Editorial: The Great Confidentiality Nonsense

Editorial: the nonsense of biofuels.

Fossil fuels, like mineral oil, coal, and natural gas, are derived from the biomass of ancient times. As such, they are indirect products of photosynthesis. It is therefore appropriate to ask whether we can use currently available biomass and convert it into biofuels like biodiesel and biogas. Biohydrogen might be another option. Often one can read that biofuels are CO2-neutral and therefore a ...

Editorial Genetics of the Faint - Hearted Great Results , Alternate Hypothesis

In this issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, Barsheshet et al shed novel and unexpected light on the genetics of syncope, defined as a transient loss of consciousness caused by cerebral hypoperfusion with spontaneous recovery. Syncope is very common, with a cumulative incidence of 37% by age 60 years.1,2 In “young” patients, by far the most common cause of syncope is vasovagal syncope...

The Millennium Development Goals and urban poverty reduction: great expectations and nonsense statistics

This paper outlines the importance of the Millennium Development Goals for urban populations, and some reasons for concern regarding their implementation. It argues that the institutional structures and processes of international donors and national governments can be incompatible with the effective achievement of poverty reduction. It also explains that the relevance of the Millennium Developm...

Guest Editorial: Key to making great smiles... still our ceramists.

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