Paradigmatic Paradigm Problems: Theory Issues in Amish Studies

On "Quality" in Translation Studies: issues and Problems

Medical genetic studies in the Amish: historical perspective.

Medical genetics studies in the Amish began in 1962, when two events sparked the interest of one of the authors (V.A.M.). As a member of the faculty committee advising the Johns Hopkins Press, he was asked to read the manuscript Amish Society submitted by John Hostetler. It was apparent that many characteristics of Amish society made it an excellent community in which to study genetic traits, p...

Methodological issues of confounding in analytical epidemiologic studies

Background: Confounding can be thought of as mixing the effect of exposure on the risk of disease with a third factor which distorts the measure of association such as risk ratio or odds ratio. This bias arises because of complex functional relationship of confounder with both exposure and disease (outcome). In this article, we provided a conceptual framework review of confounding issues in epi...

Genetic Studies of the Amish, Background and Potentialities.

A description of the Amish ( I , 2). Because of their unusual socio-religious tenets and practices, the Old Order Amish are widely known. They eschew personal adornment and follow closely prescribed habits of dress. They resist technologic advances, specifically using the horse and carriage for transportation and using mainly horse-drawn agricultural equipment. Electricity and telephones are no...

educational theory in complexity paradigm: an ontologic perspective

the main purpose of this research is the presentation of some prerequisites of educational theorizing with regard to ontologic components of complexity paradigm. for this purpose, by using the philosophical methods, after making mention of how ontologic components of simplicity paradigm (naive realism, linear causation, determinism) influence contemporary educational theories, ontologic compone...