Avoiding Inappropriate Surgery: Discussion Paper

Meiosis: Avoiding inappropriate relationships

Meiosis is distinguished from mitosis by the way double-strand breaks are made and by the synapsis and segregation of homologous chromosomes. Recent studies with the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have identified some of the key players that link homologous recombination to synaptonemal complex formation.

Avoiding Inappropriate Authorship

Appropriate authorship is one of the pillars of publication ethics. Substantive contributors listed as authors should be distinguished from those deserving acknowledgments. The updated recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) clearly define authorship and contributorship (1). The ICMJE document reflects on implications of the ethical assignment of author...

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This paper discusses recent developments in the market for agricultural land in Slovakia related to the new law on land acquisition. The stated objective of this law is to protect agricultural land from non-agricultural use. We analyze landrelated data as reported by sellers in the newly established Registry of offers of agricultural land administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De...

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The financial and non-financial involvement of venture capitalists is supposed to be positively correlated with firm performance. This paper deals with the evaluation of the impact of venture capitalists on employment growth of new founded firms. Differences between high-tech and low-tech industries as well as the impact of other investors are analyzed. The estimation results show that survivin...

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