What is the best way to retract or withdraw a paper after it is published?

Recently, one of my colleagues found out major errors in a paper written by him and published in a reputed journal after peer review. He wants to retract the whole paper and resubmit afresh after...

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How much time elapsed shall be given in order to assess the impact of publications?

11 December 2015 1,032 2 View

What shall be the criteria and norms to declare a student unfit for pursuing Research Degree or Undergraduate / Postgraduate Degree?

06 July 2015 1,284 0 View

What is the best way of imparting training to young faculty members who are new to teaching?

In most of the institutions, there is no provision for imparting training to young faculty members who are new to teaching profession. Right from day one, they are allotted subjects (irrespective...

10 November 2014 1,334 10 View

What are the long term effects of 'Academic Scams' compared to 'Financial Scams' in the growth and development of a Nation?

A very small percentage of population either knows or understands 'Academic Scams'. There are many types of 'Academic Scams', such as bogus degrees, bogus publications, bogus awards, etc. It is...

09 October 2014 6,508 0 View

What are the long term effects of 'Academic Scams' compared to 'Financial Scams' in the growth and development of a Nation?

A very small percentage of population either knows or understands 'Academic Scams'. There are many types of 'Academic Scams', such as bogus degrees, bogus publications, bogus awards, etc. It is...

09 October 2014 5,112 0 View

Why are scientists (technologists and researchers) poor communicators with the general public?

Research is mostly funded by tax payers money. However, it is observed that researchers are unable to explain their work in simple language to general public. Does this mean that modern research...

31 December 2013 2,007 29 View

How important it is for the Scientists to be 'Visible'?

One of the important criteria for a scientist to get research funding / awards / honors etc. is to be 'Visible'.

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Why senior teachers are reluctant to take classes for freshly admitted students?

Normally, senior most teachers shall take classes for freshers. This practice is followed in many US Universities where senior most Professors or even Nobel Laurette teach freshers. But it is...

11 December 2013 7,382 10 View

How should Heads of Departments allot subjects to teaching staff? Shall freedom be given to teachers to select the subject they prefer to teach?

Heads of Departments are often put in a critical position viz-a -viz allotment of subjects to staff. There are some subjects which nobody wants to teach. On the other hand, there are subjects...

11 December 2013 5,294 36 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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MGL tools

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i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

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What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

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Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View