Disclosive Data: Who uses it, why, and what difference does it make?

What does glycolysis make and why is it important?

CLASSIC REFERENCES (e.g., Ref. 6) and Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Glycolysis) are alike in confusing readers on the process, regulation, and physiological roles of glycolysis. The reference sources assert that glycolysis produces pyruvic acid (i.e., pyruvate and protons), and that under anaerobic conditions, glycolysis produces lactic acid. In their thorough review of the stoichiom...

Surgical debulking of ovarian cancer: what difference does it make?

Three-quarters of women who are newly diagnosed with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer present with stage III to IV disease. Recent data on the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy have served to challenge the conventional dogma that the preferred initial treatment is surgical debulking. Most of these patients will achieve remission regardless of initial treatment, but 80% to 90% of patients w...

Open sharing of genomic data: Who does it and why?

We explored the characteristics and motivations of people who, having obtained their genetic or genomic data from Direct-To-Consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) companies, voluntarily decide to share them on the publicly accessible web platform openSNP. The study is the first attempt to describe open data sharing activities undertaken by individuals without institutional oversight. In the paper we...

Social Mobility : What is it and why does it matter ?

Teacher agency: what is it and why does it matter?

The concept of teacher agency has emerged in recent literature as an alternative means of understanding how teachers might enact practice and engage with policy (e.g. Lasky, 2005; Leander & Osbourne, 2008; Ketelaar et al., 2012; Priestley, Biesta & Robinson, 2013). But what is agency? Agency remains an inexact and poorly conceptualised construct in much of the literature, where it is often not ...