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2013/05/25 | 949 | 4,153 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't necessarily consider it a hardship to teach calculus or the like to students whose preparation in prerequisites is weak, but but I am offended by the practice of making it a personal policy to treat learning the material ONLY as a price paid to get a grade to put on one's resume, rather... |
2013/05/27 | 446 | 2,088 | <issue_start>username_0: I have just done my Bachelor in computer science and got an offer to a software engineering position. Some people told me that a master degree is very beneficial for my long-term career development. Unfortunately I do not think I can get into any good master program because of my terrible under... |
2013/05/27 | 2,033 | 8,594 | <issue_start>username_0: I am preparing a CS conference presentation and wondering how can I handle the references. I am thinking about three different possibilities:
1. Ignore them!
2. Just list them at the end of the presentation
3. List them *and* cite them within the presentation.
I chose the first option since a... |
2013/05/27 | 2,879 | 12,630 | <issue_start>username_0: While researching a topic area I have come across a number of papers that claim to improve on the state of the art and have been published at respected outlets (e.g. CVPR, ICIP). These papers are often written in a way that obscures some of the details and their methods can be lacking in detail... |
2013/05/27 | 635 | 2,222 | <issue_start>username_0: Elsevier has recently lunched a tool called [Journal Finder](http://journalfinder.elsevier.com/) by which researchers can use paper's title and abstract, and field of study to find a suitable journal for their manuscript. Here is the sample
. I won't go into the exact details of this as it's personal, but I have a "girl mode" where I identify as a female. I'm also a researcher/lecturer at a respectable university. I'm yet to reveal this side of myself at work, ... |
2013/05/28 | 727 | 2,927 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergrad from India from a good university( not IIT,NIT).
Our GPA is calculated on a different percentage scale and mine is 73-75%
which is a very good score according to our system.
My GRE score=1600.
I have an internship at a major company.
I am thinking of writing a research paper b... |
2013/05/28 | 585 | 2,612 | <issue_start>username_0: In this application cycle, I got a PhD offer from Nanyang Technology University at Singapore and will study in the field of programming language. However, I recently received a mail from my supervisor which is said that he will soon leave NTU for some reasons. After searching the faculty list o... |
2013/05/28 | 1,435 | 6,063 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a followup to [Why are CS researchers reluctant to share code and what techniques can I use to encourage sharing?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/10247/285). That question specifically asked how one can succeed in obtaining researcher's source code.
As discussed in the answers t... |
2013/05/28 | 1,747 | 7,148 | <issue_start>username_0: This thought came into mind when I was reading [Points of view: Elements of visual style](http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v10/n5/full/nmeth.2444.html).
While there are a lot of questions on software and strategies to make and edit figures, I am more curious about what are the things to con... |
2013/05/28 | 1,730 | 6,966 | <issue_start>username_0: As it can be appreciated from this [list of journals with varying preprint policies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_journals_by_preprint_policy), certain journals consider a preprint to be "prior publication". In other fields like Chemistry, there is a strong policy against prepr... |
2013/05/29 | 971 | 4,341 | <issue_start>username_0: While trying to select the journals I can submit my present work and future work, I realize the time between the date the authors send the article to the journal and when the revised article is submitted. Usually this is something between 6 months and more than 12 months.
Althought I am focusi... |
2013/05/29 | 807 | 3,598 | <issue_start>username_0: If I want to go to graduate school to study physics and am a math major, how bad is it to have recommendation letters from math professors, mostly? The problem is that I just have four physics courses and after being picky about professors, I might not end up with all physics professors. Furthe... |
2013/05/29 | 1,134 | 4,789 | <issue_start>username_0: Faculty tend to fall into these groups:
1. early adopters
2. hesitant but willing
3. refusing to adopt b/c no time
4. refusing to adopt b/c not technically inclined
I would like to know what strategies I can use to bring the **3rd & 4th group** on-board.
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A new learning manag... |
2013/05/30 | 745 | 2,969 | <issue_start>username_0: I have read and been told that research is the single most important factor for applying for PhD programs in STEM fields. But, I also hear that GPA and GRE scores are the first cutting point for adcoms.
What is actually more important, grades or research? Will committees look at applicants wi... |
2013/05/30 | 1,189 | 4,660 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm doing an astrophysics thesis with a lot of programming in Python. I'm currently using gnuplot for my plots, but I wonder if this is actually looking quite professional. Are there other options which look better and are still easy to use?
Here an example of a figure in my thesis:
 and [MIT open courses](http://ocw.mit.edu).
Now I need a .edu e... |
2013/06/03 | 1,735 | 7,479 | <issue_start>username_0: Some universities have independent `departments`, but some put departments under supervision of a faculty. For instance, a university has fifty independent departments, but another has 5 faculties containing departments. In the former, the Dean of Faculty is intermediate between the department ... |
2013/06/03 | 717 | 2,952 | <issue_start>username_0: I will start my PhD in computer science at a UK university soon. Even though the university has given me a partial funding, I still need to cover part of my tuition fee and living expenses. My university offers teaching assistant position but its payment is very limited.
I've been looking and ... |
2013/06/03 | 735 | 3,240 | <issue_start>username_0: So I wrote a seminar paper in grad school (MSc) with examples on how companies use method x to improve their security. It includes zero *original* research, no new methods and it would never ever be published in a journal, because the substance is really not there.
It gives a theoretical backg... |
2013/06/04 | 547 | 2,286 | <issue_start>username_0: I need an specific advice on a specific area (not the main one) in my PhD research (e.g. is it a good idea to include the factor x in the review and analysis of the topic y?).
As far as I know, my supervisor is not an 'expert' in this specific area.
I think that someone else, who has recently... |
2013/06/04 | 702 | 2,863 | <issue_start>username_0: Regarding
[this question on when to ask about a manuscript's status in review](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/900/when-how-should-i-ask-about-a-manuscripts-status-in-review/10443#10443)
I wonder (since it is happening to me): What does it mean when a paper is "with editor" for two... |
2013/06/04 | 646 | 2,716 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an electrical engineering (communications) undergraduate student. But my main interest is physics ( and/or CS, esp. it's common fields with physics - *but it doesn't affect my question here* ), and I want to pursue my graduate studies in physics or computer science. However for application... |
2013/06/05 | 2,542 | 10,433 | <issue_start>username_0: I have some questions regarding my personal statement for graduate school in math. I hope this is not the wrong place to ask. My question(s) are comprehensive and long, as the title suggests, thus I have numbered and sub-numbered the questions.
Note that these questions are targeted at schools... |
2013/06/05 | 538 | 2,344 | <issue_start>username_0: For example, I download all the content of Academia@SE, later analysis it in a data mining paper, and submit the paper in the end. Is it OK to do so? Do I have to ask the permission from the administrator of the website? And does he or she have rights to forbid my academic use? Thank you.<issue... |
2013/06/05 | 924 | 3,973 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been working on a review paper. After publication, how will it add on my academic research profile? When I will apply for MS or PHD admission, will it count as publication?<issue_comment>username_1: I have ***limited experience*** regarding since I am still a graduate student but from wh... |
2013/06/05 | 2,864 | 12,394 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just written my first mathematical research paper. It proves some new results, which while not ground-breaking are (according to an expert in the field) at least somewhat interesting and surprising. At the moment however, I spend more of the paper developing the background material (giving... |
2013/06/06 | 1,545 | 7,171 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently tried submitting a paper to a journal. It was mandatory to suggest three reviewers. Is this a norm in journal submissions? If yes, how should one choose reviewers if I do not personally know any experts in the field? I have been submitting papers to conferences and never found such c... |
2013/06/06 | 748 | 3,129 | <issue_start>username_0: Considering the ethical and professional implications of self plagiarism, it is very useful to check new manuscript against old ones (which are under review and not yet published) to decrease self plagiarism. In a white paper by ithenticate (download from <http://www.ithenticate.com/self-plagia... |
2013/06/06 | 1,302 | 5,752 | <issue_start>username_0: My university is on a drive to unify its corporate identity (it makes me sick just typing that). This drive includes branding our lecture slides, research talks, and research posters. The branding templates are not released under an open license and utilize a copyrighted logo and proprietary fo... |
2013/06/06 | 849 | 3,961 | <issue_start>username_0: Doing a systematic review, either quantitative or qualitative, requires developing a well-defined protocol as a method of conducting it. This includes defining the search methods used in the identification of eligible articles, which include two methods:
1. *database search* using *search quer... |
2013/06/07 | 840 | 3,477 | <issue_start>username_0: Knowing that there are some members of hiring committees here, I am hoping for some insights.
Having read [Rise of Altmetrics](http://chronicle.com/article/Rise-of-Altmetrics-Revives/139557/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en), I started to wonder what would be the best way to measure the impa... |
2013/06/07 | 2,676 | 11,286 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been working on an idea for last 2 years almost independently along with other research works. My advisor did not believe in my work much initilally, so I did not get an RA for two years even after requesting. Recently, I am getting encouraging results with some specific examples and sce... |
2013/06/07 | 1,035 | 3,907 | <issue_start>username_0: I am using Mendeley to keep track of my papers. It allows me to group the papers in folders, and I can easily export BiBTeX for a folder which I can include in a paper I am writing.
However, almost always I need to fill in all the details when I add a new paper to my library. "Search by Title... |
2013/06/08 | 1,101 | 4,372 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just read a paper that cited the same reference in two successive sentences:
>
> This is the first sentence (xxxx 2013). This is the second sentence
> (xxxx 2013).
>
>
>
Up until now, I would have cited the reference just once, like this:
>
> This is the first sentence. This is th... |
2013/06/08 | 900 | 3,809 | <issue_start>username_0: I've degrees in International Economics and Business Administration.
I consider myself an entrepreneur, certainly my past degree did give me perspective but I feel it lacked solid practical knowledge, so in my entrepreneurial career it didn't help me much.
I was thinking to go for computer sc... |
2013/06/08 | 1,535 | 6,220 | <issue_start>username_0: This past year I was accepted into two mid range phd programs in mathematics without funding. Here's what my profile looked like:
Domestic White Male
Unknown state school in the midwest
Majors: Mathematics and Philosophy
GPA: 3.93
GRE:
Q: 168 (97)
V: 167 (97)
W: 5.0 (92)
M: not taken
Interest... |
2013/06/08 | 967 | 4,372 | <issue_start>username_0: This might sound like a silly question, but I am not a native speaker of English, so I find it sometimes difficult to write my first draft in that language. What I usually do is write my first draft in Italian, my mother tongue, and then translate it into English. Once I went to a short course ... |
2013/06/08 | 2,127 | 8,728 | <issue_start>username_0: **TL;DR**: I'm a pure math graduate student who doesn't like research mathematics. Should I continue and get the PhD because I suspect I might like teaching at a 4-year liberal arts college?
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I am currently in a pure math PhD program at a fairly good university. I just finished my second y... |
2013/06/08 | 885 | 3,895 | <issue_start>username_0: I have 2 months where I should write the literature review for my PhD thesis. However, I don't know how to write one.
In general terms, what would be a good way to start the literature review? For instance, how can I organize the reading and divide it in topics?
I would appreciate any helpful... |
2013/06/09 | 669 | 2,979 | <issue_start>username_0: In a literature review, we look at recent publications and put what other researchers have said in this context. However, how can I develop my own argument? Should I write it with my own words or should the argument be based in what others have said?<issue_comment>username_1: The literature rev... |
2013/06/09 | 1,248 | 5,138 | <issue_start>username_0: At my university, we are informed of our yearly raise with a letter mid-summer. There is no scheduled meetings with the chair or anyone else to discuss performance or the raise -- as far as I can tell, we just wait and see what it is. It tends to be a small cost-of-living raise in the range of ... |
2013/06/10 | 979 | 3,853 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it illegal to share students' grades with somebody else (e.g their parents) without their consent in the US? What are the most common penalties for such a violation of privacy? Is jail time possible as a punishment?<issue_comment>username_1: In the US the Family Educational Rights and Privac... |
2013/06/12 | 2,593 | 10,427 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the second year of a research degree, and with one more year I could finish my PhD. However, I got a very good job offer at a leading company in the field, which would mean I'd have to finish my degree now (which would then be an MPhil) and start working.
I am hard pressed to make a de... |
2013/06/12 | 981 | 3,624 | <issue_start>username_0: In each research paper, there are a lot of things that I want to highlight for later use such as definitions, explanations and concepts... While most of them focus on the topic of the paper, there are some relating to a different or broader topics, e.g. a paper about investigating performance o... |
2013/06/12 | 581 | 2,400 | <issue_start>username_0: Well, I don't know how to confirm to myself that the words which I'm writing are my own words. Now, maybe those words are based on what I have read recently because if not there won't be anything to say. Should I for example just comment in what other researchers say which I'm paraphrasing what... |
2013/06/13 | 7,863 | 29,262 | <issue_start>username_0: Some sexism is obvious, blatant, and/or deliberate. Fortunately, my understanding is that this kind of sexism is *mostly* a thing of the past.
However, female colleagues have told me that more "benign", but still harmful, sexism is still very prevalent in academia. In particular, I've heard th... |
2013/06/13 | 1,242 | 4,910 | <issue_start>username_0: Just as the title says: do you spell out Thm., Prop., Eq., Ch. and comparable abbreviations in a mathematical paper?
I suppose that, if in doubt, it is always best to stay consistent (in whatever way) throughout ones writing for the least. Do journals have (different) policies on this, or is t... |
2013/06/13 | 815 | 3,425 | <issue_start>username_0: Some journals and conferences charge money before/after paper acceptance, similarly there are some which don't (like Open Access Journals). Does money matter in judging such journals/conferences before sending paper ? Unfortunately my organization is on a cost cutting and isn't funding for any ... |
2013/06/14 | 647 | 2,731 | <issue_start>username_0: Going into college I had a great record, 3.65 GPA and a 30 on the ACT and about 18 AP and concurrent credits in statistics, calculus, literature, and Spanish. However, trying to balance religious callings and duties during my first year of college left me very unbalanced academically, and as su... |
2013/06/14 | 1,071 | 4,644 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently graduated with Computer Science and Engineering and joined an R&D firm. During the job, I enrolled for a part time MS(Research) from the topmost institute in my country (with reputable world rank). Though the only difference from full time course is that we get 1 extra year to c... |
2013/06/15 | 715 | 2,918 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the third year of my undergraduate degree now, and in the process of applying for Graduate schools and Med schools. I have a burning questions about a creepy "C" in my transcript.
To summarize my story: I was recovering from a biopsy operation back then. Though I was advised to take o... |
2013/06/15 | 998 | 4,371 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is related to Physics research papers, particularly one that will be coming up for my ongoing PhD research (4th paper in all).
A core part of the research is developing, testing and validating relevant self-written code. So, my question is how much of the code should be included ... |
2013/06/16 | 1,389 | 5,839 | <issue_start>username_0: It seems quite common for other teachers at my university (in Asia) to have students help with what are the normal duties of a teacher. Examples range from asking a student to help carry one of many stacks of books (because the teacher cannot carry all of them) to asking students to carry very ... |
2013/06/16 | 574 | 2,471 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm writing my BA thesis in computer science at a larger company and need to reference a confidential statistics report that has been made available to me in my reference list.
So my question is, how does one normally cite a confidential source? I assume you would somehow include the contact d... |
2013/06/16 | 467 | 2,135 | <issue_start>username_0: I have made some research about a computer science topic. The initial idea seemed good, but when I implement the idea; this works in some cases and in some others it does not bring conclusive results.
How can I write a paper about this subject in particular? I mean, I do not want to hide the b... |
2013/06/17 | 1,376 | 5,900 | <issue_start>username_0: My field is atmospheric physics.
The irony is that I have been a school teacher for over a decade, but soon, I'll be giving a presentation of some of my findings at a conference. I think that the nerves stem from speaking about my own research in front of my peers - something that I have not d... |
2013/06/17 | 1,015 | 4,495 | <issue_start>username_0: In the UK a portion, and in some cases all, work is "second marked" where an independent marker also marks the work. In cases where the 1st and 2nd marker disagree, a 3rd marker may be used. Finally, the entire work of each student over the course of his/her studies is evaluated by an exam boar... |
2013/06/17 | 1,862 | 7,928 | <issue_start>username_0: Working on a cross-disciplinary project, in an increasingly cross-disciplinary field, I often find myself wondering whether or not I am developing skills in multiple different areas of my work. I intend this question to be as general as possible, but for the sake of clarity I will give my case ... |
2013/06/18 | 1,565 | 5,944 | <issue_start>username_0: I am going to be a senior undergraduate and am looking to really find the area of research that I would like to be engaged in during graduate-school/senior year. I have submitted one conference paper as a collaborating author (currently waiting for the reviewers) in the area of Social Network A... |
2013/06/18 | 792 | 3,276 | <issue_start>username_0: I encounter this term "principled approach" in some [papers](http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=principled+approach&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=on) of computer science. Since I' m not a native speaker, I don' t quite understand what this means. And I didn' t find any results online.... |
2013/06/19 | 1,544 | 6,247 | <issue_start>username_0: I've read at least one career advice essay that calls out asking your PhD students to call you by your first name as unprofessional.
My coworkers and I always called our PhD advisor by his first name, and a graduate student calling *any* professor by their last name, much less their own adviso... |
2013/06/19 | 485 | 1,739 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an undergrad student who is interested in pursuing a Masters degree in complexity science/complex systems in the U.S. I know some schools put this program under physics, math or computer science departments.
I'd like to know which schools that provide such a program. Unlike physics, maths... |
2013/06/20 | 1,157 | 4,576 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to have a section titled 'Awards/Honors' in my CV and I am confused about how much detail to include for the items in this section. Here are some formats and levels of detail I am considering:
1. Harry Potter scholarship.
2. Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potte... |
2013/06/20 | 661 | 2,929 | <issue_start>username_0: Assume that I publish many papers in many journals and someday I changed the family name (my last name). How can I edit that where my papers have been published? and is it easy process?<issue_comment>username_1: I am afraid that you can't easily change the name on a published article. Publishin... |
2013/06/22 | 2,863 | 11,911 | <issue_start>username_0: I apologize if this is too long a post, but I could really do with a few
pointers about my current situation.
I am 25 years old and I will complete **4 years** of my PhD in a computational applied mathematics program in the US in August 2013.
My bachelors was in pure mathematics. I had gotten... |
2013/06/22 | 902 | 3,835 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to know, if given both options, which of the options, would officials at the american universities follow?
By internal evaluation, my GPA at some of the universities is translated/scored as 2.87/4.00. Disbarring me from all of their programs.
By WES evaluation, my GPA is translat... |
2013/06/22 | 958 | 4,035 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a second year grad student who is trying to find advisors in two people (quite brilliant scientists!) who are going to join my grad school as faculty. They are going to be in campus only rarely now but will be full-time here from the next year.
* Does this situation sound very bad or sca... |
2013/06/22 | 431 | 1,585 | <issue_start>username_0: Some journals like to abbreviate journal names in the papers they publish, and the AMS maintains [a list of abbreviated journal names](http://www.ams.org/msnhtml/serials.pdf%20bgb) for those who need them. Is there a similar resource for conferences (in computer science)?
EDIT: to clarify, I'm... |
2013/06/23 | 1,045 | 4,458 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interested in the statistics of early college graduation, or more generally, the statistics of extreme ages in academic settings (highschool, college, grad school, etc.). For instance, how many students who earn a college degree graduate one, two, three, or more years earlier than the typi... |
2013/06/23 | 1,119 | 4,980 | <issue_start>username_0: All of the following takes place in a UK university.
I have a BSc in Physics and an MSc in Computer Science. My thesis was on applying various machine learning/statistical techniques to biological datasets. I wanted to do something similar for my PhD, however my supervisor left the university.... |
2013/06/23 | 1,135 | 4,493 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to follow PhD studies in my field of Computer Science. The problem is that I have to work in my native country. I have read that this university, UNISA, is known because of their online Master and Doctoral studies.
The question that I have is because I see different comments from ... |
2013/06/24 | 2,362 | 9,846 | <issue_start>username_0: Here's a not so hypothetical situation. International student x is very talented but comes from a background where technical writing is not taught or understood very well. She writes a great thesis with a good literature review and nice results. However, the results are based on two key papers ... |
2013/06/24 | 872 | 3,848 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm seaarching the literature at the moment to write a literature review but I don't know when should I stop searching and start writing?<issue_comment>username_1: You should develop an outline, in consultation with your advisor, of what is to be included in the literature review - this should ... |
2013/06/24 | 705 | 2,877 | <issue_start>username_0: I am simply looking for a rough estimate on how many PhD applicants typically apply having published a peer-reviewed paper (or papers).
Particularly, I am interested in Computer Science (or STEM fields in general).
Also, it would be interesting to know the same percentage for the admitted stu... |
2013/06/24 | 713 | 3,364 | <issue_start>username_0: I have often seen in review papers in which the author mentions that there are more than # number of publications in the subject, to highlight the importance of the subject.
How are such numbers determined? While searching for certain keywords in websites such as Scopus or ScienceDirect may be... |
2013/06/25 | 718 | 3,335 | <issue_start>username_0: Nowadays most journals use electronic forms for the referees to submit their recommendations to the editor.
However, if that's not the case, how should the letter to the editor be structured?
In the referee report I have already mentioned some points I consider should be revised. But, do I h... |
2013/06/26 | 481 | 1,737 | <issue_start>username_0: A version of the lecturer review website Rate Your Lecturer recently became active in the UK.
Do you know of any studies which consider to what extent students use this or any other review websites to guide their choice of university?<issue_comment>username_1: This is necessarily incomplete, b... |
2013/06/26 | 493 | 1,997 | <issue_start>username_0: Having personally contacted a professor about the possibility of a Ph.D., he asked me to send him a cv and a copy of my M.Sc. in order to evaluate.
Instead, in the online application form of "other" Ph.D. programmes, I have found that I need to include a cv, among the other things, but there... |
2013/06/26 | 526 | 2,205 | <issue_start>username_0: I have completed my BSc in physics and now doing my MS in my country(Bangladesh), but I want to do PHD/PHD+MS in USA with decent funding (RA or TA).
I know In a PHD level, funding may be available, but what about MS?
I'm saying this because I want to apply in this fall-2014 and during applicati... |
2013/06/26 | 778 | 3,007 | <issue_start>username_0: This is something I have been pondering for a while. I am currently in my second year at University and my program comes with mandatory Co-op throughout the 4 years of study. I have completed 3 Co-op terms already and those have covered my expenses and tuition for each term at the university. I... |
2013/06/27 | 965 | 4,298 | <issue_start>username_0: For the purpose of curiosity, I was wondering what set of courses undergraduate math students take if they're on the track to apply for a PhD in Pure Mathematics vs. Applied Mathematics? Let me try to elaborate as best as I can. I mean at my current university, I've known several people who hav... |
2013/06/27 | 768 | 3,395 | <issue_start>username_0: Some people do not list references/referees at the end of their CV, and simply quote `references are available on request`. This is more convenient to me for two reasons:
1. Normally, no reference is contacted without permission, so, it is not necessary to be included in the CV.
2. Depending o... |
2013/06/27 | 1,756 | 7,175 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any hidden rule for using the words "clearly", "obviously" or similar ones in a technical paper? It can be offensive to the readers in many cases (especially in mathematical proofs), since the reader may not find it "clear" or "obvious". But does that mean that we should completely avo... |
2013/06/27 | 1,795 | 7,610 | <issue_start>username_0: Back when my older brother started his PhD degree I asked him what it meant to be a doctor in something other than medicine. I don't recall the exact wording he used, but the idea he portrayed was that you take a field, a narrow and specific field, and you specialise in it to a level at which w... |