How to make better use of scientific knowledge for cancer prevention
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DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12858
Abstract: Cancer prevention research has produced profound scientific knowledge that has led to the development of several evidence‐based prevention strategies. But do these research outcomes lead to preventive action in real life? Many factors contribute to… read more here.
Keywords: implementation gap; prevention; cancer prevention; scientific knowledge ... See more keywords
How Uncertain is the Emergence of Knowledge Related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? An Analysis of Scientific Knowledge Diversification at Utrecht University
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DOI: 10.1002/sd.3392
Abstract: The study of synergies and trade‐offs among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has captured growing scientific interest. However, how scientific knowledge addressing multiple SDGs emerges and contributes to improving synergies and addressing trade‐offs remains unclear.… read more here.
Keywords: sustainable development; scientific knowledge; knowledge; utrecht university ... See more keywords
Scientific knowledge production and research collaboration between Australia and South Korea: patterns and dynamics based on co-authorship
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03765-2
Abstract: Australia and Korea are two middle-power countries and significant R&D centers in Asia and the Pacific region, with close economic and security partnerships. This study is the first empirical research to examine the patterns and… read more here.
Keywords: research; scientific knowledge; knowledge production; collaboration ... See more keywords
Attitudes towards scientific knowledge: social dispositions and personality traits
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-02632-0
Abstract: The present pilot study investigates the relationships between scientific ignorance and several individual attitudes, personality traits and cultural behaviors. Starting from well-established practices and standards of psychometric analysis, our work has produced a complex cross-scalar… read more here.
Keywords: attitudes towards; scientific knowledge; personality traits; knowledge social ... See more keywords
Is Support for Outlawing Pornography Linked with Ignorance or Denial of Science?
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DOI: 10.1007/s13178-020-00515-0
Abstract: Despite the lack of scientific consensus on pornography’s relationship to addiction, sexual functioning, or violence, research has nevertheless documented the increasing deployment of scientific studies to argue that pornography constitutes a “public health crisis” and… read more here.
Keywords: support outlawing; scientific knowledge; science; outlawing pornography ... See more keywords
Multiple traps of scientific knowledge transfer: Comparative case studies based on the RIU model from Vietnam, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, and Sweden
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102134
Abstract: Abstract The transfer of scientific knowledge has received great attention by scientists and policymakers especially in fields that are crucially dependent on scientific knowledge like biodiversity conservation or climate change. Although many efforts have been… read more here.
Keywords: knowledge; knowledge transfer; riu model; scientific knowledge ... See more keywords
GENETIC, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL DETERMINANTS OF KNOWLEDGE CREATION
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DOI: 10.1017/s1365100521000092
Abstract: Knowledge creation has been a pivotal ingredient of endogenous growth theory to understand differences in standards of living across countries. Yet, the identification of key drivers explaining cross-country differences in knowledge creation still remains a… read more here.
Keywords: cultural historical; knowledge creation; creation; genetic cultural ... See more keywords
The Conditional Effect of Scientific Knowledge and Gender on Support for COVID-19 Government Containment Policies in a Partisan America
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DOI: 10.1017/s1743923x20000458
Abstract: Abstract With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, many state and local governments were forced to implement necessary policies to contain transmission of the deadly virus. These policies ranged from closing… read more here.
Keywords: gender; containment policies; knowledge gender; government ... See more keywords
A Secular Bible: Contesting Scientific Knowledge Claims on How to Translate the Old Testament in Sweden, 1971–1974
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DOI: 10.1080/03468755.2025.2494573
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article investigates tensions between scientific and religious knowledge in Sweden in the 1970s. As a case study, the article surveys the work of a governmental committee, appointed by the Social Democratic Government in… read more here.
Keywords: committee; knowledge claims; scientific knowledge; knowledge ... See more keywords
The Turn in Social Investigations of Scientific Knowledge
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DOI: 10.1080/10611967.2017.1296290
Abstract: Recognizing the necessary social aspects of scientific knowledge leads to a serious shift in the analysis of science. Whereas until recently the study of scientific knowledge in terms of its social qualities began with its… read more here.
Keywords: scientific knowledge; social investigations; knowledge; science ... See more keywords
Incongruity between scientific knowledge and ordinary perceptions of nature: an ontological perspective for forest hydrology in Japan
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DOI: 10.1080/13416979.2017.1283977
Abstract: ABSTRACTThere exists a significant incongruity between scientific knowledge and ordinary perceptions concerning the relation between forest and water (e.g. droughts and floods). Traditionally, forest hydrologists interpreted this incongruity using the deficit model, i.e. this incongruity… read more here.
Keywords: hydrology; scientific knowledge; incongruity; knowledge ordinary ... See more keywords