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In this essay, we examine the institutional affiliations of Isis contributors and editors in the second half of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first, and analyze what the articles and book reviews in Isis suggest about contributors' engagement with the field of science studies more broadly. For much of the late twentieth century, we argue, Isis was a US-dominated journal, in terms of both the affiliations of its contributors and the intellectual trends it engaged with. Methodological developments in European science and technology studies (STS), for example, were generally not reflected in Isis 's research content until many years after they were originated, although the Isis book reviews frequently considered books by STS researchers. This US dominance has begun to change in recent years, however, with the establishments of editorial offices outside the United States and an increasing number of contributions from scholars outside the US. Current citation patterns in Isis reveal that the journal's research articles reflect strong engagement with STS more broadly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Family group decision-making (FGDM) is a system reform strategy that positions family groups as decision-making leaders in family meetings, based on family-centered, strength-based, culturally relevant principles. Evidence of outcomes of family meetings is equivocal due to the differences in models and insufficient operationalization of core components. An important phase of intervention research mandates the importance of clearly operationalizing the intervention before efficacy or effectiveness can be evaluated. Using the framework for building evidence in child welfare, this paper reports on operationalization of core components of FGDM designed to serve three target child welfare populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This document is the introduction to a special section on "Pedagogy in the History of Science" in the journal Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. The authors, Melinda Baldwin and Brigid Vance, discuss their experiences teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic and how it led them to explore new approaches to teaching. The essays in this section cover a range of educational contexts, including museums and prisons, and address topics such as decolonizing the curriculum and interdisciplinary teaching. The authors also share innovative ideas for assignments and ways to create a supportive classroom environment. The document concludes by expressing excitement about the potential of the field of history of science to engage and educate students and the public. [Extracted from the article]

Helix induction in melitting and beta-lactoglobulin A is enhanced by fluorinated diols with the order to efficiency 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1,4-butanediol (TFBD) < 2,2,3,3,4,4-hexafluoro-1,6-pentanediol (HFPD) < 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,-octafluoro-1,6-hexanediol (OFHD). The negligible red-edge excitation shift in the fluorescence of melittin has shown that the fluorinated diol/water solvent shell surrounding the tryptophan chromophore is less immobilized than is molecules in a lamellar vesicle.