This paper reports the results of a large scale randomized experiment that was de- signed to assess whether a short in-class intervention by an external female role model can influence students’ attitudes towards science and contribute to a significant change in their choice of field of study. The intervention consists in a one hour, one off visit ...
This article introduces the special issue on ‘Estimated Truths’ which investigates the role of estimation in knowledge-making about water and, through it, contributes to thinking place as environment in the historical geography and history of knowledge. It argues that while historical geographers and historians of science have paid much attention t...
La criminologie a aujourd’hui une actualité traversée par de nombreuses controverses, que ce soit sur son institutionnalisation, son développement dans le cadre d’un marché de la sécurité florissant, ou les emprunts qui y ont été faits lors de lois pénales assez récentes . La criminologie a été abordée sous une forme picaresque et colorée or, il y ...
L'émergence dans les médias états-uniens et français de discours questionnant la légitimité du rôle politique joué par les think tanks est en partie liée à des actions de communication stratégique illégales et immorales employées par certaines entreprises, qui fabriquent et promeuvent des discours d'une scientificité contestable pour défendre leurs...
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Science; C language; Browser application; Visualization
La crise sanitaire a engendré des réactions très positives vis-à-vis du monde hospitalier et médical, laissant entendre qu’une nouvelle ère de rationalité scientifique s’ouvrait. Néanmoins, les activités scientifiques n’ont pas bénéficié d’une valorisation sociale particulière. Celle-ci dépend toujours étroitement du niveau de populisme des enquêté...
ABSTRACT Based on a panoramic view of current debates regarding the ways of doing Applied Linguistics in Brazil, this article discusses the pertinence of the use of non-logocentric and/or non-scientific theories as reference for the description and formulation of research problems, as well as for the construction of research procedures in the field...
Published in Science and engineering ethics
In the twenty-first century, Stephen Hawking proclaimed the death of philosophy. Only science can address philosophy's perennial questions about human values. The essay first examines Nietzsche's nineteenth century view to the contrary that philosophy alone can create values. A critique of Nietzsche's contention that philosophy rather than science ...
A highly flexible, stretchable, and mechanically robust low‐cost soft composite consisting of silicone polymers and water (or hydrogels) is reported. When combined with conventional acoustic transducers, the materials reported enable high performance real‐time monitoring of heart and respiratory patterns over layers of clothing (or furry skin of an...
Teaching faculty are a potential mechanism to generate positive change in undergraduate STEM education. One such type of faculty is the Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment (L(P)SOE), a tenure-track faculty line within the University of California (UC) system. As a foundation for future studies, we sought to characterize individuals in th...
