Excessive Zeal to Publish

PERENNIALISM IN ZEAl

ETRAPLOID perennial teosinte, Zea psrennis (Hitchc. ) Reeves and ManTgelsd. is the only close relative of the annual Zea, including maize and 2n teosinte, that has the ability to regrow after producing seed. The other Zea, like most annuals, die during seed maturation. The tetraploid form retains totipotency in basal axillary buds and branches throughout the period when the older culms produce ...

Prophylactic vitamin C: misplaced zeal.

C supplements had 61% more URT infections than the runners who took vitamin C. Further, we are asked to believe that during a 2-wk period after a race in which they did not compete, 36 of 73 (49%) sedentary control subjects experienced URT infections with an average duration of about 5 d. Because the investigators did not infect their subjects with virus, it would appear to me that the subjects...

To publish or not to publish: that is the question?

Each manuscript received by JACC is sent out to two or more reviewers and is also reviewed by the Editor (or Associate Editor) to whom it is assigned. Each Tuesday morning at our weekly Editors’ meetings, manuscripts are reviewed relative to suitability for publication. We always have more manuscripts with good reviews than we can publish. Such manuscripts are prioritized, thus resulting in the...

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How to Publish Privately

In a world overwhelmed by constant data creation and manipulation, where privacy is becoming a real concern, topics like data usage control, accountability, provenance, protected sharing of resources and trustworthiness of knowledge sources are becoming main topics of discussion among communities of interest. In this paper enhancements are proposed for an existing framework that tackles some of...