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The author summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the "Journal of Pediatric Psychology," and includes a reflection on the goals he has set for the journal at the beginning of his editorial term. Topics discussed include submissions and papers published, article format and article types, and special issues. Also mentioned are the employment location of the first authors, characteristics of the research conducted, and possible future directions for the journal.

The author discusses the concept of authorship and the process of scholarly publication in the field of biomedical alcohol research and the general scholarly community. He explores the weight placed on scholarly publication in the advancement of a research or scholarly career, discusses the implications of publishing pressures on questionable authorship practices such as gift authorship, and examines the ethics of individual contributions to multi-author papers.

In this article, the authors reply to the criticism of their paper by professor Brian T. Ratchford in his paper "Operationalizing Economic Models of Demand for Product Characteristics," published in the June 1979 issue of "Journal of Consumer Research." The authors address Ratchford's concern that they had condemned the Lancaster theory. While not their intent to do so, they were arguing for empirical verification before application. Instead, the authors hoped to relax some of its assumptions. Further, the author confront Ratchford's Equation 2, their demand function, continuity or infinitely divisible goods, and discuss their concerns with Ratchford's model.

Party-autonomy is one of the most fundamental principles in international private law concerning contractual relations on a global and comparative level. It is also said to constitute the cornerstone of international commercial arbitration. Understood as the parties' freedom to choose the legal regime, in the broadest possible sense, partyautonomy is fundamental throughout the arbitral process. While the role of partyautonomy in the arbitral process has been discussed extensively in scholarly writing, its implications at the post-award stage have attracted little attention. This paper attempts to fill this gap by assessing the role of, and limits to, party-autonomy in relation to judicial review of the award. More specifically, it examines whether, and to what extent, the parties can modify the review of the award made by national courts at the seat of the arbitration. The paper compares the different solutions adopted in a number of jurisdictions around the world, analyses the underlying policies that appear to have influenced the current solutions, and discusses which of those are the most relevant and thus - from a normative point of view - should influence the correct approach to be adopted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Titular colonicity [frequency of colons in titles) has been hypothesized as the primary correlate of scholarly character in journal publication. Using data from 25,000 titles in journals of ecology, aquatic sciences, educational psychology, and literary criticism, I compare the ecological sciences with the social sciences. No significant differences in scholarly character were detectable between aquatic and terrestrial ecology, but ecological sciences were found to be less scholarly than social sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper argues that tests of Lancaster's economic theory presented in a recent article by George Ladd and Martin Zober are invalid, and that the theory presented by these authors also contains some problems. An alternative economic model of brand choice, which is more consistent with current empirical models of brand preference and choice, is outlined and several possible applications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses some editorial policy changes to the journal "Interacting With Computers." Particular focus is given to the new set of principles established for the journal, such as quality, engagement and efficiency. Also mentioned are the review process, improvements for referees and allocation process of special issues.

This study explores the analysis of citations in the Journal of Consumer Research (JCR) during its first 15 years of publication. We review previous work on citation analysis in marketing and consumer research, and we argue for the value of a more complex approach based on patterns of cocitation. Toward this end, we develop a data base that draws on the work of the 42 most frequently published authors in JCR in the first 15 years. We introduce a new, two-stage procedure to investigate the underlying structure in the from-versus-to or citing-cited matrix based on numbers of references among these authors. Our procedure yields a scale of citing-cited asymmetry for the 42 consumer researchers, a "citation-similarity space" showing patterns of symmetric citation among the researchers, and measures of research atypicality. These separate yet complementary results give interesting insights into patterns of cocitation among consumer behavior researchers and thereby appear to reflect the intellectual structure of consumer research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the highlights of the 24th annual conference Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) held in Orlando, Florida on July 8-12, 2016. Special interest group meetings and satellite meetings are included in the ISMB conference. Particular focus is given to the review process for conference papers. Also included are charts about themes, areas associated with each theme and submission statistics.

Presents the author's response towards Deborah Knight's criticism of his paper entitled `An Intentional Demonstration,' which was featured in the book `Intention and Intrepretation.' Basis of Knight's criticism.

The article presents a response to an earlier article in the same issue of "Journal of Consumer Research" from Morris B. Holbrook titled "What is Consumer Research?." The article praises Holbrook's work, and considers his proposition regarding consumer research. This article addresses Holbrook's position on and definition of consumer research, examines Holbrook's underlying argument, and outlines the implications of Holbrook's conclusions. Examining Holbrook's works, the author argues that under Holbrook's definition, many efforts qualify as consumer research, but would not define it. Further examination is presented.

The article presents the discussion on establishing the influence of obesity on myocardial energetics in heart failure. Topics include importance of using patient-first language in academic writing and the significant impact of stigmatizing terminology on patients; and people with obesity experiencing direct discrimination through being excluded from the majority of clinical trials.

We analyzed anonymized copies of the complete reviewer comments for 120 recent submissions to the Journal of Communication and attempted to identify the scholarly "sins" and "virtues" most frequently mentioned by the reviewers and most closely associated with the decision to publish the submission. We assessed levels of interreviewer agreement and patterns of evaluation in different subfields of communication scholarship. An explicit connection to a clearly identified theoretical corpus and novel findings or perspectives proved to be the most important predictors of publication. We discuss the ramifications of these findings for the current state of communication research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One way to improve students' access to and retention in post-secondary degree programs is to assess their readiness for such programs accurately. To place deaf and hard-of-hearing students in preparatory courses and to determine their readiness for degree programs more accurately, a direct measure of writing was developed for deaf and hard-of-hearing students at a large technical university. The purpose of this study was to estimate the concurrent and predictive validity of this measure. The Test of Written English (Educational Testing Service, 1992) served as the criterion in the concurrent validity study, and student success in the university's gateway freshman composition course served as the criterion in the predictive validity study. Results provide evidence of the concurrent and predictive validity of the measure, supporting its use for course placement and early planning purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the end of Cold War, international legal discussion and practice has been increasingly permeated by what this article calls "humanity discourse". The article analyzes the discourse from a critical perspective. The main argument of the article is that the humanity discourse contributes to what Anne Orford has called the "battle for the State", and consequently to the neoliberal project which is now a hegemonic power in global law and policy. This argument is supported both by an analysis of humanity discourse in academic discussions and an analysis of how humanity language has been used in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a list of academic papers related to the history of health, disease and medical care published in several scholarly journals. Titles include: "Locating Medical Histories: the Stories and Their Meanings" by Frank Huisman and John Harley Warner, "Women and Health in America 2nd ed." by Judith Walzer Leavitt, "Hazards of the Job: From Industrial Disease to Environmental Health Science" by Christopher C. Sellers, "America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918" by Alfred W. Crosby, and "Creating the American Junkie: Addiction Research in the Classic Era of Narcotic Control" by Caroline Jean Acker.

Presents guidelines for the submission of manuscripts to the periodical 'BioScience.' Articles' need to review significant scientific findings in an area of interest to a broad range of biologists; Viewpoint and roundtable; Manuscript preparation; Word processing; Illustrations.

The article offers brief profiles of Lorenzo Cotula, Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck, and Charles K. Ebinger.

The points of criticism advanced by Orakhelashvili can be confuted easily. Secession is a fact. A rule according to which secession can produce legal effects only to the extent these are allowed, as identified by Orakhelashvili, cannot be found in International Law, On a whole, the right to self-determination is a far more complex concept than portrayed by Orakhelashvili. Finally, Orakhelashvili seems to attribute a very limited role to the academic writer in norm interpretation: the straight forward choice between "right" and "false" interpretations. However, a more nuanced position must be taken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The profession would benefit if practitioners viewed disseminating knowledge, including writing for publication, as part of professional practice. The literature has acknowledged the importance of practitioners' contributions to the profession's knowledge base, but little is known about what facilitates practitioners' writing for publication or what barriers they experience. A survey was mailed to practitioners who had published in social work peer-reviewed journals to obtain information about practitioners' experiences and to solicit their ideas on what the profession, human services agencies, and schools of social work could do to enhance the ability of practitioners to write for publication. Practitioners' recommendations for efforts that might increase writing for publication include continued collaborative efforts between academic researchers and practitioners, as well as suggestions for what social work educators and social services agencies can do to enhance the ability of practitioners to write for publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evaluates the causal influences on publishing productivity by using a panel of public administration faculty members. The `sacred spark' of joy that some faculty members derive from doing academic research; Factors influencing productivity such as ability, prestige, research support, and sex; Theoretical causal model of pathways to publishing success; Correlation between the sacred spark and being a publishing celebrity in the United States.

A list of contributors to the journal is presented including Alex Danchev, Peter Ferdinand, and Philip Hanson.

The article discusses the issues related to the approval of a grant application for academic research. Each grant application is examined by reviewers who are familiar with the proposed research area. Outside reviewers may also be requested to evaluate the application. The past record and accomplishments of the principal investigator should be made obvious to indicate that he is the origin of the research ideas. Aside from budget considerations, the methods of procedure are examined to determine the ability of the investigator to design a crucial experiment.