How trustworthy is evidence based research as applied in the natural sciences and the social sciences?

In medicine, I think evidence-based research and - crucial, this - evidence-based practice is quite robust. Insofar as social scientific veracity is concerned, the wide range of variables does...

08 September 2017 8,085 6 View

How can anyone worth a million dollars or so in countries where the poor earn less than a living wage call themselves socialists?

04 May 2017 3,537 13 View

Do objective morals exist?

I am writing a book on social pedagogy and social justice. I believe it is justifiable to regard some moral statements as irrefutably correct; transcendental, if you will. Such statements operate...

08 September 2016 9,205 0 View

Is investment in Big Tobacco bereft of all morals?

07 August 2016 254 3 View

Is the concept, psycho-somatic, an oxymoron?

If the brain is anatomy and the mind is physiology (debatable, of course) then surely the diagnosis of psychosomatic disorders is an oxymoron. This forces the question of whether or not mind can...

07 August 2016 3,137 35 View

Is it justifiable to use data for moral purposes if the data collection is immoral?

What comes to mind for me here is the debate on the use of arguably (?) life-saving medical data collected by Nazi doctors in concentration camps.

07 August 2016 8,425 73 View

Is predictability of future trends feasible in social science?

Popper did not think so. However, I think that social scientific predictions can be plausible if long established prior and contemporary trends (income inequality as a predictor of variable...

06 July 2016 2,364 6 View

How, in detail please, is the RG score calculated?

Could anyone please explain to me why, for the past month or so, even though my reads keep on rising, my RG score has dropped by - if my estimate is correct - from around 35. 2 to about 33....

05 June 2016 7,539 1 View

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04 May 2016 7,522 2 View

Is it tenable to defend an ethical principle - e.g. social justice - through intellectual argumentation?

There are those who argue that intellectual argumentation should be objective and, in that regard, value-free. I personally disagree but I recognize that my "opponents" have a point. Or do they?

02 March 2016 1,031 2 View

Is it possible to remove a preprint posted by a journal which is already rejected?

As we know many journals are posting preprints (DOI) in advance before the peer-review process. However, there is no guarantee that the preprints get published. The journal's reviewers undergo the...

01 March 2021 5,778 2 View

Can't recognize exact phase and PDF card no of Silicon carbide in XRD?

We have deposited silicon carbide on carbon substrate using one PVD technique. Due to amorphous behavior of SiC at low deposition temperature, we performed heat treatment of those films at...

22 February 2021 2,072 3 View

Rearranging abbreviation list in LaTeX ?

Hi, I'm trying to rearrange an abbreviation list for a manuscript such that it would be listed in alphabetical order. Is there a function that does this automatically or is manual my only option?...

18 February 2021 4,870 2 View

If a journal doesn't provide doi after acceptance of the manuscript, is it authentic?

It is related to submission of the manuscript in a Journal and the process of its online availability.

18 February 2021 9,269 5 View

How to validate image labeling quality within dataset?

Hello, it is about creating a dataset for semantic segmentation with three classes. The problem is that one class dominates with >90% and one class is

18 February 2021 4,254 5 View

Can anyone provide an advice on running a validation study of a commercially available product in collaboration with the manufacturer?

We are planning to run a study validating a commercially available product (i.e. software) and while we initially planned to do it independently of the manufacturer, they heard about our intention...

17 February 2021 2,295 3 View

How to increase DPI in my image?

I'm submitting manuscript to a journal that requires 1200 dpi in my images. I have changed the dpi from 96 but when I upload the image with 1200 dpi, the image looks super blurry when I review my...

16 February 2021 2,803 3 View

Which Journals would you advise to submit a Letter which briefly talks about neurosurgical treatment of neuro-oncological patient during Sars-COV-2?

Possibily not an open access journal which does not add any publishing costs once being accepted. Thank you in advance

09 February 2021 717 6 View

How to do mono formylation of N,N-diethyl-3-methoxybenzamide?

I have attempted the formylation of the above mentioned compound using a very well reported protocol using secondary Butyl Lithium and TMEDA at - 78 degrees Celsius. I have done it quite a few...

08 February 2021 2,793 2 View

How would I get a "certificate of English approve" ?

I need a "certificate of English approve" for my manuscript to be published in a reputed journal. It should be from a native speaker.

04 February 2021 1,331 3 View