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Correcting Life through the Marketplace? Genome Editing and the Commercialization of Academic Research in South Korea 通过市场来纠正生活?基因组编辑与韩国学术研究的商业化

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-24 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1944533

Doogab Yi

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Taming the Noise: Soundscape and Livability in a Technocratic City-State 驯服噪音:一个技术官僚城邦的音景和宜居性

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-30 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1936749

Sulfikar Amir, D. Sadoway, P. Dommaraju

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引用次数: 3

The Valuation of Contaminated Life: RCA in Taiwan and the Compensation of Toxic Exposure 污染生命的评估:台湾的RCA与毒性暴露补偿

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-27 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1921325

P. Jobin

引用次数: 2

Social Systems Matter: Precision Medicine, Public Health, and the Medical Model 社会系统问题:精准医学、公共卫生和医学模式

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-26 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1938440

S. Sun, A. Ching

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引用次数: 3

“Invisible” Pollution? Knowledge Gridlock in Regulatory Science on Electronics Toxics “隐形”污染?电子毒物监管科学中的知识僵局

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-06 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1924950

Wen-ling Tu

引用次数: 1

What a Map and a Portrait Have in Common 地图和肖像有什么共同之处啊

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1963095

Marta Hanson

引用次数: 0

A Site of Bounded Imaginaries: Local Narratives of Buan after Protests against a Nuclear Waste Repository 无限想象的场所:抗议核废料储存库后扶安的地方叙事

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1948268

S. Chung, Kunha Kim, Yeseul Park, Hyomin Kim

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引用次数: 0

Susan Greenhalgh and Li Zhang, eds., Can Science and Technology Save China? Susan Greenhalgh和Li Zhang主编。科技能拯救中国吗?

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1974165

Jieying Zhang

引用次数: 0

Data and Databases: Emerging Objects of Research 数据和数据库:新兴的研究对象

IF 0.8 4区社会学

East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/18752160.2021.1969626

Yi-Tang Lin

引用次数: 0

Weeds are Herbs: Botanic Arts of Foraging, Classifying, and Cooking 杂草是草本植物:采集、分类和烹饪的植物艺术