It is a well-recognized fact that the nutritional requirements of an individual strain of any organism may be materially altered by prolonged cultivation on artificial media. Examples are so numerous and so well known that they need not be reviewed in detail. In many instances such changes are accompanied by alterations in the nature of the organism itself as in smooth to rough variation, while...

Interdisciplinary studies of the sciences have been dramatically transformed over the past two decades by sociological studies of scientific knowledge. The postpositivist interdisciplinary formulation of "history and philosophy of science" has been fundamentally challenged by the sociological perspectives offered by the Edinburgh "Strong Programmed" the Bath constructivistrelativist approach, a...

This paper describes case studies and lessons learned from cross-cultural scientific collaborations. A computer scientist was embedded within domain settings to design and develop systems for geological core drilling and medical hand-off. While these domains seem diverge and have different purposes and workflows, one common theme emerged from reflection analysis. They all heavily depend on “obs...

In his article, "Translation Studies, Cultural Context, and Dante," Reuven Tsur explores limits of legitimacy in translation studies. Tsur's approach is a critique of the theoretical assumptions and their application in Edoardo Crisafulli's cultural interpretation of Seamus Heaney's decisions in translating the Ugolino episode in Dante's Inferno. Crisafulli claims that Heaney's choices show int...

The New Zealand essays are less focused and assured than those in the MacLeod-Denoon collection. They are centred on the development of the health professions, hospitals, public health policies and womens' health. There is, unfortunately, no introductory overview of New Zealand as "a healthy country" which might set the various contributions in context. The strongest papers are those by Derek D...