Race vs Burden in Understanding Health Equity: To the Editor Dr Kindig discussed the concepts of rate and burden in terms
Race vs Burden in Understanding Health Equity: To the Editor Dr Kindig discussed the concepts of rate and burden in terms of population health equity. We question several of the concepts put forth in his Viewpoint.1 Kindig’s proposition that the statistical burden of white health inequity has been...
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It's time for academics to take back control of research journals: The evolution to a high-profit industry was never planned.
It's time for academics to take back control of research journals: The evolution to a high-profit industry was never planned. Academics need to make the case for lower-cost journals
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Patterns of change and continuity in ochre use during the late Middle Stone Age of the Horn of Africa: The Porc-Epic Cave
Patterns of change and continuity in ochre use during the late Middle Stone Age of the Horn of Africa: The Porc-Epic Cave record: Ochre is found at numerous Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites and plays a key role in early modern human archaeology. Here we analyse the largest known East African MSA ochre assemblage,...
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Impact evaluation of different cash-based intervention modalities on child and maternal nutritional status in Sindh Province,
Impact evaluation of different cash-based intervention modalities on child and maternal nutritional status in Sindh Province, Pakistan, at 6 mo and at 1 y: A cluster randomised controlled trial: A cluster randomised trial reveals cash-based interventions reduce stunting in children from very poor families...
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Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals: This study uses national Medicare data to compare 30-day
Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals: This study uses national Medicare data to compare 30-day mortality among patients hospitalized or undergoing surgical procedures in teaching vs nonteaching hospitals between 2012 and 2014. Laura G. Burke. Austin B. Frakt. Dhruv Khullar....
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Quackery infiltrates The BMJ: As quackery in the form of “integrative medicine” has increasingly been “integrated”
Quackery infiltrates The BMJ: As quackery in the form of “integrative medicine” has increasingly been “integrated” into medicine, medical journals are starting to notice and succumb to the temptation to …
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Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective
Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey Valeria Cetorelli. Isaac Sasson. Nazar Shabila. Gilbert Burnham. PLOS Medicine.
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A Serious Game for Learning C Programming Language Concepts Using Solo Taxonomy: This paper conducts a study to identify
A Serious Game for Learning C Programming Language Concepts Using Solo Taxonomy: This paper conducts a study to identify pedagogical approaches and gameplay techniques involved in the development of serious games for teaching scientific courses in general especially programming languages. The concept...
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What’s the “Take Home” from Research on Dementia Trends?: Eric Larson and Kenneth Langa discuss whether the risk of
What’s the “Take Home” from Research on Dementia Trends?: Eric Larson and Kenneth Langa discuss whether the risk of dementia is increasing or decreasing over time. Eric B. Larson. Kenneth M. Langa. PLOS Medicine.
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Mobile-assisted Language Learning Using WeChat Instant Messaging: China has a long-standing problem in second-language education,
Mobile-assisted Language Learning Using WeChat Instant Messaging: China has a long-standing problem in second-language education, that is, the lack of communicative learning opportunities. This study attempts to solve the problem by introducing mobile-assisted language learning with WeChat instant messaging....
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Supply, Demand, and the Subscription Model in Scholarly Publishing - An Analysis - The Scholarly Kitchen: An overview of
Supply, Demand, and the Subscription Model in Scholarly Publishing - An Analysis - The Scholarly Kitchen: An overview of usage trends across libraries and journals indicates that usage is generally stable or up, archives remain of interest, and consumption doesn't align with authorship or funding.
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Testosterone and Male Aging: Faltering Hope for Rejuvenation: Hopes for hormonal rejuvenation appear periodically throughout
Testosterone and Male Aging: Faltering Hope for Rejuvenation: Hopes for hormonal rejuvenation appear periodically throughout history—with the most prominent attempt occurring around the turn of the 20th century only to vanish in the 1930s following the discovery of testosterone, which discredited testis...
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Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic
Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach Michael M. Mendelson. Riccardo E. Marioni. Roby Joehanes. Chunyu Liu. Åsa K. Hedman. Stella Aslibekyan. Ellen W. Demerath. Weihua Guan....
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Study suggests top humanities journals favor research from elite institutions: Study suggests top humanities journals favor
Study suggests top humanities journals favor research from elite institutions: Study suggests top humanities journals favor research by professors working at or who earned Ph.D.s at elite institutions.
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Firearm Deaths in the United States and Globally, 1990-2015: This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on the
Firearm Deaths in the United States and Globally, 1990-2015: This Visualizing Health Metrics infographic, based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015, provides information on mortality resulting from assault by firearms in the United States and globally from 1990 to 2015. The burden of firearms—excluding...
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Effect of a Primary Care Walking Intervention with and without Nurse Support on Physical Activity Levels in 45- to 75-Year-Olds:
Effect of a Primary Care Walking Intervention with and without Nurse Support on Physical Activity Levels in 45- to 75-Year-Olds: The Pedometer And Consultation Evaluation (PACE-UP) Cluster Randomised Clinical Trial Tess Harris. Sally M. Kerry. Elizabeth S. Limb. Christina R. Victor. Steve Iliffe. Michael...
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Increase in US Suicide Rates and the Critical Decline in Psychiatric Beds: This Viewpoint discusses the apparent association
Increase in US Suicide Rates and the Critical Decline in Psychiatric Beds: This Viewpoint discusses the apparent association between a reduction of psychiatric beds and increasing suicide rates in the United States, and proposes an expansion of inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities as a component...
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Fixing Obamacare Takes Back Seat, Poll Finds: The public ranks lowering prescription drug prices and ensuring that insurance
Fixing Obamacare Takes Back Seat, Poll Finds: The public ranks lowering prescription drug prices and ensuring that insurance plans have adequate health care networks as higher priorities than tinkering with Obamacare, according to a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll released just before the November elections....
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Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Algorithm for Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in Retinal Fundus Photographs:
Development and Validation of a Deep Learning Algorithm for Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in Retinal Fundus Photographs: This study assesses the sensitivity and specificity of an algorithm based on deep machine learning for automated detection of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema in...
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It’s the ‘worst’ science paper ever — filled with plagiarism and garble — and journals are clamouring
It’s the ‘worst’ science paper ever — filled with plagiarism and garble — and journals are clamouring to publish it
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