On June 4, 2009, President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Cairo, Egypt aimed at launching an initiative to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world. The address sought to enhance American credibility, promote tolerance and pluralism, and to articulate American interests on key issues of concern in the Muslim and Arab worlds. The President claimed responsibility to use his power to “fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear,” and urged Muslims to reject the “crude stereotype” of America as a “self-interested empire.”
This page brings together a collection of resources examining the evolution of U.S. policy towards the Muslim world since September 2001. It features a collection of statements from the Obama Administration, along with key statements from the Bush Administration covering America’s reactions in the wake of 9/11 and the launch of the Global War on Terrorism. Also included are key Congressional hearings and major reports from the Government Accountability Office, Congressional Research Service, and the State Department. Research & Analysis and Additional Resources spotlights critical articles and reports from think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and academic centers that specialize in the analysis of America’s engagement with the Muslim world.
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Resources of the Week: Swine Flu
By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor
This past Sunday, U.S. public health officials declared a public health emergency, as diagnosed cases of swine flu continued to mount. As expected, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is keeping tabs on the disease, as is the World Health Organization (WHO).
We thought it might be a good time to round up some reliable resources about swine flu. Pete Weiss, our contributing editor, found a blog called Effect Measure, part of the ScienceBlogs network, which he identifies as “a good aggregator of news regarding this flu outbreak.” The About page explains the blog’s name and describes its authors:
In epidemiology an effect is the endpoint of a causal mechanism. An effect measure is an estimate of the influence of a particular factor on a population’s health. The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Their names would be immediately recognizable to many in the public health community. They prefer to keep their online and public lives separate to allow maximum freedom of expression. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts “Revere” to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.
The CDC link above serves as the government’s main information hub, offering:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers a “swine flu widget” that can be embedded n a blog, home page, whatever. It links to the swine flu info at the CDC. Click here and scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the code.
+ Swine flu is a zoonotic disease (Utah State Extension; PDF, 90 KB), meaning “an infectious disease transmissible under natural conditions between vertebrate animals and human beings.” This being the case, you would expect that the veterinary profession might have useful information…and you would be correct. The American Association of Swine Veterinarians offers some fact sheets right on its home page.
+ Also, MedlinePlus just put up a new page on Swine Flu.
+ The National Library of Medicine offers Enviro-Health Links – 2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu. Includes pointers to information from government agencies — U.S. and international — as well as news feeds, maps, veterinary and scientific resources.
The RAND Corporation is committed to finding effective solutions to important policy issues, and that mission is more important now than ever before. Concerns about health care, education, the global economic crisis, and ongoing security challenges in the Middle East and elsewhere present problems for governments and private sectors around the world. For 60 years, RAND has worked to help confront challenges such as these by providing objective analysis of important problems and the possible solutions to them. RAND’s commitment to making a difference is evident in the broad variety of insightful and influential titles highlighted within this catalog. The downloadable catalog features links to these publications on the RAND web site.
….a team of faculty and students at Rutgers have just launched the long awaited, highly anticipated Virtual Reference Bibliography designed to be used by librarians, students, scholars, and others who are interested in publications dealing with all aspects of virtual reference.
Hosted by Rutgers University’s SCILS, this site is a continuation of the digital reference services bibliography maintained from 2000 to 2004 by Bernie Sloan. It now contains 700+ entries from Bernie’s original bibliography, plus 200+ new items published from 2004 to the present. The redesigned site and new search interface was created by Ben Bakelaar of Rutgers as part of a final project for Information Design class, taught by Jacek Gwizdka, Ph.D.
A selection of print and web-based resources. You’ll also find a video from Paul Connor, Reference Specialist in the Local History & Genealogy Reading Room.
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the release of the ninth issue of the Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research. The papers selected for the 2007 Bibliography include research supported by government, industry, and academic institutions, as well as public-private partnerships. The research covers a wide array of laboratory, human studies, and observational studies in the following areas, as well as others:
Supplements and Cardiovascular Health
Supplements and Diabetes in At-Risk Children
Supplements and Cancer Risk
For each of the 25 papers selected, the Bibliography provides the full reference citation, a description of the study’s methods and findings, and discussion of possible implications for future research.
The citations in this bibliography pertain to the health, care and housing of reptiles owned as pets, exhibited in zoos and aquariums, or used for research.
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For this document, the compiler searched for citations from multiple sources published between the years 2002 to 2007. The sources of information include peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, theses, annual reports, dissertations, books, monographs, and reviews. Some URLs are provided for documents available as eDocuments. Readers are cautioned as to the dynamic nature of the internet and the fact that Web addresses and content are subject to change. All sites are current as of September 2008.
This bibliography contains 283 citations for articles, conference papers, reports and book chapters published 2000 through July 2008. Cited works focus specifically on the nutrient content of organically produced foods: vitamin and mineral content, phytonutrients (phytochemicals), fatty acids and related chemical constituents. Each cited item relates directly to food produced from organic agricultural and/or handling practices.
All items cited in this bibliography were published in English; however, important work pertaining to this topic is being conducted internationally and reported on in many languages. This bibliography updates but does not duplicate AFSIC’s 2000 Special Reference Brief 2000-03, Organically Produced Foods: Nutritive Content (216 citations, 1945-2000) available online at http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/pubs/srb0003.shtml.
Source: Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, National Agricultural Library (USDA)
ICJ research is supported by pooled grants from corporations, trade and professional associations, and individuals; by government grants and contracts; and by private foundations. The Institute disseminates its work widely to the legal, business, and research communities, and to the general public. In accordance with RAND policy, all Institute research products are subject to peer review before publication. ICJ publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the research sponsors or of the ICJ Board of Overseers.
A newly updated bibliography of published Iranian nuclear science and engineering research documents that country’s substantial commitment to the field.
“The Iranian nuclear program appears to be entering a more mature stage of research and development,” said Mark Gorwitz, an independent researcher who compiled the bibliography.
In addition to previously cited research on nuclear reactor safety, isotope separation and related topics, the new bibliography also covers Iranian publications on nuclear waste treatment, shock waves, carbon fibers and carbon composites.
This guide, an update of TB 91-2, furnishes a review of the literature in the collections of the Library of Congress about the public infrastructure, its history and development, and proposals for its maintenance and improvement.
This bibliography was created for an ALCTS Collection Management & Development Section program at the 2008 American Library Association Annual Conference. It annotates selected articles published from Jan. 2006 through April 2008.
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