[ RadSafe ] This "radiation journal" that probably doesn't exist

Sun Apr 24 10:35:49 CDT 2011

I dont think you are correct about the labelled thymidne and the incorporated Auger experments. The Baverstock Auger book shows many orders of magnitude excess effect for DNA incorporated Auger nuclides. And as for Tritium, since the track lengths are so short, the fact that the RBE is 1 or 2 for HTO means that the H3 bound to or very close to the DNA must have an alarming RBE to compensate for the lost ionisation in the cytoplamic HTO. How do you explain that one?
C 

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From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Bjorn Cedervall
Sent: Sat 23/04/2011 10:34
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] This "radiation journal" that probably doesn't exist

Another factor was your publications. I found around 14 papers in PubMed and if I recall correctly none was in any of the major journals for radiation biology, radiation physics or radiation protection and some publications were actually letters. Many of the other publications you have - I  interpret them as not being peer reviewed. The eight publications in the "EBAB journal" fall outside the approx. 14 PubMed publications as the EBAB status this far seems unclear.

I should add however that I am interested in the scientific issues. For instance the DNA-uranium discussion I saw somewhere (references?). Another issue relating to radionuclides inside the cell. Iodine 125 for instance incorportated into DNA has a DSB yield that seems to just slightly higher than 1.0. These breaks match Poisson distribution almost perfectly. My own experience with tritium labeled DNA (for fragment analysis following X-ray exposure) also matched a Poisson distribution. In both these cases the breaks reflect a linear induction of DSBs as a function of dose. I will come back to the leukemias.

My personal initiative only,

Bjorn Cedervall
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> 
> > But why did you contact them?
> > C
> Because your name did name did not appear among the staff. I had expected a Visiting Professor to appear twice - at some other university + at Univ. of Ulster. For instance - when I was a Visiting Assistant Professor many years ago it referred to me being an assistant professor (at another university). I am still satisfied with the clarification the Univ. of Ulster gave. Sorry about not responding earlier here - I am on vacation and besides not hanging over the computer all the time - it is shared by four people when we have access to it. I will come back to your leukemia article when I get back to a place where I can get it on paper (no printer in this remote place).
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> Now the EBAB journal - I still wonder where the papers can be found. In addition how the peer-review process works/worked as there - to my knowledge - were no well published radiation biologists or radiation physicists in the Editorial committee (names can be found below).
> 
> My personal initiative only,
> 
> Bjorn Cedervall
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Bjorn Cedervall
> > 
> > 
> > The response from Univ. of Ulster was swift and I am perfectly satisfied with the answer ("Professor Chris Busby is a Visiting Professor..."). This probably expains why your name does not appear among the staff but that is OK with me.
> > 
> > Now the other question: The "European Journal of Biology and Bioelectromagnetics (EBAB)" - what about the status of this journal? Where is it and where can the corresponding papers be found (like the three in the ECRR book)? I have asked our university libraries previously and they didn't find the journal. Can one find some impact factor for instance? 
> > 
> > The journal used to be linked here:
> > http://www.cogreslab.co.uk/medcross.html
> > but the link doesn't seem to work any longer.
> > (back in the URL to see the money orientation)
> > 
> > Googling Dr Roger Coghill results in a number of strange hits - here is one:
> > http://www.thesynergycompany.com/superfood_article10.html
> > http://www.thesynergycompany.com/superfood_article3.html
> > 
> > It shouldn't come as a surprise if some people wonder about the charater of the EBAB journal as a paper (about melatonin) by Coghill appeared as a free sample issue. That paper was simply an indicator - then an Editorial Board with you at the same time as you had six or eight publications (including one with Coghill if I recall correctly) 
> > 
> > The Editorial Board was (is?) as follows:
> > 
> > Assoc. Prof. Olle Johansson
> > Prof. Henry Lai
> > Prof. Dr. Igor Jerman
> > Prof Dr Imants Detlavs
> > Dr Christopher Busby
> > Dr. Edouard David
> > 
> > 
> > My personal reflections and initiative only,
> > 
> > Bjorn Cedervall
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:58:31 +0100
> > From: C.Busby at ulster.ac.uk
> > To: radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu
> > Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] This "radiation journal" that probably doesn't exist
> > 
> > Peer reviewed by whom? I couldnt say. They dont tell you.
> > I notice that you, Bjorn, have written to my university to ask them what my status is. They told you, Professor. What were you hoping for? 
> > That I was inventing it?
> > Sincerely
> > Chris
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: radsafe-bounces at agni.phys.iit.edu on behalf of Steven Dapra
> > Sent: Fri 15/04/2011 02:58
> > To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] This "radiation journal" that probably doesn't exist
> > 
> > April 14
> > 
> > Peer reviewed by whom? Helen Caldicott?
> > 
> > Steven Dapra
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 04:56 AM 4/14/2011, you wrote:
> > 
> > >Dear Bjorn and others,
> > >
> > >But you havent responded to my question about the peer reviewed 
> > >paper I put up as evidence you guys are wrong. The Chernobyl infant 
> > >leukemias. Why is that? That paper was in a peer reviewed journal.
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