Ein bisher unbekanntes historisches Herbarium des Johann Ludwig Buxtorf (1736–1804) aus Basel, Schweiz

This study aims to determine the governance factors that influence the scientific research output of lecturers through the application of PLS-SEM, in conjunction with ANOVA and t-test. Based on a survey of 398 lecturers in twelve higher education institutions (HEIs) in Vietnam, the psychometric properties of the scales measuring the considered dimensions of scientific research outputs were initially examined through the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure, prior to being input into the PLS-SEM model. The SEM model comprised six constructs for the scientific research outputs: scientific research objectives of HEIs, leadership, decentralization, policies for lecturers, support for scientific research activities, and resources for scientific research. The results reveal that resources for scientific research have the most impact on lecturers’ scientific research output, followed by policies for lecturers, support for scientific research activities, scientific research objectives of HEIs, and finally, leadership.

OSGeo conference videos as a resource for scientific research: The TIB|AV Portal

IT is now generally recognized that there are many cases of vertical restraints that do not fit the standard "consumer free riding on special services" theory.1 For example, the widespread use of resale price maintenance in the marketing of brand name clothing cannot be explained as inducing retailers to supply services such as dressing rooms. It is unlikely that consumers must be prevented from trying on clothing free of charge at a full-service retailer before purchasing the clothing at a discount from retailers who do not supply dressing rooms. A number of authors recently have attempted to correct this deficiency in the standard theory by expanding the type of services that vertical restraints may induce retailers to supply and the corresponding retailer free-riding problems.2 The standard economic analysis of how vertical restraints operate to induce desired retailer behavior has remained essentially unchanged, however. The standard analysis assumes that when it is not feasible for a manufacturer to write explicit, court-enforceable contracts with retailers for the supply of particular services, the only alternative mechanism manufacturers can use to induce the supply of desired services is to increase the direct return retailers receive from consumers when those

The use of online electronic information resources in scientific research: The case of neuroscience

In the past many years, ”Applied mathematics” have described more and more professional specialties in which scientists work on practical problems by formulating and studying mathematical models and methods. Various kind of practical applications have motivated the development of mathematical theories. For example, networks science, computer science, artificial intelligence, biological sciences, management science and other disciplines. Each year, tens of thousands of articles, which cover all aspects of applied mathematics, have been published in various mathematic or other application journals. However, the effectiveness of academic exchange and integration for the latest research progress on Applied Mathematics is less than satisfactory in current period, which the high-tech and application Technology are developing rapidly. It is urgent and important to build a new vibrant platform to reinforce global efforts and provide precious resource for a broad assemblage of scientists in Applied Mathematics fields. Thus, the idea for a new journal, Research in Applied Mathematics (RAM), was born. I am glad to share this good news to all researchers working in the field of applied mathematics. In this journal, the readers will find the latest research describing the cutting edge advances in this fast evolving direction. We hope that these original research articles can help the readers to understand the recent developments of applied mathematics and help spark the fuse toward new advances. I invite you to consider RAM (http://www.agialpress.com/journals/ram/) as the first choice to share your latest research findings and vision for the future of Applied Mathematics research, and advertise RAM to your colleagues around the world. Our aim is to report mainly the new developments in all areas of Applied Mathematics, including but not limited to: mathematical theory and methods of complex dynamic systems, complex networks and multi-agent system, neural networks and scientific computing, management science and engineering, industrial mathematics and application, biomathematics, and so on. RAM is a peer-reviewed, open access, international scholarly journal. It has an editorial board comprised of a group of well-known scientists in the field of mathematics and some engineering fields. Board members are committed to make RAM become a new vibrant platform to reinforce global efforts on academic exchange and integration for applied mathematics. We would like to thank all the authors for their latest contributions to our journal. You can submit your article according to Author Guidelines (http://www.agialpress.com/journals/ram/author-guidelines/).

A teaching case library of clinical pharmacy was constructed to improve case teaching for pharmacy residents. Through establishment of draft requirement and organizing a group of authors constituted by preceptors of pharmacy residents, the teaching cases were written, the contents and forms of which were assessed by teaching demonstration, interactively examined and revised by fellow teachers, audited and screened by senior pharmacists, and thus a case library was collaborated, processed and established. Finally, a case library was formed, which included 11 systems, such as endocrine, cardiovascular and neurological systems, and 32 cases of drug treatment for common diseases in each system. The construction of case library has enhanced the teaching consciousness and skills of resident pharmacists' teaching team. This case library will become an important resource for teaching and scientific research in the future. Key words: Pharmacy residents; Clinical pharmacy; Teaching case library; Construction

In the last decade, the science of complex networks [1] experienced a remarkable success story, driven by never-before-seen amounts of data and an ever-increasing interest in understanding complex properties and dynamics. More and more physicists, computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, biologists, economists and social scientists are tackling similar problems with methods borrowed from each other or, increasingly, developed by teams working across disciplines. The Leonardo satellite symposium Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks, at NetSci2010 (Boston, 10 May 2010), strives to expand and foster cross-disciplinary research on complex networks within, or with the help of, arts and humanities. Up to this point arts and humanities have usually not been included in the list of relevant disciplines featured in the standard network science literature. Given the wealth of arts and humanities data, as well as the growing role of visualization and other perceptualizations in network science, we are sure that lessons can be learned by network scientists as well as specialists in arts and humanities. The study of networks and network visualizations complement each other, as studying the represented always presupposes the study of representation. Network science can help to explore complex structures and dynamics in areas ranging from literature, art and archaeology to music, film and image science. At the same time, specialists from the arts and humanities can help to develop visualizations and other perceptualizations using expertise that draws on a broad historical corpus of works. Beyond that, other collaborative intersections can certainly be identified and explored. The convergence of arts, humanities and network science has the potential to bring new insights and foster knowledge that none of these fields can achieve on their own. We find complex network structure wherever we look in the arts and humanities, including bibliographies, museum inventories and research databases. Every conceivable link relation in these datasets forms a complex network in a larger “network of networks” between objects, people, places, times, events and concepts [2]. Interesting sub-networks in the arts and humanities include multimodal networks of features and metadata in art, film and literature; implicit citation and the transmission of motifs (including Aby Warburg’s Mnemosyne); as well as networks of cultural exchange and trade, from the Neolithic to modern supply chains. Relevant network dynamics include the emergence and evolution of canons in art, music, literature and film, as well as the evolution of communities of practice in art and science. Dealing with the growing role of data visualization, network researchers benefit from cross-disciplinary collaboration. Ten years ago, leading protagonists of network science and information visualization pointed out that, visualizing a complex network, one should be able to reduce it to a simple tree or one should not try it at all, pointing to the alternative of pure numerical measures. Since then, an impressive number of examples, driven by increasing processing power and new layout methods, continue to disprove this opinion. Scientists develop new ways of visualization, such as “edge bundling,” that bring more clarity to complex network structure. Artists have developed convenient visualization tools, such as the Processing programming language, benefitting not only fellow artists but also increasingly the sciences. And humanities researchers are using tools from cell biology such as Cytoscape, visualizing their own complex network data. As a part of NetSci2010, Arts | Humanities | Complex Networks will foster interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, effectively adding arts and humanities to the expanding list of fields associated with complex network research. We will be happy to present the results in a forthcoming issue of Leonardo.

The research aims to analyze the impact of digital ethics for human resources, administrative controls and legal legislation on the employment of artificial intelligence in the scientific research sector in order to avoid generating bad results because of the lack of an administrative framework for digital ethics for human resources in scientific research, The illegal practices when employing artificial intelligence, Its Administrative controls are unclear, The research relied on the inductive approach, The Results proved a strong relationship between the role of digital ethics and the employment of artificial intelligence in scientific research. The future seeks to employ the applications of the industrial revolution in scientific research to achieve the goals of sustainable development, Results found that there is in a strong correlation between role of administrative controls, legal legislation,the employment of artificial intelligence in the scientific research sector, Despite the potential risks of the growing use of artificial intelligence applications, there are few laws indirectly related to artificial intelligence which indicates that laws do not respond to the requirements of artificial intelligence and digital technology, Also the development of An analytical framework that contributes to explaining the role of digital ethics for human resources by employing artificial intelligence in the scientific research sector, and its dimensions represented in culture, digital leadership & digital training.Keywords: Digital ethics for human resources - administrative controls - legal legislation - employment of artificial intelligence in the scientific research sector.

The objective of this research is to study methods of search, explication and analysis of text data of scientific publications with information and communication technologies for use in scientific research. The research is based on Russian-language scientific publications reflecting the scientific heritage of G. F. Gause. The proposed study is based on the results of case studies conducted to assess the possibilities of using digital information resources in scientific research, extracting metadata from digital electronic resources using methods of their subsequent quantitative processing. The study examined the methods of explication and analysis of text data extracted from digital scientific resources (for example, Elibrary). For the analysis, the information system Sketch Engine was used, which provides natural language text processing (NLP) tools. Based on the analysis of the obtained results, conclusions are drawn about the possibility of using the studied methods not only in scientific research, but also in a wide range of scientific research on various topics.

Major experimental teaching plays a crucial role in cultivating the ability of undergraduates majoring in environmental engineering to solve complex engineering problems. The study explores the integration of scientific research resources into undergraduate experimental teaching, aiming to enhance the quality of talent cultivation by transforming scientific research teams, projects, and resources into corresponding teaching entities. An innovative experimental course based on research projects of the scientific research teams was designed, focusing on the evaluation of photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants. The course encourages independent exploration, interdisciplinary knowledge application, and emphasizes thinking training in process assessment. Over a three-year period (2018–2020), 33 undergraduates participated in various experimental projects derived from scientific research. Data collected through questionnaires, discussions, and performance assessments revealed significant improvements in the undergraduates’ ability to solve complex environmental engineering problems, increased learning interest, and the development of critical thinking and innovative consciousness. The proposed mechanism not only enriches experimental teaching content but also effectively promotes the cultivation of innovative and compound talents in environmental engineering.

The effectiveness of the transmission and sharing of data and information among people has been revolutionized by the internet and digital technology. Social networks have shortened the communication space among the technology users. Their relatively easy access through computers, cell phones, and many other devices has made them easy to use, so they are probably the most widely used today. Social network and internet media (SIM) has revolutionized providing useful resources for scientific research, especially in engaging citizen scientists in research. There are also various possible drawbacks in spite of the benefits of the SIM. With the increasing use of social media worldwide, sites with rich species diversity face potentially the greatest anthropogenic threats (resulting from high numbers of visitors), which results in the extinction of valuable species from the native area. Despite shortcomings, SIM can provide conservation education and awareness and also reconnect to the natural world.

The effectiveness of the transmission and sharing of data and information among people has been revolutionized by the internet and digital technology. Social networks have shortened the communication space among the technology users. Their relatively easy access through computers, cell phones, and many other devices has made them easy to use, so they are probably the most widely used today. Social network and internet media (SIM) has revolutionized providing useful resources for scientific research, especially in engaging citizen scientists in research. There are also various possible drawbacks in spite of the benefits of the SIM. With the increasing use of social media worldwide, sites with rich species diversity face potentially the greatest anthropogenic threats (resulting from high numbers of visitors), which results in the extinction of valuable species from the native area. Despite shortcomings, SIM can provide conservation education and awareness and also reconnect to the natural world.

Social network sites can provide useful resources for scientific research, especially in engaging citizen scientists in research. However, much citizen science work in biodiversity can be inaccurate due to poor identification and misreporting of information. Here we present an outline of a method that uses the photo-sharing website Flickr for mapping the distribution of bees throughout the UK. Users upload photographs to the website and identification of the photographs is conducted by trained volunteers. Use of GPS equipped mobile telephones helps with the recording of location information and the use of trained volunteers identifying bees from photographs helps eliminate problems of misidentification. This is in addition to the power of social network sites to generate interest and participation in the project.

Basic medical research on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) ophthalmology has made great progress in recent years. This mainly includes the following aspects: the gradual increase in the number and quality of relevant documents; the increase in research institutions and research specialists engaged in TCM ophthalmology-related basic medical research; and the focus of this research, mainly concentrated on dominant diseases in TCM ophthalmology. However, there are also some challenges. These are mainly reflected in the following aspects: the difficulty of transforming scientific research achievement; the lack of rigorous experimental design and in-depth research on the mechanisms of Chinese medicine; the lack of optimal utilization and integration of resources for research; and the unbalanced development of scientific research levels and resources. To a certain extent, these have hindered the development of basic medical research on TCM ophthalmology. In the future, we need to integrate more superior resources into the dominant diseases and key areas of TCM ophthalmology, and persist in the in-depth research of them; and insist on collaborative innovation and successful cooperation in order to better serve clinical medicine. This is the fundamental starting point and emerging direction for basic medical research on TCM ophthalmology. Key words: traditional Chinese medicine ophthalmology; basic medical research; dominant diseases; collaborative, innovation

The article deals with reasons for the choice of GDL Court Books collection preserved at Vilnius University Library (VUL) as digitization and research object. It presents VUL experience with digitization projects, need for creation of additional digitization projects values and services. The article aims to reveal specific features of database of digitized manuscripts as a result of and resource for scientific research. It analyses criteria for selection of this particular collection: importance for researchers in history, language and culture, outcomes of intensive use, means for improvement and (or) stabilisation of physical conditions of the collection, etc. Digitization activities and their development in VUL are based on idea, that digitization is not only production of imagages. Digitized documents should be supplied with metadata produced by collaborative efforts of researchers and librarians, that enable multiaspect access to information and data as well as possibility to use these enriched documents as a source for further investigation and research.Preparation of documents for digitization is an important though often undervalued stage of each digitization project. Implementation of simple procedures such as informed choise of equipment, microbiological prevention and dust cleaning could warrant preservation of documents and safety of staff. Conservation decisions are part of this preparatory stage as well. They often depend on attitudes towards documents authenticity preservation, however in any case on this stage it is possible to reveal important information about the history of digitized documents, even discover new documents and (or) their fragments.Due to specificity of Court Books’ contents and form, description of documents, contained in the Books are presented using Text Encoding Innitiative (TEI P5) Manuscript description schema that makes it possible to use originally spelled and structured personal names and place-names, to record interpersonal relations, links between persons and places, etc.Possibility to use already approved and functioning controlled tool – BAVIC thesaurus for creation and use of Court Books database could be helpfull in solving problems of personal and place names as well as chronology diversity, to avoid duplication of activities and to integrate new database into common Lithuanian infrastructure of digitized cultural heritage objects.