conference report: Mental health and intellectual disability: an international perspective

The present paper reports on the inaugural meeting of the Mental Health Special Interest Research Group (SIRG) of the International Association for the Scientific study of Intellectual disability which was held at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK, in March 1998. The meeting was organized in conjunction with the Ninth Annual SIRG on ageing and intellectual disability. Representatives from North America, several European and Scandinavian countries, Australia, and Israel attended. Two broad themes had been determined prior to the meeting: ‘Improving the detection of mental health problems’ and ‘Research strategies for identifying risk factors for mental health problems’. In the presentations and subsequent discussions, it was apparent that there were extrenely diverse perspectives both across and within the different countries represented. Not only were individuals' experiences very different, but most strikingly, the theoretical frameworks were very diverse. This was partly a function of there being understandable differences in perspectives across disciplines, but at its most marked, there were fundamental differences in the way both intellectual disability and mental health were conceptualized.     

El plagio y las revistas depredadoras como amenaza a la integridad científica

This article presents an analysis of the concept of plagiarism in order to show the wide spectrum of manifestations that can be considered as such when committing a transgression of intellectual property, carried out with the intention of deceiving the authors’ true contribution and the originality and novelty of the information.The article describes the concurrent circumstances in intentional plagiarism, and the damage that this misconduct causes in the credibility of the scientific system, in which authorship credit is the foundation of the academic career, of the prestige of the author in the scientific community, and the basis for research funding.Some circumstances are favouring this fraud: the pressure exerted on researchers by the criteria used for promotion and reward that prioritise the quantity of works on their quality, the existence of a market for the purchase and sale of scientific articles, and the proliferation of predatory journals that operate without or minimal ethical standards.Finally, the paper highlights the convenience of the adoption of criteria that prioritise the intrinsic quality of the work versus its quantity, including the active involvement of the institutions in the development of active policies for the prevention, detection, and punishment of the cases of potential fraud, and emphasize that, in the end, the prevention of fraud relies on the individual adoption of an ethical and responsible behaviour.     

生物医学期刊的统计学方法应用情况分析

目的了解统计学方法在医学文献中的正确使用情况。方法选取8种医学期刊1998年～2005年发表的544篇论著进行统计学方法应用情况分析。结果136篇论著中有明显的统计学错误,错误率为25.00%。主要错误类型及构成依次为：资料处理方法不当占61.76%,图表错误占14.71%,未作统计学处理占8.82%,率、比混淆占8.82%,其他错误占5.88%。结论统计学方法的正确应用应引起高度重视,在审稿过程中,稿件除应送同行专家审阅外,同时还应建立统计学家审阅制度。     

以科研促教学,提高本科人才培养质量

以科研促进教学是提高大学教学质量的重要途径：科研成果能充实和改革教学内容、科研活动能促进师资队伍建设和教学环境的改善、课外科研小组能培养学生的科研能力，面向本科生学术讲座能激发学生创新意识；从而形成“科研水平提高——教师教学能力提高——教学质量提高——学生质量提高”的良性循环。     

多一些中国话语

《中国医学伦理学》创刊25年了,正好1/4世纪,不算太长,也不算短.这25年,是我国生命伦理学成长发展的重要时期.其中,就有〈中国医学伦理学〉的积极参与和独特贡献.25年来,我与杂志编辑部一直保持着联系,得到他们的支持和厚爱,也对他们的艰辛和努力略知一二.我谨向编辑部新老朋友致以特别的感谢和敬意!     

学术期刊开放存取出版呈现全球化的发展趋势

科技出版业发展迅速,互联网则彻底改变人们进行研究、共享科研成果的方式,以及搜索和保存信息的方式.开放存取（open access,OA）为科研数据和结果的传播共享提供良好的平台.OA将会影响全世界科技期刊文章的发表模式.现在已不需要讨论科研结果是否需要无障碍地共享,而应该去研究怎样才能更加有效地利用OA实现科研成果共享.     

Using a Virtual Journal Club for Sharing Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations in Critical Care Registered Nurses

Objective

Registered nurses must remain current with evidence-based practice knowledge to meet job demands in an evolving health care climate. This pilot study's purpose was to investigate a virtual journal club's effect on satisfaction, knowledge, and practice.

A Systematic review and meta-analysis on the role of palliative primary resection for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm with liver metastases

Background

Role of palliative pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasm (PanNEN) resection (pPanNEN-R) is controversial. This study was designed as a meta-analysis of studies which allow a comparison of pPanNEN-R and non-surgical management (PanNEN-nR).