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Symbolic interactionism (SI), a perspective used to understand human conduct, is commonly said to underpin grounded theory methodology (GTM). However, the purpose of GTM is to produce substantive explanatory social theory from data without reliance on prior assumptions. Therefore, some argue that SI is an unnecessary theoretical constraint on the principal aim of GTM—the free conceptualization of data. In this article we use examples from an ongoing constructionist grounded theory study into the negotiation of nurses' roles in general practice in New Zealand, to demonstrate how SI can inform GTM regarding conceptual development and context. We argue that by asking three questions from a symbolic interactionist perspective, at each stage of the research process, freedom of conceptualization may be enhanced and awareness of contextual matters promoted to better bridge world views.

Lizards of the genus Pristidactylus distribute in southern South America (Chile and Argentina). In Chile, there are four endemic species (P. alvaroi, P. torquatus, P. valeriae and P. volcanensis) that distribute in the central-south zone of the country. We performed a Bayesian analysis with the mitochondrial gene cytochrome b to assess the phylogenetic position of these four species, which shows that they comprise a high supported clade that is separated from the other species of the genus.

Revue de Botanique Appliquée was founded in 1924 by Auguste Chevalier, director of the colonial agriculture laboratory of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, in Paris. This article recontextualizes the foundation of the journal within the scientific journey of its founder and, within the history of the Museum. We discuss the study of “useful plants” from the origins of the Museum in the Royal Garden for medicinal plants, and then in its various services related to botany and agriculture. More generally, we contextualize the experience of the Paris Museum within an international historical framework, recalling the emergence of various currents such as economic botany, ethnobotany, ethnoecology, ethnoscience and finally ethnobiology. This international journey begins with the inventory of useful plants all the way to the study of human societies in relation to their environments. A diversity of approaches and terminologies emerges in the various academic centers, approaches which, however, interpenetrate and influence each other.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for sleep apnoea can be challenging for patients to master. Given limited evidence on this topic, we used constructionist grounded theory methodology to explore experiences of living with CPAP from participants' perspectives. Adults (n=16) were recruited through a main-center respiratory service in New Zealand and participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed until theoretical saturation was achieved. In this article, we present the newly constructed grounded theory of bargaining and balancing life with CPAP, which explains how participants made a series of personal decisions about whether to use and how to master CPAP. To situate, support and provide explanatory power the new theory is discussed in the context of change and decision theories to illustrate the varying phases of readiness experienced by persons preparing to engage with CPAP and the decision-making process required for effective management of CPAP at home. This study provides valuable CPAP-user centered information for the development of interventions to optimize CPAP use. Acknowledging individuals' abilities to make reasoned healthcare decisions and providing clinical environments that support the active process of bargaining and balancing may increase uptake of CPAP, and potentially other long-term therapies.

This paper is based on the research prior to my applying for the post of Assistant Professor in the Public Relations Department of the Social Communication School at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Its aim is to contribute to the understanding of the digital logic implications in the contemporary organizations´ communications, and to collaborate, from an epistemic point of view, with its projected meaning in the communications area. In this sense, digital logic is defined as the dynamic organization resulting from user interaction, technology, practices, attitudes and values that develop at the same pace as the cyberspace. The main finding was that digital logic is a valuable model to characterize current communicational mutations, because it helps describe a scenario, where communicational bidirectionality prevails, and the network structure empowers the rebirth of self-protagonism. It is the self-organized feature from the digital platform, which encourages new organizing principles like collaborative intelligence and meritocratic order, centered on content relevance.

Botanist Auguste Chevalier, explorer in Africa in the early 20th century, founded the Revue de Botanique appliquée et d’Agriculture coloniale in 1921. Just after WW1, European countries launched policies to “call attention” to the colonies and sought new cost-effective products. The journal dealt with agriculture, horticulture and forestry issues. For over 30 years, Chevalier was at the head of the Colonial Agronomy laboratory of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, and supervised this scientific publication, often writing a large part of its contents himself.In 1954, the journal became the Journal d’Agriculture tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée. New headings, new editors, new contents. The journal then supported the emergence of French ethnobotany. Yet, harder years followed the prosperous period of the 30’s, with occasional lacks, financial, political and scientific hazards distinguishing the history of this periodical. JATBA is now attempting a fresh start and we shall try to recount its history in this paper.