This article explores commercial, academic, and national initiatives aimed at usingsequencing technologies to generate “actionable” genomic results that can beapplied to the clinical management of oncology patients. We argue that the term“actionable” is not merely a buzzword, but signals the…

Researchers and clinicians in the field of oncology have now entered the second decadeof targeted therapy, widely held to be a revolutionary new form of cancer therapyresearch. The present era is regarded as the end of brute empiricism: as laboratoryresearchers…

This article traces the history of research on resistance to drug therapy in oncology using scientometric techniques and qualitative analysis. Using co-citation analysis, we generate maps to visualize subdomains in resistance research in two time periods, 1975–1990 and 1995–2010. These…

The question of rationality and modernity has played a key role in defining the West’sunderstanding of itself in relation to “the other.” Much of this self-defining was done in a waythat privileged a western model of rationality, which itself was…

Has university scholarship gone astray? Do our academic assessment systems reward scholarship that addresses the questions that matter most to society? Using international business as an example, we highlight the problematic nature of academic ranking systems and question if such…

The aim of this study was to gain some fundamental knowledge on the thermal degradation pathways of poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) using Thermogravimetry coupled with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (TG–FTIR) in addition to IR and 1H NMR spectroscopic studies of the partially…

The genus Polianthes belongs to the subfamily Agavoideae of the Asparagaceae family formerly known as Agavaceae. The genus is endemic to México and comprises about 15 species, among them is Polianthes tuberosa L. The aim of this work was to…

Concept maps are graphical representations of relationships among concepts that can be an effective tool for teaching, designing, and organizing information in a variety of library settings. Concept maps can be used wherever training or formal teaching occurs as a…

In June 2008, the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) and the Indian NGO SAHARA submitted a joint pre-grant opposition to the patent application of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate in India. This joint action provides a pertinent case model of the potential…

In a world in which markets are more globalised and continuously evolving, industry need new tools to enhance their flexibility and maintain competitiveness. A key strategy is discovering useful knowledge through the information gathered from production processes. In recent decades,…