Hello everyone, I will be proposing to my partner and am looking for a guitarist/vocalist to play for us! Please share any references you might have, those that I’ve found online aren’t really responsive and the day is coming up soon. Thank you!
As a PhD student who has been doing research for 1.5 years, my advisor often suggests me to learn proof techniques relevant to the problem I’m working on “on the go”, as I’m working on the problem itself, rather than beforehand.
Thus, even though I’ve been doing research in stochastic analysis, I did not have a strong foundation in the many aspects of this topic to begin with, but rather I’m developing it as I work on my project.
I get why this is often suggested - one cannot spend all their time reading in grad school. Also, one should just pick up some rough ideas about proof strategies, rather than be able to regurgitate whatever they read.
But on the other hand, this has meant that there have been concepts I’ve not been familiar with until I encounter them in the literature.
For example, this week I came across the notion of local time in a relevant paper - as I did not know about it, I then spent a few hours reading about the basics of this concept before again seeing it in the paper. While I understand it well enough to see its use in the paper now, I then developed the following question:
If I hadn’t found this particular paper using local time as a technique, I wouldn’t know about reading this concept and therefore, if I tried to prove this same result that I read, I might not have been able to do it.
This therefore makes me feel like having at least some broad knowledge of your field is important when doing research. Maybe that is what an advisor’s role is at the beginning of one’s career, but at the same time, some people don’t have particularly hands on advisors - and I am sort of in this boat.
I therefore wanted to ask how one overcomes this issue - to get closer to being knowledgeable of techniques to attack a problem, how should I, as a PhD student, prioritise research vs general (though somewhat targeted) reading of topics in my area?
Hi everyone, I have a 2013 Honda Civic, 118k miles. When I took it in for a tire changeover, the mechanic said a tire pressure sensor was dead and replaced it and recalibrated.
But the day after, the check TPMS light came on in my car. It is a light that blinks for a minute and then stays on.
I took it back to ask them about it and they scanned the tire with some machine and said the sensor looks ok. However I think it’s very coincidental that the issue started right after getting my first sensor changed. They were dismissive about the problem, but after some insistence, said they’d calibrate again and it should go off after 20 mins of driving. It did not.
I know that it might be time to change all the sensors, but it’s confusing that replacing a sensor coincided with the TPMS light. Is that a thing? Could there be some other issue? I’m not sure how to proceed. I don’t really wanna go back to this mechanic because of their poor attitude and unwillingness to listen, and it would be helpful to know what I can expect for a second opinion.
Hi everyone, I apologize for the long post but my partner has a (probably) lisfranc injury and is very confused on how to proceed. I’d appreciate hearing any suggestion, insight or personal anecdotes to help!
My partner injured their foot 6 weeks ago. They were hopping in the park, where the ground was cobblestone, and landed/tripped awkwardly. They thought it was a sprain (and a virtual visit doctor seemed to think so too), so they rested and resumed regular activities for 2 weeks before going back in. Awaiting scans, they were partially weight bearing on crutches for next 2 weeks. Then they received their lisfranc diagnosis, since when they’ve been fully weight bearing on crutches since 2 weeks ago.
My partner has light swelling on their lisfranc area, no redness, and of course pain while applying weight on that foot.
Since then, we’ve received very different opinions on their scans from 3 different ortho’s:
Doctor 1: says that some weeks of physio should be sufficient for healing.
Doctor 2: disagrees with a lisfranc injury, says they don’t have to be on crutches. They said something about my partner’s plantar fasciitis being tight or not fully extended?
Doctor 3: suggests surgery (fixation or fusion - probably fusion since it has been 6 weeks now). But this doctor also asked them to get a CAT scan.
Additionally, because we reside in a different country than our families, Doctors 1 & 2 are our family doctors who met my partner virtually. Hence, they received pictures of MRI scans. Doctor 2 additionally received videos of my partner walking, and asked about to describe features of their foot. Despite the inability to physically examine the foot, these doctors didn’t express uncertainty in their diagnosis. Doctors 1 and 2 have also treated several members of our families, so we trust them more. Only Doctor 3 was met with in-person.
My partner is very confused due to the very mixed opinions of the three doctors, and also that they are being asked to get a CAT scan now. It is also very scary for them to hear they can’t run in the future from Doc 3. Surgery is also scary and we are unsure if it is necessary because of varying opinions.
This is a partial vent and a partial hope for people to chime in with their experience/thoughts. Is such wide range of opinions common for lisfranc injuries, and how should we perceive these differences? Are CAT scans called for in these injuries? How are fusion surgery outcomes for lisfranc injuries?