Speeding Up

Zhelnov P. Speeding up. Zheln. 2020 Oct 3;40(2):s2e3. URI: https://zheln.com/summary/2020/10/03/2/.

Highlights

• It appears I found a way to speed up record appraisals
• Appraising one record takes two minutes instead of ten now
• I’m writing & submitting the protocol for Zheln to PROSPERO this weekend
• Zheln runs out of funds by the end of 2020, but not unless you help crowdfund it!

General Status

• For a week now that Zheln is fully-armed and operational, I’ve been busy appraising records.
• In the previous summaries, quality over quantity was emphasized and the first appraisals were reported.
• In the last three days, I’ve managed to conduct nine appraisals only (none complete).
• For the record, this is the exact same number of appraisals I conducted earlier.
• However, this time it took around two minutes per record instead of the estimated ten minutes per record or five times faster.
• However, these measurements are very preliminary, and more research in this direction is coming. I’ve already set up this super Thyme app by João Moreno. 😏
• But how did I get this far?
• On the one hand, I’ve reformatted the editable version of a record to boost its usability.
• From the other hand, I’ve reduced the number of specialty tags to one during initial appraisal. Then, to add more specialty tags to these records, I will conduct Specialty Tagging Sessions twice a week.
• See how it all works out in the next summary post on Wed, Oct 7!

Academic Status

• At first, I did not consider writing up an academic Zheln publication a high priority.
• But then, I realized the delay in publication of the Zheln protocol actually tampered with both full appraisals and public relations.
• Therefore, I sped up the Zheln protocol development and endeavor to submit it to PROSPERO by Oct 5, 2020, to allow five business days for its processing.
• Watch Zheln academic progress in the next summary post on Wed, Oct 7!

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