Pedretti, Erminia Iannini, Ana Maria Navas Nazir, Joanne
Published in
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
Science museum landscapes are shifting with the emergence of controversial exhibitions. The complex nature of controversy poses interesting questions and challenges to museum staff and visitors. Our qualitative study focuses on a subset of the potential public audience for controversial exhibitions, who we call non-visitors. Through an interpretivi...
Cybèle, Marie Cathleen
Les invasions biologiques font partie des changements globaux qui contribuent à la perte de biodiversité. Les plantes invasives peuvent aussi provoquer des pertes économiques, notamment d'importants coûts pour leur contrôle. Dans l'archipel des Mascareignes plusieurs programmes de gestion ont été mis en place pour contrôler les espèces invasives. L...
Flaminio, Silvia Le Lay, Yves-François Piégay, Hervé
Depuis les années 80, les barrages sont de plus en plus contestés en raison de leurs impacts territoriaux et environnementaux. La lutte contre ces ouvrages s'ancre souvent dans un espace précis, celui du site concerné. Mais les acteurs impliqués doivent aussi parvenir à montrer la valeur globale des enjeux. Ces controverses font circuler des représ...
Kang, Hyoung-Goo Woo, Wonseok Burton, Richard M. Mitchell, Will
Published in
Journal of Organization Design
We investigate the idea that firms’ choices of M&A evaluation methods are influenced by two socio-political factors that arise in the behavioral theory of the firm—uncertainty and controversy. In doing so, we investigate boundary conditions between arguments that expect firms to use financial analysis such as net present value as the primary tool a...
Hoarau, Anne-Gabrielle Gendre, Lara Ricard, Victor
Background: Thanks to digitalization, the current generation Y is constantly exposed to advertising and information, blurring boundaries that can lead to a “buzz”, process more and more common online due to the possibility to publicly respond. Purpose: The aim is to understand the processes leading to a possible influence o...
Zielinski, Kazimierz Nielek, Radoslaw Wierzbicki, Adam Jatowt, Adam
Controversy is a complex concept that has been attracting attention of scholars from diverse fields. In the era of Internet and social media, detecting controversy and controversial concepts by the means of automatic methods is especially important. Web searchers could be alerted when the contents they consume are controversial or when they attempt...
Jellinger, Kurt A.
Published in
Journal of Neural Transmission
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease-dementia (PDD), although sharing many clinical, neurochemical and morphological features, according to DSM-5, are two entities of major neurocognitive disorders with Lewy bodies of unknown etiology. Despite considerable clinical overlap, their diagnosis is based on an arbitrary distinction bet...
Black, Andrew
Beginning in 1959, the translation of measles vaccination from the laboratory to the clinic was a difficult journey. From the very start, the decision over whether to administer experimental measles vaccines to children in Britain had been a fraught one. At various moments, experts and officials advising both the Medical Research Council (MRC) and ...
duc, marine
La richesse du sous-sol de l'Arctique suscite de grands espoirs économiques et politiques. Au Groenland, les gouvernements successifs espèrent pouvoir mettre en place une économie de rente, qui permettrait à terme de participer au financement de l'indépendance. Paradoxalement, cet empressement pourrait aboutir à une situation proche des modes d'ext...
Lenne, Lydie
Humanicité est un nouveau quartier, né à l’initiative de l’Université Catholique de Lille qui, à travers ce projet urbain, a souhaité élargir et diversifier ses activités sanitaires et médicosociales. Il s’agit de créer un lieu empreint de mixité où sont présents tous les représentants de la société dans leur diversité y compris les personnes ayant...