Taking notes

Note-taking is also a useful method to prompt the mentee to keep track of problems that occur between meetings. For example, the mentee might encounter various difficulties whilst managing a particular project, but some of these can be quickly forgotten if not written down. 

Virtually every competent drug discovery organization has criteria for the transition between hit to lead and lead optimization. Virtually nobody publishes these criteria because the organizations consider them proprietary. By virtue of very fast note taking and a combined effort, a Pfizer colleague and I were able to capture the hit to lead exit criteria from an oral presentation by a medicinal chemist from the AZ organization. The criteria are as they stood in about year 2000.1 do not know if... 

During telephone interviews, take as many notes as possible. The witness will not be able to see what you are doing, so if you need a moment or two to complete note-taking efforts, tell the witness. If practical, read the notes back to the witness at the end to confirm your understanding of the witness s comments. 

A chapter devoted to note taking comes later in the book. You ll learn how to take notes from all kinds of materials quickly and thor-... 

The observation of a bonding arrangement of the type shown in Fig. 20a in (AlO)2-centred dimers is a recurrent feature of aluminium hydroxides and organooxides of simple, electron rich ligands [44, 99, 110, 125, 134, 204, 205, 214-231]. Those more complex dimers which have been noted take two main forms both polydentate terminal and bridging ligands allow multiple interactions with the Group 13 metal centres. 

Weigh and record the amount of powder in each cartridge case, blend carefully and spread on a clean cloth for examination. If no signs of deterioration are noted, take a sufficient sample for all the stability tests and destroy the rest... 

Note take care with the units as this is probably the most difficult part of the question. 

Another perfume reputedly inspired by Chanel 19 is Beautiful of Estee Lauder (1986). Although much of the floral and woody aspects are certainly similar, the absence of green and mossy notes takes it into a different area. The addition of fruity and powdery notes to the remaining stmcture has produced a typically American perfume of considerable originality and character. 

Safety note. Take particular care when you furn off the gas supply to a Bunsen or mierpburner/Usuallythegastapis situated at the back of the laboratory/ bench,sp make sure you do not reach owt The flame or knock oyer your apparatus. ... 

Safety note Take care when heating unknown solutions. As well as the risk of burns, some reactions can be violent. 

After several days of conscientious looking, reading, and note-taking, the searcher s spirits rise, as he flips feverishly through the last ten patents of his last subclass. The next to the last patent is a cross reference, in a subclass he hasn t yet searched. The manual and the definition indicate it should not be overlooked. Oh well, just one more subclass, says he, as he strides confidently toward the proper stack. But all too often, it is one of those subclasses that extend from the top to the bottom of the stack and into the next row—which can well be expected to evoke the well-known comment from those skilled in the art, There must exist some substantially more facile means for deriving adequate sustenance. ... 

Note-taking is a skill students need to develop... 

Professional note-taking services keep students from developing own thinking and organizational skills (combination of 4 and 9)... 

Professional note-taking services discourage class attendance and participation (5 and 6)... 

By appealing to students who believe professional notes will help them accomplish their educational goals easier and quicker, a variety of note-taking services now have franchises across the country. But our campus shouldn t allow them to move in. Students need to recognize that the difference between the services definition of "learning" and the real learning experiences college can provide is of notable importance. 

As you evaluate and select those sources that are both reliable and useful, you will begin taking notes on their information. Most researches use one or more of the following three methods of note-taking. 

Whichever note-taking method you choose, always remember to record bibliographic information and the specific page numbers (in printed sources) or paragraph numbers (in some electronic sources) from which your material is taken. Your notes may be one of the following kinds ... 

Safety note Take great care when scratching a supersaturated solution with a glass rod. Hold the flask or test tube at the neck, not at the bottom, and make short scratching movements on the side of the flask just above and below the surface of the liquid (Fig. 13.2). If you accidentally break the flask or test tube you will cut your hand if you hold the vessel at the bottom. 

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