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2 months ago | 
growkudos.com | Roy Eidelson |Charlie Rapple
What is it about? The dangers posed by the antisemitism of white nationalists and similar groups encouraging violence against Jews are very real and should not be ignored or minimized. Unfortunately, however, more prominent and deceptive claims of antisemitism have been weaponized against supporters of Palestinian rights by those who want to silence legitimate criticism of Israel.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Charlie Rapple
I joined the Scholarly Kitchen Chef’s panel at the Frankfurt Book Fair for the first time this year, and gave a quick talk about my recently published study of the SDGs and research / scholarly communications. I’ve written up my talk here for those who couldn’t make it to the Messe (probably a wise choice since everyone who did seems to have had a worse-than-usual dose of Frankfurt Flu x COVID x bronchitis).
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
growkudos.com | Charlie Rapple
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
growkudos.com | Matt Broadway-Horner |Charlie Rapple
What is it about? 2 therapies have been found that aid recovery and resilience for those who have suffered under gay conversion practices. Gay conversion therapy should be banned but unfortunately it is still a thriving cottage industry in countries like the UK and in Sri Lanka. Featured ImagePhoto by Vonecia Carswell on UnsplashPhoto by Vonecia Carswell on UnsplashWhy is it important? The reason why it's important is because not much is available to survivors of gay conversion therapy.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
growkudos.com | James Weed |Michael J. Beran |Elizabeth L. Haseltine |Maisy D. Englund |Charlie Rapple
What is it about? This study explores how Guatemalan beaded lizards navigate their environment and find food in maze experiments. First, we placed food at the end of each arm of an 8-arm maze and investigated whether the lizards would choose arms at random or move in a more strategic, methodical fashion.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Charlie Rapple
Someone will correct me, I’m sure, but I don’t think we’ve ever had a skit at a UK scholarly publishing conference before — at least not in the linear passage of time that I’ve occupied. I’m aware of skits at Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), Charleston, Council of Science Editors (CSE) and various other US conferences but have never managed to see one, so I was intrigued to see “Scholarly Communication — The Eras Tour: A Time Travel Musical” on the agenda for this week’s ALPSP Conference.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Charlie Rapple
Celebrate your own brilliance. When you feel good about yourself it gives you the grace to be generous and kind to others. A wise and wonderful woman colleague once advised me to keep a “praise” list of complementary things people say to you. I’ve since advised others to also keep a “go, me!” list of things you are proud of, or times you did something good for someone, however small. Don’t wait for other people to notice every good thing you do.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Charlie Rapple
The traditional role of scholarly publishers has been the communication of research within academia — for example, making sure scientists find out about others’ discoveries, to aid scientific progress. From the moment I joined the scholarly sector, almost 25 years ago, the received wisdom was that “this is an unusual market, because it is circular: the content creators are also the content consumers”. Over the last 10 years or so, I’ve been working to disprove that.
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May 19, 2024 | 
growkudos.com | Antonio Scala |Marco Delmastro |Charlie Rapple
What is it about? Our paper explores how social networks like Facebook and Instagram grow and increase in value. Traditionally, network value was thought to grow in simple patterns based on the number of users and their connections. However, our research shows that modern networks, which form many user groups, grow much faster and in more complex ways.
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May 19, 2024 | growkudos.com | Antonio Scala |Marco Delmastro |Charlie Rapple
What is it about? Our paper explores how social networks like Facebook and Instagram grow and increase in value. Traditionally, network value was thought to grow in simple patterns based on the number of users and their connections. However, our research shows that modern networks, which form many user groups, grow much faster and in more complex ways.
