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This chapter discusses the interdisciplinarity which lies at the heart of Sustainability Science. Drawing on the historical development of the field, this chapter offers examples of enquiry from multiple research centres.
Thorén, Henrik +3 more
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Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity: Jan Cornelius Schmidt's Critical-reflexive Problem-oriented Interdisciplinarity [PDF]
Philosophers were reluctant to address interdisciplinarity during the 20th century. But things have changed in the 21st century, since a two-level relationship between philosophy and interdisciplinarity has been established: philosophy of ...
Demian Papo, Hrvoje Potlimbrzović
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Interdisciplinarity employs multiple academic fields of knowledge in order to create a comprehensive understanding of a globally relevant phenomenon, a region, or its people, and to find solutions to concrete problems. Interdisciplinarity evolved in the 20th century in response to the institutionalization and segmentation of academic research and major
Dagmar Motycka Weston
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Sociology of Interdisciplinarity [PDF]
This Open Access book builds upon Science and Technology Studies (STS) and provides a detailed examination of how large-scale energy research projects have been conceived, and with what consequences for those involved in interdisciplinary research, which
Silvast, Antti, Foulds, Chris
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Asthma and Vitamin D Deficiency: Occurrence, Immune Mechanisms, and New Perspectives
Asthma, as a chronic inflammatory condition of the airways, has a considerable prevalence among children. Vitamin D might play a role in asthma pathogenesis by affecting the development of the lung, regulating the immune responses, and remodeling of ...
Fardis Salmanpour +4 more
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Advancing sustainable development goals through interdisciplinarity in sustainable tourism research [PDF]
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) address multifaceted problems that lie at the intersection between natural and socio-economic systems.
Yogesh Dwivedi +6 more
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Introduction: In the last 40 years, Acinetobacter baumannii has been among the bacteria known to acquire multiple mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and, as a result, it is now one of the pathogens involved in healthcare-associated infections with ...
Buzilă Elena-Roxana +4 more
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Oncogenic viruses are recognized to be involved in some cancers, based on very well-established criteria of carcinogenicity. For cervical cancer and liver cancer, the responsible viruses are well-known (e.g., HPV, HBV); in the case of skin cancer, there ...
Ramona Gabriela Ursu +10 more
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Major variations in blood glucose levels in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes [PDF]
Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children and adolescents, with an increasing incidence globally. Major variations in serum glucose cause severe ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia, acute metabolic complications of the disease.
Adriana COSMESCU +5 more
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