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Scientists Aim To Pull Peer Review Out Of The 17th Century Richard Harris discusses salient features in the peer review process such as quality, errors, worthiness, availability, impact, timeliness and subsequent effect which according to the author has been diminishing.  https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/24/586184355/scientists-aim-to-pull-peer-review-out-of-the-17th-century

BOOKS     Elections - Urgency - An Australian University Press - had printed Laksiri Fernando's book.     Ragging the University - Outline     War - Outline Attached     Literary Excursions - Outline Attached     Maldives Water and Climate Conference Book - Text available - ppt and video separately TECHNICAL TO NON     Disasters - Outline not attached - But shall be an output for the project     Energy Conservation - Outline Attached - Two - to be combined     History of Technology - Sort of completed - shall get you printed copy TECHNICAL     State of the Climate     Climate Atlas - Have Started - Outline REPORTS - MAY BE PUBLISHABLE     Climate and Rice in Sri Lanka (completed for MDP) - shall get you printed copy     Climate and Tea in Sri Lanka    (Dr. MD) - First Draft with some gaps     Climate ...

What technical writing trends will we see in 2018? by Tom Johnson  In this article, Tom a technical writer explores the trends in 2017 and what to expect in 2018 some highlights are the playing of cross functional interdisciplinary roles by writers, increasing value by supporting marketing/sales/engineering/UX design and the like, practitioners and academics collaborating more often etc.... http://idratherbewriting.com/2018/01/02/technical-writing-trends-2018-and-2017-review/

WHAT IS ENDNOTE ? What is End Note - It is a Reference Management Guide What does it do - It archives reference related material How does the software work - By using references in documents to make bibliographies or vice versa Does it enable sharing across devices - Will work if you are the owner of the devices in subject Where can End Note be saved - In Computer's hard drive but never on Dropbox, One Drive etc.. How does it work - The user needs to add reference by  manually, copying, importing or exporting reference details What will it perform - It will translate the details into over 2000 citation styles in use as well as store details Further details -http://endnote.com/

The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists By   Julia Belluz ,  Brad Plumer , and  Brian Resnick https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process#6 In this lengthy essay the authors discuss the following issues facing science, No. 6 is related to communication.  Explore the biggest challenges facing science, and how we can fix them: Academia has a huge money problem Too many studies are poorly designed Replicating results is crucial — and rare Peer review is broken Too much science is locked behind paywalls Science is poorly communicated Life as a young academic is incredibly stressful Conclusion: Science is not doomed

Publication    ⇋   ⇌            Communication  Both these words comprise important aspects of an organization.. In fact these two aspects can become inseparable while also nourishing each other. Which leads into which and which precedes which?  While Communication precedes Publications in almost any organization due to the representation in charts and work process. Publications also represent what the organization intends to communicate, in fact it can become the 'target modifier'..... For an example the menu in a restaurant explains what they hope to present as their best option, but what has gone on the menu card would also be the "creme de la creme" as decided by the chefs involved ( to use restaurant language!) In an organization such as ours with immersing into various fields and the presence of an array of audiences we have to consider a few lead factors that make the communi-publica ethic effective.... ...