Analyzing inconsistent cases in Management fsQCA studies: A methodological manifesto

A manifesto for map studies

By way of conclusion to Rethinking Maps we want to set out a manifesto for map studies for the coming decade. Its goal is to generate ideas and enthusiasm for scholarship that advances our understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of maps, and also enhances the practices of mapping. This is not a call for ever more introspective intellectual navel gazing about maps. Instead it traces rou...

Public Administration Research and Practice: A Methodological Manifesto

From fuzzy logic to fuzzy mathematics: A methodological manifesto

The paper states the problem of fragmentation of contemporary fuzzy mathematics and the need of a unified methodology and formalism. We formulate several guidelines based on Hájek’s methodology in fuzzy logic, which enable us to follow closely the constructions and methods of classical mathematics recast in a fuzzy setting. As a particular solution we propose a three-layer architecture of fuzzy...

Dementia prevention: methodological explanations for inconsistent results.

The prevention of neurodegenerative dementias, such as Alzheimer disease, is a growing public health concern, because of a lack of effective curative treatment options and a rising global prevalence. Various potential risk or preventive factors have been suggested by epidemiologic research, including modifiable lifestyle factors, such as social contacts, leisure activities, physical exercise, a...

Methodological issues of confounding in analytical epidemiologic studies

Background: Confounding can be thought of as mixing the effect of exposure on the risk of disease with a third factor which distorts the measure of association such as risk ratio or odds ratio. This bias arises because of complex functional relationship of confounder with both exposure and disease (outcome). In this article, we provided a conceptual framework review of confounding issues in epi...