Who gets to be a classic in the social sciences?

Of all the ideas produced by researchers in the social sciences, only a relatively small number of key ideas and researchers will become canonised as classics, objects of continued interest and key learning points for new researchers. However, the processes by which these scholars and ideas are recognised and filtered out from those of their contemporaries are little understood. Drawing on a quantitative study of sociologists in the 20th century, Nicole Holzhauser, argues that not only the content of scientific work, but also social capital has historically played a significant role in allocating recognition and power within the field, although, social capital alone is insufficient to achieve lasting success. Taking this historical example into account, contemporary researchers might carefully consider the factors that shape how they allocate recognition through citation

Righting tibial retroversion : a functional and ontogenetic analysis

Tibial retroversion, or the posterior angulation of the tibial plateau relative to the diaphysis, has been tentatively linked to several behaviors in anthropological literature. While a large body of work, dating as far back as the late 1800's, has linked this morphology to squatting postures, this association is primarily from comparative studies of human groups as opposed to more controlled studies in populations knowns to squat. Other scholars have suggested that retroversion is related to overall robusticity or more explicitly, extensor muscle moment arm development. This research attempts to clarify the underlying etiology of tibial retroversion by analyzing it in an explicitly ontogenetic and functional perspective. First, this analysis explored age and population-level variation in tibial retroversion. Second, the relationship between tibial retroversion and long bone strength via cross-sectional geometric properties was evaluated. This study used a large cross-sectional sample of immature modern human remains from seven historical and archaeological osteology collections that vary in origin and activity patterns. Results of this analysis indicate that there is no relationship between tibial retroversion and age after the first six months of life, while populations and subsistence strategies differ in their magnitude of retroversion. In addition, there is no relationship between tibial retroversion and size-standardized cross-sectional geometric properties, implying that variation in this feature is not purely a function of loading and activity levels. The lack of association with age and robusticity suggests that additional research is needed to shed light on whether this morphology is associated with squatting or other functional correlates.Includes bibliographical references

A Flight Evaluation of a VTOL Jet Transport Under Visual and Simulated Instrument Conditions

Transition, approach, and vertical landing tests for VTOL transport in terminal are

Wind-tunnel and Piloted Flight Simulator Investigation of a Deflected-slipstream VTOL Airplane, the Ryan VZ-3RY

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