Is it morally correct for journals to request article processing charges?

I know publishing houses spend lots of money to prepare, publishing and hosting published manuscripts. But considering the fact that they don't pay authors for their manuscript, as well as they...

05 June 2019 2,942 1 View

What's the best drug consumption date?

There is a pharm crisis taking place in my backyard. Recent a cough syrup entered the pharmaceutical market but with manufacturing date of 8th March 2019 and expire date of 20th March 2020. The...

01 February 2019 5,273 1 View

When is predictive analysis using AIC logistic modeling apprpriate?

I am on a treatment outcome studies but confused whether to use AIC stepwise logistic model to predict treatment success using patient clinical and non clinical characteristics....i am analysing...

31 December 2017 3,165 3 View

Should I play it safe with hard to discuss estimate parameters?

Three out of five of my covariates in my logistic model are significant but can only find explanation/ interpretation for one of the significant ones. Should I only discuss the one and leave out...

07 August 2017 5,455 2 View

Should people from Zikka virus affected countries be initially quarantined??

Zikka virus is spreading across south america and the US and this is not a good sign for global public health. During the ebola outbreak in 2014 people coming from countries where the ebola...

01 February 2016 6,945 20 View

Should we use odds ratio or relative risk when calculating Vaccine Efficiency in trials?

Can someone tell me why OR is used instead of the RR for most vaccine trials? Definitely those trials are prospective cohorts design but browsing through publications including those of CDC on vac...

08 September 2015 1,621 8 View

Will test-stats result for two sample and One Way ANOVA F-test have identical result in terms of P-value?

31 December 2014 880 7 View

Can one consider coefficient of correlation and covariance between two variables a form of measure of association?

I am doing a study to determine whether syndromic data can be used to predict the case fatality rate in an epidemic. I have come to realized that determining the coefficient of correlation and...

11 December 2014 4,050 17 View

Is there an article on syndromic surveillance of ebola outbreak?

One main way for containing ebola outbreak and spread is through active surveillance. proper data reporting and monitoring has worked in past outbreak. Does someone know of any publication that...

10 November 2014 7,168 3 View

Is he patient zero?

Consider doing an epidemic study and have collected data on the index/primary case. Three months thereafter you are told of someone who died four months prior to the start of your study and with...

09 October 2014 5,077 5 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Can Ethovision store the generated data and video recordings directly to NAS system?

The size of data generated by Ethovision is huge. Having NAS system for data storage seems to be a good option, I am wondering whether Ethovision can directly store the data to the NAS system...

27 February 2021 6,350 2 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

What are the patterns of human behavior that lead to COVID-19 infections?

Does data from contact tracing help in establishing patterns of behavior and social interactions that lead to infections? There are cases here in the Philippines where patients have no travel...

25 February 2021 9,002 13 View

Inpatient DBT to reduce parasuicidal behaviour?

Currently trying to obtain as many pieces of research as possible for my dissertation around the implementation of DBT within the inpatient unit for those with a diagnosis of BPD. Primarily...

23 February 2021 5,654 2 View

Could anyone recommend papers that focus on mixed-ethnicity Black-Caribbean/Caucasian adopted children?

Dear All, I have been looking for papers, or books, that focus on the issues surrounding adoption of mixed Black-Caribbean/Caucasian children. I am interested in literature that looks at any...

22 February 2021 8,466 2 View

How COVID-19 has affected mental health?

The pandemic has led to depression and anxiety and its negative effects shouldn't be ignored. However, it has also led some people to become more resilient! What do you think? Thank you.

21 February 2021 4,733 19 View

Can medicinal plants really play an inherent rule in the COVID-19 tackle?

Numerous scientific reports cited plant extracts with potential antiviral activity and even anti-COVID-19? Why these findings are neglected? I remember very well the warning released by the WHO to...

17 February 2021 2,141 9 View

How can I interpret a ratio variable?

Dear colleagues, I am running a regression in which I have the following regression FoodExp = 67.04 DepRatio +.....e My interest is in the interpretation of the coefficient on the dependency...

16 February 2021 2,058 2 View