The pesticide alarmism was debunked in July by an independent, peer-reviewed study by researchers at the University of California Davis.
Now, that is a fair and objective critique of a rigorous study that was peer-reviewed and approved for publication by two respected journals: Middle East Quarterly (already published) and Perspectives on Terrorism (soon to be published).
Robert Coben, a neuropsychologist on Long Island, has recently published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Neurotherapy a study of autistic children who, by playing special computer games, have improved connections among neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes, resulting in fewer repetitive behaviors, better socialization and improved language skills.
Jude-funded study is currently under consideration for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal and could be published as soon as this month, said a physician familiar with the matter.
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These problems are all well known in the academic literature and have been dealt with in various ways, making the CRS study unpublishable in any peer-reviewed academic journal.
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Google was also the co-sponsor of a study published last summer that looked at, among other things, how peer-to-peer communities rely on indiscriminate ad placements to fund illegal file sharing and streaming.
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Peer-reviewed and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study aggregated and analyzed data from 237 studies analyzed to determine whether organic foods are safer or healthier than non-organic foods.
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The researchers who headed the new study (which has not been published in a peer-review journal, but will be presented at an upcoming conference) asked 600 adults in Germany about their feelings while using social media.
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He cited flaws in the design of the study that render any conclusions meaningless and asked whether the study passed peer review due to incompetence of the reviewers and editors or due to conflicts-of-interest among the former.
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