Research / Scholarship posts
- March 16, 2010
- 08:08 PM
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Mad Neanderthals, peer review and scholarly publication
by Julien Riel-Salvatore in A Very Remote Period Indeed
There's been a growing rumble in the world of scientific publishing for the past several months, focusing especially on the nature and practices of the journal Medical Hypotheses. Briefly put, MH is a non-peer-reviewed journal that publishes original, controversial and thought-provoking ideas ("hypotheses" defined in the broadest possible sense, I guess you could say) about the medical realm sensu lato. Now, as reported by Science Insider, MH's editor, Bruce Charlton (here's his blog presenting ........ Read more »
Riel-Salvatore J. (2008) Mad Neanderthal disease? Some comments on "A potential role for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Neanderthal extinction". Medical hypotheses, 71(3), 473-4. PMID: 18524493
UNDERDOWN, S. (2008) A potential role for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Neanderthal extinction. Medical Hypotheses, 71(1), 4-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.12.014
- March 15, 2010
- 05:52 AM
- 62 views
How to Stop Smoking
by Neuroskeptic in Neuroskeptic
1. Don't smoke.2. See 1.This is essentially what Simon Chapman and Ross MacKenzie suggest in a provocative PloS Medicine paper, The Global Research Neglect of Unassisted Smoking Cessation: Causes and Consequences.Their point is deceptively simple: there is lots of research looking at drugs and other treatments to help people quit smoking tobacco, but little attention is paid to people who quit without any help, despite the fact that the majority (up to 75%) of quitters do just that. This is good........ Read more »
Chapman S, & MacKenzie R. (2010) The global research neglect of unassisted smoking cessation: causes and consequences. PLoS medicine, 7(2). PMID: 20161722
- March 14, 2010
- 11:50 PM
- 53 views
Science blogs and public engagement with science: practices, challenges, and talking out of your ass
by Isis the Scientist in On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess...
This week a couple of my Sciblings have been abuzz about an article published in some journal I'd never heard of... a minor impact journal...the Journal of Who Gives a Fuck Science Communication. Bora has a great break down of some of the major criticisms. Drugmonkey, one of the subjects of the "analysis" in this article, is also displeased and critical of the author's conclusions.I've
since read the offending article and can only tell you this - I have no
idea what the balls the aut........ Read more »
Inna Kouper. (2010) Science blogs and public engagement with science: practices, challenges, and opportunities. Journal of Science Communication, 9(1). info:/
- March 14, 2010
- 07:59 AM
- 31 views
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Diet Coke & Health. Part I.
by Laika in Laika's Medliblog
At Medical and Technology of Joseph Kim, the upcoming Grand Rounds host, I saw the blog post “Need your help on Facebook to get Diet Coke to Donate $50,000 to the Foundation for NIH”.
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has started a national campaign in the US, The Heart Truth®. They issued a challenge in [...]... Read more »
Litsa K Lambrakos, Pamela Coxson, Lee Goldman, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo. (2010) Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and the Attributable Burden to Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease. Circulation. info:other/
Malik VS, Schulze MB, & Hu FB. (2006) Intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain: a systematic review. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 84(2), 274-88. PMID: 16895873
Wolff E, & Dansinger ML. (2008) Soft drinks and weight gain: how strong is the link?. Medscape journal of medicine, 10(8), 189. PMID: 18924641
Forshee RA, Anderson PA, & Storey ML. (2008) Sugar-sweetened beverages and body mass index in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 87(6), 1662-71. PMID: 18541554
Gibson S. (2008) Sugar-sweetened soft drinks and obesity: a systematic review of the evidence from observational studies and interventions. Nutrition research reviews, 21(2), 134-47. PMID: 19087367
Janssen I, Katzmarzyk PT, Boyce WF, Vereecken C, Mulvihill C, Roberts C, Currie C, Pickett W, & Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Obesity Working Group. (2005) Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school-aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 6(2), 123-32. PMID: 15836463
- March 13, 2010
- 04:16 PM
- 84 views
The most hated journal in science?
by Andrew Sun in On The Road
Enserink, M. (2010). Elsevier to Editor: Change Controversial Journal or Resign Science, 327 (5971), 1316-1316 DOI: 10.1126/science.327.5971.1316A non-peer-reviewed journal called Medical Hypotheses is facing possibly its end as reported by Science, because it contains science related contents that are not...... Read more »
Enserink, M. (2010) Elsevier to Editor: Change Controversial Journal or Resign. Science, 327(5971), 1316-1316. DOI: 10.1126/science.327.5971.1316
- March 13, 2010
- 11:06 AM
- 37 views
The evidence is: status, communication training, and intrinsic rewards are positively associated with scientists communicating with the media
by Christina Pikas in Christina's LIS Rant
Myths abound about how scientists do not talk with the media or communicate with the public and if they do so, it is only because they are required to by funders' "broader impact" requirements. The evidence, however, does not support this view. This article is another in a series of communications based on a multi-national study of how scientists in several fields communicate with the media. (you might have seen [1] or [2]). This article only uses data from US scientists who were re........ Read more »
Dunwoody, S., Brossard, D., . (2009) Socialization or rewards? Predicting U.S. scientist-media interactions. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 86(2), 299-314. info:/
- March 12, 2010
- 12:00 PM
- 81 views
The (empirical) rule of 8%
by Pablo Artal in Optics confidential
Some advice on how to deal with students and postdocs...... Read more »
Perez, G., Archer, S., & Artal, P. (2009) Optical Characterization of Bangerter Foils. Investigative Ophthalmology , 51(1), 609-613. DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3726
- March 11, 2010
- 01:42 PM
- 27 views
Science in Russia
by Olexandr Isayev in isayev.info
Ever since the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991, Russian leaders have been vowing to transform their old-line, industrial society into a modern, knowledge-based economy driven by innovative science and technology. The current Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has repeated that ambition frequently — not least as a way to overcome Russia’s dependence on oil and [...]... Read more »
Editorial. (2010) Scientific glasnost. Nature, 464(7286), 141-142. DOI: 10.1038/464141b
News. (2007) Russian science: What the scientists say. Nature, 449(7162), 528-530. DOI: 10.1038/449528a
- March 10, 2010
- 05:10 PM
- 64 views
Can We Rely on fMRI?
by Neuroskeptic in Neuroskeptic
Craig Bennett (of Prefrontal.org) and Michael Miller, of dead fish brain scan fame, have a new paper out: How reliable are the results from functional magnetic resonance imaging?Tal over at the [citation needed] blog has an excellent in-depth discussion of the paper, and Mind Hacks has a good summary, but here's my take on what it all means in practical terms.Suppose you scan someone's brain while they're looking at a picture of a cat. You find that certain parts of their brain are activated to ........ Read more »
Bennett CM, Miller MB. (2010) How reliable are the results from functional magnetic resonance imaging?. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. info:/
- March 9, 2010
- 04:39 PM
- 61 views
Darwin and Spencer in the Middle East
by Eric Michael Johnson in The Primate Diaries
It is a common argument by those who are opposed to evolution's implication for religious belief to label Darwin as a social Darwinist and a racist. Adrian Desmond and James Moore's book Darwin's Sacred Cause has gone a long way towards dispelling any claims that Darwin sought to justify black inferiority (in fact, as they show, it was just the opposite). However, the claim that Darwin inspired social Darwinism is a persistent argument and those that proffer it will stoop to any level in order........ Read more »
Elshakry, Marwa. (2003) Darwin's Legacy in the Arab East: Science, Religion and Politics, 1870-1914. Princeton University D.Phil. Thesis. info:/
- March 8, 2010
- 03:32 PM
- 110 views
How do researchers use online journals?
by Martin Fenner in Gobbledygook
Last Monday I was listening to a very interesting presentation by Ian Rowlands, reader in scholarly communication in the Department of Information Studies at University College London. He and his colleagues are interested in how researchers find and use information, and how this has changed with the internet, especially for the Google Generation.... Read more »
Nicholas, D., Clark, D., Rowlands, I., & Jamali, H. (2009) Online use and information seeking behaviour: institutional and subject comparisons of UK researchers. Journal of Information Science, 35(6), 660-676. DOI: 10.1177/0165551509338341
- March 8, 2010
- 02:21 AM
- 35 views
Formal, Informal, and Hidden Curricula of a Psychiatry Clerkship
by Dr Shock in Dr Shock MD PhD
Both the hidden and informal curriculum take place after or next to the theoretical teaching, the formal teaching and has an important part in the shaping of the medical students’ professionalism and professional values. Moreover, these forms of the curriculum have a major impact on the learning potential of med students. Yet little is known [...]
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Wear D, & Skillicorn J. (2009) Hidden in plain sight: the formal, informal, and hidden curricula of a psychiatry clerkship. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 84(4), 451-8. PMID: 19318777
- March 7, 2010
- 03:28 PM
- 77 views
Are they scientists?
by Andrew Sun in On The Road
This is not a rheology post (yet).The recent Nature editorial:Editorial (2010). Do scientists really need a PhD? Nature, 464 (7285), 7-7 DOI: 10.1038/464007a caught Chinese readers eyes slightly more than usual, because it mentioned in detail a China based commercial...... Read more »
Editorial. (2010) Do scientists really need a PhD?. Nature, 464(7285), 7-7. DOI: 10.1038/464007a
- March 6, 2010
- 01:24 PM
- 55 views
Black men in women’s work do not get to ride the glass escalator
by Christina Pikas in Christina's LIS Rant
This post reviews a fairly recent article that examines the experiences of black men in nursing and asks whether they experience the "glass escalator" effect or if the work is racialized as well as gendered.
As requested by some fellow Sciblings, I recently blogged about an older article* that coined the term glass escalator. In my post I was uncertain about how the findings from the study were viewed by experts familiar with that body of work. In the comments, Kris D, who identifies........ Read more »
Wingfield, A. (2009) Racializing the Glass Escalator: Reconsidering Men's Experiences with Women's Work. Gender , 23(1), 5-26. DOI: 10.1177/0891243208323054
- March 3, 2010
- 12:42 PM
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Porn is good for you
by Bryan in Imaging Geek
Science has some good news for any pornhounds that may be out there. Porn may be good for you.Its long been though that porn is associated with a range of negative social attitudes; including promoting sexual violence and negative attitudes towards women. Turns out that, at least in the case of these two issues, this doesn't appear to be the case.In a finding sure to piss off some feminists:Now let’s look at attitudes towards women. Studies of men who had seen X-rated movies found that they ........ Read more »
Diamond, M. (2009) Pornography, public acceptance and sex related crime: A review. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 32(5), 304-314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.06.004
- March 3, 2010
- 12:14 PM
- 121 views
Porn is Good For You
by Bryan in Imaging Geek
Its long been though that porn is associated with a range of negative social attitudes; including promoting sexual violence and negative attitudes towards women. Turns out that, at least in the case of these two issues, this doesn't appear to be the case.... Read more »
Diamond, M. (2009) Pornography, public acceptance and sex related crime: A review. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 32(5), 304-314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.06.004
- March 3, 2010
- 10:51 AM
- 14 views
Nutts
by Erika Cule in Blogging the PhD
In February of this year, my supervisor at the time circulated to the members of his group Professor David Nutt's article (*pdf*) Equasy - An overlooked addiction with implications for the current debate on drug harms [1]. At the time,...... Read more »
Nutt DJ. (2009) Equasy-- an overlooked addiction with implications for the current debate on drug harms. Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 23(1), 3-5. PMID: 19158127
Nutt D. (2009) Estimating drug harms: a risky business?. Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. info:other/
Nutt D, King LA, Saulsbury W, & Blakemore C. (2007) Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse. Lancet, 369(9566), 1047-53. PMID: 17382831
- March 2, 2010
- 08:38 AM
- 49 views
Consent: Darkness ‘Neath the Lamp
by The Journal Nomads in Vagus Journalis
I am not always a big fan of the articles by BMJ’s Ethics Man Daniel Sokol because I think his articles are, more often than not, inclined towards the ideal without much regard for the practical, at least, from the perspective that I have, of working in a developing world medical institution. However, in this case, I must admit that he has nailed the issue head on. Apparently, it is not just the developing world where consent taking is a rather lowly menial work relegated to the junior most me........ Read more »
Sokol, D. (2009) Informed consent is more than a patient's signature. BMJ, 339(aug27 1). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3224
- March 2, 2010
- 02:49 AM
- 45 views
Personalized Medical Education
by Dr Shock in Dr Shock MD PhD
Medical Schools or medical education is mainly done in universities. Medical education in universities especially undergraduate education in North America as well as in Europe are full with very basic science such as chemistry, physics, but also laboratory branches such as biochemical education. I can still remember long afternoons using a pipette in endless rows [...]
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Curry RH, & Montgomery K. (2010) Toward a liberal education in medicine. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 85(2), 283-7. PMID: 20107358
Thornhill JT 4th, & Tong L. (2006) From Yoda to Sackett: the future of psychiatry medical student education. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 30(1), 23-8. PMID: 16473990
- February 28, 2010
- 08:30 PM
- 57 views
Book reviewing and academic freedom
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
I have served as book review editor for Discourse and Society for ten years and recently resigned from my roles as book review editor for Discourse Studies and Discourse and Communication because the workload had become too much for one person. In all those years I have thoroughly enjoyed my role as book review editor [...]... Read more »
Joseph H.H. Weiler. (2010) Editorial: Book Reviewing and Academic Freedom. European Journal of International Law, 20(4), 967-976. DOI: 10.1093/ejil/chp114
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