1 P. Kelly Joyner, American University, Department of Literature, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] 2 Teresa L. Larkin, American University, Department of Physics, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016 [email protected] Abstract --During the Fall 2000 and Fall 2001 semesters, a joint study was undertaken between the Physics and Literature Depart...

Interdisciplinary researchers and educators, as community members, creators of knowledge, and environmental activists and practitioners, have a responsibility to build a bridge between community practice, academic scholarship, and professional contributions aimed at establishing environmental sustainability. In this paper, I focus on an undervalued area of environmental politics, practices, and...

This paper presents a Computer Animation curriculum worth 2.5 ECTS intended for graduate students enrolled in a Master’s degree of Computer Graphics, Video Games and Virtual Reality. The content of the lecture fits the recommendations made for the topic of Animation I at the Computer Graphics Education Workshop [BCFH06] that was held in Vienna in 2006. The main novelty is, in addition to presen...

level, and for each country or community it can then be made more specific depending on the local context. Hence, in Nussbaum’s theory, there is one universal

For decades, dentistry has been evolving into a profession that is extremely multifaceted and varied in its approach to both smile and facial esthetics. The coordination of macro esthetics (the face), mini esthetics (the smile), and micro esthetics (the dental esthetic component) offers a complete approach to esthetic planning. This article presents an expanded vision of esthetic treatment desi...

The interdisciplinary approach can be beneficial to researchers, educators, and practitioners for solving complex problems and synthesizing knowledge. While a great deal has been written about interdisciplinary activity in relation to the humanities and the natural and social sciences, it has been important in the telecommunications and networking field as well. This article investigates the su...

This symposium focuses on application of an integrated approach toward bringing together insights from respective disciplines and interdisciplinary fields to move International Studies (IS) forward. History and psychology, disciplines with an established connection to IS, are explored. Interdisciplinary fields with limited linkages to IS, referring to technology studies and neuroeconomics, also...

The Medical Humanities provide an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the profound effects of illness on individuals and the social worlds in which they live and work. Humanities in medical education may offer significant potential benefits to personal future physicians and to the medical community as a whole. The meaning of medical humanities in medical education, reasons, benefits, wa...

Violence is a serious problem in South Africa with many effects on health services; it presents complex research problems and requires interdisciplinary collaboration. Two key meta-questions emerge: (i) violence must be understood better to develop effective interventions; and (ii) intervention research (evaluating interventions, assessing efficacy and effectiveness, how best to scale up interv...