More attention should be paid on the interpretation of gene expression data

More attention must be paid: the neurobiology of attentional effort.

Increases in attentional effort are defined as the motivated activation of attentional systems in response to detrimental challenges on attentional performance, such as the presentation of distractors, prolonged time-on-task, changing target stimulus characteristics and stimulus presentation parameters, circadian phase shifts, stress or sickness. Increases in attentional effort are motivated by...

More attention should be paid to the treatment of male infertility with drugs—testosterone: to use it or not?

guidelines are not ‘upgraded’ following panel consensus. This statement further confused me. After discussing and analyzing this information with some andrological experts in China and abroad, I decided to express my perspectives on this problem. The estrogen receptor modulator, tamoxifen, when combined with testosterone undecanoate (TU), was shown to be an effective treatment choice for male i...

Interpretation of metaanalyses: pitfalls should be more widely recognized.

Yes, Managers Should Be Paid like Bureaucrats

Corporate scandals, reflected in excessive management compensation and fraudulent accounts, cause considerable damage. Agency theory’s insistence on linking the compensation of managers and directors as closely as possible to firm performance is a major reason for these scandals. They cannot be overcome by improving variable pay for performance, as selfish extrinsic motivation is reinforced. Ba...

How much should nurse consultants be paid?

There was no consensus on the issue of how much nurse consultants should be paid among the practitioners we spoke to at last week's UKCC roadshow. Some suggested starting salaries of around £25,000, and others said 'the sky's the limit'.