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A Problem With Problem Solving: Teaching Thinking Without Teaching Knowledge

Problem solving theory and practice suggest that thinking is more important to solving problems than knowledge and that it is possible to teach thinking in situations where little or no knowledge of the problem is needed. Such an assumption has led problem solving advocates to champion content-less heuristics as the primary element of problem solving while relegating the knowledge base and the ...

Roof Drainage: Not my problem ... Maybe

Many strucrural engineers are surprised to learn that the In~rnotional Building Code (IBC, 2009) requires the roof structure to be engineered for standing water weight in the vicinity of the drains and scuppers regardless of roof slope. In addition, some low-slope roofs also require special attenlion for water weight and stiffness for safety against ponding failures or protection against accele...

The Measurement Problem Is Your Problem Too

Ontic structural realists draw support for their view from fundamental theories in modern physics. Quantum mechanics is uncontroversially regarded as being amongst those theories. In this paper, I defend the idea that quantum mechanics cannot play this role of a fundamental theory without assuming that a solution for the measurement problem is available. I go on to illustrate that, in the light...

No vehicle, no problem

In the last 8 years the field of microRNA (miRNA) replacement therapeutics has generated a lot of interest and at the same time skepticism due to failures. The therapeutic prospect is to use small synthetic RNA molecules that mimic endogenous miRNAs to restore the miRNA levels in cells that have lost them with the final goal of modulating cellular pathways that drive pathogenesis. However, as w...