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From the Editor’s Desk: Report for the French Review, 2009–2010

After twenty-three years on the editorial board of the French Review, it is difficult to say goodbye! It was Ron Tobin, my predecessor, who first asked me to join the board in 1987 to succeed Priscilla Clark as Review Editor for Civilization (now Society and Culture). In 1992 I became Assistant Editor for Civilization and in 1996, Managing Editor. Then Ron designated me as his successor and the Executive Council of the AATF elected me Editor in Chief in 1998. Now it is 2010 and time to turn the reigns over to my successor, Edward Ousselin of Western Washington University, Bellingham. Previously I appointed Edward/Edouard (he uses both his French and English names) as Editor for Creative Works. He has chosen Michel Gueldry of the Monterey Institute as his Managing Editor. Michel has been an Assistant Editor for Society and Culture for the past several years. Some wise person once said that one should always choose associates who are smarter than oneself if one hopes to be successful. Finding such people was never a problem for me! Indeed, I have many people to thank for helping me to serve the French Review and its readers these past twenty-three years. First and foremost are the Assistant Editors who read and evaluate many articles from among the 100 plus articles we receive every year. They and all of the members of the French Review staff are simply the best in the business. It is hard to believe that unpaid volunteers can be so unfailingly dedicated to the interests of teachers of French, all our other readers, and the profession which we share, but the members of the editorial board of the French Review are totally committed. In my professional life of over 40 years I have never seen so much good will. Along with the Assistant Editors, Review Editors must be singled out as well. They solicit reviews year round and edit them for each issue. Our Assistant Editor for Dissertations in Progress also primes the pump to keep you up to date on what prospective members of our profession are up to. Another demanding job is that of Advertising Manager, a position currently held by the recently elected president of the AATF, Ann Sunderland. In fact, Ann has succeeded in increasing the number of ads taken out in spite of the downturn in the economy. This said, as a former Managing Editor I can tell you that the hardest job of all is that of Managing Editor. The physical and interpersonal demands of this position are beyond belief. Managing Editors have had heart attacks in the middle of their tenures and several, 9 From the Editor’s Desk: Report for the French Review, 2009–2010 FR statistics for articles submitted 1 June 2009–31 May 2010 (vol. 83) Category Literature Pedagogy Civilization Film Linguistics Totals Submitted 57 (55.8%) 19 (18.7%) 12 (11.8%) 10 ( 9.8%) 4 ( 3.9%) 102 (100%) Accepted 20 (35.1%) 8 (42.1%) 7 (58.3%) 3 (30%) 1 (25%) 39 (38.2%) Rejected 23 (40.4%) 8 (42.1%) 5 (41.7%) 3 (30%) 3 (75%) 42 (41.2%) Under Evaluation 12 (21.1%) 3 (15.8%) — 3 (30%) — 18 (17.6%) No Decision 2 ( 3.4%) — — 1 (10.0%) — 3 ( 3%) including myself, suffered from double vision at times. The reason is that Managing Editors must read something on the order of 3600-4000 manuscript, galley, and page proofs (not to mention blue lines) every year. So it is more than fitting that I recognize my wonderfully talented Managing Editors: James P. Gilroy, Clyde Thogmartin, Sharon Shelly, and Wynne Wong. They carried out their duties at a very high level and several of them made innovations that have improved our journal. It is not really possible for me to express my gratitude to them in words. I must also thank the Executive Secretary of the AATF, Jayne Abrate, who took over her position when I began mine. Jayne has always supported me in my job as Editor and has served as a sounding board and confidant whenever there were difficult problems to be dealt with. She has also given...

Ten Years of ChemBioChem: Where Chemistry Meets Life Science

Ten Years of <i>ChemBioChem</i>: Where Chemistry Meets Life Science

Symmetry – An International and Interdisciplinary Scientific Open Access Journal

As the publisher of MDPI journals, I am pleased to launch Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994), an international and interdisciplinary open access scientific journal. Twenty years ago, a journal entitled Symmetry – An Interdisciplinary and International Journal was launched by VCH Publishers, Inc. in New York, with Professor Istvan Hargittai as Editor-in-Chief. I submitted a paper which was processed by Professor Sven J. Cyvin from The University of Trondheim – The Norwegian Institute of Technology. The paper was accepted and scheduled for publication in the printed issue 4 of volume 1, 1990. I still keep a copy of the galley proofs. However, the publication of this journal was terminated after just the release of the first issue of volume 1, and this paper was finally published elsewhere [1]. [...]

Reply to Letter to the Editor: Early Outcome of TKA with a Medial Pivot Fixed-bearing Prosthesis is Worse than with a PFC Mobile-bearing Prosthesis

We appreciate Mr. Scott’s comments regarding our article “Early Outcome of TKA with a Medial Pivot Fixed-bearing Prosthesis is Worse than with a PFC Mobile-bearing Prosthesis” [1]. Mr. Scott suggested osteoarthritis in the knee must differ in its presentation in the Korean population from that encountered in Western society where the need for bilateral TKAs remains the exception rather than the norm and that difference may limit the general applicability of the Korean findings. Presentations of osteoarthritis in the knee in Korean patients are similar to presentations for Western patients except for the preponderance of female patients and varus knee deformity in the majority of patients. We did not manipulate the study although we excluded patients with rheumatoid arthritis because we have few such patients for TKAs and because the polyarticular involvement in these patients means functional assessment after TKA would not provide comparable outcomes. We do appreciate Mr. Scott’s observation of numerous errors in our text. We also found some of these errors after we returned the galley proofs; however, because the article already was published electronically, no additional changes or corrections could be made. “We excluded three patients postoperatively” should be corrected to two patients. The preoperative ranges of motion for the two designs were 124° and 123°, as stated in the text. In Table 2, 124° should be corrected to 123°. In Table 3, 38 of 92 (63%) should be corrected to 41%, and 51 of 92 (34%) should be corrected to 55%. We did not notice the errors in Table 6 when we submitted the manuscript or on the galley proofs. The numbers for PFC Sigma should be corrected to: We defined postoperative range of motion as insufficient if it was less than 120°. The range of motion at final followup was less (p = 0.007) for the Medial Pivot fixed-bearing prosthesis than for the PFC Sigma (mean ± standard deviation, 115° ± 18.0° versus 127° ± 12.1°, respectively). Therefore, the patients’ opinion regarding their range of movement concurred with our assertion. We perform a high volume of bilateral simultaneous TKAs, thereby allowing for large numbers in the limited period of the study. The first author (YHK) performed the TKAs using the Medial Pivot prosthesis in 15 cases before commencing the trial. We submitted a spreadsheet of our raw data to the editor during the editorial process. He requested it again with this letter and we submitted it again. Antibiotics were administered for 48 hours in every patient who had a TKA. We performed ligament balancing in Medial Pivot and PFC Sigma mobile-bearing TKAs. However, additional time was required for ligamentous balancing in mobile-bearing TKAs to prevent dislocation of the rotating platform. You may be correct in using only the AKSS scoring system. Our prospective study protocols have established using both systems. We are confident no bias was present in the radiographic analysis. The series has only 2.6 years’ followup, and unless the implants were grossly malpositioned, we anticipate the radiographic findings in the two groups would not differ in a short-term followup. The variables of data in this article were continuous and normally distributed. The sample size was not too small to test with Wilcoxon’s matched pairs signed rank test. When we started using the Medial Pivot TKA, we tried to follow the designers’ concepts of preserving and balancing the posterior cruciate ligament. From the results of our current series, we believe the posterior cruciate ligament must be resected whenever a Medial Pivot TKA is used. We are not sure whether you would interpret this as a poorer surgical technique.

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology: A tale of passion and perseverance

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology: A tale of passion and perseverance

Laura Bremer joins VCOT as Managing Editor

We are fortunate with this issue of VCOT to have the opportunity to introduce Ms Laura Bremer who recently joined Schattauer Publishers in Stuttgart in the role as the in-house Managing Editor for our Journal, following the void left by the very sad passing of Amanda Godsell. Laura is a native of Chicago and has graduated with degrees in marketing, accounting and international business. In addition to her mother tongue English, she speaks German and Swedish. By our good fortune, she has lived in Germany since September 2007 and has a background in advertising. As with all journals, the success and reputation of VCOT are founded on the scientific quality of papers that are published. All papers that are submitted for publication must successfully negotiate the peer review process, and be recommended for publication by a majority of opinion of the referees who are invited to give their evaluations. Of course there are many steps along the way in this process, starting first with the logistics of uploading the manuscript to Manuscript Central. Providing assistance to authors with this sometimes frustrating process is just one of Laura’s roles. She also ensures that submitted manuscripts meet our formatting requirements, and that they pass through the review process in a timely manner. Once our referees are satisfied with the scientific quality of a submitted manuscript, it is carefully copy-edited by her to ensure that the grammatical expression, spelling, reference formatting and so forth are correct. Copyright assignments, image files and galley proof corrections are also handled by Laura, prior to each new issue going off to the printers. In addition, she is also the liaison person with each of the societies who have chosen VCOT as their house journal. All this work that goes on ‘behind the scenes’ at our publishers is critical in the lead up to the eventual delivery of each issue of VCOT to your mailbox. I want to warmly welcome Laura Bremer to our VCOT team; I am very confident that our interaction will be a fruitful collaboration in elevating VCOT to even greater success.

Reply to Letter to the Editor: Early Outcome of TKA with a Medial Pivot Fixed-bearing Prosthesis Is Worse Than With a PFC Mobile-bearing Prosthesis

We appreciate Mr. Scott’s comments regarding our article “Early Outcome of TKA with a Medial Pivot Fixed-bearing Prosthesis is Worse than with a PFC Mobile-bearing Prosthesis” [1]. Mr. Scott suggested osteoarthritis in the knee must differ in its presentation in the Korean population from that encountered in Western society where the need for bilateral TKAs remains the exception rather than the norm and that difference may limit the general applicability of the Korean findings. Presentations of osteoarthritis in the knee in Korean patients are similar to presentations for Western patients except for the preponderance of female patients and varus knee deformity in the majority of patients. We did not manipulate the study although we excluded patients with rheumatoid arthritis because we have few such patients for TKAs and because the polyarticular involvement in these patients means functional assessment after TKA would not provide comparable outcomes. We do appreciate Mr. Scott’s observation of numerous errors in our text. We also found some of these errors after we returned the galley proofs; however, because the article already was published electronically, no additional changes or corrections could be made. “We excluded three patients postoperatively” should be corrected to two patients. The preoperative ranges of motion for the two designs were 124° and 123°, as stated in the text. In Table 2, 124° should be corrected to 123°. In Table 3, 38 of 92 (63%) should be corrected to 41%, and 51 of 92 (34%) should be corrected to 55%. We did not notice the errors in Table 6 when we submitted the manuscript or on the galley proofs. The numbers for PFC Sigma should be corrected to: We defined postoperative range of motion as insufficient if it was less than 120°. The range of motion at final followup was less (p = 0.007) for the Medial Pivot fixed-bearing prosthesis than for the PFC Sigma (mean ± standard deviation, 115° ± 18.0° versus 127° ± 12.1°, respectively). Therefore, the patients’ opinion regarding their range of movement concurred with our assertion. We perform a high volume of bilateral simultaneous TKAs, thereby allowing for large numbers in the limited period of the study. The first author (YHK) performed the TKAs using the Medial Pivot prosthesis in 15 cases before commencing the trial. We submitted a spreadsheet of our raw data to the editor during the editorial process. He requested it again with this letter and we submitted it again. Antibiotics were administered for 48 hours in every patient who had a TKA. We performed ligament balancing in Medial Pivot and PFC Sigma mobile-bearing TKAs. However, additional time was required for ligamentous balancing in mobile-bearing TKAs to prevent dislocation of the rotating platform. You may be correct in using only the AKSS scoring system. Our prospective study protocols have established using both systems. We are confident no bias was present in the radiographic analysis. The series has only 2.6 years’ followup, and unless the implants were grossly malpositioned, we anticipate the radiographic findings in the two groups would not differ in a short-term followup. The variables of data in this article were continuous and normally distributed. The sample size was not too small to test with Wilcoxon’s matched pairs signed rank test. When we started using the Medial Pivot TKA, we tried to follow the designers’ concepts of preserving and balancing the posterior cruciate ligament. From the results of our current series, we believe the posterior cruciate ligament must be resected whenever a Medial Pivot TKA is used. We are not sure whether you would interpret this as a poorer surgical technique.

Letters

In Response: This letter is written to retract a letter to the editor response by Vora et al1 due to lack of involvement and agreement with the senior authors. The reply was not reviewed or agreed upon by any of the 3 senior authors. Dr. Vora felt he was pressured by the journal to sign off on the galley proof because of deadline expediency and did not consult with the senior authors nor obtain any of their signatures. We strongly regret the editorializing stated in response number 6, i.e. “We believe the current enthusiasm/fad towards the use of pedicle screw construct in flexible Lenke 1 curves is industry driven to a significant extent and possibly driven by surgeon’s ego than by the actual advantages presented by the construct.” This inflammatory statement had no scientific basis, was not studied in the comparative review, evaluation data, analysis of results, or presented in the discussion and conclusions of the original manuscript. It was a unilateral opinion expressed solely by Dr. Vora who now regrets its connotation and unfortunate publication. While we agree in principle with the majority of the reply, we categorically condemn, deny, and demand retraction of item number 6. We also recommend that editorial license be initiated in the future to require signatures of all senior authors in response to letters to the editor and that the response be relegated to validated data described in the article in question. Alvin H. Crawford, MD Past President, Scoliosis Research Society Oheneba Boachie Adjei, MD President Elect, Scoliosis Research Society Lawrence G. Lenke, MD Member, Board of Directors Scoliosis Research Society

Intelligence in DSM‐IV combined type attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder is not predicted by either dopamine receptor/transporter genes or other previously identified risk alleles for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder

The previously published version of this article [Am J Med Genet Part B Neuropsychiatr Genet 147B:316–319] contained an error in Table II that failed to be appropriately corrected by the publisher after it was identified by the authors on the galley proofs. The listed value for unaffected siblings under the heading Mill index of dopamine genotypic risk, 2, is listed as 13.4 (14.3), N=143. The correct value is 103.4 (14.3), N=143 and an amended version of Table II appears below for public record.

Volume 1, Number 1

Volume 1, Number 1

Fritz Heider – My Academic Teacher and His Academic Teachers

In the summer of 1958 at the University of Kansas, Heider offered a seminar based on the galley proofs of his forthcoming book The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations. Personal memories of the seminar are reported, and an attempt is made to reconstruct the European background of Heider’s work. It is argued that the warm reception of Heider’s book was partly the result of his revival of philosophical ideas that had served as starting points for psychology, but had since been abandoned. Especially with respect to the analysis of naive concepts, complex structures, and causal attributions, Heider owes an intellectual debt to his mentor Alexius Meinong at the University of Graz, and to Ernst Cassirer at the University of Hamburg. Commemorating the publication of Heider’s book can, therefore, also be regarded as an implicit tribute to the European philosophy of the late 19th and early 20th century.

A Short Introduction to Löwenheim's Life and Work and to a Hitherto Unknown Paper

On 5 May 1957, Leopold Löwenheim passed away in a Berlin hospital following a short but severe illness, unnoticed by the community of mathematical logicians who believed that he had perished in a Nazi concentration camp in or shortly after 1940 (the year of publication in the Journal of Symbolic Logic of his last paper before the end of World War II). The 50th anniversary of his death seems an appropriate date for the posthumous publication of a paper that was supposed to appear in Fundamenta Mathematicae in 1939, the galley proofs of which Löwenheim had already seen and corrected when German troops invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. Löwenheim managed to save the proofs through the War, despite the loss of most of his possessions during the bombing of Berlin in 1943 and 1944. By another lucky chance, a copy of the proofs survived in the present author's possession, when the originals were lost during a flat clearing in Berlin as part of the estate of Johannes Teichert (1904–1994), Löwenheim's step-son, when his widow moved into a nursing-home in May 1999. Later, I will expand these short remarks slightly but seize the present opportunity to resume (and in some places add to) the extant data on Löwenheim's life and writings.

The Real Filth in American Psycho

The Real Filth in American Psycho

You Have To Know How To Shudder

Journal of Palliative MedicineVol. 9, No. 4 Personal ReflectionYou Have To Know How To ShudderWilliam M. BuchholzWilliam M. BuchholzSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:15 Aug 2006https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.998AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail "You Have To Know How To Shudder." , 9(4), pp. 998–999FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 9Issue 4Aug 2006 InformationCopyright 2006, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:William M. Buchholz.You Have To Know How To Shudder.Journal of Palliative Medicine.Aug 2006.998-999.http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2006.9.998Published in Volume: 9 Issue 4: August 15, 2006PDF download

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Who Is Going to Read all This?

Who Is Going to Read all This?

Stroke

S troke aims to be the respected voice of stroke, a journal to which authors aspire, readers enjoy, and the public trusts. Ninety-two percent of our readers are satisfied or very satisfied with Stroke and appreciate such features as Emerging Therapies, Advances in Stroke, and Controversies in Stroke. Our online manuscript submission system saves time and effort for our authors, and speeds up the review process, allowing for the timely posting of final galley proofs online 1 to 3 weeks prior to print publication. The media render a great public service by reaching millions through the Internet, in print, and through radio and television. The public continues …

Cyclophane-Based Highly Active Late-Transition-Metal Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization

In the Communication “Cyclophane-Based Highly Active Late-Transition-Metal Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization” by D. H. Camacho, E. V. Salo, J. W. Ziller, and Z. Guan (1), the authors neglected to update reference [12] in the galley proof and so failed to cross-reference their related communication in Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 865–868. The latter publication reported the methodology for synthesizing cyclophanes which have nitrogen intra-annular functionalities. The authors apologize for this oversight.

Open Access to Traffic

Several weeks ago Gary Ward and Suzanne Pfeffer, writing in the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) monthly newsletter, reminded the cell biology community of the recent vigorous debate on the state of scientific publishing (http://www.ascb.org/news/vol26no2/ns/february-03.html). The issues of concern center on the failure of many prominent publishers to permit unrestricted access to the content of their journals, rising subscription costs, and questions of copyright. In addition, there is a prevailing feeling of inequity that scientists, having found the funds to pay for the research, have to pay both to publish the work and then to access this published material. ASCB has adopted a clear policy of withdrawing support from journals that do not release their content within six months of publication. The Editors of Traffic support these views. With the backing of our publisher, Blackwell Munksgaard, we announce the following changes in our open access and copyright policies, and new on-line features aimed at better serving the scientific community. Open access after 6 months.Traffic's contents have already been freely accessible 12 months after publication. However, in response to the ASCB's policy, effective January 2004, we will release the contents of Traffic six months after publication. More rights retained by authors. Blackwell's new policy on copyright assignment lead to extended rights being retained by the author(s), or their organization(s), further facilitating open access. OnLineEarly. Within the year; papers will be published online as soon as the galley proofs are accepted, thus accelerating the communication of the results. Articles may be cited using DOIs. Electronic submission and manuscript tracking. The current informal electronic submission system has already been supplemented by a fully web-based and easily used electronic submission and review system, which will again accelerate publication. In the coming years you can expect Traffic to continue to respond to, and to meet the needs of, the cell biology community. We aim to keep the personal and institutional subscription rates reasonable, as well as maintaining page charges at a low flat-rate fee. Other large publishers have resisted the society's cries for open access, claiming that subscriptions will be lost and that the profits necessary to sustain the essential services provided by publishers will not be forthcoming. Therefore it is critical that, as a community, we actively support publishers that are willing to work together with scientists. This support can be expressed by submitting our papers to these journals, by taking out personal subscriptions, and by encouraging our libraries to do the same. Otherwise the fallacious argument – that open access and profitability are mutually exclusive – will be validated. Frances M. Brodsky, Mark Marsh, Sandra L. Schmid

July 16, 2002

HomeCirculationVol. 106, No. 3July 16, 2002 Free AccessAnnouncementPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessAnnouncementPDF/EPUBJuly 16, 2002Rapid Access Publication James T. Willerson, MD James T. WillersonJames T. Willerson Search for more papers by this author Originally published16 Jul 2002https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.106.3.283Circulation. 2002;106:283The Editors of Circulation are pleased to announce that our effort to provide even more rapid access to all original scientific articles that have been accepted for publication in Circulation began with our first issue of the new year. All original clinical and basic manuscripts, once accepted, will now be published Online five to nine working days after galley proofs are returned from the author to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Rapid Access Publication will enable individual and institutional subscribers to log on to the Circulation web site, www.circ.ahajournals.org, and access the pdf file of a group of manuscripts that was accepted just days earlier. These same manuscripts will be published in the print journal within 4 to 5 weeks. Editorials and review articles are not included in Rapid Access Publication. This new opportunity for rapid publication of accepted manuscripts allows Circulation to make important information available to its readers in an even more timely fashion.Rapid Track for Review and PublicationThe Editors of Circulation wish to remind readers of a special category of manuscripts we initiated nearly two years ago. Rapid Track for Publication is a category of manuscript submission designed for expedited review, and if accepted, expedited publication of manuscripts reporting the results of important clinical trials and major basic science discoveries. We are committed to providing an initial decision one week after the manuscript enters the review process. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, it will be published Online one week after galley proofs are returned to our publisher, and in the print journal within four to five weeks. We are pleased to offer this special opportunity for very rapid review and publication of the most important clinical and basic research work submitted to Circulation.Clinician Update and Cardiology Patient PageDr Elliott Antman is the Section Editor for two new sections that were introduced in the Online version of Circulation in May and June, 2001. The new sections are available as a collection through radio buttons on the home page of Circulation Online, and now each new article is published rapidly in the print journal as well. We are pleased to offer the new sections as a review for the physician and as a resource for the patient.Cardiovascular NewsImages in Cardiovascular MedicineMagnetic Resonance Angiography of a Congenitally Interrupted Aortic ArchAnitha Varghese, MRCP, BSc; Michael, Gatzoulis, MD; Raad H. Mohiaddin, MRCP, FRCR(Circulation. 2002;106:e9-e10.)Book Reviews(Circulation. 2002;106:e11-e12.) Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By Gong N, Bodi I, Zobel C, Schwartz A, Molkentin J and Backx P (2006) Calcineurin Increases Cardiac Transient Outward K+ Currents via Transcriptional Up-regulation of Kv4.2 Channel Subunits, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 10.1074/jbc.M607774200, 281:50, (38498-38506), Online publication date: 1-Dec-2006. July 16, 2002Vol 106, Issue 3 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.106.3.283 Originally publishedJuly 16, 2002 PDF download Advertisement