When a first order belief accurately reflects the evidence, how should this affect the epistemic justification of a higher order belief that this is the case? In an influential paper, Kelly argues that first order evidential accuracy tends to generate more justified higher order beliefs (Kelly 2010). Call this Bottom Up. I argue that neither general views about what justifies our higher order b...

BACKGROUND Contemporary research should increasingly be carried out in the context of application. Nowotny called this new form of knowledge production Mode-2. In line with Mode-2 knowledge production, the Dutch government in 2006 initiated the so-called Academic Collaborative Centres (ACC) for Public Health. The aim of these ACCs is to build a regional, sustainable knowledge-sharing network to...

Farming systems for pest control, based on the stimulo-deterrent diversionary strategy or push-pull system, have become an important target for sustainable intensification of food production. A prominent example is push-pull developed in sub-Saharan Africa using a combination of companion plants delivering semiochemicals, as plant secondary metabolites, for smallholder farming cereal production...

Migration of Health workers has devastating consequences leading to loss of health workers in the nation of origin. This research was carried out to identify the push factors related to migration of Nurses from Nepal to other developed countries. A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted via different social medias. The data was collected from 67 migrated Nepalese Nurses to: Australia, ...

The present paper examines secular trends of homicide rates by means of a systematic re-analysis of all available quantitative studies on pre-modern homicide. The results confirm, first, that homicide rates have declined in Europe over several centuries. Second, the empirical evidence shows, that unequivocal decline began in the early seventeenth century. Third, the data indicate that the secul...

Mexican immigrants were historically clustered in a few cities, mainly in California and Texas. During the past 15 years, however, arrivals from Mexico established sizeable immigrant communities in many “new” cities. We explore the causes and consequences of the widening geographic diffusion of Mexican immigrants. A combination of demand-pull and supply push factors explains most of the inter-c...

Takeuchi Mfg.'s core products are compact excavators, track loaders, and other compact construction equipment used to build homes and other buildings. Internet of Things (IoT) utilization has recently become a major topic in the manufacturing industry, and Takeuchi Mfg. has set its sights on leveraging IoT as it continues to push reforms, implement a wide variety of IT systems, and build new fa...