The recipients of the 1997 CAS Awards for Young Scientists had their names publicized recently. They had been checked and recommended by their work units and subject to re-examination and approval by the Awards’ jury...The recipients of the 1997 CAS Awards for Young Scientists had their names publicized recently. They had been checked and recommended by their work units and subject to re-examination and approval by the Awards’ jury. As a result, a total of 41 prodigies received this special honor for展开更多
Requirements for research assessments There are huge differences in mission, emphasis, inherent capability, and targeted utilization of research among scientific institutions. Hence, when it comes to assessments, a on...Requirements for research assessments There are huge differences in mission, emphasis, inherent capability, and targeted utilization of research among scientific institutions. Hence, when it comes to assessments, a one-size-fits-all approach cannot meet the goal(s) of these assessments. Probably even larger differences exist between individuals, research teams and departments.展开更多
<strong>Background:</strong> The impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have created a need for constant improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of laboratory diagnosis to contain the spread, aid...<strong>Background:</strong> The impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have created a need for constant improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of laboratory diagnosis to contain the spread, aid the treatment and management of positive cases. Inadequate knowledge of COVD-19 and its laboratory diagnosis among medical scientists is detrimental to the reliability of laboratory results, which are critical in the control, and management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purposes of this study are to determine the knowledge of COVD-19 and to assess the knowledge of laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 among medical scientists. <strong>Methodology: </strong>An internet-broadcasted and validated questionnaire was used to obtain data from 131 medical scientists in Nigeria. The generated data were analyzed using IBM <em>SPSS Statistics version</em> 25. <strong>Results:</strong> More than half of respondents had good general knowledge and causes (52%), mode of transmission (52.7%), and symptoms (54.2%) of COVID-19. However, only a few (<40%) knew the hallmark of laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 and Coronavirus detection steps in the right order (45%). Surprisingly, age (F-ratio = 2.729 p = 0.032), gender (<em>χ</em><sup>2</sup> = 4.173;p = 0.041) and level at work (F-ratio = 3.552, p = 0.016) have significant effects on the knowledge of COVID-19 and knowledge of laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 among the study participants. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> There is a need for improvement in the knowledge of COVID-19 diagnosis through relevant work level (work experience) and gender-based training as well as continuous professional development programs for medical scientists in Nigeria.展开更多
CHEN Haoyong made the decision to devote himself to the development of electrical power science while he was majoring in electrical engineering at the Xi’an Jiaotong University in the early 1990s.In 1994,his professo...CHEN Haoyong made the decision to devote himself to the development of electrical power science while he was majoring in electrical engineering at the Xi’an Jiaotong University in the early 1990s.In 1994,his professor introduced him to Wang Xifan,a famous scholar in the field of power systems who had just returned from Japan and who was also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Over the following 12 years,Chen studied and worked under the BY ZHANG LI Building a Communication and Cooperation Platform for Chinese Scientists guidance and supervision of Wang.展开更多
How is the significance of the doctrine Scientism to be understood?To answer that question,it will be necessary to distinguish three stances towards scientific activity.This can be done by developing distinctions alre...How is the significance of the doctrine Scientism to be understood?To answer that question,it will be necessary to distinguish three stances towards scientific activity.This can be done by developing distinctions already delineated between Relativistic,Methodological and Dogmatic Scientism.In the present paper,the first two senses are best characterized as the scientistic:Scientistic Relativism and Scientistic Methodologism.Dogmatic Scientism arises in two forms:a Janus-faced Scientism and an Essentialist form.The former can be understood as advocating a public tolerance of behaviourism in relation to other people’s responses,cast as spatio-temporal events whilst adopting,at the same time,a private existentialism so that one’s own first person evaluations remain valid.An Essentialist form sustains a predictive and normative stance where any human action or communication is cast as“a natural object of investigation of the empirical sciences”.After distinguishing these four ways of interpreting scientific activity,Ladyman and Ross’s own contribution to this debate can be elucidated through examining five theses carried by their text Every Thing Must Go,and ideas forwarded subsequently in Ladyman’s article“Scientism with a Humane Face”:(1)the attack upon conceptual analysis;(2)the defence of metaphysics;(3)the advocacy of scale relative ontology;(4)the rehabilitation of Peirce’s philosophy;and(5)the rejection of a traditional conception of materialism.It may then become possible to ascertain how far their approach to scientific activity can be identified with either a Scientific Methodologism or some form of Scientism itself.展开更多
At the end of last year, the editors from Power and Electrical Engineers interviewed Zhou Xiaoxin on "Fundamental Research on Enhancing Operation Reliability for Large-Scale Interconnected Power Grids", a pr...At the end of last year, the editors from Power and Electrical Engineers interviewed Zhou Xiaoxin on "Fundamental Research on Enhancing Operation Reliability for Large-Scale Interconnected Power Grids", a project of "973 Program". Mr. Zhou, the chief engineer of China Electric Power Research Institute(CEPRI) and an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the chief scientist in charge of this research project.展开更多
Thirteen-year-old Zhou Licheng is a pupil at the Beijing Xicheng Experimental School, and recently won second prize in the "Future Scientist Award" for his invention - a device that prevents smoke from comin...Thirteen-year-old Zhou Licheng is a pupil at the Beijing Xicheng Experimental School, and recently won second prize in the "Future Scientist Award" for his invention - a device that prevents smoke from coming down the flue. He won a 10,000-yuan cash prize, and his school was also awarded 40,000 yuan. The "Future Scientist Award" was set up through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Education, the China Association for Science and Technology, and the Hong Kong H. S. Chau Foundation. Its aim is to展开更多
A flagship research project ofthe country during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period (1996-2000), thestudy was conducted under the ae-gis of CAS with financial supportfrom MOST. Remarkable academicprogress has been achiev...A flagship research project ofthe country during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period (1996-2000), thestudy was conducted under the ae-gis of CAS with financial supportfrom MOST. Remarkable academicprogress has been achieved over thepast years, according to the panel.展开更多
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) program is regarded as a huge international scientific project following the world-known International Space Station (ISS) project, Human Genome project
China will open part of its civil projects in national research program, including hi-tech development programs and major basic research programs to overseas scientists, said a senior official with the Ministry of Sci...China will open part of its civil projects in national research program, including hi-tech development programs and major basic research programs to overseas scientists, said a senior official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Facing the globalization trend in terms of economy and S&T development, China will take a展开更多
At the 10th General Assemblyof CAS, eight scientists were award-ed with Chen Jiageng Prize, a pres-tigious award to honor outstandingChinese scientists who forge aheadand scale S&T heights to revitalizethe nation.
Ⅰ. From the Civilian Contact to the Dual Channel of Official and Non-governmental Exchanges
From 1949 to 1972, S&T exchanges between China and Japan were dominated by civilian contacts,as non-governmental channel...Ⅰ. From the Civilian Contact to the Dual Channel of Official and Non-governmental Exchanges
From 1949 to 1972, S&T exchanges between China and Japan were dominated by civilian contacts,as non-governmental channels were used to intermediate between the two governments. In 1955, a delegation of Chinese scientists visited Japan under the leadership of Guo Moruo, the first president of CAS,and met with Japanese scientists and friends from all walks of life.展开更多
In the crucial transition period from the initiative phase to the overall implementing phase of the Academy’s Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), based on the experience of the ...In the crucial transition period from the initiative phase to the overall implementing phase of the Academy’s Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), based on the experience of the KIP initiative phase, has attached great importance to the broad solicitation of suggestions on the overall implementing phase of the KIP with the aim at further clarifying its position in the National Innovation System and setting up goals and measures for the development and展开更多
Scientists from Shanghai Institutes of Biological Science under theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have cloned dentinogenesisgene, which is believed responsible for a genetic tooth disease.The disease, Dentinogenesi...Scientists from Shanghai Institutes of Biological Science under theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have cloned dentinogenesisgene, which is believed responsible for a genetic tooth disease.The disease, Dentinogenesis imperfecta 1, one of the most commongenetic tooth problems, causes brittle teeth for one out of every six toeight thousand humans in the world. There is no effective treatment展开更多
According to an official announcement by the CAS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), a piece of critical evidence for the origin and early evolution of feathers has been described from a...According to an official announcement by the CAS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), a piece of critical evidence for the origin and early evolution of feathers has been described from a Mesozoic bird fossil newly discovered by two IVPP paleontologists, Profs. Zhang Fucheng and展开更多
The laureates of the 1995 CAS Awards for Young Scientists have been appraised and decided by the Awards’ jury.A total of 40 young scholars won the Awards, including 10 first-grade prize recipients—Xi Nanhua with the...The laureates of the 1995 CAS Awards for Young Scientists have been appraised and decided by the Awards’ jury.A total of 40 young scholars won the Awards, including 10 first-grade prize recipients—Xi Nanhua with the Institute of Mathematics,Wang Yunping with the Institute of Physics,Qiu Minghua with the Kunming Institute of Botany,Gan Weiqun with the Mt. Zijinshan Observatory, Zhang Zhongjie with the展开更多
Two scientists received 2001/2002 CAS-Bayer Research Awards on February 2 in Beijing from Prof. Yang Bailing, CAS vice president, and Prof.Fred Heiker, head of Bayer Corporate Research.
文摘The recipients of the 1997 CAS Awards for Young Scientists had their names publicized recently. They had been checked and recommended by their work units and subject to re-examination and approval by the Awards’ jury. As a result, a total of 41 prodigies received this special honor for
文摘Requirements for research assessments There are huge differences in mission, emphasis, inherent capability, and targeted utilization of research among scientific institutions. Hence, when it comes to assessments, a one-size-fits-all approach cannot meet the goal(s) of these assessments. Probably even larger differences exist between individuals, research teams and departments.
文摘<strong>Background:</strong> The impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have created a need for constant improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of laboratory diagnosis to contain the spread, aid the treatment and management of positive cases. Inadequate knowledge of COVD-19 and its laboratory diagnosis among medical scientists is detrimental to the reliability of laboratory results, which are critical in the control, and management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purposes of this study are to determine the knowledge of COVD-19 and to assess the knowledge of laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 among medical scientists. <strong>Methodology: </strong>An internet-broadcasted and validated questionnaire was used to obtain data from 131 medical scientists in Nigeria. The generated data were analyzed using IBM <em>SPSS Statistics version</em> 25. <strong>Results:</strong> More than half of respondents had good general knowledge and causes (52%), mode of transmission (52.7%), and symptoms (54.2%) of COVID-19. However, only a few (<40%) knew the hallmark of laboratory diagnosis of COVID-19 and Coronavirus detection steps in the right order (45%). Surprisingly, age (F-ratio = 2.729 p = 0.032), gender (<em>χ</em><sup>2</sup> = 4.173;p = 0.041) and level at work (F-ratio = 3.552, p = 0.016) have significant effects on the knowledge of COVID-19 and knowledge of laboratory diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 among the study participants. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> There is a need for improvement in the knowledge of COVID-19 diagnosis through relevant work level (work experience) and gender-based training as well as continuous professional development programs for medical scientists in Nigeria.
文摘CHEN Haoyong made the decision to devote himself to the development of electrical power science while he was majoring in electrical engineering at the Xi’an Jiaotong University in the early 1990s.In 1994,his professor introduced him to Wang Xifan,a famous scholar in the field of power systems who had just returned from Japan and who was also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Over the following 12 years,Chen studied and worked under the BY ZHANG LI Building a Communication and Cooperation Platform for Chinese Scientists guidance and supervision of Wang.
文摘How is the significance of the doctrine Scientism to be understood?To answer that question,it will be necessary to distinguish three stances towards scientific activity.This can be done by developing distinctions already delineated between Relativistic,Methodological and Dogmatic Scientism.In the present paper,the first two senses are best characterized as the scientistic:Scientistic Relativism and Scientistic Methodologism.Dogmatic Scientism arises in two forms:a Janus-faced Scientism and an Essentialist form.The former can be understood as advocating a public tolerance of behaviourism in relation to other people’s responses,cast as spatio-temporal events whilst adopting,at the same time,a private existentialism so that one’s own first person evaluations remain valid.An Essentialist form sustains a predictive and normative stance where any human action or communication is cast as“a natural object of investigation of the empirical sciences”.After distinguishing these four ways of interpreting scientific activity,Ladyman and Ross’s own contribution to this debate can be elucidated through examining five theses carried by their text Every Thing Must Go,and ideas forwarded subsequently in Ladyman’s article“Scientism with a Humane Face”:(1)the attack upon conceptual analysis;(2)the defence of metaphysics;(3)the advocacy of scale relative ontology;(4)the rehabilitation of Peirce’s philosophy;and(5)the rejection of a traditional conception of materialism.It may then become possible to ascertain how far their approach to scientific activity can be identified with either a Scientific Methodologism or some form of Scientism itself.
文摘At the end of last year, the editors from Power and Electrical Engineers interviewed Zhou Xiaoxin on "Fundamental Research on Enhancing Operation Reliability for Large-Scale Interconnected Power Grids", a project of "973 Program". Mr. Zhou, the chief engineer of China Electric Power Research Institute(CEPRI) and an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the chief scientist in charge of this research project.
文摘Thirteen-year-old Zhou Licheng is a pupil at the Beijing Xicheng Experimental School, and recently won second prize in the "Future Scientist Award" for his invention - a device that prevents smoke from coming down the flue. He won a 10,000-yuan cash prize, and his school was also awarded 40,000 yuan. The "Future Scientist Award" was set up through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Education, the China Association for Science and Technology, and the Hong Kong H. S. Chau Foundation. Its aim is to
文摘A flagship research project ofthe country during the Ninth Five-Year Plan period (1996-2000), thestudy was conducted under the ae-gis of CAS with financial supportfrom MOST. Remarkable academicprogress has been achieved over thepast years, according to the panel.
文摘The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) program is regarded as a huge international scientific project following the world-known International Space Station (ISS) project, Human Genome project
文摘China will open part of its civil projects in national research program, including hi-tech development programs and major basic research programs to overseas scientists, said a senior official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Facing the globalization trend in terms of economy and S&T development, China will take a
文摘At the 10th General Assemblyof CAS, eight scientists were award-ed with Chen Jiageng Prize, a pres-tigious award to honor outstandingChinese scientists who forge aheadand scale S&T heights to revitalizethe nation.
文摘Ⅰ. From the Civilian Contact to the Dual Channel of Official and Non-governmental Exchanges
From 1949 to 1972, S&T exchanges between China and Japan were dominated by civilian contacts,as non-governmental channels were used to intermediate between the two governments. In 1955, a delegation of Chinese scientists visited Japan under the leadership of Guo Moruo, the first president of CAS,and met with Japanese scientists and friends from all walks of life.
文摘In the crucial transition period from the initiative phase to the overall implementing phase of the Academy’s Knowledge Innovation Program (KIP), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), based on the experience of the KIP initiative phase, has attached great importance to the broad solicitation of suggestions on the overall implementing phase of the KIP with the aim at further clarifying its position in the National Innovation System and setting up goals and measures for the development and
文摘Scientists from Shanghai Institutes of Biological Science under theChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have cloned dentinogenesisgene, which is believed responsible for a genetic tooth disease.The disease, Dentinogenesis imperfecta 1, one of the most commongenetic tooth problems, causes brittle teeth for one out of every six toeight thousand humans in the world. There is no effective treatment
文摘According to an official announcement by the CAS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), a piece of critical evidence for the origin and early evolution of feathers has been described from a Mesozoic bird fossil newly discovered by two IVPP paleontologists, Profs. Zhang Fucheng and
文摘The laureates of the 1995 CAS Awards for Young Scientists have been appraised and decided by the Awards’ jury.A total of 40 young scholars won the Awards, including 10 first-grade prize recipients—Xi Nanhua with the Institute of Mathematics,Wang Yunping with the Institute of Physics,Qiu Minghua with the Kunming Institute of Botany,Gan Weiqun with the Mt. Zijinshan Observatory, Zhang Zhongjie with the
文摘Two scientists received 2001/2002 CAS-Bayer Research Awards on February 2 in Beijing from Prof. Yang Bailing, CAS vice president, and Prof.Fred Heiker, head of Bayer Corporate Research.
