Bibliographic record
Abstract
This PNSIS Issue and the ongoing series of monthly NSIS talks (2016-17) illustrate the range of science that is conducted in Nova Scotia and the region, and the amazing contributions that are celebrated continually across Canada and globally.The articles in this Issue cover topics that include the diversity of lichens and seaweeds found in Nova Scotia, the history of marine research, the importance of understanding changes in avian populations, advancements in management techniques in agriculture, insights into the process of discovery, and the requirement that scientific data be accessible to all potential users.Attention is drawn to two distinguished scientists, Arthur McDonald and Mary Ann White, noted for their special accomplishments and stellar careers.For the first time in recent issues of the Proceedings, reviews of two books prepared by local authors are included.The various articles are just a thin slice of the many annual research contributions from the scientific and engineering communities in the province.Of special note recently is the award of the NSERC 2017 Gerhard Herzberg Canada, Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, to Dalhousie Physics Professor Jeff Dahn for his leading work in battery technology -the science of lithium-ion batteries.This is the third recent Herzberg award to a researcher in Atlantic Canada.Previous winners were W. Ford Doolittle (2013) and Axel Becke (2015), also of Dalhousie University.This is surely a home run in Maritime science!Also noteworthy is the range of research conducted by young investigators, as shown by the contributions submitted each year to our student science writing competition, and the two excellent papers in this Issue by young investigators, Chen and Wilson, and by other young investigators in past years.This is so important -Nova Scotia must encourage and retain its highly educated young persons, as they will fuel the scientific breakthroughs, innovations, new products and a new and expanding economy for the region.Supporting all of this science requires political vision, leadership and investment for success.The Canadian federal government recognizes this fact, as well as the benefits of evidence-based/informed decision making, and to this
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.006 | 0.011 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.005 | 0.002 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.009 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.005 |
| Research integrity | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.029 | 0.006 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".