{"id":21031,"date":"2013-11-28T12:11:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T11:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocasapiens-dweb.blogautore.repubblica.it\/?p=21031"},"modified":"2021-09-28T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:16:09","slug":"save-the-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/28\/save-the-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anche <em>Nature<\/em> commenta in un <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/the-diy-dilemma-1.14240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>editoriale<\/strong><\/a> il rapporto del Woodrow Wilson Center sui &#8220;DIYbio&#8221; detti biohackers (dettagli e link <a href=\"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/20\/fuori-e-dentro-il-mercato\/\"><strong>qui<\/strong><\/a>):<em>&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DIY biologists can do what they like, as long as it\u2019s legal. Although this is an intrinsic part of the thrill of being in the movement, it is also a factor that keeps legitimate funders away, and some community labs are threatened with closure as a result. Governments would gain much by supporting the DIYbio movement; it would give them more access to and potentially more control over the work that goes on in labs that they fund.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The security and stability of government funds would safeguard the future of the DIYbio movement; the issue is whether the movement would accept the trade-offs that such stability would bring. If you are reading, then do please tell.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/polopoly_fs\/7.13937.1385478512!\/image\/Ivory.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/fullsize\/Ivory.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; aumenta il prezzo dell&#8217;avorio e il numero degli elefanti uccisi dai trafficanti, scrive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/nations-fight-back-on-ivory-1.14247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Cressey:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>It has been a bad year for Africa\u2019s elephants. Thousands have been killed as poachers rush to cash in on soaring ivory prices, which have reached hundreds of dollars per kilogram. The cyanide poisoning of up to 300\u00a0animals at watering holes in a game park in Zimbabwe last month served as a particularly unpleasant reminder of the lengths to which poachers are willing to go.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Official numbers are available for 2011, when a record 46.5\u00a0tonnes of ivory was seized. Samuel Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, Seattle, &#8230; estimates that around 50,000 elephants were killed in 2011, given the amount of ivory seized, and that the numbers in the two years since were similar. Figures from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cites.org\/eng\/news\/pr\/2013\/20130306_ivory.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> TRAFFIC<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savetheelephants.org\/diary-reader\/items\/crushing-ivory-and-hopefully-demand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save the Elephants<\/a> suggest that between 25,000 and 35,000 of the animals are killed each year<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Link aggiunti. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucn.org\/about\/work\/programmes\/species\/who_we_are\/ssc_specialist_groups_and_red_list_authorities_directory\/mammals\/african_elephant\/summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vertice<\/strong><\/a> a Gaborone, la prossima settimana. per tentare di rallentare la strage. Nel frattempo, si possono <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/brp\/elephant.\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ascoltare<\/a> gli elefanti ancora vivi&#8230;<br \/>\n(E&#8217; anche uscita la <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucn.org\/?14081\/Forest-giraffe-joins-growing-number-of-threatened-species\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>lista rossa 2013<\/strong><\/a> delle specie in pericolo.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v503\/n7477\/full\/503468a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>recensione<\/strong><\/a> della mostra sull&#8217;LHC al Science Museum di Londra, l&#8217;idea \u00e8 di mettere il visitatore nei panni di una particella accelerata nel fascio, proprio come raccontava Dominique Leglu su <em>Lib\u00e9ration<\/em> a proposito del LEP, 40 anni fa \u00a0&#8211; credit due&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; Ed Yong, Heidi Ledford e Richard van Noorden <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/research-ethics-3-ways-to-blow-the-whistle-1.14226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>fanno tre esempi<\/strong><\/a> di denunce di misconduct &#8211; frodi o falsificazioni &#8211; con esiti molto diversi; da collegare alla <a href=\"http:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2013\/11\/27\/at-long-last-disputed-dance-study-retracted-from-nature\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ritrattazione<\/strong><\/a>, finalmente <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/vaop\/ncurrent\/full\/nature12728.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ottenuta<\/strong><\/a> da<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roberttrivers.com\/Robert_Trivers\/A_Case_of_Fraud_at_Rutgers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>Robert Trivers<\/strong><\/a>, di una ricerca del suo gruppo che era uscita con copertina su <em><a href=\"http:\/\/retractionwatch.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/trivers-nature.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nature<\/strong><\/a> <\/em>nel 2005 e con grande successo sui media.<\/p>\n<p>Eppure <em>Nature<\/em> aveva <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/symmetry-study-deemed-a-fraud-1.12932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>le prove<\/strong><\/a> della frode da quasi cinque anni e della debolezza statistica delle correlazioni da prima delle pubblicazione&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;pensare positivo&#8221; fa bene all&#8217;umore quindi al senso di benessere, ovviamente, ma l&#8217;evidence trovata da Cole et al. sul rafforzamento del sistema immunitario ecc. \u00a0\u00e8 statisticamente debole; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/immunology-the-pursuit-of-happiness-1.14225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>articolo<\/strong><\/a> di Jo Marchant da abbinare a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/weak-statistical-standards-implicated-in-scientific-irreproducibility-1.14131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>questo<\/strong><\/a> sulla debolezza statistica di troppe ricerche;<br \/>\n&#8211; Simon Hay, Oxford,<a href=\"http:\/\/simonhay.zoo.ox.ac.uk\/uploads\/publications\/195\/FIFA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> riassume<\/strong><\/a> il suo modello epidemiologico per l&#8217;infezione da dengue durante i Mondiali l&#8217;anno prossimo &#8211; dettagli <a href=\"http:\/\/simonhay.zoo.ox.ac.uk\/uploads\/publications\/195\/FIFA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>qui<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; e spera che la FIFA comunichi correttamente il rischio ai tifosi e che il Brasile applichi un &#8220;controllo del vettore&#8221; (zanzare);<\/p>\n<p><em>Like the weather, it is impossible to forecast the precise situation&#8230; We can, however, make informed guesses on the basis of averaged records of dengue in previous years. For the areas around nine of the World Cup stadiums, these records show that the main dengue season will have passed before the World Cup is held in June and July. Unfortunately, the risk remains high during these months in the northeast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Save the Open Access<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Biomed Central dovrebbe applicare le linee guida del <a href=\"http:\/\/publicationethics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Committee On Pubblication Ethics<\/a> (COPE), e in parte lo fa chiudendo le riviste irregolari, come quella beccata nell&#8217;inchiesta di John Bohannon su <em><em>Science<\/em><\/em>. Tra le irregolarit\u00e0 frequenti, direttori che si autopubblicano senza passare dalla peer-review e si scambiano il favore. Alcuni <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oapublishinglondon.com\/head-and-neck-oncology\/editorial-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direttori<\/a> sono emigrati dall&#8217;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/1151857\/Bealls_List_of_Predatory_Open-Access_Publishers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editore predone<\/a> OA Publishing e si sono dotati di PIE, una contraffazione di COPE, gi\u00e0 di suo poco efficace. La <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oapublishinglondon.com\/head-and-neck-oncology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rivista<\/a> al centro del nuovo scandalo dovrebbe fornire presto aggiornamenti.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Iniziare la lettura da <a href=\"http:\/\/retractionwatch.com\/2013\/11\/26\/head-spinning-publisher-to-post-dozens-of-notices-of-concern-following-investigations-into-editors-in-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retraction Watch<\/a> e proseguirla da <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/neuroskeptic\/2013\/11\/27\/publication-integrity-ethics\/#.Upcp4NLuJ6E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neuroskeptic<\/a>. Avvertenza: se militate per l&#8217;open access la troverete deprimente.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stefano Zapperi diceva che l&#8217;editoria predona non fa troppi danni perch\u00e9 nessuno la cita. Forse, ma incarichi di direttore editoriale e pubblicazioni taroccate possono gonfiare un cv e far promuovere il disonesto di turno, mi diceva ieri un ricercatore dell&#8217;uniBo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A proposito, una buona notizia: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pipsc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/science\/case\/francesca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francesca Grifo<\/a> <\/strong>della US Union of Concerned Scientists \u00e8 appena stata incaricata di far <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/francesca-grifo-leaves-ucs-to-oversee-scientific-integrity-at-epa-319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rispettare<\/a> l&#8217;integrit\u00e0 scientifica all&#8217;Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<p>Sondaggio<\/p>\n<p>Ieri alla conferenza sulla chimica verde per l&#8217;energia, a Bologna, nessuno sapeva cosa fosse l&#8217;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-catworld.com\/2013\/11\/german-e-cat-licensee-reports-getting-refund-on-license\/\">e-cat<\/a>, tolto il prorettore alla ricerca; nessuno sapeva della\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/corrieredibologna.corriere.it\/bologna\/notizie\/cronaca\/2013\/23-novembre-2013\/stop-scie-chimiche-popolo-complotto-scende-piazza-2223693161019.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manifestazione<\/a> <\/strong>di Modena contro le scie di condensazione, tolto Stefano Ciafani di Legambiente, molto tampinato dal &#8220;popolo del complotto&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anche Nature commenta in un editoriale il rapporto del Woodrow Wilson Center sui &#8220;DIYbio&#8221; detti biohackers (dettagli e link qui):&#8230; DIY biologists can do what they like, as long as it\u2019s legal. Although this is an intrinsic part of the thrill of being in the movement, it is also a factor that keeps legitimate funders&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/28\/save-the-elephants\/\">Continua a leggere <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Save the Elephants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,20,23],"tags":[1890,2144,2189,2439,4535,4602,4725,5019,5785,6514],"class_list":["post-21031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-altri-animali","category-medicina","category-non-profit","tag-dengue","tag-editori-predoni","tag-elefanti-africani","tag-etica-scientifica","tag-misconduct","tag-mondiali","tag-nature","tag-open-access","tag-red-list-2013","tag-statistiche","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41940,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21031\/revisions\/41940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archivio.ocasapiens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}