...Nature, one of the world’s most-cited scientific publications, took a step toward open access on Tuesday by granting its subscribers and journalists wide authority to let outside readers view its articles at no cost. Under the new policy, subscribers to 49 journals published by the Nature Publishing Group and collected on Nature’s website can create and share links to full-text versions of all of that content. About 100 media outlets also can include free links in news reports that reference articles in the group’s journals. The change is a financial risk for Nature, which recognizes that it may lose money from both subscribers and nonsubscribers who buy access to a single article, Steven C. Inchcoombe, chief executive officer of the Nature Publishing Group, said in an interview outlining the decision. "But we think the bigger risk is pretending it’s not happening," Mr. Inchcoombe said of the growing movement toward open-access formats, and Nature finding itself in a world where "that usage [is] gradually migrating elsewhere, and us being left as a glorified digital archive making available content to fuel activity everywhere else." The move follows steadily growing pressure on publishers to permit open access to articles describing research produced with taxpayer dollars. Last year the Obama administration introduced rules requiring journals to make articles about federally financed research available to the public within 12 months. And last month the Bill & Melinda...
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...Aaron Swartz and the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto Duaa Chamsi Basha LIBR 2100 03 Prof. Meg Raven April 1st, 2016 Aaron Swartz and the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto Introduction: Aaron Swartz was an American programmer, entrepreneur, political organizer, a writer and an internet hacktivist. He put his life under the FBI threat for being indicted for his illegal data- theft. For this reason, he committed suicide in 2013 where he hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment. For the purpose of this proposal, I aim to convince the granting agency to justify a grant of $100,000 in order to produce a documentary film about the Aaron Swartz and his opinions about the Open Access Movement. I will provide you with some information and sources about Aaron Swartz. In my rationale, I am going to provide reasons about why you should do such a film and the importance of making such a film. While Aaron accomplished a lot in his short life, the focus of your documentary film will be on Aaron Swartz and his opinions about open access. Rationale: Aaron Swartz, nicknamed the Internet’s Own Boy, was born in November 1986, in Chicago. Swartz immersed himself in the study of computers, programming, the Internet, and Internet culture. He did not complete his education, Swartz attended North Shore Country Day School, a small private school near Chicago, until 9th grade. He left high school in the 10th grade, and enrolled in courses at a Chicago area college (Wikipedia n.d). At age 13...
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...notes can be in 10-point font and do not need to be double-spaced. For an example, see Case Assignment 2-3. References are important so that a writer does not plagiarize (pass another person’s thoughts or words as her/his own). All references must be cited in the text and included in a reference list at the end of each case. Examples include the AICPA Code of Conduct, Auditing Standards, SEC statements, practitioner journals, web sites, and the textbook. You do not need to reference class notes or your own thoughts. To format references, use any of the three generally accepted methods: APA, Chicago, or MLA. The Purdue Online Writing Lab offers free guidance on these methods at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/. How do I access appropriate technical standards? * Public company auditing standards are available at no charge on the PCAOB’s web site. * Auditing standards for certain other entities are available at no charge on the AICPA’s web site. * Relevant SEC publications are available at no...
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...Why a Scientific Format? The scientific format may seem confusing for the beginning science writer due to its rigid structure which is so different from writing in the humanities. One reason for using this format is that it is a means of efficiently communicating scientific findings to the broad community of scientists in a uniform manner. Another reason, perhaps more important than the first, is that this format allows the paper to be read at several different levels. For example, many people skim Titles to find out what information is available on a subject. Others may read only titles and Abstracts. Those wanting to go deeper may look at the Tables and Figures in the Results, and so on. The take home point here is that the scientific format helps to insure that at whatever level a person reads your paper (beyond title skimming), they will likely get the key results and conclusions. Top of page The Sections of the Paper Most journal-style scientific papers are subdivided into the following sections: Title, Authors and Affiliation, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, and Literature Cited, which parallel the experimental process. This is the system we will use. This website describes the style, content, and format associated with each section. The sections appear in a journal style paper in the following prescribed order: Experimental process Section of Paper What did I do in a nutshell? Abstract What is the problem...
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...Writing a Laboratory Report The final step in any scientific investigation is to communicate your findings. This is done in the form of a laboratory report or, for more involved studies, a scientific paper. There is a standard format that is generally used for both lab reports and papers. The sections are: * Title * Introduction * Materials and Methods * Results * Discussion * Literature Cited Title: The title should be brief, descriptive, and should clearly indicate the nature of the study. For example, “increased sodium level decreases enzyme activity” is be better than “The effect of sodium on enzymes.” Introduction: This section is usually just a few paragraphs long. Here you introduce the reader to the topic and spell out the problem or question being addressed, describe the hypothesis that is begin tested, and the predictions of possible experimental results. Materials and Methods: In this section you are telling the reader how you tested your idea. After reading you Materials and Method section, the reader should be able to perform the experiment themselves. This section is written in paragraph form. In this section you also identify your independent and dependent variables. Results: In this section you organize and summarize your results. Tables and graphs should be used whenever possible. These must be clearly labeled. It is alright to point out trends or oddities in the data in the Results section, but do not offer any...
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...Educational Resources (v.2.0) Warning: Very long post. Please open in a new browser tab. Here is decades' worth of knowledge freely available online for those who love to learn. Links that fit under multiple categories are listed only once. What are your favorite sites to learn from? What sites would you add to this list? (View the original post for any future updates: http://goo.gl/8HLFw) CONTENTS: I. Top Picks II. Universities and Higher Education (updated to v.2.0 on 1/27/12) III. General Collections (updated to v.2.0 on 1/27/12) IV. How-to & DIY V. Studying with Peers VI. Online Books, eBooks, & Journals VII. Computers, Software, & Programming (updated to v.1.2 on 1/26/12) VIII. Science & Math (updated to v.2.0 on 1/27/12) IX. Logic, Words, & Memory X. Languages XI. Music (updated to v.1.2 on 1/26/12) XII. History XIII. Business, Economics, Finance, & Investing (updated to v.1.2 on 1/26/12) XIV. Food, Nutrition, & Cooking XV. Survival Tips XVI. Documentaries (updated to v.2.0 on 1/27/12) XVII. Other =========== I. TOP PICKS Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ Academic Earth - Online courses from the world's top scholars http://academicearth.org/ TED - Technology, Entertainment, & Design http://www.ted.com/ MIT Open CourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ Stanford Engineering Everywhere http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx Open Yale Courses http://oyc.yale.edu/ About U. - Collection...
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...number of accepted articles often outnumbers the space for printing. Due to this, many academics self-archive a 'pre-print' copy of their paper for free download from their personal or institutional website. Some journals, particularly newer ones, are now published in electronic form only. Paper journals are now generally made available in electronic form as well, both to individual subscribers, and to libraries. Almost always these electronic versions are available to subscribers immediately upon publication of the paper version, or even before; sometimes they are also made available to non-subscribers, either immediately (by open access journals) or after an embargo of anywhere from two to twenty-four months or more, in order to protect against loss of subscriptions. Journals having this delayed availability are sometimes called delayed open access journals. Ellison has reported that in economics the dramatic increase in opportunities to publish results online has led to a decline in the use of peer reviewed articles.[17] Categories of papers[edit] See also: Types of scientific journal articles...
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...International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology (IJAET) ISSN 2231-1963 (An open access scholarly, online, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, bimonthly, and fully refereed journal IJAET is highly indexed journal of very good repute) Call for Papers – Vol 5 Iss 2 - IJAET Jan’ 2013 Smooth, simple and timely publishing of review and research articles! We are pleased to inform you that IJAET has successfully launched another issue. We are thankful to you for your contribution in this journey of advances in research because of which we got support of more than 60,000 professionals, engineers, academicians, technologists, students and freelancers all over the world. We would like to invite you to contribute a Research Paper for publication in IJAET. Papers published in IJAET will receive very high publicity and acquire very high reputation. The journal covers all areas of computer science, electronics engg., mechanical engg., information technology, electrical engg., and many more. We publish original research articles, review articles and technical notes. The journal reviews papers within one week of submission and publishes accepted articles on the internet immediately upon receiving the final versions. Our fast reviewing process is our strength. Authors are requested to prepare their manuscript in IJAET paper format, by using IJAET paper Template. We accept only those manuscripts which are submitted...
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...Myanmar, our fields are becoming increasingly important. ECS believes that by opening, and democratizing research, we can more rapidly advance our important sciences and society at large, while directly fulfilling our mission. The key to scientific advancement has always been the open exchange of information. Yet even in today’s digital environment, many scientists around the world struggle to access quality, reliable research. The bottom line is discoveries need discoverability and that is only guaranteed through full Open Access. How did Free the Science come about? In March 2014, an ECS ad hoc Committee on the Free Dissemination of Research evaluated the evolving publishing landscape and the viability of transitioning to an Open Access publications model. They determined that in addition to maintaining our high standards of peer review, ECS should pursue complete Open Access to keep our publications relevant and sustainable. In May 2015, the ECS Board of Directors approved launching the Free the Science campaign to help fund the transition to complete Open Access by 2024. How much will it cost to Free the Science? Based on our projections and scenario planning, to completely open our digital library and publish all papers moving forward we will need to invest $40M to support our publishing operations. The good news is that the Free the Science initiative has already accrued $8M through operating surpluses and donations. How will ECS raise the additional $32M...
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...PSY 801: How to Read a Scientific Article Author unknown (variously attributed – most likely James Watson) When Learners in the sciences are first faced with using the primary research literature, the prospect sometimes seems overwhelming. Finding pertinent journal articles often seems to involve a maze of abstracting journals, indifferent librarians, missing volumes, CD-ROMs from the netherworld, and bound periodicals that refuse to flatten themselves for photocopiers (no matter how hard you press on them CPR-style). Even after an article has been located or provided, there is the problem of reading it. The worst way to assimilate a research paper is to read it word for word, title to literature cited, as if it were a textbook. This approach is a waste of time not only because perhaps as few as 1 in 4 articles that find their way into your hands should be committed to your brain, but also because it is deadly boring. Before reading one word of an article, ask yourself what you are looking for in the article. Knowing what you do about the subject, what gaps need to be filled? What knowledge needs to be expanded? What controversial points need to be corroborated? Generate expectations of a journal article before you read it. This will help your analysis of the work in front of you, and it will keep you more interested in the material. Once your initial expectations have been generated, then what? The following steps seem to make sense. 1. Read the authors' names. Where and...
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...Advertisement."" tabindex="-1"> Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article.AUTHOR: JULIA GREENBERG.JULIA GREENBERG DATE OF PUBLICATION: 06.15.15.06.15.15 TIME OF PUBLICATION: 7:00 AM.7:00 AM THE WEB WILL EITHER KILL SCIENCE JOURNALS OR SAVE THEM GETTY IMAGESSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS awesome—we read it, we build upon it, we innovate with it, and we love it.But the process of getting research from the scientists who spend months or years with their data to the academics who want to read it can be messy. It takes a long time. It’s expensive. And the researchers involved give their work away for free—as do the peer-reviewers who approve it. Many researchers have long believed publishing power has evolved to lie in the hands of a few big companies, like, say, Reed-Elsevier and Springer. But none had ever done a study to see if that was true.Vincent Larivière, a researcher at the University of Montreal’s School of Library and Information Science, decided to do what any good scientist does: Test the hypothesis. Turns out the hunch was right. “In fact, we did not think things would be this bad,” he says.In a study published last week, Larivière, along with his co-authors Stefanie Haustein and Philippe Mongeon, found that in the natural and medical sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities, five major publishers “account for more than 50 percent of all papers published in 2013.” Those publishers include Reed-Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer, and Taylor & Francis...
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...Research Databases ACM Digital Library The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library includes bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and conference proceedings. Criminology This database includes the full-text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. EbscoHost (all) Ebsco databases provide access to numerous publications. Select this link to search all databases simultaneously. To search each database separately, use the specific links to the named databases. EbscoHost Academic Search Elite Search academic journals for topics in all areas of academic study; many peer-reviewed titles are included. EbscoHost Business Source Premier Search periodicals covering a wide variety of business topics. EbscoHost CINAHL Plus with Full Text Search nursing and allied health journals. EbscoHost MasterFile Premier Search periodicals covering a wide variety of topics including general reference, business, education, health, and science. EbscoHost Regional Business News Search regional business publications from major metropolitan areas. EbscoHost SocIndex with Full Text Search for articles related to sociology, criminal justice, criminology, and ethnic and gender studies. Full Text Electronic Journals ...
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...Jump to navigation Search Cornell Search About LII / Get the law / Lawyer Directory / Get Legal Forms / Legal Encyclopedia / Help Out CFR › Title 5 › Chapter I › Subchapter B › Part 430 › Subpart A › Section 430.102 5 CFR 430.102 - Performance management. CFR Updates Authorities (U.S. Code) prev | next § 430.102 Performance management. (a) Performance management is the systematic process by which an agency involves its employees, as individuals and members of a group, in improving organizational effectiveness in the accomplishment of agency mission and goals. (b) Performance management integrates the processes an agency uses to— (1) Communicate and clarify organizational goals to employees; (2) Identify individual and, where applicable, team accountability for accomplishing organizational goals; (3) Identify and address developmental needs for individuals and, where applicable, teams; (4) Assess and improve individual, team, and organizational performance; (5) Use appropriate measures of performance as the basis for recognizing and rewarding accomplishments; and (6) Use the results of performance appraisal as a basis for appropriate personnel actions. A joint research project of the Australian National University and Cornell University Legal Information Institute Would you like to be part of citizen science? We are researching what makes a legal rule hard or easy to read or use. With your help, we hope to create a database of legal...
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...Minds on Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 More than one-third of the world’s population is under 20. There are over 30 million people today qualified to enter a university who have no place to go. During the next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week. —Sir John Daniel, 1996 T By John seely Brown and Richard P. adler he world has become increasingly “flat,” as Tom Friedman has shown. Thanks to massive improvements in communications and transportation, virtually any place on earth can be connected to markets anywhere else on earth and can become globally competitive.1 But at the same time that the world has become flatter, it has also become “spikier”: the places that are globally competitive are those that have robust local ecosystems of resources supporting innovation and productiveness.2 A key part of any such ecosystem is a well-educated workforce with the requisite competitive skills. And in a rapidly changing world, these ecosystems must not only supply this workforce but also provide support for continuous learning and for the ongoing creation of new ideas and skills. John Seely Brown is a Visiting Scholar and Advisor to the Provost at the University of Southern California (USC) and Independent Co-Chairman of a New Deloitte Research Center. He is the former Chief Scientist of Xerox and Director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Many of his publications...
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...Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil; * Corresponding Author: menezes.lari@gmail.com Received 27 March 2013; revised 25 May 2013; accepted 5 June 2013 Copyright © 2013 Glicia Pedreira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Nintendo Wii training in quality of life in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients when compared to traditional physical therapy (PT). Methods: A randomized, single-blinded trial with 2 parallel arms was performed in a referral center for movement disorders in North-eastern, Brazil. Forty-four PD outpatients that fulfilled the eligibility criteria with mild to moderate motor impairment were randomized. Both groups executed a warm up session for 10 minutes that consisted of trunk flexion, extension and rotation, associated with upper and lower limbs stretching. The PT group followed a program that consisted of trunk and limb mobilisation, balance, muscle strengthening, rhythmic movement, postural alignment, double-task execution, bimanual tasks, and gait training. The Nintendo Wii group executed a sequence of tasks according to a previously established protocol, with similar training exercises. Duration of exercises was 40 minutes per session, 3 days per week...
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