Peer Review - What is it? Why use it?

What Is Facilitation and Why Use It ?

Facilitation, as the term is used in this book, refers to processes by which one member of a group operates to help the group analyze issues, learn from experience, and work as a team to draw conclusions. In aviation settings, the facilitator is typically an instructor, however facilitation requires the instructor to work in ways quite different from those of traditional instruction. The tradit...

Rheumatoid cachexia: what is it and why is it important?

Radiogenomics: what it is and why it is important.

In recent years, a new direction in cancer research has emerged that focuses on the relationship between imaging phenotypes and genomics. This direction is referred to as radiogenomics or imaging genomics. The question that subsequently arises is: What is the practical significance of elucidating this relationship in improving cancer patient outcomes. In this article, I address this question. A...

Wearable electroencephalography. What is it, why is it needed, and what does it entail?

The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a classic noninvasive method for measuring a person's brain waves and is used in a large number of fields: from epilepsy and sleep disorder diagnosis to brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Electrodes are placed on the scalp to detect the microvolt-sized signals that result from synchronized neuronal activity within the brain. Current long-term EEG monitoring is g...

What is Peer Review, and Does it Have a Future?

Peer review underlies the present system of scholarly publication. The present essay examines what authors, reviewers and editors are saying about peer review and its future. Factors discussed include peer reviewer motivation, the process and potential alternatives, validity and reliability, recognition and rewards for peer reviewers, and the impact of technology and Open Access on scholarly co...