Research - Science topic

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I am working on securing a grant for a study design on participants' willingness to participate in clinical trials. We were hoping to keep surveys anonymous and have them unpaired/unmatched. We would do a pre and post-survey for patients. I'm wondering--what statistical analysis would be best for analyzing those results. I've read mixed reviews on unpaired analyses.

Our potential sample size is 231.

So I am conducting a research on changes in NO2 and aerosol index during a certain time period of 1 year. I am using sentinel-5 data. Following is the link:

I used anaconda(spyder) to analyze the data, creating a map for each day. So in total, there are like more than 30 images. A made a collage of these for my manuscript but it doesn't look quite neat. And is a bit difficult to comprehend.

Is there any way I can integrate these images into one i.e. one image per month that reveals the average. Any tool or software that is acceptable for research purpose. I really need help with this.

I'm doing some research on how stores can be used as educational tools... so looking for actual examples of t

Thinking of journals as “low tier” or “high tier” is distracting from what you actually need to do, which is good work. Do your work as best you can, and publish in the fanciest journal that will accept your papers. Trying to over-optimize will lead to a lot of wasted time and lost productivity, which might end up hurting your chances for future jobs. And you also don’t want to give the impression that you’re more interested in the journal you publish in than in the work you do.

The main difference between a “high tier” journal and a “lower tier” one is that the high tier selects papers that have more surprising results, and are more likely to be wrong. You read that right — results in “fancy” journals such as Nature or Science are pretty often wrong, which makes sense given that they are “groundbreaking”. When doing groundbreaking work, it’s likely you’ll make a lot of mistakes; that’s the price you pay for going too far off the beaten path. Results that make it to more average journals are more mundane, but for that reason it’s also easier to make them more rigorous, and thus it’s less likely they’re wrong.

Remember also that no journal has dedicated reviewers. The people reviewing your work will be essentially the same, whether in Nature (impact factor >30) or in PLOS (impact factor about 3). So a fancy journal selects for how amazing your work sounds more than for how good it is.

That said, of course you want to stay away from the creepy “journals” that invite you to publish your work in them without getting your name right or having any idea what your work is about. It’s probably better to not publish at all than publish there. In some fields — like theoretical physics and most of math — people only really care about the results being available on a preprint server like the arXiv and don’t care where the work ends up being published. This is starting to become more popular in some areas of biology, too, with the bioRxiv (preprint server for Biology).

Another common sense thing to do is to first try publishing your work in a journal that’s just a bit fancier than you think your results are. If they reject your paper, go down the ladder. So if you’ve found a nice, new result that seems somewhat surprising, it’s worth considering submitting it to Nature or Science (or whatever the fancy journal of choice is in your field), just in case they like it. But if your work is a rather obvious extension of existing work, you might be better off heading for a more specialized journal that puts less emphasis on groundbreaking results.

I am a student conducting research for my course and I am having trouble in finding a pill for Ketoconazole. However, there are a lot of creams available in the pharmacies. Would it be possible to use that cream when testing against grown fungi on plates?

I am studying leadership style's impact on job satisfaction. in the data collection instrument, there are 13 questions on leadership style divided into a couple of leadership styles. on the other hand, there are only four questions for job satisfaction. how do i run correlational tests on these variables? What values do i select to analyze in Excel?

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I want to learn about correlation. I recently worked on a project related to rice genotypic trials, using a one-factorial RCBD design. While I know how to statistically analyze phenotypic and genotypic correlation, I specifically want to learn how to analyze environmental correlation using R. Could anyone help me out?

Thank you in advance. :)

If after doing PhD, a research scholar has 4 to 5 papers published, and all are published in the same journal (SCIE), then what impact does it have on his future teaching, academic career, or post-doc?

The pan-country study could have further divisions/categorization based on different criteria. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Using Latex, I want to insert the Google Scholar icon and Researchgate in my CV. I used the following command, but it doesn't appear researchgate icon. Link works.

\newcommand{\researchgatesocialsymbol}{\faResearchgate}

\newcommand*{\Researchgate}[1]{\sociallink{\researchgatesocialsymbol}{http://www.#1}{#1}}

\Researchgate{https://www.researchgate.net/profile/PROFILE_NAME}.

Your assistance would be appreciated.

Dear connections, I’m currently searching for a PhD/Research position in the field of “Energy Transition”, with a strong interest in Energy Systems Analysis & Modeling as well as Clean Energy Technologies (EV,..). My research track is in the field of energy market analysis & forecast using AI. In my M.Sc. thesis at The American University in Cairo, I managed to build an energy planning model using different ANN topologies, that will help in securing the balance between the energy supply and demand in the United Kingdom for different end-use sectors; domestic, industrial, transport, and services sectors. I also carried out a long-term forecasting for the UK's final energy consumption up to the year 2035, and analyzed the results comparing to the outlook of the UK’s governmental department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Being a Future Energy Leader at the World Energy Council and an energy transition advocate, I understand the importance of humanising energy and contributing to the global dialogue on energy and sustainability issues. On the other hand, I have 11 years of professional experience in the oil and gas, refining, and petrochemical industries at Enppi, one of the leading engineering and EPC main contractors in the Middle East and Africa. I am definitely open to expanding my career path in other "Energy Transition" fields of research, and open for relocation, if the PhD requires so. Please let me know if there are any potential openings. Thank you.

'Research is a fruitful journey that brings me closer to the world and its people, gives me another layer to believe in a creator, offers me material wealth and recognition, swallows my loneliness, fears and inadequacies; a soothing activity that makes life extremely meaningful to me.'

-Dickson Adom

Recently, rapid development of ICT and Industry 4.0/5.0 technologies is taking place, including Big Data, Internet of Things, cloud computing, digital twins, multi-criteria simulation models, machine learning, deep learning and generative artificial intelligence, among others. Developments in generative artificial intelligence technology are being made through the use of artificial neural networks, among others. New applications of generative artificial intelligence are determined by the previously carried out process of GAI system training, i.e. teaching the implementation of specific skills, performing complex tasks, performing new functions, solving specific problems intelligently using deep learning technology. Increasingly, generative artificial intelligence technology is being trained to intelligently perform complex research and analysis processes. Among other things, this kind of application of generative artificial intelligence is the implementation of this technology for business analytics carried out using large sets of data and information, i.e. analytics carried out on computerized business intelligence and Big Data Analytics platforms. This type of analytics is being applied in various fields of knowledge, various sectors of the economy, various companies, enterprises, financial and public institutions. This type of analytics is also increasingly used in improving research processes and increasing the efficiency of complex analytical processes carried out as part of ongoing research in various scientific disciplines. Since OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot was made available on the Internet, i.e. since November 2022, more similar intelligent chatbots created by other leading technology companies have been successively appearing. The intelligent chatbots made available on the Internet are used, among other things, in the development of the results of scientific research conducted, in the execution of certain stages of analytical processes, in the processing of results obtained from scientific research conducted, etc. The increase in the application of intelligent chatbots in research and analytical processes is due to the simplicity of operation of these chatbots, their availability on the Internet in the formula of open access, the ability of these tools to implement complex research processes, multi-criteria analysis, intelligent problem solving. On the other hand, the possibilities of applying the aforementioned chatbots in the processes of conducted scientific research are still severely limited due to the many imperfections of the databases on which certain generative artificial intelligence systems were trained. It still happens that the databases of data and information on which the said GAI systems were trained contain data and information in many respects outdated, incomplete, in the course of the "work" of these tools certain data and information can be "creatively" combined so that in the results of the work of a certain intelligent chatbot there are often "fictitious facts", ie. generated new and factually inconsistent content, factual errors, misrepresentations, falsehoods, which can be presented and described within the phraseologically, syntactically, stylistically correct essays, papers, articles, etc., written by generative artificial intelligence. Besides, the textual and other studies created by these tools often do not show all the data sources, all the source publications, all the materials that the chatbot used in drawing certain data and information while creating the commissioned human textual, graphic work, etc. Besides, even if the sources of data and information are partially shown, they are often shown in an incomplete way, inconsistent with the current standards for showing and compiling source and bibliographic footnotes. Perhaps, in the future, the aforementioned, used currently made available on the Internet intelligent chatbots will be sufficiently improved, corrected, supplemented so that they can be used by researchers and scientists in specific research, analytical processes within the framework of ongoing scientific research to a fuller extent and without the currently existing risks. Therefore, the development of intelligent chatbots available on the Internet based on generative artificial intelligence currently both negatively and positively can affect the development of science, the development of scientific research, the analysis of data from conducted research, the description of results obtained from conducted research, the writing and publishing of scientific texts, etc. Whether serious risks are generated or rather positive aspects prevail with the application of currently available intelligent chatbots on the Internet in certain aspects of the research and analysis processes carried out as part of the scientific research conducted depends on a number of factors. On the one hand, it depends on whether the technology company developing the said intelligent chatbots keeps improving them, enhancing them and expanding them with new functions and skills. On the other hand, it also depends on whether such cultivated specific research and analytical tools are used prudently by researchers and scientists with knowledge of the drawbacks and limitations associated with the use of these tools.

I described the key issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology in my article below:

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

AD Scientific Index is a reliable quality measure or a valuable tool for assessing institution and research quality, so it could soon become a significant factor in assessing both institutions and researchers.

I completed my PhD last year and am currently not affiliated with or employed by a university. I continue to utilize my previous affiliation for manuscripts resulting from the projects I undertook during my PhD. However, I am involved in other collaborative projects. I am curious about the possibility of obtaining an honorary status from a university or research institute for the purpose of publication, allowing me to use their affiliation until I secure a post-doc or research position in a university or institution. Is this feasible?

I begin scientific inquiry by somewhat philosophizing. Science approximately derives from philosophy. Engineering is roughly derived from science.

I am a graduate student in Arizona State University's Learning Design and Technologies program currently taking a course on research and evaluation in education. Based on your experience, how would you describe the most significant distinctions between the practices of "research" and "evaluation"? Do you find there is meaningful overlap between the two? How do you see both practices fitting into your work?

With studies moving online, it would be great to know about any reliable and valid online IQ tests. Using online tests of IQ could be essential in the current COVID-19 situation.

Another try to make progress in eliminating ignorance/delusion and arrogance and conceit in behavioral SCIENCE.

For science , for empiricism (and for AI (<-- to enlist, YET eventually dispel, the greed motivator)) : the truly empirical behavioral scientists, those who ARE empirical in studying behavior PATTERNS (SO: just and only all the involved overt behavioral PATTERNS will do, when looked at developmentally, for ALL explanation), must work in a way to come to see that THE MAJOR TYPES OF LEARNING (and these occur during ontogeny) ___ ARE ___ found (discovered, like the naturalist) to BE major kinds/types of INDUCTION (as is true of all other developed organisms). We cannot be that different for it to be otherwise.

As true factual and empirical as classical and operant conditioning (and habituation, etc.) ARE, THESE ARE the extreme trivial details. [ AND, one must realize : "Social leaning" is a farce, for such a vague concept looses the individual organism as the ONLY true empirical unit-of-analysis -- which it IS (MUST be, that's biology, friends). ] MY system of understanding, in my two major papers, OUTLINES what one should find concretely IN OVERT BEHAVIOR PATTERNS (and never leave the word "patterns" out ) -- reflecting the major types/kinds of induction.

[ And, though big on induction, the proximate causes are [ attentional / ] perceptual shifts . (I hate to say it, but one can reason-out the necessity of this being the case.) ]

Starting with this attitude and outlook, only then can we find (AS IS NECESSARY for ALL good reasons and science) the was-ness in the is-ness ( i.e.; previous grand well-developed units as THE units, or portions as part-units, USED IN more advanced inductive reasonings). This all (all the above) is absolutely the shortest way of saying what we MUST realize (<-- not "just subjectively" at all) ). AND: one cannot argue an excuse, or THAT ITSELF is THE VERY damning premature hypothetico-deductive "reasoning" , the very essence of arrogance and conceit AND that which necessarily derails science -- that being the necessary consequence of "jumping the gun" on prediction .

Any questions? I am 70 years old, so one will find further true leads / clues (or that which will result in true leads IN my WORK (science essays and the theory outlines)) , I have introduced before in my writings, beginning 40 years ++ ago.

[ FOOTNOTE : the descriptors provided by researchgate ARE GROSSLY INCOMPLETE and INADEQUATE. Just one example : NO "inductive reasoning" ! : this is the premature know-it-all stance that has been, and is, destroying science (AND us). ALSO : no "innate action pattern" !! No : "hypotheses" -- enabling THAT to be a SUBJECT itself ! Come on ! It's sickening -- and NOT the way to make progress, but the way to fail. (One used to be able to add non-existing descriptors, but THAT is gone, obviously WAY TOO SOON.) ]

I have encountered significant obstacles in funding publication fees for my well-executed research, resulting in prolonged delays and discouraging responses from journals. Despite diligently submitting to fee-waived journals and ensuring that my research aligns with their scope, I consistently receive standardized rejections citing reasons such as 'out of scope,' which does not accurately reflect the nature of my work.

As a researcher striving to disseminate valuable findings, I am seeking guidance on how to navigate this challenging scenario effectively. How can I secure funding or explore alternative avenues to cover publication fees? Additionally, how can I address the issue of misaligned responses from journals and ensure that my research receives fair consideration within the academic community?

I would greatly appreciate any insights or recommendations from fellow researchers who may have encountered similar challenges in the publication process. Your expertise and advice would be invaluable in helping me overcome these hurdles.

I'm encountering challenges in funding publication fees and facing discouraging responses from journals despite my research aligning with their scope. How can I navigate this situation effectively?

Spirituality means something that actually you are, but without senses and body. But without senses and boy, what is left? and what is reach of present scientific approach.

for example, computer science

Assuming that if man succeeds in building a general, general artificial intelligence, i.e. AI technology capable of self-improvement, independent development and perhaps also obtaining a state of artificial consciousness then perhaps this will mean that man has fully learned the essence of his own intelligence and consciousness. If this happens, what will be the result? Will man first learn the essence of his own intelligence and consciousness and then build a general, general artificial intelligence, i.e. AI technology capable of self-improvement, independent development and perhaps also obtaining a state of artificial consciousness, or vice versa, i.e. first a general artificial intelligence and artificial consciousness capable of self-improvement and development will be created and then thanks to the aforementioned technological progress made from the field of artificial intelligence, man will fully learn the essence of his own intelligence and consciousness. In my opinion, it is most likely that both processes will develop and implement simultaneously on a reciprocal feedback basis.

I have described the key issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology in my article below:

OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS AND THE NEED FOR NORMATIVE REGULATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion about it?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Researchers

How am I supposed to continue a new project left from a former undergraduate's research project? What kind of questions am I supposed to ask? This is the first time I ever had a research project assigned.

Thank you

This issue is particularly important, because it happens that the data entered into ChatGPT, the information contained in the texts entered for the purpose of automated rewriting, remains in the database that this chatbot uses in the situation of generating answers to questions asked by subsequent Internet users. The problem has become serious, as there have already been situations where sensitive data on specific individuals, institutions and business entities has been leaked in this way. On the other hand, many institutions and companies use ChatGPT in the preparation of reports, editing of certain documents. Also, pupils and students use ChatGPT and other similar intelligent chatbots to generate texts that act as credit papers and/or from which they then compose their theses. On the other hand, functions have been added to some existing anti-plagiarism applications to detect the fact that ChatGPT is being used in the course of students' writing credit papers and theses. In addition to this, the problem is also normative in nature, as it is necessary to adapt the legal norms of copyright law to the dynamic technological advances taking place in the development and application of generative artificial intelligence technology, so that the provisions of this law are not violated by users using ChatGPT or other similar intelligent chatbots. Among the important issues that could significantly reduce the scale of this problem would be the introduction of a mandatory requirement to mark all works, including texts, graphics, photos, videos, etc., that have been created with the help of the said intelligent chatbots, that they have been so created. On the other hand, it is necessary for the AI-equipped chatbots to be improved by their creators, by the technology companies developing these tools, in order to eliminate the possibility of ChatGPT "publishing" confidential, sensitive information from institutions and companies in response to questions, commands, tasks of developing a certain type of text by subsequent Internet users. In addition, the said intelligent chatbots should be improved in such a way that if in the course of automated text generation, including inspiration from other source texts, "quoting" whole sentences, substantial fragments of them, substantive content of other publications but without fully showing the sources, i.e. without a full bibliographic description of all the source publications that the chatbot generating subsequent texts used. In addition, the user of the aforementioned intelligent chatbots does not know to what extent the text they created with the help of these tools is plagiarized from other texts previously entered into them or from publications published on the Internet, including documents of companies and institutions, theses, scientific publications, industry articles, journalistic articles, etc.

I described the key issues of opportunities and threats to the development of artificial intelligence technology in my article below:

OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS AND THE NEED FOR NORMATIVE REGULATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion about it?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

We sometimes face difficulties in finding accessible data sources. Here are some data sources that are available freely for research:

1. Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data (https://dhsprogram.com/data/available-datasets.cfm)

2. Global Tobacco Surveillance System Data (GTSSData) (https://nccd.cdc.gov/GTSSDataSurveyResources/Ancillary/DataReports.aspx?CAID=2)

3. Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) data by Unicef (https://mics.unicef.org/surveys)

Hi there! I am a Masters student in Counseling Psychology in City College, University of York and i am looking to recruit participants for my dissertation research. The theme is 'The impact of couples' personality compatibility on their overall relationship satisfaction'. I am looking for couples in commited relationships, who understand the English language, that would like to answer some questionaries.

For further information contact me in my email adress [email protected].

Thank you!

we are writing four dermatological books that will publish in Springer and need experienced authors or co-authors for book chapters, DM if you are interested.

ResearchGate does a pretty good job of tracking publication analytics such as reads and citations over time. The recommendations feature can also be an interesting indicator for a publication's resonance with the scholarly community.

This progress allow for ideas to be developed about how to make the analytics features even better in the future. Here are some ideas I have been thinking about:

Are there any additional analytics features that you would like to see on ResearchGate?

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As researchers and academics, we often have a community of followers on RG who engage with and support our work. I’m interested in exploring creative and sincere ways to express our gratitude to them. How do you thank your followers on RG? Let’s share ideas and best practices.

Can I inquire about any concerns regarding SSCI Journal Submission?

Dear researchers,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to seek guidance and advice as I navigate the process of submitting an article to an SSCI journal.

Having recently completed my PhD in Business Administration in South Korea, I am eager to contribute to my field and enhance my career prospects. However, I must admit that I am grappling with concerns related to my proficiency in English. While I am diligently working to improve, the fear of submitting articles to SSCI journals persists due to my perceived limitations in English.

I would sincerely appreciate any tips or insights you may have regarding the submission process for SSCI journals. As I am committed to refining my language skills, your guidance would be invaluable.

Furthermore, I have heard from a colleague with a PhD in engineering that SSCI journals tend to be more rigorous in evaluating English compared to SCI journals. I am curious to know your perspective on the significance of English proficiency in the publishing process for SSCI journals.

Lastly, I find myself contemplating the ethical implications of utilizing tools such as CHAT GPT for proofreading my articles. I wonder if relying on such tools could be considered against research ethics and if it might serve as a useful resource to mitigate my current limitations in English.

I am truly grateful for your time and consideration. Your expertise and advice will undoubtedly contribute to my understanding of this process.

Thank you and best regards

Consider which primary audience you wish to engage with...

Any opinions?

Hi everyone.

As crude as this may sound, I really need a job. Its been far too long I've been trying various portals and methods including LinkedIn, Jobstreet, indeed, recruiters, conference networking etc etc etc. I have even been trying for postgrads for a year now, however I have lost interest as earning is my primary concern.

I have a GPA of 3.77 (first class honors), IELTS Band 8, have diverse skillsets, and can adapt to any assigned tasks and new environments.

I'm looking for anything related to healthcare biotechnology research, lab assistance or even scientific communication and exhibitions.

I am open to opportunities in Singapore as I am planning to visit by mid Jan 2024. Other locations of interest include the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

I would greatly appreciate any opportunities that members of our fellow science community may know.

Please refer to the attached CV for what I have accomplished thus far. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] for further discussion as i am not too active on Researchgate.

In advance, I'd like to thank you for your willingness and assistance on the matter.

Regards,

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Kindly support my search for a funded doctoral program. I welcome any helpful information and advice.

Research areas: Mental health, trauma, families, domestic violence, wellbeing, psychosocial health, substance abuse & addiction, counseling practice, special education (SEN), ageing, etc.

Overview: I am a mental health counselor, social worker, graduate lecturer, and researcher skilled in quantitative and qualitative research methods. I am proficient in SPSS, STATA, NVivo, 'R', fs/QCA, and Excel. My experience includes roles as a lecturer, mental health counselor, and currently, a social pedagogist, with over four years in various settings.

Qualifications: B.Ed (Hons) in Guidance and Counseling (Psychotherapy), 3.61/4.0. MSc (Hons) in Social Work, Distinction - 4.0/4.0. Advanced diplomas in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychological Research, Child Psychology, and Psychological Humanities and Narrative Medicine.

Available documents: CV, WES evaluation report, IELTS, transcripts, recommendation letters. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwaseun-a-jegede/

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If I have an article originally published in Spanish, there is a way to publish an English version of it even if the original version has been published for some years.

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Has anyone gone through the Wohler's report_2023 yet? Its pros and cons? What are the ways to obtain its e-copy? Its subscription is very costly for a normal researcher (around 750 USD per user). Any alternatives to get similar kind of data as that of the report?

How could politicians and scientists better work together to address issues in our world? For example, can Researchgate provide opportunities for politicians to get involved in some sort of discussion forum for a specific issue to exchange information and ideas between researchers and politicians?

Philosophy is allowed on ResearchGate to uphold freedom of inquiry. And philosophy can lead to science:

I am working with a time series dataset using the `fable` package (R). I have fitted several models (e.g., ARIMA) and generated forecasts. The accuracy calculation is resulting in NaN values, and the warning suggests incomplete out-of-sample data.

I am seeking guidance on how to handle this incomplete out-of-sample data issue and successfully calculate accuracy metrics for my time series forecasts. If anyone has encountered a similar problem or has expertise in time series analysis with R, your insights would be greatly appreciated.

I will publish a book with Springer Nature on Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence. Please forward my CfP to anyone interested

Many researchers and scientists strive to obtain for the development of their research work and scientific activity financial support in the framework of grants and financial subsidies from institutions that support the conduct of research work carried out within the framework of colleges, universities and scientific institutes. it is often the case that the possibility of implementing major research projects and conducting scientific activity in the framework of new, developmental topics is determined by the ability to obtain funding for the research work carried out. In the situation of limited financial budgets of universities, scientific public institutions, limited finances within the system of public finances of the state, researchers and scientists look for sources of funding for their research projects in commercially functioning economic entities, companies and enterprises interested in developing specific scientific research and research work. In addition, researchers and scientists seek funding for their research work and scientific activities in foundations set up by non-governmental organizations established to support the development of scientific research within specific fields, scientific disciplines or topics on key problems of the development of civilization. However, among the particularly important sources of funding for specific research projects are financial grants allocated through competitions announced for the implementation of scientific research and research projects on defined scientific topics. In particular countries, regions of the world, in certain types of scientific institutions and research environments, there may be certain main factors determining the possibility of obtaining a prestigious grant to finance an innovative research project, for certain reasons considered particularly important for humanity and necessary for the development of civilization.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion on this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

In Spain, in mid-December, wintertime temps on the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean coasts were recorded at around 30 degrees C, or temperatures that were once considered typically summer in Europe for many years are now occurring in winter. But this is just one of the last recorded numerous occurrences of record-high, historically highest levels of the planet's atmospheric temperature in 2023. Never before have such high, record-breaking atmospheric temperatures been recorded so often and in so many parts of the world during the summer heat and beyond.

That the companies and enterprises of the combustion, dirty energy sector, lobbyists and others acting on their behalf, for the interests, business of the companies and enterprises of the combustion energy sector is a matter of course. The driving force behind the development of business operating in the dirty combustion energy sector is dominated by selfishness, greed and lack of looking to the future, ignoring the future of the climate, the biosphere, the biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems and the future of future generations of people. Greed and selfishness, lack of social, climate and environmental responsibility, including ignoring the issue of responsibility for the future of the next generations of people, dominate. As early as the 1970s, some leading oil companies commissioned and financed scientific studies, or should we say pseudo-scientific studies with a predetermined informal result of these pseudo-studies on climate change and the role of human activity in these changes with a predetermined confirmation of the thesis that it is not the burning of fossil fuels that is responsible for the progressive warming of the climate. Through these actions, humanity has lost half a century of time. If a few decades ago the companies of the fossil fuel extraction and energy sector had not covered up the actual results of the studies carried out, if they had not swept the problem of global warming under the rug, if they had not financed fictitious studies that had the predetermined goal of questioning the role of fossil fuel combustion as the main factor generating the process of global warming, then the process of green transformation of the economy, including the green transformation of the energy sector, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, counteracting and reducing the scale of the greenhouse effect could have been started half a century earlier. Half a century of time is precisely the time that will be sorely lacking in the 21st century, because the process of global warming is accelerating and what has been done so far in terms of the green transformation of the economy, including the green transformation of the energy sector is still far from sufficient. For wasting half a century of time on this issue, humanity owes it to the deliberately unethical, anti-social, anti-climate and anti-environmental activities of companies and enterprises operating in the fossil fuel extraction, processing and combustion sector. It is these companies and enterprises that bear the main responsibility for the lost time of the mid-century. Time that is now in short supply. Time that may be missing to prevent the critical level of the amount of CO2 and other greenhouse gases emitted into the planet's atmosphere from occurring in a few years or so, after which the process of global warming will further accelerate and enter a path of irreversible process which may then inevitably lead to the occurrence of a global climate catastrophe already in the second half of the 21st century. The result of this catastrophe will be a much greater degradation of the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems to a much greater extent than has occurred to date. This will lead to most land areas experiencing permanent heat, droughts, forest fires, tornadoes, violent storms. The climate and nature will be destroyed to such an extent that there will be no living conditions for humans in most land areas of the planet. For all this, the full responsibility lies mainly with the companies and enterprises that continue to extract, process and burn fossil fuels and have knowingly for at least half a century, since the 1970s or even before, knowingly misled the public by claiming that humans are not responsible for global warming despite the fact that they themselves knew that this was not true, that it is their activities that are generating high greenhouse gas emissions to a key degree, which results in the planet's greenhouse effect and the global warming process proceeding ever faster.

Unfortunately, it is still the case that not only in the business community, but also in the political and scientific community, there are still a few representatives of the position of questioning the results of many scientific studies confirming the thesis that it is the man-built combustion economy that is the main source of the accelerating process of global warming and the growing risk of a global climate and environmental catastrophe in the perspective of the next few decades. In fact, this is an obvious point, and the question should be: Why is this still being questioned?

In view of the above, 2023 was the warmest year in 130,000 years. It was another year in a row with historically high temperatures of the planet's atmosphere recorded in various parts of the world during the summer and non-summer recurrent seasons. Researchers and scientists operating in various parts of the world, on the basis of their research work, conclude that it is the civilizational activity of humans within the framework of the development of the combustion emission economy that is the source of climate change, the working greenhouse effect, the accelerating process of global warming and the ever-increasing risk of a global climate catastrophe in the current 21st century. In 2023-2024, the cyclical El Ninio effect is also an additional factor in the increase in the average temperature of the planet's atmosphere. If you disagree with the above thesis, with which about 99 percent of researchers and scientists around the world agree, then give your scientific arguments.

A lot of data on the planet's climate, including the results of studies of long-term climate change indicate that the current year 2024 will also be another year of record high temperatures of the planet's atmosphere and the scale of weather anomalies and climate disasters may increase again.

I am conducting research on this issue. I have described the key aspects of the above issue in the article: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE PRO-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS GREEN ECONOMY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY

I invite you to scientific cooperation in this problematic,

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

To consider the question of the role of so-called "carbon credits" in the context of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, one would have to assume that such a system actually reliably works. However, from what is reported by independent journalists, environmentalists, people who care about protecting the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems, including the forests of the Amazon, even those declared patches of natural Amazon Rainforest taken for protection under the so-called carbon credits are nevertheless often cut down.

Perhaps something will finally begin to change, to improve, in terms of protecting the climate, biosphere and biodiversity of the natural ecosystems of the Amazon Rainforest in connection with the first Amazon Forest Conservation Summit in 14 years, currently being held in Belém, Brazil. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 60 percent in July compared to the same month last year. The announcement of the positive trend coincides with the start of a summit in Belém of the 8 countries whose territories include the Amazon forest. This summit is attended by representatives of the governments of the 8 countries whose territory includes the natural Amazon Forest. Perhaps plans and commitments will be made to realistically protect this largest terrestrial reservoir of natural biodiversity and natural forests characterized by a particularly high contribution to absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere and producing oxygen. It may also be that the processes of increasing the scale of protection of these forests and reducing their still large-scale logging will be accelerated so that by 2030 at the latest, the deforestation of these forests will be completely ended. This is a particularly important issue because more than 20 percent of the Amazon rainforest has already disappeared due to human activity.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

In my opinion, scientific research is the most important source of emerging innovations, new technological solutions and improvements in production processes that contribute to civilization development and technological progress, and also constitute an important source of added value of production processes in the economies of developed countries in knowledge-based economies. In the future, research should play a particularly important role in knowledge-based economies. For example, research should generate innovative ecological and new renewable energy solutions in the future to reduce adverse climate change resulting from a progressive global warming process.

In view of the above, I would like to ask you: Can research be considered as the most important factor generating technological value added in knowledge-based economies?

Please, answer, comments. I invite you to the discussion.

Websites or online resources dedicated to providing comprehensive details on clinical-based research are crucial for developing novel studies and should be identified

Hello RG Family! In my transition to qualitative research, I’m confronted with the challenge of validating qualitative interviews.

From my knowledge of quantitative research, I’m well aware that Principal Component Analysis and Cronbach’s Alpha methods are popular for validity and reliability of Likert-scaled questionnaires. But in the case of qualitative interviews, the arena is different. That’s why I need your help.

From your wealth of experience with qualitative research, please describe the most effective methods for carrying out validity and reliability of qualitative interviews. And which software is suitable for this procedure?

Your contributions will be immensely appreciated. Thank you.

Dear Researchers and Scientists, Friends and Colleagues,

In my opinion, answering the above question, I state that the role of applying the principles of ethics, culture and respect towards other people, other cultures, other value systems, etc. in the development of scientific cooperation, including the conduct of interdisciplinary research projects, scientific cooperation within the framework of international teams of researchers and scientists, within the framework of the ongoing discussions on the discussion forum of this Research Gate portal. Do you agree with me?

In the discussion forum of this Research Gate portal, in order to inspire discussion on various research topics, I have formulated many questions and theses.

I am glad that many of these questions turned out to inspire discussions involving many researchers, scientists, experts in a particular field, people who conduct scientific research on a particular issue, people who publish in their scientific publications the results of their research, people who are interested in a particular issue taken up in the mentioned questions posted on the discussion forum of this Research Gate portal.

I am glad that the questions posed on this discussion forum of the Research Gate portal have proved to be an inspiration for interesting discussions, in which noble researchers and scientists participate. In the course of these discussions, which sometimes take on the character of brainstorming, exchange of ideas, new inspirations for further research topics emerge, new research concepts are formed, proposals for new topics for theses are made, etc. Within the framework of the discussions held, researchers and scientists exchange their experiences of their scientific research, present their research results, inspire scientific cooperation, point out other new insights on certain issues. Thanks to this, there are inspirations for new research directions, for undertaking scientific cooperation in various topics and also for interdisciplinary research teams, etc. This is the key purpose of this discussion forum of the Research Gate portal.

However, I am very saddened when the participating researchers and scientists in the framework of the discussions held, instead of a desire for understanding, understanding, respect towards other people, the participants in the discussions representing other scientific communities, other cultures, other countries instead of respect and culture generate negative emotions, instead of substantive arguments in support of their theses turn to other Persons with invectives and negative expressions, i.e. act contrary to the principles of ethics and the basics of culture, ignoring the principles of ethics of research and science, also ignoring the principles of ethics of this discussion forum. So I very much ask you to follow the rules of culture and respect other people participating in discussions. This is important because aggression generates aggression and respect generates respect. Hopefully, looking to the future, I believe that those fortunately mentioned above situations of negative nature were few and in the future there will be none, and that on the discussion forum of the Research Gate portal, everyone participating in discussions will apply respect to other people, participants in discussions and also regardless of whether other participants in discussions represent other scientific communities, other cultures, other countries and so on.

Faced with the development of various global problems, in trying to solve these problems we should all look for what unites us and not what divides us. This is the key to the development of our scientific cooperation and also to jointly solve various global problems.

Therefore, in the situation of participating in discussions on this Research Gate portal, I therefore very much ask you to apply the principles of ethics, culture and respect for others.

And what is your opinion on this topic?

Please feel free to respond,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Thank you,

I extend my warmest greetings to all participants in the discussions on the Research Gate portal,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Dear Geosciences Community,

I am interested in starting a discussion on a topic that has been on my mind lately. I have come across many papers where the coordinates of the samples are not provided. This has made me wonder: Should the coordinates of the samples be mandatory to publish a paper in our field?

From my perspective, the inclusion of sample coordinates is essential for ensuring the credibility of our research and allowing other scientists to re-evaluate the results obtained. This is especially true for new discoveries, where having access to the sample locations can help confirm the validity of the findings.

However, I have been unable to understand why some papers do not provide sample coordinates. Is it because they are considered confidential information or are there other reasons for this omission?

I would appreciate hearing your thoughts and opinions on this matter. Do you believe that sample coordinates should be mandatory for publication in the geosciences? If not, what are your reasons for this? And if so, how can we encourage more researchers to include this information in their papers?

I look forward to a productive discussion on this topic.

Best regards,

Mehdi

Scientific cooperation can develop on the scale of specific scientific and research institutions, scientific and teaching institutions, research and development centers, research and implementation laboratories, educational institutions, research centers and laboratories of companies and enterprises, government agencies dealing with science and scientific research, local government institutions and non-governmental organizations whose activities are based on the results of scientific research, and so on. Scientific cooperation can develop on a national and/or international scale. Scientific cooperation can develop in one or more scientific disciplines, i.e., interdisciplinary. Scientific cooperation may develop, among other things, in terms of conducting exchanges of experience in scientific research, joint team research, joint team publication of scientific research results, etc. Online indexing databases of scientific institutions, indexing of scientific publications, indexing of scientific persons, researchers and scientists, etc. can be helpful in establishing scientific cooperation. Besides, Internet portals that enable remote through the Internet to exchange scientific experiences, discuss scientific topics, etc. can also be helpful in developing scientific cooperation. An example of this kind of scientific portal is this Research Gate portal, where we can hold discussions on scientific topics, ask questions and answer questions in the discussion forum. In this way, new scientific cooperation can also be initiated, which I hereby encourage.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion about it?

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

Colleges and universities, as part of their teaching and research activities, research work carried out, adaptation of curricula to the changing realities of the modern economy, support for students in terms of cooperation with potential employers, institutions that may be the subject of written theses, support for the development of innovative startups founded by students, performance of research and analytical commissioned work, establishment of cooperation clusters, development of reports on the development of selected spheres, branches, problems of the modern economy, civilization, etc., undertake cooperation with various economic entities and public institutions. Such developed cooperation between universities and other entities, enterprises, companies, financial institutions and public institutions, cultural institutions, etc., can significantly contribute to increasing innovation in the economy. A key issue is to involve students in the development of such cooperation. Improving the aforementioned cooperation can and should result in better adaptation of the research work carried out at universities to the increasingly rapidly changing trends in the economy. The implementation of new ICT, Internet and Industry 4.0/5.0 information technologies, including generative artificial intelligence technology into universities should foster the development of such cooperation.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion about it?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

What is important in building international research teams?

On what foundations should long-term scientific cooperation between scientists be developed?

Please reply

Best wishes

It is not easy to justify that making traditional economic thinking circular is a win-win economy and environment move as then you would need to use ALTERNATIVE ACADEMIC FACTS, and perhaps that may be the reason I see researchers in Researchgate pushing or promoting this idea, but I have not seen it yet in ACADEMIA.

And this raises the question, Is circular economic thinking currently a purely European/researchgate phenomenon?

Do you see the same thing? What do you think?

In line with the changing university strategic directions you may face with the following phenomenon that the importance of the high quality publications (Q1, Q2) and the University service (PhD supervision, being member of PhD different communities, organizing conferences or tracks) got a growing significance during our carrier path. These needs called this community into existence.

Minimum entry criteria to join this community is to be a researcher with PhD.

Let's expand this community here!

I ran a experiment in design expert and obtained three identical runs which seems weird. Checked few papers and they have three identical runs too and are published. Whats the reason behind this?

The 28th UN Climate Conference (COP 28) will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023. In view of the fact that 2023 was the warmest year in 125,000 years, so the question is increasingly topical: Why are the pledges made by governments and corporations at the UN COP Climate Summits to accelerate the processes of green transformation of the economy not being implemented or only marginally implemented? The COP28 Climate Summit once again points to the need to raise funds to help economically underdeveloped countries and those particularly burdened by the negative effects of the accelerating process of global warming to finance pro-environmental and pro-climate economic ventures, create solutions to reduce the aforementioned negative effects of climate change, and prevent the development of these negative effects, including but not limited to building power plants based on renewable and zero-emission energy sources, building additional irrigation systems, desalinating seawater, developing climate-resilient construction, developing sustainable agriculture adequately protected against increasingly frequent and severe periods of drought, counteracting the progressive process of soil aridity, stopping the progressive process of deforestation of tropical rainforests, and so on. In addition, once again, as at previous UN COP climate conferences, the same demands were made, including, among others, that there should be no more support for fossil fuels, as unfortunately these subsidies are still in place. In addition, that the continuing processes of forest deforestation should be replaced with aforestation, among other things, in industrially degraded areas, that the rapid decline in the biodiversity of the planet's natural ecosystems should be halted, that expansive industrial agriculture should be replaced with sustainable organic farming, that waste generation should be reduced and closed-loop economics should be developed, and so on. However, at the current UN Climate Conference COP28, strongly controversial issues have emerged, which may suggest that the issue of urgently accelerating the green transformation of the economy is still not taken seriously by some countries. Well, the UN Climate Conference COP28 will be chaired by a board member of one of the world's largest oil companies. The hosts of this year's COP28 Climate Conference, the Saudis want to promote technologies to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and do not want to reduce oil production. Unfortunately, this way the climate crisis will not be solved. This issue evidently confirms the thesis that countries that have developed large-scale fossil fuel extraction and/or processing industries are not interested in seriously, efficiently and quickly implementing the green transformation of the economy.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion on this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I had Many papers with citation in Google scholar that not appear in RG and vice versa.

Can anyone help to add the citations?

Several weeks ago, I encountered a job offer on ResearchGate from Press Publish(https://www.researchgate.net/job/1003479_Psychology_Psychiatry_Article_ReviewerProject_ContractPart-time). I urge extreme caution; based on information I've gathered from individuals who've been 'hired,' Press Publish (https://www.researchgate.net/institution/PressPublish; https://presspublish.co.uk/) raises significant concerns about their employment contracts, workload expectations, and adherence to payment agreements.

In recent discussions on the ongoing rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies, including generative artificial intelligence and general artificial intelligence, and their rapidly growing applications, a number of both positive determinants of this development are emerging but also a number of potential risks and threats are being identified. Recently, the key risks associated with the development of artificial intelligence technologies include not only the possibility of using AI technologies by cyber criminals and in hacking activities; the use of open-access tools based on generative artificial intelligence on the Internet to create crafted texts, photos, graphics and videos and their posting on social media sites to create fake news and generate disinformation; the use of "creations" created with applications based on intelligent chatbots in the field of marketing communications; the potential threat to many jobs being replaced by AI technology but also in the development of increasingly superior generative artificial intelligence technology, which may soon be creating new, even more superior AI technologies that could escape human control. Currently, all leading technology and Internet companies are developing their intelligent chatbots and AI-based tools, including generative AI and/or general AI, which they are already making available on the Internet or will soon do so. In this way, a kind of technological arms race is currently being realized between major technology companies at the forefront of ICT, Internet and Industry 4.0/5.0 information technologies. The technological progress that is currently taking place is accelerating as part of the transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 technologies. In the context of the emerging threats mentioned above, many companies, enterprises, banks are already implementing and developing certain tools, applications based on AI in order to increase the efficiency of certain processes carried out within the framework of their business, logistics, financial activities, etc. In addition, in the ongoing discussions on the possibility of applying AI technologies in aspects interpreted positively, in solving various problems of the current development of civilization, including to support ongoing scientific research, to support the development of science in various disciplines of science. Accordingly, an important area of positive applications of AI technology is the use of this technology to improve the efficiency of reliably and ethically conducted scientific research. Thus, the development of science could be supported by the implementation of AI technology into the realm of science.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion on this topic?

What is your opinion on this issue?

Please answer,

I invite everyone to join the discussion,

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

I decided to write an essay exploring a particular topic. I aim to discuss the evolution of this subject through various philosophical and contemporary psychological perspectives. The essay will serve as a brief summary and history, supplemented by my own arguments.

I would appreciate suggestions from fellow members of ResearchGate. I wonder if it's feasible to cover such a vast topic in one article, considering that it could easily fill a whole book (not by me, of course). Therefore, my question is whether it is realistic to encompass all of that in a single essay of approximately 10,000 words, which would be around 34 pages.

Thank You!

I am working on a research project involving a system of differential equations with one ordinary differential equation (ODE) and two partial differential equations (PDEs).

I would like to discuss methods and approaches for solving this system efficiently using Numerical method and Machine Learning.

Can you recommend Python/Matlab code for using numerical techniques and ML

Any guidance or references would be greatly appreciated.

Dear all

Our new article "About Probiotics" is ready for final submission after two peer reviews. However, the reviewer and editor recommend minor grammatical corrections in MS either by a native English speaker colleague or to avail paid online grammar editing service. We do not have sufficient funds to bear the cost, nor do a native speaker, what should we do in this case, the MS has already taken more than 6 months, please suggest.

Thanks a lot for your attention. Have a great day.

I have a netCDF4 (.nc) file having ocean SST data, with coordinates (lat, lon, time). I want to predict and plot maps for the future. How can I do this using python?

Please recommend a python code for time series forecasting based on this approach.