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Application of Rotationally Symmetrical Triangulation Stereo Vision Sensor in National Dance Movement Detection and Recognition

Information acquisition is an important branch of information science. It is the product of the development and cross-integration of traditional sensing technology and other multidisciplines. It is characterized by the high precision, high speed, integration, and intelligence of information acquisition. An important part of information acquisition, it studies how to acquire the geometric structure and scale information of objects in three-dimensional space. With the continuous development of the level, the acquisition of 3D information has become more and more important in scientific research and industrial production. This paper takes 3D information acquisition technology as the main line. From the perspectives of fusion, effectiveness, physical limit, and measurement efficiency, high-resolution 3D information acquisition techniques are studied. In this paper, the upper and lower limb movements of each behavioral segment are segmented according to the difference. An omnidirectional stereo vision sensor composed of a single camera and two secondary conical mirrors is designed, which solves the problems of large size, narrow field of view, and asynchronous image acquisition of traditional binocular vision sensors, effectively ensuring image perspective. The invariance of projection avoids image distortion caused by curved mirror imaging and reduces the difficulty of subsequent work. The three-dimensional Delaunay triangulation algorithm is used to replace the traditional Poisson reconstruction algorithm to generate the triangular mesh model. The triangular mesh model obtained by the multiview stereo reconstruction algorithm is relatively rough. This article uses Zbrush’s ZRemesher and geometric-divide functions to smooth and simplify the model. The results show that the accuracy of the algorithm proposed in this paper is as high as 89.25% in the motion recognition of body elements. The dynamic mapping method is used to map the texture of the triangular mesh model, so that the realism of the model reaches 91.23%.

Current Status of Thalassemia Minor Studies

Thalassemia minor carriage is one of the most common causes of anemia in Mediterranean countries. This study aimed to investigate the publications in scientific journals on thalassemia minor, which is an important health problem, especially in Mediterranean countries. The goal of this study was to retrieve data from journals that were indexed in the Web of Science (WoS; Thomson Reuters, New York, NY, USA) database. The WOS Core Collection was used to retrieve comprehensive bibliometric data. Keywords related to "beta-thalassemia carrier," or "beta-thalassemia trait," thalassemia minor" or "heterozygous beta-thalassemia" were used in a search query in the WOS search engine. The time frame was specified since 10 March 2022. The analysis included information on the increase of publications, the most active countries and institutions, the most cited journals, and the mapping of publications and keywords. A total of 8618 publications were retrieved. The first article was published in 1970, and the period between 1970 and 2021 was searched. The maximum number of publications was published in the year 2021. The number of publications had increased since 2009. Most of the publications were articles (61.696 %). The publications were from more than 100 disciplines and most of them were from Hematology (49.176%). The publications were from 274 different countries. Most of the publications were from the USA, Italy, and Greece. The USA is at the top of the list in the number of publications. But with active funding and support from the governments especially the Mediterranean countries, which have a higher prevalence of thalassemia minor, the productivity of scientific research should be increased.

Basic Cognition of Melatonin Regulation of Plant Growth under Salt Stress: A Meta-Analysis.

Salt stress severely restricts the growth of plants and threatens the development of agriculture throughout the world. Worldwide studies have shown that exogenous melatonin (MT) can effectively improve the growth of plants under salt stress. Through a meta-analysis of 549 observations, this study first explored the effects of salt stress characteristics and MT application characteristics on MT regulated plant growth under salt stress. The results show that MT has a wide range of regulatory effects on plant growth indicators under salt stress, of which the regulatory effect on root indexes is the strongest, and this regulatory effect is not species-specific. The intensity of salt stress did not affect the positive effect of MT on plant growth, but the application effect of MT in soil was stronger than that in rooting medium. This meta-analysis also revealed that the foliar application of a concentration between 100–200 μM is the best condition for MT to enhance plant growth under salt stress. The results can inspire scientific research and practical production, while seeking the maximum improvement in plant salt tolerance under salt stress.

Mapping of global research on familial Mediterranean fever: a SCI-Expanded-based bibliometric analysis.

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a disease of the innate immune system. The disease is prevalent in the Mediterranean region. A comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the published literature on FMF indexed in the SCI-Expanded is lacking. To review the global research trend, developments, leading authors, journals, institutions, and countries, and visualization mapping of the published scientific literature on FMF. The data were obtained from SCI-Expanded of the WoSCC database. The obtained data were analyzed using Bibliometrix: An R-tool and an online Bibliometric tool. P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. In this study, a total of 1665 publications (research article, 92% and review, 8%) on FMF were analyzed and characterized. These publications were authored by 5630 authors, and published in 465 journals. The scientific production in FMF research has been increasing over time (p < 0.0001), with scientific annual growth of 3.96%. The most frequent year of publications was 2021 (n = 98), while the most attractive and published journal in FMF research was Rheumatology International (n = 116). The leading institution was Hacettepe University. The top ranked and most cited country in FMF research was Turkey. In total, the authors' collaboration index was 3.47. Generally, FMF scientific research production has increased over the last two decades. The most studied research areas in FMF were rheumatology, general internal medicine and genetics heredity. The most studied recent trend topics in FMF research were validity, reliability, endothelial dysfunction, management, and recommendations. Moreover, regional collaboration between less active countries should be extended in order to expand FMF-related research and thus prevent and control the disease in the near future.

Open Research in the Making – Or a Call for Co-creators

The assumption that research and science can be made open and accessible just by taking action from the inside has been shown to be erroneous for some time now. Regulatory and policy instruments to promote openness, or increased awareness on the side of those traditionally associated with producing research and knowledge, are part of the equation only. To a significant extent, the meaning and value of scientific research arises from those who use it, for what purposes and for whose benefit. It has also become clear in recent years that the untapped contributory potential of the citizen can usefully be harnessed in creative ways for the benefit of scientific research. Citizen science is (or has been), mostly, about this: harnessing the skills of those usually labelled the lay people into systems of data gathering, processing or analysis. But using citizens in this way is not enough. Open research can constitute an opportunity for citizen expertise and citizen participation to be conceived of in more meaningful ways. Basically, the question we, as researchers, will have to address is: to whom do we want science and research to be open? Perhaps, as the ultimate users, citizens will have an active role in the process, one that promotes and sees them as co-creators in defining aims, scope, outcomes of research initiatives. One that values the multiplicity of ways of knowing available. There are quite a few initiatives wanting to ‘open-up’ scientific processes to citizens in a co-learning spirit – a democratic spirit. Some of them are taking shape at this University. What I want to propose at this conference and to all the researchers and others taking part is that all of those come together, that experiences are shared and learning carries on. We all know that citizens can have an active role in scientific research and knowledge production. Let’s connect the dots to link the agendas of citizen engagement/citizen (social) science with the call for open and accessible research.

New Insights into the Actual H-Abstraction Activities of Important Oxygen and Nitrogen Free Radicals: Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Acetonitrile

The H-abstraction activity of a free radical is a research hotspot and has been extensively studied. In this article, the second-order rate constants of 21 HAT reactions in acetonitrile at 298 K were chosen from several published literature. A kinetic study on the H-abstraction reaction from TEMPOH by a DPPH• radical was carried out. This reaction was researched as an insertion point. By combining this reaction with the 21 HAT reactions in this paper, the thermokinetic parameters of 28 free radicals X and their corresponding antioxidants XH were obtained by the cross-HAT reaction method. The scales of the H-abstraction activities of these 28 oxygen and nitrogen free radicals were determined by using the thermokinetic parameters ΔG≠o(X). Applications of the thermokinetic parameter ΔG≠o(X) in assessing the actual H-abstraction activity of a free radical quantitatively and selecting a suitable free radical in scientific research and chemical production were discussed. Predictions of the rate constants by using thermokinetic parameters of reactants were researched, and the reliabilities of the predicted activation free energies of XH/Y reactions were also examined.

The Cryopolitics of Human Milk: Thermal Assemblages of Breast Milk in Donation, Banking, and Bioindustrial Research

Cold is indispensable when preserving breast milk for later use in ordinary breastfeeding practices and, in addition to other devices such as the breast pump, fridges and freezers have been essential in making human milk a mobile biosubstance. Cryotechnologies become even more important when donated milk has to be preserved for the feeding of hospitalized babies or when, in the form of milk probiotics, it enters the realms of scientific research and industrial production. However, attention to cold only offers one side of the picture, as thawing and heating are essential processes in human milk circulation too. Drawing on research on milk banking practices in Spain, we present three instances where technologies of cold and heat are applied to human milk or its components: hospital banks that collect milk from donors; the practices of lactating women who donate part of their milk to hospital banks, share it informally with other women, or participate in clinical research; and biopharmaceutical companies developing cutting-edge nutritional products employing microbial strains obtained from breast milk. Each of these scenarios resorts to different technological manipulations of cold and heat, generating distinct thermal assemblages where technical questions and sociocultural logics are simultaneously at stake.

Prioritization of Factors Impacting Lecturer Research Productivity Using an Improved Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach

Improving the scientific research productivity of lecturers is an important strategy contributing to improving the reputation of universities, attracting external funding sources, and improving the credibility of both domestic and international students. This study was carried out with the aim of determining the priority of the university’s governance factors that affect lecturers’ scientific research productivity. Six university governance factors were considered, including (i) research objectives and strategies, (ii) decentralization, (iii) leadership, (iv) support for research activities, (v) policy towards lecturers, and (vi) resources for research activities. In this study, an improved analytic hierarchy process method using generalized triangular fuzzy numbers and a centroid index was proposed. The research data were collected via in-depth interviews with experts and administrators at Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU). The results indicate that “resources for research activities” constitute the most important factor affecting the research productivity of lecturers at VNU, followed by research objectives and strategies and leadership.

Shale Mineralogy Analysis Method: Quantitative Correction of Minerals Using QEMSCAN Based on MAPS Technology

Shale is of strong heterogeneity. The mineral composition has a significant influence on the diagenetic evolution, pore network formation, hydrocarbon content, oil mobility, and reservoir stimulation of shale. Accurate mineral analysis of shale is an essential precondition for scientific research and industrial production. In this study, we present a new quantitative method for shale mineral analysis based on high-resolution images, using a combination of QEMSCAN and MAPS technology. We overcome the problem of errors between the morphology and content of certain minerals identified by QEMSCAN technology and the actual results and take full advantage of high-resolution large-scale backscatter scanning electron microscopy (MAPS technology) to process clay-grade mineral image data with complex contact relationships. Specifically, we realize the correction of QEMSCAN mineral quantitative analysis results through image smoothing, image alignment, image segmentation, morphological analysis, and other image processing technologies. The method enables the precise and fast measurement of mineral types, contents, and two-dimensional (2D) distributions. It provides a more credible result consistent with geological reality than QEMSCAN. A straightforward application of the new method is refined mineralogical analysis, including the characterization of pores, fractures, organic matter, and/or mineral grains in geological materials.

A comprehensive comparison of data fusion approaches to multi-source precipitation observations: a case study in Sichuan province, China.

With the complex landform and climate in the Sichuan region, the need for practical and scientific research production by only utilising the rainfall data derived from ground stations or satellites has not been satisfied. To overcome this difficulty, rainfall data from 161 meteorological stations in 2016 are used in this study. According to the distribution of stations, 146 rainfall data from 161 meteorological stations in 2016 are used for inverse distance weighted interpolation, and then, linear regression, weighted regression, and Kalman filter fusion and optimal interpolation method data fusion are performed with TRMM 3B42 satellite rainfall data, respectively. Then, 15 meteorological stations evenly distributed in the study area are selected for the accuracy test. The results show that compared with the measurement at ground stations, linear regression shows the best merging effect on rainfall data derived from ground stations and satellite rainfall estimates across the daily scale: the correlation coefficient is the most significantly improved (0.2-0.7) and the reduction in root-mean-square error (RMSE) is the largest. The method is applicable for use in Sichuan Province when merging rainfall data. At the monthly scale, the rainfall data processed by using the Kalman filter present the highest accuracy (0.72-0.84). At this scale, the Kalman filter is more suitable.

Organization of strategic and tactical management of the revival of hemp farming based on the use of digital tools and product innovations

The subject of the article is theoretical aspects and practical recommendations on the organization of strategic and tactical management of the development of hemp growing on the basis of innovations. The purpose of the article is to determine their justification with the use of digital tools and the latest product technologies. As a result of a comprehensive system-structural analysis and synthesis, the stages of development of the hemp industry from prosperity to decline were determined and the revival was substantiated, taking into account new competitive advantages and properties, including global market trends. It is substantiated that the strategic management of the hemp industry development should be based, first of all, on its competitive advantages, and the tactical management should be based on the use of the latest technologies and digital support of business processes. It was established that the competitive advantages of hemp cultivation include the agrotechnical undemandingness of the culture, which excludes the use of a large number of agrotechnical measures; almost complete wastelessness of the plant. For the development of the industry, it is proposed to use offensive strategies with the organization of their management with the use of fundamental scientific developments and practical experience of scientific research institutions and production enterprises of Sumy Oblast as the center of domestic hemp production in the following directions: expansion of crops and deepening of processing and creation of new enterprises; employee training; state support; improvement of legislation and other institutions; branding and product promotion, including online. The received recommendations can be used in the work of hemp-growing institutions and enterprises, in the educational process of higher education institutions, in the activities of public organizations for educational work. Keywords: hemp farming, digital tools, product innovation, industry, enterprises, strategic and tactical management, development, efficiency.

Trends of the publications of platelet-rich plasma use in osteoarthritis knee – A PubMed and Scopus bibliometric analysis

Objectives: Bibliometrics is being used to assess the quantity and quality of scientific research output. This study is aimed to evaluate the worldwide research productivity in the field of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) use in osteoarthritis (OA) knee. Materials and Methods: Scopus and PubMed databases were searched to identify published articles on PRP and OA knee. The contributions of authors, countries, institutions, and collaborations across the world were analyzed. The top journals publishing in this field were analyzed for the citations and other parameters. Results: Total publications on this topic were 1309 in Scopus and 921 in PubMed, and the yearly average of publication numbers has seen a steady increase over the past 10 years. Top journal in terms of number of articles and citations was Arthroscopy and AJSM, respectively. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage published the maximum preclinical studies. Kon E emerges to be the leading author in both the databases. Original clinical research articles (15.31% and 22.15%) are less compared to review articles (34.6% and 28.3%) in both PubMed and Scopus, respectively. The largest number of articles in this field was from the USA and six of the top 10 productive universities were also from the USA. Conclusion: There has been a rapid increase in the scientific research productivity in the past 10 years and this topic has gained attention in the recent past. There is a need for more clinical trials in this field.

New insights into phenotypic heterogeneity for the distinct lipid accumulation of Schizochytrium sp. H016

BackgroundSchizochytrium sp. is a marine heterotrophic protist and an important sustainable resource for high value-added docosahexaenoic acid in the future. The production of different phenotypes during the continuous subculture of Schizochytrium sp. results in a serious reduction in lipid yield and complicates the used of this strain in scientific research and industrial production. Hence, obtaining an improved understanding of the phenotypic differences and molecular mechanisms underlying the cell-to-cell heterogeneity of Schizochytrium sp. is necessary.ResultsAfter continuous culture passage, Schizochytrium sp. H016 differentiated into two subpopulations with different morphologies and showed decreased capacity for lipid production. The presence of cell subpopulations with degraded lipid droplets led to a substantial decrease in overall lipid yield. Here, a rapid screening strategy based on fluorescence-activated cell sorting was proposed to classify and isolate subpopulations quickly in accordance with their lipid-producing capability. The final biomass and lipid yield of the subpopulation with high cell lipid content (i.e., H016-H) were 38.83 and 17.22 g/L, respectively, which were 2.07- and 5.38-fold higher than those of the subpopulation with low lipid content (i.e., H016-L), respectively. Subsequently, time‑resolved transcriptome analysis was performed to elucidate the mechanism of phenotypic heterogeneity in different subpopulations. Results showed that the expression of genes related to the cell cycle and lipid degradation was significantly upregulated in H016-L, whereas the metabolic pathways related to fatty acid synthesis and glyceride accumulation were remarkably upregulated in H016-H.ConclusionThis study innovatively used flow cytometry combined with transcriptome technology to provide new insights into the phenotypic heterogeneity of different cell subpopulations of Schizochytrium sp. Furthermore, these results lay a strong foundation for guiding the breeding of oleaginous microorganisms with high lipid contents.

Assessment of research efficiency of critical care medicine in hospitals affiliated S university based on data envelopment method: taking the 13th Five-Year Plan period as an example

To investigate the static and dynamic trends of scientific research efficiency of the critical care medicine in hospitals affiliated S university during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. Based on the scientific research data of 16 hospitals affiliated to Beijing S University from 2014 to 2020, the scientific research investment funds and the number of physicians involved in scientific research were selected as input evaluation indexes, and the number of science citation index (SCI) papers, Chinese science citation database (CSCD) papers, and the number of masters and doctors trained were selected as output evaluation indexes, and the evaluation index system of scientific research efficiency of critical care medicine was constructed. SPSS version 23.0 software was used for descriptive data statistics, and data envelopment analysis (DEA)-BCC model and DEA-Malmquist index model of DEAP 2.1 software were used for static and dynamic evaluation of its scientific research efficiency from 2016 to 2020, respectively. (1) The scientific research technical efficiency (TE) of critical care medicine in 16 hospitals affiliated with S universities varied greatly from 2016 to 2020, but pure technical efficiency (PTE) and scale efficiency (SE) were at a good level, and 6-11 affiliated hospitals in critical care medicine kept DEA effective for 5 consecutive years. (2) Dynamic analysis of their total factor productivity (TFP) of scientific research from 2016 to 2020 showed a trend of rising and then falling and then rising again. The mean value was 0.985. The technical efficiency change (TEC) showed a decreasing and then increasing trend, and the technical progress change (TC) showed a slow increasing and then decreasing trend, with a mean value of 0.953. While the mean values of TEC, pure technical efficiency change (PTEC) and scale efficiency change (SEC) were above 1, which showed that the growth of total factor productivity index of research and innovation depended more on the technical efficiency index. The "gain effect" and "catch-up effect" of scientific research efficiency in the specialty of critical care medicine in hospitals affiliated S universities are obvious, but the "growth effect" is not obvious. "Although the research efficiency of the 13th Five-Year Plan period has been significantly improved, there is still much room for improvement in scientific and technological innovation and international academic influence.

Variability in High Wave Energy Events Around the Southern African Coast

AbstractThe wave energy flux along the southern African coastline often reaches extreme levels, seriously impacting coastal communities, infrastructure, as well as near‐coast and offshore marine operations. Understanding the drivers behind past high wave energy events and their frequency is key to forecasting future events. Using in‐situ wave buoy data recorded by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the ERA5 and CACWR global wave model products are evaluated. The better‐performing ERA5 product is used to assess long‐term variability and trends around the coastline between 1979 and 2020. There are significant increasing trends in offshore flux for all seasons, with spring having the strongest coastal trends. Substantial interannual variability exists in wave energy flux and direction. Possible drivers, the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the semi‐annual oscillation (SAO), were assessed to find that SAM appears to show the strongest relationship overall. Negative (positive) SAM is associated with above (below) average and westerly (easterly) anomalies in both flux and direction. ENSO directly impacts the summer wave climate while the SAO indirectly impacts the wave energy flux over spring and winter. During many seasons, more than one climate mode is active. It is found the strongest significant near‐coast positive westerly anomalies occurred under negative SAM and negative SAO, with more intense offshore anomalies under El Niño, whereas the strongest significant negative east‐northeasterly anomalies occurred under a combination of La Niña with positive SAM and SAO phases.

Podcasting past the paywall: How diverse media allows more equitable participation in linguistic science

AbstractThe paywall blocks broad participation in scientific discourse, and it is both financial and psychological. The financial paywall makes access to peer-reviewed research prohibitively expensive for many researchers. The psychological paywall refers to the gatekeeping nature of academic language. Elites hoard the products of scientific research and gatekeep membership in the specialist communities via arcane vocabulary and discourse structures, together with imposition of a tone that demands dispassionate engagement with topics that are urgent and painful to the participants of their research. To exclude the perspectives of those outside the ivory tower is to dismiss unique experiences and epistemologies, essentially blocking diversity of thought in linguistic science. A range of tools is needed to undermine this power structure. Here I highlight one, which is diverse media, in general, and podcasting, specifically. Podcasting brings diverse views into the conversation and allows racially offensive ideas to be understood as such so they can then be challenged. I present the case study of the putative so-called “30-million-word gap”—the claim that, by the time they are four years old, historically marginalized children are exposed to thirty million fewer words than middle- and upper-class white children. I use this notion, which is preposterous on its face, to illustrate the emancipatory potential of the podcast medium.

Comparing health consumer search behavior and scientific research productivity related to COVID-19 vaccines in the USA: an infodemiology study

PurposeWhile vaccines are an effective preventative measure to defend against the spread and harmful symptoms of COVID-19, information about COVID vaccines can be difficult to find and conflicting in its coverage of vaccines’ benefits and risks. This study aims to examine the extent to which Americans are searching for information about the three major vaccine producers (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen) in relation to the amount of reliable scholarly information that has been produced about each one.Design/methodology/approachData were retrieved from Google Trends for the US Web users alongside scientific research output of the US scientists toward three Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-authorized COVID-19 vaccines in Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed. The authors searched for descriptive statistical analyses to detect coronavirus-seeking behavior versus coronavirus releases in the USA from May 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021.FindingsOf the three COVID-19 vaccines, Pfizer has attracted more attention from the US population. However, the greatest number of articles about COVID-19 vaccines published by the US scholars belonged to Moderna (M = 8.17), with Pfizer (M = 7.75) having slightly less, and Janssen (M = 0.83) well behind. A positive association was found between COVID-19 vaccine information-seeking behavior (ISB) on Google and the amount of research produced about that vaccine (P <0.001).Research limitations/implicationsAs the researchers use the single search engine, Google, to retrieve data from the USA, thus, selection bias will be existing as Google only gathers the data of people who chose to get the information by using this search engine.Practical implicationsIf the policymakers in the US Department of Health and Human Services or the US CDC desire to improve the country’s health ISB and the scientific publication behavior (SPB) of the US researchers regarding COVID-19 vaccines studies, they should reference the results of such a study.Originality/valueFrom an infodemiological viewpoint, these findings may support the health policymakers, as well as researchers who work on COVID-19 vaccines in the USA.

Scientific production of Brazilian researchers focusing on oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology.

We analyzed the distribution characteristics of the scientific production of Brazilian dentistry researchers of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. The Lattes curriculum data of 211 researchers from Oral Pathology, Oral Surgery, and Oral Medicine fields were included (2018-2020). Over their academic career, 39 researchers published 7,555 papers (average, 175 articles/researcher); 3,876/7,555 papers were indexed in the Web of Science. During 2018-2020, 1,440/7,555 (19%) papers were published. Brazilian dental researchers contribute significantly to international research by participating in scientific journals' editorial boards, evaluating research promotion agencies, training researchers, and contributing to scientific and technological development.

O impacto do PhdD. Financiamento e publicações continuadas por PhDs em Ciências do Esporte um ano após o PhD-Defense

Abstract Bibliometrics focuses on the quantitative analysis of scientific literature, both in terms of production and consumption. The objective of the present study was to use bibliometrics indicators for analysing the scientific production of junior researchers. Focusing on key aspects such as doctoral theses, publications, fields of study, projects, and regions, a descriptive, comparative, and correlational study was carried out. The results showed a total of 821 theses (493 proposed by men and 328, by women). A total of 1936 published works were found, of which 1358 were dated from 2013 to 2018, and 578, from 2008 to 2013 (?: 135%, p = 0.01). The main findings increased the understanding of the state of sports science in Spain. The number of theses and publications has increased, which shows that, in the country, sports sciences have gained momentum during the period examined in the study. However, the economic resources derived from research and development have stabilized over the period under review, despite its growth rate during the last ten years being the one experiencing the greatest increase.

Deceived, Confused, or Peer Reviewed? Critical Information Literacy in a First-Year Neuroscience Course.

Information literacy skills are necessary to parse today's complex information landscape full of general audience, scholarly, and deceptive sources. For a student new to college and unfamiliar with publishing norms in the discipline, it can be difficult to identify and select from among the range of sources that electronic searches return - especially on Google or Google Scholar, which most students use regularly at the pre-college level. Centering information literacy as a course objective invites students into the scholarly conversation at a deeper level than typical one-off database searching sessions. Further, framing this objective through the lens of critical information literacy engages students in considering how structures of power and privilege direct the production, dissemination, and consumption of scientific research products, including deceptive sources. We, an information literacy librarian and a neuroscience faculty member at a small liberal arts college, have collaborated in developing critical information literacy curricula embedded within an introductory neuroscience course. Here we will briefly describe our motivation, process, and outcomes, and lessons learned from this effort.