Un projet européen pour l'histoire de la chimie sous l'égide de l'European Science Foundation (1992-1997) / A European project on the history of chemistry under the auspices of the European Science Foundation (1992-1997)

- The history of the initiative of the European Science Foundation (Esf) to create a European Reference Index for the Humanities (Erih), intended to replace peer review by metrics, is reconstructed, with an analysis of the multiple limitations, distortions and negative consequences, that are apparent in the initial list, rendered public on the web in 2007. This followed by three case studies, of this followed by accounts of the highly negative responses to the initiative of the research communities and funding bodies in Germany, France and England.Key words: Ranking, History journals, Erih, Humanities, Peer Review.Parole chiave: Ranking, riviste di storia, Erih, Scienze umane, Peer Review.

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Philosophy in Belarus: Historical Specificity – Modern Trends – National Context

Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences ◽

10.30727/0235-1188-2020-63-10-7-24 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 63 (10) ◽

pp. 7-24

Author(s):

Anatoly A. Lazarevich

Keyword(s):

Professional Education ◽

National Language ◽

Educational Activity ◽

National Context ◽

History Of Thought ◽

Philosophical Foundations ◽

European Science ◽

History Of ◽

Historical Specificity ◽

Cognitive Orientations

The article considers the formation and development of philosophy in Belarus in the context of historical conditions and modern opportunities. Discussing the national context of the philosophical process, the author reveals the four aspects of the phenomenon of “national philosophy.” Firstly, there are national institutional and disciplinary structures, which are responsible for an organized scientific, methodological, research and educational activity, which at the level of the nation-state is formalized by certain institutions, system of professional education, norms of professional ethos, standards of behavior within the community and in the wider social environment. Secondly, in the light of philosophical culture, national philosophy is interpreted as a set of value and cognitive orientations passed down from generation to generation. Thirdly, national philosophy can be viewed in the aspect of the tradition of studying the philosophical thought of the nation in the context of its historical development. Fourthly, national philosophy appears in the aspect of the philosophical foundations of the national idea and national-cultural identity. The author examines the main stages of the development of the Belarusian philosophical culture, it is shown that the features of this culture were formed under the condition of a complex combination of the worldview and values of Latin civilization, Christianity, modern European science, rationalism of social projects of the Enlightenment, ideological and worldview attitudes of Western Russian culture, formalized Soviet philosophical disciplines. The article reviews the circle of theoretical, ideological, and practical problems that the modern philosophical process in Belarus faces, the author emphasizes the unfading value of philosophical knowledge as a source of heuristic means for finding effective local answers to global problems of cultural and civilizational development. The author argues that there are two conditions that make national philosophy possible: this is, first of all, a connection with the history of thought in the area of national genesis and also the expression of thought in a national language.

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Nanobiotics: Challenging the anti-microbial perspective - The game changer?

International Journal of Bioassays ◽

10.21746/ijbio.2017.6.10.2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (10) ◽

pp. 5518 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Deepak Narang ◽

Jeevan Singh Tityal ◽

Amit Jain ◽

Reena Kulshreshtra ◽

Fatima Khan

Keyword(s):

Bacterial Resistance ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Drug Resistant ◽

European Science Foundation ◽

Resistance Development ◽

Bacterial Diseases ◽

European Science ◽

Tremendous Impact ◽

New Strategies ◽

Game Changer

Antibiotics are the most important medical inventions in human history and are the invaluable weapons to fight against various infectious diseases. Multi drug resistant microorganisms are becoming a serious issue and increasingly public health problem in present day scenario. Antibiotics are becoming less useful due to increasing bacterial resistance. Development of new and more powerful antibiotics leading to drastic pathogens response by developing resistance to the point where the most powerful drugs in our arsenal are no longer effective against them. New strategies for the management of bacterial diseases are urgently needed and nanomaterials can be a very promising approach. Nanobiotics uses nano-sized tools for the successful management bacterial diseases and to gain increased understanding of the complex underlying patho-physiology of disease. (European Science Foundation. Forward Look Nanomedicine: An EMRC Consensus Opinion 2005. Available online: http://www.esf.org (accessed on 15 July 2017). The application of nanotechnologies to medicine, or nanomedicine, which has already demonstrated its tremendous impact on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, is rapidly becoming a major driving force behind ongoing changes in the antimicrobial field. Present review providing important insights on nanobiotics, and their preparation, mechanism of action, as well as perspectives on the opportunities and challenges in nanobiotics.

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On the nature of chemistry

Educación Química ◽

10.22201/fq.18708404e.1999.2.66488 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eric R. Scerri

Keyword(s):

19Th Century ◽

The Other ◽

Recent History ◽

History Of Chemistry ◽

History Of ◽

The One ◽

Fundamental Unity ◽

The 19Th Century

<span>The very nature of chemistry presents us with a tension. A tension between the exhilaration of diversity of substances and forms on the one hand and the safety of fundamental unity on the other. Even just the recent history of chemistry has been al1 about this tension, from the debates about Prout's hypothesis as to whether there is a primary matter in the 19th century to the more recent speculations as to whether computers will enable us to virtually dispense with experimental chemistry.</span>

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