Scientific Communication and Education

COVID-19: Salient Aspects of Coronavirus Infection, Vaccines and Vaccination Testing and their Implications

1. Pradeep K. Pasricha
2. Arun K. Upadhayaya

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Sentimental Tweets Classification of Symptomatic COVID-19

1. P Tharun

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Planning and Conducting an Online Conference at the time of COVID-19: Lessons Learned from EGREPA 2021

1. Ellen Bentlage
2. Luca Roekens
3. Lennart Bußmann
4. Michael Brach

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Reporting and misreporting of sex differences in the biological sciences

1. Yesenia Garcia-Sifuentes
2. Donna L Maney

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This manuscript presents a descriptive audit on statistically treatment, reporting and interpretation of the effects of sex as a biological variable (SABV) on the studied outcomes in articles published across nine scholarly disciplines. The manuscript highlights and provides data on prevalence of several inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the literature regarding treatment of SABV as an important moderator of the effects of an intervention on a considered outcome and how such inconsistencies could lead to biased conclusions regarding the effects of SABV. As such, the manuscript may inform not only funding agencies and grant reviewers, but also researchers in most scientific disciplines regarding the importance of adhering to rigorous methodological standards when examining the effects of SABV.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #3 agreed to share their names with the authors.)

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U.S. dog importations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Do we have an erupting problem?

1. Emily G. Pieracci
2. Cara E. Williams
3. Ryan M. Wallace
4. Cheryl R. Kalapura
5. Clive M. Brown

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An experimental test of the effects of redacting grant applicant identifiers on peer review outcomes

1. Richard K Nakamura
2. Lee S Mann
3. Mark D Lindner
4. Jeremy Braithwaite
5. Mei-Ching Chen
6. Adrian Vancea
7. Noni Byrnes
8. Valerie Durrant
9. Bruce Reed

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  Evaluation Summary:

  This manuscript by Nakamura et al provides additional information on the impact of bias in the scientific review process. The authors find that on average applications from White scientists scored better than those from Black scientists. However, blinding reviewers to race worsened the score of the White scientists with no impact on the score for Black scientists. In view of the recognized value of increased diversity in science, the additional information provided in this manuscript adds new data to this discussion. Potential solutions to this bias though are complex.

  (This preprint has been reviewed by eLife. We include the public reviews from the reviewers here; the authors also receive private feedback with suggested changes to the manuscript. Reviewer #1 agreed to share their name with the authors.)

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The Influence of Public Health Faculty on College and University Plans During the COVID-19 Pandemic

1. David Johnson
2. Meredith Cahill
3. Sara Choate
4. David Roelfs
5. Sarah E. Walsh

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I will teach you here or there, I will try to teach you anywhere: perceived supports and barriers for emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

1. Cristine Donham
2. Hillary A. Barron
3. Jourjina Subih Alkhouri
4. Maya Changaran Kumarath
5. Wesley Alejandro
6. Erik Menke
7. Petra Kranzfelder

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Surveying the experience of postdocs in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

1. Andréanne Morin
2. Britney A Helling
3. Seetha Krishnan
4. Laurie E Risner
5. Nykia D Walker
6. Nancy B Schwartz

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“How Do We Do This at a Distance?!” A Descriptive Study of Remote Undergraduate Research Programs during COVID-19

1. Olivia A. Erickson
2. Rebecca B. Cole
3. Jared M. Isaacs
4. Silvia Alvarez-Clare
5. Jonathan Arnold
6. Allison Augustus-Wallace
7. Joseph C. Ayoob
8. Alan Berkowitz
9. Janet Branchaw
10. Kevin R. Burgio
11. Charles H. Cannon
12. Ruben Michael Ceballos
13. C. Sarah Cohen
14. Hilary Coller
15. Jane Disney
16. Van A. Doze
17. Margaret J. Eggers
18. Stacy Farina
19. Edwin L. Ferguson
20. Jeffrey J. Gray
21. Jean T. Greenberg
22. Alexander Hoffmann
23. Danielle Jensen-Ryan
24. Robert M. Kao
25. Alex C. Keene
26. Johanna E. Kowalko
27. Steven A. Lopez
28. Camille Mathis
29. Mona Minkara
30. Courtney J. Murren
31. Mary Jo Ondrechen
32. Patricia Ordoñez
33. Anne Osano
34. Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo
35. Soubantika Palchoudhury
36. Hong Qin
37. Juan Ramírez-Lugo
38. Jennifer Reithel
39. Colin A. Shaw
40. Amber Smith
41. Rosemary Smith
42. Adam P. Summers
43. Fern Tsien
44. Erin L. Dolan

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