David Neil

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Italicization in molecule name: N-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine (NAPQI)?

Is there a convention for correct italicization of abbreviated parts of chemical molecule names? For...

14 January 2021 7,595 3 View

Why do US National Burn Repository cases with valid hospital charges data have longer mean hospital days per %TBSA compared with survivors overall?

Successive National Burn Repository (NBR) Annual Reports consistently show a mean of approximately 1 hospital day per %TBSA burn across all patient records. For example, analyzing data from Table...

25 February 2020 636 2 View

What is a good ratio of hits to misses in a literature search?

An ideal literature search should retrieve relevant articles, and omit irrelevant ones, using the fewest terms possible. However, a search strategy that is too focused will likely miss some...

09 January 2018 2,909 5 View

Why does Marmite 'expand' after transport in aeroplane hold baggage?

Marmite is a viscous, savory food paste processed from brewers yeast, that many British people like to spread on toasted bread or crumpets. Due to patchy availability in Asia, I bring jars in my...

18 December 2017 8,962 4 View

What is the incidence of herpes zoster in South East Asian countries?

I am researching epidemiology of herpes zoster in Asia-Pacific, and so far have incidence data from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and Korea. The only data for Thailand is a rate of...

23 June 2015 6,643 6 View