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Do’s and Don’ts for Writing Medical Papers
A Special Lecture for a Writing Workshop Sponsored byThe Journal for Experimental and Clinical Medicine (Taipei)
March 7, 2012, Taipei Medical University
Winston W. Shen, M.D.Senior Editor for Clinical Medicine of JECM (Taipei)
Editor-in Chief, Taiwanese Journal of Psychiatry Eng-Kung Yeh Professor and Chairman Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Attending, Department of Psychiatry
TMU-Wan Fang Medical CenterTaipei Medical University
E-mail address: Shenwinw@gmail.com
1. Introduction
2. Writing the introduction section
3. Writing the methods section
4. Writing the results section
5. Writing the discussion section
6. Writing abstracts
7. Conclusion
Table of Contents of This Presentation
1. Introduction
2. Writing the introduction section
3. Writing the methods section
4. Writing the results section
5. Writing the discussion section
6. Writing abstracts
7. Conclusion
Table of Contents of This Presentation
Expository Writing A kind of writing with the purpose of conveying information
To expose, vt, exposed, exposing
1. To deprive of shelter, protection, or care2. a. To make known b. To disclose the faults or crimes 3. To cause to be visible or open to view a. To offer publicly for sale b. To exhibit for public veneration c. To reveal the face of (a playing card) d. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself)Merriam-Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition, 1993
“The best English is that which gives the sense
in the fewest short words.”
Instructions to Authors
The Journal of Bacteriology
“Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should
contain no unnecessary word, a paragraph no
unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that
a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and
a machine no unnecessary parts.”
—E. B. White
The preface of 1979 edition of
The Elements of Style
The IMRAD Writing
• Introduction
• Method
• Results
and
• Discussion
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“The whole of
science is nothing
more than a
refinement of
everyday
thinking.”
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)newsimg.bbc.co.uk/.../_43044307_eistein_416.jpg
1. Introduction
2. Writing the introduction section
3. Writing the methods section
4. Writing the results section
5. Writing the discussion section
6. Writing abstracts
Table of Contents of This Presentation
“Where shall I begin, please you Majesty?” he
asked.
“Begin at the beginning,” the King said gravely,
and go on till you come to the end, then stop.”
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
Alice in Wonderland
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“A bad beginning makes a bad ending.”
-- Euripides
How to Write the Results Section(What did I find?)
• To summarize the data collected and their statistical treatment
• To collect the study data in tables or figures
• To make sure they can give independent stories in tables or figures
• To include only relevant data but give sufficient details to justify the conclusion
“A tabular presentation of data is
often the heart, or better, the brain,
of a scientific paper.”
-- Peper Morgan
“If a man can group his ideas, then he is
writer.”
-- Euripides
Twenty-four-hour Cortisol Changes inDepressed Patients vs. Normal Controls
Sachar EJ et al.. Archives of General Psychiatry. 1973; 28 (7): 19-24.
Lithium
Valproate Olanzapine Risperidone Quetiapine
Ziprasidone Aripiprazole Lamotrigine
Carbamazeoine Asenapine
Antimanicindication
For maintenance/prophylaxis
1975 1995
2000, 2003a 2003, 2003a
d2004, 2004a
2004 d2004, 2008a
f2004 h2009
1978
2003 2009c
2007e,f
2009e
2005 2003g
2003b
The Years of the US FDA-approved Indications* of Drugs to Treat Bipolar Disorder As of January 2011
For bipolardepression
Shen WW. Clinical Psychopharmacology for the 21 Century, Third Edition (in Mandarin). Taipei: Hochi Publishing Co., 2011: 155.
*Chlorpromazine is not included here.aAdding lithium or valproate can increase efficacy. bCombining with fluoxetinecIn the formulation of long-acting injection dData up to 3 months
2006
eRequiring to ombine with lithium or valproatefApproved in slow-release formulationgIncluding for the indication of mixed type hIn sublingual formulary
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I thought that writing an article for JECM (Taipei) is more difficult than giving
birth to a baby.
Of course! Dear, you sure have something in
your tommy, but I do not have any in my head.
“I can give birth to a baby, but I can
not produce the data you want.”
-- Yao-Chi Kao Minister of Transportation Replying at a congressional hearing regarding the FTC scandal in March 2006
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To Simplify the Large TableTo Simplify the Large Table
To remove unneeded rows and columns
To combine columns that are closely related by using slashes or dashes
Not to repeat data that are already in the text or in another table
Not to repeat any label information in the heading that may already be in the title or the footnote Mary Helen Briscoe 1995Mary Helen Briscoe 1995
Table 1. Demographics
A table from: Umbricht DSD, et al. Biological Psychiatry 2006; 59: 762-772
n
M/F
Age
Race
Healthy Controls 39
26/13
30.5 ± 7.1
27 W/7B/5O
First Episode Patients
26
19/7
23.9 ± 5.5a
19W/12B/410
Chronic Patients
25
17/8
39.0 ± 86a
12W/10B/2O
Winston W. Shen, M.D./5-2006
Recent Onset Patients
26
14/12
30.3 ± 6.7
9W/11B/6 0
M, male; F, female; W, white; O, otherM, male; F, female; W, white; O, otheraaSignificantly different from Healthy Controls Significantly different from Healthy Controls
Subjects’ characteristic and the mean lumber spin bone mass density (LS-BMD) z scores (Original Version)
VariableVariable
All subjectsAll subjects
SexSex MaleMale FemaleFemale
Age (years)Age (years) 2-102-10 11-2411-24
Taking anticonvulsantsTaking anticonvulsants Absent Absent PresentPresent
Disable patternDisable pattern Non-quadriplegiaNon-quadriplegia QuadriplegiaQuadriplegia
Mobility levelMobility level Ambulatory (A)Ambulatory (A) Wheelchaire (W)Wheelchaire (W) Bedridden (B) Bedridden (B)
Number (%)Number (%)
28 (100%)28 (100%)
16 (57%)16 (57%) 12 (43%)12 (43%)
17 (61%)17 (61%) 11 (39%)11 (39%)
21 (75%) 21 (75%) 7 (25%)7 (25%)
13 (46%)13 (46%) 13 (46%) 13 (46%)
7 (25%)7 (25%) 10 (36%)10 (36%) 11 (39%)11 (39%)
- Mean - Mean ±± SD SD
2.46 2.46 ± ± 1.061.06
2.58 ± 1.312.58 ± 1.31
2.31 ± 0.602.31 ± 0.60
2.04 ± 2.04 ± 0.790.79
3.12 ± 1.123.12 ± 1.12
2.29 ± 0.96 2.29 ± 0.96 2.97 ± 1.252.97 ± 1.25
2.01 ± 0.752.01 ± 0.75 2.89 ± 1.242.89 ± 1.24
1.66 ± 0.661.66 ± 0.66 2.13 ± 0.742.13 ± 0.74 3.28 ± 0.993.28 ± 0.99
pp-Value-Value
NS NS a
p p < 0.01< 0.01
NSNS
pp < 0.01< 0.01
A-BA-Bb, , p p < 0.05< 0.05 W-BW-Bc, , p p < 0.05< 0.05
a. Not significanta. Not significant b. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between A and B subjectsb. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between A and B subjects c. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between W and B subjectsc. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between W and B subjects
Subjects’ characteristic and the mean lumber spin bone mass density (LS-BMD) z scores (Problems Shown)
VariableVariable
All subjectsAll subjects
SexSex MaleMale FemaleFemale
Age (years)Age (years) 2-102-10 11-2411-24
Taking anticonvulsantsTaking anticonvulsants Absent Absent PresentPresent
Disable patternDisable pattern Non-quadriplegiaNon-quadriplegia QuadriplegiaQuadriplegia
Mobility levelMobility level Ambulatory Ambulatory (A)(A) Wheelchaire Wheelchaire (W)(W) Bedridden Bedridden (B) (B)
Number (%)Number (%)
28 (100%)28 (100%)
16 (57%)16 (57%) 12 (43%)12 (43%)
17 (61%)17 (61%) 11 (39%)11 (39%)
21 (75%) 21 (75%) 7 (25%)7 (25%)
13 (46%)13 (46%) 13 (46%) 13 (46%)
7 (25%)7 (25%) 10 (36%)10 (36%) 11 (39%)11 (39%)
Mean Mean ±± SD SD
-2.46 -2.46 ± ± 1.061.06
--2.58 ± 1.312.58 ± 1.31
--2.31 ± 0.602.31 ± 0.60
--2.04 ± 2.04 ± 0.790.79
--3.12 ± 1.123.12 ± 1.12
--2.29 ± 0.96 2.29 ± 0.96 --2.97 ± 1.252.97 ± 1.25
--2.01 ± 0.752.01 ± 0.75 --2.89 ± 1.242.89 ± 1.24
--1.66 ± 0.661.66 ± 0.66 --2.13 ± 0.742.13 ± 0.74 -3.28 ± 0.99-3.28 ± 0.99
pp-Value-Value
NSNSa
pp < 0.01< 0.01
NSNS
pp < 0.01 < 0.01
A-BA-Bb, , p p < 0.05< 0.05 W-BW-Bc, , p p < 0.05< 0.05
a. Not significanta. Not significant b. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between A and B subjectsb. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between A and B subjects c. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between W and B subjectsc. The mean difference of LS-BMD z score between W and B subjects
Subjects’ characteristic and the mean lumber spin bone mass density z scores (n = 28) (Revision)
VariableVariable
SexSex MaleMale FemaleFemale
Age (years)Age (years) 2-102-10 11-2411-24
Taking anticonvulsantsTaking anticonvulsants Absent Absent PresentPresent
Disable patternDisable pattern Non-quadriplegicNon-quadriplegic QuadriplegicQuadriplegic
Mobility levelMobility level Ambulatory Ambulatory Wheelchaire Wheelchaire Bedridden Bedridden
Number (%)Number (%)
16 (57%)16 (57%) 12 (43%)12 (43%)
17 (61%)17 (61%) 11 (39%)11 (39%)
21 (75%) 21 (75%) 7 (25%)7 (25%)
13 (46%)13 (46%) 13 (46%) 13 (46%)
7 (25%)7 (25%) 10 (36%)10 (36%) 11 (39%)11 (39%)
Mean ± SD -2.58 ± 1.31
-2.31 ± 0.60
-2.04 ± 0.79a
-3.12 ± 1.12
-2.29 ± 0.96 -2.97 ± 1.25
-2.01 ± 0.75b
-2.89 ± 1.24
-1.66 ± 0.66c
-2.13 ± 0.74d
-3.28 ± 0.99
aSignificantly different, vs. the age group of 11-24 years, p < 0.01 bSignificantly different, vs. the qualdriplegic group, p < 0.05 cSignificantly different, vs. bedridden group, p < 0.005 dSignificantly different, vs. bedridden group, p < 0.05
Not to Repeat Any Information
in Tables or Figures in the Text
• Table 1 lists patients’ clinical characteristics.
• Fig. 2 represents the differences of HAM-D scores of the two groups.
• The patients had the mean age of 35 (ranges 19-30) years.
• Do not paraphrase the information in the tables or in the figures in the text of the result section.
1. Introduction
2. Writing the introduction section
3. Writing the methods section
4. Writing the results section
5. Writing the discussion section
6. Writing abstracts
7. Conclusion
Table of Contents of This Presentation
Writing the Methods Section
How did I do it?
A. To describe in the past tense how the data were collected
B. To report in the past tense how the data were analyzed
Writing the Method Section
How did I do it?
• To describe the procedures used to come up with the data collected in the past tense
• To report the statistics used in tables or figures in the past tense
Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial of Fluoxetine for Acute Treatment of Minor Depressive Disorder (1/2)
Judd LL, et al. American Journal of Psychiatry. 2004: 161 (10) : 1864-1871
226 patientsrecruited
4-week placebo lead-in
64 patients not randomized 4—major depressive disorder 14—not a minor depressive disorder 4—having adverse effects
6— inability to be contacted 22—patients’ withdrawal to participate 10—medically contraindicated condition 3—other protocol violation
162 patients* randomized81 received fluoxetine81 received placebo
*Female 59.3%, Caucasian 90.1%, average age 43.5 years (SD = 11.7, range = 18-72)
Symptom Trio in Stevens Johnson Syndrome
Erythema multiforme of the skin Increase of body temperature Ulcerations in mucosa
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Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Recommended Lamotrigine Dosings* in Adults to Minimize the Risk of Skin Rash
Week Daily dose
1 25 mg
2 25 mg 3 50 mg
4 50 mg 5 100 mg 6 200 mg
Bowden CL et al. Safety and tolerability of lamotrigine for bipolar disorder. Drug Safety 2004; 27: 173-184
*Titrating with half doses when co-administered with valproate *Titrating with double doses when co-administered with carbamazepine
Winston W. Shen/ M.D../7-2004
Bipolar I disorder currently or recently depressed
Lamotrigine 400 mg/d, n = 47
Lamotrigine 200 mg/d, n = 124
Lamotrigine 50 mg/d, n = 50
Lithium 0.8-1.1 mEq/L/d, n = 121
Placebo, n = 121
Screen
Preliminary open-label phase Double-blind phase
Stable patients randomized
2 weeks 8-16 weeks 76 weeks
The Design of the 605 Study: A Placebo-controlled 18-month Trial of
Lamotrigine and Lithium Maintenance Treatment
Lamotrigine 100-200 mg/d
Concomitant psychotropics
Calabrese CR, et al. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2003; 64: 1013-1024
(GW 605)
The differences between those two groups The differences between those two groups were considered significant if the were considered significant if the pp-values -values were smaller than 0.05. were smaller than 0.05.
We used t-test to compare the continuous variables and X-square for the categorical variables.
We presented the mean of body weights (±SD) in kilograms of the study patients and the normal controls..
Describing Statistical Analysis (Examples in Text)
1. Introduction
2. Writing the introduction section
3. Writing the methods section
4. Writing the results section
5. Writing the discussion section
6. Writing abstracts
7. Conclusion
Table of Contents of This Presentation
Writing the Discussion Section
What does it all mean?
• To discuss the most important findings of the study first
• To cite the literature with references in the present tense
• To mention the study findings (described in tables, figures or text) in the past tense
• To compare both of them constantly
• To throw away any undiscussed tables and figures
• To list limitations of the study
Writing the Discussion SectionWhat does it all mean?
(Samples in text)
• This study is the first to concurrently assess electrophysiological indices of the first episode patients. . .
(The opening paragraph)
• Our study has several limitations. . . .
(The beginning in the last paragraph)
Umbricht DSD, et al. Biological Psychiatry 2006; 59: 762-772
Winston W. Shen, M.D./5-2006
• As shown in Fig. 1, mirtazapine therapy was associated with a significantly greater decrease in sleep latency and a significantly greater increase in total sleep time as compared with fluoxetine therapy.
• As compared with fluoxetine, mirtazapine was associated with a significantly greater decrease in sleep latency and a significantly greater increase in total sleep time (Fig. 1).
To Cite All the Sources of Information Brought up in the Discussion Section (Examples: Part 1 of 2)
• Effects of mirtazepine at the 5-HT2 receptor have been speculated to underline its profile of enhancing sleep.27
• Stahl28 in 1996 speculated that mirtazepine’s effects at the 5-HT2 receptor can underline its
profile of enhancing sleep.
To Cite All the Sources of Information Brought up in the Discussion Section (Examples: Part 2 of 2)
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• The present study has several limitations. Thus, the findings should be viewed as preliminary.
• The limitations of the study are: (A) The sample size was small, (B) The medication assignment was not randomized, and (C) The data were collected retrospectively.
• The weaknesses of the study are (1) small sample size in total study subjects, (2) not being randomized in medication assignment, and (3) being from chart review in data collection.
To List Limitations of the Study (Examples in Text)
• These issues may be further clarified in the future as refinements in symptom measures and electro-encephalographic technique unfold.
• Apparently, further studies are imperative to clarify the issues of conflicting findings of the present study and those reported in the literature.
• To clarify those conflicting issues, we are carrying out a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
• To further explore those issue, a study is currently underway.
To Conclude the Discussion with the Need of Further Studies in the Future (Examples in Text)
• To put the interpretation into the context of the original problem
• Not to repeat discussion points or include irrelevant materials
• To be based on the evidence presented
Conclusion
Janet S. Dodd 1997Janet S. Dodd 1997
1. Introduction
2. Writing the introduction section
3. Writing the methods section
4. Writing the results section
5. Writing the discussion section
6. Writing abstracts
7. Conclusion
Table of Contents of This Presentation
A. To point out what are the problems in questions
B. To review published articles on those topics and to give comments
C. To justify the need for this current study
D. To give the purposes or the hypotheses of the study
Writing the Introduction Section
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1. Introduction
2. Writing the introduction section
3. Writing the methods section
4. Writing the results section
5. Writing the discussion section
6. Writing abstracts
7. Conclusion
Table of Contents of This Presentation
Four Components of an Abstract Written in One Non-indented ParagraphWritten in One Non-indented Paragraph
Objective (Background)
Methods
Results
Conclusion
Four Components of an Abstract
for a Case Report
Written in One Non-indented ParagraphWritten in One Non-indented Paragraph
Objective (Background)
Method
Results
Conclusion
The Case (The Cases)The Case (The Cases)
Four Components of an Abstract
for a Case Report
Written in One Non-indented ParagraphWritten in One Non-indented Paragraph
Objective (Background)
Conclusion
The Case (The Cases)The Case (The Cases)
Biopsy specimens were taken from intact areas of antral Biopsy specimens were taken from intact areas of antral mucosa in 100 consecutive consenting patients presenting for mucosa in 100 consecutive consenting patients presenting for gastroscopy. Spiral or curved bacilli were demonstrated in gastroscopy. Spiral or curved bacilli were demonstrated in specimens from 58 patients. Bacilli cultured from 11 of these specimens from 58 patients. Bacilli cultured from 11 of these biopsies were gram-negative, flagellate, and microaerophilic biopsies were gram-negative, flagellate, and microaerophilic and appeared to be a new species related to the genus and appeared to be a new species related to the genus Campylobacter. The bacteria were present in almost all Campylobacter. The bacteria were present in almost all patients with active chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer, or gastric patients with active chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer, or gastric ulcer and thus may be an important factor in the aetiology of ulcer and thus may be an important factor in the aetiology of these diseases.these diseases.
Marshall BJ, Warren JR. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet. 1984 Jun 16; 1 (8390): 1311-1315.
Abstract Abstract Example of an Original Version in 1984Example of an Original Version in 1984
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How to Prepare an Abstract
Adding Headings of the Abstract Example 2 ( Slide 2 of 2)
*Objective: Patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration received a bacterial study on their stomach. Method: Biopsy specimens were taken from intact areas of antral mucosa in 100 consecutive consenting patients presenting for gastroscopy. Results: Spiral or curved bacilli were demonstrated in specimens from 58 patients. Bacilli cultured from 11 of these biopsies were gram-negative, flagellate, and microaerophilic and appeared to be a new species related to the genus Campylobacter. Conclusion: The bacteria were present in almost all patients with active chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer, or gastric ulcer and thus may be an important factor in the aetiology of these diseases.
Expanded from: Marshall BJ, Warren JR. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet. 1984 ; 1 (8390) : 1311-1315.
Added by W. W. Shen in red-colored words
*Objective: Patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration received a bacterial study on their stomach. Method: Biopsy Biopsy specimens were taken from intact areas of antral mucosa in specimens were taken from intact areas of antral mucosa in 100 consecutive consenting patients presenting for 100 consecutive consenting patients presenting for gastroscopy. gastroscopy. Results: Spiral or curved bacilli were Spiral or curved bacilli were demonstrated in specimens from 58 patients. Bacilli cultured demonstrated in specimens from 58 patients. Bacilli cultured from 11 of these biopsies were gram-negative, flagellate, and from 11 of these biopsies were gram-negative, flagellate, and microaerophilic and appeared to be a new species related to the microaerophilic and appeared to be a new species related to the genus Campylobacter. genus Campylobacter. Conclusion:Conclusion: The bacteria were present The bacteria were present in almost all patients with active chronic gastritis, duodenal in almost all patients with active chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer, or gastric ulcer and thus may be an important factor in ulcer, or gastric ulcer and thus may be an important factor in the aetiology of these diseases.the aetiology of these diseases.
Marshall BJ, Warren JR. Unidentified curved bacilli in the stomach of patients with gastritis and peptic ulceration. Lancet. 1984 Jun 16; 1 (8390): 1311-1315.
Abstract Abstract Example of an expanded version in 2012Example of an expanded version in 2012
*Italicized words expanded by W.W. Shen
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Table 1: Life Table for Principia College and University of Kansas Graduates, Men
Year
1934-1938
1939-1943
1944-1948
1949-1953
1954-1958
1959-1963
1964-1968
1969-1973
1974-1978
1979-1983
No. Graduated
834
747
715
1549
1167
1457
2107
2983
3259
2935
244 (29)
143 (19)
94 (13)
156 (10)
67 (6)
373 (3)
58 (3)
33 (1)
34 (1)
17 (1)
No. (%) Dead
No. (%) Dead
No. (%) Live
No. (%) Live
No. Graduated
85
119
101
232
214
252
310
417
456
444
31 (36)
28 (24)
21 (21)
24
(10)
11 (5)
11 (4)
6 (2)
3 (1)
7 (2)
4 (1)
54 (64)
91 (76)
80 (89)
208 (90)
203 (95)
241 (96)
304 (98)
414 (99)
449 (98)
440 (99)
590 (71)
604 (81)
621 (87)
1393 (90)
1100 (94)
1420 (97)
2049 (97)
2950 (99)
3225 (99)
2918 (99)
University of Kansas Principia College
How to Prepare an Abstract
Adding Headings of the Abstract Example 3 ( Slide 1 of 7)
Simpson WF: Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists. JAMA 1989; 262: 1657-1658.
Table 2: Life Table for Principia College and University of Kansas Graduates, Women
Year
1934-1938
1939-1943
1944-1948
1949-1953
1954-1958
1959-1963
1964-1968
1969-1973
1974-1978
1979-1983
No. Graduated
763
863
868
788
603
752
1203
1803
2097
2365
105 (14)
83 (10)
57 (7)
34 (4)
19 (3)
14 (2)
12 (1)
13 (1)
10 (1)
5(<1)
No. (%) Dead
No. (%) Dead
No. (%) Live
No. (%) Live
No. Graduated
96
127
200
214
217
236
336
417
532
553
15 (16)
19 (15)
14 (7)
18 (8)
12 (6)
5 (2)
4 (1)
4 (1)
2 (<1)
4 (1)
81 (84)
108 (85)
186 (93)
196 (92)
205 (94)
231 (98)
332 (99)
413 (99)
540 (>99)
549 (>99)
658 (86)
780 (90)
811 (93)
754 (96)
584 (97)
738 (98)
1191 (99)
1790 (99)
2087 (99)
2360 (>99)
University of Kansas Principia College
How to Prepare an Abstract
Adding Headings of the Abstract Example 3 ( Slide 2 of 7)
Simpson WF: Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists. JAMA 1989; 262: 1657-1658.
The cumulative death rate of Christian Scientists who received an undergraduate college education at Principia College in Elsah, III, a liberal arts college for Christian Scientists, was compared with that of a control population that received an undergraduate college education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. In this study, the cumulative death rate is expressed as the percentage of the graduating class known to have died as of June 1987. The study included the graduating classes from 1934 to 1983. The graduates from Principia College had a significantly higher death rate than the control population.
How to Prepare an Abstract
Adding Headings of the Abstract Example 3: Original Version ( Slide 3 of 7)
Simpson WF: Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists. JAMA 1989; 262: 1657-1658.
How to Prepare an Abstract
Adding Headings of the Abstract Example 3: Version with Headings Added ( Slide 4 of 7)
Simpson WF: Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists. JAMA 1989; 262: 1657-1658.
Objective: This was to study the life span of college-educated Christian Scientists. Method: The cumulative death rate of Christian Scientists who received an undergraduate college education at Principia College in Elsah, III, a liberal arts college for Christian Scientists, was compared with that of a control population that received an undergraduate college education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Results: In this study, the cumulative death rate is expressed as the percentage of the graduating class known to have died as of June 1987. The study included the graduating classes from 1934 to 1983. The graduates from Principia College had a significantly higher death rate than the control population. Conclusion: The religion of Christian Scientists can shorten the believers’ life spans.
Objective: This was to study the life span of college-educated Christian Scientists. Method: I compared the cumulative death rate of Christian Scientists who received an undergraduate college education at Principia College in Elsah, III, a liberal arts college for Christian Scientists, was compared with that of a control population that received an undergraduate college education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Results: In this study, the cumulative death rate is expressed as the percentage of the graduating class known to have died as of June 1987. The study included the graduating classes from 1934 to 1983. The graduates from Principia College had a significantly higher death rate than the control population. Conclusion: The religion of Christian Scientists can shorten the believers’ life spans.
How to Prepare an Abstract
Adding Headings of the Abstract Example 3: Version Shown with Problems ( Slide 5 of 7)
Simpson WF: Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists. JAMA 1989; 262: 1657-1658.
Objective: This was to study the life span of college-educated Christian Scientists. Method: I compared the cumulative death rate of Christian Scientists who received an undergraduate college education at Principia College in Elsah, III, a liberal arts college for Christian Scientists, was compared with that of a control population that received an undergraduate college education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Results: The study included the graduating classes from 1934 to 1983. In this study, I found that the cumulative death rate was is expressed as the percentage of the graduating class known to have died as of June 1987., The study included the graduating classes from 1934 to 1983. and that the graduates from Principia College had a significantly higher death rate than the control population. Conclusion: The religion of Christian Scientists can shorten the believers’ life spans.
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Adding Headings of the Abstract Example 3: Copy-edited Version ( Slide 6 of 7)
Simpson WF: Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists. JAMA 1989; 262: 1657-1658.
Objective: This was to study the life span of college-educated Christian Scientists. Method: I compared the cumulative death rate of Christian Scientists who received an undergraduate college education at Principia College in Elsah, III, a liberal arts college for Christian Scientists with that of a control population that received an undergraduate college education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Results: The study included the graduating classes from 1934 to 1983. In this study, I found that the cumulative death rate was expressed as the percentage of the graduating class known to have died as of June 1987, and that the graduates from Principia College had a significantly higher death rate than the control population. Conclusion: The religion of Christian Scientists can shorten the believers’ life spans.
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Simpson WF: Comparative longevity in a college cohort of Christian Scientists. JAMA 1989; 262: 1657-1658.
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Petsko GA. Having an impact (factor). Genome Biology 2008; 9: 107
God’s Impact Factor Is Zero
He did his best work long time ago.
It has never been repeated by anyone.
His idea were published in a book, not a peer-reviewed journal.
“Here lies Dan. He died in Japan, after being hit by a Chrysler minivan. All resuscitations were all in vain.”
-- An inscription on a grave tome
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“Published but still perished!”
-- An inscription on a grave tome
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