In media, policy and scholarship, forced migrants are typically portrayed as either inherently vulnerable and in need of external protection, and/or as naturally violent and threatening and therefore not deserving of care. We know very little, however, about forced migrants as actors and providers of care themselves.

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DensToolKit2 is a versatile open-source, cross-platform, suite of programs for analyzing electronic densities calculated from various sources and getting cool plots for some of the most popular scalar fields out there, such as electron densities, spin densities, visualizing critical points, or investigating complex topologies of noncovalent interactions, DensToolKit2 provides an integrated, script-friendly suite for analyzing electron densities

As science advances and public opinion warms, gene editing embryos to prevent disease is moving from taboo to possibility, raising new questions about where we draw the line.

Humanitarian, global health, and development organizations confront an unprecedented crisis. Donor funding is in a downward spiral, while needs intensify across every sector. Organizations face stark choices: reduce programs, cut staff, or fundamentally transform how they deliver results. Traditional capacity building models have become economically unsustainable.

Before starting - what is Omics Data? Omics data represent massive volumes of information on genomes, epigenomes, transcriptomes — you name it. They’ve become a favorite among researchers, reviewers, and publishers. But at what cost? I’m not even talking about the huge financial investments it takes to generate good quality data with proper replicates.

Levons le tapis de l’évolution Ce mot me hante depuis longtemps. Ce mot a suscité des éons de tourment et de fascination. Ce redoutable mot est l’évolution. Comment pourrait-il autant me casser la tête ainsi qu’à de nombreuses personnes curieuses? Discutant de ce sujet, Stephen J. Gould (2000) explique que l’étymologie du mot « évolution » se réconcilie difficilement avec la signification moderne de ce terme.

This post is based on an interview with Sciety team at eLife. What is Sciety? Sciety is a community-led initiative developed by a team within eLife, that brings together expert evaluations of papers in one place. It is focused on preprints, preprint review and curation.

Yesterday I posted about the normalization functions in the tidynorm R package. In order to implement formant track normalization, I had to also put together code for working with the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), which in and of itself can be handy to work with.

PKP releases OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5 with major feature enhancements, setting the stage for the upcoming Long-Term Support (LTS) version. PKP is pleased to announce the release of OJS, OMP, and OPS 3.5.0, the latest step in our ongoing mission to make scholarly publishing more equitable, efficient, and accessible.

Mauricio Suárez reviews No Shadow of a Doubt, by Daniel Kennefick