Redundant publication: Expect the unexpected

redundant publication' or 'duplicate publication' in the biomedical literature

Expect the unexpected.

It's a cycle that repeats itself every few years or so. When a particular industry or geographic area posts impressive gains, investors jump in, expecting the gains to continue. When the sector or area cools down – as it inevitably does – investors are shocked and dismayed. For you, the advisor, this is a dangerous game. As a professional, you know that markets move in cycles, and over time, pe...

redundant publication

سخن سردبیر   editorial   مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان   دوره نهم، شماره چهارم ، زمستان 138 9، 248-247     انتشار اضافی   redundant publication     محسن رضائیان [1]   m. rezaeian در سخن سردبیری زمستان 1388 مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان که به موضوع «اخلاق انتشار» ( publication ethics ) پرداخته بود [1]، به مواردی از عدم رعایت اخلاق انتشار توسط نویسندگان یک مقاله از جمله «سرقت علمی» ( plagiari...

Pitfalls in PCR troubleshooting: Expect the unexpected?

PCR is a well-understood and established laboratory technique often used in molecular diagnostics. Huge experience has been accumulated over the last years regarding the design of PCR assays and their set-up, including in-depth troubleshooting to obtain the optimal PCR assay for each purpose. Here we report a PCR troubleshooting that came up with a surprising result never observed before. With ...

A dusky hand—expect the unexpected

A 56-year-old Indian national woman with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with left forearm pain for 1 week with increasing pain for 2 days. Examination revealed a dusky left hand (Fig. 1) and cool skin distal to the distal half of the left arm. The left brachial and radial pulses were absent, confirmed by bedside Doppler scan. There was a pulsatile 3×4 cm mass in...