Background: There is currently a lack of information about the uses, benefits, and limitations
of social media for health communication among the general public, patients, and health …

Highlights ► Elo-rating generates reliable dominance hierarchies and circumvents drawbacks
of established ranking methods. ► It allows visualizing dominance relationships and the …

Recent advances in hardware, software, and communication technologies are enabling the
design and implementation of a whole range of different types of networks that are being …

Sphingosine kinase (SphK) is a key enzyme in the sphingolipid metabolic pathway responsible
for phosphorylating sphingosine into sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P). SphK/S1P play a …

Misunderstanding Science? offers a challenging new perspective on the public understanding
of science. In so doing, it also challenges existing ideas of the nature of science and its …

The relationship between science policy and public opinion has become a lively topic in the
UK - especially with regard to the BSE crisis and genetically modified foods. A number of …

Talk of public dialogue and engagement has become fashionable internationally, and
particularly within Europe. Building especially upon recent British experience, this paper argues …

Background Vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of rickets is one of the oldest and
most effective prophylactic measures in medicine, having virtually eradicated rickets in North …

How might social theory, public understanding of science and science policy best inform one
another? What have been the key features of science-society relations in the modern world…

We are all concerned by the environmental threats facing us today. Environmental issues are
a major area of concern for policy makers, industrialists and public groups of many different …