Trans Disciplinary Biomedical Research

Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research

Our contemporary social and ecological problems, including climate change, peak oil and food security, necessitate solutions informed by multiple backgrounds that singular disciplines seem unable to provide, and possibly, are even incapable of providing. The increasing occurrence of multi-, interand transdisciplinary (MIT) research projects speak to the recognition of that necessity. But as the...

Quality criteria for inter- and trans-disciplinary doctoral research outcomes

Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research: Some systemic reflections

– This essay was written in response to an invitation by the editors of NSS issued after the author had reviewed the paper entitled " Methodological challenges of trans-disciplinary research " submitted by Christian Pohl and Gertrude Hirsch-Hadorn (see Pohl and Hirsch Hadorn, 2008). The essay provides an accounting for the transformation in my emotioning as I read the submitted paper by introdu...

A trans-disciplinary review of deep learning research for water resources scientists

Deep learning (DL), a new-generation artificial neural network research, has made profound strides in recent years. This review paper is intended to provide water resources scientists with a simple technical overview, trans-disciplinary progress update, and potentially inspirations about DL. Effective architectures, more accessible data, advances in regularization, and new computing power enabl...

Trans-Disciplinary Soil Physics Research Critical to Synthesis and Modeling of Agricultural Systems

Synthesis and quantification of disciplinary knowledge at the whole system level, via the process models of agricultural systems, are critical to achieving improved and dynamic management and production systems that address the environmental concerns and global issues of the 21st century. Soil physicists have made significant contributions in this area in the past, and are uniquely capable of m...