Higher education design: An emerging but cannot be ignored agenda

MRS Shimming: An Important Point Which Should not be Ignored

Introduction: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a well-known device for analyzing the biological fluids metabolically. Obtaining accurate and reliable information via MRS needs a homogeneous magnetic field in order to provide well-defined peaks and uniform water suppression. There are lots of reasons which can disturb the magnetic field homogeneity which can be corrected by a proc...

Human leukocyte antigen-DR expression might predict outcomes in severe sepsis, but diabetes mellitus cannot be ignored

We read with great interest, but also with some concern, the paper by Drewry et al. recently published in Critical Care [1]. In this observational study, the authors concluded that human leukocyte antigen-DR (HLA-DR) expression might be a more accurate predictor of mortality and acquisition of secondary infections than lipopolysaccharide-stimulated TNF-α production in critically ill patients. T...

Comparing Bayes Model Averaging and Stacking When Model Approximation Error Cannot be Ignored

We compare Bayes Model Averaging, BMA, to a non-Bayes form of model averaging called stacking. In stacking, the weights are no longer posterior probabilities of models; they are obtained by a technique based on cross-validation. When the correct data generating model (DGM) is on the list of models under consideration BMA is never worse than stacking and often is demonstrably better, provided th...

Editorial comment: Ventricular assist devices for advanced heart failure: evidence that cannot be ignored.

Biological Risks and Laboratory-Acquired Infections: A Reality That Cannot be Ignored in Health Biotechnology

Advances and research in biotechnology have applications over a wide range of areas, such as microbiology, medicine, the food industry, agriculture, genetically modified organisms, and nanotechnology, among others. However, research with pathogenic agents, such as virus, parasites, fungi, rickettsia, bacterial microorganisms, or genetic modified organisms, has generated concern because of their...