Hey there, Three weeks ago, I hit send on one of the most personal announcements I’ve ever shared. On July 1, I announced the debut of my first science fiction novel— On the Wings of a Pig . The response was overwhelming. I expected a few nods of support, maybe some curiosity.
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The threshold of originality is the linchpin for determining whether an intellectual achievement is considered a work and therefore enjoys copyright protection. Several myths are surrounding this concept, and its application depends on the individual case. However, there are clear criteria and examples to help with this. The ‘threshold of originality’ is an undefined legal term, i.e. it is not defined in the legal text itself.
After the Lower House elections in Japan last October, I wrote a note that emphasised the mounting and cumulative stresses on the country.
Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?
Introduction The EDAM ontology is used to provide conceptual organization of resources in major initiatives like ELIXIR bio.tools and Galaxy. Bioconductor’s methods and data are tagged using an ad hoc terminologic hierarchy called biocViews.
Exciting news: Symplectic, a global leader in research information management systems, has integrated ROR into its flagship platform, Symplectic Elements.
In my PhD research, I investigate how metadata for research data are generated and maintained. I have started by analyzing how metadata records of the DOI registration agency DataCite change over time (Strecker 2024a, 2024b). Recently, I was awarded a grant by the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) - through the BUA Fellowship Program of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value.
Imagine a social worker in Ukraine supporting children affected by the humanitarian crisis. Thousands of kilometers away, a radiation specialist in Japan is trying to find effective ways to communicate with local communities. In Nigeria, a health worker is tackling how to increase immunization coverage in their remote village. These professionals face very different challenges in very different places.
In the PFA Accelerator, practitioners supporting children are teaching each other what works. Every Friday, more than 240 education, social work, and health professionals across Ukraine and Europe file reports on the same question: What happened when you tried to help a child this week?
The title of this post comes from an article published in a special virtual issue on the theme “Physical Organic Chemistry: Never Out of Style” There, Paul Rablen presents the case that the amount of o (ortho) product in electrophilic substitution of a phenyl ring bearing an EWG (electron withdrawing group) is often large enough […]