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Information Retrieval: Literature Searching in Today’s Information Landscape
Abstract In this era of exponential growth in the amount of scientific information, the ability to perform efficient literature searches is a key skill for students and researchers. This review covers essential aspects of literature searching, including devising a search strategy and selecting sources to search. Examples will be drawn from the field of biomedical ...
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A view from the exhibit floor… Science storytelling
Abstract Transforming scientific information into accessible and easily understandable knowledge for the public has become important and often necessary for many scientists. Unfortunately we frequently draw our approach to communicating science from the impersonal, formal, method-results-conclusion structure and process detail of journal papers. However, we are a storytelling species and the journal format of communicating ...
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Science Communication from Inside an Academic Research Hospital: Tailoring Your Message for Your Audience
Abstract The dissemination of current events news in today’s ‘connected’ world occurs at an astounding pace as is clearly exemplified by the rapidity and volume with which scientific research findings are being published. It is the science communicators’ responsibility to function as a translating interface between the scientists and a non-specialist audience to ensure that ...
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Engaging the Clutch of the Science Communication Continuum – Shifting Science Outreach into High Gear
Abstract As technology races to realise the impossible, scientists might consider the potential problems inherent to a widening conceptual gap between us and those who fund our research and depend on us for their scientific literacy. In this opinion piece, I review the benefits of science outreach initiatives, focusing on short-term visits between school students ...
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Science Communication in Intellectual Property Litigation: from Lab Bench to Judiciary Bench
Abstract I began my current position as a scientific adviser in intellectual property litigation two years ago after more than 15 years of conducting research in academia and the pharmaceutical industry. While lawyers specializing in intellectual property litigation are well versed in the many legal aspects of each case, they rely on advice from scientists ...
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Can we communicate with society if we can’t talk to each other?
Abstract The task of communicating science to society seems a daunting one when we realize how difficult it is to share our research with fellow scientists outside our field. Here I discuss what may be a root of the problem and the start point towards a solution. Versatile at Parties The scenario is simple and ...
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Communication in Health Care: Considerations and strategies for successful consumer and team dialogue
Abstract The ability to communicate information and ideas effectively is increasingly recognized as critical to the success of the healthcare system. Effective communication is required not only for successful interactions between individuals and their health care providers but also between health care providers themselves. As research and best practice initiatives continue to grow, the need ...
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Fixing Science Communication
Abstract The media, scientists, and the public all bear some responsibility for failures in science communication – and there are ways each can and should change. Scientists should have communication classes as part of their normal research training; the media needs to be reminded of the importance of expertise, and to work towards a new ...
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Intelligent Novel Solid Waste Management System (QEJ Bricks Biocell Approach)
Abstract Intelligent “QEJ bricks” is a novel management system that manages waste, biogas, and energy in landfills. Different than conventional disposal in landfills, waste is put between bricks that are perforated containments filled up on-place or prefabricated at a factory with porous hydrophobic polymer. These bricks can be made up of recyclable material available on ...
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Montelukast as a Treatment of Acute Lung Injury in Sepsis
Abstract Acute lung injury is a syndrome including acute and persistent lung inflammation with augmented vascular permeability (1). Sepsis is the most common reason for acute lung injury (2,3). The overall mortality rate of acute lung injury has been reported as 25 – 58%, although recent advances in the management of sepsis have been revealed ...
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Athletic Status and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/ Cardiomyopathy: From Physiological Observations to Pathological Explanation
Abstract Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is a heritable condition characterized by replacement of cardiomyocytes, primarily in the right ventricle, by fibrofatty tissue. A number of genetic studies have identified mutations in various components of cardiac desmosomes that appear to precede fibrofatty replacement. The resulting disruption of normal myocardial architecture in ARVD/C results in right ...
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Solutions to Issues of Equity in Primary Healthcare for Aboriginal People Living in Canada
Abstract Aboriginal people living in Canada have a poor overall quality of health when compared to non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens. This paper reviews the disparities in physical, psychological, and social health between First Nations communities and non-Aboriginal Canadians. More specifically, we relate these issues and concerns to a lack of family physicians in First Nations communities ...
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The History of Hypothesis and the Future of Science Publishing
This year the senior editorial team of Hypothesis met and discussed the origins of the journal with three of its founding editors, Wissam Assaily, Bart Kus, and Mariano Loza-Coll. With a certain nostalgia, the founders revisited and explained the forces that drove them to create Hypothesis, including an aspiration to establish a forum for scientific ...