A traditional presupposition in science is that nature ultimately is simple and comprehensible. Accordingly, ‘theory reduction’ is a primary goal in much of ecosystems science – the belief, for example, that ecosystem development can be described by a single covering principle. Recently, however, the theory of complex adaptive systems has challenged the assumption that simplicity is ubiquitous....

After a traumatic event like a stroke, people need to find meaning and control again. This study enhances knowledge on one of the driving principles behind meaning-making processes: global meaning. Global meaning refers to individuals' general orienting systems, comprising fundamental beliefs and life goals. Little is known about global meaning in people with stroke and whether global meaning c...

When we were given the challenge of expressing our views of research as the researcher‟s story, we intended to talk primarily about the ways in which our personal lives mediated our research work. While this remains one of the aspects of what we want to share, in our negotiations and conversations about writing this column we became aware of what brought us together to write a common article on...

One of the important challenges for complex systems modeling is finding an appropriate thought structure for designing and implementing a suitable simulation software. In this paper, we have proposed a suitable worldview for complex systems modeling according to Capra's conceptual framework, which is based on modern cognitive theories. With this worldview, the important and fundamental concepts...

The study is aimed at the improvement of social and economic relations based on modern directions formation a rational socio-economic worldview, eliminating sociological contradictions society. use system-holistic interdisciplinary methodology determines need to review development tools problem creating worldview in basis research has become conceptual matrix according community levels, taking ...

Separation of savanna land cover components is challenging due to the high heterogeneity of this landscape and spectral similarity of compositionally different vegetation types. In this study, we tested the usability of very high spatial and spectral resolution WorldView-2 (WV-2) imagery to classify land cover components of African savanna in wet and dry season. We compared the performance of O...