https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=ParL 2026-04-16T22:21:03Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2656:_Scientific_Field_Prefixes&diff=292291 2022-08-09T05:10:28Z

<p>ParL: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2656<br /> | date = August 8, 2022<br /> | title = Scientific Field Prefixes<br /> | image = scientific_field_prefixes.png<br /> | titletext = Massage: Theoretical (10), Quantum (6), High-energy (2), Computational (1), Marine (1), Astro- (None)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a Quantum Dentist - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> <br /> Google Scholar allows searches for both a unquoted and quoted string (e.g. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%252C5&amp;q=marine+dentistry marine dentistry] vs [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%252C5&amp;q=%22marine+dentistry%22 &quot;marine dentistry&quot;]). In the former case only entries with those exact words in that order will be returned (ignoring capitalization and punctuation marks), in the latter any entry with both of those words somewhere. While this gave opportunities for the humorous point it was not the ideal strategy for actually finding relevant articles. For example the less limited [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%252C5&amp;q=marine+dentistry marine dentistry] search gave over 100 k results, ranging from a book chapter on [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781119545804.ch11 marine mammal dentisty] by way of dental procedures on Marine Corps personnel to uses of the &quot;marine polymer chitosan&quot; in dentistry. And the search for [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%252C5&amp;q=high-energy+theology high-energy theology] give over 15000 entries. Admittedly, most of those only use &quot;high energy&quot; as a generic reinforcement term, but the book &quot;[https://books.google.se/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=34YHCAAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PA1&amp;dq=high-energy+theology&amp;ots=tI3TtCfBPK&amp;sig=YmnqNK3IXV8sqDtt44tE877cm7k&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q=high-energy%20theology&amp;f=false Cosmology, History, and Theology]&quot; actually looks like it could be pertinent to the topic. There is even a paper titled [https://www.proquest.com/openview/8446d9a14d81424f1dfd09615852b5f5/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;cbl=1819044 &quot; Battlestar Gallactica&quot; and Mormon Theology] which I, in the name of preserving my few remaining SAN points, will not attempt to obtain.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Charts]]<br /> [[Category:Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Chemistry]]<br /> [[Category:Biology]]<br /> [[Category:Engineering]]<br /> [[Category:Psychology]]<br /> [[Category:Scientific research]]</div>

ParL https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2656:_Scientific_Field_Prefixes&diff=292290 2022-08-09T05:04:15Z

<p>ParL: /* Explanation */ By searching for a fixes string Randall possibly missed entries that actually contained information that he implied was not there.</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2656<br /> | date = August 8, 2022<br /> | title = Scientific Field Prefixes<br /> | image = scientific_field_prefixes.png<br /> | titletext = Massage: Theoretical (10), Quantum (6), High-energy (2), Computational (1), Marine (1), Astro- (None)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a Quantum Dentist - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> <br /> Google Scholar allows searches for both a unquoted and quoted string (e.g. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%252C5&amp;q=marine+dentistry marine dentistry] vs [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%252C5&amp;q=%22marine+dentistry%22 &quot;marine dentistry&quot;]). In the former case only entries with those exact words in that order will be returned (ignoring capitalization and punctuation marks), in the latter any entry with both of those words somewhere. While this gave opportunities for the humorous point it was not the ideal strategy for actually finding relevant articles. For example the less limited marine dentistry search gave over 100 k results, from a book chapter on marine mammal dentisty by way of dental procedures on Marine Corps personnel to uses of the &quot;marine polymer chitosan&quot; in dentistry. And the search for [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%252C5&amp;q=high-energy+theology high-energy theology] give over 15000 entries. Admittedly, most of those only use &quot;high energy&quot; as a generic reinforcement term, but the book &quot;[https://books.google.se/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=34YHCAAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PA1&amp;dq=high-energy+theology&amp;ots=tI3TtCfBPK&amp;sig=YmnqNK3IXV8sqDtt44tE877cm7k&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q=high-energy%20theology&amp;f=false Cosmology, History, and Theology]&quot; actually looks like it could be pertinent to the topic. There is even a paper titled [https://www.proquest.com/openview/8446d9a14d81424f1dfd09615852b5f5/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;cbl=1819044 &quot; Battlestar Gallactica&quot; and Mormon Theology] which I, in the name of preserving my few remaining SAN points, will not attempt to obtain.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Charts]]<br /> [[Category:Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Chemistry]]<br /> [[Category:Biology]]<br /> [[Category:Engineering]]<br /> [[Category:Psychology]]<br /> [[Category:Scientific research]]</div>

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