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For a change in the peer-reveiwing as an urgent need?
With an increasing number of Journal and other publication, the review by peer started to be difficult and very often nonqualified reviewers are solicited. Very often now the Journal send us a list that ressemble the directory a. This is a problem since many of the persons listed here do not have even a record over 10 and there are supposed to review works they don't know, and they are not qualified. I would like to start a huge discussion that can be sent to the main Journal to change the...
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Can pesticides penetrate into fruits and vegetables as well as on their surface? Is it possible to completely remove pesticide residue?
Can pesticides penetrate not only the outside but also the inside of vegetables and fruits? How to remove pesticide residue from the surface? Is it possible to completely remove pesticide residue?
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How should exposure durations be scaled from studies in mice and rats to humans?
Time-Scaling for Developmental Toxicity Endpoints How should exposure durations be scaled from studies in mice and rats to humans? Is a 10-day rodent exposure equivalent to a 10-day human exposure during gestation?
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When the policy exists to share postprints freely on personal sites, why do researchers often refrain from doing so, and what incentives or constraints drive that hesitation?
There has been extensive discussion about the funding model for research publications. Large publishing houses do not fund research themselves; instead, they charge substantial subscription fees or open-access publishing fees. Keeping articles behind paywalls can impede open science and broad access to knowledge. Nevertheless, many publishers grant authors the right to share postprints of their papers immediately on their non-commercial personal blogs or websites. Despite this permission,...
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How can medical microrobots improve our awareness regarding the diagnosis and treatment of diseases?
How can medical microrobots improve our awareness regarding the diagnosis and treatment of diseases?
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How is it possible to say how long the medical implants that are inside the human body will function?
The functional lifespan of implants placed inside the body How we can trust or know that an implant will work for a specific period?
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Should a big research (e.g., PhD) be published as one comprehensive high-impact paper or several smaller, faster publications?
Should a big study perhaps a PhD student’s research be published as one comprehensive, high-impact paper or split into several smaller, focused publications? A single major paper can offer a cohesive, in-depth contribution with broader impact, but may delay dissemination. Multiple smaller papers can communicate findings more quickly and stimulate ongoing research, yet may lack the unified context of a larger work. What choice is the best - having a comprehensive paper in high impact journals...
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Do various CLINICIANS need to monitor Sirtuin 1 gene expression and plasma Sirtuin 1 levels with relevance to various drug therapies in patients?
Specific genes that are involved in anti-aging and epigenetics are sensitive to nutritional regulation, oxidative stress and the development of insulin resistance that can result from changes in cellular chromatin, DNA methylation and histone modifications with relevance to the global chronic disease epidemic. The defective gene in the global chronic disease epidemic has now been linked to the anti-aging gene Sirtuin 1. Nutritional regulation of Sirtuin 1 is critical to nuclear...
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Snail mucous has many advantages, what is the best way to extract it without changing its composition?
land snails like Eremina desertorum, how can i get its mucous without killing or hurting it?
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