How Do We Deal with Research Misconduct?

How Do We Deal with Research Misconduct?

The diabetes dilemma: how do we deal with it?

How Do Plants Deal with Dry Days?

Plants regularly face dry conditions. Not having enough water poses a serious threat to a plant’s ability to grow and develop or even just survive! If plants die, we will not have enough food to eat! How do plants manage to survive during water shortages? They must somehow be able to sense, respond, and adapt to changes in water availability. They do this through a range of techniques that allo...

Plagiarism and misconduct in research: where we are and what we can do.

A comunidade científica tem demonstrado há alguns anos grande preocupação com os relatos de condutas inadequadas. Esse assunto é abordado diariamente nos mais diversos meios de comunicação, científicas ou não. Uma rápida busca na literatura pelos termos “plagiarism” ou “misconduct” (plágio ou conduta inadequada) gera mais de 8.000 artigos na língua inglesa no PubMed. A figura 1 demonstra que a ...

Multiple Air Embolism During Coronary Angiography: How Do We Deal With It?

Coronary air embolism remains a serious complication of cardiac catheterization despite careful prevention. The complications of coronary air embolism range from clinically insignificant events to acute coronary syndrome, cardiogenic shock, and death. We report here a case of multiple air emboli in both left coronary arteries, complicated by cardiogenic shock and ventricular fibrillation in a 4...