Editorial: Challenges and developments during 2007 and 2008

Developments in mycotoxin analysis: an update for 2007-2008

This review highlights developments in mycotoxin analysis and sampling over a period between mid-2007 and mid-2008. It covers the major mycotoxins: aflatoxins, Alternaria toxins, cyclopiazonic acid, fumonisins, ochratoxin, patulin, trichothecenes, and zearalenone. Some aspects of natural occurrence, particularly if linked to novel aspects of analytical methods, are also included. The review dem...

Editorial Challenges

  Editorial Challenges abound as to the journals in Persian, which here I will refer to some of them. However, many of these challenges are concerned with all journals. The main problem which most articles suffer is neglecting the three elements of articles' necessity, purpose and benefit by their writers. Sometimes, one, two or all three of these elements are neglected, or little attention ...

Editorial and retrospective 2008.

We are pleased to report that Molecular Ecology continues to expand in size and impact. When we wrote this editorial, we were on track to publish 5300 pages in 2007, which represents a greater than 10% increase over the last year and a greater than 50% increase over the past 5 years. This increase in page numbers has been accompanied by an expansion in the number of issues from 12 to 24, as wel...

PSC and tropospheric clouds during winter 2007/2008

This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in ACP if available. Abstract The type of Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) as well as their temporal and spatial extent are important for the occurrence of heterogeneous reactions in the polar stratosphere. The formation of PSCs depends strongly ...

Editorial: Overview and Challenges of Implantable Auditory Prostheses