University of Calgary establishes Open Access Central Fund
There are now several institutions leading the way and establishing central funds to allow authors to benefit when publishing in open access journals. Our latest case study examines the steps taken by the University of Calgary in Canada to set up, administer and monitor their fund.
International Journal of Health Geographics 2009, 8:1
Links between Hantavirus carrying voles, nephropathia endemica (NE) and temperature-related seed abundance fluctuations may give an insight into the impact of global warming on previously rare zoonoses.
High-throughput sequencing of the small RNA transcriptome of locust reveals differences in post-transcriptional regulation between solitary and swarming phases and provides insights into the evolution of insect small RNAs.
In anticipation of the first official Impact Factor for BMC Medicine this year, the editorial team reflects on the success of the journal so far and reveals plans for its further development as a high quality general medical journal.
Fetal ethanol exposure predisposes to adolescent re-exposure, partly through promoting interaction with intoxicated peers, pointing to an important relationship between fetal exposure, adolescent experience and continuing ethanol abuse patterns.
Laying hens housed in litter-based systems are at higher risk of infection and cannibalism than hens housed in cages and suggests improvement in the conditions of these flocks remains a priority.
Various comments
(Tom Kindlon, 16Jan2009)
This paper refers to using a re-attribution programme. I thought I would highlight the results of a trial[1] published last year on the topic. It involved testing practice-based...
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Nodal status
(John Fralick, 15Jan2009)
Krainick-Strobel et al. provide detail of their single-arm trial of preoperative letrozole in stage T2 T4b, N0 breast cancer patients. The authors observed that over 50%...
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Possible confusion between FunyBase and FunnyBase
(Mark Hahn, 15Jan2009)
Readers should be aware that there is an existing database with a very similar (though not identical) name. FunnyBase is a database of EST sequences for the Atlantic kilifish,...
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