Avoiding spelling mistakes

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At Thammasat University, the noun research is an important term, meaning systematic investigation to establish facts and reach conclusions. Anyone who prepares a thesis or academic research project must be involved in research. So it is helpful to spell the word research correctly. Sometimes in Thai English, it is seen spelled wrong as reseach or resarch.

Leaving out some letters is a common error caused by typing too quickly at the keyboard. Although spell check should point out such mistakes, and sometimes even correct them without our doing anything, at other times if we do not notice that the wrong is spelled wrong, it will not be corrected. For that reason it is best to recall that that the noun research

Derives from a Latin term meaning to search. As we see, the word search is found inside the word research. So we can consider the word research to mean to look for something again and again. We do not just search for it, we re-search. In the original Latin term for this word, the meaning was to go here and there, wandering around. Again, this word origin may remind us that a researcher who sometimes wanders around, looking here and there, trying to find the facts and establish new connections. If we keep in mind the presence of the word search inside research, then we will be less likely to leave out the letter r or the letter e.

Some usage examples:

• NSTDA joins hands with research hub of property developer. Research and Innovation for Sustainability Centre (RISC), a Bangkok-based research hub for sustainable development with a focus on well-being, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) to collaborate on developing sustainable and well-being living solutions with immediate market applications.
• Moves on to create a Research and Higher Education Ministry. Thailand is planning to create a new Research and Higher Education Ministry by merging the current Science and Technology Ministry with the Office of Higher Education Commission so as to better manage human and other resources to achieve the objectives of the “Thailand 4.0” initiative.
• Pact notches up science research as Thailand seeks to take lead in Asia. The government has signed an International Cooperation Agreement (ICA) with CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, as part of its drive to take Thailand to the forefront of science.
• A leading scientific organisation, Geneva-based CERN uses the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to investigate the fundamental structure of the universe. Their mission has attracted many of the world’s foremost particle-physics scientists.
• Cancer research breakthrough. Chulalongkorn University’s research team has reached the first milestone in developing an affordable biologic drug but needs Bt1.33 billion in funding to pursue the remaining phases of the study.
• Cabinet budgets B1bn for new technology research institute. The cabinet has approved a new research institute, with the government pledging support of 1 billion baht during 2019-22.
• Research Expo 2018 kicks off at Central World. More than 500 research and innovation projects will be presented in the Thailand Research Expo 2018. The event will be kicked off today at Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre at Central World.
• New facility to research rail projects. A planned “Railway Excellence Centre” that will research ways of improving the quality of railway networks and information storage for future high-speed railways will be established by the end of the year.
• Learning through research. The Thailand Research Fund has launched a pilot project encouraging students to gain knowledge through their own research.
• Researchers raise hopes for ‘affordable’ anti-cancer drug. People and state-run health agencies have joined a fundraising drive, enabled by social media to help Chulalongkorn University researchers continue their ambitious 1.5-billion-baht research project to develop a new anti-cancer drug.
• New bill aims to boost R&D and incentivise researchers. The cabinet has approved a draft bill that promotes the use of R&D and lets researchers own the right to transfer their research to private companies. Under the current structure, researchers sponsored by the government have no rights to their work, which belongs, by law, to the state agencies that provide financial support. According to the new bill, if the research is not used for a commercial purpose within two years, the rights will default to the owners of the fund.
• An Arctic mess. Four warning signs of a deteriorating environment seen during Thailand’s first research trip to the North Pole should set off climate alarms for people across the world.
• Thai scientist to join polar research team in Antarctica.
• The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) was established in response to the 1992 Research Endowment Act and although it is part of the government system, it lies outside the government administrative bureaucracy. This freedom allows great efficiency in research support. Since its creation, TRF has remained focused on its main duty: supporting at both local and national levels the creation of a knowledge-base to help those tackling societal problems. TRF’s main role is to assist in the development of researchers and research-based knowledge through making research grants and assisting with research management. TRF does not itself conduct and research.
• The National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) was inaugurated by the National Research Council Act B.E.2502 (1959) and was designated by the Cabinet as the national body responsible for the implementation of research related matters. The NRCT is also assigned to give comments to the Prime Minister when requested. The administrative body of the NRCT consists of three parts; the first one is the National Research Council chaired by Prime Minister, with Deputy Prime Ministers as Vice Chairmen, and Ministers are Deputy Ministers as Advisors; the second one is the National Research Council Executive Board; and the last body is the Office of the National Research Council of Thailand headed by the Secretary-General.
• The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) was established as a public policy research institute in 1984. Its legal form is that of a private non-profit foundation. It provides technical analysis (mostly but not entirely in economic areas) to various public agencies to help formulate policies to support long-term economic and social development in Thailand. In line with this central objective, it is mandated to conduct policy research; network extensively with other institutions and individuals engaged in policy research, both in Thailand and abroad; and disseminate its research results to ensure maximum impact on policy-making.
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