All posts; Tags Include "Science"
- May 30, 2017
- 08:29 PM
- 762 views
International students and language: opportunity or threat?
by Agnes Bodis in Language on the Move
With recent news on the number of international students in Australia reaching a new high and the 19.4 billion-dollar revenue...... Read more »
Paltridge, T., Mayson, S., & Schapper, J. (2013) Welcome and exclusion: an analysis of The Australian newspaper’s coverage of international students. Higher Education, 68(1), 103-116. DOI: 10.1007/s10734-013-9689-6
- May 29, 2017
- 11:34 AM
- 737 views
Study suggests computational model to predict air pollution after a rocket launching
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
The study suggests a new approach to predict major atmospheric pollutants emissions after a Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) launching, using a weather/air quality computational model. Propellant combustion may release a huge amount of hydrogen chloride (HCl), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2) and particulate matter, posing risk to the environment. … Read More →... Read more »
Iriart, P., Fisch, G., , ., & , . (2016) Uso do Modelo WRF-CHEM para a Simulação da Dispersão de Gases no Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara. Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, 31(4 suppl 1), 610-625. DOI: 10.1590/0102-7786312314b20150105
Moreira, D., Trindade, L., Fisch, G., Moraes, M., Dorado, R., & Guedes, R. (2011) A multilayer model to simulate rocket exhaust clouds. Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 3(1), 41-52. DOI: 10.5028/jatm.2011.03010311
Nascimento, E., Moreira, D., Fisch, G., & Albuquerque, T. (2014) Simulation of Rocket Exhaust Clouds at the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara Using the WRF-CMAQ Modeling System. Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 6(2), 119-128. DOI: 10.5028/jatm.v6i2.277
Schuch, D., & Fisch, G. (2017) The Use of an Atmospheric Model to Simulate the Rocket Exhaust Effluents Transport and Dispersion for the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara. Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 9(2), 137-146. DOI: 10.5028/jatm.v9i2.740
- May 28, 2017
- 10:36 AM
- 818 views
Unattractive People Are Seen As Better Scientists
by Neuroskeptic in Neuroskeptic_Discover
Good looking, sociable people don't make good scientists, according to popular stereotypes.
This is one of the findings of an interesting new study of how scientists are perceived, from British researchers Ana I. Gheorghiu and colleagues.
Gheorghiu et al. took 616 pictures of scientists, which they downloaded from the faculty pages at various universities. They gave the portraits to two sets of raters. The first group were asked to rate the attractiveness of the portraits and to say whet... Read more »
Gheorghiu AI, Callan MJ, & Skylark WJ. (2017) Facial appearance affects science communication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 28533389
- May 26, 2017
- 01:14 PM
- 783 views
How to find articles in open access – tips from my favorite nerd
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
Scholarly communication available online, whether in journals or repositories, adds up to millions, and this figure grows every year. What browser efficient tools are available to researchers, librarians, students, and the like to find the open-access versions of the articles that interest them? … Read More →... Read more »
Jamali, H. (2017) Copyright compliance and infringement in ResearchGate full-text journal articles. Scientometrics. DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2291-4
- May 26, 2017
- 12:42 PM
- 789 views
Adolescent Brain Development
by William Yates, M.D. in Brain Posts
Functional magnetic resonance imaging yields improvement in our understanding of brain development.A recent study out of the University of Pennsylvania is a good example. This study examined the relationship between brain connectivity and the development of cognitive executive function.The researchers imaged a group of 882 subjects between the ages of 8 and 22.Brain connectivity patterns were compared with a neurocognitive assessment of executive function. Executive function increases with age t........ Read more »
Graham L. Baum, Rastko Ciric, David R. Roalf, Richard F. Betzel, Tyler M. Moore, Russel T. Shinohara, Ari E. Kahn, Megan Quarmley, Philip A. Cook, Mark A. Elliot.... (2016) Modular Segregation of Structural Brain Networks Supports the Development of Executive Function in Youth. Current Biology. arXiv: 1608.03619v1
- May 26, 2017
- 12:34 PM
- 827 views
The Ugliness Penalty: Does It Literally Pay to Be Pretty?
by Melissa Chernick in Science Storiented
There are economic studies that show that attractive people earn more money and, conversely, unattractive earn less money. I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard something along those lines before, but I had no idea they were called the “beauty premium” and the “ugliness penalty.” How wonderful and sad at the same time. But while these seem like pretty commonplace ideas, there is no real evidence as to why they exist. A new paper published in the Journal of Business and Psychology tested th........ Read more »
Kanazawa, S., & Still, M. (2017) Is There Really a Beauty Premium or an Ugliness Penalty on Earnings?. Journal of Business and Psychology. DOI: 10.1007/s10869-017-9489-6
- May 24, 2017
- 11:21 AM
- 331 views
Unreliability of fMRI Emotional Biomarkers
by Neuroskeptic in Neuroskeptic_Discover
Brain responses to emotion stimuli are highly variable even within the same individual, and this could be a problem for researchers who seek to use these responses as biomarkers to help diagnose and treat disorders such as depression.
That's according to a new paper in Neuroimage, from University College London neuroscientists Camilla Nord and colleagues.
Nord et al. had 29 volunteers perform three tasks during fMRI scanning. All of the tasks involved pictures of emotional faces, which... Read more »
Nord CL, Gray A, Charpentier CJ, Robinson OJ, & Roiser JP. (2017) Unreliability of putative fMRI biomarkers during emotional face processing. NeuroImage. PMID: 28506872
- May 23, 2017
- 01:38 PM
- 340 views
Dismantle the Poverty Trap by Nurturing Community Trust
by Jalees Rehman in The Next Regeneration
Understanding the precise reasons for why people living in poverty often make decisions that seem short-sighted, such as foregoing more education or taking on high-interest short-term loans, is the first step to help them escape poverty. The obvious common-sense fix is to ensure that the basic needs of all citizens – food, shelter, clothing, health and personal safety – are met, so that they no longer have to use all new funds for survival. This is obviously easier in the developed w........ Read more »
Jachimowicz, J., Chafik, S., Munrat, S., Prabhu, J., & Weber, E. (2017) Community trust reduces myopic decisions of low-income individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201617395. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617395114
- May 22, 2017
- 09:37 AM
- 161 views
Meteorological Tsunamis: should we worry about them?
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
Have you ever heard about meteorological tsunamis? Why it should be important to better understand these natural phenomena? Dr. Iael Perez and Dr. Dragani Walter from the Servicio de Hidrografia - CONICET, Argentina, explain these phenomena in detail after investing on an interesting study conducted in Mar del Plata. … Read More →... Read more »
Dragani, W., Mazio, C., & Nuñez, M. (2002) Sea level oscillations in coastal waters of the Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Continental Shelf Research, 22(5), 779-790. DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(01)00096-6
Inman, D., Munk, W., & Balay, M. (1961) Spectra of low frequency ocean waves along the Argentine shelf. Deep Sea Research (1953), 8(3-4), 155-164. DOI: 10.1016/0146-6313(61)90018-1
Monserrat, S., Vilibić, I., & Rabinovich, A. (2006) Meteotsunamis: atmospherically induced destructive ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 6(6), 1035-1051. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-1035-2006
Perez, I., Walter, D., & , . (2017) Spectral variability in high frequency in sea level and atmospheric pressure on Buenos Aires Coast, Argentina. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 65(1), 69-78. DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592017130506501
- May 21, 2017
- 11:50 AM
- 280 views
Predictive Processing: the role of confidence and precision
by Sergio Graziosi in Writing my own user manual - Sergio Graziosi's Blog
This is the second post in a series inspired by Andy Clark’s book “Surfing Uncertainty“. In the previous post I’ve mentioned that an important concept in the Predictive Processing (PP) framework is the role of confidence. Confidence (in a prediction)…Read more ›... Read more »
Clark, A. (2016) Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind. Oxford Scholarship . DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190217013.003.0011
Kanai R, Komura Y, Shipp S, & Friston K. (2015) Cerebral hierarchies: predictive processing, precision and the pulvinar. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 370(1668). PMID: 25823866
- May 21, 2017
- 08:55 AM
- 285 views
A Survey of Our Secret Lives
by Neuroskeptic in Neuroskeptic_Discover
What kinds of secrets does the average person keep? In a new paper, Columbia University researchers Michael L. Slepian and colleagues carried out a survey of secrets.
Slepian et al. developed a 'Common Secrets Questionnaire' (CSQ) and gave it to 600 participants recruited anonymously online. Participants were asked whether they'd ever had various secrets, at any point in their lives. The results are a monument to all our sins:
It turns out that extra-relational thoughts - meaning "thou... Read more »
Slepian, M., Chun, J., & Mason, M. (2017) The Experience of Secrecy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000085
- May 17, 2017
- 12:24 PM
- 314 views
Dad's Impact in Infant Development
by William Yates, M.D. in Brain Posts
Mother's interaction with their infants play a key role in infant development.The independent role of fathers in infant development is less well known and studied.A recent study from the United Kingdom supports a important role for father-child interactions in infant development.Here are the main elements of the design of this study:Subjects: Families of infants with typical deliveries were recruited from maternity wards in two hospitals in the United Kingdom.Design: Home assessments were comple........ Read more »
Sethna V, Perry E, Domoney J, Iles J, Psychogiou L, Rowbotham NEL, Stein A, Murray L, & Ramchandani PG. (2017) FATHER-CHILD INTERACTIONS AT 3 MONTHS AND 24 MONTHS: CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AT 24 MONTHS. Infant mental health journal. PMID: 28449355
- May 17, 2017
- 05:20 AM
- 267 views
Carbon nanotubes, what are they good for?
by kylius wilkins in It Ain't Magic
Kylius Wilkins talks to Urs Frey and his paper that described his recent success manufacturing carbon nanotubes (CNTs).... Read more »
Seichepine, F., Rothe, J., Dudina, A., Hierlemann, A., & Frey, U. (2017) Dielectrophoresis-Assisted Integration of 1024 Carbon Nanotube Sensors into a CMOS Microsystem. Advanced Materials, 29(17), 1606852. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201606852
- May 11, 2017
- 10:42 PM
- 376 views
The banal nationalism of intercultural communication advice
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Intercultural communication advice is a strange genre. Filling shelves and shelves in bookshops and libraries and now with a well-established...... Read more »
Piller, I. (2017) Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. info:/
- May 10, 2017
- 05:29 PM
- 306 views
Gender disparities in science persist despite significant advances
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The participation of women as authors in academic publications has been increasing significantly worldwide and in all areas of knowledge, reaching 49% in Brazil and Portugal, followed by Australia (44%) and the European Union (41%). Gender equity in science, however, still has a long way to go, especially in the editing and peer review functions. A study of more than 41,000 articles published between 2007 and 2015 shows that male editors - who are majority - preferentially select same gender ref........ Read more »
Markus Helmer, Manuel Schottdorf, Andreas Neef, & Demian Battaglia. (2017) Gender bias in scholarly peer review. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.21718.001
Ross, E. (2017) Gender bias distorts peer review across fields. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature.2017.21685
Lerback, J., & Hanson, B. (2017) Journals invite too few women to referee. Nature, 541(7638), 455-457. DOI: 10.1038/541455a
- May 10, 2017
- 07:16 AM
- 322 views
Know your brain: Preoptic area
by neurosci in Neuroscientifically Challenged
Where is the preoptic area?
the preoptic area is highlighted in blue.
Functionally, the preoptic area is considered to be a region of the hypothalamus even though its embryological origins are as part of the telencephalon (rather than the diencephalon like the rest of the hypothalamus). It consists of the area o........ Read more »
Saper, BS. (2012) Hypothalamus. In JK Mai and G Paxinos (Eds.) . The Human Nervous System, 548-583. DOI: https://.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374236-0.10016-1
- May 9, 2017
- 08:07 AM
- 316 views
Microwave emission as a proxy of CME speed in ICME forecasting by Carolina Salas Matamoros, Ludwig Klein and Gerard Trottet
by CESRA in Solar Radio Science
Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are one type of interplanetary structure that mostly affect the geomagnetic field (e.g. Gonzalez and Tsurutani, 1987; Zhang et al, 2007). These structures are observed and studied through coronagraphic images. The basic limitation of the coronagraph is that it shows the corona only in the plane of the sky, and blocks by necessity the view on the solar disk. Thus, the projection effect in the kinematic [...]... Read more »
Matamoros, C., Klein, K., & Trottet, G. (2017) Microwave radio emissions as a proxy for coronal mass ejection speed in arrival predictions of interplanetary coronal mass ejections at 1 AU. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate. DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2016038
- May 9, 2017
- 12:54 AM
- 290 views
Quick Look: The Thermal Structure of the Venus Atmosphere
by Paul Wren in Venus Dispatches
SummaryFor two years beginning in 2013, a large team led by Sanjay Limaye set out to combine and compare the following:Venusian atmospheric data collected by probes in the 1970s and 1980s (used to create the Venus International Reference Atmosphere, or VIRA)Venus Express data on the vertical and horizontal structure of the atmosphereEarth-based observations of the upper atmosphere temperature structure of Venus made since VIRAFigure 1a: Vertical coverage of post-VIRA atmospheric structure experi........ Read more »
Limaye, S., Lebonnois, S., Mahieux, A., Pätzold, M., Bougher, S., Bruinsma, S., Chamberlain, S., Clancy, R., Gérard, J., Gilli, G.... (2017) The Thermal Structure of the Venus Atmosphere: Intercomparison of Venus Express and Ground Based Observations of Vertical Temperature and Density Profiles. Icarus. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.04.020
- May 8, 2017
- 02:25 PM
- 298 views
Health systems in Brazil and regionalization policies
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
There is currently a crucial moment in the implementation of the Unified Health System (SUS), since its performance is questioned on all sides, in general, magnifying a superficial view of its failures and denying many of its successes. … Read More →... Read more »
Carvalho, G. (2013) A saúde pública no Brasil. Estudos Avançados, 27(78), 7-26. DOI: 10.1590/S0103-40142013000200002
Moreira, M., Ribeiro, J., Ouverney, A., & , . (2017) Obstáculos políticos à regionalização do SUS: percepções dos secretários municipais de Saúde com assento nas Comissões Intergestores Bipartites. Ciência , 22(4), 1097-1108. DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232017224.03742017
Reis, A., Sóter, A., Furtado, L., Pereira, S., , ., , ., , ., & , . (2017) Reflexões para a construção de uma regionalização viva. Ciência , 22(4), 1045-1054. DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232017224.26552016
Ribeiro, J., Moreira, M., Ouverney, A., Silva, C., & , . (2017) Políticas de saúde e lacunas federativas no Brasil: uma análise da capacidade regional de provisão de serviços. Ciência , 22(4), 1031-1044. DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232017224.03732017
- May 8, 2017
- 02:08 PM
- 307 views
Neuropeptides and Peer Review Failure
by Neuroskeptic in Neuroskeptic_Discover
A new paper in the prestigious journal PNAS contains a rather glaring blooper.
The paper, from Oxford University researchers Eiluned Pearce et al., is about the relationship between genes and social behaviour. The blooper is right there in the abstract, which states that "three neuropeptides (β-endorphin, oxytocin, and dopamine) play particularly important roles" in human sociality. But dopamine is not a neuropeptide.
Neither are serotonin or testosterone, but throughout the paper, Pea... Read more »
Pearce, E., Wlodarski, R., Machin, A., & Dunbar, R. (2017) Variation in the β-endorphin, oxytocin, and dopamine receptor genes is associated with different dimensions of human sociality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201700712. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1700712114
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