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Critical Care
has published the abstracts from the Fifth International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine for Latin America. São Paulo, Brazil. 24-27 June 2009.
Journal of Hematology & Oncology
has published a collection of meeting abstracts entitled Current trends in leukemia , lymphoma, myeloma and ITP: updates and highlights from ASH 2008. White Plains, NY, USA. 31 January 2009.
New and improved impact factors for BioMed Central journals in the 2008 JCR
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A new BioMed Central journal that aims to become the major forum for research into the molecular basis of autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions, Molecular Autism, is now accepting submissions.

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	Needed for variant discovery: open minds, exploration of options Genome Med 2009, 1:66 Choosing a research strategy to identify causal variants for diseases means that implicit assumptions are made about the characteristics of the variants being sought and the genomic architecture of the disease under consideration.
	Authenticity of some published trials in doubt Trials 2009, 10:46 Inadequate randomisation - identified in more than 90% of 2235 randomised controlled trials published in Chinese journals - indicates a need for more stringent peer review and improved education of trialists.
	Clinical pathways improve patient care BMC Medicine 2009, 7:32 Patients undergoing hip and knee joint replacement experience a better quality of care, a shorter hospital stay and fewer post-operative complications when clinical pathways are implemented rather than standard medical care
	The scorpion's toxic transcriptome BMC Genomics 2009, 10:290 A transcriptome analysis of the Scorpiops jendeki venom gland has highlighted a number of venom peptides which may help drug development and aid our understanding of how the scorpion evolved its venom arsenal.
	Seabirds select best partner BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:147 Mate choice in the monogamous kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla, appears to be under strong selection against inbreeding as genetically dissimilar pairs produce chicks that are more likely to hatch and thrive.

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How do general probability forecasts enter into decision making? (Paul Falzer, 03Jul2009)
This commentary is prompted by two concerns: First, what do we actually know about the role of forecasting in making treatment decisions, and to what extent does the proposal... read full comment

Comment on: Brehaut JC et al. Implementation Science, 2:18
alphaVbeta3 and uPA kringle do directly interact (yoshi takada, 03Jul2009)
Good work. I just want to let you know that we have published a paper (below) that is relevant but not cited in this article. We demonstrated that alphaVbeta3 and uPA kringle... read full comment

Comment on: Degryse B et al. BMC Bioinformatics, 9:S8
Outline of Normalization Process Theory (Carl May, 03Jul2009)
This paper cites as in press an article that describes Normalization process Theory in detail. We had hoped to co-ordinate publication of the two articles, to no avail.... read full comment

Comment on: May CR et al. Implementation Science, 4:29