Journal Guide

The Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual is a companion to Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Together with the Seminars, the Annual provides complete coverage of the specialty by focusing on important developments in pediatric cardiac surgery. The editor of each annual volume invites prominent congenital surgeons to review the latest literature and expertly detail the greatest changes taking place in pediatric cardiac surgery.2012 Topics:The Aortic Valve•Aortic Valve Insufficiency: Leaflet Reconstruction Techniques•Aortic Valve Reconstruction in Young Infants and Children •Valve-Sparing Aortic Root ReplacementThe Pulmonary Valve•Valve-Sparing Options in Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery•Timing and Techniques for Pulmonary Valve Replacement in the Patient With Tetralogy of Fallot•Options for Prosthetic Pulmonary Valve Replacement The Tricuspid Valve•Ebstein's Anaomaly of the Tricuspid Valve: The Cone Repair•Surgical Management of Congenital (Non-Ebstein) Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation•Tricuspid Valve Repair in Single Ventricle: Timing and TechniquesThe Mitral valve•Congenital Mitral Stenosis: Anatomic Variants and Surgical Reconstruction•Mitral Regurgitation in Congenital Heart Defects: Surgical Techniques for Reconstruction•The Rheumatic Mitral Valve and Repair Techniques in Children•Atrioventricular Valve Repair for Patient with Heterotaxy Syndrome and a Functional Single Ventricle

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI is directed to all physicians involved in the performance and interpretation of ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging procedures. It is a timely source for the publication of new concepts and research findings directly applicable to day-to-day clinical practice. The articles describe the performance of various procedures together with the authors' approach to problems of interpretation. Each issue is devoted to one topic and all papers are by invitation only.2012 Topics, Volume 32, Issues 1-6:FebruaryImaging in Pregnancy and the Postpartum StateAprilThyroid ParathyroidJuneImaging of the AortaAugustErrors and Malpractice in RadiologyOctoberENT Emergencies IIDecemberThe Pulmonary VasculatureBenefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

Each issue of Seminars in Vascular Surgery examines the latest thinking on a particular clinical problem and features new diagnostic and operative techniques. The journal allows practitioners to expand their capabilities and to keep pace with the most rapidly evolving areas of surgery.Seminars in Vascular Surgery is indexed/abstracted in: Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®), Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine, and Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition.2009 Topics, Volume 22June Dealing with Long-Term Problems after Endovascular and Open Aortic RepairBenefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

•Sensing principles and mechanisms New materials development (transducers and sensitive/recognition components)
•Fabrication technology
•Actuators
•Optical devices
•Electrochemical devices
•Mass-sensitive devices
•Gas sensors
•Biosensors
•Analytical microsystems
•Environmental, process control and biomedical applications
•Signal processing
•Sensor and sensor-array chemometrics
•Optoelectronic sensors
•Mechanical sensors
•Thermal sensors
•Magnetic sensors
•Interface electronics
•Sensor Systems and Applications
•µTAS - Micro Total Analysis Systems (Microsystems for the generation, handling and analysis of (bio)chemical information)
•Development of solid-state devices for transducing physical signals
•Analytical devices incorporating a biological material

The editors will accept reviews and papers of obvious relevance, which describe important new concepts, underpin understanding of the above areas of interest or provide important insights into the practical application, manufacture and commercialisation of bio-sensing and sensing technologies.

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical brings together multidisciplinary interests in one journal entirely devoted to disseminating information on all aspects of research and development of solid-state devices for transducing physical signals. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical regularly publishes original papers, letters to the Editors and from time to time invited review articles within the following device areas:• Fundamentals and Physics, such as: classification of effects, physical effects, measurement theory, modelling of sensors, measurement standards, measurement errors, units and constants, time and frequency measurement. Modeling papers should bring new modeling techniques to the field and be supported by experimental results.• Materials and their Processing, such as: piezoelectric materials, polymers, metal oxides, III-V and II-VI semiconductors, thick and thin films, optical glass fibres, amorphous, polycrystalline and monocrystalline silicon.• Optoelectronic sensors, such as: photovoltaic diodes, photoconductors, photodiodes, phototransistors, positron-sensitive photodetectors, optoisolators, photodiode arrays, charge-coupled devices, light-emitting diodes, injection lasers and liquid-crystal displays.• Mechanical sensors, such as: metallic, thin-film and semiconductor strain gauges, diffused silicon pressure sensors, silicon accelerometers, solid-state displacement transducers, piezo junction devices, piezoelectric field-effect transducers (PiFETs), tunnel-diode strain sensors, surface acoustic wave devices, silicon micromechanical switches, solid-state flow meters and electronic flow controllers.• Thermal sensors, such as: platinum resistors, thermistors, diode temperature sensors, silicon transistor thermometers, integrated temperature transducers, PTAT circuits, thermocouples, thermopiles, pyroelectric thermometers, quartz thermometers, power transistors and thick-film thermal print heads.• Magnetic sensors, such as: magnetoresistors, Corbino disks, magnetodiodes, Hall-effect devices, integrated Hall devices, silicon depletion-layer magnetometers, magneto-injection transistors, magnistors, lateral magnetotransistors, carrier-domain magnetometers, MOS magnetic-field sensors, solid-state read and write heads.• Micromechanics, such as: research papers on actuators, structures, integrated sensors-actuators, microsystems, and other devices or subdevices ranging in size from millimetres to sub-microns; micromechatronics; microelectromechanical systems; microoptomechanical systems; microchemomechanical systems; microrobots; silicon and non-silicon fabrication techniques; basic studies of physical phenomena of interest to micromechanics; analysis of microsystems; exploration of new topics and materials related to micromechanics; microsystem-related problems like power supplies and signal transmission, microsystem-related simulation tools; other topics of interest to micromechanics.• Interface electronics: electronic circuits which are designed to interface directly with the above transducers and which are used for improving or complementing the characteristics of these devices, such as linearization, A/D conversion, temperature compensation, light-intensity compensation, current/frequency conversion and microcomputer interfacing.• Sensor Systems and Applications, such as: sensor buses, multiple-sensor systems, sensor networks, voting systems, telemetering, sensor arrays, and automotive, environmental, monitoring and control, consumer, medical, alarm and security, robotic, nautical, aeronautical and space measurement systems.

Sensors & Actuators, B: Chemical is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to covering research and development in the field of chemical sensors, actuators and microsystems.The scope of the journal encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following areas:• Sensing principles and mechanisms• New materials development (transducers and sensitive/recognition components) • Fabrication technology• Actuators • Optical devices• Electrochemical devices• Mass-sensitive devices• Gas sensors• Biosensors• Analytical microsystems• Environmental, process control and biomedical applications • Signal processing• Sensor and sensor-array chemometricsµTAS - Micro Total Analysis Systems: Microsystems for the generation, handling and analysis of (bio)chemical informationThe special section of Sensors & Actuators, B: Chemical on micro TAS is dedicated to contributions concerning miniaturised systems for (bio)chemical synthesis and analysis, also comprising work on Bio-MEMS, Lab-on-a-chip, biochips and microfluidics.Topics covered by the micro TAS section include:• Physics and chemistry of microfluidics• Microfabrication technology for micro TAS• Analytical chemical aspects• Detectors, sensors, arrays for micro TAS• Micro TAS applications• DNA analysis• Microinstrumentation• Microsystems for combinatorial chemistry.

Separation and Purification Technology is a publication dedicated to the dissemination of separation research results and findings. Its coverage extends to all aspects of separation and purification of homogeneous solutions and heterogeneous mixtures. Separation and Purification Technology welcomes, from investigators worldwide, contributions focused on the experimental studies and theoretical analyses of phenomena associated with and arising from separation and purification as well as process development and simulation, equipment design and fabrication and materials preparation and modification used in separation operations. Of particular interest are articles aimed at solving separation problems encountered in the emerging technologies including biotechnology, green technology, energy storage and conversion, and resource recovery and recycling. Authors who wish to contribute a review paper should send an abstract to one of the Editors prior to submission of the full paper.Benefits to authorsWe also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com

Sexologies is the official organ of expression of the European Federation of Sexology (EFS), published with the scientific cooperation of the Inter University Hospital Association of Sexology (AIHUS) which which has gathered French academic teachings of Sexology since 1983.Created in 1992, Sexologies quarterly publishes original, synthetic articles on human sexuality, its dysfunctions and its management.Sexologies offers a large panel of information to all health professionals working in the field of sexuality: anatomophysiological and basic research; psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioural and relational evaluations of sexual difficulties; epidemiological, sociological, forensic data; information on new sexoactive molecules; research on sexual physiology, reports on specialized congresses; press and books reviews; ethical aspects; calendar of major events of sexology around the world.Major international experts in their field joined the editorial committee as ?Field Editors?, confirming and enhancing the will for scientific excellence of the journal.

A peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the sexual and reproductive health of women and men.The journal aims to serve its readers as an authoritative resource of disseminating significant sexual and reproductive health related scientific information.Our key audience is the academic, practising, educational and service user including:• Midwives• Maternity care and neonatal nurses• Maternity service users• Obstetricians• Neonatologists• Pediatricians• Health sociologists and economists• Biologists and psychologists with an interest in maternal and infant research• Policy makers in sexual and reproductive health.The journal welcomes original papers in all aspects of sexual and reproductive health including:• Family planning and counseling• Management of pregnancy• Labour and delivery• Breast feeding and post-natal care • Many other aspects of aspects of sexual health including contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV prevention• Issues related to the menopausal and post-menopausal yearsThe journal publishes the following types of paper: original research articles, reviews, short communications, letters to the editor.Please see the Guide for Authors for specific details including online submission at http://ees.elsevier.com/srhc.Why have we launched this title?Research in the area of sexual and reproductive health is growing internationally, particularly among midwives. In a global perspective there is a huge interest in women's health, which is mirrored in the millennium goals of the UN as well as in international declarations and agreements.Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare aims to take on the role as a contributor of new knowledge and evidence to representatives of the health care sector and society. The journal will present studies demonstrating sexual and reproductive health matters from a multifaceted perspective where the connection between these questions and the individuals' rights will be illuminated.

Sexual Medicine’s emphasis on papers relevant to specific populations distinguishes it from The Journal of Sexual Medicine, which will continue to publish manuscripts on issues of general interest to sexual medicine practitioners worldwide, and Sexual Medicine Reviews, which publishes systematic reviews of controversial topics in sexual medicine.

Sexual Medicine will consider all types of original clinical and basic research papers, including studies conducted with human subjects and experimental models, as well as high-quality clinical, epidemiological, and healthcare policy papers related to sexual function and dysfunction. Sexual Medicine particularly focuses on papers of regional or specialty interest, although any manuscript dealing with sexuality research will be considered. Specific interest is in the following areas of content: Education, Epidemiology, Basic Science, Psychology, Outcomes Assessment, Anatomy/Physiology, Intersex and Gender Identity Disorders, Sexual Orientation, Ejaculatory Disorders, Women’s Sexual Health, Men’s Sexual Health, Couple’s Sexual Dysfunctions, Pharmacotherapy, Peyronie’s Disease, Pain, Erectile Dysfunction, Premature Ejaculation, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Dyspareunia, Pharmacotherapy for Sexual Dysfunction, Surgical Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Endocrinology, Oncology.

She Ji addresses how societies, organizations, and individuals create, build, distribute, use, and enjoy goods and services, with added focus on strategy and management. It provides key articles in research methods and methodology, philosophy, and philosophy of science to support the core journal area. The journal also explores the way that organizations increasingly use design thinking to achieve success, and the journal examines how design thinking can inform wider social, managerial, and intellectual discourses.

She Ji invites papers on a wide range of topics, including the following:
• Design driven innovation within social and economic change
• Design practices in management, consulting, and public service
• Design for alternative economies and industrial transformation
• Design for smart and sustainable living
• Latest design theories, methods, and methodologies
• Design for social innovation, organizational change, and education
• Design, computation, and algorithms
• Cultural aspects of design and innovation
• Philosophy of design
• Philosophy of science for design research

In particular, She Ji encourages three new dimensions in the literature of design and innovation: (1) serious economic inquiry and management inquiry; (2) rigorous research in design using the methods of the natural sciences, social sciences, and economics; (3) methodological contributions that deploy innovative research methods and processes.

She Ji publishes seven types of articles:
• Original research articles. She Ji welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical articles. All research articles are subject to double-blind, refereed peer review. Following peer review, She Ji works with authors on a final round of copy editing to ensure highly readable articles that will reach and influence a wide audience of scholars, researchers, and professional designers, teachers and students, as well as leaders in business, industry, and government.
• Review articles. She Ji encourages literature review and research review. Review articles use double-blind, refereed peer review followed by copy editing.
• Case studies. She Ji publishes two kinds of case study articles. The journal welcomes original research articles involving rigorous case studies and reflection. Research case studies use double-blind, refereed peer review followed by copy editing. The journal also welcomes shorter reports in the short communications category.
• Short communications. She Ji welcomes short reports or and research announcements that describe work in progress and preliminary research results. Short communications are not subject to peer review.
• Book reviews. Books reviews focus on analysis and discussion of individual books as well as extended book reviews covering several books. She Ji also publishes short book notes. contents. Book reviews are not subject to peer review.
• Discussion articles. Discussion articles include interviews, opinion leader commentary, and dialogues. Discussion articles are not subject to peer review.
• Letters. She Ji encourages written responses to articles and original comments on issues relevant to the journal. Letters to the editor are limited to 1,500 words. All letters commenting on articles will be sent to the author of the original article for response. Selected letters will be published in She Ji. Letters are not subject to peer review.

The journal Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory provides a forum for original, high-quality papers dealing with any aspect of systems simulation and modelling.The journal aims at being a reference and a powerful tool to all those professionally active and/or interested in the methods and applications of simulation. Submitted papers will be peer reviewed and must significantly contribute to modelling and simulation in general or use modelling and simulation in application areas.Paper submission is solicited on:• theoretical aspects of modelling and simulation including formal modelling, model-checking, random number generators, sensitivity analysis, variance reduction techniques, experimental design, meta-modelling, methods and algorithms for validation and verification, selection and comparison procedures etc.;• methodology and application of modelling and simulation in any area, including computer systems, networks, real-time and embedded systems, mobile and intelligent agents, manufacturing and transportation systems, management, engineering, biomedical engineering, economics, ecology and environment, education, transaction handling, etc.;• simulation languages and environments including those, specific to distributed computing, grid computing, high performance computers or computer networks, etc.;• distributed and real-time simulation, simulation interoperability;• tools for high performance computing simulation, including dedicated architectures and parallel computing.Papers covering applications should be presented in such a way that the separate steps in the process, such as model development, computer implementation of the derived model, mathematical and scalability problems encountered and validation/verification with real data become transparent to all readers.Theory may play an important role in a paper, but it should be presented in the context of its applicability to the work being described. For application-oriented readers it is essential that theoretical papers should cover the following aspects: why the theory is relevant and how it can be applied, what is the novelty of the approach and what are the benefits and objectives of a new theory, method or algorithm; what experience has been obtained in applying the approach and what innovations did result.(Variations from these prototypes, such as comprehensive surveys of active research areas, critical reviews of existing work, and book reviews, will be considered provided they make a clear contribution to the field.)Special issues on specific topics will be published from time to time; proposals for such issues are invited.