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To assure a sustainable scholarly publishing system, should reviewers receive financial compensation for their labor, considering the significant profits publishers receive from APC and subscriptions?
I have noticed an increasing number of scholars who do not want to peer review. Publishers make money from article processing charges (APCs) and subscription fees, and although the reviewers are often authors as well, they have not been paid for their time and expertise. They have supported the system for a long time on a voluntary basis, but this is becoming impossible. APCs should either be reduced to basic handling fees or reviewers should receive some compensation for their time and...
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Which is the best technique for the quantitative analysis of microplastics/nanoplastics?
Accurate quantitative analysis of microplastics/nanoplastics is a challenging task for researchers across the globe. To develop reliable analytical methods is crucial for assessing this emerging pollutant effectively.
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In an age where the scientific community is often seen as a guarantor and where short-termist policies are the norm, is there still a place for independent research ?
Calls for projects are becoming increasingly time-consuming, with researchers facing intense competition for funding, which is monopolising ancillary services, consultants and even lobbyists. Budgets allocated to research are determined by priorities that vary according to political choices, the coherence of which can legitimately be questioned. All too often, announced policies reflect subjective choices based on unfounded presuppositions, or even deny established scientific facts....
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What are essential funding barriers to get an ambitious and pertinent research proposal funded, and how to overcome them ?
We are facing financial issues to perform our African GWAS HBV Research Proposal for around ten years ago. Maybe our topic doesn't meet funders needs or interests. I would like to know my peers' view about the question.
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Which one would be the main driver in weight loss management? Longterm compliance, physical activity or dietary quality (less UPF and nutrients balance)
Multiple trials show how the quality of diet and composition influences weight loss and physical activity is always been a booster, although weight regain is a challenge in the long term compliance and represents the most important issue to solve in the obesity care management. Opinion from different experts might help in gaining knowledge on this field
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How many samples do you need to analyze for effective blood plasma products quality control?
A blood bank is set up with a laboratory for the preparation of blood components. Product quality control (e.g. plasma sterility) should be performed. How many samples do you need to analyze for effective control? How do you calculate this number? Does it vary depending on the total number of components produced?
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In what way is fluence-dependent photobiomodulation at 660 nm modulating mitochondrial-driven motility and acrosomal membrane stability in human spermatozoa, and can a simulation-based model incorpora
This question integrates: Biophysical mechanisms (mitochondrial activity, acrosomal membrane) Photobiomodulation parameters (fluence, wavelength) Computational modeling (simulation-based, biological noise) Clinical translation (fertility optimization
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What is friccohesity chemistry and how is the friccohesity be measured?
The genesis of this question could be derived from a continuity between the cohesive forces expressed as surface tension and the adhesive or frictional forces operated as viscosity. The monolayer adhesion noted as monodispersion resonate the molecular energies generating the friccohesity resonating energy transfer (FRET) equipartitioning the interfacial energy to nanoformulate the quality products. The following books could be...
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What is the first step that triggers a normal cell to progress to a transformed tumor or cancer phenotype?
These must be some molecule that alters the symmetric cell division of a somatic cell making it becoming oncogenic.
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