Editorial May 2019

Editorial—May 1955

Op-brai150131 2005..2019

Endophilin-B1, also known as Bax-interacting factor 1 (Bif-1, and encoded by SH3GLB1), is a multifunctional protein involved in apoptosis, autophagy and mitochondrial function. We recently described a unique neuroprotective role for neuron-specific alternatively spliced isoforms of endophilin-B1. To examine whether endophilin-B1-mediated neuroprotection could be a novel therapeutic target for A...

NAPNAP research agenda: 2014-2019.

Regena Spratling, PhD, RN, CPNP, Rita H. Pickler, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAAN, Christina Calamaro, PhD, CRNP, Juanita Conkin Dale, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, Sharron Docherty, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAAN, Catherine J. Goodhue, MN, CPNP, Jill Kilanowski, PhD, RN, APRN, CPNP, FAAN, Ann Marie McCarthy, PhD, RN, FAAN, Mary C. O’Laughlen, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAAAAI, Lois S. Sadler, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAAN, Leigh Small, PhD, ...

From 2009 to 2019: what a change!

May 2019 – The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune and the Frankfurter Allgemeine, based on a large survey conducted in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and China, have concluded that the intensive care unit (ICU) is the most appealing workplace in the world. Financial institutions and the stock exchange had been ranking highest in these regular international surveys until 2008, w...

Editorial Decisions May Perpetuate Belief in Invalid Research Findings

Social psychology and related disciplines are seeing a resurgence of interest in replication, as well as actual replication efforts. But prior work suggests that even a clear demonstration that a finding is invalid often fails to shake acceptance of the finding. This threatens the full impact of these replication efforts. Here we show that the actions of two key players--journal editors and the...