Review of Chinese atmospheric science research over the past 70 years: Synoptic meteorology

In 1903, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois famously predicted that the problem of the twentieth century would be the problem of the color line. Indeed, during the past century, matters of race were frequently the cause of intense conflict and the stimulus for public policy decisions not only in the United States, but throughout the world. The founding of the Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race at the beginning of the twenty-first century acknowledges the continuing impact of Du Bois's prophecy, his pioneering role as one of the founders of the discipline of sociology in the American academy, and the considerable work that remains to be done as we confront the “problem” that Du Bois identified over a century ago.

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Davor Pauković, Vjeran Pavlaković and Višeslav Raos (eds.), Confronting the Past: European Experiences (Zagreb: 2012: Political Science Research Centre). ISBN: 978-953-7022-26-6.

Southeastern Europe ◽

10.1163/18763332-03703012 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 386-389

Author(s):

Tamara Banjeglav

Keyword(s):

Political Science ◽

Science Research ◽

Research Centre ◽

The Past

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Video Use in Social Science Research and Program Evaluation

International Journal of Qualitative Methods ◽

10.1177/160940690200100302 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 22-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

Barbara Rosenstein

Keyword(s):

Program Evaluation ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Video Observation ◽

The Past ◽

Moving Images ◽

Technological Advances ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Situational Assessment ◽

Giving Feedback

In light of technological advances in producing, viewing and storing moving images, it is appropriate to survey the literature concerning the use of moving images in research over the past few decades. A review of the literature shows that the use of video technology for research falls into three areas: observation (including data collection and analysis), a mechanism for giving feedback, and a means for distance learning and consulting via videoconferencing. This article addresses the first two areas — observation and feedback. It begins with a survey of the use of video observation as a tool for research and documentation. A section on feedback, divided into three sections: performance, interaction and situational assessment follows. A separate section is devoted to the use of video for Program Evaluation. The article concludes with a discussion of epistemological methodological issues and the ethics involved in such a technologically advanced medium.

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Advances in Proteomic Technologies and Its Contribution to the Field of Cancer

Advances in Medicine ◽

10.1155/2014/238045 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Mehdi Mesri

Keyword(s):

Basic Science ◽

Tumor Development ◽

Treatment Strategies ◽

Science Research ◽

Biological Processes ◽

Cancer Genes ◽

Cancer Genetic ◽

Care Plans ◽

The Past ◽

To Come

Systematic studies of the cancer genome have generated a wealth of knowledge in recent years. These studies have uncovered a number of new cancer genes not previously known to be causal targets in cancer. Genetic markers can be used to determine predisposition to tumor development, but molecularly targeted treatment strategies are not widely available for most cancers. Precision care plans still must be developed by understanding and implementing basic science research into clinical treatment. Proteomics is continuing to make major strides in the discovery of fundamental biological processes as well as more recent transition into an assay platform capable of measuring hundreds of proteins in any biological system. As such, proteomics can translate basic science discoveries into the clinical practice of precision medicine. The proteomic field has progressed at a fast rate over the past five years in technology, breadth and depth of applications in all areas of the bioscience. Some of the previously experimental technical approaches are considered the gold standard today, and the community is now trying to come to terms with the volume and complexity of the data generated. Here I describe contribution of proteomics in general and biological mass spectrometry in particular to cancer research, as well as related major technical and conceptual developments in the field.

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The importance of the Antarctic in atmospheric sciences

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.1977.0090 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 279 (963) ◽

pp. 275-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

International Collaboration ◽

Science Research ◽

Atmospheric Science ◽

Atmospheric Sciences ◽

Data Collection And Analysis ◽

Global Problems ◽

Prime Objective ◽

The Antarctic ◽

New Instruments

A prime objective of atmospheric science research in Antarctica is to use the special conditions found there to throw new light on global problems and, in particular, to test theories of the dynamics of the environment and its reactions to solar phenomena. This involves much international collaboration in planning, data collection and analysis, which is briefly described. The British Antarctic Survey theatre of operations is geographically and magnetically unique and therefore offers exceptionally favourable conditions for such tests. The development of new instruments, in particular those carried by satellite, has made research possible in uninhabited regions and enabled problems to be studied which were previously impracticable. The objects of this paper are to draw attention to the needs and possibilities, and to show some of the ways in which the specific investigations discussed by other contributors interact.

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Extraction of 10–30-Day Stable Components from a Boreal Atmosphere during ENSO Phases

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society ◽

10.1155/2015/919286 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kuo Wang ◽

Guolin Feng ◽

Yuxing Zeng ◽

Zhengquan Li

Keyword(s):

Time Scale ◽

Historical Data ◽

Science Research ◽

Atmospheric Science ◽

New Method ◽

Transmission Attenuation ◽

Atmospheric Motion ◽

Explained Variance ◽

Enso Phases ◽

Actual Atmosphere

Distinguishing the predictable 10–30-day stable components (STs) in the actual atmosphere has been important in atmospheric science research. In this study, a new method for extracting 10–30-day STs was developed with the use of historical observations. We extracted and analyzed 10–30-day STs via statistical extrapolation tests. The results show that the STs are maintained uniformly at the intraseasonal time scale; the overall trends in the atmospheric motion are revealed. Comparisons between pentad-by-pentad changes in the explained variances of the 10–30-day STs under ENSO phases show that the explained variance transmission attenuation trends for El Niño and La Niña years are weaker and more continuous than those of neutral years. Data for 10–30-day STs can remain continuous and stable from one month to the next. The proposed method and results present a new means of extracting predictable STs from the atmosphere using historical data.

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Does consultancy research have a future?

Library and Information Research ◽

10.29173/lirg66 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 32 (100) ◽

pp. 20-28

Author(s):

David Streatfield

Keyword(s):

Impact Evaluation ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Skills Training ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Research Issues ◽

Diagnostic Skills ◽

The Past ◽

History Of ◽

The Uk

This article reviews the history of consultancy research in the UK over the past thirty years, identifying rapid growth in the number of participants and a shift towards policy-driven commissioning. Some likely changes in LIS policy and practice and in the concomitant consultancy research are identified. These changes in turn suggest some evolution in consultancy research, which is likely to become more complex and strategic, with increased organisational divergence and convergence in different areas, more flexible research contracts, more international, focus, and addressing more difficult research issues. These changes are likely to call for better inter-personal and diagnostic skills, more expertise and constant updating in a range of disciplines, stronger social science research skills, training and professional development skills and expertise and enhanced impact evaluation skills and expertise. There appears to be little future for small independent consultancies but scope for collaboration with other researcher groups.

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A framework for offline evaluation and optimization of real-time algorithms for use in neurofeedback, demonstrated on an instantaneous proxy for correlations

10.1101/351072 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Michal Ramot ◽

Javier Gonzalez-Castillo

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Imaging Techniques ◽

Science Research ◽

Optimal Parameters ◽

Network Nodes ◽

Psychiatric Illnesses ◽

The Past ◽

New Methods ◽

Processing Stream ◽

Single Region

AbstractInterest in real-time fMRI neurofeedback has grown exponentially over the past few years, both for use as a basic science research tool, and as part of the search for novel clinical interventions for neurological and psychiatric illnesses. In order to expand the range of questions which can be addressed with this tool however, new neurofeedback methods must be developed, going beyond feedback of activations in a single region. These new methods, several of which have already been proposed, are by their nature complex, involving many possible parameters. Here we suggest a framework for evaluating and optimizing algorithms for use in a real-time setting, before beginning the neurofeedback experiment, by offline simulations of algorithm output using a previously collected dataset. We demonstrate the application of this framework on the instantaneous proxy for correlations which we developed for training connectivity between different network nodes, identify the optimal parameters for use with this algorithm, and compare it to more traditional correlation methods. We also examine the effects of advanced imaging techniques, such as multi-echo acquisition, and the integration of these into the realtime processing stream.

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