Are We Witnessing a Paradigm Shift?

Mechanical bowel preparation: are we ready for a paradigm shift?

which however actually did not happen. On the contrary, serious questions were raised on the accuracy of these RCTs. Unfortunately, none of these actually met the CONSORT guidelines completely. A historic meta-analysis by Bucher et al. [3] evaluating seven RCTs concluded that there was no evidence to support the use of MBP in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery. Though it was the hi...

Disorders of consciousness: are we ready for a paradigm shift?--authors' reply.

www.thelancet.com/neurology Vol 12 February 2013 131 to patients. However, apart from references to results published in highly specialised journals—the product of studies by a small number of investigators in the fi eld—these important data were not provided by Jox and colleagues. Consequently, it is uncertain whether or not a paradigm shift is needed or whether research in this exciting fi el...

Paradigm shift in American health care: are we ready for a comprehensive system?

A Methodology for Paradigm Shift to Explain Sustainable University

The sustainable university concept is rooted in prevalent paradigms pertained to economic, social and environmental development, which all focus on systemic thought and rationality; besides, they tend to  discover and solve problems by applying an interdisciplinary approach. However, the epistemic component is what these paradigms have ignored. The purpose of this study is to explain a methodo...

Paradigm Shift

A paradigm shift, suggested by Thomas Kuhn [1], is not just a small change in science, or the modification of a theory. It is a scientific revolution and completely changes the way in which science looks at the world. It often dictates how the public looks at the world. For example, Darwin's theories [2] were intensely debated by scientists and theologians. This debate spilled over into the pub...