THE USE OF PEERS TO ASSESS THE work of fellow scientists goes back at least 200 years. It is usually assumed to raise the quality of the end product and to provide a mechanism for rational, fair, and objective decision making. Despite the fact that peer review has such a long history and is so well established, research into its effects is a recent phenomenon. However, the body of original rese...

This proposal discusses details about Peer-VM which is a peer-to-peer (P2P) networking system allowing users to share the virtual machines (VM) in a P2P fashion for the purpose of Grid Computing. Peer-VM allows for the on demand addition of the virtual machines to the resource pool of existing Grid Computing systems like In-VIGO [9]. This proposal presents the Peer-VM architecture and discusses...

Physicians working in hospitals face challenges when it comes to understanding and meeting the medical, legal, and ethical subjects outlined in the hospital bylaws. Hospital staff physicians and the hospital administration both aspire for high quality medical care and the assurance of patient safety. Unfortunately, when quality concerns surface, there can be reasonable differences of opinion as...

Peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given (and often narrowly defined) field, who are qualified and able to perform impartial review. Impartial review, especially of work in less narrowly defined or inter-dis...

Peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given (and often narrowly defined) field, who are qualified and able to perform impartial review. Impartial review, especially of work in less narrowly defined or inter-dis...

Peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given (and often narrowly defined) field, who are qualified and able to perform impartial review. Impartial review, especially of work in less narrowly defined or inter-dis...

Peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given (and often narrowly defined) field, who are qualified and able to perform impartial review. Impartial review, especially of work in less narrowly defined or inter-dis...

Peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field. Peer review requires a community of experts in a given (and often narrowly defined) field, who are qualified and able to perform impartial review. Impartial review, especially of work in less narrowly defined or inter-dis...

Please note that this is an author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available on the publisher Web site. Research in Microbiology November 2015, Volume 166, Issue 9, Pages 665-667 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2015.08.003 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00277/38850/ © 2015 Institut Pasteur. Publish...

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