ABSTRACT The Brachionidae rotifer Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) is a transcontinental invader that continues to spread rapidly from the south to the north of the South American cont...
ABSTRACT Rotifers are essential invertebrates in freshwater ecosystems. Rotifer community structure reflects the environmental changes. To assess the diversity of rotifers in the Pearl River Del...
ABSTRACT The intensive utilization of tropical inland water bodies for multiple and sometimes competing activities underlines the necessity for their integrated and holistic co-management. This ...
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ABSTRACT Classical Confucian philosopher Mengzi 孟子 offers resources that can help shed light on the metaphysical status of moral qualities and answer the question of how we come to perceive ...
ABSTRACT “Benefit to the world” and “Heaven’s intent” are not, as is often assumed, separate criteria for action in Mozi’s 墨子 ethics; they are the same in extension but not inten...
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ABSTRACT We present an epistemological schema of natural sciences inspired by Peirce’s pragmaticist view, stressing the role of the phenomenological map, that connects reality and our ideas ab...
ABSTRACT Beginning 60 years ago, Thomas Kuhn has had a significant impact across the academy and on culture more widely. And he had a great impact on science education research, theorising, and...
ABSTRACT For many centuries, the issues of power, politics, and state have been widely discussed in scientific literature. Developing theories, philosophers proceeded from the side of hierarchic...
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ABSTRACT The philosophy of language in the Gongsun Longzi 公孫龍子 has been a hot topic since the 20th century, but there is still controversy about what point Gongsun Long 公孫龍 is maki...
ABSTRACT Lean production philosophy, sustainability approach, and the fourth industrial phase are significant concerns for organizations and in an overall manner for the public. The study examin...
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ABSTRACT Many different and contradictory claims have been made about the political dimensions (or lack thereof) of the ancient Chinese text known as the Zhuangzi 莊子. The two main positions ...
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ABSTRACT This article explores the profound impact of visualism and visual perception in the context of medical imaging diagnostics. It emphasizes the intricate interplay among vision, embodimen...
ABSTRACT This article explores one central assumption that is guiding large portions of contemporary (analytic) moral philosophy: the idea that moral philosophy has to be forward-looking and act...