All posts; Tags Include "Research"
- March 1, 2017
- 03:12 AM
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The slowing down of the biggest scientific journal
by Richard Kunert in Brain's Idea
PLoS ONE started 11 years ago to disruptively change scholarly publishing. By now it is the biggest scientific journal out there. Why has it become so slow? Many things changed at PLoS ONE over the years, reflecting general trends in how researchers publish their work. For one thing, PLoS ONE grew enourmously. After publishing only […]... Read more »
Wakeling S, Willett P, Creaser C, Fry J, Pinfield S, & Spezi V. (2016) Open-Access Mega-Journals: A Bibliometric Profile. PloS one, 11(11). PMID: 27861511
- February 28, 2017
- 10:43 AM
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Outcome in Early Education Interventions (Educare)
by William Yates, M.D. in Brain Posts
Despite centuries of experience in education, the best time to start formal education is still under debate. Is five years of age too old? Is three years of age too early?One issue with early education interventions is the potential for catch-up in children starting school later. In other words, early gains with younger children may evaporate overtime.One recent research study examines effectiveness of a child development intervention known as Educare. Educare seeks to reduce the achievement gap........ Read more »
Yazejian, N., Bryant, D., Hans, S., Horm, D., St. Clair, L., File, N., & Burchinal, M. (2017) Child and Parenting Outcomes After 1 Year of Educare. Child Development. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12688
- February 26, 2017
- 06:53 PM
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Expert Knowledge: Birds and Worms
by Joshua Fisher in Text Savvy
As adults with expert knowledge, we see the logical and mathematical similarities between the “how many more” and “won’t get” situations, and, thus we are easily fooled into believing that applying skills and knowledge in one task is equivalent to doing so in the other.... Read more »
Hudson, T. (1983) Correspondences and Numerical Differences between Disjoint Sets. Child Development, 54(1), 84. DOI: 10.2307/1129864
- February 22, 2017
- 07:03 AM
- 121 views
SciELO Preprints on the way
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The main objective of SciELO Preprints is to speeding up the availability of research results and will contribute to an organized flow of potentially acceptable preprints by SciELO journals, in line with the advances and growing importance of preprints publication internationally. The cooperative construction of the SciELO Preprints modus operandi will encompass the promotion and debate of the preprints concept, the definition of governance and operations structures and the operational implement........ Read more »
Berg, J., Bhalla, N., Bourne, P., Chalfie, M., Drubin, D., Fraser, J., Greider, C., Hendricks, M., Jones, C., Kiley, R.... (2016) Preprints for the life sciences. Science, 352(6288), 899-901. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf9133
Callaway E. (2017) Heavyweight funders back central site for life-sciences preprints. Nature, 542(7641), 283-284. PMID: 28202994
Ginsparg, P. (2016) Preprint Déjà Vu. The EMBO Journal, 35(24), 2620-2625. DOI: 10.15252/embj.201695531
Pulverer, B. (2016) Preparing for Preprints. The EMBO Journal, 35(24), 2617-2619. DOI: 10.15252/embj.201670030
Vale, R. (2015) Accelerating scientific publication in biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(44), 13439-13446. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511912112
- February 22, 2017
- 04:01 AM
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Do twitter or facebook activity influence scientific impact?
by Richard Kunert in Brain's Idea
Are scientists smart when they promote their work on social media? Isn’t this a waste of time, time which could better be spent in the lab running experiments? No. An analysis of all available articles published by PLoS journals suggests otherwise. My own twitter activity might best be thought of as learning about science (in […]... Read more »
Peoples BK, Midway SR, Sackett D, Lynch A, & Cooney PB. (2016) Twitter Predicts Citation Rates of Ecological Research. PloS one, 11(11). PMID: 27835703
Renear AH, & Palmer CL. (2009) Strategic reading, ontologies, and the future of scientific publishing. Science (New York, N.Y.), 325(5942), 828-32. PMID: 19679805
- February 21, 2017
- 09:02 AM
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Who Can Swim Further: A Race to the Depths and Back (A Guest Post)
by Miss Behavior in The Scorpion and the Frog
By Jefferson LeThe blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest mammal on the planet. Image byNMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA) available at Wikimedia Commons.Helloooooo! My name is Bailey and I am a 25 meter long blue whale, the largest living mammal on Earth! My friend Finley, a 21 meter long fin whale comes in second for largest in size. We had an interesting adventure recently where we were followed by humans. While Finley and I were foraging for food, I overheard the huma........ Read more »
Croll DA, Acevedo-Gutiérrez A, Tershy BR, & Urbán-Ramírez J. (2001) The diving behavior of blue and fin whales: is dive duration shorter than expected based on oxygen stores?. Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular , 129(4), 797-809. PMID: 11440866
- February 14, 2017
- 12:13 PM
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The Complexities of “The Love Hormone”
by Miss Behavior in The Scorpion and the Frog
New York street art. Photo inWikimedia Commons posted by Pedroalmovar.Oxytocin, commonly known as “the love hormone”, is a small chemical that is produced in the brain of mammals, but can both act as a neurotransmitter and enter the blood stream and act as a hormone. It has long been heralded for its role in both maternal and romantic love, but more recent research is showing us just how complicated the physiology of love can be.Oxytocin is released in mammalian mothers after birth. It promo........ Read more »
Shamay-Tsoory SG, & Abu-Akel A. (2016) The Social Salience Hypothesis of Oxytocin. Biological psychiatry, 79(3), 194-202. PMID: 26321019
Zik JB, & Roberts DL. (2015) The many faces of oxytocin: implications for psychiatry. Psychiatry research, 226(1), 31-7. PMID: 25619431
- February 13, 2017
- 08:09 AM
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What is the possible effect of clown interaction on vital signs and nonverbal communication of hospitalized children?
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
Researchers at the Faculdade de Medicina de Jundiaí [Jundiaí School of Medicine], in the city of Jundiaí (State of São Paulo, Brazil) and Universidade Guarulhos [Guarulhos University], in the city of Guarulhos (State of São Paulo, Brazil), published a study that shows the positive and beneficial effects of the interaction of hospitalized children with clowns using as indicators nonverbal communication and vital signs of these children. … Read More →... Read more »
Alcântara, P., Wogel, A., Rossi, M., Neves, I., Sabates, A., & Puggina, A. (2016) Effect of interaction with clowns on vital signs and non-verbal communication of hospitalized children. Revista Paulista de Pediatria (English Edition), 34(4), 432-438. DOI: 10.1016/j.rppede.2016.02.011
- February 10, 2017
- 12:15 PM
- 171 views
Scientific reliability and the role of theory
by Multiple Authors in EPPI-Centre blog
The replication crisis, publication bias, p-hacking, harking, bad incentives, undesirable pressures and probably other factors all contribute to diminish the trustworthiness of published research, with obvious implications for research synthesis. Sergio Graziosi asks whether demanding simple theoretical clarity might be part of the solution.
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Kerr NL. (1998) HARKing: hypothesizing after the results are known. Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc, 2(3), 196-217. PMID: 15647155
Head ML, Holman L, Lanfear R, Kahn AT, & Jennions MD. (2015) The extent and consequences of p-hacking in science. PLoS biology, 13(3). PMID: 25768323
Ioannidis JP. (2005) Why most published research findings are false. PLoS medicine, 2(8). PMID: 16060722
Munafò, M., Nosek, B., Bishop, D., Button, K., Chambers, C., Percie du Sert, N., Simonsohn, U., Wagenmakers, E., Ware, J., & Ioannidis, J. (2017) A manifesto for reproducible science. Nature Human Behaviour, 1(1), 21. DOI: 10.1038/s41562-016-0021
Wicherts JM, Veldkamp CL, Augusteijn HE, Bakker M, van Aert RC, & van Assen MA. (2016) Degrees of Freedom in Planning, Running, Analyzing, and Reporting Psychological Studies: A Checklist to Avoid p-Hacking. Frontiers in psychology, 1832. PMID: 27933012
- February 10, 2017
- 07:19 AM
- 162 views
BHD in patients undergoing chest CT and characteristics of BHD in Korea.
by Joana Guedes in BHD Research Blog
To date, there have been no prospective studies attempting to diagnose BHD syndrome or literature reviews on BHD in Korea. Park et al. (2017) address this in their new study that aims to detect BHD prospectively in patients undergoing chest computed tomography (CT) scans and to classify the characteristics of BHD in Korea.... Read more »
Park HJ, Park CH, Lee SE, Lee GD, Byun MK, Lee S, Lee KA, Kim TH, Kim SH, Yang SY.... (2017) Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome prospectively detected by review of chest computed tomography scans. PloS one, 12(2). PMID: 28151982
- February 8, 2017
- 02:05 PM
- 188 views
Assessment of reproducibility in research results leads to more questions than answers
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
The ‘Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology’ initiative that has the purpose of assessing the reproducibility of preclinical research in Oncology was launched in 2013 as the result of a collaboration between the Center for Open Science and Science Exchange. The first results of the replication studies have just been published, however, their interpretation requires a careful approach. … Read More →... Read more »
Nosek, B., & Errington, T. (2017) Making sense of replications. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.23383
Baker, M. (2016) 1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility. Nature, 533(7604), 452-454. DOI: 10.1038/533452a
Baker, M. (2012) Independent labs to verify high-profile papers. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature.2012.11176
Begley, C., & Ellis, L. (2012) Drug development: Raise standards for preclinical cancer research. Nature, 483(7391), 531-533. DOI: 10.1038/483531ª
Prinz, F., Schlange, T., & Asadullah, K. (2011) Believe it or not: how much can we rely on published data on potential drug targets?. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 10(9), 712-712. DOI: 10.1038/nrd3439-c1
None. (2017) The challenges of replication. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.23693
- February 7, 2017
- 02:15 PM
- 38 views
Biofouling successional processes
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
To assess the successional pattern of fouling organisms we tested the hypothesis that depth, light intensity and predation influences the trajectory of the fouling community. The results suggest that each physical factor or biological process can change the successional trajectory, and the respective model (e.g., convergent, divergent, parallel, or cyclic) depends on the magnitudes of the determinants that act on the community at each stage of its trajectory. … Read More →... Read more »
Masi, B., Zalmon, I., & Coutinho, R. (2016) Effects of structural factors on upwelling fouling community, Southeast Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 64(4), 387-400. DOI: 10.1590/s1679-87592016128706404
- February 4, 2017
- 04:30 PM
- 284 views
Hidden Symmetries
by Joshua Fisher in Text Savvy
The key ideas in the article center around (a) the standard multiplication table—with a row of numbers at the top, a column of numbers down the left, and the products of those numbers in the body of the table, and (b) modulus.... Read more »
Barka, Z. (2017) The Hidden Symmetries of the Multiplication Table. Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 7(1), 189-203. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201701.15
- February 3, 2017
- 11:22 AM
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Brain Shape and Personality Type
by William Yates, M.D. in Brain Posts
Personality has often been conceptualized a a human feature shaped largely by nurture and environment.Unlike major neuroscience medicine disorders, personality features have been considered less influenced by brain structure and genetic influences.A recent brain structure (morphology) study puts these assumptions at risk.Roberta Riccelli along with colleagues in Italy and Florida State University studied brain structural features across 507 participants in the Human Connectome Project.All subjec........ Read more »
Riccelli R, Toschi N, Nigro S, Terracciano A, & Passamonti L. (2017) Surface-based morphometry reveals the neuroanatomical basis of the five-factor model of personality. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. PMID: 28122961
- February 1, 2017
- 01:58 PM
- 452 views
Preprints – the way forward for rapid and open knowledge sharing
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
Preprints – versions of academic articles that have not yet been formally peer-reviewed before publication – are gaining acceptance in the academic world. They deliver open access as well as speedy publication, and their decades old success in physics has spurred on their spread in other disciplines. The development of preprints is accelerating; important funding agencies are in support of them, and also SciELO is planning to set up a preprint server for authors in Latin America and the Glob........ Read more »
Helena Cousijn,, Amye Kenall,, Emma Ganley,, Melissa Harrison,, David Kernohan,, Fiona Murphy,, Patrick Polischuk,, Maryann Martone,, & Timothy Clark. (2017) A Data Citation Roadmap for Scientific Publishers. bioRχiv. DOI: 10.1101/100784
CHAWLA, D.S. (2017) When a preprint becomes the final paper. Nature. info:/
- February 1, 2017
- 12:00 PM
- 50 views
New volume of MANUSCRITO brings novel contributions to a wide variety of topics in philosophy
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective | Press Releases
MANUSCRITO (Vol. 39.1) brings some new original contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics and philosophical logic. It contains articles by specialists from Latin America and Europe on a variety of issues currently discussed in the literature, and represents a substantial contribution to the contemporary philosophical debate. … Read More →... Read more »
Hiller, F. (2016) How to (dis)solve Nagel's paradox about moral luck and responsibility. Manuscrito, 39(1), 5-32. DOI: 10.1590/0100-6045.2016.V39N1.FRH
- January 27, 2017
- 05:13 AM
- 418 views
TSC1 expression is affected by VHL alterations and HIF-1α production in clear-cell RCC
by Joana Guedes in BHD Research Blog
VHL genetic alterations do not affect the production of HIF-α in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). However, their effects on tuberous sclerosis proteins (TSC1/2) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) expression are currently unknown. In a recent study, Damjanovic et al. (2016) evaluated the impact of VHL genetic alterations and HIF-α production on the expression of TSC proteins and Hsp90 in 47 sporadic ccRCCs and corresponding normal tissues.... Read more »
Damjanovic SS, Ilic BB, Beleslin Cokic BB, Antic JA, Bankovic JZ, Milicevic IT, Rodic GS, Ilic DS, Todorovic VN, Puskas N.... (2016) Tuberous sclerosis complex protein 1 expression is affected by VHL Gene alterations and HIF-1α production in sporadic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. Experimental and molecular pathology, 101(3), 323-331. PMID: 27845047
- January 25, 2017
- 12:06 PM
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Jet Lag and Baseball (MLB) Performance
by William Yates, M.D. in Brain Posts
Abrupt changes in the biological clock or circadian rhythm are noted to contribute to significant cognitive and psychomotor impairments.One practical area for this effect to potentially be important is in the area of sports performance.Alex Song and colleagues recently completed an interesting study of major league baseball (MLB) performance related to team travel patterns.The major leagues are divided into regional divisions (western, central and eastern) to minimize length of travel to and fro........ Read more »
Song A, Severini T, & Allada R. (2017) How jet lag impairs Major League Baseball performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 28115724
- January 24, 2017
- 11:52 AM
- 227 views
Crowdfunding and Tribefunding in Science
by Jalees Rehman in The Next Regeneration
Competition for government research grants to fund scientific research remains fierce in the United States. The budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which constitute the major source of funding for US biological and medical research, has been increased only modestly during the past decade but it is not even keeping up with inflation. This problem is compounded by the fact that more scientists are applying for grants now than one or two decades ago, forcing the NIH to enforce strict........ Read more »
Vachelard J, Gambarra-Soares T, Augustini G, Riul P, & Maracaja-Coutinho V. (2016) A Guide to Scientific Crowdfunding. PLoS Biology, 14(2). PMID: 26886064
- January 24, 2017
- 06:42 AM
- 191 views
Study assesses financing sources of open-access article processing charge
by SciELO in SciELO in Perspective
Is there a correlation between article processing charge (APC) and the journals' Impact Factor? What are the funding sources for payment and how do they influence the choice of journals for publication? These and other questions were investigated by authors from Nanjing University, China and the results explain the peculiarity of open access in different countries. … Read More →... Read more »
MADHAN, M., KIMIDI, S. S., GUNASEKARAN S., & ARUNACHALAM S. (2016) Should Indian researchers pay to get their work published?. ePrints@IISc. info:/
WANG, L. L., LIU, X. Z., & FANG, H. (2015) Investigation of the degree to which papers supported by research grants are published in open access health and life sciences journals. Scientometrics, 104(2), 511-528. info:/10.1007/s11192-015-1624-4
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