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Zika News: Puerto Rico Cases, Guillain-Barre Spikes, Persistence in Semen: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild,

Zika News: Puerto Rico Cases, Guillain-Barre Spikes, Persistence in Semen: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Here are the latest reports on the Zika virus: NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard not to think about elearning modules. They’ve been the bread and butter of digital learning solutions for decades and the industry behind them has helped many, including myself,...
Source: learnnovators.com

10 ways MOOCs have forced Universities into a rethink. "MOOCs have made us think. As one of the most fascinating developments

10 ways MOOCs have forced Universities into a rethink. "MOOCs have made us think. As one of the most fascinating developments in higher education in my lifetime, they are,in many ways, a pioneer of a more ‘open’ spirit in learning. I’d contend that MOOCs, for all their promises and faults,...
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RtoP. I've been privileged to work on this programme for the past 18 months with Trish groves at BMJ and now very happy

RtoP. I've been privileged to work on this programme for the past 18 months with Trish groves at BMJ and now very happy to see it launched. It is a collaboration between UCSF and BMJ bringing together the two great themes of conducting great research and getting it published. Visit rtop.bmj.com to try...
Source: bmj.com

Agreement of treatment effects for mortality from routinely collected data and subsequent randomized trials: meta-epidemiological

Agreement of treatment effects for mortality from routinely collected data and subsequent randomized trials: meta-epidemiological survey Lars G Hemkens. Despina G Contopoulos-Ioannidis. John P A Ioannidis. BMJ.
Source: bmj.com

Citable Items: The Contested Impact Factor Denominator: Thomson Reuters' approach of indexing by journal section and revising

Citable Items: The Contested Impact Factor Denominator: Thomson Reuters' approach of indexing by journal section and revising by demand leads to great inconsistencies across journals and inflates the Impact Factors of elite journals. The solution: remov...
Source: sspnet.org

Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor

Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management. This simply written and short book communicates his life's work on organisational psychology. Very well written. ...
Source: amazon.co.uk

A new budget exoskeleton could help paraplegics walk at a drastically lower price | ExtremeTech: A new type of powered exoskeleton

A new budget exoskeleton could help paraplegics walk at a drastically lower price | ExtremeTech: A new type of powered exoskeleton aims to extend the benefits of the technology to people at a much lower price tag.
Source: extremetech.com

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships"

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships" by Martin Echavarria (@coherence360). Getting things done invariably involves working with others and when those others are themselves complex organisations it requires some thought....
Source: enablingcollaboration.com

What are the Costs and Benefits of Providing Comprehensive Seven‐day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions? Meacock,

What are the Costs and Benefits of Providing Comprehensive Seven‐day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions? Meacock, Rachel. Doran, Tim. Sutton, Matt. Health Economics. "There is as yet no clear evidence that 7-day services will reduce weekend deaths or can be achieved without increasing weekday...
Source: wiley.com

Long-term glycemic control using polymer-encapsulated human stem cell-derived beta cells in immune-competent mice. Arturo

Long-term glycemic control using polymer-encapsulated human stem cell-derived beta cells in immune-competent mice. Arturo J Vegas. Omid Veiseh. Mads Gürtler. Jeffrey R Millman. Felicia W Pagliuca. Andrew R Bader. Joshua C Doloff. Jie Li. Michael Chen. Karsten Olejnik. Hok Hei Tam. Siddharth Jhunjhunwala....
Source: nature.com

Gluten-free sports diets do nothing, study suggests: In healthy, non-celiac athletes, gluten made no difference in digestion

Gluten-free sports diets do nothing, study suggests: In healthy, non-celiac athletes, gluten made no difference in digestion or workouts.
Source: arstechnica.com

Inverse probability weighting Mohammad Ali Mansournia. Douglas G Altman. BMJ.

Inverse probability weighting Mohammad Ali Mansournia. Douglas G Altman. BMJ.
Source: bmj.com

Beverage purchases from stores in Mexico under the excise tax on sugar sweetened beverages: observational study M Arantxa

Beverage purchases from stores in Mexico under the excise tax on sugar sweetened beverages: observational study M Arantxa Colchero. Barry M Popkin. Juan A Rivera. Shu Wen Ng. BMJ.
Source: bmj.com

Junior Doctors’ Strike in England Disrupts Care for Thousands. "heightening tensions over the stewardship of a widely

Junior Doctors’ Strike in England Disrupts Care for Thousands. "heightening tensions over the stewardship of a widely revered health system that has come under growing strain" - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question,

In this book Tony Atkinson - Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science - asks the question, "If we wish to reduce the extent of inequality, how can this be done?" His answer includes looking at history for evidence of what has worked in the past and what could be...
Source: harvard.edu

United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf : Image of the Day: Crews aboard the International Space Station often look for signs

United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf : Image of the Day: Crews aboard the International Space Station often look for signs of human activity along the coastlines of the Persian Gulf, where a growing Middle Eastern population has been moving.
Source: nasa.gov

Hip fracture patients treated at orthogeriatric units received better quality of care and have a lower mortality.: Pia Kjær

Hip fracture patients treated at orthogeriatric units received better quality of care and have a lower mortality.: Pia Kjær Kristensen is a PhD student at Aarhus University Denmark. Her study on orthogeriatric care among hip fracture patients is published in Age and Ageing. She tweets at @pia_kjar ...
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Professor Nowotny's book (The Cunning of Uncertainty) celebrating the edge of what we know and the inevitable uncertainties

Professor Nowotny's book (The Cunning of Uncertainty) celebrating the edge of what we know and the inevitable uncertainties around us. Touches on current issues such as finance, climate change, and terrorism. Written by a former president of the European Research Council the book covers many aspects...
Source: wiley.com

The state of gaming in 2016: Here’s what to expect | ExtremeTech: As the year comes to a close, our focus shifts to 2016.

The state of gaming in 2016: Here’s what to expect | ExtremeTech: As the year comes to a close, our focus shifts to 2016. The consoles have a solid install base new, long-awaited VR helmets are making their way into the hands of consumers, and we're finally seeing new games instead of just sequels....
Source: extremetech.com