This is a real-time sneak preview of a standstill project set in motion again. You play a pivotal role, because the site goes on happening as you watch it.
COHESION
No two days are the same here, because this is where we interact with reseacrchers from all over the world.
“The source material we try to curate is ‘Zebra Crossing’ — a Sunday column carried by The Indian Express for 20 years. That means a 1,000 articles! This is as eye-boggling as it is mind-boggling.”
STELLA DENVER (TEAM ZC)
WORKFLOW / 01
First things first, and that means…
Curating ‘Zebra Crossing’ articles (hundreds of them) from typescripts or print media, which calls for Optical Character Recognition in some instances. our content curation process is supervised by…
Badi’ Al-Zaman
Madhubala Johar
Wanya Petrov
WORKFLOW / 02
Let all topics step into the present
This tenacious workflow involves adding the latest available information and/or making corrections prompted by recent research. Updates directly relate to article topics. This section is supervised by…
Blaise Ruvier
Naomi Heilbronn
Stella Denver
WORKFLOW / 03
Personal notes from the backend
Impressons of coders and and editors (the backend team, figuratively called “the invisible hands”) — Personal feelings, ideas and thoughts not directly related to article topics. This section is supervised by…
Insu Byeon
Oliver D. Hagen
Ritu Chatterji
SNIPPET / 1
There is no cure for the common cold, but have you tried a tattoo? Receiving multiple tattoos can make your immunological responses strong enough to fight off common infections, but a single tattoo can lower your resistance.
~ Dr Christopher Lynn
SNIPPET / 2
Depressive symptoms of parents can lead small children to hyperactivity, aggressiveness and anxiety. The mother’s symptoms alone can affect them even if the father isn’t depressed, but it won’t happen the other way round.
~ Johanna Pietikäinen
SNIPPET / 3
Dog owners, compared to non-owners, enjoy 24% reduced risk of all-cause mortality, 65% reduced risk of mortality after a heart attack and 31% reduced risk of mortality due to cardiovascular-related issues.
~ Glenn N. Levine
SNIPPET / 4
When a tooth is gone, it’s gone. You can’t get it back but it can get back to you! Memory and walking speed decline more rapidly (by about 10%) in adults who have lost all of their teeth than in those who still have some of their own teeth.
~ Dr Georgios Tsakos
What’s in name!
A shortcut across the information highway
The column Zebra Crossing was concieved as a shortcut across the information highway — at a time when dial-up was the only internet option, even for privileged users. Right now, a host of ResearchGate (RG) scholars contend that it holds an encyclopedic scope, and they are unofficially backing us in this endeavour.
WE ARE FOLLOWED BY RESEARCHERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Numbers are perking up but also hinting at hurdles
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