A collaborative project of service research carried out in five European countries

Changing the Insight of Scientists in High Income Countries: A Solution for Collaborative Research with Lower Income Countries

The recent issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology made an important and interesting theme “What is the Best Research for Low Income Countries?” (1). We enjoyed reading the paper; nevertheless we hope to find a chance to share our idea. It was mentioned that some, for sure not all, researchers from the developed countries might not have enough motivation to contribute to the scient...

Meningioma and mobile phone use--a collaborative case-control study in five North European countries.

BACKGROUND Use of mobile telephones has been suggested as a possible risk factor for intracranial tumours. To evaluate the effect of mobile phones on risk of meningioma, we carried out an international, collaborative case-control study of 1209 meningioma cases and 3299 population-based controls. METHODS Population-based cases were identified, mostly from hospitals, and controls from national ...

Post-human and scientific research: how engineering carried out the project.

We start with a definition of robot in order to understand which are legitimate robotics' objectives. Then it is provided an outline of new robot generations and their industrial and biomedical applications. We consider the consequences of this new kind of technology on the notion of intelligence, stressing how the exteroceptive sensor systems provide a new bottom up approach to the AI debate. ...

Prevalence of fibromyalgia: a survey in five European countries.

OBJECTIVE A survey was performed in 5 European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain) to estimate the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in the general population. METHODS In each country, the London Fibromyalgia Epidemiological Study Screening Questionnaire (LFESSQ) was administered by telephone to a representative sample of the community over 15 years of age. A positive screen...

Prevalence of hepatitis A across various countries in the Middle East, African and Eastern European countries