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“Smart” Search Service for Journal Articles

“Smart” Search Service for Journal Articles

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The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has come up with a solution for managing information overload. Many such efforts have been around and more will happen. The AI2's solution is - "Semantic Scholar."  It is a free, nonprofit, academic search engine for research papers in computer science and biomedical fields. It utilizes AI (Artificial Intelligence) methods for data mining, natural-language processing, and computer vision to create the search and browsing experiences. When we do a search, we can first view some added terms that the engine suggests for our term. Next, we are provided with filters (very similar to PubMed)…
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Short course in Biostatistics

Short course in Biostatistics

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Thirty-Sixth Short Course in Biostatistics The Biostatistics Resource and Training Center, Department of Biostatistics at Christian Medical College, Vellore is organizing the thirty-sixth Short course in Biostatistics from November 20 – December 05, 2017 at CMC Vellore. The course is mainly designed to train researchers of varied professions and statisticians to competently handle health/medical data and be in a better position to function effectively in a research team. The three specific courses are: Sr. No. Course Date Last date for Registration 1 Fundamentals of Biostatistics, Principles of Epidemiology & SPSS Nov 20-24, 2017 Nov 13, 2017 2 Multiple Linear Regression, Logistic Regression…
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Science Communication to the General Public

Science Communication to the General Public

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Brownell SE., Price JV.,  & Steinman L. Science Communication to the General Public: Why We Need to Teach Undergraduate and Graduate Students this Skill as Part of Their Formal Scientific Training. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 2013;12(1):E6-E10. PMCID: PMC3852879 Do you think that communication of science to the general public is a responsibility of scientists? If the answer is yes, are scientists able to do this? In this article, the authors say that while scientists are thoroughly trained in research methodologies, analytical skills, and the ability to communicate with other scientists, most often, they do not get trained in the communication of…
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