Journal grows suspicious of Vioxx data

Merck's Actions Surrounding Vioxx

Abdul Moiz Khan The problems of the overwhelming amount of medical literature have been thoughtfully highlighted in the PLoS Medicine editorial “Drowning or Thirsting: The Extremes of Availability of Medical Information” [1]. It is of vital importance to medical professionals that they improve on their skills of sifting through the huge amounts of literature that are made available to them ever...

The fallout from Vioxx.

Detecting Suspicious Card Transactions in unlabeled data of bank Using Outlier Detection Techniqes

With the advancement of technology, the use of ATM and credit cards are increased. Cyber fraud and theft are the kinds of threat which result in using these Technologies. It is therefore inevitable to use fraud detection algorithms to prevent fraudulent use of bank cards. Credit card fraud can be thought of as a form of identity theft that consists of an unauthorized access to another person's ...

Unsupervised Detection of Suspicious Tissue Using Data Modeling and PCA

Breast cancer is a major cause of death and morbidity among women all over the world, and it is a fact that early detection is a key in improving outcomes. Therefore development of algorithms that aids radiologists in identifying changes in breast tissue early on is essential. In this work an algorithm that investigates the use of principal components analysis (PCA) is developed to identify sus...

The journal grows Dr. OP Ghai as editor from 1973-75.

In his first Editorial, Prof. OP Ghai who took over as Editor in January 1973 noted with satisfaction that ‘The Journal ranks as one of the foremost ... in India with high academic standards and regular publication. The journal is now financially viable in this period of rising costs and diminishing revenues. Credit for this achievement, to a large measure, is due to the confidence reposed by t...