Scientific development is currently happening at an increasingly faster pace. With this situation, the scientific journals are required to commit to disseminating new knowledge with greater agility and broad propagation by the main international indexers. On the other hand, the mission of the scientific journals is also to encourage the propagation and discussion of new subjects in scientific communities, a situation of great importance mainly for those journals associated with medical societies and with a predominantly national circulation. With respect […]

We are experiencing a change paradigm in modern life. With the presence of computers and intelligent machines everywhere, the predictions of science-fiction books from years ago gradually become reality; these are the times of pervasive computing. Among the computational most frequently mentioned tools in clinical studies and seen with enthusiasm by the scientific community is the Artificial Intelligence and consequently the machines that learn, which is best quoted in its original English form, Machine Learning. In general Artificial Intelligence is […]

The act of measuring a patient’s blood pressure with a stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer is among the most important because of the various clinical implications that may occur. Failure to detect elevated blood pressure levels may expose a patient to the risk of various complications such as stroke, heart failure, kidney failure, and premature atherosclerosis. Conversely, obtaining falsely elevated measures may lead to diagnostic investigations and use of costly and life-threatening drugs. The concern with the proper calibration and validation […]

The publication of a scientific paper is one of the biggest goals of a scientist. It is fundamental for the advancement of science, improvement of society and the sovereignty of nations. The role played by editors of biomedical journal is considered decisive for the integrity of scientific research. The purpose of this paper is to offer inputs about integrity and scientific fraud and discuss the initiatives that have been taken for the promotion and strengthening of good practices in research. […]