Population genetics revisited - towards a multidisciplinary research field

Operational Research: a Multidisciplinary Field

This paper is focusing on the following question: What is Operational Research (OR)? We will show that there is not a single and simple answer. Epistemological assumptions and practical traditions define different types of OR. We have identified three: The technical or hard OR, the practical or soft OR, and the critical OR. Following a historical perspective we will present these three schools....

Introduction : Cultural Transmission — A Multidisciplinary Research Field

DoReMi - Low Dose Research towards Multidisciplinary Integration

Ethnopharmacology: A Short History of a Multidisciplinary Field of Research

Ethnopharmacology is an interdisciplinary field of research and as such it is defined by it concepts (its frame of reference) derived from a range of disciplines and the methodologies used. There can be no doubt that it is a fast-developing and thriving discipline. Confusingly, a large number of terms are used to describe research, which often uses relatively similar methods and concepts. Howev...

A review of psychiatric genetics research in the Brazilian population.

OBJECTIVE AND METHOD A large increase in the number of Brazilian studies on psychiatric genetics has been observed in the 1970's since the first publications conducted by a group of researchers in Brazil. Here we reviewed the literature and evaluated the advantages and difficulties of psychiatric genetic studies in the Brazilian population. CONCLUSION The Brazilian population is one of the mo...