Consultant contract has not resulted in any increased productivity

New consultant contract-Statement by CCHMS Chairman.

The new consultant contract and women senior registrars.

If the profession regards the pricing as satisfactory the new consultant contractl is likely to be implemented. The basis of the contract is a "standard" commitment of 10 notional halfdays (NHDs) a week. These would comprise eight clinical sessions, one session to take account of continuing commitment to patient care outside normal working hours, and one to cover administrative duties. Provisio...

Researchers’ Individual Publication Rate Has Not Increased in a Century

Debates over the pros and cons of a "publish or perish" philosophy have inflamed academia for at least half a century. Growing concerns, in particular, are expressed for policies that reward "quantity" at the expense of "quality," because these might prompt scientists to unduly multiply their publications by fractioning ("salami slicing"), duplicating, rushing, simplifying, or even fabricating ...

Global risk of big earthquakes has not recently increased.

The recent elevated rate of large earthquakes has fueled concern that the underlying global rate of earthquake activity has increased, which would have important implications for assessments of seismic hazard and our understanding of how faults interact. We examine the timing of large (magnitude M≥7) earthquakes from 1900 to the present, after removing local clustering related to aftershocks. T...

Is there any change in the pattern of bacterial translocation with increased time of the obstruction?

 Introduction: Bacterial translocation is defined as the passage of bacteria from intestinal tract to the extraintestinal organs such as the peritoneum and blood circulation. The aim of this study is to examine bacterial translocation (regarding type of bacteria and effect of time of obstruction on bacterial translocation) from intestinal lumen to the peritoneum and viscera in acute, simple mec...