This review focuses on a multitude of controversies surrounding placebo and nocebo
phenomena in research and clinical applications. The discussion includes a focus on …

Peer review has been the main form of appraisal of scientific knowledge for over a century.
In essence, this process involves the evaluation of a scientific finding by independent …

O texto trata da avaliação da produtividade científica. Analisa o processo de metrificação da
avaliação da produção científica, bem como o processo histórico de construção da …

Introduction The primary functions of peer reviewers are poorly defined. Thus far no body of
literature has systematically identified the roles and tasks of peer reviewers of biomedical …

Introduction or background: The terms Tpublication biasL and Treporting biasL describe
aspects of a phenomenon by which data from trials are not publicized, and so remain …

Purpose of review Cervical disc replacement (CDR) has emerged as a motion-preserving
alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in selected cases. Despite favorable …

Peer review of scientific articles submitted for publication has been such an integral
component of innovation in science and medicine that participants (be they readers …

O texto trata da avaliação da produtividade científica. Analisa o processo de metrificação da
avaliação da produção científica, bem como o processo histórico de construção da …

Objective: The objective of the study was to study the methodological quality and error
detection of the review by the participants of a peer review workshop. Methods: All …

A modeling approach may significantly help to explore the problem of weak understanding
of the physiological and pathological central nervous system function in the most …