Still Not Important Enough? COVID-19 Policy Views and Vote Choice

PONV prevention: still not enough

Still not enough taxonomists: reply to Joppa et al.

Taxonomists are people who describe species. This work is essential for the conservation of biodiversity and for estimating how many species there are left to be discovered, the so-called missing species [1]. However, it has been claimed the science of taxonomy is in crisis [2] because researchers are afraid that the number of people describing new species is in decline [3,4]. In a recent lette...

To vote or not to vote?

 Students will recognize the importance of voting within a democracy.  Students will conduct a survey of voters in the community.  Students will analyze results of the survey.  Students will suggest ways to increase voter participation.  Students will list steps in registering to vote.  Students will identify various ways to register to vote (local registration, on the Web, through the de...

When There Is Not Enough Evidence and When Evidence Is Not Enough: An Australian Indigenous Smoking Policy Study

BACKGROUND The Indigenous Tobacco Control Initiative and Tackling Indigenous Smoking Measure were both announced by the Australian Government at a time when its rhetoric around the importance of evidence-based policy making was strong. This article will (1) examine how the Rudd Government used evidence in Indigenous tobacco control policy making and (2) explore the facilitators of and barriers ...

AFP's conflict of interest policy: disclosure is not enough.

Medical journals go to great lengths to ensure that authors disclose potential conflicts of interest. In research journals, financial ties between authors and the makers of drugs and medical devices are inevitable because more than half of research is funded by the pharmaceutical industry.1 However, just about all medical journals permit authors of review articles and editorials to also have su...