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Getting the word out: neural correlates of enthusiastic message propagation

What happens in the mind of a person who first hears a potentially exciting idea?We examined the neural precursors of spreading ideas with enthusiasm, and dissected enthusiasm into component processes that can be identified through automated linguistic analysis, gestalt human ratings of combined linguistic and non-verbal cues, and points of convergence/divergence between the two. We combined to...

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Essay Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters

To increase science literacy and appreciation among nonscience majors, we offered a course in which 20 non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) undergraduates participated in a unique, two-semester research experience. Each student isolated and characterized his or her own bacteriophage from soil samples. One bacteriophage was selected for sequencing and together, the class annotated t...

Publication Ethics: Many Facets, Collaboration Required

Sir, the recent publication on “Publication Ethics” is very interesting (1). The article by Fazly Bazzaz and Sadeghi demonstrated many interesting cases                   of misconducts. Indeed, the misconducts can be seen  in many ways. As mentioned in the present publication, both author and editor can perform publication misconducts. Nevertheless, the problem has many more facets. Sometimes,...

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We will present the latest information about cataract surgery-induced corneal endothelial damage, explain the best practices and discuss how damage can be minimized. We will also present our work on two other causes or corneal problems: wound burn and toxic anterior segment syndrome. Emphasis will be on understanding the pathophysiology and how to best avoid these uncommon but potentially devas...