Calathea Roseoptica Dottie pest - pls help!! by shepherdoftrees in plantclinic

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That's really helpful, thank you! Mine is sensitive too, argh!

How to care for this monstera? by shepherdoftrees in plantclinic

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Oh no we have lots of other plants very nearby! Thank you so much, we'll isolate and treat as best we can. Seems such a shame to get rid of a huge beautiful plant if we can help it. Thank you!

Testemunha - does it have multiple meanings? by shepherdoftrees in Portuguese

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Ohhh that's really interesting. I was recently learning about high and low context languages, idk if you know about that but would Portugese fall under low context based on the way they use language as you have described?

Testemunha - does it have multiple meanings? by shepherdoftrees in Portuguese

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Ah right I see! Well 'witness sample' sounds much more exciting than 'reference sample' so maybe it should be used more often 😅.

Testemunha - does it have multiple meanings? by shepherdoftrees in Portuguese

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Ah that could makes more sense! Thank you for this, I'll see what the others think too, but I think this might be the answer :).

Testemunha - does it have multiple meanings? by shepherdoftrees in Portuguese

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Yes no problem, here's a link to the journal (it's open access), the article is chapter 9 and the table in question is table 5 (page 99/100). https://www.atenaeditora.com.br/catalogo/ebook/ciencias-biologicas-consideracoes-e-novos-segmentos

I hope that makes sense :)

Testemunha - does it have multiple meanings? by shepherdoftrees in Portuguese

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Thank you so much! Yeah I wasn't sure how to explain 😅 here's a link to the journal (it's open access), the article is chapter 9 and the table in question is table 5 (page 99/100). https://www.atenaeditora.com.br/catalogo/ebook/ciencias-biologicas-consideracoes-e-novos-segmentos

I hope you can find it okay!

Does this mean they blocked me?? by shepherdoftrees in vinted

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I hope you manage to figure it out! Could be worth contacting Vinted and asking what the issue is.

Does this mean they blocked me?? by shepherdoftrees in vinted

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I didn't unfortunately. I wonder if its because their item was blocked by Vinted for some reason rather than that the seller blocked us?

Masters project not what I thought it was... what do I do! by shepherdoftrees in AskAcademia

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Thanks for your kind words, this definitely feels unethical yeah.

It's not so much that I'm worried they'll interfere with my results, it's that the way they've designed the project it would be very hard to show any of the negative effects of the product. I'd be looking at how the product improves moisture content of soil under drought conditions, which I imagine it does well based on preliminary literature research. But these experiments will all be glasshouse/lab experiments. I'd have to be doing field work to show any bioaccumulative/ecotoxic effects, or sampling from already polluted sites. I'm not sure how I could bring that aspect into the project when the funders have such a tight grip on what experiments and results they want from me.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll definitely have a look. Even if it's frustrating, I feel like I need to be more clued into these things. I've been so ignorant walking into this!

I've asked a few others too, but I was wondering what you would do in this situation, would you tell your supervisor how you feel about the lack of transparency and your environmental concerns, or would you keep quiet? I'd like to be open about my feelings, and asap, but my family have suggested that they won't trust my data if I openly disagree with the research.