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Mathematical modeling in epidemiology (MME) is being used increasingly. However, there are many uncertainties in terms of definitions, uses and quality features of MME.
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PMID: 21304976
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I measured productivity and impact of faculty at North American institutions with American Psychological Association accredited clinical programs. Publications, citations, and h-indexes derived from 4 top assessment journals were calculated over a 10-year period (1999-2009). I identified a total of...
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PMID: 20408020
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We conclude that psychological and biomedical research on autism is currently a growing field in our country. However, important changes are needed, both in the way the authors conduct and communicate their studies, and in the commitment of some institutions (specially, universities and parent advoc...
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PMID: 20423628
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Writing for publication is a responsibility of all a profession's members; however, nurses may not have had the opportunity to learn the process of writing and publishing manuscripts in professional journals. The process of writing for publication begins with an idea that is focused on and slanted t...
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PMID: 20507007
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Participation in scholarly activities and student authorship of a peer-reviewed journal manuscript during pharmacy school may lead to increased interest in a career in academic pharmacy....
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PMID: 20498740
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This cross-sectional study aimed at evaluating the abstracts of all articles published in the 'Jornal Brasileiro de Odontopediatria e Odontologia do Bebê' in order to collect data on the study design used, the most researched topics and the Brazilian states with the highest scientific production. C...
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PMID: 20339719
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During the period studied, a total of 2507 manuscripts were submitted to Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 26% of these papers had female first authors, and this proportion increased continuously from 16% in 2001 to 32% in 2007, whereafter it remained constant. The proportion of papers submitted by fe...
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PMID: 20361376
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Jean Reverzy (1914-1959) was a general practitioner in Lyons who got a sudden literary fame with his first novel Le Passage. From 1954 to his death he published Place des angoisses (1956), Le Corridor (1958) and Le Silence de Cambridge (1960). In his books a mirror image is always given of Lyons, a...
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PMID: 20527338
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"The Porter" brings us close to the nightmare plaguing white America's collective imagination during the 20th century's formative years, when white and black collided and racial definition conflated. Hemingway's piece about a young white boy, his father, and the African-American porter who serves th...
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PMID: 20658775
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There is a pressing need for psychiatric nurse authors to write about their professional image as well as issues they face in clinical practice. In this article, two psychiatric nurses describe how using Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change can serve a...
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PMID: 20102131
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Collaborative research provides numerous benefits, such as the contribution of multiple perspectives and a more rounded approach to the research question. This paper considers and discusses the rights of individuals involved in collaborative research and the protections necessary should the team cha...
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PMID: 20222277
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This article aims to analyze a European view of the 17th century Spanish culture. Naudé's "Advis pour dresser une bibliothèque" (1627) - translated twice into English: "Instructions concerning erecting of a library" (1661) and "Advice on establishing a library" (1950) - represents a wide set of bi...
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PMID: 21189656
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This study was undertaken to explore a bibliometric approach to quantitatively assess current research trends in lung cancer in Japan, using the related literature in the Science Citation Index (SCI) database from 1991 to 2008.
Articles were analyzed by the scientific output and research performance...
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PMID: 20962440
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The influence of the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, its articles, and its authors is readily apparent in this review of the most cited articles and authors in the journal over its first 20 years of publication. This journal is a source of highly cited original articles and the work of many highly ci...
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PMID: 20035179
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The output of publications in cardiovascular medicine during 2009 originating from Turkey's institutions were evaluated based on data of the Web of Knowledge. Only original articles and reviews appearing full-text in source publications of Science Citation Index CD Edition were included. A weighted...
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PMID: 20215847
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The aim of this study was to assess the scientific quality of the 265 dental articles that were present in January 2008 in the German-language version of Wikipedia. For this purpose, the Wikipedia entries were examined for their correctness by comparing them with the current dental literature. Every...
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PMID: 21261123
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This article, the second in a five-part series, explores the ways in which best practice might be presented successfully through articles published within journals. The article discusses the importance of preparatory research and 'thinking time', the need for an article plan and how to target journa...
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PMID: 20373611
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