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

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

Does anyone see any link between Leon Dash's Rosa Lee novel and the ecological determinants of health behavior?

Most people like myself who have gone through Leon Dash's Rosa Lee novel only see the role of racism and poverty. Could there be other issues the novel is portraying which I am not seeing??

10 November 2014 5,165 0 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

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

How does an antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody?

Hello, I was just wondering how does a antibody have full intact antibody + half antibody? Is it because of the drug conjugation?

28 February 2021 1,577 1 View

Which one carries more value? A research paper in a Scopus Indexed conference proceedings or the same paper in a Journal without Scopus indexing?

I am looking for the suggestion among which one to pick from the above two categories for a research work.

27 February 2021 10,025 1 View

Which indexation is better Scopus or Web of Science?

Both are very repetitive indexing agencies.

26 February 2021 9,455 4 View

What could be reason for getting such type of graph for complex impedance in case of polymer blend films?

Its effect appears in real part of ac conductivity also. Can anyone suggest any reason behind it?

26 February 2021 3,487 3 View

Data Analysis K-S and S-W tests?

Hello, I have conducted analysis where the K-W and S-W have come out as p

25 February 2021 9,648 3 View

How do I choose contrasts in SPM8?

I am learning how to use SPM for PET and PET-MR analysis, but I haven't found any great resources that explain how contrasts work. I have a series of PET images where our hypothesis argues that...

24 February 2021 1,534 2 View

How can Gamma Ray API units be converted to CPS (counts per second)?

Oil and gas companies run gamma ray tool and take readings in API units while Gamma ray is also noted in cps, so how these units can be converted into each other?

24 February 2021 7,545 2 View

Resistivity of PVD TiNx thin films vs. N2 flow?

In the PVD of TiN thin films (~100A), I've found the resistivity of the TiN films dropped from ~100 to 60um*cm with N2 flow increasing up to the metallic mode ending point; then the resistivity...

21 February 2021 1,864 2 View