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Linguistic traces of a scientific fraud: the case of Diederik Stapel.
No full textWhen scientists report false data, does their writing style reflect their deception? In this study, we investigated the linguistic patterns of fraudulent (N = 24; 170,008 words) and genuine publications (N = 25; 189,705 words) first-authored by social psychologist Diederik Stapel. The analysis revealed that Stapel's fraudulent papers contained linguistic changes in science-related discourse dimensions, including more terms pertaining to methods, investigation, and certainty than his genuine papers. His writing style also matched patterns in other deceptive language, including fewer adjectives in fraudulent publications relative to genuine publications. Using differences in language dimensions we were able to classify Stapel's publications with above chance accuracy. Beyond these discourse dimensions, Stapel included fewer co-authors when reporting fake data than genuine data, although other evidentiary claims (e.g., number of references and experiments) did not differ across the two article types. This research supports recent findings that language cues vary systematically with deception, and that deception can be revealed in fraudulent scientific discourse
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Disquisitio Planaria Stapulae Saxonicae, ab Impp. Carolo M. Otto. M. Friderico III. reliquisq[ue] Caes. AA. constitutae Adversus Magdeburgensium Consilium Borcholtinum, Statum originarium, & Privilegium Ottonicum. Das ist: Gründliche/ wolgemeinte/ ohngefährliche Erwegung Der Sächsischen Stapel und Niederlage : was massen Stapel/ Niederlage und Kornschiffung (1.) Die alte Stadt Magdeburg anziehe/ (2.) Derselben aber nicht befugt/ und (3.) Die hierzu angeführten Gründe/ beständig zuwiderlegen seyn. Worinnen zugleich Von des ErtzStiffts/ Pfaltz/ Burggrafthumbs und Alten Stadt Magdeburg Ursprung/ Zustand/ und denen Leipziger Messen und Niederlagen gehandelt wird
No full textbeschrieben durch D. Benjamin Leubern ...Kupfert.: Disquisitio planaria Stapulae Saxonicae, ab Imppp. Carolo M. Ottone M. Frid. III. reliquisq[ue] Caes. AA. constitutae adversus Magdeburgensium Consilium Borcholtinum, Statum originarium et Privilegium Ottonicum. Das ist: Magdeburgische Stapel und Niederlage, deroselben Fueg, und unfueg, Wie auch von des Ertz-Stiffts, Pfaltz, Burggraffthumbs, und Alten Stadt Magdeburg Ursprung Zustandt, Leipziger Messen und NiederlagenMit einem Kolophon: Budißin/ Gedruckt bey Christoph Baumann/ anno MDCLIIX
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Een luwtemodel voor het transport van sterk gegradeerd sediment en de vorming van afpleisteringslagen
No full textGeïnspireerd door proeven in het Waterloopkundig Laboratorium 'de Voorst' waar het afpleisteringsverschijnsel in de grens-Maas werd gesimuleerd is een theorie opgezet voor de berekening van het transport van sterk gegradeerd materiaal en de vorming van afpleisteringslagen. Deze theorie gaat uit van het principe dat, achter een grote stabiele korrel, kleinere korrels in de luwte kunnen liggen en heeft een sterk geometrisch karakter. In eerste instantie is deze theorie uitgewerkt voor twee korrelfracties: Grote stabiele korrels en kleine korrels die bij de heersende hydraulische omstandigheden getransporteerd zouden kunnen worden. Het resultaat van de luwtetheorie is een correctiefactor voor de formules voor het transport van uniform sediment met de diameter van de kleine korrels. Deze correctiefactor hangt af van de samenstelling van de oppervlaktelaag. Ook kan met de luwtetheorie in ëèn keer worden berekend wat de uiteindelijke (stabiele) oppervlaktesamenstelling zal zijn en welke bodemdaling daar voor nodig is, als de samenstelling van het uitgangsmengsel en de hydraulische omstandigheden bekend zijn. De luwtetheorie is omgezet in een computermodel en daarmee zijn numerieke berekeningen uitgevoerd. Deze zijn vergeleken met de resultaten van een serie proeven die in het Laboratorium voor Vloeistofmechanica van de Faculteit der Civiele Techniek aan de Technische Universiteit in Delft is uitgevoerd. Daaruit kan geconcludeerd worden dat de luwtetheorie een aantal tendensen van het afpleisteringsverschijnsel goed beschrijft. De proeven bleken echter enige onvolkomenheden te bevatten waardoor een goede ijking van het theoretische model niet mogelijk was. Vooruitlopend op een nieuwe serie proeven die een goede vergelijking tussen theorie en praktijk mogelijk moet maken is tot slot een aantal suggesties gedaan voor uitbreiding van de luwtetheorie. Deze beogen voornamelijk een betere simulering van het turbulente karakter van de stroming. Als een vergelijking tussen de (uitgebreide) luwtetheorie en de nieuwe proeven een bevredigend resultaat oplevert kan de beperking tot twee korrelfracties worden opgeheven. Dan kan, met het luwteprincipe als basis, gerekend worden aan reële situaties zoals rivieren en stroomkanalen met een bodem opgebouwd uit een grote variaties aan korrelgroottes.vloeistofmechanicaHydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
Psychology must learn a lesson from fraud case
No full textSharing data could help to avert scandals like the Diederik Stapel revelations, and improve the quality of research, says Jelte M. Wicherts
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