The argument for adopting a jurisprudence platform for scientific misconduct.

In this paper we will describe the arguments to adopt a jurisprudence platform for scientific misconduct, we argue that this will increase the principle of legal certainty, improve procedures, and will promote scientific integrity in other, indirect ways. With the platform that we are currently setting up in the Netherlands as a motivating example, we finally also describe the prerequisites for such a platform, its contents as well as its value in the international context.

Efficient Inner-to-Outer Wall Energy Transfer in Highly Pure Double-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Revealed by Detailed Spectroscopy.

The coaxial stacking of two single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) into a double-wall carbon nanotube (DWCNT), forming a so-called one-dimensional van der Waals structure, leads to synergetic effects that dramatically affect the optical and electronic properties of both layers. In this work, we explore these effects in purified DWCNT samples by combining absorption, wavelength-dependent infrared fluorescence-excitation (PLE), and wavelength-dependent resonant Raman scattering (RRS) spectroscopy. Purified DWCNTs are obtained by careful solubilization that strictly avoids ultrasonication or by electronic-type sorting, both followed by a density gradient ultracentrifugation to remove unwanted SWCNTs that could obscure the DWCNT characterization.

Parietal but not temporoparietal alpha-tACS modulates endogenous visuospatial attention.

Visuospatial attention can either be voluntarily directed (endogenous/top-down attention) or automatically triggered (exogenous/bottom-up attention). Recent research showed that dorsal parietal transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) at alpha frequency modulates the spatial attentional bias in an endogenous but not in an exogenous visuospatial attention task. Yet, the reason for this task-specificity remains unexplored.

Antigen-based diagnosis of Schistosoma infection in travellers: a prospective study.

Background: Travellers infected with Schistosoma spp. might be pauci- or even asymptomatic on first presentation. Therefore, schistosomiasis may remain undiagnosed in this population.