1. Sociocultural Behavior Understanding From the intelligence analyst in the command center identifying deviations from typical patterns of life to the small unit leader on the ground negotiating with a village elder, the ability to understand sociocultural behavior is vital for achieving mission success. According to Schmorrow (2011), accurate analysis of sociocultural behavior requires a “tho...

abstract translation of literary texts, especially poetry, is one of the most difficult tasks; it requires mastery and knowledge of the language system and culture, and lack of this might lead to wrong translation. this study aimed to examine the loss and gain of the sociocultural implicit meanings in the english translations of the mu’allaqat, and assess whether the translators of the mu’allaq...

There is a gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. This presents a worldwide problem of inequity. Sociocultural stereotypes associating STEM with males act as barriers that prevent girls from developing interests in STEM. This article aims to show that we can increase equity and enhance outcomes for a broader number of children around the world by integ...

We appropriate Rogoff’s (Apprenticeship in thinking: Cognitive development in social context, 1991; in: Wertsch et al. (eds.) Sociocultural studies of mind, 1993) notion of guided participation to demonstrate, through abbreviated case studies, our strategy for integrating mobile technology-based learning experiences in higher education. Guided participation implies facilitating access to shared...

Notwithstanding the human and financial implications of diabetes, we are concerned with the selective use of evidence to support the National Diabetes Prevention Programme. The editorial by Sood et al describes trials, which offered expensive, intensive interventions to participants selected on strict and extensive criteria with stringent methods to maintain participant engagement.1,2 Trials de...

BACKGROUND From time immemorial, wild plants have been used for edible purposes. They still continue to be a major source of nutrition for tribal people. However, unfortunately, their use is now declining. This has implications in food security, narrowing genetic base, and future leads. The present study was, therefore, carried out in Chhota Bhangal region of Western Himalaya to analyze uses of...

We begin to examine the implications of IR Cohen’s work on immune cognition [1-3] for vaccine strategies when simple elicitation of sterilizing immunity fails, as is the case for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. Cohen’s approach takes on a special importance in the context of recent work by Nisbett et al. [4] showing clearly that central nervous system (CNS) cognition is not universal, but rather...