Background: Many manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals are rejected for reasons that include low‐quality of the manuscripts. Aim: The aim of this study is to identify and characterize the common errors in manuscripts submitted to medical journals based in Africa and Asia. Materials and Methods: Reviewers’ reports on 42 manuscripts were analyzed qualitatively using deductive coding, and q...

The Information Retrieval System "Manuscript" is intended for storing, editing and processing electronic copies of manuscripts. By retaining all the peculiarities of the ancient treasures, the Manuscript system provides a thorough input of texts/manuscripts under study while preserving the integrity of the original electronic copy of the manuscript, text transcription, and transliteration for t...

Around 2004, we officially began to accept manuscripts electronically. Now, probably half the manuscripts I receive come as electronic attachments. What I propose is that, starting with Volume 28, we will only accept electronic submissions, but even before this date, I would encourage everyone to send us their manuscripts electronically. Watch for new submission instructions on the inside cover...

manuscripts of manuchehri’s divan are relatively new. only one manuscript dates back to 1051 a.h. scribes have systematically “modernized” the older records. to have access to the poet’s language, one must either refer to the old manuscripts which are still unknown or else resort to literary miscellanies containing the poet’s poems. the author has presented here a number of different and rather...

BACKGROUND The health benefits of regular physical activity and exercise have been widely acknowledged. Unfortunately, a decline in physical activity is observed in older adults. Knowledge of the determinants of physical activity (unstructured activity incorporated in daily life) and exercise (structured, planned and repetitive activities) is needed to effectively promote an active lifestyle. O...

Determining what fraction of texts and manuscripts have survived from Antiquity and the Middle Ages has been highly problematic. Analyzing the transmission of texts as the "paleodemography" of their manuscripts yields definite and surprisingly high estimates. Parchment copies of the foremost medieval textbooks on arithmetical and calendrical calculation closely fit age distributions expected fo...

We present the BIBLIMOS project, which aims to address the Western Saharan culture and history, by considering both local ancient Arabic manuscripts and European colonial archives. We describe the project’s context and objectives before focusing on ancient Mauritanian manuscripts, the content of which covers many scientific fields. We assess the current state of such ancient manuscripts’ digita...

We discuss the use of multivariate kernel smoothing methods to date manuscripts dating from the 11th to the 15th centuries, in the English county of Essex. The dataset consists of some 3300 dated and 5000 undated manuscripts, and the former are used as a training sample for imputing dates for the latter. It is assumed that two manuscripts that are “close”, in a sense that may be defined by a ve...

This editorial discusses principles that may be useful in guiding authors in preparation of manuscripts to be submitted for consideration for publication in Animal Feed Science and Technology (AFST). The editorial highlights some of the difficulties with manuscripts that can lead to problems with reviewers and editors, and outlines approaches to manuscript preparation that the CoEditors in Chie...