Generic competences Flashcards
What is the main objective of the Nagoya protocol?
To promote the fair sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
The protocol aims to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, with a particular focus on genetic resources.
Who could be included as an author in the publication of scientific work?
Someone who has contributed intellectually with for example data collection and analysis, writing and revision the manuscript.
People who got the funds for the project or people who provide lab reagents ect. cannot be cited as authors since they only contributed with material things.
Is it scientific misconduct to:
Fail to reference all previous studies relevant to the field.
Eliminate datapoints that are inaccurately measured.
Choosing data to produce desired results.
Not include findings that disprove the hypothesis
No
No
Yes
Yes
What factors are included in the discrimination act?
Transgender identity or expression
Age
Religion or other beliefs
Disability
Sex and sexual orientation
Ethnicity
Name two important principles in research ethics
Transparancy and honesty in reporting study findings.
Guaranteeing confidentiality of research participants data
If you want to cite someone, how should you do it so that it is not plagiarism?
Use quotation marks
Reference into the text
Reference in the reference list
What counts as plagiarism?
Using another persons wording without quantitation marks and references both in text and in reference list.
Paraphrasing - just changing a very small part of the sentence.
Using someone else’s illustrations without permissions and references in illustration text and reference list.
Using someones ideas, thoughts and opinions without referencing them.
Presenting someone else’s work as your own
Why is it important not to plagiarize?
To not perform scientific misconduct
To show that you have familiarised yourself with what has been done before
If you want to summarize someone else’s work, how can you do it as to not plagiarize?
Do not paraphrase, write it in your own words
Reference in the text
Reference it in the reference list
If you want to use someone else’s illustration, how can you do it as to not plagiarize?
Reference in the text under the illustration and in the reference list.
Have the permissions.
Modify it and give references.
Can a teacher tell students to not work with another student due to past problems?
No because teacher-student has a power imbalance since the student is a subordinate.
This is instructions to discriminate.
What is the purpose of the discrimination act?
To prevent discrimination and harassment on the bases:
Transgender identity or expression
Sexuality
Age
Religion or other beliefs
Disability
Sex and sexual orientation
Ethnicity
Who is responsible for taking action when harassment has happened?
The head of the department has the ultimate responsibility but you can report the harassment to anyone.
What is the Vancouver rules for authorship? and publishing?
Any author should agree to be accountable all aspects of the work.
All authors should disclose all the conflicts of interest.
It provides guidelines for citing and referencing.
What can be seen as sexual harassment?
Everything, it’s in the eye of the recipient.
