Sikandar Hayat Khan

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I see a new term on RG statistics page "Total Research Interest":What does this interpret?

"Total Research Interest" is some new index. Can someone explain what does this imply? Maybe its a simple entity but iam not aware of this. Regards

02 February 2019 2,974 26 View

What is the difference Between “Contributor”, “Co-Author” and "Collaborator" in authorship list? Does all 3 categories merit as authors for research?

"Publish or perish".....there is like an ongoing competition to publish more, I guess more will acknowledge that. What i need to know is the difference Between “Contributor”, “Co-Author” and...

01 January 2019 2,387 30 View

Do you think genomic medicine will replace conventional medicine ?

Genomic data is emerging fast and every something new molecular research data is there. So what is you take on my question?

11 November 2018 7,336 23 View

I was looking at the publication fee before depositing an article for review. Can anyone explain what these terms mean?

Dear ALL Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivs (CC BY-NC-ND) I am not sure what these publication options means.Obviously i intend to pay...

11 November 2018 1,980 16 View

Should basic medical college training other allied medical specialties incorporate managerial sciences and information technologies?

The world is changing fast and lot many biotechnologies are now being routinely utilized by medical professionals in all domains. However, they do not have a formal training in this regard....

11 November 2018 3,049 24 View

How do you compare glucometer readings with lab gkucose results?

While both glcometer & lab glucose measuring technologies use different methodologies and sample. Still from physician to medic compare their results. What do you trust more & for what...

11 November 2018 5,143 7 View

Should we as healthcare worker waer our white coats/hospital dress outside the hospital?

I believe we are spreading more infection and antibiotic resistance if we are taking/wearing our white coats (the trade mark of ant medic) outside hospital. Should we do that? Are we not spreading...

10 October 2018 3,670 15 View

What are the differences between miRNA,siRNA, piwiRNA and lncRNA? ?

I will appreciate if u give specific differences between siRNA and miRNA and other types of RNAs. If anybody could elaborate. Regards Dr Sikandar

09 September 2018 5,748 2 View

If you are writing a mini review can you add a scematic from somebody's article after referencing?

This question is about writing a mini review where i want to add a schematic from some article after appropriate referencing.Can i do that?

09 September 2018 5,709 4 View

Should we have shorter read lengths in RNA sequencing?

While in general we desire to have higher coverage, implying higher read lengths in DNA seq to locate to cover the complete region on the DNA or to have overlap between read lengths. (Correct me...

08 August 2018 1,380 8 View

What is the preferenable bioniformatics base for RNA base alignments?

Google search and different RNASeq experiments highlights many types of RNA bases for read alignments. Can someone suggest a user friendly base fro small micro RNA alignments to known sequences?

08 August 2018 3,127 2 View

Does statin affect the good cholesterols like vitamin D, HDL-cholesterol and testosterone?

While statins affect primarily through inhibition of HMG CoA reductase inhibition, which i interpret is common to general cholesterol/lipid synthesis. So does it affect the aforementioned...

08 August 2018 3,663 17 View

Can NAFLD lead to chronic liver disease?

Excessive fat accumulation within hepaocytes seems pathological. Can it be a cause of cirrhosis or chronic liver disease?

08 August 2018 5,083 34 View

MiRNA cluster miRNA family: Is there a difference or just 2 terms?

Moreover does these cluster express in a similar manner in a disease? for example cancer ? Any references

07 July 2018 7,665 2 View

How many variabiable we can add in SPSS variable view?

Good day i was wondering if there are like 1000 variables, can we add them in SPSS? Any web link or youtube video someone can refer me? Regards

06 June 2018 1,623 4 View

Which one is worse Smoking cigarettes or alcohol consumption?

While both are being happily used by people while every book of medicine describes their side effects. While there are limits to alcohol consumption in some countries, still no limits to...

01 January 1970 5,430 64 View

How do we learn about the imapct factor of an journal?

Dear ALL Good day. How do we can learn about an article's impact factor? -Should it be the journal's website? -Or some other link, if there is such a link kindly post it Further to this, once an...

01 January 1970 7,788 0 View

Should ALL people with unexplained sudden deaths to have a post-mortem examination?

Keeping at pace with my previous question on "sudden death", multiple causes have been shared, which makes me think that the cases may be required to diagnosed appropriately not only for knowledge...

01 January 1970 5,771 4 View

Do you think new medical specialities will evolve, & some areas of conventional will go extinct?

This is a rapidly evolving world with many new biotechnologies entering & some being scapegoated to allow the new ones to be accommodated. Do you meicinecwith its enormously spreading domain...

01 January 1970 7,149 11 View

What are the prospects of distant learning? Do you think it is good enough to have more benefit than conventional learning methods?

More and more of subjects are now being made available online and courses are offered like this. Do you really think that online education can equate distant learning methods of teaching?

01 January 1970 9,938 39 View

Genetic study reveals new insights into underlying causes of moderate-to-severe asthma: Is asthma a genetic disease?

Ref: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20181213/Genetic-study-reveals-new-insights-into-underlying-causes-of-moderate-to-severe-asthma.aspx As for as I believe asthma was simply a disease...

01 January 1970 9,103 20 View

What is the actual difference between "Red meat" and "white meat"?

There is a very common and may be completely correct as that white meat is better than red meat. First of all what contents actually make it worse than white meat? Secondly, we need to like...

01 January 1970 8,508 11 View

Why do females lives longer than males?

Dear ALL Statistics indicate females live longer than males by at least 3 years. While there could possibly be many explanations for this nature created gender bias. But i need your assistance and...

01 January 1970 3,036 32 View

Can we learn about the RG score break up of score?

The details implies that if i need to know how much one my article has actually contributed towards my over all RG score, can i know that from RG website. I am not talking about the overall...

01 January 1970 3,478 22 View

What are the requirements of getting your journal a DOI, later having an indexation in pubmed and impact factor?

There are three things which make a journal improve its quality. These, as i feel include: 1- Having a DOI? 2-Getting indexed in pubmed/appear on pubmed? 3- having an impact factor? If any journal...

01 January 1970 3,619 8 View

Is there a way to calculate personal impact factor of an author/researcher?

01 January 1970 6,392 10 View

It would be almost impossible to produce coherent text, free of "corrupt compromises" and fully satisfying to all of them!

Kindly have your say

01 January 1970 4,842 11 View

How to behave in a hostile & unfamilar place?

Not sure whether the question is right or wrong but just wondering opinions once faced with odds, how to behave

01 January 1970 3,863 47 View

A comparison between GLP-1 agonist and DPP-IV inhibitors in clinics

Both drug seem to increase GLP-1activity to reduce gluoces? So any comparative assessment or discussion based upon experience regards

01 January 1970 1,330 4 View

Over the counter medications: Should these not been regularized

There are so many vitamin supplements and other drugs which many countries you can get without medic’s prescription. What are your suggestions on this topic? Many medication if used long-term can...

01 January 1970 8,397 16 View

How commonly you see/encounter ASPIRIN RESISTANCE in your clinical work up? Or are you aware of Aspirin resistance?

Aspirin resistance, not sure but can have multiple attributes which result in more harms than benefits for a particular patients. While not sure about exact prevalence but still the term has...

01 January 1970 9,209 9 View

How common is benzodiazipine is associated with dependence? And what could be possible effects of benzodiazipine withdrawal??

Benzodiazipine are drugs which are easily prescribed/made available to many patients and healthy people. How do you see it to cause dependence and if you find someone are you aware of possible...

01 January 1970 5,656 12 View

Is mobile use is hazardous to our bodies?

If YES, then how? And to what limits we should be utilizing these gadgets. Whatsapp post shows a lot of damage to brain and other body organs. Definitely there are some radiation. Are there any...

01 January 1970 3,469 20 View

People leave for better jobs: Do you have "human brain drain" in your country?

Developing worlds face a lot of their talented and educated stuff after being trained in their parent countries leave these countries for better paid jobs, quality life and career excellence. What...

01 January 1970 3,518 12 View

Influenza Season Has Officially Begun, CDC Says: What precaution/advise you can give

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially announced the beginning of influenza season 2018-19. Children younger than 5 years old had the highest hospitalization rate, at 7.7...

01 January 1970 963 16 View

Anbody being aware of/knowledge of/ done single molecule sequencing?

While we started with PCR to sanger seq to now in vogue NGS. But now heard of single molecule sequencing. Can someone commet on this type. Anything is welcome on this topic Regatds

01 January 1970 8,230 8 View

Are you invited to write an editorialfor a journal?

Are you invited to write an editorial for a journal? OR you can submit one of your own to the journal you want to submit.Anybody who guide me here

01 January 1970 4,643 3 View

What is the most disturbing thing you like in a medical set up as a patient?

While patient satisfaction parameters are multiple, but still it is important to learn what is the most disturbing thing to a patient once he enters into a medical facility

01 January 1970 4,493 18 View

Which statistical software do you think easiest to operate by non-statisticians?

While I, most of the life have been using is SPSS, I wonder is there any other software which can be used by people who are non-statisticians What software do you suggest?

01 January 1970 9,587 30 View

I Am and I Will: The Steps We Can All Take This World Cancer Day

Today is the the "World Cancer Day", a disease which is going to be the future plague for mankind unless and until we modify many aspects of our lives, address more as primary prevention and...

01 January 1970 6,507 22 View

Artifical intelligence in healthcare-Needed, aluxary or just a fad?

Machines are fast entering into every domain of our life and healthcare setups are no different. Why because "We as humans forgive machine errors but not human errors or the human behind the...

01 January 1970 9,184 16 View

What research work you have planned for the incoming year?

Considering it to be RG forum, so if possible & not-objectionable kindly share your ideas for future Maybe you find collaborators or may be this help others define their research goals Regards

01 January 1970 7,654 16 View

Daily Plate of Fried Chicken Tied to Higher Risk of Premature Death: Comments please.

Reference: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/908396?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=104521MY&impID=1873365&faf=1 According to Medscape: " Women who eat fried chicken every day may be 13...

01 January 1970 6,608 12 View

Comments on Aspirin resistance: your experience please

Dear ALL Some people using aspirin as loprin or other coated formulations with underlying ASCVD(Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease) still end up having accelerated atherosclerotic diseases....

01 January 1970 2,749 5 View

Cholesterol particle size rather than concentration? a concept change

Over the years most studies have found that the smaller LDL particle size are considered to more atherogenic and can cause more CVD than large LDL particle sizes. Moreover, subcontinental...

01 January 1970 887 25 View

What about 4 days a week working day program?

Some of the organization are converting to 4 days a week working plan. While not been used to this but looks attracting when i look at my bed. This program may seem cost-effective as week and can...

01 January 1970 9,282 35 View

Brain-computer interface: A computer that can read your mind?

Nick Lavars, 2017, Rise of the mind-reading machines [online]. Available at: http://newatlas.com/mind-reading-machines-musk-future/48642/. Accessed 05.30.2017 As I moved thru this article, I...

01 January 1970 1,148 23 View

How to make a general assessment of glycemic index of any food?

Glycemic index probably provides us with an idea abort how much a food raises our sugar level. Can we a rough estimate of glycemic index of the food which we eat. I s there any simple way to do that?

01 January 1970 5,443 9 View

Should unhealthy / junk food be tagged with the health hazards associated with these foods?

Junk food or the unhealthy foods are associated with multiple disease process from diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases and cancers. If smoking can be associated with such labels, then why not...

01 January 1970 6,721 16 View