Editorial Acknowledgement of Reviewers 01/10/2008-30/09/2009

A rapid literature search strategy was conducted for all English language literature published before July 2017. The search was conducted using the electronic databases PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. The search strategy included the keywords ‘colorectal cancer’, ‘epidemiology’, ‘incidence’, ‘mortality’, ‘risk factor’, and ‘world’. In 2012, the highest CRC incidence rates were observed in the Republic of Korea, Slovakia and Hungary while the lowest incidence rates were seen in Singapore, Serbia and Japan. The highest CRC mortality rates in both sexes were seen in Central and Eastern Europe and the lowest mortality rates were found in Middle Division of Africa. The main risk factors for CRC include nutritional factors, past medical history, smoking, socioeconomic status, and family medical history. According to the increasing trend of CRC incidence and mortality in the world, implementation of prevention programs such as screening programs, diet modification, and healthy lifestyle education is necessary. Peer Review Details Peer review method: Single-Blind (Peer-reviewers: 02) Peer-review policy Plagiarism software screening?: Yes Date of Original Submission: 26 August 2017 Date accepted: 20 Sept 2017 Peer reviewers approved by: Dr. Lili Hami Editor who approved publication: Dr. Phuc Van Pham

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Why it is time to review the role of private health insurance in Australia

Australian Health Review ◽

10.1071/ah040106 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 106

Author(s):

Michael Roff ◽

Leonie Segal

Keyword(s):

Diagnosis Related Groups ◽

Health Sector ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Private Hospitals ◽

Australian Health ◽

Private Health Sector ◽

Recent Addition ◽

The Subject ◽

Health Review

TO THE EDITOR: Since its introduction on 1 January 1999, the 30% rebate has been the subject of much misleading comment by the opponents of the private health sector. A recent addition to these ranks was published in the first edition for 2004 of Australian Health Review (Segal 2004). There is no real attempt at balance in the article. While Segal argues that the rebate has failed to take the pressure off public hospitals, we are not told, for example, that almost one-in-five extra patients admitted by public hospitals in the three years to 2002-03 were actually private patients! Similarly, the article is littered with generalisations and, in some cases, misleading or completely incorrect statements, such as ?Private hospitals do not offer a complete hospital service . . .? Even a cursory examination of the available national data indicates that private hospitals provide services in all but 7 of the 654 diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) recorded. Private hospitals perform all the remaining 647 DRGs.

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Peer Review of Evgeny Trembovelsky's Article “'And a Droplet Reflects the World.' Imaginary Discord in Modal Theory, and Modal Development in Small Forms and Fragments” 19-Century Music

Музыкальная академия ◽

10.34690/86 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 74-77

Author(s):

Григорий Иванович Лыжов

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Modal Theory ◽

The World

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Part V Institutions and Actors, Ch.25 From Commission to the Council: Evolution of UN Charter Bodies

The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law ◽

10.1093/law/9780199640133.003.0026 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Kothari Miloon

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

United Nations ◽

Peer Review ◽

Periodic Review ◽

Universal Periodic Review ◽

Human Rights Council ◽

The World ◽

State Actors ◽

The United Nations

This article examines the evolution of the United Nations� (UN) human rights agency from the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) into the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). It explains that UNHRC was created in March 2006 to replace the UNCHR and become the world�s premier human rights body. It evaluates the effectiveness of the UNHRC�s peer-review human rights mechanism called the Universal Periodic Review. This article also offers some suggestions on how to improve the performance of the UNHRC including changes in size and distribution of membership, membership criteria, voting patterns and participation of non-state actors.

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Writing for international publication in nursing journals: a personal perspective (part 1)

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692006000200017 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 266-270

Author(s):

G. Hussein Rassool

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Peer Review ◽

Financial Institutions ◽

English Language ◽

Personal Perspective ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

Publication Process ◽

Literal Translation ◽

The World

The number of printed and electronic (Internet) academic nursing publications in Brazil and around the world highlights the importance attached to publishing in the field of nursing. Internationally, journals are ranked according to their professional merits and peer review orientations. Financial institutions increasingly value publications in renowned journals as one criterion for granting funds for research. One important reason why many scientific articles do not meet the requirements from international journal reviewers, especially those submitted English, is the result of poor and literal translation of the text. The challenge we are facing in Latin America is to encourage the development of articles for publication in internationally reviewed journals. Co-authorship is a potentially stimulating model for researchers and postgraduate students to publish. This task can be undertaken through the help of international supervisors and researchers, supervisors or postgraduate students with good command of the English language. This article aims to demystify the publication process and present some guidelines on how to publish in international journals.

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A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1846 (1) ◽

pp. 61 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR ◽

SCOTT E. BROOKS ◽

JEFFREY M. CUMMING

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Critical Review ◽

General Sense ◽

Apparent Lack ◽

Classification Schemes ◽

Record Time ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Technological Advances ◽

The World

Many in the worldwide Diptera taxonomic community were surprised to see the recent publication of the “World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera)” by Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang (2006) and the “World Catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera)” by Yang, Zhang, Yao & Zhang (2007). The rapid completion of both catalogs that together report to cover all of the world’s empidoid diversity, the apparent lack of peer review, and the higher classification schemes adopted in these works, appear to have created considerable scepticism and discussion on the extent of their usefulness by empidoid workers. As O’Hara (2008) recently stated “modern technological advances make it possible for just about anyone to compile names from the Zoological Record, to scan catalogues, and to gather information from secondary sources to produce an unimpressive world catalogue in record time”. In order to accurately assess the value of these two catalogs, especially for current and future users, we provide a critical review that touches on all aspects of these contributions. It is not our intention to give a page by page critique, but instead to provide a summary of the types of errors and omissions (illustrated with examples) we have encountered and to point out the limitations of these catalogs while also indicating which parts are useful in a general sense.

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