Rejection Blues: Why Do Research Papers Get Rejected?

Evolutionarily medicine Why do humans get bunions?

Hallux valgus is the most common forefoot problem in adults. It is characterized by an anatomical deformity involving lateral deviation of the hallucial phalanges and medial prominence of the first metatarsal head, commonly known as a bunion. This acquired deformity is often correlated with foot pain, imbalance and impaired gait, falls in older adults and decreased healthrelated quality of life...

Why do our kidneys get old?

The majority of the human population shows a decline in renal clearance with age and a loss of renal physiologic reserve. Kidneys are increasingly less able to deal with stressful challenges such as a salt or acid load. It is not clear what underlies this aging-related change and whether it is inevitable or can be modified in such a way as to preserve renal function throughout the life span. Th...

Evolutionary Medicine: Why do humans get bunions?

Black sheep get the blues: a psychobiological model of social rejection and depression.

Major life events involving social rejection are strongly associated with onset of depression. To account for this relation, we propose a psychobiological model in which rejection-related stressors elicit a distinct and integrated set of cognitive, emotional, and biological changes that may evoke depression. In this model, social rejection events activate brain regions involved in processing ne...

Why Do We Need It ? How Do We Get It ?

ECURITY EXPERTS FREQUENTLY REFER TO PEOPLE AS “THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE CHAIN” OF SYSTEM SECURITY. Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick revealed that he hardly ever cracked a password, because it “was easier to dupe people into revealing it” by employing a range of social engineering techniques. Often, such failures are attributed to users’ carelessness and ignorance. However, more enlightened researchers...