OBJECTIVES To summarize current excellent research in the field of access to health information. METHOD Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2008. RESULTS Four articles from international peer reviewed journals were selected for this section. This selection is composed of two studies which gives an overview of how people currently access health information and two descrip...

This document provides a comprehensive review of information and data relevant to the environmental risk assessment of the protein 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase isolated from Agrobacterium sp. strain CP4 (CP4 EPSPS) and presents a summary statement about the environmental safety of this protein. All sources of information reviewed herein were publically available and included: dos...

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...

On page 8, lines 29 to 42, the authors present a statement but it is not compelling. The authors pose a hypothetical situation, “If researchers spend a fixed amount of time on applications”, which their own data indicates is not pertinent. The statement itself is enigmatic. Spending less time on the “other parts” of the application does not explicate the finding of the study that more time was ...

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...