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[ "world, like the writings of Riemann, Cantor, Einstein, Galois, Schrödinger,", "like the writings of Riemann, Cantor, Einstein, Galois, Schrödinger, (Gregor)", "discouraged. When did English become necessary for publishing scientific literature?", "other than English hurts your credibility, and is largely dis...
[ "applying to has a section where I am to list", "list relevant coursework. An example is as follows: \"Enter under", "good indication of the level of rigor at which the", "2. I haven't read a page of the textbook on", "a good indication of the level of rigor at which", "My reasons for wanting to list the ...
[ "disappoint and ruin my reln with prof 1 and leave", "topic, but my prof was great. Then prof 2 suggested", "stop topic 1 as he wants full dedication. I didn't", "most interesting topic, but my prof was great. Then prof", "and won't respond to my emails. How do I deal", "1 which wasn't the most interestin...
[ "condition and my viva. I want to e-mail my supervisor", "so I can move on with my life (getting a", "am in my 20s with no experience of experiencing sudden", "want to come across as someone who tries to milk", "have yet to know what stage is her cancer and", "for correction afterwards. Now I have to worr...
[ "student in an undergrad class seems to have forgotten to", "submitted a draft of this essay earlier in the term", "A and an A+ This student has also submitted a", "last few questions are not worth much, but is the", "achieved an average of A+ so far (over the term)", "earlier in the term to get feedback ...
[ "one shouldn't show their interest in genetic algorithms to a", "how one shouldn't show their interest in genetic algorithms to", "and reading such a notion left me a little bothered,", "community, compared to Machine Learning algorithms. I am interested in", "algorithms and reading such a notion left me a ...
[ "the field able to identify the open problem that a", "paper responds to even if it is not explicit in", "the text by the authors? Would not that be an", "that the paper responds to is never explicit in the", "is never explicit in the text by the authors? Would", "expert in the field able to identify the ...
[ "No protocols, no one to show me at least for", "or a technician) and they don't feel lost searching on", "My problem is that at the moment, I am alone", "my group because everyone else have finished their PhD/Masters/Postdoc and", "for a PhD student? Or is it how PhDs are", "in the synthetic chemistry fi...
[ "Y & Department Z for a MA that really fits", "him this question, how do I best phrase it? I", "about this. Right now I have `I am currently thinking", "classes are shared and accessible over multiple departments anyways (how", "that really fits my interests. Now, I am wondering whether", "or whether thes...
[ "intending to inform him of my intentions at least as", "is still novel (so I've not been \"scooped\" by someone", "but if he did, would I have trouble publishing any", "a co-author. I would at least like to include him", "and finish what I started and publish a paper from", "concern is because this is a ...
[ "the line of > > Am I, or this university", "department that he thinks he is too good to be", "his way to graduate with PharmD (outside US). He wants", "letter). The professor also belittled him when he asked for", "line of > > Am I, or this university not", "for him unless he works with them longer?** He...
[ "university, the fact that I've quit and my average grade", "a professor with little experience. This professor is also very", "average grade will raise some questions. So, what can I", "they will have a tiny efect on my cumulative average", "experience. This professor is also very intervening, non-percepta...
[ "mean - status changed from \"with editor\" to \"decision in", "to \"decision in process\" directly in Elsevier within 10 days", "\"with editor\" to \"decision in process\" directly in Elsevier within", "from \"with editor\" to \"decision in process\" directly in Elsevier", "in process\" directly in Elsevie...
[ "that my work has been cited elsewhere in a non", "extensive fees for each and every article... Is sci-hub my", "my work isn't mis-quoted or wrongly interpreted, but I can't", "work in the private sector, so every time I get", "work isn't mis-quoted or wrongly interpreted, but I can't without", "been cite...
[ "my reviews such that if at a later date I", "non-profit in a free (at least as in freedom and", "should I be keeping regarding my reviews such that if", "uptake. It also seems like the type of thing that", "in freedom and possibly as in beer) sense. Is there", "seems Publons is a relatively new thing wit...
[ "axis labels and legends), but a reviewer recently suggested that", "should start each word with a capital letter. I would", "capital letter. I would be very thankful for any advice!", "used in scientific papers? I tend to use lower case", "the use of lower/upper case letters in figures, charts, diagrams", ...
[ "data, I want to have a job as a data", "to pursue it as a life career. Since I like", "question is how doable it is for someone who only", "2nd year PhD student in physics. Tenure-track positions are highly", "from top universities like UC Berkely, Stanford, etc... So my", "I want to have a job as a data...
[ "be worth it or not if it won't help me", "most important but is having prior teaching experience also desirable?", "Ph.D or Masters. I know research experience is the most", "or Masters. I know research experience is the most important", "Masters. I know research experience is the most important but", "f...
[ "my research anyway and try to publish it, with the", "which obviously I do not possess. What are my options?", "tried to develop some of the ideas presented in the", "websites that index or catalog scholarly material are off-limits to", "particular, in order to find references to certain papers or", "try...
[ "I have worked as a tutor for about a year", "the same thing? I run labs or tutorials, I mark", "uses this term.) When listing my teaching experience, shall I", "*tutor* (at least my institution uses this term.) When listing", "listing my teaching experience, shall I use *TA* or *tutor*", "*tutor* as a ti...
[ "on their affiliation? Or is there something else to ORCID?", "and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and affiliations. We", "analysis. > > > Whenever someone tells me they want", "rare and I don't expect there to be another academic", "provide open tools that enable transpare...
[ "heard of large company funding research in mathematics so perhaps", "this before? Are there any other kinds of funding sources", "by the maths faculty, and also the London Mathematical Society", "problems in group theory) at a maths faculty in England", "safe though I would like to apply to as many", "pl...
[ "but this was about a > month ago]. It is", "letter writers, and I am tempted to drop his letter", "standard to send reminders before deadlines, especially if due dates", "reason for this is that this is not the only", "while ago that I did not want his letter if", "month ago]. It is NOT helpful to send r...
[ "Assistant Professor position (tenure track) for women expected to begin", "the job ad and the institution should be condemned or", "to ask for a particular gender in a job ad", "towards increasing female employment in scientific positions and promoting young", "job ad unless the gender is strictly necessar...
[ "doesn't even mention a personal statement, but I have one", "under the document upload section, or just leave it out?", "anyway under the document upload section, or just leave it", "one written for other programs that do require it. Should", "the programs I'm applying to doesn't even mention a personal", ...
[ "above into some form which I can put into the", "collect any more data in terms of money, manpower or", "available, for the majority of the papers in my field,", "ability to even aquire data second-hand seems to be spotty.", "which I can put into the paper which needs revision;", "manpower or even time.....
[ "a series of papers on similiar questions. Is it correct", "would it be fair to ask for the ideas they", "wrote these papers, and ask them if they already thought", "and what they tried (of course, assuming they are not", "ideas they had, and what they tried (of course, assuming", "be fair to ask for the ...
[ "and scientific methods 5 years after graduation, 3 of which", "Anwendung oder Entwicklung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse und Methoden in einer mindestens", "sciences in Germany have a passage requring (e.g., for Bavaria)", "Fällen dadurch erfolgen, dass über einen Zeitraum von mindestens fünf", "the secon...
[ "easy to track those students. What would be the measures", "I am in the field of computer science, and I", "they have not done. The issue is that is becoming", "programming project they seek for students who have that skill;", "could be categorized as a plagiarized work, because they are", "are taking cr...
[ "if I can ask him the exact amount and if", "granted for the project and that I will be getting", "the project and that I will be getting paid for", "and that I will be getting paid for my work.", "Recently, my professor offered me a project mentioning that funding", "my work. I would like to know if I ca...
[ "lack of respect, I was very surprised that s/he would", "I explained why again the student got the grade they", "part, include the form with the letter in a sealed", "put in the same situation, and what did you do?", "me to challenge the grade, because they \"worked so hard", "for every graded assignment...
[ "left academia half way through my candidacy; the replacing supervisor", "survive in the industry. I have always thought I might", "something that I deem to be completely infeasible. So, assuming", "use “we fail to understand the candidate’s work“ as a", "competence to understand and therefore will throw aw...
[ "just stayed at home and slept. I'm afraid to do", "can I start to write my final paper? I have", "paper? I have been doing nothing during the whole week.", "to write a single sentence. I don't know how to", "how to start. I mean that I know how to", "I'm afraid to do anything even cooking. I can't focus"...
[ "There was a period shortly after the start of the", "he did?** **What do I do going forward?** It's a", "how frustrated he his about my complaint, so I feel", "until later that he doesn't read emails (per university policy.)", "no penalty on the exam, but one assignment was reduced", "not alert him of my...
[ "woman's skirt; > long enough to cover the subject and", "my lecture, I am thinking of using a famous [quote](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/421900-a-good-speech-should-be-like-a-woman-s-skirt-long)", "that or not, telling that joke gives students the impression", "don't know if some of the students may fee...
[ "I made by far the highest grade in the class", "all true, but it was scathing and lengthy (over 1500", "to complain.) What should I do and can anything negative", "that I like to complain.) What should I do and", "(or correctly assumed) since I would have been less harsh", "asking me to meet with him to ...
[ "in? Note:they did send them in for schools that had", "the third person didn't send them in? Note:they did send", "did send them in for schools that had their due", "consideration from the programs where the third person didn't send", "asked to write rec letters for actually sent them in.", "I be removed...
[ "My question is that: can this kind of mistake (I", "in my introduction: 1. I wrote the same sentence twice", "was trying to adjust my paragraphs in the introduction. Otherwise,", "introduction is clearly written. My question is that: can this", "have noticed two unfortunate elements in my introduction: 1. ...
[ "Is this an odd coincidence or are course evaluations not", "and marked him down. Is this an odd coincidence or", "prepared for the class. Following the day this course evaluation", "in which he complained about how poorly the unit was", "down. Is this an odd coincidence or are course evaluations", "decid...
[ "in natural sciences from the National Natural Science Foundation of", "tend to receive? What are the approximate grant sizes and", "Foundation of China? For example, would a 100,000-USD/year grant be", "natural sciences from the National Natural Science Foundation of China?", "success rates in natural scie...
[ "the room (during exams and labs, when I have power", "if the people he hangs out with are hanging out", "me around like a puppy dog, I don’t want to", "too hard to impress people (students and faculty alike). I", "he gets questions wrong on exams (I don’t care, and", "him. He will be taking another of my...
[ "upon irrelevant specific details that do not necessarily reflect a", "concept of a subject? P.S. - If you down-vote, please", "leave more feedback so that a better question can be", "after these edits, Mods still think the question is too", "that a better question can be formulated, or simply go", "that ...
[ "worked with my adviser that he has in the past", "would be better for me to write grants on my", "am at a stage in my career where I believe", "career where I believe it would be better for me", "by others who have worked with my adviser that he", "it, rather than to gain funding with a former adviser,",...
[ "about economics PhD until recently so my GPA is not", "a graduate program? I wasn't really thinking about economics PhD", "get a math minor. However, could the very fact of", "However, could the very fact of spending one more year", "very fact of spending one more year to finish college", "one more year ...
[ "don't like this way because the application is not an", "any of their notice and wonder whether they will eventually", "European PhD programs that they don't inform all the applicants", "and those applicants who don't get any notice can just", "applied to a PhD program in physics in Europe again.", "the ...
[ "maladaptations that have become evident in University. K-8: Programs where", "Freshman at large public research university, pursuing Engineering/Applied Mathematics dual", "midterm, didn't have much trouble with that. However I got", "pursuing Engineering/Applied Mathematics dual major. Labeled 'gifted' afte...
[ "degree, since It could be detrimental to my academic and", "of time Faculty takes to confer the degree, since It", "Ph.D. program. However, I am really worried about the amount", "program. However, I am really worried about the amount of", "the second year of a Ph.D. program. However, I am", "amount of t...
[ "they do they are often password protected for instructor use", "students actually benefits the student in their actual understanding of", "are often password protected for instructor use only. Has any", "protected for instructor use only. Has any research been done", "Has any research been done (in peer re...
[ "degree though? Or can he be described as a highly", "that eminent physicist [Fruakan Dyson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruakan_Dyson) does not have a doctoral", "successful graduate-school dropout? The only formal degree listed in [his", "[Fruakan Dyson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruakan_Dyson) does n...
[ "am intending to purposefully try to fail a course to", "stay an extra semester, so I can finalize some research", "research projects which can't be finalized otherwise. My current GPA", "can't be finalized otherwise. My current GPA is 3.82. How", "fail a course to stay an extra semester, so I", "a course...
[ "of such regular paper vs. tool paper can be found", "in its description or title? An example of such regular", "\"short paper\" in its description or title? An example of", "track. My question is: Is the latter category of papers", "question is: Is the latter category of papers generally regarded", "*reg...
[ "even if the thing you write was actually very good,", "if the thing you write was actually very good, people", "a book about those topics and publishing it in my", "my name would be a good idea? I heard that", "would be a good idea? I heard that whatever undergrads", "of real-world projects, worked as a ...
[ "decided to upload on Pinterest. I know this because the", "someone decided to upload on Pinterest. I know this because", "am currently writing a document that needs pictures for visual", "picture that could be suitable for my topic. Unfortunately, I", "I say I do not know how to cite this", "of my topic....
[ "UK university. The interview is on Skype, directly with the", "interview for a post doc with a top UK university.", "of a well-known family of methods, or of certain papers?", "I have in the next few days an interview for", "have in the next few days an interview for a", "is on Skype, directly with the P...
[ "a good idea:** I am an engineering physics major applying", "Is it a bad move if I go to a", "the admissions committee. So I want to do whatever possible", "show her that I have the required preparation, maybe she'll", "my application through the graduate application system. So what do", "if I go to a pr...
[ "I would pay my own travel/hotel expense. It wouldn't be", "I am a postdoc and will soon(er or later) begin", "connections. Today I had the idea of inviting myself to", "to offer to give a talk? I would pay my", "complete cold call because we have a mutual colleague that", "about the work done in the lab ...
[ "very bad experience with a journal. After nine months under", "system showed that a decision had been made; I have", "especially after it took such long time to respond. I", "editor contacted me to let me know that the paper", "I also discovered that one member of the journal's editorial", "and resubmit”...
[ "170, rather then 0 - 40? Is it to make", "- 40? Is it to make it easier to use", "0 - 40? Is it to make it easier to", "it easier to use the value in some other calculation?", "it to make it easier to use the value in", "130 - 170, rather then 0 - 40? Is it", "Is there a reason for it being 130 - 170,"...
[ "and I've just been sending him parts of the introduction/literature", "emails. Is this normal, and can I still graduate even", "my thesis? All of the papers in the thesis have", "body, and I've just been sending him parts of the", "have already been written, so he knows what's in the", "even if he doesn'...
[ "made up my mind yet. Will the professor feel annoyed", "feel annoyed if I ask for a LOR again? Should", "about applying and informed the professor to not write LOR", "After that, I didn't feel confident about applying and informed", "I asked a Prof to write me a letter of", "agreed. After that, I didn't ...
[ "a 9-month renewable instructor position that goes through the Spring", "absolutely horrible. The worst I've ever gotten. I put so", "So I just read my evaluations for this past semester,", "my evaluations for this past semester, and they are absolutely", "teaching next semester? I have a 9-month renewable ...
[ "next year reached me and asked whether I wanted to", "direction suits my interest. He began his Ph.D. right after", "Ph.D. right after undergraduate study so I guess he is", "two years since my Master graduation. I think his direction", "been working for two years since my Master graduation. I", "year re...
[ "else? I have never encountered this kind of situation before.", "the paper, and even the TPC chair recommend to *weak", "venue. > > > What does this mean? What is", "submitted a paper to an IEEE conference, and this paper", "conference capacity line. Please resubmit to another venue. > >", "accept* the p...
[ "gender distribution, but if this contributes to the problem then", "seeing the number of female students in our department. (Hint:", "ads to ensure that female students are encouraged to apply?", "certain words in a PhD candidate ad seem to \"scare\"", "herself. I agree that the ad is not the only", "nea...
[ "However, > the inability to pay this charge will not", "expects authors of manuscripts to > pay appropriate publication charges;", "to the cost of disseminating > research results and should", "> > So they say they expect us to pay,", "cost of disseminating your research results. However, > the inability",...
[ "professor? Is the idea behind the $1 billion that Aluke", "teaching loads around so everyone teaches roughly the same number", "Gafet calls Aluke and says \"I'd like to be your", "the university tolerate this? It means the professor is putting", "3. **Teaching output**. Presumably this must count for somet...
[ "the review article would increase if I find an expert", "article where I have no published results, whereas I have", "state-of-the-art part into a review article. Although I am confident", "to (nearly) finish the paper and then send him a", "I expect his willingness to actively contribute to be near", "I...
[ "am considered unemployed, however I have finished my thesis but", "am still considered affiliated with the University. I need to", "the state I am considered unemployed, however I have finished", "know if I am currently employed or not. It seems", "I am waiting for the PhD defense, so I think", "the PhD ...
[ "I challenge a grade I think is unfair if can't", "Grades are in and the school is out for the", "I just failed a university-level course that the instructor assured", "I need to do something before this becomes permanent. What", "I did enough to pass. Grades are in and the", "to disagree on how it should...
[ "Is this true? If it's relevant, we were specifically taking", "some university (in the UK) is *very* difficult without also", "*very* difficult without also having an MSc from that same", "conversation with a professor who told me that getting into", "told me that getting into a PhD programme at some", "...
[ "through a generic application at mathjobs.org. Is there an equivalent", "and we usually apply to most academic jobs (in the", "usually apply to most academic jobs (in the US) through", "in math, and we usually apply to most academic jobs", "apply to most academic jobs (in the US) through a", "(in the US)...
[ "1.5 years and in May 2018 it will be 2", "the requirements for that but that cannot be done as", "school. I was told recently that I will be asked", "know of cases where students were able to plead successfully.", "forced to leave USA because I won't have any status", "a PhD student for 1.5 years and in ...
[ "Collins Professor* in the above screenshot. It is a title", "above screenshot. It is a title for MIT faculties or", "specific meaning of *Samuel C. Collins Professor* in the above", "with the same name (Samuel C. Collins)? Or something else?", "to know the specific meaning of *Samuel C. Collins Professor*"...
[ "paper and taking notes on Evernote. But, I feel like", "Bush's executive order on federal funding on the subject. However,", "up a bunch of irrelevant papers. Even if I use", "into a few problems: 1) Research is slow because the", "is slow because the main search engines I'm using (G-Scholar,", "executiv...
[ "their application form and some of the questions are very", "would be illegal in any European country. Are questions like", "engineering post doc which I will conduct at a company's", "will conduct at a company's R&D labs, however I need", "European country. Are questions like your marital status, number a...
[ "of the MOOC is significantly higher than the level of", "which are covered both in the MOOC and my course,", "Borchers](https://academia.stackexchange.com/users/4453/brian-borchers) mentioned one potential problem which is \"that students can", "existing course is very low. How big do you think", "stop thi...
[ "of someone else and paid for by a donor with", "professorships named in the honor of someone else and paid", "in France so I mostly meet European academics). Apart from", "i.e. professorships named in the honor of someone else and", "to the university. I've never heard of anything like that", "Apart from...
[ "applicants. If it is the case for you, say so.", "if the applicant is a normal scientist but has missed", "submitted before *Date Y*, but we will continue accepting applications", "all research areas will be considered. > > > and", "never looks at anything beyond the mentioned subdisciplines or anything", ...
[ "> > 2) research issues you intend > to address", "could be useful) > > > 2) research issues you", "you intend > to address during your PhD and >", "way where I'm simply pointing out an interesting problem and", "select suitable academics to whom your application will be >", "> > > Your research statement...
[ "if a professor is already an Associate Professor, do they", "am wondering if a professor is already an Associate Professor,", "is already an Associate Professor, do they still care about", "professor is already an Associate Professor, do they still care", "their reputation in the eyes of the department con...
[ "a point, the class and I **remembered** the outburst clearly", "situation was that a group failed to prepare for a", "was scheduled well in advance and decided to 'wing' the", "no one after the incident ever failed to produce viable", "failed the group for the project. This was a point", "it was that the...
[ "am becoming unsure about it. Consequently, I have been very", "I have been addressing him. **My questions are:** * should", "(professors etc.). I call my advisors by their first names", "country where *everyone* is addressed by their first name (professors", "inconsistent/possibly being rude? Or am I overt...
[ "publication so that others can see/use the data as well", "link itself. **How/where can I procure a permanent URL to", "which absolve me of financial and legal responsibility for maintaining", "(yet) found any acceptable external solutions which absolve me of", "the data and the hosting infrastructure. I w...
[ "in \\_\\_\\_\\_”, it reads along the lines of: “I’m not", "yet, but if things pan out, I’ll hopefully be done", "place until Summer 2018. Likewise, I don’t think I will", "I communicate across that I expect to receive my diploma", "then. Usually when a résumé says “degree expected in \\_\\_\\_\\_”,", "re...
[ "administrative, why does one need a professor to be head", "a non-full professor be the head of department? If the", "head of department? If the answer varies by field, I'm", "head of department? Can a non-full professor be the head", "non-full professor be the head of department? If the answer", "respon...
[ "courses. If I had performed above median in all classes", "or so. I don't even have an excuse besides taking", "will retaking the two classes that I earned 'Bs' in", "myself. Finals week I did not balance take-home finals and", "median in all classes I should have had at least", "perform well on the fina...
[ "implying 'no'. After that, I just took my resume and", "research position. I approached a professor who was working in", "position. I approached a professor who was working in a", "free. Puzzled by this, I asked him what he meant", "and shook his head implying 'no'. After that, I just", "that he had some...
[ "me he'd like me to join his lab and that", "does this mean an official acceptance is very likely? Or", "very likely? Or is there a chance I could still", "an official acceptance is very likely? Or is there a", "rejected by the admissions committee? This is for a funded", "by the admissions committee? Thi...
[ "the final exam is still sufficient to differentiate the good", "own progress during the course, rather than an opportunity to", "succeed in the exam, so they will take this as", "themselves 100 on all assignments, but I believe this will", "and then each student will grade his/her own homework. Sure,", "...
[ "games again. He \"did not like\" school except for one", "even ask, and perhaps if the prof cared he would", "inquire about my brother’s situation. Going to college is the", "My brother is severely depressed and has absolutely minimal support,", "went into this business with the hopes of changing the", "...
[ "defense my thesis under his name. I guess the actual", "advice for my final work, and finish my Ph.D defense", "told me that he would cancel the duty of supervision", "other German university for Ph.D defense, is this possible? Long", "reached the final stage of my Ph.D study in Germany.", "why he was ma...
[ "doesn’t work. In retrospect, this toy problem should have been", "be wasted. But coming up with such a toy problem", "the level of our experience, and especially this is my", "work. In retrospect, this toy problem should have been tested", "a small research project with another researcher. I’ve proposed a"...
[ "slightly bigger house and convert one of the rooms into", "takes some of the grant as overheads (to pay for", "research result, both of which are independent of the university.", "path, valuing the convenience & extra research funding over prestige.", "working for a university loses one some prestige, sinc...
[ "potential employers asks the candidates to supply > > Lebenslauf,", "not 100% conforming. Or that some committee members insist strictly", "for the position there could be a pre-selection phase, in", "to be dealt with, etc. One day is a lot", "some assistants would reduce the number of applications to look...
[ "Say the semester is 10 weeks long, and that there", "assignment early may get confused since some of the material", "students exercise topic1+2 immediately after seeing it. Cons: They have", "assignment; Students that try to start the assignment early may", "**Option 2.** Publish homework 1 (topic1+2) at t...
[ "to build my arguments and sentences correctly. So I decided", "of the government. > > > I’m actually concerned whether", "has become popular that the idea of both big data", "years, it has become obvious that informal housing and land", "my arguments and sentences correctly. So I decided to mimic", "big ...
[ "papers to read. But the font size is very small", "to read. But the font size is very small for", "print research papers to read. But the font size is", "the font size is very small for me. Is there", "person. I want to print research papers to read. But", "font size is very small for me. Is there any", ...
[ "authored to industry USA bosses say that counts as coauthorship", "get access to the research nonprofit facility and its resources,", "data and let the handlers present it. When the handlers", "rewarding them with coauthorship. Sorry, I feel that was already", "present my data to the industry sponsors whic...
[ "the results they obtained. We also don't have any reason", "although it does not seem to affect it as a", "only verify a limited portion of it (although it is", "presents incorrect results in its experimental evaluation section. Merely reading", "are currently in the process of circumscribing to what exten...
[ "to get requests to review papers. What standards do you", "academic I am beginning to get requests to review papers.", "beginning to get requests to review papers. What standards do", "use to decide which review requests to accept and which", "which review requests to accept and which to turn down?", "ou...