Predatory Journal Challenges and Responses

Canadian cardiac journal turns "predatory".

Libyan Journal of Medicine: Achievements and Challenges

To The Editor: I read with interest the letter from the editor posted on July 8th, 2008. In the first instance, I would like to congratulate the workers in the journal and particularly the core team who thought of the idea and gathered around them all this large team of workers and supporter. I would also wish to express the appreciation of those who chose to publish in a newly established jour...

Responses of a Rocky Shore Gastropod to the Effluents of Predatory and Non-predatory Crabs: Avoidance and Attraction.

Laboratory experiments revealed that the rocky shore gastropod, Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin), could discriminate between the effluents of predatory and non-predatory crabs. N. lamellosa turned away from seawater that had passed over the large predatory crab, Cancer productus Randall. This avoidance behavior was observed in snails from two localities that, based on differences in shell form, presu...

Investigating the Responses of Human Epithelial Cells to Predatory Bacteria

One beguiling alternative to antibiotics for treating multi-drug resistant infections are Bdellovibrio-and-like-organisms (BALOs), predatory bacteria known to attack human pathogens. Consequently, in this study, the responses from four cell lines (three human and one mouse) were characterized during an exposure to different predatory bacteria, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100, Bacteriovorus BY1...

epistemological basics of islamic reformism: theoretical challenges and responses

based on the epistemological theory of islamic reformism which is an important school of thought in the muslim world, in order to gain or construct an authentic knowledge, the interaction between reason and religion is a necessity. this theory faces with two main theoretical challenges. the first challenge is the position of modernists toward this theory. they argue that this theory is in contr...