Amanda French

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PhD in English lit, singer-songwriter, tech fan. ROR specialist at Crossref. Formerly The COVID Tracking Project and THATCamp. Villanelle scholar, digital humanist.
Websitehttps://amandafrench.net
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4325-1809

@tibhannover is a Development Partner of PKP, a relationship that has proven invaluable to the development & improvement of PKP software, enhancing the quality & reach of #ScholarlyPublishing.

Here's a wonderful opportunity to join @TIBopenpub's team and work with #OpenJournalSystems!
⤵️ 💎

https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/careers-and-apprenticeships/vacancies/details/stellenausschreibung-nr-42-2024

Open-Source-Application Support Engineer / System Administrator (m/f/d)

Job advertisement No. 42/2024; application deadline: 15.08.2024

@waldoj Honestly I think the same about Naomi Wolf: that poor woman is mentally ill and I wish someone would help her.

An additional benefit of putting CITATION.cff files in your repositories (ALL your repositories): the Zotero browser plugin knows to read them, letting you easily create Zotero entries for GitHub repositories with the push of a button in your web browser.

#Zotero #GitHub #Research #citation

@overholt Boy the National Stolen Art File is fun to browse
@mpe Very glad this is getting such attention!
Last re-toot not an endorsement of the headline, but it's nice to see @mpe's work in Ars Technica

Study finds that we could lose science if publishers go bankrupt

A scan of archives shows that lots of scientific papers aren't backed up.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/study-finds-that-we-could-lose-science-if-publishers-go-bankrupt/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Study finds that we could lose science if publishers go bankrupt

A scan of archives shows that lots of scientific papers aren't backed up.

Ars Technica
@electricarchaeo That was so true at GWU, too. I’d carefully categorize all my expenses, consulting, all the documentation available, and every time they’d reject the report and say “No it should be these categories” and I’d be like then why don’t YOU assign them in the first place!

Our #ResearchSupport librarian Aster Zhao shared how #OpenAlex can show insights about #hkust #research:
https://library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/visualizing-institutional-research-using-open-data/

She used the data to analyze trends in #openaccess, journal preferences,#SDG and citation #impacts

Well-done Aster!

#HKUSTLibrary

Visualizing Institutional Research Using Open Data

How important is handwashing? A new STUDY found that "The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from the hands of healthy individuals was extremely low (0.32%), and no viable viruses were detected. These results suggest that the risk of contact transmission via hands in a community setting is extremely rare."

It's good you wash your hands. Just don't think it protects you from #COVID19.

https://www.cureus.com/articles/227537-sars-cov-2-contamination-on-healthy-individuals-hands-in-community-settings-during-the-covid-19-pandemic#!/

SARS-CoV-2 Contamination on Healthy Individuals' Hands in Community Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction Hand hygiene is an infection control measure for COVID-19 in our daily lives; however, the contamination levels of SARS-CoV-2 in the hands of healthy individuals remain unclear. Thus, we aimed to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 contamination levels by detecting viral RNA and viable viruses in samples obtained from the hands of 925 healthy individuals. Methods Swab samples were collected from the palms and fingers of healthy participants, including office workers, public officers, university students, university faculty and staff, and hospital staff between December 2022 and March 2023. The collected swab samples were analyzed using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection. Viral RNA-positive samples were subjected to plaque assay to detect viable viruses. Results We collected 1,022 swab samples from the hands of healthy participants. According to the criteria for data collection, 97 samples were excluded, and 925 samples were analyzed using RT-qPCR. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in three of the 925 samples. The viral RNA detection rate was 0.32% (3/925), and the viral RNA copy numbers ranged from 5.0×103 to 1.7×105 copies/mL. The RT-qPCR-positive samples did not contain viable viruses, as confirmed by the plaque assay results. Conclusions The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from the hands of healthy individuals was extremely low, and no viable viruses were detected. These results suggest that the risk of contact transmission via hands in a community setting is extremely rare.