Interrelationships Of Concepts Research Articles

Empathy: a case study in the historical epistemology of psychiatry.

The hybrid constitution of psychiatry carries important implications for understanding the discipline and the legitimacy of its research approaches. One implication concerns the central role of concepts in forming the knowledge base of psychiatry. Because of this, it is vital to explore the structures and interrelationships of concepts through their historical constitution. Using this approach to compare concepts of empathy as articulated by R Vischer, T Lipps and E Stein shows that, despite overlap, the concepts vary in structure, in meaning and in the aspect of reality they capture. This suggests that the concept of empathy carries an unstable ontology and epistemology. In turn, this carries implications for the concept itself, for psychiatry and for research approaches in this field.

Concept Maps as Assessments of Expertise: Understanding of the Complexity and Interrelationships of Concepts in Science

Concept maps were created as one of six measures to identify exceptionally talented students during the Cultivating Diverse Talent in STEM (CDTIS) project, with the goal of identifying and nurturing talents in students from groups traditionally underrepresented in special programs. New methods were compared with conventional methods to select students for an internship in the laboratories of scientists. In this article, we describe development, field testing, and implementation of the concept map assessments in life and physical science. Assessments were field tested in partner schools with high percentages of American Indian (97% to 100%) and Hispanic (83%) low-income students. Students were selected by considering their performance on all six assessments and were placed in internships along with students selected using conventional methods. Concept maps were successful: (a) students from partner schools demonstrated high levels of domain-relevant skills; (b) scores approximated a normal distribution; (c) scores of students from culturally diverse, low-income groups were very similar to the scores of students selected using conventional methods even though many of conventionally identified students had high grade point averages and came from schools in high-income areas with many educational opportunities. Students completed original research and presented posters to the university community and their local communities. Concept maps can be used alone or in combination with other assessments; their use needs to be studied with larger groups of students and in other contexts.

Bringing futurism into medical education: Harnessing augmented reality to foster more engagement.

The focus on digital versions of medical journals is increasing, but audiences still benefit from the printed versions. Practically, however, the amount and types of information that can be printed – word count and number of figures or tables – are limited and, ultimately, ‘static’. Considering the ever-increasing complexity of clinical topics that health professionals and patients are exposed to, this limitation decreases the chances of providing more comprehensive or innovative explanations of complex findings. Additionally, the two‑dimensional representation of information is not always suitable when illustrating complex structures, functions or interrelationship of concepts.

Bringing futurism into medical education: Harnessing augmented reality to foster more engagement

The focus on digital versions of medical journals is increasing, but audiences still benefit from the printed versions. Practically, however, the amount and types of information that can be printed – word count and number of figures or tables – are limited and, ultimately, ‘static’. Considering the ever-increasing complexity of clinical topics that health professionals and patients are exposed to, this limitation decreases the chances of providing more comprehensive or innovative explanations of complex findings. Additionally, the two‑dimensional representation of information is not always suitable when illustrating complex structures, functions or interrelationship of concepts.

Integration of concepts about lean construction, sustainability and life cycle of buildings: a literature review

The purpose of this study was the development of a theoretical framework integrating concepts of lean construction, sustainability and the life cycle of buildings. It was prepared using a systematic review of the literature through the Prisma method. Findings show that there is scarce scientific literature about lean construction contributions to activities related to the consumption phase of the life cycle of a building. Project and construction activities presented the highest number of lean construction contributions in the production phase. Research limitations are terms used in the search sentences and the choice of surveyed databases. The study contributes with knowledge that can be used by companies to adopt lean construction. It is also useful for researchers who can explore several research lines. The originality of this research is to view in a same table the interrelationship of concepts about lean construction, sustainability and the life cycle of buildings.