Useful links to resources for authors?

CONEM's links for authors cover all aspects from scientific writing in English and manuscript preparation to article promotion: http://www.conem.org/links/resources-authors. Do you know about...

10 November 2018 5,713 7 View

Is sugar a carcinogen?

A study by Peeters et al. (2017) suggests that sugar traps cancer in a 'vicious cycle' which make it more aggressive and harder to treat (1). On the question-and-answer site Quora, Ray Schilling,...

09 October 2017 3,087 14 View

How effective are modern cancer drugs?

The majority of the cancer drugs that came on the European market between 2009 and 2013 had no proven effect on either the life expectancy or the quality of life (Davies et al. 2017)....

09 October 2017 4,679 12 View

Can milk consumption lead to increased levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and subsequent increased risk of cancer?

Status quo and perspectives

07 August 2017 8,286 25 View

What are your experiences and views on biomedical journals and peer review processes?

08 September 2016 1,293 3 View

Up to half of all medical literature may be false! But which half?

Horton (2015) states: "The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny...

08 September 2015 5,321 12 View

What medical scientific idea is ready for retirement?

08 September 2015 1,698 11 View

Do 'antioxidants' really play an important role in health -- or are they causing more cancers than they cure?

I should be grateful to know your own impressions and points of view. If you are interested in nutrition and cancer, you may find this paper of...

07 August 2015 9,555 9 View

Why is meat a risk factor for diabetes?

May the reason for this be animal protein (especially leucine), zoonotic viruses, glycotoxins, trans fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, heme iron, or industrial pollutants?

07 August 2015 7,930 8 View

What effects does melatonin have in cancer?

Current knowledge and ongoing research

07 August 2015 7,305 9 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

02 March 2021 0 0 View

How to code open-ended questions in SPSS?

Hello all, In SPSS I am going to code 2 open-ended questions. I have already read all the answers and I made a list of the most important categories to which I can code the answers. This question...

02 March 2021 1,757 4 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

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 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

How to eliminate Steady state error from Reinforcement learning genetic algorithm code?

The following code (see 1st 2 images attached) is used to produce PID controller values that are designed to control the system (G). The code finds the PID controller values (noted as k) by using...

28 February 2021 6,560 14 View

Which is better medicine or food in obesity?

Preference in terms of the scientific aspect

28 February 2021 796 2 View

How could I process data in RCT to include it in meta-analysis?

I'm in the process of doing a meta-analysis and have encountered some problems with the RCT data. One of my outcom is muscle strength. In one study, I have three different measurements of muscle...

25 February 2021 7,603 3 View

Suggestions for occupational stress surveys?

I am currently writing a masters thesis on reasons for occupational stress in the early childhood classroom, and want to include a short survey assessing participants work-related stress levels. I...

24 February 2021 8,678 2 View