Endotoxin Effects and its Relationship With Glucocorticoids [PDF]
, 2019 Sepsis constitutes one of the major causes of death in ICUs. In sepsis induced by gram-negative, although lipopolysaccharide (LPS) initially induces an exacerbated secretion of proinflammatory cytokines leading to endotoxic shock and death resembling a ...
Barrientos, Gabriela Laura +10 more
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Nucleosomes and neutrophil extracellular traps in septic and burn patients [PDF]
, 2017 NETosis is a host defense mechanism associated with inflammation and tissue damage. Experimental models show that platelets and von Willebrand factor (VWF) are key elements for intravascular NETosis. We determined NETosis in septic and burn patients at 1
Carestia, Agostina +8 more
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Women, know your limits: Cultural sexism in academia [PDF]
, 2014 Despite the considerable advances of the feminist movement across Western societies, in Universities women are less likely to be promoted, or paid as much as their male colleagues, or even get jobs in the first place.
Atakav E +27 more
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Commercial Incentives in Academia [PDF]
, 2008 This paper investigates the effects of monetary rewards from commercialisation on the pattern of research. We build a simple repeated model of a researcher capable to obtain innovative ideas.
Banal-Estanol, A., Macho-Stadler, I.
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