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Can you kill your enemy by giving homeopathy? lack of rigour and lack of logic in the systematic review by Edzard Ernst and colleagues on adverse effects of homeopathy
No full textDid the authors of the paper entitled "The safety of COVID-19 vaccinations-We should rethink the policy", published then retracted in Vaccines [Walach, H. et al. (2021) Vaccines, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9070693] mis-interpreted and distorted available scientific data?
No full textThe paper entitled "The safety of COVID-19 vaccinations-We should rethink the policy" by Walach, H. et al. [1] was published in Vaccines after undergoing "peer review" and then retracted sua sponte by the Editor in Chief and Editorial Board of vaccines. The said paper has generated much controversy and debate among those who have stated that Walach, H. et al. have not only mis-interpreted available data in the but have also distorted them in order to come up with an erroneous conclusion that essentially states that "for three deaths prevented by vaccinations we have to accept two inflicted by vaccinations". Mis-interpretation of scientific data is human and should not be censored but rebutted scientifically However distortion of scientific data to come up with an erroneous conclusion that fits one's hypothesis constitutes Dishonest Scientific Reporting and Data Falsification. To state that a Scientific Researcher has distorted scientific data to arrive at an erroneous conclusion in order to mislead the reader is unscientific and defamatory if one does not have scientific proof that scientific data has been distorted. That Vaccines would first publish a paper after so-called "peer review" and then retract the paper after objectors (The Mob Review Squad) complain of data mis-interpretation and distortion is hypocritical of the Editor in Chief and the Editorial Board of Vaccines. Further, by publishing and then retracting the paper by Walach, H. et al. after mob pressure, Vaccines has caused serious prejudice and harm to the scientific reputation of Walach, H. et al. Walach, H. et al. could have submitted and published their paper in scientific journals and preprint website that do not practice censorship by Mob Peer review. Vaccines should offer an official apology to Walach, H. et al
Mindfulness Meditation: Deconditioning and Changing View
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Spiritual healing as a therapy for chronic pain: a randomized, clinical trial
No full textProfessor Ernst and his group have presented a well controlled and cleverly designed study on spiritual healing in chronic pain. While we would certainly agree that the study is valid, we do have some serious problems with the presentation of the data, the discussion of the findings and with some general aspects of the planning which in our eyes should be taken into account when interpreting the results
Efficacy of distant healing - a proposal for a four-armed randomized study (EUHEALS)
No full textBackground: Distant healing as a treatment modality is frequently used by patients and healers. Some preliminary evidence suggests possible effects. Since patients suffering from multiple chemical sensitivity and chronic fatigue syndrome have only few effective treatment options, distant healing will be offered as a treatment within a formal trial of distant healing.Design and Method: A four-armed randomized trial will include 400 patients with self-attributed, environmental problems who fulfil the diagnostic criteria of severe idiopathic chronic fatigue, chronic fatigue syndrome or multiple chemical sensitivity. Patients will be recruited by specialized general practitioners and environmental clinics. They will be treated by healers distributed all over Europe, coming from various healing traditions and nationalities. Each patient will be treated by 3 healers. Healers will have no contact with the patients and will only be provided with the patient's Christian name and a photograph. The patients will be randomized to one of 4 groups in a 2 × 2 factorial design. They will either receive (distant) healing or not, and either know or not know this decision. Thereby the effects of expectation and of time can be disentangled from the specific effects of healing.Outcome Measure: Primary outcome measure will be the mental health summary scale of the MOS SF-36. The measure will be taken at the beginning and at the end of a 6- month treating or waiting period, respectively. A variety of moderator variables will be considered to evaluate which of these may be predictive of outcome
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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