Week 12- Plagiarism

1. Score = 2. The writer is cherry picking the original text to provide evidence convenient to his/her argument. This is misleading to the reader and the meaning and integrity of the original source is lost.

2. Score = -3. The writer cites Joseph Ellis, but does not provide a citation for his assertion about George Washington and slavery.

3. Score = -1. The writer provides citations at the end of the paragraph but Joseph Ellis' ideas are not properly credited in the paragraph. It's hard to tell where the original source ideas end and where the writer's ideas begin.

4. Score = -4. The writer uses whole sentences verbatim from the original text without citing or giving credit to the source.

5. Score = 5. The author quotes the original text appropriately and clearly indicates their own ideas from the source ideas. The writer re-applies the source in a new context and adds value to the source's conclusion by forming the writers own argument.

Week Eleven-Annotated bibliography

Research question: What type of nanoparticles are being synthesized and used as antimicrobial agents?

APA citation: 

Chowdhury, N. R., MacGregor-Ramiasa, M., Zilm, P., Majewski, P., & Vasilev, K. (2016). ‘Chocolate ’silver nanoparticles: Synthesis, antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 482, 151-158.

Descriptive annotation:

Nanoparticles are becoming a popular tool to treat diseases and microbes. The most common antimicrobial nanoparticles are silver based. The issues involved with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are the hazardous materials and toxic byproducts associated with their synthesis. A new emerging method involving cocoa extract is being investigated to synthesize more environmentally friendly AgNPs. The authors results show that cocoa based AgNPs are sustainable and effective antimicrobial agents against harmful pathogens while having low cytotoxicity on human cells.  

Evaluation annotation:

• The article was published in 2016, which is very reasonable for my topic because I am looking for new emerging methods involved in antimicrobial nanoparticles
• This article helps answer my research by giving me an example of an effective nanoparticle being used to treat specific pathogens. It also allows me to talk about environmental consequences of this technology, which is a perspective I'd like to include in my paper. 
• There are 5 authors on this paper including the corresponding author Krasimir Vasilev. I looked up professor Vasilev and he has a lot of experience in polymer chemistry. In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Humboldt foundation. His papers have also been cited over 3000 times. 
• The article has an environmental viewpoint on silver nanoparticles because they are looking for a greener way to synthesize these antimicrobial agents. The academic discipline is a combination of nanotechnology, material science, and microbiology. I do not perceive any biases in the article -- its experiment follows the scientific method and has appropriate statistical analysis. 
• Because this is a peer reviewed article I believe the facts and figures they present are truthful. If they were not, I would assume the article would not have passed peer review and would not have been published.
• This article is meant for scientists interested in the nanotechnology and microbiology, specifically with silver nanoparticles. It has a specific focus on AgNPs and a new method for its synthesis.