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    1. In the context of close reading of research paper abstracts at scale, our findings suggest AbstractExplorer enabled participants to scale up the number of papers they could review through efficient skimming and find common patterns and outliers through sentence comparison, resulting in a rich synthesis of ideas and connections to foster deeper engagement with scholarly articles.

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    2. We extend existing approaches through automated role annotation, establishing alignments using grammatical chunk boundaries, and preserving sentences in their entirety, instead of relying on abstract meta-data.

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    3. In this work, we introduce a new paradigm for exploring a large corpus of small documents by identifying roles at the phrasal and sentence levels, then slice on, reify, group, and/or align the text itself on those roles, with sentences left intact.

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    4. Custom aspects are generated dynamically via API calls to a FastAPI back-end, which prompts an LLM to check whether each sentence in the filtered subset matches the aspect description—either in terms of overall content or a matching token—and extracts the most relevant chunk of that sentence to highlight.

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    5. After obtaining an expanded set of high-level chunk labels, we assign them to each of the sentence chunks by using LLMs in a multi-class classification few-shot learning task, with the initial labels and assignment as examples.

      sentence relating to methodology

    6. After identifying chunk boundaries, we again prompt an LLM to generate labels for chunks in a human-in-the-loop approach: starting from an initial set of labels for chunk roles, when a new label is generated, a researcher from the research team examines the new label and merges it with existing labels if appropriate, controlling for the total number of labels.

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    7. In the first stage, Sentence Segmentation and Categorization, abstracts are split into individual sentences using the NLTK package, and each sentence is classified into one of the five pre-defined aspects as listed in Section 4.1.1.

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    8. When users click on a bookmark icon to the left of any specific sentence in the Cross-Sentences Relationships Pane, that sentence is added to a bookmark list that can be viewed in the Bookmarked Sentences alternate pane.

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    9. Filtering enables users to narrow their focus to a subset of the corpus while still benefiting from features that help them recognize cross-sentence relationships within the remaining abstracts.

      sentence relating to methodology

    10. The Abstracts panel can be customized by users to display the full abstract text, an abstract “TLDR” (a shorter abstractive summary generated by an LLM), or both at the same time.

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    11. To allow users to contextualize individual sentences within their respective abstracts, we link the Cross-Sentence Relationship and Abstract panels: when users click on any sentence in the Cross-Sentence Relationships pane, the corresponding full abstract is automatically highlighted and scrolled into view in the Abstracts panel, offering additional context when needed.

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    12. Together, the vertical and horizontal juxtapositions are designed to help users identify both high-level commonalities and nuanced variations across structurally similar sentences.

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    13. These alignment options are intended to enable users to more easily read analogous chunks across sentences from different abstracts, ignoring details serving other roles within the sentence.

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    14. By default, sentences are vertically aligned by the middle of their shared structure tuple, but users can freely switch between the three alignment options using the button group atop the Cross-Sentence Relationship pane.

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    15. AbstractExplorer also aligns the sentences in three different ways, as illustrated in Figure 5: vertical alignment by the middle of the structure tuple (second element), vertical alignment by the left of the structure tuple (first element), and left-justified alignment (horizontal juxtapositions).

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    16. This ordering prioritizes dominant structural patterns (largest groups first) while exposing fine-grained variations (via length-sorted triplets), mirroring how humans compare sentences, if SMT is an accurate description in this domain of comparative close reading.

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    17. This allows users to first understand the different structure patterns and their commonality, before diving into close reading at scale of the sentences that share a particular structure by clicking any of the “Expand” toggles.

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    18. AbstractExplorer first segments sentences into grammar-preserving chunks—segments that respect grammatical boundaries, i.e., an LLM judges that the sentence can be truncated at that chunk boundary without breaking the grammatical integrity of the preceding text.

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    19. Viewing one aspect at a time enables users to closely read and compare just the analogous sentences of abstracts, which may be cognitively easier than the comparative close reading of many abstracts in their entirety, especially if cross-sentence relationships are pre-computed and reified in the interface.

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    20. AbstractExplorer classifies sentences into five pre-defined aspects common in CHI abstracts: Problem Domain, Gaps in Prior Work, Methodology/Contribution, Results/Findings, and Discussion/Conclusion.

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    21. We chose the sentence as our unit for cross-document alignment because: (1) it preserves complete propositional content (unlike phrases or words), (2) maintains grammatical coherence when isolated (unlike arbitrary text spans), and (3) serves as the minimal self-contained unit where aspects can be meaningfully compared.

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    22. To keep details at the forefront of the interface, we designed a mechanism to slice abstracts for viewing them from specific angles, allowing for comparative close reading at scale at the sentence level.

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    23. ABSTRACTEXPLORER is designed to help researchers (1) skim, read, and better familiarize themselves with the contents and composition style of a large corpus of abstracts and (2) reason about cross-paper relationships at scale without abstracting away the author-written sentences about their own work.

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    24. Finally, a summative study (Section 6) describes how researchers used ABSTRACTEXPLORER to familiarize themselves with a corpus of ~1000 CHI paper abstracts—reading across a larger and more diverse collection of abstracts and more easily discerning relationships and distributions across prior work.

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    25. Second, an ablation study with eye-tracking (Section 5) revealed that the three key features of ABSTRACTEXPLORER's central cross-sentence relationships pane-sentence order, role-coordinated highlighting, and alignment-work best in concert, not alone.

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    26. Three studies inform and validate ABSTRACT EXPLORER's design: First, a formative study (Section 3) suggested unmet needs and interest in our approach to supporting cross-document reasoning.

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    27. AbstractExplorer instantiates new minimally lossy SMT-informed techniques for skimming, reading, and reasoning about a corpus of similarly structured short documents: phrase-level role classification that drives sentence ordering, highlighting, and spatial alignment.

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    28. A summative study (N=16) describes how these features support users in familiarizing themselves with a corpus of paper abstracts from a single large conference with over 1000 papers.

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    29. AbstractExplorer has a unique combination of LLM-powered (1) faceted comparative close reading with (2) role highlighting enhanced by (3) structure-based ordering and (4) alignment.

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  2. Jan 2026
    1. It seems that the microscopy imaging section has been omitted from the Methods section. You can see several images in the manuscript but no information on how they were acquired.

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    1. Such actions include, for example,enhancing microbial activity by adding appropriateelectron donors or acceptors to the system (29), orintroducing abiotic reactants into contaminatedgroundwaters such as zero-valent metals in per-meable reactive barriers (30)

      It will be good to look back on this for certain ideas on the types of treatments

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    1. Put ideas on index cards – one to a card – and then arrange them in differ-ent structures. Again, you can do this in a series of passes, using a differentcriterion each time; this will help you to identify core concepts, structuresand outliers.

      It's almost as if they're suggesting putting ideas onto index cards after-the-fact rather than from the start as older manuals would have suggested. This would seem to add a huge amount of work to the process.

    1. The cross-referencing technique solves all organizational problems. Misplacements must be corrected by cross-referencing, not by rearranging.

      This is particularly true when other cross references on paper can't easily be found and fixed the way they might be in digital form. Creating a pointer to the correct location is the quickest and most efficient method for fixing a mis-filing on paper.

  3. Dec 2025
    1. THE SCIENCE OF THE FILING ENGINEERThe Simplex Alpabetic Method Is Considered the Most Efficient and Takes Care ofTAverage Requirements - It May Be the 95% File-Complex Methods Also Explained

      Butters, Roland W. 1921. “The Science of the Filing Engineer.” Filing & Office Management 6(7): 193–94. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Filing_Office_Management/o1rnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA193&printsec=frontcover&dq=duplex.

    2. The next Complex method in order, is the Numeric,which may be divided into three classes, straight num-eric, duplex and decimal. It is safe to say that withthe straight Alphabetic or Geographic, ninety-five per-cent of the cases where an Index is used will be moreefficiently handled by the use of either one of theseMethods, than by the Numeric. However, there aresome cases where there is a great deal of cross refer-ence, thus making the use of the Numeric methodmore advantageous.

      This is likely the reason why most commonplacers using index card systems use alphabetic set ups by subject rather than Niklas Luhmann's duplex numeric variation.

  4. Nov 2025
    1. The participants were the English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers and students of Class VIII from astate-run school of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. The school was chosen randomly bythe researchers. The data was collected from December 2019 to March 2020. The researchers visited theinstitution thrice in a week during the abovementioned period. Three teachers and sixty students fromSection A and B participated in this study.

      Methods (qualitative case study): One state-run school in Paschim Medinipur, India; 3 EFL teachers + 60 Class VIII students; interviews + classroom observations (pp. 6–7). Why it matters: Establishes credibility/CRAAP (scope, site, instruments).

  5. Sep 2025
    1. Elevational declines occur in both directions from the continental divide that separates Banff and Yoho National Parks and these lower elevation areas contain higher densities of many species, especially ungulates in the east end of Banff

      LOCATION; Part of environmental challenge

  6. Aug 2025
    1. Semistructured hour-longinterviews addressed interpretations of illness, self-carepractices, and use of and access to health care. Inter-views were tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim.Respondents were interviewed in their language ofchoice, either Tagalog or English. With the exceptionof 2 respondents who were interviewed in English,respondents were interviewed in Tagalog by a fluentTagalog speaker.

      method - narrative, overwhelming tagalog first

  7. Jul 2025
    1. Over six thousand leaves (which is tosay, thirteen thousand pages) survive, and experts estimate that thisrepresents about a quarter of the original total. This implies that Leonardofilled his notebooks at the rate of about a thousand pages a year, allobsessively covered with drawings, diagrams and idiosyncratic mirrorhandwriting. ‘I worked out at one point that he must have written aboutfifty academic-length books, if you put them all together,’ says Kemp. ‘Hewas never at rest.’
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  9. May 2025
    1. GENERAL METHODS

      Report about study participants and details about visual stimuli, rivalry task, and perceptual selection measure implemented in the study. "Catch trials" were used to control for response bias, and eye-dominance was measured so that participants with >85% dominance of one eye could be excluded.

  10. Apr 2025
    1. Experimental evidence sug-gests shading similar to that expected from FPV may lead toincreased phytoplankton biomass and reduced macrophytebiomass,50 though this remains to be tested

      Inferring how primary producers respond to light and shade using experimental data is an example of an experiment-based method.

    2. Using ourmeasured emissions per kWh, we can estimate that at present,FPV-derived GHG emissions from waterbodies are 6.7 GgCO2-eq year−1 (assuming ∼1000 kWh kWp−1). At modeledpractical potential generation of 9434 TWh year−1, FPV-derived waterbody GHG emissions may increase to 24.6 TgCO2-eq year−1.

      It uses a method that scales up global emissions based on measured GHG output per unit of energy (like per kWh).

    3. we estimate a 26.8% increase in greenhouse gasemissions following FPV installation using a carbon dioxide-equivalent basis.

      This sentence explains a method that estimates greenhouse gas emissions using the CO₂-equivalent standard.

    4. Rates of bubble accumulation were similarbetween pond types (p = 0.955; Figure S4A), so any changesin CH4 ebullition associated with FPV installation must havebeen driven by differences in bubble CH4 concentration�indeed, the CH4 concentration in bubble trap headspace inponds with FPV (60.0 ± 4.70% CH4) was nearly twice as highas in ponds without FPV (34.4 ± 4.00% CH4; p < 0.001;Figure S4B).

      Measurement of bubble accumulation rate is an experimental monitoring technique.

    5. Combin-ing measured dissolved gas concentrations and k600 values toestimate diffusive CO2 and CH4 flux, we found that, onaverage, whole-pond diffusive CO2 emissions were 23.6 ±7.50% lower and diffusive CH4 emissions were 17.5 ± 25.1%lower following FPV deployment (Figure 6A and Table S4).

      Diffusive flux calculation through numerical integration is a quantitative modeling method.

    6. Using a BACI approach, we demonstrate that FPV deploymentwith 70% coverage led to increased pond GHG emissionswithin days of deployment, and this effect lasted for weeks tomonths. Increased emissions were driven by greater CH4ebullition which offset reduced diffusive CO2 and CH4emissions in FPV-covered ponds.

      BACI (Before-After Control-Impact) is a classic ecological experimental design.

    7. wecalculated whole-pond diffusive flux, assuming edge area forboth control and treatment ponds was 270 m2, the pond centersurface area for control ponds was 630 m2, pond center surfacearea for treatment ponds was 270 m2 (this subtracts the totalarea of FPV array that is in physical contact with the watersurface), and that fluxes were constant over a 24 h period.

      The method for scaling experimental results to the whole pond is described.

    8. measuring linear rates ofCO2 and CH4 accumulation (or depletion) in a floatingchamber (18.93 L; 0.071 m2 cross-sectional area) connected toa cavity-ringdown spectroscope (Los Gatos, Inc.) for 5 minand collecting surface water and air samples for analysis of CO2and CH4 concentrations from the same location immediatelyafter the 5 min incubation period as described previously

      The measurement approach using floating chambers is described.

    9. Diffusive exchange of dissolved gases between ponds and theatmosphere (mmol m−2 h−1) can be calculated from dissolvedgas concentrations as35k C Cdiffusive flux ( )x water air=where Cwater and Cair indicate the gas concentration (μmol L−1)in the water and atmosphere, respectively

      Equations used to calculate diffusive flux are described.

    10. We calculatedebullitive flux asVebullitive flux CH bubble volumefunnel area time4m= [ ] ×× ×where [CH4] is the concentration of CH4 in the trap (μL L−1)and Vm is the molar volume of gas at standard conditions (22.4L mol−1).

      Specific equations used for calculations are explained.

    11. We characterized the temperature and dissolved oxygenconcentrations of the water column in each pond using athermistor and an optical dissolved oxygen sensor attached to aManta +35 or a Manta +20 instrument (Eureka Water Probes,Austin, TX).

      Specific instrument and sensor names are explicitly stated.

    12. Floating solar arrays (Ciel etTerre International, France) were deployed on three ponds:the FPV array on pond 124 was constructed from June 15−29,2023, pond 123 from June 29 to July 14, 2023, and pond 125from September 18−28, 2023.

      The source of the installation equipment and the details of the experimental setup are explicitly provided.

    13. We measured water column temperature,dissolved oxygen saturation, and dissolved CO2 and CH4concentrations in surface and bottom waters, quantified ratesof CH4 ebullition, and determined treatment-specific air−watergas exchange rates (i.e., k600 values)

      The specific measurement parameters used in the experiment, along with the calculated coefficient k600, are mentioned.

    14. We deployed FPV arrays on constructed ponds at the CornellExperimental Pond Facility in New York, USA in summer2023 (Figure 1). Arrays were designed to maximize powerproduction potential and thus also potential impacts (70%panel coverage)

      The installation method and the design intention of the PV experimental array are specifically described.

    15. Here, we report results from the first two years of anecosystem-scale experiment used to test the effect of FPVdeployment on GHG dynamics and atmospheric GHGexchange in pond

      This sentence presents a method using ecosystem-scale experiments to measure the effect of FPV on GHG exchange.

    16. Here, we usean ecosystem-scale experiment to assess how GHG dynamics in ponds respond toinstallation of operationally representative FPV

      This sentence describes the use of ecosystem-scale experiments as a tool to measure GHG dynamics before and after FPV installation.

    1. The main uncertainty in thisLCA is the considered amount of recycling in the futureafter decommissioning the wind farm, and the impact of thisuncertainty on the results is handled by performing scenarioanalysis for various recycling ratios.

      Scenario analysis represents a typical methodological approach to addressing the uncertainty inherent in LCA.

    2. Electricity consumption during the manufacturing andinstallation stage is strictly measured by the service providerto determine the cost. Similarly the exact amount of dieselconsumption is obtained from the facility records.

      Measurement and record-based data collection methods are utilized as tools in the study.

    3. The LCA study is performed as given in ISO 14040/14044standards (ISO 2006a, b). Therefore, goal and scope defini-tion, inventory analysis, impact assessment and interpreta-tion are conducted in an iterative way.

      The LCA implementation procedure, the use of international standards (ISO 14040/14044), and the iterative steps involved describe the specific methodological tools and processes employed in the research.

    4. The objective of this study is to apprise the envi-ronmental impacts of a full-scale wind farm via LCA meth-odology in a cradle to grave scope.

      This sentence outlines the methodological framework of this particular study(LCA over the entire life cycle).

    5. . LCA is used to examine the environ-mental impacts of a wind farm with 76 turbines of 1.5 MWin another study (Ozoemena et al. 2018)

      This explicitly describes the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as the method employed in the cited study.

    6. The aim of this study is to investigate the environmental impacts of a full-scale wind farm using life cycle assessmentmethodology.

      It clearly states the method used in the study (LCA), aligning directly with the “tools and methods” category.

    1. We therefore adviseresearchers to earn trust and foster healthy working relation-ships with Indigenous peoples to determine research prioritiesand agreements long before data collection begins (Lake et al.2017)

      It outlines concrete practices for building trust and setting priorities prior to data collection.

    2. Research design should then unfold in acollaborative and transparent manner, with input from IKholders (Adams et al. 2014

      It clearly explains the collaborative approach in the research design process and the methodological inclusion of IK holders.

    3. At the onsetof collaborative studies, scientists should first develop researchagreements with Indigenous peoples in whatever form islocally appropriate, a step independent of any institutionalethics approvals

      It presents specific methodological procedures that must be undertaken during the early stages of research, such as the establishment of research agreements.

    4. McBride et al. (2017) usedParticipatory Geographic Information Systems that drew uponand analyzed IK observations from Indigenous peoples acrossthe US related to fuel load, forest type, and burn severity.

      It is a specific example of tool use that combines GIS technology with IK.

    5. Attum et al. (2008) demon-strated that estimates of Egyptian tortoise (Testudo klein-manni) home ranges in North Sinai, Egypt, derived fromradio telemetry were in agreement with estimates byIndigenous people, who tracked tortoises on foot,

      It presents a specific methodological comparison between two tools: radio telemetry and direct tracking.

    6. In the example mentioned above,Riedlinger and Berkes (2001) also described how Inuit observa-tions and hypotheses of climate change in northern Canadacould account for multiple interacting variables and ecologicalcomplexity, such as climate variability and sea-ice break up.

      The approach of using observation and hypothesis to explain complex system variables reflects a methodological aspect.

    7. Similarly, Bonta et al. (2017) testedhypotheses about how fire-foraging raptors in tropicalsavannas in Australia could deliberately spread wildfires bycarrying burning sticks to unburned areas to flush outpotential prey species.

      It outlines an experimental research method in which hypotheses derived from IK are scientifically tested.

    8. For instance,Riedlinger and Berkes (2001) detailed contexts in whichInuit developed hypotheses based on their own observa-tions, such as the prediction that increased winterkill ofcommon eiders (Somateria mollissima) would follow irregu-lar sea-ice conditions.

      It describes a specific methodological example of hypothesis formation based on observation by the Inuit.

    9. Polfus et al. (2014) developed habitatmodels for woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)based on IK from the Taku River Tlingit First Nation ofnorthern British Columbia, and showed a high degree ofsimilarity between resource selection functions (RSF) thatestimated habitat use derived from IK and collared caribou.

      It describes a specific methodology involving the development of a habitat model using IK. / It utilizes place-based information about habitats in a specific region (northern British Columbia).

    10. Long-termobservations by Indigenous peoples amountsto monitoring of species and ecosystems,which carries abundant potential for rapidand sensitive detection of contemporary eco-logical changes (Berkes et al. 2007; Serviceet al. 2014; Thompson et al. 2019)

      It points out that IK itself functions as a long-term monitoring tool.

    11. Catley (2006) found agreement in diseaseidentification and diagnostic criteria between Indigenouspastoralists and veterinarians in their independentapproaches in monitoring livestock health. TranslatingIndigenous terms into a format recognizable by veterinari-ans, and vice-versa, enhanced livestock surveillance systemsby providing culturally relevant disease diagnostic criteriafor use in rural areas.

      It specifically addresses the harmonization of diagnostic criteria as a methodological approach.

    12. Polfuset al. (2016) described how the Sahtú Dene and Métis peo-ples of northern Canada distinguished among geneticallydifferent populations of boreal, mountain, and barren-ground caribou based on unique behaviors, habitat prefer-ences, and morphology, with subsequent genetic analysesproviding evidence of distinct caribou subpopulation struc-ture that aligned with Dene classifications.

      The classification through IK is shown to align with scientific genetic analysis, representing a tool-based integration.

    13. distribution of non-invasive hair snares from which datawere subsequently used in a DNA-based capture–recaptureanalysis.

      It incorporates field-based knowledge into research design and uses non-invasive methods (e.g., hair snares), as well as place-based information about specific habitat areas.

    14. Housty et al. (2014) developed andapplied a monitoring program for grizzlybears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in HaíɫzaqvTerritory (coastal British Columbia), explic-itly guided by the Gvi’ilas (customary law) ofthe Haíɫzaqv people.

      It mentions the development of a specific monitoring program and the tools on which its design is based, such as the Gvi’ilas law.

    15. While often used on its own or in parallel to science, IK is alsoincreasingly interwoven with data collected via the scientificmethod, and vice versa (that is, scientific methods are incorpo-rated into contemporary processes underlying IK generation).

      The explanation that a convergence is occurring between scientific methods and IK addresses the intersection between different methodologies.

    16. . IK is often augmented with contemporary obser-vations and experiences that refine accumulated knowledge andallow for flexibility and adaptability in the context of environ-mental and social change.

      The process of modifying and adapting existing knowledge through modern observation and experience clearly pertains to tools and methods.

    17. Thevaried contributions of IK stem from long periods of observation, interaction, and experimentation with species, ecosystems, andecosystem processes.

      The process of forming IK is based on observation, interaction, and experimentation, which describes the methodology of knowledge creation.

    1. The study offers some bright sides for floating solar: When comparing floating solar to terrestrial solar in total emissions cost, from site development to maintenance and disposal

      It explains the scope of the comparative study (from development to disposal), thereby illustrating the category of evaluation methods.

    2. Grodsky and collaborators covered three ponds at the Cornell Experimental Pond Facility with solar panels, at 70% coverage, and found that, almost immediately, methane and carbon dioxide emissions

      This sentence provides a detailed explanation of the experimental method, including the experimental site (Cornell Experimental Pond), experimental conditions (70% panel installation), and measurement indicators.

    1. Housty et al. (2014) developed andapplied a monitoring program for grizzlybears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in HaíɫzaqvTerritory (coastal British Columbia), explic-itly guided by the Gvi’ilas (customary law) ofthe Haíɫzaqv people. The approach combinedHaíɫzaqv cultural values with their knowl-edge of bears, salmon, and people in animportant large watershed.

      It mentions the development of a specific monitoring program and the tools on which its design is based, such as the Gvi’ilas law.

    2. While often used on its own or in parallel to science, IK is alsoincreasingly interwoven with data collected via the scientificmethod, and vice versa (that is, scientific methods are incorpo-rated into contemporary processes underlying IK generation).

      The explanation that a convergence is occurring between scientific methods and IK addresses the intersection between different methodologies.

    3. . IK is often augmented with contemporary obser-vations and experiences that refine accumulated knowledge andallow for flexibility and adaptability in the context of environ-mental and social change.

      The process of modifying and adapting existing knowledge through modern observation and experience clearly pertains to tools and methods.

    4. Thevaried contributions of IK stem from long periods of observation, interaction, and experimentation with species, ecosystems, andecosystem processes.

      The process of forming IK is based on observation, interaction, and experimentation, which describes the methodology of knowledge creation.

    1. Renewable energy reduces energy imports and contributediversification of the portfolio of supply options and reduce an economy’s vulnerability to price vola-tility and represent opportunities to enhance energy security across the globe.

      The explanation of energy supply portfolio diversification represents a structural approach to the energy supply system through renewable energy.

    2. Distributed grids based on the renewable energy are generally more competitive in rural areaswith significant distances to the national grid and the low levels of rural electrification offer substan-tial openings for renewable energy-based mini-grid systems to provide them with electricity access

      This sentence presents an approach using distributed power grid technologies based on renewable energy.

    3. The change in total GHG emissions in European EnvironmentalAgency (EEA) countries for 1990–2012 and their GHG emissions per capita are depicted in Figures 2and 3.

      It presents specific figures on greenhouse gas emission changes and demonstrates the methodology to track them.

    4. Solar energy technology is obtained from solar irradiance to generate electricity using photo-voltaic (PV) (Asumadu-Sarkodie & Owusu, 2016d) and concentrating solar power (CSP), to producethermal energy, to meet direct lighting needs and, potentially, to produce fuels that might be usedfor transport and other purposes

      Photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) are explicitly mentioned as direct technological means.

    5. water is drained from lakes and watercourses andtransported through channels over large distances and to pipelines and finally to the turbines thatare often visible, but they may also go through mountains by created tunnels inside them

      This sentence explains the flow path and method of water for hydropower generation, describing the methodology for constructing hydropower facilities and directing water movement.

    6. Turbines are constructed for an optional flow of water

      Since this sentence refers to the attempt to achieve efficiency through the introduction of technical methods such as hydropower facility design (turbine design), it falls under tools and methods.

    7. Fortunately, the continuous technological advances in computer hard-ware and software are permitting scientific researchers to handle these optimization difficulties usingcomputational resources applicable to the renewable and sustainable energy field

      This sentence addresses a method of solving problems using computer hardware, software, and optimization techniques. Since it mentions the use of computational resources to address “optimization difficulties,” it falls under tools and methods.

    1. Grodsky and collaborators covered three ponds at the Cornell Experimental Pond Facility with solar panels, at 70% coverage, and found that, almost immediately, methane and carbon dioxide emissions

      This sentence provides a detailed explanation of the experimental method, including the experimental site (Cornell Experimental Pond), experimental conditions (70% panel installation), and measurement indicators.

    2. The study offers some bright sides for floating solar: When comparing floating solar to terrestrial solar in total emissions cost, from site development to maintenance and disposal

      It explains the scope of the comparative study (from development to disposal), thereby illustrating the category of evaluation methods.

    1. Distributed grids based on the renewable energy are generally more competitive in rural areaswith significant distances to the national grid and the low levels of rural electrification offer substan-tial openings for renewable energy-based mini-grid systems to provide them with electricity access

      This sentence presents an approach using distributed power grid technologies based on renewable energy.

    2. Renewable energy reduces energy imports and contributediversification of the portfolio of supply options and reduce an economy’s vulnerability to price vola-tility and represent opportunities to enhance energy security across the globe.

      The explanation of energy supply portfolio diversification represents a structural approach to the energy supply system through renewable energy.

    3. The change in total GHG emissions in European EnvironmentalAgency (EEA) countries for 1990–2012 and their GHG emissions per capita are depicted in Figures 2and 3.

      It presents specific figures on greenhouse gas emission changes and demonstrates the methodology to track them.

    4. Solar energy technology is obtained from solar irradiance to generate electricity using photo-voltaic (PV) (Asumadu-Sarkodie & Owusu, 2016d) and concentrating solar power (CSP), to producethermal energy, to meet direct lighting needs and, potentially, to produce fuels that might be usedfor transport and other purposes

      Photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) are explicitly mentioned as direct technological means.

    5. water is drained from lakes and watercourses andtransported through channels over large distances and to pipelines and finally to the turbines thatare often visible, but they may also go through mountains by created tunnels inside them

      This sentence explains the flow path and method of water for hydropower generation, describing the methodology for constructing hydropower facilities and directing water movement.

    6. Turbines are constructed for an optional flow of water

      Since this sentence refers to the attempt to achieve efficiency through the introduction of technical methods such as hydropower facility design (turbine design), it falls under tools and methods.

    7. Fortunately, the continuous technological advances in computer hard-ware and software are permitting scientific researchers to handle these optimization difficulties usingcomputational resources applicable to the renewable and sustainable energy field

      This sentence addresses a method of solving problems using computer hardware, software, and optimization techniques. Since it mentions the use of computational resources to address “optimization difficulties,” it falls under tools and methods.

  11. Mar 2025
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    1. [T]he titles noted down were those which had aroused Warburg’s scholarly curios-ity while he was engaged on a piece of research. They were all interconnected in apersonal way as the bibliographical sum total of his own activity. These lists were,therefore, his guide as a librarian ; not that he consulted them every time he readbooksellers’ and publishers’ catalogues ; they had become part of his system and schol-arly existence. [...] Often one saw Warburg standing tired and distressed bent over hisboxes with a packet of index cards, trying to ind for each one the best place withinthe system ; it looked like a waste of energy. [...] It took some time to realise that hisaim was not bibliographical. This was his method of deining the limits and contentsof his scholarly world and the experience gained here became decisive in selectingbooks for the Library. 5

      via Fritz Saxl, The History of Warburg’s Library (1943/1944), p. 329.

      Where does the work reside? Goes to the idea of zettelkasten coherence.

      See: https://boffosocko.com/2024/01/11/on-cohesion-and-coherence-of-the-zettelkasten-where-does-the-work-reside/

    1. “The library, panels and boxes formed the ensemble of supports on which Aby Warburg’s spiritual work and intellectual creativity were based.” - Benjamin Steiner, Aby Warburgs Zettelkasten Nr. 2 “Geschichtsauffassung”, In: Heike Gfrereis / Ellen Strittmatter (Hrsg.): Zettelkästen. Maschinen der Phantasie (Marbacher Kataloge, 66). Marbach 2013, S. 154-161.

      Aby Warburg used three primary tools for his research: his library, a card index, and panels.

      His panels would be versions of pinboards, chalk boards, dry erase boards, or online versions of things like Canvas in Obsidian. It amounts to the ability to take notes or images on cards and shuffle them around on a table (or affixed to a wall).

    1. method and madness by [[Alan Jacobs]]

      via In which I describe my writing “methods." by [[Alan Jacobs]]

      reply:

      @ayjay Thanks for sharing this. My method is often very much like yours. Lots of internal distillation, slowly over time. I remember hearing a story that Mozart wrote music "like a cow pees" (in one giant and immediate flood and then done). I feel like large works of writing, composing, etc. springing, as if fully formed from the head of Zeus is more common than is acknowledged. Cory Doctorow hints at a similar sort of method in his own work in The Memex Method. I'm also reminded of bits of what neuroscientist Barbara Oakley calls "diffuse thinking" or a more internalized version of Michael Ondaatje's "thinkering" described in The English Patient.

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