Taking on the cheats

Article Abstract:

Self-plagiarism, which is an act in which authors attempt to pass off already published material as new has become very common as 20 percent of published papers contain some degree of self-plagiarism. Online services check essays against massive stores of documents generated from the web trawls and purchases from media outlets to identify which parts of the essays are plagiarized and to find out their respective sources.

Scholarly publishing, Plagiarism

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Iraqi death toll withstands scrutiny

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The estimates of the death toll in Iraq since the US-led invasion have met with criticism from supporters of war, but the information is necessary for efforts to rebuild the country. Four public-health experts have reported a death rate that has risen from 5.5 per thousand per year to 13.3, implying that since the invasion there have been 650,000 excess deaths.

International politics, Iraq, Labor Distribution by Employer, Statistics, Military aspects, Military policy, Casualties, Civilian casualties, Iraq War, 2003-

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UK civil servants accused of warping science

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The UK parliament report has suggested that politicians are picking and choosing scientific results that best suit their policies. The government should ensure that every department has its own chief science adviser and should establish a government scientific service charged with bringing scientists into government and securing proper career path for them.

United Kingdom, Scientific Research and Development Services, Science, Space & Technology, Reports, Political aspects, Science and state, Science policy, Public employees, Civil servants, Report

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