Federal agency ’s plan to disclose university misconduct findings splits academics
The U.S. government wants to strip away some of the secrecy surrounding university investigations of research misconduct by publicizing findings that institutions might otherwise keep confidential. Advocates of greater transparency say the change, proposed by the federal Office of Research Integrity (ORI), would boost public confidence in research and correct the scientific record sooner.
“Good for [ORI],” says lawyer Tina Gunsalus, a veteran academic administrator who leads a center on research ethics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “The government provided the money to do the research,” she ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - December 8, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Can systemic immune-inflammation index and hematologic parameters aid in decision-making for active surveillance or curative treatment in low-risk prostate cancer?
CONCLUSION: The decision of AS should be carefully reappraised, and treatment methods such as RP or radiotherapy should be considered in patients with high NLR, PLR, or SII index values.PMID:38065745 | DOI:10.1016/j.asjsur.2023.11.126 (Source: Asian Journal of Surgery)
Source: Asian Journal of Surgery - December 8, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Burhan Baylan Kemal Ulusoy Berk Ekenci Ibrahim Guven Kartal Source Type: research
Can systemic immune-inflammation index and hematologic parameters aid in decision-making for active surveillance or curative treatment in low-risk prostate cancer?
CONCLUSION: The decision of AS should be carefully reappraised, and treatment methods such as RP or radiotherapy should be considered in patients with high NLR, PLR, or SII index values.PMID:38065745 | DOI:10.1016/j.asjsur.2023.11.126 (Source: Hand Surgery)
Source: Hand Surgery - December 8, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Burhan Baylan Kemal Ulusoy Berk Ekenci Ibrahim Guven Kartal Source Type: research
Refractive lens exchange: What are the red lines?
Eur J Ophthalmol. 2023 Dec 7:11206721231218909. doi: 10.1177/11206721231218909. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPractical advancements in phacoemulsification techniques and intraocular lenses and the wide availability of phacoemulsification machines have led refractive lens exchange (RLE) to increase in popularity. Ethical boundaries in RLE have subsequently been pushed to include patients at higher risk of complications. In this editorial, we consider RLE outcomes and complications per type of refractive error, together with preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative ethical obligations for refractive surgeons. In the c...
Source: European Journal of Ophthalmology - December 8, 2023 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jorge L Alio Matteo Pederzolli Andrzej Grzybowski Source Type: research
Is this a good time to be a nurse?
Nurs Ethics. 2023 Nov-Dec;30(7-8):907-909. doi: 10.1177/09697330231212516.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38065927 | DOI:10.1177/09697330231212516 (Source: Nursing Ethics)
Source: Nursing Ethics - December 8, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Charli Morris Ann Gallagher Source Type: research
Withdrawal: Explaining the concept of moral resilience among intensive care unit nurses
Nurs Ethics. 2023 Nov-Dec;30(7-8):1232. doi: 10.1177/09697330231202367.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38065928 | DOI:10.1177/09697330231202367 (Source: Nursing Ethics)
Source: Nursing Ethics - December 8, 2023 Category: Nursing Source Type: research
Surgery for nasal polyposis in cystic fibrosis
CONCLUSIONS: Very low-certainty evidence means we are not certain if endoscopic sinus surgery to treat chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis in cystic fibrosis is effective. Future research should be multicentric to increase the number of participants and increase statistical power. Adequate randomization and allocation concealment are important to guarantee that the groups are similar. Blinding, however, may not be possible in an ethical trial; even without blinding, results can achieve high-level evidence if the outcomes used are objective parameters. Future research should follow participants of all ages for at le...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Paula Ribeiro Lopes Almeida Osmar C Person Maria Es Puga Álvaro N Atallah Virginia Fm Trevisani Source Type: research
The ethics of hypopnea scoring
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM)
Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM - December 8, 2023 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Caroline Skolnik
Hrayr Attarian
Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University, Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Source Type: research
Who Should Be Legitimate Living Donors? The Case of Bangladesh
AbstractIn 1999, the Bangladesh government introduced the Human Organ Transplantation Act allowing organ transplants from both brain-dead and living-related donors. This Act approved organ donation within family networks, which included immediate family members such as parents, adult children, siblings, uncles, aunts, and spouses. Subsequently, in January 2018, the government amended the 1999 Act to include certain distant relatives, such as grandparents, grandchildren, and first cousins, in the donor lists, addressing the scarcity of donors. Nobody, without these relatives, is legally permitted to donate organs for transp...
Source: HEC Forum - December 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Embedding cultural competency and cultural humility in undergraduate pharmacist initial education and training: a qualitative exploration of pharmacy student perspectives
ConclusionThese findings offer actionable recommendations to align with the updated Initial Education and Training standards from the United Kingdom (UK) pharmacy regulator, the General Pharmaceutical Council; specifically,how andwhen cultural competency teaching should be embedded within the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum. Future research should further explore teaching content, learning environments, and methods of assessing cultural competency. (Source: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy)
Source: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - December 8, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Correction: Editors ’ statement on the responsible use of generative AI technologies in scholarly journal publishing
(Source: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy)
Source: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - December 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
The Fragility of Scientific Rigour and Integrity in “Sped up Science”: Research Misconduct, Bias, and Hype and in the COVID-19 Pandemic
AbstractDuring the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, preclinical and clinical research were sped up and scaled up in both the public and private sectors and in partnerships between them. This resulted in some extraordinary advances, but it also raised a range of issues regarding the ethics, rigour, and integrity of scientific research, academic publication, and public communication. Many of the failures of scientific rigour and integrity that occurred during the pandemic were exacerbated by the rush to generate, disseminate, and implement research findings, which not only created opportunities for unscrupulous actors b...
Source: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - December 8, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Prevalence and distribution pattern of AmpC β-lactamases in ESBL producing clinical isolates of Klebsiella spp. in parts of Assam, India
AbstractThe production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and AmpC β-lactamases is the most common explanation of multidrug resistance in clinical isolates ofKlebsiella spp. In the present study, a total of 160 isolates ofKlebsiella spp. were procured from the DBT-NER project with ethical clearance no. DU/Dib/ECBHR(Human)/2021-22/02). These were collected from various health settings of Assam and identified as drug-resistant. The isolates were screened for antibiotic susceptibility and phenotypic tests were performed on multidrug resistant isolates to confirm ESBL and AmpC β-lactamases production. The distributio...
Source: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology - December 8, 2023 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
News at a glance: Climate damage fund, a Palestinian physicist killed, and a dismissal following a Harvard gift
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Climate damage fund launched
At the U.N. climate conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last week, nations agreed to a draft resolution for a “loss and damage” fund to compensate developing countries for harms caused by climate change when adapting to them is not possible. Many of those countries face risks from increased storms, drought, and other effects of global warming, despite not being responsible for the bulk of historic fossil fuel emissions. Wealthy countries have already promised more than $700 million for the fund. But many details of its operation, including the bo...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - December 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Tangible impact of patient communication modules on medical students and interns
The objective of this study was to ascertain the perceptible qualitative influence of the modules in communication in the AETCOM course and to obtain feedback on its implementation. In this cross-sectional study, the attitude of medical students in all stages of training including internship was first explored using a Communication Skills Attitude Scale (CSAS). Out of 27 modules in AETCOM course, five modules named foundations of communication deal with communication and they are taught from the first to final professional years of training. After introducing communication modules in AETCOM for all professional years, feed...
Source: Adv Physiol Educ - December 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Veena Nayak Kirtana Raghurama Nayak Samarth Goyal Shubhika Jain Sushma Prabhath Vikram Palimar Ramnarayan Komattil Source Type: research
