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AdolfoJ.deBold
DiscovererofAtrialNatriureticFactor"The1981articlebydeBoldandcolleaguestriggeredarevolutioninourthinkingaboutsodiumhomeostasisandstimulatedablizzardofpapersthattogethereducatedagenerationofinvestigatorsinthetopicofvolumehomeostasis[relevanttohighbloodpressure].
DeBoldhadnoticedthatatrialmyocytescontainedwhatseemedtohimtobesecretorygranules.Healsohadshownthatthevolumestatusof...[
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ExcellenceAdjudicatedThequestforexcellenceinresearchhasnotbeenaccompaniedbyaquestforexcellenceintheevaluationofthatexcellence.Canexcellencebeevaluated,andwithwhatdegreeofprecision?Ifitcannotbeevaluated,thenweshouldjusttossacoinandsaveourselvesalotoftrouble.
Ifitcanbeevaluatedwithprecisionthenweshouldjustfine-tunethepresentsystem.
Ifourevaluationsystemiserror-pronethenwemustredesignthesyste...[
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DefinitionsPeerreviewisthenameofaprocessbywhichtheworkandideasofanindividualorgroupisassessedbyanotherindividualorgroupconsideredtohavealevelofexpertiseneartothatoftheassessed.Thusthereviewersaredeemedtobethe"peers"oftheassessed.Thepurposesofpeerreviewaretoinformdecisionseitherontheallocationoffundsamonganumberofapplicants("researchgrantagencypeerreview"),oronthepublicationoftheresultsofresearch("...[
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