Reference Publishing: The View From Middletown

The future of academic publishing: The chemists' point of view

Triggered by the developments in electronic communication and the new opportunities offered by the Internet, scholarly publishing is in a transition period. Traditional printed journals have mostly lost their relevance with electronic content taking its place and dominating the picture. Concomitant to these technological upheavals also the preferred business models change. While in the paper wo...

Thomas Miner, M.D., of Middletown

Fabry dissase from the dentist view

                 Fabry disease is a rare, inherited disease with lack of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase A (α-Gal)  in the cells of the body that participates in the breakdown of fat. The disease begins in early childhood, progresses slowly throughout life and results in severe damage of the kidneys, heart and central nervous system. The disease is life-threatening and if left untreated, death ...

Writing and Publishing Textbooks and Students' Rights from the Perspective of Islam and Intellectual Property Rights

The right to education, as a basic human right, is essential for all members of society, and its realization requires special facilities and tools. Textbooks are considered to be the most important tool that should be provided to learners and students in an appropriate and standard and comprehensive manner, without discrimination and not for profit. The aim of this study was to determine the st...

Knowledge Mobilization in Healthcare Organizations: A View from the Resource-Based View of the Firm

This short literature review argues that the Resource-Based View (RBV) school of strategic management has recently become of increased interest to scholars of healthcare organizations. RBV links well to the broader interest in more effective Knowledge Mobilization (KM) in healthcare. The paper outlines and discusses key concepts, texts and authors from the RBV tradition and gives recent example...