Operations Research in Public Health, IIPH-D, March 28- March 31,2017

The Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi (IIPH-D) which is established by the Public Health Foundation of India (www.phfi.org), has a series of workshops for 2016-2017. They are currently inviting applications for a workshop on Operations Research in Public Health from March 28 to 31, 2017. The last date for enrollment is March 14, 2017.   For more information visit:https://phfi.org/component/jcalpro/view/242/456 Apply now !
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Analytical Methods for Categorical Outcomes Using STATA, IIPH-D, March 20-March 24, 2017

The Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi (IIPH-D) which is established by the Public Health Foundation of India (www.phfi.org), has a series of workshops for 2016-2017.They are currently inviting applications for a workshop on Analytical Methods for Categorical Outcomes Using STATA from March 20th to 24th, 2017. The last date for enrollment is March 6, 2017.For more information visit: https://phfi.org/component/jcalpro/view/242/456Apply now !
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News – Beall’s list (predatory publishers and journals) – disappears

In the last few years the Beall's list - a list of predatory journals and publishers - maintained by a librarian from Denver USA, was referred to heavily, to understand how several journals were mushrooming under the guise of being Open Access, but were actually just making money and publishing mainly pseudoscience. There were arguments about the list - some claiming that Beall was going too far in  his judgements, but majority found the list to be a major source to check out about journals. The list suddenly vanished from the blog!   
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