Aleksandar Karadimce

Macedonia University St. Paul the Apostle - Ohrid

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Commented on 21st Century Skills
On 21-23 February 2023, UNESCO held an international conference to discuss regulating platforms to “reboot the internet” and create an “internet for trust”. It aims to establish bodies independent of political and economic powers, engage the responsibility of platforms, and promote Information and Media Literacy. It confirms the role of researchers and civil society in using the lines of action to participate in public policy and to formulate a criticism of processes of recommendation and radicalization for profit. Following the conference, a document is to be prepared, which is still under discussion https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000384031_fre

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Commented on Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility
The journal aims to become an international source of innovation and an essential reading for IT security professionals worldwide by providing an in-depth and holistic view of all security spectrums and solutions ranging from practical to theoretical. Its goal is to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with the diverse fields of cybersecurity and to cover topics that are equally valuable for professionals and those new in the field from all sectors of industry, commerce and academia. (Indexed in Scopus, riverpublishers.com http://riverpublishers.com/journal.php?j=JCSM/5/1/jdes ). https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/JCSANDM/index

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Commented on Postdoctoral Fellowship
The International Visegrad Fund (IVF) and the European University Institute (EUI) offer grants to post-graduate scholars from Central and Eastern Europe interested in European integration to conduct research at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU). Six research grants of EUR 5,000 will be available for 2023. The grant will be paid in two installments: A first instalment of EUR 2000 at the start of the research, as attested by the Director of the HAEU; A second installment of EUR 3000 after the research results have been published by the grant holder and once the grant holder has informed the Director of the HAEU on the publication. The results must be published within 30 months after the grant has been attributed. The publication shall be issued at the latest 36 months since the grant has been attributed. https://www.eui.eu/en/academic-units/historical-archives-of-the-european-union/research-support/international-visegrad-fund-research-grant-programme-2021-2022.

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Commented on Publish a Poster
With a prize fund pool split among three categories, Peeref is launching the International Poster Challenger to promote posters showcasing excellent scientific communications. This virtual competition is open through May 10. Free of charge, submit your poster for the Peeref community to vote on. The top 3 finishers in each category will receive a cash award! Entry is quick and easy. The submission period begins on March 8 and ends on April 19. To allow for voting, submit your poster as soon as possible! https://www.peeref.com/poster-competition

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Commented on International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems
The International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems (the KES Journal) is an international, peer-reviewed journal on all recent research into the applications, tools and techniques of Intelligent Systems, including a wide range of Topics. The published papers are highly visible and indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), and many other databases. CiteScore for 2020 is increased to 3.4. Link of the journal http://www.kesinternational.org/journal/

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Commented on Daily briefing: Will ChatGPT kill the essay assignment?
One possible action to detect fake essays is to check the references. ChatGPT text can also be readily identified by its made-up quotes and nonexisting irrelevant references.

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Commented on SENSORS
Special Issue “Data Engineering in the Internet of Things” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Data_Engin_IoT). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things." https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/sections/internet_of_things Deadline: 20 May 2023

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Commented on ChatGPT and the Future of Medical Writing
A selection of articles from JAMA, The New England Journal of Medicine, The BMJ, The Lancet, and Nature Medicine was used as the basis for the 50 medical research abstracts that the researchers asked the chatbot to produce.  The median originality score for the ChatGPT-generated abstracts was 100%, indicating no plagiarism instances were found. https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-023-00056-7/d41586-023-00056-7.pdf

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Commented on The Impact of Gamification on Doctoral Students’ Perceptions, Emotions, and Learning in an Online Environment
Challenges, points and extra points, unannounced badges, options, team collaboration, and competition, and voting were some of the game features used in the course. The study's findings shed light on the range of feelings that doctoral students had in the setting of gamified learning, the main causes of both positive and negative feelings, as well as how gamification affected their attitudes and learning.

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Commented on Integrating gamification and instructional design to enhance usability of online learning
This study shows how gamification might improve the learning environment for online learners. Educators and course creators will give an online course's instructional design and gamification significant consideration due to this study. The research's conclusions will inspire teachers, instructors, and course designers to prioritize instructional design and gamification just as much as they do content.

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Commented on Text Recycling
These guidelines include how to handle text recycling in submitted manuscripts and published articles, and they cover both circumstances where it might be acceptable for text recycling and those where it is not likely to be. For instance, it could be perfectly acceptable to reference a previously used method in a research journal's methods section while also citing the original work. Unreported overlap or overlap in the findings, analysis, or conclusions is unlikely to be acceptable. https://publicationethics.org/text-recycling-guidelines

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Commented on Advances in Medical Education and Practice
Advances in Medical Education and Practice journal covers various fields, including medical, dental, nursing, allied health care, and professional education, and focuses on undergraduate education, postgraduate training, and continuing medical education. Specific topics covered by the journal include:  Emerging trends and innovative models link education, research, and health care services. Curriculum development/evaluation, teaching methodology, and student assessment, curriculum evaluation  Career planning, teachers’ training, and continuing professional development.  The journal invites submissions in the form of original research, reviews, editorials, and commentaries.  33% acceptance rate

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Commented on Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists
Still, journals may need to adopt a more stringent approach to ensuring that content is accurate in sectors like medicine, where false information could harm people's safety.

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Commented on AI search tools ChatGPT v.s. Bard
Large language models (or generative pre-trained transformers, GPT) are great at creative applications such as storytelling, art, or music and creating privacy-preserving synthetic data for applications. However, These models fail at consistent factual accuracy due to AI hallucinations and transfer learning limitations in ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Google Bard. https://www.wired.com/story/ai-has-a-hallucination-problem-thats-proving-tough-to-fix/

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Commented on Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Scheme for Incoming Postdocs to Malta (PF2MT) supports travel and accommodation expenses for experienced researchers willing to submit a proposal with Maltese entity host for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call with deadline the 13th September 2023 (MSCA-PF-2023). PF2MT call will close at noon on 31st May 2023 (CET). The application form and further information can be found here https://mcst.gov.mt/horizon-europe/horizon-support-measures/#1635232303417-36e0c380-f290