The gene drive bubble: New realities

The gene drive bubble: New realities

The last couple of years have seen a profound rise in excitement about the many possible uses of gene drive systems (GDSs)—and of the possible drawbacks of this technology. Much of the focus has been on bioethical and biomedical questions about their implementation. On the plus side, a GDS could be used to suppress populations of disease vectors and invasive species. On the negative side, escap...

Organizational Effectiveness: New Realities

The "new realities" of peer review.

THE EDITORS OF THE Journal of Neurophysiology are committed to the rapid and constructive peer review of manuscripts. The average processing times (from submission to first decision) for new papers submitted in 2016 are indicated in Fig. 1. In this figure, each of the major article types published by the Journal (Innovative Methodology, Neuro Forum, Rapid Reports, Research Articles, and Review ...

New Realities, New Rhythms, other Structures

It is important to analyze the role of screens – computers specially – in the image era we are living, the development of computers as new characters in our every day lives and the intimate relationship established between the user and the multimedia background in front of him. E-mail, internet, animation programs, image processing and other social-artistic advantages of the computer bring othe...

New Realities of the Enterprise Management System Information Support: Economic and Mathematical Models and Cloud Technologies

The paper focuses on the urgency of the implementation of cloud technologies, which are a necessary condition for the development of enterprise management systems, give rise to a complex of insufficiently studied phenomena and processes and determine the need to find new tools in making and implementing reasonable management decisions. In the process of research, the sequence of construction an...