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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Scientific uncertainty"”.
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Simplifying Science: Scientific Uncertainty in News Coverage of Cancer Research
News coverage of scientific research is routinely streamlined. In other words, the research is stripped of caveats, limitations, and other indicators of scientific uncertainty. But whether streamlining affects audience perception is unknown. It has been suggested that streamlining may (a) influence …
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The Role of Scientific Uncertainty in Polar Bear Conservation Policy: A Descriptive Analysis
… as the biggest threat facing polar bears. Scientific uncertainty is an integral component of both the scientific and policy processes. However, its misapplication can often compromise effective policy outcomes, as evidenced by polar bear conservation policy. An analysis of the US Endangered …
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Vitamin D in Human Health and Performance: The Pursuit of Evidence-Based Practice in an Era of Scientific Uncertainty
Background: Calciferol (vitamin D) is an essential nutrient that can be synthesized in the skin upon exposure to ultraviolet-B (UVB) light, or obtained through dietary and supplement sources. Traditionally known for its role in bone metabolism, vitamin D is currently described as a pleiotropic …
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Vetenskaplig osäkerhet i policyprocessen : En studie av svensk klimatpolitik
The dissertation is about scientific uncertainty in the policy process, that is when scientific knowledge about an issue is lacking or the existing knowledge is uncertain. The aim of the study is to understand if and how scientific uncertainty affects the policy process. For that purpose, the …
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Uncertain Climes: Debating Climate Change in the Gilded-Age United States
… climate change and its implications. Uncertainty, science, and nature had many different meanings for these climate theorists. Some viewed climate and nature as mysterious but collaborative, as inscrutable allies in the project of westward expansion. Others believed that scientific and …
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"We Know Where We Stand": Contesting and Constructing Knowledge in Nicaragua's Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemic
… analyzes how knowledge production interacts with scientific uncertainty about CKDs specific biomedical causes. It posits that scientific knowledge does not close controversy, but rather proliferates uncertainties, thereby forestalling the potential for rights claims. A strictly scientific …
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Towards the Anthropocene : colossal naturality in disordered territories
… or era: The Anthropocene? Entering a realm of scientific uncertainty and discourse, this thesis argues that the conceptualization of the Anthropocene (as a product of human ubiquity) yields the premise to summarize and critique a whole number of recent influential paradigm shifts and …
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EVOLUTION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
… of evolution on American shores were full of scientific uncertainty and philosophical excitement. William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey responded to this uncertainty and excitement with a unique interpretation of evolution that recognized the deeply constructive and interactive …
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Contested rationality: early regulation of GMO releases in Britain
… risk-management institutions, and in reducing scientific uncertainty about potential harm. Insofar as GMO regulation had a precautionary content, it undermined the 'rational' stereotype of risk-assessment steps. Both the precautionary potential and its limits derived from the project of …
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HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A LEGACY WASTE STORAGE SITE AND THE CHALLENGE OF COMMUNICATING UNCERTAINTY
… and distance contaminants travel. The inherent uncertainty of modelling results prompted research into how people interpret and respond to scientific uncertainty. There is a need for the ongoing research into the communication of scientific estimations and depoliticizing scientific results. …
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Air trade : promises -- and pitfalls -- in the coming carbon market
… and highly politicized process. Because of both scientific uncertainty and political factors, there is great potential for market failures, from miscounted emissions to perverse incentives to social inequity. This thesis examines some of the market designs that have been proposed, along with …
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Measuring tropical forest disturbance and regrowth with spaceborne lidar
… radar remote sensing. As a result, there is wide scientific uncertainty about the scale and trajectory of tropical forest loss and gain, and forest degradation is rarely incorporated into international conservation commitments or land use change reporting. The Global Ecosystem Dynamics …
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East Boston buffer : a transferable urban framework for adapting to sea rise
… as a means of building resilience and addressing scientific uncertainty. The project establishes a systematic approach to a layered buffer zone that mediates between the sea and the vulnerable urban fabric of East Boston. The buffer is conceived of as a framework for future development that …
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Liberal environmentalism and the international law of hazardous chemicals
… however, because there is considerable scientific uncertainty concerning the environmental and health effects of most of the chemicals on the market and because chemicals that pose minimal risks to the environment and human health might be very hazardous when they are being manufactured …
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An evaluation of Tennessee's early action compacts to achieve compliance with new ozone standards: a dynamic analysis of reduction strategies to decrease tropospheric ozone formation
… in local meteorological conditions, and scientific uncertainty associated with ozone formation, it is suggested that multiple reduction strategies be implemented to reduce ground-level ozone formation. Thus far, data reporting protocols and reduction model estimates have been inconsistent …
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Deliberating environmental policy: information seeking and use in Canada's House of Commons standing committees
… It is well understood and well documented that scientific research evidence does not, in and of itself, direct the development of science-related legislation or regulation. Particularly in the context of democratic governance, the role of such information is continually weighed against …
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Climate, uncertainty, and the slippery measurement of Antarctic ice
This thesis presents a history of scientific uncertainty as told through several key episodes in the mapping, measuring, and modeling of Antarctica's ice sheets. Throughout, I trace the scientific practices constraining uncertainty—and the ways in which uncertainty has repeatedly escaped …
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International Climate Change Governance: Issues of Democracy, Institutions and the Media
… governance arise not only from the nature and uncertainty of its impact, but also from its embedded relationships with social, cultural, political, economic, historical and institutional dimensions. Appropriate responses to address the challenges of climate change are difficult in the absence …
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The Legitimacy of Selected Watershed Organizations in the Midwestern United States
… that provided capacity-building and scientific expertise would often switch to other funded projects, and some wondered if outcomes could be maintained. Government was often cited in the surveys and focus groups as an entity that can be used to foster accountability, but the same …