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In consideration of

In case you have never read at full consciousness the copyright statements that some journals want to you to sign, here is one:

In consideration of the expenses of editing and publishing and the professional benefits relating to publication of my article or other written work, as specified above, I assign exclusively to the XXXX Society all right, title, and interest to my article or other written work, as specified above, and any ….

In consideration of the cumbersome training of a MD/PhD student I want 50% of their future salary ;-) yea, yea.


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Joke, Software

Any new paper? A video cast how to stay informed

Following a frequent request, here is a short video how to create your own Pubmed news feed. You simply need the Sage plugin for Firefox; then goto to Pubmed, create your personal RSS feed and import this URL into the bookmark category that Sage is looking for. Here is the show: Continue reading Any new paper? A video cast how to stay informed →


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Allergy, Joke

Allergy – everything from fullerenes to cannabis

Allergy research continues to be one of the most active research fields. New studies show that that fullerenes may inhibit the allergic response

Human MC and peripheral blood basophils exhibited a significant inhibition of IgE dependent mediator release when preincubated with C60 fullerenes.

Continue reading Allergy – everything from fullerenes to cannabis →


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Joke, Philosophy

Wer heilt hat recht

This is a German quote – frequently used in the context of alternative medicine – “who heals is right”.

The history of the qutotation is unclear; maybe it is a modification of the Latin “extra ecclesiam salus non est” .

In todays English “the doctor’s always right” (or “might is right”?)

Anyway it is utter nonsense as (1) a healer wants to be successful and not rightful (2) healing (at least on a few occasions) is no proof for the right treatment only fo the good outcome.


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Joke

On the fast lane

Thanks to C.S.J. for telling me about the studies of Robert Levine and others.

The pace of life in cities around the world is literally getting faster, a study shows.
Psychologists have measured the speed at which people walk and discovered a 10 per cent increase in the past decade. The findings, from 32 countries, reflect the increasing numbers of people living in the fast lane.

The page above Continue reading On the fast lane →


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Genetics, Joke

Human head with wrong orientation?

There was a funny comment by Friedemann Schrenk in a recent radio duo podcast [link to br online] that the human head sits with a wrong orientation on the human body as the pipelines for food and air cross over. Continue reading Human head with wrong orientation? →


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Joke, Philosophy

Random

What is a random figure? Computer may be biased when true random numbers are needed (for example for cryptography). Here is a truly random generator, use it at your own risk…

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