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Job Link: http://www.parksandpeople.org/files/resources/2449_NPS%20CYC%20%20Intern%20Position%20Description.pdf On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:00 AM, ECOLOG-L automatic digest system < [email protected]> wrote: > There are 4 messages totalling 143 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Free course in R > 2. Listserv Problems August 24 - 25 > 3. Survey for MS research study > 4. Universal Impact factor, alternative to Journal Citation Reports > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:58:32 -0400 > From: =?windows-1252?Q?Ann_Mayo?= <[email protected]> > Subject: Free course in R > > R is becoming the programming language of choice for ecologists- the > language is free and so are many useful programs for analysis. Rather tha= > n > buying a year license for many different programs, R offers flexibility. > > Coursera is offering a free on-line course in the programming language R > with Roger Peng at Johns Hopkins University. The course starts this > September 23. > > Here's a link to the course information: > https://www.coursera.org/course/compdata > > These books were also recommended to me: > > Statistics for Ecologists using R and Excel by Mark Gardener (ISBN: > 978-1-907807-12-1) > > and > Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists by Beckerman and > Petchey (ISBN: 978-0-19-960162-2) > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 18:35:07 -0600 > From: David Inouye <[email protected]> > Subject: Listserv Problems August 24 - 25 > > ECOLOG-L was offline for a while. You may need to resubmit messages > sent yesterday and today. > > David Inouye, list owner and moderator > > >Listserv Problems August 24 - 25 > > > >Starting some time Saturday, August 24 to 1:00 p.m. Sunday, August 25, > >mail was not reaching Listserv lists and was instead being returned to > >the sender with a "Too many hops" error message. These messages will > >need to be resubmitted to their lists to be processed. > > > >We apologize for the inconvenience. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 21:04:42 -0500 > From: Jamie McCallum <[email protected]> > Subject: Survey for MS research study > > I am conducting a survey for a research project that developed as an > offshoot of my MS thesis. My thesis deals with grassland bird use of hayed > and non-hayed CRP fields. I needed to obtain the landowners' permission to > access their properties. This side project deals with private landowners' > willingness to allow researchers access to their property. > > I conducted a survey a few months ago regarding this topic. I would like > to thank everyone who took the time to fill out that survey. I will share > the results once I finish analyzing the data. Please be aware that this is > a NEW survey, so if you filled out the former survey, please consider > filling out this one too. I would appreciate it if those who did not fill > out the former survey would fill this one out. It is a very short survey. > Thank you. > > Here is the link: > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XBB23FB > > Jamie L. McCallum > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 19:21:04 -0500 > From: malcolm McCallum <[email protected]> > Subject: Universal Impact factor, alternative to Journal Citation Reports > > I am posting this to inform all journal editors/producers that a new > alternate organization is producing an impact factor. My > understanding is that they are using the same formula as > Thomson-Reuters but they are including a much much wider set of > journals. Essentially, they are trying to use all journals. It > appears that they will even assign ratings to non-english journals, > something Journal Citation Reports does not do. It is a rather new > development and only opened very recently. They are calling the new > rating a Universal Impact Factor. So, if you see journals with Impact > factors and universal impact factors, you will now know the > difference. > > I submitted HCB to it and got a rating back within 3 weeks that looks > pretty similar to what I obtained when fooling around with the entire > citation record. Its also a not-for-profit unlike Thomson-Reuters. > > The not-for-profit organization's website is > http://UIFactor.org<http://uifactor.org/> > > Hope it helps folks out! > > -- > Malcolm L. McCallum > Department of Environmental Studies > University of Illinois at Springfield > > Managing Editor, > Herpetological Conservation and Biology > > > > "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - > Allan Nation > > 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert > 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, > and pollution. > 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction > MAY help restore populations. > 2022: Soylent Green is People! > > The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) > Wealth w/o work > Pleasure w/o conscience > Knowledge w/o character > Commerce w/o morality > Science w/o humanity > Worship w/o sacrifice > Politics w/o principle > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. > > ------------------------------ > > End of ECOLOG-L Digest - 23 Aug 2013 to 25 Aug 2013 (#2013-233) > *************************************************************** >
