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    Stirring the strategic direction of scuba diving marine Citizen Science: A su...

    ABSTRACT Citizen Science (CS) strengthens the relationship between society and science through education and engagement, with win-win benefits. Marine Citizen Science (MCS) is...
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    Empirically derived guidance for social scientists to influence environmental...

    Failure to stem trends of ecological disruption and associated loss of ecosystem services worldwide is partly due to the inadequate integration of the human dimension into...
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    "Anyone Know What Species This Is?" – Twitter Conversations as Embryonic Citi...

    Social media like blogs, micro-blogs or social networks are increasingly being investigated and employed to detect and predict trends for not only social and physical phenomena,...
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    The art and science of selecting graduate students in the biomedical sciences...

    : The goal of this study was to investigate associations between admissions criteria and performance in Ph.D. programs at Boston University School of Medicine. The initial phase...
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    Building a local community of practice in scientific programming for Life Sci...

    For most experimental biologists, handling the avalanche of data generated is similar to self-learn how to drive. Although that might be doable, it is preferable and safer to...
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    A regional-scale Ocean Health Index for Brazil.

    Brazil has one of the largest and fastest growing economies and one of the largest coastlines in the world, making human use and enjoyment of coastal and marine resources of...
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    Documenting the density of subtidal marine debris across multiple marine and ...

    Marine debris is recognised globally as a key threatening process to marine life, but efforts to address the issue are hampered by the lack of data for many marine habitats. By...
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    Two decades of little change: An analysis of U.S. medical school basic scienc...

    To examine changes in U.S. medical school basic science faculty over the last 20 years (1998-2018), we undertook an observational study utilizing data from the American...
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    Do women in science form more diverse research networks than men? An analysis...

    This paper examines the role of gender in the formation of research collaboration networks, by investigating the composition of networks through connections to diverse...
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    The GRE Over the Entire Range of Scores Lacks Predictive Ability for PhD Outc...

    AbstractThe association between GRE scores and academic success in graduate programs is currently of national interest. GRE scores are often assumed to be predictive of student...
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    Culturally aware mentorship: Lasting impacts of a novel intervention on acade...

    National efforts to address the diversity dilemma in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) often emphasize increasing numbers of historically underrepresented (HU)...
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    To what extent do potential conservation donors value community-aspects of co...

    There is a major gap in funding required for conservation, especially in low income countries. Given the significant contribution of taxpayers in industrialized countries to...
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    Institutional environments and breakthroughs in science. Comparison of France...

    Scientific and/or technical breakthroughs require the exploration of novel ideas and technologies. Yet, it has not been studied quantitatively how national institutional...
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    Biodiverse planting for carbon and biodiversity on indigenous land.

    Carbon offset mechanisms have been established to mitigate climate change through changes in land management. Regulatory frameworks enable landowners and managers to generate...
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    The Contribution of Nearshore Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) to Food Securit...

    Fish aggregating devices, or FADs, are used widely in developing countries to concentrate pelagic fish, making them easier to catch. Nearshore FADs anchored close to the coast...