Lessons learnt from the 2009 (H1N1) flu pandemic highlighted factors limiting the capacity to collect European data on vaccine exposure, safety and effectiveness, including lack of rapid access to available data sources or expertise, difficulties to establish efficient interactions between multiple parties, lack of confidence between private and public sectors, concerns about possible or actual...

The idea of a code of conduct for economists has been under discussion in heterodox economic circles for several years. It was raised by George De Martino (2008) and re‐iterated by Freeman (2010) in a contribution on the reform of the ‘Subject Benchmark Statement’ for economics (SBSE) – the guidelines drawn up for teaching economics in UK Higher Education institutions by the UK Quality Assuranc...

The prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases in all societies increases steadily and so do the costs for comprehensive scientific proteomics studies. This is due to immense expenses for equipment and consumables as well as to a high number of repetitions to fulfill the statistical imperative. At the same time, techniques become even more complex, whereas suitable samples are scarce, especially ...

1 School of Fisheries, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada, 2 Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Logy Bay, NL, Canada, 3 Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Environmental Conservation Program, Cedar Crest College, A...

In this paper, we discuss the AIS Code of Research Conduct approved by AIS Council at its December 2003 meeting. We explain the purpose of the Code, its focus, who developed the code, and indicate the participation of many leading scholars in our community. We discuss how the Code may be used as an instrument to assist in maintaining the integrity of our journals and conference proceedings. We ...