MODERN RUSSIAN PATRIOTISM: What is it?

health communication what it is and what is not

Modern Mathematical Physics: What It Should Be

When somebody asks me, what I do in science, I call myself a specialist in mathematical physics. As I have been there for more than 40 years, I have some definite interpretation of this combination of words: " mathematical physics. " Cynics or purists can insist that this is neither mathematics nor physics, adding comments with a different degree of malice. Naturally, this calls for an answer, ...

SOAP: What Is It and What Is It Good For?

Patrick Thompson is Director of Architecture at Rogue Wave Software, where he has been involved with SOAP bridging products and in exploring the uses of SOAP and XML protocols for the past year and a half. He is on the W3C XML Protocols working group and is involved in the OMG ́s CORBA/SOAP mapping work. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and is coauthor of the popular book The Elements...

Understanding Heritability: What it is and What it is Not

Copy Abstract: Commentators generally found our exposition of the concept of heritability helpful for psychologists, suggesting that we largely accomplished our primary goal. Many provided supplemental and helpful perspectives on concepts we addressed. A few of the comments indicated that we may not have been completely successful in making clear our secondary goal, which was to outline how her...

P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of p-value and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation.