Sir, the recent publication on “Publication Ethics” is very interesting (1). The article by Fazly Bazzaz and Sadeghi demonstrated many interesting cases                   of misconducts. Indeed, the misconducts can be seen  in many ways. As mentioned in the present publication, both author and editor can perform publication misconducts. Nevertheless, the problem has many more facets. Sometimes,...

The Edwards Aquifer in south-central Texas, U.S.A. is recognized worldwide for its aquatic species of flora and fauna, many of which are endangered or threatened, and also is the sole water source supporting the industrial, agricultural, municipal, and recreational needs of nearly 2 million people. Because it is generally the first species affected by low spring flows, the endangered fountain d...

Study objective: To estimate the relative health effects of the income and health insurance provisions of the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance. Setting and participants: About 10000 employees of city contractors are subject to the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance, which establishes an annually adjusted minimum wage ($7.99 per hour in July 2002) and requires employers to contribute $...

6627 Background: Knowledge within oncology is disseminated primarily via peer-reviewed journals. The potential for dissemination of erroneous data exists, an issue that has not been explored in oncology. We evaluated errata from the Journal of Clinical Oncology and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute published between 2004-2007. METHODS Two authors independently abstracted data regar...

Objective(s): Recent evidence has shown underlying roles of gut dysbiosis and metabolic endotoxemia in obesity and its complications. Despite the large number of experimental and clinical researches performed on gut microbiota and obesity, no bibliometrics’ study has been conducted so far. We aimed to assess the trend of global scientific publications in the field of gut microbiota and obesity....

Title: Independent Association of Resting Energy Expenditure with Blood Pressure: Confirmation in Populations of the African Diaspora Authors: Chloe Creber ([email protected]) Richard Cooper ([email protected]) Jacob Plange-Rhule ([email protected]) Pascal Bovet ([email protected]) Estelle Lambert ([email protected]) Terrence Forrester ([email protected]) Dale Schoeller (...

OBJECTIVE To determine the safety of spironolactone prescribing in the setting of the UK National Health Service. DESIGN Population based longitudinal analysis using a record linkage database. SETTING Tayside, Scotland. Population All patients who received one or more dispensed prescriptions for spironolactone between 1994 and 2007. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rates of prescribing for spironola...

introduction deformities of the uvula are considered as the dark area of otorhinolaryngology practice. this little and plain part of the human organism has various functions and its abnormalities might cause serious disabilities. case presentation in our case report, we present a unique deformity of the uvula in a 56-year-old woman. discussion the aim of this report was to present a very rare c...