Communicating in Science - Being informative and persuasive Sixuan Zhong 钟似璇

Engineering Information, Inc What do we do? Build and maintain a Database of Scientific Knowledge We have been doing this for more than 120 years How do we do this? By collecting, categorizing engineering related research publication What is it for? Disseminate engineering information globally Facilitate scholarly communication Abstracting and Indexing (A & I)

What Does Ei Publish? Bibliographical information in or related engineering Tells who/when/where/what No full text

Ei 收录情况及 Ei 在中国的收录情况 在全球范围内 Ei 收录 5,100 多个刊 2,600 核心刊 2,500 非核心刊 17% 会议论文 175 学科 中国期刊 核心刊 120 非核心刊 for more information

Ei in China – 在中国的发展 1992 年开始收录中国科技期刊 1998 年在清华大学建立中国镜像点 Ei 是第一家在中国建立本地镜像的数据出版社 1998 年 11 月中国大学集团成立 至今已有近 200 多用户, 包括 140 多所高校

Scholarly Communication By publication Reports Articles Proposals Web pages By Speech Conferences Lectures Meetings Optimally do so in English

An Author’s Goal Being accepted by a primary journal Being completely understood when it is published

Scientific writing differs from other kinds of writing To inform To persuade

Publication Writing a Scientific Paper “The goal of scientific research is publication.” - Robert A. Day Structure and protocol Language Clarity Precision Objectivity

Not so good 标题：一种验证 Web 应用设计的方法 摘 要：提出一种表示 Web 应用的请求 / 响应导航关系的 形式化行为模型, 给出一种基于模型检查的 Web 应用设 计的验证方法并描述了用时态逻辑 CTL 表示 Web 应用性 质的方法. 设计了一个检验方法可行性的原型框架, 该原 型嵌入自动化模型检查工具 NuSMV, 提供从 UML 设计 模型到形式化模型的自动转换, 在将用户输入的性质和形 式化模型合并为 NuSMV 程序后, 运行 NuSMV 进行自动 化验证.

OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES To present an initial experience with robotic natural orifice translumenal surgery (R- NOTES) inreconstructive urology using the da Vinci surgical system.

METHODS METHODS In 10 female farm pigs (mean weight, 34.5 kg), 10 pyeloplasties (right 5, left 5), 10 partialnephrectomies (right 5, left 5), and 10 radical nephrectomies (right 5, left 5) were performed. The robot telescope and the first robotic arm were placed through a single 2-cm umbilical incision, and the second robotic arm was placed through the vagina.

RESULTS RESULTS All 30 R-NOTES procedures were performed successfully without any addition of laparoscopic port or open conversion. Mean length of the umbilical incision was 2.6 cm. Mean operative time was 154 minutes, and mean estimated total blood loss was 72 mL. Mean warm ischemia time in the partial nephrectomy group was 25.4 minutes. There were no intraoperative complications. There were no robotic system failures during the entire experiment. We did not find any significant difference when comparing right-side and left-side procedures. When analyzing the learning curve, only robot preparation time reached a statistically significant inverse correlation with increasing number of cases (r 0.72, P.018).

CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS Robotic NOTES pyeloplasty, partial nephrectomy, and radical nephrectomy are feasible and safe in the porcine model. This approach has the potential for a less morbid and scarless outcome. Intracorporeal suturing is significantly enhanced using the robot, especially through the challenging translumenal natural orifice approach. Further development of robots adaptive to NOTES would boost efforts toward clinical NOTES applications.

Conclusion Communication skill is essential for scientists and engineers Publication is the goal of research Use Engineering Village effectively to gather research information Learn to inform and to persuade effectively Learn to convey your idea clearly Scientific research is not complete until the results have been published The education of a scientist is not complete until the ability to publish has been established

Thank you! Sixuan Zhong – 钟似璇 Ei 中国区经理