跟同事聊天有談起農業和糧食的課題。也從報章新聞(看以下的link)閱讀到大馬農業前途的隱憂。雖然我一直都是在實驗室搞植物學基礎研究,但是有一天能把過去所學(無論是技術、softskill等)拿來應用,那將會是很有滿足感。哈哈。
感謝同事分享台灣一個高學歷農民賴青松轉型和成立穀東俱樂部的過程人生歷練。真是值得學習,哈哈.
東方新聞 - 剖析大馬糧食的困境 乾旱來襲 農業四面楚歌 http://shar.es/zjAOn
跟同事聊天有談起農業和糧食的課題。也從報章新聞(看以下的link)閱讀到大馬農業前途的隱憂。雖然我一直都是在實驗室搞植物學基礎研究,但是有一天能把過去所學(無論是技術、softskill等)拿來應用,那將會是很有滿足感。哈哈。
感謝同事分享台灣一個高學歷農民賴青松轉型和成立穀東俱樂部的過程人生歷練。真是值得學習,哈哈.
東方新聞 - 剖析大馬糧食的困境 乾旱來襲 農業四面楚歌 http://shar.es/zjAOn
在 coursera (http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/blog-post.html) 學習了專業以外的新知識。
這是一個很好的網上學習平台。也蠻有挑戰性,當要學習陌生的學科,以及需抽時間上課和做功課。哈哈。
自從Google Reader(http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.tw/2009/07/rss.html)在7月1日退休後(http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/google-reader.html),我便使用Feedly (www.feedly.com/).
只要用Google帳號登入,還是可以把之前在Google Reader的RSS轉到Feedly.
目前還滿意其功能,遊覽速度蠻快,而且界面也跟Google Reader相似。它也有android / ios 的APP.
過去3年都在為博士學位拼搏。現在畢業了,覺得是時候掌握其他領域知識,活到老學到老。
感謝SUSU TEH (http://createbloggers.com/susuteh)在面子書分享一個很好的免費網絡學習網站。此網站(COURSERA)是由來自世界各地大學設計的課程,有不同領域。https://www.coursera.org/
Can you provide a summary of your work?
What is the most important new finding in your work?
Does your work support/contradict previous work? Justify your answer.
What do you think are the strong & weak part of your thesis overall?
Why did you choose the particular research methods you used?
How could your work be extended by further research?
Very briefly, what does your research tell us?
Overall, what have you found out by undertaking this research project?
Can you summarise the key contribution that your work has made to furthering knowledge and understanding in this area?
What do you think are the strongest and weakest parts of your thesis overall?
Are there possible alternative interpretations?
What are the implications of your work?
What are the possible applications of your work?
What further would you have liked to research if you had more time?
What were your motivations for choosing this subject?
What are the key pieces of research from which your thesis has been developed?
Why is your research important to investigate?
How does your work link to the work of others in the same/related field?
What are the key references within your thesis?
What methods did you choose for this project?
Why did you choose this particular method over other methods?
What are the strength and limitation of your methods compared to others?
What weaknesses in the results might arise from the way in which you preferred your data analysis?
With hindsight, would you now choose a different way of presenting your results?
Where are your main findings/results?
How do your results compare/contrast/refute previous research?
How would you rationalise the differences between your results/conclusions and those of previous investigations?
Did you discover what would you thought you would?
How did you come to research this topic in this manner?
What are the main achievements of your research?
Which of the achievement is most important to you and why?
What has your thesis contributed to our knowledge in this field?
What are the major theoretical strands in this area: what are the crucial ideas and who are the main contributors?
What are the main issues (matter of debate or dispute) in this area?
Where is your thesis “placed” in term of existing theory and debate? How would the major researchers react to your idea?
Who in your opinion will be most interested in this work?
What published research is closest to your work? Who are your main competitors and how is your research distinguished from theirs?
Why did you choose the particular research methodology that you used?
Did you consider using any other research methodology?
What were the crucial research discoveries that you made?
If you were doing this research again, what would you do differently?
What do you see as the next steps in this research?
What was the most interesting findings in your results
Isn’t this all obvious?
Were you surprised by any of your results (if so, why and what was surprising)?
What advice would you give to a new student entering this area?
What is your plan for publication?
What haven’t I asked you that I should have done, and what would your answer have been?
If you were doing this PhD again, do you want to take this project?
来届大选很有可能在明年3月举行,现在立刻登记还可能可以在来届选举投票。来届选举会是朝野竞争激烈的选举。每一张选票都扮演重要角色。一张也不可少。符合资格的海外留学生可参考以下的指南:
http://www.ukeconline.com/how-students-can-vote-from-overseas/
不久在之前的博文(http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html)提到当今的RSS有问题。发了电邮后得到他们的回复,据说之前他们在更新伺服器。
更多关于RSS可游览以下文章:
http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.com/2009/07/synchronise-google-reader-with.html
http://limchoonkiat-ck.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-rss-reader.html
http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.com/2009/07/rss.html
http://limchoonkiat.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-reader-newsgators-feeddemon-rss.html
(英巫问的RSS可在此网站找到)source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/rss.html
当今大马中文版的 RSS
中文
新闻
www.malaysiakini.com/cn/news.rss
不懂大家是否知道大马中文版的网络媒体:《当今大马》 http://www.malaysiakini.com/cn/和《独立新闻在线》 http://www.merdekareview.com/index_v2.php都实行收费制.
虽身在国外,但这两家媒体给了我不少见识,开拓视野。现在,网络媒体经营遇上困境,加上“天下没白吃的道理下”我觉得一年马币150元是值得而且也在我经济能力以内。
我相信对很到人也是负担的起,考虑到时下新生代消费能力强,用高档手机、平板电脑、美食佳肴对很多都“看似没问题”。
所以,对我来说这是值得花费的精神粮食。
我过去的阅读这两家媒体的经验,以《当今大马》的时事新闻来的快,也更详细。至于,《独立新闻在线》则发布很多有素质的评论。曾经阅读他们一篇关于大麦该关注基础科研的文章,佩服作者的准备功夫。这跟英国广播(BBC)专题作者一般。他们虽是记者,不是这方面的专家,但是他们对专题掌握能力很好。
我倾向利用RSS 来获得新闻的更新,过后在点击到该网站阅读全文。有点郁闷,不懂为何《当今大马》取消了他们的RSS, 其实他们可以参考许多科研文献的模式:
科研文献都提供RSS 或电邮通知,每当新文章出现(只需在电邮或RSS提供标题或关于文章的简短两三句),然后我们需点击到有关文献网站去阅读全文(没有订购的就无法阅读),虽然文献多数是认证大学的IP address,已决定你是否可以阅读文章,但同样的文献也有提供个人用户登入(此模式可供这两家网络媒体参考)。
也许RSS 在国内还陌生,但由于我本身是进行科研研究,时间紧迫,如果每天都要去点击该网站的确费时。通过RSS,我可以有个“目录”,一些重叠性的新闻可以不必去点击,也不必每天无时无刻到他们的网站“报到”,我只需在有新的新闻才过去阅读。
曾经就此课题电邮给我国最大的中文“主流媒体”,但没得到他们的认同。也许他们的无知吧,没关系除了副刊我很少就看主流媒体的时事新闻(因为他们说影响广告流量),***他们不知星报和msian insider也同样提供RSS兼广告。
稍后有时间会电邮这两家网络媒体,告知小弟的建议。
从NEW SCIENTIST的书籍得知有趣的问题,猜猜以下的段落有几个F:-
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
无意在科学网阅读到一篇博客文章,当中提到一本书《奇特的一生》
以下是摘自该书的封底:-
“发表于一九七四年)是一部写真人真事的文献性小说,讲的是苏联昆虫学家柳比歇夫献身科学的故事。从一九一六年元旦开始,二十六岁的柳比歇夫便实行一种“时间统计法”。他每天都要核算自己的时间,一天一小结,每月一大结,年终一总结,直到一九七二年他去世的那一天,五十六年如一日,从不间断。柳比歇夫在短促的一生中取得了丰硕的科学成果,发表了七十来部学术著作,内容涉及昆虫学、科学史、农业遗传学、植物保护、进化论、哲学……苏联作家格拉宁紧紧抓住柳
比歇夫的“时间统计法”这一点,夹叙夹议写成的这部小说,将会引起我国读者的兴趣”
我尝试以他的方法计算了这个周末用的时间,如下(虽然不知能持续多久)。 我也很了解自己不会是十分杰出的科研人员。因为科研讲的是自律。要我“不食人间烟火”不八卦,等真的很难。但科研锻炼,的确会帮我成为更全面的人。哈哈,
24/9/2011
Breakfast: 9.15am to 10am
Chat: 10am to 1015am
Uni: 10.15 to 10.30
Lab: 1030 to 1055
Web: 1056 to 1140
Back Home: 1142 to to 1210
Web:1215 to 1300
Lunch: 1300 to 1340
Web/chat: 1340 to 1530
Nap: 1530 to 1640
Web: 1640 to 1715
Housekeeping: 1715 to 1800
dinner:1800-1900
movie:1900-2030
reading:2030-2340
sleep:2340-646 (25/9/2011)
25/9/2011
wake up: 645
web&work:645-800
Breakfast, etc:800-930
housekeeping:930-1155
casual reading:1155-1245
Lunch:1245 to 1320
work:1320-1340
work & chat with family: 1340-1505
work:1505-1640
planning:1640-1725
casual reading:1725-1835
dinner:1835-1940
check mail&tweet:1940-1950
casual reading:1950-2200
sleep:2200-26/9/2011
26/9/2011
wake up:530
writing:530-645
reading:645-710
blogging:710-720
有幸阅读到刚刚刊登的文献,无需大学订阅大家可到以下网址下载:
One hundred important questions facing plant science research - Grierson - 2011 - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library: http://bit.ly/o7VC1Z
对我来说这篇文献简易明白,没有利用到很深奥的科学用词。只要在高中读过生物学应该都能了解。此文献提到当今植物学在粮食供应,再生能源所扮演的角色。以及一些值得让我们思考的问题,更提到植物学研究不能只靠植物学家,它也需社会各阶层的配合。
往往我们东方文化都会认为只有医学系、药剂学、法律或工商才是有前途的行业。但我认为我们需要更多的新生代投入科研,尤其植物学研究。我前任导师曾说全球只有10% 生物科学研究员是搞植物研究的。考虑到未来粮食危机的问题,我需积极栽培相关领域的人力。我认同国内高教部副部长所言:(载至东方日报的推特),如下:
高教部副部長何國忠呼籲華裔子弟,在大專選科上突破傳統和保守的思維,帶領華族邁向多元化的發展。他以何乃健為例,雖然農業屬冷門科系,但何乃健卻是目前國際著名的水稻專家,發表逾百篇有關水稻的論文。
来源﹣ http://twitter.com/ODNews_my/status/112101537442037760
文献中的几道问题最令我感兴趣:-
How do we ensure that society appreciates the full importance of plants?
How can we attract the best young minds to plant science so that they can address Grand Challenges facing humanity such as climate change, food security, and fossil fuel replacement?
How can we translate our knowledge of plant science into food security?
Which plants have the greatest potential for use as biofuels with the least effects on biodiversity, carbon footprints and food security?
How can we use plant science to prevent mal-nutrition?
How can we use knowledge of plants and their properties to improve human health?
How can we translate our knowledge of plant science into food security?
What are the best ways to control invasive species including plants, pests and pathogens?
Can we increase crop productivity without harm-ing biodiversity?
阅读愉快,希望你喜欢此文献。