The next 25 years: vertebrate physiology and biochemistry

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 794-796
Author(s):  
David Randall
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
General Biology ◽  
Physiology And Biochemistry ◽  
The Future ◽  
Multidisciplinary Group ◽  
Freedom Of Action

Predicting the future accurately is at best difficult: general trends are often self-evident, specific predictions are often wrong. In the next 25 years in vertebrate physiology and biochemistry I anticipate an increase in the importance of multidisciplinary group approaches, with such groups working on problems of a broad integrative nature. I think that physiology and biochemistry will play a larger role in contributing answers to many of the controversial issues in general biology, for example, enlarging the functional base for evolutionary theory. I think that the administration of science in general is becoming more rigid and research directives more centralized, resulting in less freedom of action for individual scientists in Canada. Vertebrate physiology and biochemistry, however, continue to be very active and will continue to be so over the next 25 years.

The Behavioral Immune System and Attitudes About Vaccines

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russ Clay
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Immune System ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Disgust Sensitivity ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Behavioral Immune System ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sources Of Contamination

The present research utilized evolutionary theory to examine the relation between the behavioral immune system (i.e., disgust sensitivity) and attitudes about vaccines. The findings from the studies suggest that higher levels of dispositional disgust sensitivity is predictive of more negative attitudes toward vaccines. These findings are consistent with several recent publications and thus have broad implications for public health research associated with vaccines. In Study 1, participants reporting higher dispositional disgust sensitivity (specifically, contamination disgust) tended to report more negative attitudes about vaccines. Study 2 replicated this result in a nonstudent sample using additional measures of disgust sensitivity more closely associated with aversion to perceived sources of contamination. Study 2 also revealed that beliefs about the likelihood of contracting illness in the future were unrelated to vaccine attitudes. Implications for the observed relation between intuitive aversion to contamination and vaccine attitudes are discussed.

Predicting the future: Lessons from evolutionary theory

1999 ◽  
Vol 62 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bowonder ◽  
T. Miyake ◽  
B. Muralidharan
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals Investing in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Carlos Jacob Perera ◽  
Roberto Borges Kerr ◽  
Herbert Kimura ◽  
Fabiano Guasti Lima
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Clean Development Mechanism ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
The Future ◽  
Comprehensive Manner ◽  
Development Mechanism

The discussion about Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects has its roots in global warming and its consequences. CDM projects enable developed countries to offset the pollution generated by the acquisition of Certified Emission Reductions (CER), concerning the reduction of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions in developing countries. The article discusses the CDM in a comprehensive manner, based on the opinion of experts, and investigates the future of this market from 2012, the post-Kyoto period. The main results show that the CDM follows the principles of Sustainable Development, focusing on the climate changes and the profitability of projects. It shows that Brazil has real possibilities to act in the CER market which is expected to consolidate in the post-Kyoto. Controversial issues as the future of post-Kyoto, nuclear power and especially the conservation of forests, through the generation of CER, remain undefined.

Incomplete Information, Expectation, and Subsequent Decisionmaking

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
A de Palma
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Incomplete Information ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Simple Mathematical Model ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Sources Of Uncertainty ◽  
Expectation Model ◽  
The Future ◽  
Freedom Of Action

Attention is drawn to situations in which the behaviour of individuals in a society does not result from well-known given laws or rules, but from the decisions and expectations of each individual. From this perspective, an unequal distribution of information will allow each individual to cope with his own sources of uncertainty which determine his freedom of action. Each individual will act according to the perception of a situation and his expectation of the future development of that situation. At the same time, each individual is informed by the decisions of other individuals: this may change the level of information about the situation and the expectation model used. By means of a simple mathematical model a simplified case will be described in which two individuals have to take a decision which will be a function of each individual's expectation. Some unexpected results will be presented and commented upon.

Hands-On Laboratory Simulation of Evolution

2014 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri J. Hildebrand ◽  
Fredric R. Govedich ◽  
Bonnie A. Bain
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Natural Selection ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Laboratory Simulation ◽  
Class Discussion ◽  
General Biology ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Student Comprehension ◽  
Hands On

Evolutionary theory is the foundation of the biological sciences, yet conveying it to General Biology students often presents a challenge, especially at larger institutions where student numbers in foundation courses can exceed several hundred per lecture section. We present a pedagogically sound exercise that utilizes a series of simple and inexpensive simulations to convey the concept of evolution through mutation and natural selection. Questions after each simulation expand student comprehension; a class discussion encourages advanced thinking on mutation and speciation. A final paper requires students to synthesize their learning by summarizing selected papers on these topics. A grading rubric for the papers is included.

scholarly journals On Some Controversial Issues In The Field Of Speech Culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (10) ◽  
pp. 133-139
Author(s):  
Islamov Utkurjon Hosiljonovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Literary Language ◽  
Maximum Function ◽  
The Future

The article describes issues related to speech culture and the author analyzes the researches and views of scientists-researchers on the interpretation on the problem. The field of speech culture should always be developed in accordance with its maximum function as a process of educating cultural speech of the whole nation. This should be the great ideal of the field of speech culture. It is possible to talk about such an ideal today, but its realization, that is, the desire of all members of society to master the literary language and speak correctly and fluently, culturally and expressively in another language, can come true in the future.

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