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Provides information on the author's use of the I-Search, a less traditional approach to the research paper, in making I-piphany which focused on elementary librarianship. Parts of the I-Search paper; Requirement of immersion in a unit of learning theory; Opportunity for students to think about their own thinking; Need for graduate-level papers to be written from the third-person formal point of view; Development of information literate students who understand the research process.

Describes an experience of a teacher regarding assigning research papers to students. Factor which marked the complete disenchantment of the teacher to the research paper; Argument taken against the research paper; Circumstances in which the teacher would still assign research.

Unravelling transparency among the various disciplines of science in the context of their evolving processes is a methodological problem and the focus of a series of two papers presented here. This first paper presents the concept of the paradigm as a generic problem-solving tool for creating transparency by postulating that a paradigm, after its formation, shifts through proliferating, norming and performing stages. Each stage is associated with generic features. A common conception of the paradigm is synonymous with frameworks in science and technology; this concept is revisited in this paper and is presented as a generic problem-solving framework. The paper argues that science selects and intertwines many paradigms and a paradigm is a particular form of evolution in action. In its pre-paradigm period there is randomness among the rudimentary components with no sense of direction. In its forming and proliferating stages, a paradigm is composed of workable components with a one-way flow of information subject to the law of natural selection. In the norming and performing stages, a conscious process of consolidation takes place among the components with emerging hierarchies and with influences on the orientation of the paradigm but without full determination of the overall direction. In this way, a picture emerges where science has generic foresight, the formation of which can be influenced but not be fixed. This paper substantiates this postulate through the paradigm of science and institutionalisation and the following paper substantiates it through hydraulic systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents an interview with David Mixner, longtime gay activist and political strategist, about passing his personal archives to Yale University's Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies. Background on archives to be donated; Reason for donating the archives; Advice for others who may possess materials but are unsure about donating them to an archive or special collection.

Reports on the dismissal of Rhetta Moran as senior research fellow at Salford University in Lancashire, England. Decision of the university to close the Revans Centre for Action Learning Research; Supervisory support offered to students at Salford University.

Focuses on the need for assigning research papers to students. Purpose of the research papers; Question to be asked before assigning research papers; Overview of a story about a research assignment.

Reports on the study conducted by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin to extract cellulose from a microorganism called cyanobacteria. Applications of cellulose; Sources of cellulose; Characteristics of cyanobacteria.

Focuses on the students used of Web sites on citation studies in the U.S. Views of the librarians on using Web sites; Percentage of citations through Web sites; Influence of Web sites on conducting research.

Reports the conducting research of the American Society for Testing and Materials in the United States. Methods of research; Location of the research; Purpose of the research.

Focuses on the theories of quantum mechanics underlying a paper in the October 11, 1999 'Physical Review Letters.' Discussion of 'Schrodinger's cat' as an example of quantum theory; The importance of the results discussed in this paper.

The article discusses views of five scientists on paper "How to boost scientific production? A statistical analysis of research funding and other influencing factors" published in the journal Scientometrics by academics from Concordia University, reporting that citations published by Canadian scientists and engineers decline over time. It presents views of scientists including Wolfgang Stroebe on motivation, Dame Athene Donald on no decline in mental power and Peter Lawrence on his experience.

The article discusses the priorities of researchers who post, share and recommend papers on academic social networks in terms of profit, user data and open access publishing. Topics include the value of academic social networks as a way of getting publications online and making them publicly available, the impact of this process on speeding up the pace of discovery and facilitating a revolution in peer review, and the influence of networks' discovery algorithm on academic life.

The article examines the reasons for irreproducibility of scientific experiment results and discusses efforts to address this issue. The issue is said to have started gaining widespread attention following the release of a 2011 paper in "Nature" magazine by researchers from pharmaceutical company Bayer HealthCare. The factors contributing to irreproducibility include the overvaluation of publications in high-impact journals, the length restrictions in print journals and the use of statistics. INSETS: LAB LABOURS: SURVEY REVEALS STRUGGLE TO REPRODUCE RIVALS' RESULTS;REGISTERED REPORTS: PREVENTING P-HACKING AND PUBLICATION BIAS;THE REPRODUCIBILITY INITIATIVE: CARRYING OUT REPLICATION STUDIES.

Presents news briefs pertaining to various cities and states in the U.S. as of May 28, 1938. Number of tax reports made by the National Dairy Products Co. in 1937; Amount of money spent by U.S. manufacturers on research; Approval of a beer license for federal-county highway workers by the State Alcoholic Commissioner in Newark, New Jersey.

The article focuses on increase in the publication of fake news. Topics discussed include information on withdrawal of scientific papers from publication for a variety of reasons, including fraud and duplicate publication; request forwarded by the regulatory body, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for correcting financial statements of a company; and importance of skepticism in business research.

The article explores the significance of multilingualism in counseling/psychotherapy room, based on a research paper on multilingual clients' experiences of psychotherapy. Topics covered are the influence of language spoken on one's perception of him or herself and others, the competing identities of having different languages, and the importance of being able to switch languages in couples therapy. Also discussed is the emotional attachment and relationship with one's native language.

The article discusses a program that involves high school students in original science research at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. Science teacher Robert Pavlica is said to have begun the program to involve students in field and laboratory research, allowing students to conduct scientific research based on their own interests. Topics addressed include student relationships with scientist mentors, submissions of student research papers to microprocessor manufacturer Intel Corp.'s Intel Talent Search competition, and advice for beginning similar programs at other schools.

An introduction is presented for a paper on research of Knowledge Base Construction (KBC).

The article presents information on the prospects of data mining and research. The author states that numereous research were being conducted and more research were conducted on the same topics and hence it can be teremed as re: search. It is stated that for data collecting will always remain more rewarding for some than data mining. It is also stated that the smaller the budgets for a research is, the better is its results. Information on a paper entitled "A Possible Resolution of the Fermi Paradox: A Preliminary Analysis of Historical Survey Data," is provided.

The article focuses on Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea's Professor Hwang Woo Suk's successful cloning of a dog which is a truly remarkable achievement that has elevated the status of Korea in the world of science. Hwang Woo Suk's papers have been consecutively published as the feature stories in such highly acclaimed scientific journals as Science and Nature,when the majority of scientists regard the publication of their papers in such journals to a once-in-a-lifetime honor, further serves to highlight the true significance of his achievements. According to the author, the government and the general public should join hands to create an environment conducive to scientific research so that Korea's life science, which has managed to bloom despite almost infertile soil, does not wither away.

Focuses on a paper-generating computer program SCIgen made by graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Use of the program by the students which enabled them to submit fake research papers at the World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics 2005; Reasons of the students for targetting the conference; Background on the research paper Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy; Exposure of the profit-generating intentions of the conference.

This article analyzes a 1905 theoretical paper on the photoelectric effect, by Albert Einstein, to prove that science and stories are not only compatible, but also inseparable. The photoelectric paper is modestly entitled, On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light. Einstein begins by stating the problem posed by the quantum hypothesis: He defines the resonators as bound electrons and takes us, with characteristic clarity, made possible by five years of experience with quanta, through Planck's derivation. He develops the characters in his tale--the radiation, Planck, his resonators, classical electromagnetic theory. Then Einstein does something new. He sets out to derive Planck's radiation law without any assumptions about how light is generated. By assigning an entropy to the light and relating that entropy to the density of the radiation. Einstein proves that the entropy of the light in the black body varies with volume just the way that entropy varies with volume for that standby of freshman chemistry, the ideal gas. All theories tell a story. They have a beginning, in which people and ideas, models, molecules and governing equations take the stage. Their roles are defined; there is a puzzle to solve. Einstein sets his characters into motion to ingeniously, using entropy to tease out the parallels between moving molecules and the energy of light. The story develops; there are consequences of Einstein's approach. And at the end, his view of light as quantized and particular confronts the reality of the heretofore unexplained photoelectric effect, The postscripted future, of all else that can be understood and all new things that can be made, is implicit.

The article presents reader responses to a question posed about the length of a line one could draw with a single pencil. Reader answers are scientifically reasoned based on experimentation with so-called clutch and wooden pencils. Factors are noted that may affect the length of line drawn with a particular pencil including lead hardness, paper type, line density, and the number of times the pencil is sharpened.

The article reports that the decision by the University of Minnesota to launch an inquiry into the research of Jizhen Lin did not solve an earlier concern. It states that the "New Scientist" has raised concerns with the university about a paper on chronic myeloid leukaemia, published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." Lead author Catherine Verfaillie denies the allegation that images in their leukaemia paper are duplicated.

The article reports on the inquiry launched by the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis into research at its Stem Cell Institute after "New Scientist" raised further concerns about papers that appear to contain duplicated and manipulated images. It states that the inquiries led to the correction in three papers and a discovery of misconduct against Morayma Reyes, formerly a doctor of philosophy degree (PhD) student at Minnesota.

This article features a compilation of research produced by the best business schools in the U.S. Research from a paper called "Work-Life Balance, Management Practices, and Productivity" found little correlation between productivity and work-life balance. Another paper called "A Theory of Combative Advertising" found that combative advertisements don't necessarily translate into better sales.

Presents allegations against physician Andrew Wakefield for writing a three-way link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination. Information on how Wakefield and his team worked for the paper; Aim of the paper of Wakefield; Comments from the British government on the allegations.

Reports that researchers have found a way to transform hydrogen peroxide into a supercleaner with a class of environmentally friendly catalysts called Fe-TAML activators. Details of research by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University; Potential uses for the supercleaner, including removing sulphur compounds from fuel to prevent acid rain, and eliminating paper and textile dyes.

Presents a fictitious paper by Albert Einstein about the relativity of time. His quote that sitting with a pretty woman for an hour felt like a minute and that sitting on a hot stove for a minute felt like an hour; Suggestion of the paper that the quote was based on actual research; Other quotes by Einstein.

The article presents abstracts on papers related to urology including "A large cohort study found metabolic syndrome was associated with increased risks of finding prostate cancer (1.44-fold) and high-grade prostate cancer (1.58-fold) at needle biopsy," "Clusterin may be able to protect against injury of testicular cells induced by heat shock stress," and "In the future, tyrosine kinase inhibitors or antiangiogenesis medications may be useful for patients with BPH."

The article offers news briefs related to research in the U.S. Graduate student Anthony Giuffre and research advisor Patricia Dove proposed the use of charged and uncharged sugars to create shells and skeletons. Researchers from Virginia Tech found that check valves in wood cells protect trees when injured and control sap flow. The Best Paper Award was given by the Virginia Tech research on the use of wearble computing system in the helmet to protect construction workers from poisoning.

Research on health policies is considered essential to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of public policies. Analyses of public health policies have various objectives, including helping to solve the problems for which the policy was originated. That objective faces two large obstacles: (1) the ambiguity and heterogeneity of the models applied for the analysis of public policies, conditions that hinder the selection of analytical methods and the assessment of the scope of the objective; and (2) the traditional methodological approaches that limit the capacity of analyses to help solve the problems detected. This paper reviews the epistemology of the predominant models of public health policy analysis in order to assess their scope and limitations. It concludes that the development of new conceptual approaches could improve the quality of research on public policies and their ability to favorably impact decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose |!|#8211; The purpose of this paper is to give a comprehensive description of various safety factors that need to be determined while assessing the short-circuit strength of transformers. Design/methodology/approach |!|#8211; Factors of safety are divided into two categories: radial and axial. Some of the latest approaches in assessing the strength are elaborated. Findings |!|#8211; Six major sets of calculations are identified: three each for radial and axial electromagnetic forces. Corresponding factors of safety are defined and calculated for practical transformers. These factors are related to the strength and stability aspects of windings. Research limitations/implications |!|#8211; The work gives pointers for further research at appropriate places while highlighting the challenges involved in the assessment of the short-circuit strength. Practical implications |!|#8211; The presented overview of the factors of safety can be a useful guide for the practicing transformer engineers. Originality/value |!|#8211; The main contribution of the reported work is in highlighting the intricacies associated with the subject of short-circuit strength of power transformers. It can serve as a reference document for future research works in the area since the procedures are outlined for calculating the factors of safety through six case studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose |!|#8211; The purpose of this paper is to present a new type of equivalent scheme of multi-winding transformers. Design/methodology/approach |!|#8211; An inventory representation of relations between currents and flux linkages has been interpreted as a multi-port purely inductive circuit. Findings |!|#8211; An equivalent scheme in the form of a multi-port circuit, and a method of its parameters determination from field computations. Research limitations/implications |!|#8211; Core losses are not considered in the multi-port equivalent scheme. Practical implications |!|#8211; A new equivalent scheme could become a basic tool for modeling multi-winding transformers. Originality/value |!|#8211; The introduced multi-port equivalent scheme eliminates disadvantages of classical T-type equivalent scheme of transformers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports the findings of a study of bereaved parents’ experiences of their return to the workplace following the death of a child to suicide. Six mothers and five fathers aged 44–57 were interviewed about the support provided to them and what they would have found helpful. Their responses suggest organisations need to be more proactive in offering support to traumatically bereaved employees. Organisations should have formal bereavement protocols and policies in place, including access to a named member of staff, and ensure that managers and workers receive training in bereavement awareness and how to support colleagues. Training programmes should be co-delivered or informed by people with personal experience of traumatic bereavement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the scandal involving a research that proved to be very erroneous. It cites the paper issued by Duke University researchers in 2006 concerning a chemotherapeutic treatment with less painful side-effects. However, an investigation by biostatisticians Keith Baggerly and Kevin Coombes of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that there are key issues on the statistics and validity of research data. The lessons learned from the scandal are also cited, including those concerning the journals and the universities.

Bereavement services, in common with all health, social care and counselling programmes and interventions, are increasingly required to demonstrate their clinical and cost effectiveness. This paper describes the main ethical and practical issues raised for one service (a hospice-based bereavement support service), and how they were overcome. It offers advice to other organisations and researchers on important aspects of the process, including the need to ensure good relationships with staff and professional supervision and support for the researcher. It also challenges the common view that participation in research may be harmful for bereaved people. Participants in this survey welcomed the chance to talk about their feelings, and to make a contribution to furthering understanding of the bereavement experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers the author's insights on the issues of doctorates (PhD) within the field of fine arts. The author mentions that various discussions presented in the academe focused on having doctorates in fine arts. The author examines a collection of papers with the subject "Research and the Artist" which presents discussions associated to practice-based PhDs in terms of its appropriateness and significance. The author explores the components of the criteria determined for traditional PhDs.

The article focuses on the annual research competition conducted at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The annual research competition intends to showcase Olin research and to promote the importance of valuing business. The research paper must be able to relay the importance of conducting research to business to be able to qualify for the competition.

The article highlights the collaboration between Peabody Library and the Writing Studio of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee to enlighten students about the research process, particularly in locating and evaluating scholarly information, under the Human and Organizational Development's (HOD) Applied Human Development course. The project offers subject-specific workshops to aid students with their research paper assignment via library resources, use of the American Psychological Association (APA) style and inclusion of research into the writing process. Marketing of the concept includes publicizing of the service on Web sites, article writing for the Writing Studio's newsletter, and creation of bookmarks.

Universities are, to a large extent, publicly funded. It is reasonable to expect that society should benefit as a result. This means that scientific research should at least have a potential societal impact. Universities and individual researchers should therefore give serious thought to the societal relevance of their research activities and report on them widely. Core questions they should be asking are: "Do we do the right things?" and "Do we do them right?". This implies that as well as indicators of scientific quality, attention should be given to indicators of societal relevance. These two considerations are examined in the context of current evaluation practices of academic research. Twelve indicators of societal relevance are proposed, focusing on both their socio-cultural and economic value. The examples given mainly concern the health and life sciences. This paper concludes with a discussion of the key challenges in evaluating the societal relevance of scientific research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: This paper describes selected developments in transonic flow simulation technology that have utilized nonlinear potential methods for external aerodynamic applications. In particular, the research efforts in this field at Ames Research Center are highlighted. Included are a review of the various potential equation forms, the pertinent characteristics associated with key potential equation numerical algorithms, and a variety of numerical results for various aerodynamic applications to highlight key discussion points. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The article discusses the decline in scientific innovation in Africa. Africa's share of world science have been declining and bibliometric studies show that sub-Saharan Africa's share of world scientific papers dropped from one percent to 0.7 percent in 1996. Many of the scientific institutions are fragile and susceptible to the vagaries of political and military events and suffer because of lack of clarity and articulation of science governance issues. The British model of colonial science led to the establishment of botanical gardens in many colonies as sites to conduct plant and other related research. The French approach to colonial science was different. Research had to be done through the mediation of institutions based in Paris.

The author discusses the components of telephone research. She describes the unique characteristics of phone research that seems obvious but that has major implications. She warns that the very fact that someone is calling about a topic may expose guarded information or fuel speculation. She also offers different approaches involve in competitive intelligence research. In addition, the author enumerates the issues information professionals need to clarify with the client, including the purpose of the research and the publication of papers by journals.

Abstract: This paper investigates probabilistic logics endowed with independence relations. We review propositional probabilistic languages without and with independence. We then consider graph-theoretic representations for propositional probabilistic logic with independence; complexity is analyzed, algorithms are derived, and examples are discussed. Finally, we examine a restricted first-order probabilistic logic that generalizes relational Bayesian networks. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The paper discusses the use of Rogers' theory of diffusion of innovations as a framework for examining, via existing literature, complexities associated with movement of research knowledge regarding oral cancer screening (OCS) into practice. It cites the factors that hinders the adoption of OCS, the attributes of the innovation, the communication channels, and the timing and spread of adoption. It also highlights the challenges to moving research knowledge into practices.

Abstract: In this paper, an adaptive controller design method based on hyperstability theory is proposed for a class of unified chaotic systems with so-called sector-bounded inputs and disturbances. Under the norm-bounded assumption of disturbances, for the controlled system, system states can be regulated to zero levels asymptotically in the presence of this class of disturbances. To show the validity and feasibility of the proposed adaptive controller, some simulations on controlling different chaotic systems with disturbances, are made and investigated. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Purpose - The paper's purpose is to analyze the concepts of potential and actual infinities. Design/methodology/approach - The exploration and research on potential and actual infinities generally touch on many disciplines, such as philosophy, logic, computer science, mathematics, etc. From the angle of a brief history, recall and development, the authors analyze the concepts of potential and actual infinities on one starting point and two locations to cut in. Findings - Clarify the difference and connection of these two infinities on the level of mathematics and introduce the symbolized, descriptive definitions for potential and actual infinities. Originality/value - It is the first time that the difference between the concepts of potential and actual infinities are clarified, which leads to the discovery of the fourth crisis in the foundations of mathematics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - This paper aims to review current research and developments with particular reference to some of the challenges of tracking and protecting data when innovative methods of capture and processing are used. Some ethical issues are considered. Design/methodology/approach - A general review and survey of selected research and development topics. Findings - Illustrates the multi- and trans-disciplinary natures of studies in cybernetics, systems and management science with a view to further research and development activity. Practical implications - The choice of reviews provides the awareness of current trends in these areas, of research and application. Originality/value - The reviews are selected from global database and give a studied assessment of current research and development initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: In this paper, we introduce weights into Pawlak rough set model to balance the class distribution of a data set and develop a weighted rough set based method to deal with the class imbalance problem. In order to develop the weighted rough set based method, we design first a weighted attribute reduction algorithm by introducing and extending Guiasu weighted entropy to measure the significance of an attribute, then a weighted rule extraction algorithm by introducing a weighted heuristic strategy into LEM2 algorithm, and finally a weighted decision algorithm by introducing several weighted factors to evaluate extracted rules. Furthermore, in order to estimate the performance of the developed method, we compare the weighted rough set based method with several popular methods used for class imbalance learning by conducting experiments with twenty UCI data sets. Comparative studies indicate that in terms of AUC and minority class accuracy, the weighted rough set based method is better than the re-sampling and filtering based methods, and is comparable to the decision tree and SVM based methods. It is therefore concluded that the weighted rough set based method is effective for class imbalance learning. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]