Experimental biology is a dynamic and rapidly evolving area of research. Consequently, new techniques and concepts are constantly appearing. As this occurs, The Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) also adapts to keep pace as we see manuscript submissions increasingly using new approaches to better understand the mechanisms that underlie organismal function and diversity. In recent years, two ...

publicpolicies are the functions of the political systems for the national sovereignty. governments govern national wills under public policies. if the legislative version of these public policies be provided upon the scientific and political considerations it still remains useless unless it could pass the implementation stage successfully. the implementation of the public policies is the main ...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the extent of human isocyanate skin exposure in auto body shops and the effectiveness of personal protective equipment. Animal studies have suggested that skin exposure to isocyanates may be an important risk factor for respiratory sensitization leading to asthma. This study provides initial data on hexamethylene diisocyanate skin exposure in three auto body sho...

A new international standard of editorial policy calls for written informed consent by the subject of every case report. Although this appears to be ethically appealing, the authors posit that in some situations, requesting informed consent may be unethical, can harm patients, and may erode the use of case reports as a valuable teaching method in psychiatry and psychotherapy. The authors discus...

Animal research is not only regulated by legislation but also by self-regulatory mechanisms within the scientific community, which include biomedical journals' policies on animal use. For editorial policies to meaningfully impact attitudes and practice, they must not only be put into effect by editors and reviewers, but also be set to high standards. We present a novel tool to classify journals...

The popularization of science and public health was a major reason for the choice by the Editors of CSP to illustrate the covers of the journal’s 2017 editions with the theme Street Art 1. This same choice served as the inspiration for organizing the first internship program in science publishing in Brazil. Just as many people believe that the urban canvases covering cities are hardly appropria...