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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
An unfortunate byproduct of the paywalling of most scientific and scholarly papers is that LLMs cannot train on them. The abusive and oligopolistic economic model of science journal publishers is literally holding back humanity from having superior AI
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Marcela
@laursa.eth
this is why i didn’t publish my malaria thesis, even though 5 professors told me i should do it. it’s been 6 years and still nobody did what i did, even though it’s “just epidemiology”. I still think about it. But i wouldn’t pay 200-300 usd in a country where each usd is worth 5 local currency, unaware if it was going to be published. downloading; even with paywall, is easy though.
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Do you still have the manuscript, and is it still relevant today?
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Marcela
@laursa.eth
I have to break down my 100-page research but I'd say the results are relevant, yes. Bolsonaro (last president) didnt disclose malaria data, which means my data is still the most up-to-date, and even if it wasn't, id just have to substitute the numbers. I think the statistical inference can be better, but since we live in a country which thinks malaria is only falciparum (ours is ~90% vivax) and amazonian (mostly, but with autoctonous transmission in southeastern and southern states), I believe this is a relevant research on NGTD. For example, I could significativelly associate malaria falciparum (foreign) with cases in some states, basically assuring there is no autoctonous transmission.
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
How much would it cost to publish now? Would you agree to publish if the /science channel subsizided that cost?
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Marcela
@laursa.eth
i have to check the cost and yes i’d agree! i just wish we could find someone good at statistics to join me as coauthor and check all calculus i made. even though software says its right. i hate academical redundancy
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Alright, check the cost and let me know. We can take it to DMs then. I ate a lot of research-oriented stats for my PhD, so I could probably peer review your calculations. If not we’ll find someone.
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