Sentences with phrase «for academic authoring»

Just to throw a curve ball into the discussion, I attended Markdown for Science last weekend, where Martin Fenner and Stian Håklev led the conversation about whether it makes sense to use markdown plus Git for academic authoring and collaboration.
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Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.
Bernstein holds a PhD in Social Welfare from Columbia University and is the author and coauthor of numerous books for both popular and academic audiences, including his latest book, «The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity.»
The more in - depth report is not yet cleared for publication because the authors are seeking publication in an academic journal.78 We have some questions based on the in - depth report that we can not yet discuss.
The bulk of academic writing in my discipline is not really writing but a collection of marks on paper put down in response to similar marks put down in response to other marks put down in response to... The authors of these texts do not have a conception of writing as an art, or of the need for the imagery, inflection, and rhythm that hold open the mind of the reader so that the thought can slip past them into his soul.
Dalrymple comments: «Mind you, I don't blame the authors for this: after all, the pressure upon academics to publish in reputable journals nowadays is as irresistible as the urge of husbands to strangle their wives.»
The author suggests implications of critical realism for the academic study of religion and for the encounter of world religions, as well as for personal religious faith.
There are a few points in the book in which it would appear that the authors depart from their own sense of what is licit and illicit out of deferrence to certain academic Catholic bioethicists who persist in arguing for the permissibility of so - called «borderline» assisted reproductive techniques such as Gamete Intra Fallopian Transfer (GIFT) and Artificial Insemination by Husband (AIH) or insist that the Church may still allow for so - called embryo adoption.
The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.
In fact the authors point out that there are no studies of meditationamong children in a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schools.
This document was originally developed in 1997 for the primary author's personal use in her clinical and academic work.
In no uncertain terms, the authors of The Wellness Impact: Enhancing Academic Success Through Healthy School Environments, summed up what most School Nutrition readers have known for years.
He is the author and co-author of several academic publications in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry and is the recipient of several awards for his work.
The author argues that the GCC governments, driven by economic weakness and future aspirations, started to invest in alternative sources to feed their economies, for example, partnerships with prestigious Western academic institutions.
Among the signatories to the joint letter are former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson, President of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain OBE, former government integration tsar Ted Cantle CBE, the General Secretaries of the National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, as well as a number of high - profile authors, academics, and entertainers.
Cautiously stated, with the usual academic caveats set aside for the quibbler tribe which thrives in universities, the final assessment is that «the heady drumbeat of political and managerial rhetoric surrounding successive makeovers of central government» was — as I've long suspected, but our two respectable academic authors couldn't possibly say — all balls.
The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
«It may be dressed up in academic think - tank language, but this is no more than a crude attack on basic workplace rights and a charter for bad bosses everywhere,» she said, dredging up the spectre of Margaret Thatcher's premiership and telling the authors to «get out more».
In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, the group of academics, teachers, authors and charity leaders call for a fundamental reassessment of national policies on early education.»
Among the signatories to the joint letter are former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, President of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain OBE, former government integration tsar Ted Cantle CBE, the General Secretaries of the National Education Union Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson, and a number of high - profile authors, academics, and entertainers.
The authors would also like to see European and national policymakers offer young researchers the possibility of pursuing nontraditional academic careers — by becoming permanent staff researchers or moving between academia and industry, for example.
The authors did not find support for another possible outcome suggested in the academic literature: that black students are more likely to be recommended for gifted programs by both black and white teachers when those teachers are part of a racially diverse teaching force.
The results, though not surprising, offer a reminder that, with so many people vying for so few tenure - track faculty positions, «trainees need to do more self - analysis of where they are and what the realities are for them to potentially become a faculty member,» says study author Nathan Vanderford, an assistant professor of toxicology and cancer biology and assistant dean for academic development at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
The report's authors calculated a «glass ceiling index» (GCI) for various countries, an indicator of how hard it is for academic women to reach full - professorship.
«Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths [after lung cancer] in the United States and is an enormous health problem around the world,» said the study's lead author, Robert J. Mayer, MD, faculty vice president for academic affairs, medical oncologist and colorectal cancer researcher at Dana - Farber.
The authors, which included federal and academic scientists, found big changes in store for the $ 200 billion U.S. agriculture industry.
This set of circumstances very likely reduces women's chances of reaching the highest academic echelons, because «advanced academic rank is often a prerequisite for leadership positions,» the authors note.
«The CET type offers both men and women the opportunity to contribute as academic faculty without the demanding timetable for research and publication that is typically associated with TTT appointments,» the authors write.
«Substance abuse is the topic of high public interest, yet little attention is given to the experiences of college students with disabilities,» wrote the study authors Steven L. West et al. «Given that binge drinking is highly correlated with academic failure, drop - out, and an increased risk for various negative health conditions, such use by students with disabilities may place them at extreme risk for various negative outcomes.»
Thus, despite the author's penchant for overstatement and for the substitution of anecdotes for data and colorful phrases for thoughtful assessments, she does lay bare actual cases where highly respected universities and their faculties have behaved hypocritically and abandoned important academic norms in the service of accumulating more resources.
Attending conferences and visiting academics are also a crucial part of the job, both as a sales and marketing opportunity and also editorially, to meet current and potential authors, and to get an invaluable feel for the needs of academics and the current hot topics.
Authors analyzed clinical data for patients from two large academic medical centers from 2005 through 2013, resulting in 845,417 hospital discharges in the study group for 458,053 unique individuals.
Publishing their findings this week in the academic journal Nature Communications, author Dr Nick Aldred says the findings could pave the way for the development of novel synthetic bioadhesives for use in medical implants and micro-electronics.
For instance: Instead of listing every publication you've ever authored, as you would for an academic job, summarize your researFor instance: Instead of listing every publication you've ever authored, as you would for an academic job, summarize your researfor an academic job, summarize your research.
The authors said that the difficulty of retaining students may be a factor more complicated than SAI allows for, noting that improving retention rates requires significant campus resources to address a broad range of factors, including student engagement levels, academic support services, campus climate, student satisfaction, and financial aid.
«Conventional wisdom is that academic performance in high school is important for college admission, but this is the first study to clearly demonstrate the link between high school GPA and labor market earnings many years later,» says French, director of the Health Economics Research Group (HERG) in the Department of Sociology at the UM College of Arts and Sciences, and corresponding author of the study.
«Behavior issues in early elementary school have long - term implications, so early intervention is needed to support children at risk for academic problems,» said Sandee McClowry, the study's senior author and a professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt.
If we can use coconut oil as a safe, dietary alternative, we could decrease the amount of antifungal drugs used, reserving antifungal drugs for critical situations,» said first author Kearney Gunsalus, Ph.D., an Institutional Research and Academic Career Development (IRACDA) postdoctoral fellow at the Sackler School in Kumamoto's lab.
The authors frame much of the discussion around women's choices about, for example, which high school math classes to take, what college major to enroll in, and whether to pursue an academic career.
«Many of those medications are for life - threatening conditions, and for some drugs no substitute is available,» said Dr. Jess Pines, senior author of the Academic Emergency Medicine study.
In the Netherlands, for example, Elsevier — the world's biggest academic publisher — has agreed to make only 30 % of Dutch - authored papers freely available by 2018, and only after a significant increase in the annual sum libraries pay.
That rate would actually increase — to 54 percent from 46 percent — if not for the loss of academic credits when students transfer, said study authors.
«The current program demonstrated that school - based third - party billing for both vaccine and implementation costs was feasible, but problems with reimbursement will need to be solved before it can be financially solvent,» the authors wrote in an article published in the May - June 2014 issue of Academic Pediatrics.
Other researchers on the study were Ahmet Denli, Christopher Benner, Thomas Lazzarini, and Apuã Paquola of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Jason Nathanson and Gene Yeo of the University of California San Diego, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Keval Desai of the University of California San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences; Roberto Herai and Alysson Muotri of the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine; Matthew Weitzman of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and senior and corresponding author Fred H. Gage of the Salk Institute and Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny.
The authors of «Undocumented Students Pursuing Medical Education: The Implications of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,» published in the current issue of the journal Academic Medicine, suggest that these students, who are often highly motivated and qualified, can help alleviate the nationwide shortage of primary care physicians, particularly in underserved, low - income areas.
At ASPB, we are privileged to publish the work of a range of authors whose scientific experience and academic leadership have helped establish our journals, Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell, as highly respected sources of knowledge for the advancement of plant science.
The paper was authored by an international team from the Broad, Harvard, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Edinburgh, Tulane, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Kenema Government Hospital, and a number of other academic, government, and non-government institutions.
«It's time for U.S. policy - makers to reflect and decide whether the year - to - year uncertainty in National Institutes of Health budget and the proposed cuts are in our societal and national best interest,» says Bishr Omary, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the new data - supported opinion piece and chief scientific officer of Michigan Medicine, U-M's academic medical center.
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