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September 17, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Communicating with Integrity Peer Review Research Integrity and Publication Ethics
Co-Reviewing in the AI Era: Training, Transparency, and Trust
This blog was co-authored by Gráinne McNamara (Research Integrity and Publication Ethics Manager), Teresa Mathews (Publication Manager and Researcher Engagement and Recognition Liaison), and Beth Bayley (Open Science Manager). The...
September 16, 2025
Communicating with Integrity Open Science Publishing
Being Positive About Negative Data
Although studies presenting inconclusive or null results may be perceived as unsuccessful, the publication of null data, where results may not support the original hypothesis, is essential to ensure transparency...
September 15, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Communicating with Integrity Peer Review Research Integrity and Publication Ethics
Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era: Tips for Peer Reviewers Navigating the New Landscape
This year’s Peer Review Week 2025 invites us to reflect on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in scholarly publishing. This year’s theme, “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era,”...
In the 1960s/1970s, it became clear that stress alters immune function (viewpoint of March 28,2024). One publication in 1983 found that controllability or coping of stress is decisive for immunosuppression....
The brain uses efferent sympathetic nerve fibers with its neurotransmitter noradrenaline to make contact with immune cells in peripheral lymphoid organs like the spleen. Who discovered it? von Euler US....
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Viewpoint On Moos RH, Solomon GF. Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory response patterns in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Psychosom Res. 1964;8:17-28 George Freeman Solomon was born on 25th November 1931...
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Low urinary creatinine excretion (hypocreatininuria) and low serum creatinine are often observed in euvolemic hyponatremia (due to the syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone release;...
Percutaneous biopsy (PB), of either native or transplanted kidney, is commonly performed using a variety of needle sizes (14, 16 or 18 G), according to the preferences, training, and experience...
The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed a new wave (indeed a torrent) of an old and well-recognized phenomenon; namely, the development of de novo or an exacerbation of underlying kidney disease in...
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