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The article presents the discussion on China's leading position in scientific research, particularly in plant biology and superconductor physics. Topics include significant advancements in agricultural research by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's rise as a scientific superpower evidenced by high-impact research papers; and the country's dominance in global scientific benchmarks like the Nature Index.

The article focuses on increasing competition among scholars for research with social relevance, pushing academia beyond traditional “publish or perish" measures of research impact. It is mentioned that earlier the researchers were used to publish their papers in high-quality journals. The article adds, however, businesses and government agencies are pressuring academics to produce research with more social impact and they publish the papers in lesser known publications.

Objective. Describe the quality of life of health personnel, the work environment, and interactions between employees and their work environment during the pandemic. Methods. A scoping review was conducted. The electronic databases PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Literature Complete, and Google Scholar were used, as well as the repositories of the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Primary, secondary, and grey literature studies published between December 2019 and March 2021 in Spanish, English, and Portuguese were included. Methodological quality was assessed using the Authority, Accuracy, Coverage, Objectivity, Date and Importance (AACODS) checklist; a tool for the measurement of multiple systematic reviews (AMSTAR); and the Critical Appraisal Checklist for Text and Opinion Papers. A thematic analysis was carried out based on the quality-of-life and well-being model. Results. Of a total of 208 articles, 11 were included. The quality of life of health personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic was affected by the characteristics of health personnel, the work environment, and interactions between employees and their work environment. Problems related to psychosocial and occupational factors were observed. Discussion. The quality of life of health personnel was characterized by stigmatization, stress, anxiety, and fatigue. Organizational management and the implementation of psychological interventions appear to affect interactions between employees and their work environment, and improve their quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores Conal Conference Alerts (conferencealerts.com) allows for searching academic conferences by topic (social sciences and humanities, mathematics and statistics, physical and life sciences, business and economics) and by country. AllConferences.com (www.allconferences.com) is a global online conference directory that includes conferences, conventions, trade shows, exhibits, expos, and seminars. It is searchable by category, date, country, and venue.

This article reports that research conferences are often the most desirable venues for presenting research results. For academic computer scientists and engineers, preferring conferences over journals is so common that they even lobby administrators to ensure that conference papers can be viewed in the same light as journal papers in other fields. Hence, the health of conferences is vital to the computer science research mission. One conventional indication of health is the number of submissions and the acceptance rate at the conference. Calls for papers often include encouraging words for big idea or new direction papers. The problem is that reviewers see so many regular papers it is just too difficult to switch gears and be more understanding when evaluating bolder papers with holes in arguments or missing measurements. Program committees typically start with a ranked list of papers based on the average of numerical ratings in order to cope with the large number of submissions. Big idea papers are sure to get some poor evaluations, which cause them to drop down the list.

The article focuses on an analysis of titles of journal papers submitted to Great Britain research excellence framework, according to which lengthy titles of journal papers may have a lower impact and inversely use of brief title of journal papers could have a significant positive impact.

The article discusses the creation of the SCIgen software which produces nonsensical science research papers. Originally created to expose conferences that scam researchers with publication and conference fees, the program eventually ended up as a means to produce fake papers by academics and students who want to pad their publication records and as a way for creating fake academic credentials by an underground market. SciDetect was created using a method similar to spam e-mail detection.

Announces the need for research papers for presentation in upcoming events about computing in 1991. Titles of the events; Venues and dates.

The article presents an overview of a series of papers presented at the third Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Symposium on Operating Systems Principles. They include "TENEX: A Paged Time Sharing System for the PDP-10," by D. G. Bobrow and colleagues, "Synchronization of Communicating Processes," by A. Nico Habermann, "Properties of the Working Set Model," by Peter J. Denning and Stuart C. Schwartz, and "An Operating System Based on the Concept of a Supervisory Computer," by R. S. Gaines.

The article informs that members of the Association for Computing Machinery's annual national conference are happy with the caliber and quantity of the papers received by them for the conference which will be held on August 24-26, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio. Two years ago, the intensive technical refereeing process was introduced for screening papers for ACM national conferences. Technical papers will be given importance in the conference for the educational benefit of students. Public relations chairman for the conference Raymond F. Hitti is cooperating with professor Lewis Winner in planning the conference.

Presents information on the efforts on the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS) in soliciting brief White Papers for specific areas of interest to the MMS Technology Assessment and Research Program's Oil Spill Response Research (OSSR). Principal objectives of the request for White Papers; Topics for the fiscal year 2006 OSSR; Criteria for the evaluation of White Papers.

This paper outlines the trajectory of the Andalusian Research and Resources Centre for the Performing Arts in Seville. It is a centre based on the people and on flexibility to allow the necessary changes for its operation. Its main guidelines are: the adaptation of its services to the needs of users, the integration of technologies to improve research and the experience acquired by its professionals to put everything at the service of theatre, dance, puppetry, magic and circus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the decision of the editors of the journal 'American Society for Microbiology,' (ASM) to censor two research papers. Fears of misuse of information contained in the papers by terrorists; Introduction of a policy by the ASM to assess the potential dangers of information submitted to journals; Skepticism of critics over the policy.

Provides information on the use of cellulose by researchers at the University of Texas in Austin, as the main ingredient for making electronic paper. Typical strategy for making e-paper; Goal of the researchers for using cellulose; Paper-making process through the use of cellulose.

Gives advice on how to create a `term paper resource center.' By providing self-help access to sources, this service recognizes the special requirements of young adult reference. Research across the curriculum; Topic file notebook; Pamphlets to bibliographies; Technology plus the basics; Public relations; From sharks to angels. INSET: In search of the elusive term paper topic (how the topic file....

Reports on the American Society for Testing Materials' publication of 'ASTM's Paper Aging Research Report Program,' a CD-ROM containing the complete reports of its five-paper aging investigations. Methods used to simulate natural paper aging; Society's distribution of designations of the actual methods; Cost of the CD-ROM; Contact information.

Presents a way to prepare research reports with the use of a computer. Features; Trend of multi-author papers; Assembly line production of papers; Standardization of process.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to suggest a more central role for reflexive artistic practices in a clarified research agenda for second-order cybernetics (SOC). This is offered as a way to assist the field in the further development of its theoretical/methodological "core" and, subsequently, enhance its impact on the world. Design/methodology/approach: The argument begins by reviewing Karl Müller's account of the failure of SOC to emerge as a mainstream endeavor. Then, Müller's account is recontextualized within recent developments in SOC that are traced through the Design Cybernetics movement inspired by Ranulph Glanville. This alternate narrative frames a supposedly moribund period as a phase of continuing refinement of the field's focus upon its "proper object of study," namely, the observer's mentation of/about their mentation. The implications of this renewed focus are then positioned within Larry Richard's vision of the cybernetician, not as "scientist" per se but rather as a "craftsperson in and with time" capable of productively varying the dynamics of their daily interactions. Having centered widespread capacity building for this "craft" as a proposed research agenda for a new phase of SOC, the paper concludes by pointing to the unique and necessary role to be played by the arts in this endeavor. Personal reflections upon the author's own artistic and theoretical activities are included throughout. Findings: The development and application of artistic methods for the enhancement of individual capacity for second-order observation is consistent with the purpose of SOC, namely, "to explain the observer to himself." Therefore, it is in the field's interest to more fulsomely embrace non-scientific, arts-based forms of research. Research limitations/implications: In a truly reflexive/recursive fashion, the very idea that first-person, arts-based narratives are seen, from a mainstream scientific point of view, as an insufficiently rigorous form of research is, itself, a research limitation. This highlights, perhaps ironically, the need for cybernetics to continue to pursue its own independent definitions and standards of research beyond the boundaries of mainstream science rather than limiting its own modes of inquiry in the name of "scientific legitimacy." Practical implications: A general uptake of the view presented here would expand the horizon of what might be considered legitimate, rigorous and valuable research in the field. Social implications: The view presented here implies that many valuable contributions that SOC can make to society take place beyond the constraints of academic publication and within the realm of personal growth and social development. Originality/value: The very clearly defined and "refocused" vision of SOC in this paper can be of substantial utility in developing a more robust, distinctive and concrete research agenda across this field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Privacy-preserving set operations have important practical and theoretical significance and have always been a research focus of secure multiparty computation. Most existing studies focus on single set operations which cannot express many complicated set operations. However, the studies on mixed set operations are highly limited. The available protocols for mixed set operations can only be implemented through a threshold fully homomorphic encryption scheme. Since mixed set operations are necessary in practice, it is necessary to design an efficient and practical secure computation protocol for mixed set operations. In this paper, we propose a new protocol for mixed set operations that is based on a new encoding method and the threshold ElGamal cryptosystem. Through an efficiency analysis, it is proved that the efficiency of the protocol that is proposed in this paper are significantly higher than those of the available protocols. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Invites research papers on Computer Science to be published in various sectors of the industry.

Reports on marine biologists' attacks on the French Academy of Sciences after lending weight to a theory about the origin of a weed that threatens to choke the northwestern Mediterranean. Proliferation of the seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia; Publication of a paper claiming that the seaweed is a variant of another alga.

The article reports on the resurgence of scientific research in the Middle East as of 2011. The resurgence is being led by Iran and Turkey. The research papers produced by the region has doubled in the previous decade. Engineering, agricultural science and clinical medicine are the fields in which the region has the biggest share of global research papers. Education consultant Mick Randall noted the low quality of research in the Gulf region.

The article describes whether tinkering with photosynthesis could prevent a global food crisis as shown in the project called Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE), directed by Professor Stephen Long. Topics covered include how Long became convinced that photosynthesis' inefficiency presented an opportunity, the process known as nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) identified by Long in his 2006 paper and the C4 Rice Project.

Recommends the book "How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper," by Björn Gustavii. Contents of the book; Tips on scientific writing.

The article offers information on a nation's economy is described in numbers, but academicians use words to explain those numbers. It discusses that Scholarly papers forecasting the state of the economy are more than equally matched with opinion pieces in the daily press that also attempt to forecast the state of the economy; and mentions that EconLit, the primary database covering the scholarly literature of economics, is produced by the American Economic Association (AEA).

This paper describes a recovery scheme for syntax errors which provides automatically-generated high quality recovery with good diagnostic information at relatively low cost. Previous recovery techniques are summarized and empirical comparisons are made. Suggestions for further research on this topic conclude the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the case of scientist David Baltimore which is considered the one of the most remarkable cases of scientific misconduct in the U.S. Publication of a Baltimore research paper on gene expression in the periodical "Cell"; Involvement of co-author Dr. Thereza Imanishi-Kari in the fabrication of evidence; Admission by Imanishi-Kari about some of the work cited in the paper; Investigation by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

The author proposes that computing conferences should accept and publish all reasonable research paper submissions. He notes the strict limits placed on the number of accepted papers in conferences, arguing that even the best committees reject papers that could benefit the community. He believes that computing conferences should enforce standards for publication quality, but the standards are too strict. The author further argues that the research papers will ultimately be judged by accepted bibiliometrics such as citation counts and by their impact on the computing field and on the industry.

The author offers insights on research income and publications and its threat on the careers of scholars in Great Britain. The author discusses the problem of scholars on research and publication when applying for an academic job, way to evaluate quality rather than quantity in research papers, and the problem with high-impact journals.

The article discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on science. Topics covered include the unprecedented surge in COVID-related scientific papers being published, the challenges of studying deadly viruses, and the lesson of the COVID-19 pivot for science. Also discussed are the ways that the pandemic has revealed the all-too-human frailties of the scientific enterprise.

The article focuses on research which found that the share of economics papers in leading journals focused on pure theory fell from 1983 to 2011. Topics discussed the include number of National Bureau of Economic Research papers released in 2017 that featured the use of administrative data in the U.S., a study which found that white men in America earned significantly more than black men and benefits of sharing tax records with researchers.

The article focuses on an investigation into allegations of data duplication in six papers for which Ralf Paus is corresponding or senior author being conducted by the University of Lübeck in Germany. Paus expresses confidence that the investigation will show scientific proof for the similarities between figures. It recalls that a separate investigation by the Research Centre Borstel in 2010 concluded that research misconduct has occurred in the laboratory of Paus' wife, Silvia Bulfone-Paus, resulting to a retraction of 12 of her papers.

The article presents several papers related to diabetes in Great Britain. Included are "Assessing Glycaemia in Diabetes using Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose (SBMG) and HbA JAMA 2006:295:1688-1697." Another paper presented is the "Type2 diabetes does not increase risk of depression. CMAJ 2006;175:42-46" a population based cohort study that involves almost 90,000 people carried out in Canada. Lastly is the paper "Space-time clustering analysis of Type1 diabetes among 0-29 years old in Yorkshire."

Relates the author's experience in delivering her first paper for the Graduate Student Caucus at the Modern Language Association conference in the humanities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Overview of the conference paper; Impact of the conference paper on her professional life; Career background of the author.

This article presents tips for writing research papers, when backing up arguments. Some tips on finding sources and attributing them is examined and provides hints to make a research paper an argument with facts rather than a recitation of them. The author's organization and analysis can transform a collection of data into a thoughtful and intelligent piece of writing. Primary and secondary sources are the two varieties of evidence. A paper about one's family history will rely on primary sources (interviews with parents, family birth records) but might involve secondary sources (such as the Ellis Island Web site). INSET: ASSIGNMENT.

The Republic of Panama has the second most unequally distributed wealth in Central America, has recently entered the list of countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and has one of the largest testing rate per inhabitant in the region and consequently the highest incidence rate of COVID-19, making it an ideal location to discuss potential scenarios for assessing epidemic preparedness, and to outline research opportunities in the Region of the Americas. We address two timely important questions: What are the unique risks of COVID-19 in Panama that could help other countries in the Region be better prepared? And what kind of scientific knowledge can Panama contribute to the regional and global study of COVID-19? This paper provides suggestions about how the research community could support local health authorities plan for different scenarios and decrease public anxiety. It also presents basic scientific opportunities about emerging pandemic pathogens towards promoting global health from the perspective of a middle income country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the Journalist's Resource, a project rolled out at the Harvard University that aims to reduce the animosity between scientists and journalists and help minimize the chances of errors and misunderstandings making their way into press reports of research. The Journalist's Resource is a database of scholarly reports and papers with short, searchable summaries in clear language. Available for free, the service aims to specifically meet the needs of journalists.

In this article, the authors discuss the User-Centered Design (UCD) process for mobile devices. When designing any product, mobile or not, good UCD practices help to ensure the product works. No feature should be added to the product only because it is easy and cheap to implement, or because one thinks it is a good idea. The most important aspect of the design process is to provide the user with the real usage context. For mobile phones this means users need to be able to touch the buttons and see software that feels like it is actually working. Paper prototypes are good because they can be used for verifying the product requirements without any investments in technology or development. They can also be used in a real context to get a relevant testing environment, but they are not sufficient for solving the usability issues of the final product, especially detailed interaction or performance. The authors are planning to work on practices that speed up the construction of realistic prototypes for mobile phones. This will allow them to test as if they had the final product, but the prototype can be provided earlier and less expensively. In addition, methods and tools for observing and testing in the mobile context need to be developed further. The experience shows that realistic prototypes are even more important for understanding the detailed requirements of mobile software when compared to traditional software.

When Matthew Blakeslee shapes hamburger patties with his hands, he experiences a vivid bitter taste in his mouth. And when Jeff Coleman looks at printed black numbers, he sees them in color, each a different hue. Blakeslee and Coleman are among a handful of otherwise normal people who have synesthesia. They experience the ordinary world in extraordinary ways and seem to inhabit a mysterious no-man's-land between fantasy and reality. For them the senses--touch, taste, hearing, vision and smell--get mixed up instead of remaining separate. Modern scientists have known about synesthesia since 1880, when Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, published a paper in Nature on the phenomenon. About four years ago, in 1999, we and others began to uncover brain processes that could account for synesthesia. Along the way, we also found new clues to some of the most mysterious aspects of the human mind, such as the emergence of abstract thought, metaphor and perhaps even language. A common explanation of synesthesia is that the affected people are simply experiencing childhood memories and associations. Maybe a person had played with refrigerator magnets as a child and the number 5 was red and 6 was green. INSETS: Overview/Synesthesia;COMMON QUESTIONS;THE PUZZLE OF LANGUAGE.

The article cites that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to calm the fray over whether scientific results should be freely available. On Friday, it released a draft policy aimed at improving public access to the results of NIH-funded research. The proposal requires grantees to deposit copies of their papers in NIH's free PubMed Central archive once they're accepted by a journal and calls for posting them on PubMed 6 months after publication. In July, a congressional spending panel recommended that NIH post NIH-funded manuscripts within 6 months of publication, or immediately if NIH grant funds were used to pay publication costs.