Neuroinformatics seeks to create and maintain web-accessible databases of experimental and computational data, together with innovative software tools, essential for understanding the nervous system in its normal function and in neurological disorders. Neuroinformatics includes traditional bioinformatics of gene and protein sequences in the brain; atlases of brain anatomy and localization of ge...

recently a number of calls have been made to mobilise the arsenal of political science insights to investigate – and point to improvements in – the social determinants of health (sdh), and health equity. recently, in this journal, such a rallying appeal was made for the field of public administration. this commentary argues that, although scholarly potential should justifiably be redirected to ...

this commentary explores the implications of increased social media marketing by drug manufacturers, based on findings in hyosun kim’s article of the major themes in recent food and drug administration (fda) warning letters and notices of violation regarding online direct-to-consumer promotions of pharmaceuticals. kim’s rigorous analysis of fda letters over a 10-year span highlights a relative ...

dar bayan-i ?istikhradj-i djayb-i yik daradja is a persian treatise by an anonymous author. the author’s purpose is to describe and explain a method for the determination of the sine of one degree according to ??sh ch?’s persian commentary on ulugh beg’s z?dj, and ????z?da’s arabic treatise entitled ris?la fi ?istikhradj djayb daradja wahida. kad?zada’s work, extant in several manuscripts, is, ...

In recognition that CRP4 represents a new initiative within the CGIAR, the proponents call for a startup phase of one year (which will effectively be 2012 rather than 2011) and reprioritization of the program in year 4 (Table 22). The ISPC recommends that the revised CRP 4 proposal be approved subject to further revisions to be addressed during the implementation phase taking into account the f...

We would like to take this opportunity to respond to the Commentary by Cannell and his distinguished colleagues' (herein referred to as the "Commentary"). We agree that extensive basic research and adult clinical research performed in the past few decades have demonstrated that the levels of vitamin D required for optimal health are much higher than those needed to prevent rickets in children o...

This paper introduces an approach to generate video clips starting from an annotated commentary. The novelty of the approach lies in the use of rhetorical structure of the accompanying audio commentary in planning the video. The basic notions of cinematography are briefly introduced together with the Rhetorical Relation Theory to model the structure of a discourse. Then, the architecture of a v...