From an Email Newsletter:
Elsevier metadata for SCOPUS and ScienceDirect collections from 2006 to the present have now been indexed in WorldCat.org search results. This article-level metadata joins similar content such as the GPO Monthly Catalog, ArticleFirst, Medline, ERIC and the British Library Inside Serials. The ScienceDirect content corresponds to 1,800 journals, 150 book series and more than 1.3 million records.
Source: OCLC
Make sure to check the page regularly for updates.
Purpose of the Fraudulent Products List
This list is intended to alert consumers about Web sites that are or were illegally marketing unapproved, uncleared, or unauthorized products in relation to the 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus (sometimes referred to as the “swine flu” virus). Note that until evidence to the contrary is presented to FDA, the owner of the listed Web site is considered responsible for promoting the unapproved, uncleared, or unauthorized products. The uses related to the 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus are not necessarily being promoted by the manufacturers of the products.
Consumer Considerations about the Products List
+ This list does not include every Web site that is marketing products related to the 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus without FDA approval, clearance, or authorization, only those Web sites to which FDA has issued a warning letter.
+ Even if a Web site is not included in this list, consumers should exercise caution before purchasing over the Internet any product purporting to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, treat, or cure the 2009 H1N1 Flu Virus.
+ Please note that some of these products may be approved or cleared by FDA for other medical uses. The fact that a product is listed on this page indicates ONLY that the products are not cleared, approved, or authorized for the diagnosis, mitigation, prevention, treatment, or cure of the 2009 H1N1 flu virus.
The list can be browsed by product type or searched by:
+ Brand Name (Example: SilverCure)
+ Product Name (Example: Silver Shampoo)
+ Any combination of: brand name, Product Name
At the Bottom of the Page You Can Download All Unapproved, Uncleared, or Unauthorized Products as an Excel Spreadsheet, a PDF File, or in XML.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Scientists are exploring the health implications of cell phone radiation. Meanwhile, buy smart. Use Environmental Working Group’s new interactive database to find wireless devices with the lowest emissions. Learn how to limit your family’s exposures
On this page, in the lower right corner, you can search for phones by name and limit by provider and/or manufacturer.
Source: Environmental Working Group
Wired Campus reports that there is a new iPhone/iTouch app that can help teach human anatomy.
Researchers at the University of Utah have created new iPhone applications that help people study anatomy and medicine.
One of the applications, called AnatomyLab, allows students to view a body in different stages of dissection. Researchers dissected a cadaver and photographed it at 40 different stages of the process.
“It’s aimed at students who want to learn anatomy,” Mark Nielsen, a biology professor, said in a statement. “There’s no substitute for real dissection, but a lot of students in the undergraduate world don’t have access to cadavers in anatomy lab. So we tried to provide them with a realistic lab setting on their phone.”
The application costs $9.99. Here’s a direct link to the AnatomyLab in the iTunes App Store. AnatomyLab is one of several anatomy apps available.
Source: Wired Campus
NSF Releases Online Multimedia Package on Marine “Dead Zones”
The Earth currently has more than 400 so-called “dead zones”–expanses of oxygen-starved ocean covering hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles that become virtually devoid of animal life during the summer; the worldwide count of dead zones is doubling every decade.
Most dead zones, such as the Gulf of Mexico’s notorious dead zone, are caused by pollution that is dumped into oceans by rivers. But every summer since 2002, the Pacific Northwest’s coastal waters–one of the U.S.’s most important fisheries–has been invaded by massive dead zones that are believed to be caused by an entirely different and surprising phenomena: changes in oceanic and atmospheric circulation that may, in turn, be caused by climate change.
How could climate change cause dead zones? What do dead zones look like and what are their ecological impacts? And how, on Earth, are scientists sleuthing out the causes of perplexing marine processes that cover such huge swaths of the sea? Find out in the National Science Foundation’s new online, multimedia package on dead zones.
Entitled Dead Zones: Mysteries of Ocean Die-Offs Revealed, the multimedia package is posted at http://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/deadzones. It features:
- a webcast with Jack Barth, an expert on Oregon’s dead zones from Oregon State University;
- a dynamic, narrated slide show;
- compelling videos;
- eye-catching photos;
- enlightening illustrations
- informative, easy-to-understand texts; and
- downloadable documents.
Dead Zones: Mysteries of Ocean Die-Offs Revealed is ideal for reporters, general readers, fishermen, water-enthusiasts, teachers, students, researchers and conservation organizations.
Source: National Science Foundation
The name of the new iPhone/iTouch app is iResearch.
It is a free download but of course you need a AIP subscription (either individual or institutional) or a pay-per-view account to get to the full text content.
iResearch was developed to provide physicists, engineers, scientists, and students, with mobile access to valuable physics journal content. Users may access iResearch via the Apple iTunes store to download the application for version 3.0 and higher.
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In addition to readily accessing AIP content through a Wi-Fi network or cellular connection, iResearch enables users to optionally save files in PDF format on their iPhone or iPod touch for offline viewing.
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The journals available in the iResearch application include: Applied Physics Letters, Biomicrofluidics, Chaos, Journal of Applied Physics, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Low Temperature Physics, Physics of Fluids, Physics of Plasmas, and Review of Scientific Instruments.
Here’s a direct link to the iResearch app via the iTunes Store.
See Also: This is Not AIP’s First Mobile Product/Service
In August of 2009, AIP Began Offering a Mobile Friendly Version of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE).
You Don’t Need an iPhone/iTouch to access this journal. It’s Accessible Using Any Mobile Web Browser.
Source: AIP
See Also: Peter Jacso’s Review of the Scitation Database from AIP
We linked to it on Thursday, October 8, 2009.
Hat Tip: Gerry M.
Cancer Data? Sorry, Can’t Have It
Not long ago, I asked a respected cancer researcher if he could send me raw data from a trial he had recently published. He refused. Sharing data would make the study team members “uncomfortable,” he said, as I might use this to “cast doubt” on their results.
I’d heard this before: as a statistician who designs and analyzes cancer studies, I regularly ask other researchers to provide additional information or raw data. Sometimes I want to use the data to test out a new idea or method of statistical analysis. And knowing exactly what happened in past studies can help me design better research for the future. Occasionally, however, there are statistical analyses I could run that might make an immediate and important impact on the lives of cancer patients.
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Given the enormous physical, emotional and financial toll of cancer, one might expect researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. The patients who volunteer for cancer trials often suffer through painful procedures and harsh experimental treatments in the hope of hastening a cure. The data they provide ought to belong to all of us. Yet cancer researchers typically treat it as their personal property.
Source: New York Times
Energy Explained
From e-mail:
Energy Explained , a new web portal launched today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), celebrates Energy Awareness Month with the most comprehensive energy education resource available from the U.S. Government.
The site explains where gasoline comes from, what determines the price of electricity, how much renewable energy the United States uses, and hundreds of other energy topics.
“Energy touches us in many ways every day, from the electricity that lights our homes to the fuel we use in our cars,” said EIA Administrator Richard Newell. “Energy Explained uses plain language and clear graphics to help explain a sometimes complex, but vital subject.”
Energy Explained allows easy navigation between major energy topics:
- What Is Energy?
- Use of Energy
- Energy and the Environment
- Nonrenewable Energy Sources
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Secondary Energy Sources
Source: Energy Information Administration
There motto is, “what are you really eating?” For an in-depth overview, visit this page.
FoodEssentials has the most comprehensive food comparison criteria available. No matter what you’re specific requirements are FoodEssentials.com has the potential to be able to help you find foods that suit those requirements. One can compare foods by specific ingredient, allergens, additives or nutrients making the FoodEssentials database the most comprehensive in existence.
Simply enter a food type, product name, company name, etc.. compare lists, and then view complete nutrients, allergens, and additives. Here’s a search for ice cream. Btw, directly below the search box you’ll find links to popular product categories.
You’ll see that the results page provides a list of ice cream categories and links to specific products. Click a product name, and your provided with a list and drop down menu with many data points to find out the nutritional make-up of the product. Here’s an example.
Access Info About:
+ Cholesterol
+ Calories
+ Fat Calories
+ Fiber
+ Protein Saturated Fat
+ Sodium
+ Sugars
+ Total Fat
Other Data Points
+ Additives by Presence
+ Allergens by Presence
+ Ingredients by Presence
Users can also build comparison lists. Instructions can be found by clicking, “My Lists.”
Don’t feel like searching? You can also browse by category. Look for the category listing located on the right side of product info pages.
FoodEssentials comes from a company based in Chicago. More about the company here. You can also learn about there fee-based products. FoodEssentials.com is a free service.
Finally, you can learn a bit more about the company and the web site by taking a look at this news release (worth reviewing).
From an ACM TechNews Summary
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Web researchers have embarked on the Tetherless World Research Constellation, a project they say will create Semantic Web technology enabling scientists, educators, and people worldwide to access data on various topics in a single place, opening up a new scale of scientific data compilation and sharing. The effort is funded by a $1.1 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation. Semantic-based Web technologies would enable a computer to supply its own underlying meaning to words and offer links to vast numbers of related sites and other content without human intervention. “With semantics, we can bridge the gap between the question that someone wants to ask in their limited scientific vocabulary and the extreme complexity of the underlying data,” says RPI professor Deborah McGuinness.
Access the Complete Article (via Rensselaer News, Includes Chart)
Pillbox was developed to aid in the identification of unknown solid dosage pharmaceuticals. The system combines high-resolution images of tablets and capsules with FDA-approved appearance information (imprint, shape, color, etc.) to enable users to visually search for and identify an unknown solid dosage pharmaceutical.
This system is designed for use by emergency physicians, first responders, other health care providers, Poison Control Center staff, and concerned citizens.
The system enables users to identify solid dosage forms based on physical criteria: imprint (characters or number printed on a medication), shape, color, size, and scoring. Users are shown thumbnail images of possible matches. These images are continually updated as the user enters additional information.
Once a solid dosage form has been identified, additional information is provided, including brand/generic name, ingredients, and the National Drug File identification number. Links are provided to NLM drug information resources, such as FDA-approved label information (DailyMed) and the Drug Information Portal, which searches all NLM drug information resources.
You can search for a pill by:
+ Imprint
+ Shape
+ Color
+ Size
+ Scoring
The search criteria listed above can also be combined.
Access Pillbox
A video tour is also available once you access the database.
The FAQ is useful, brief, and worth reading.
From the FAQ:
As of September 2009 Pillbox contains 5,693 records. Of those, only 779 have images. These images are the result of a research project in which the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) photographed the solid-dosage formulary of one of the VA’s Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacies (CMOPs). The pilot project mentioned in the previous question will increase the number of images available in Pillbox.
Source: NLM (in partnership with the FDA)
Hat Tip: @jwindz
The complete database and all of its content is free for the month of October.
You’ll first need to register. This link should get you started. You’ll be asked for an email address, name, and a few other data points. You will also be asked if SAGE can contact you. Select yes or no.
SAGE Journals Online contains more than 260,000 articles from more than 500 SAGE journals* with content available from 1999-current.
Quick Search and Advanced Search interfaces are available. You can also browse by journal title.
* Some of the many disciplines include:
+ Communication & Media Studies
+ Engineering & Computing
+ Geography
+ Information Science
+ Management & Organization Studies
+ Pharmacology & Toxicology
+ Politics & International Relations
+ Research Methods & Evaluation
+ Sociology
A complete list of disciplines that Sage Journals Online covers is located on the opening registration page.
Source: SAGE
DOE Unveils New Online Database of Oil and Natural Gas Research Results
By providing easy access to the results of nearly four decades of research supported by the Office of Fossil Energy’s Oil and Natural Gas Program, the knowledge management database could ultimately help boost recovery of the nation’s oil and gas resources.
The database largely evolved from a recommendation made by the Federal advisory committees that counsel the Energy Secretary on the Department’s Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources Research Program.
The database portal provides access to content from dozens of CDs and DVDs related to oil and natural gas research that FE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory has published over the years. It also provides links to reports, data sets, and project summaries from ongoing research. The database includes more than 9,000 files and will be expanded in the future to include geographical information system capabilities that will allow visualization of data.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Ecologists are taking a page, and its ranking, from Google.
A new algorithm inspired by the search engine works well for predicting which species losses will trigger the fastest collapse of a food web, says theoretical ecologist Stefano Allesina of the University of Chicago.
Food webs describe the pattern of what eats what in the neighborhood. If one kind of grass or bug, for example, disappears, creatures that fed on it would need to find something else for lunch. If they couldn’t, or if the alternative entrées went extinct too, then the loss could trigger a cascade of extinctions. Losing certain species can starve so many others that the whole food web unravels.
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[Theoretical ecologist Stefano] Allesina got the idea for treating food webs like the World Wide Web while he was at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in Santa Barbara, Calif., and chanced upon a description of Google’s page ranking system. “I said, ‘That looks familiar,’’’ he remembers. In essence, the system calculates a page’s importance, or value to searchers, depending on the importance of the pages that link to it. Through the magic of mathematics, it works. In a food web, species draw importance from the importance of the species that eat them.
Much More in the Complete Article
Source: Science News
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The National Cancer Institute at NIH offers an in-depth site with a lot of information,
Here are a few (of many) online resources that might be of use to you.
+ Get Live Help from the Cancer Information Service at NIH
Chat online from 9am-11pm EST, M-F.
+ Breast Cancer “Health Topic” Compilation from MedlinePlus
Organized into various categories. Very useful.
+ Breast Cancer Interactive Tutorial ||| Spanish Language Version
Both versions from Patient Education Institute at NLM.
+ Male Breast Cancer “Health Topic” Compilation from MedlinePlus
+ Breast Cancer Resources News and Info from the American Cancer Society
+ Breast Cancer (MayoClinic.com)
+ Breast Cancer (Cancer Center, Stanford University School of Medicine)
(more…)
Google Earth — the digital globe on which computer users can fly around the planet and zoom in on key features — is attracting attention in scientific communities and aiding public communication about carbon dioxide. Recently Google held a contest to present scientific results using KML, a data format used by Google Earth.
“I tried to think of a complex data set that would have public relevance,” said Tyler Erickson, a geospatial researcher at the Michigan Tech Research Institute in Ann Arbor.
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The application is designed to educate the public and even scientists about how carbon dioxide emissions can be traced. A network of 1,000-foot towers across the United States is equipped with instruments by NOAA to measure the carbon dioxide content of parcels of air at single locations.
At the bottom of the article (in the related resources section) you’ll find more information including the actual Google KML file and a few videos.
Source: NASA News
The guide contains both print and Internet resources. You’ll find:
+ Early Works and Compilations
+ Works About Individual Inventors
Source: Science Reference Section, Science, Technology, and Business Division, Library of Congress
NOTE: The site described below is very impressive. It not only contains useful text and links but also images, sounds and video. However, the video is ONLY available in the United Kingdom. The audio of animal sounds and locations is available to everyone. For those of you outside the UK, don’t let the lack of video stop you from visiting and using this site.
Caught at night with infrared cameras, deep underwater with huge floodlights, and under microscopes which distinguish different sorts of microbe, the BBC’s Wildlife Finder is the product of years of planning – and dreaming. Technology and funding have finally made possible the corporation’s ambition to give its spectacular natural history photography and film a permanent global audience.
Starting with 370 animals, including four octopuses and a solitary starfish, the databank of clips and still pictures will be reinforced on a daily basis. BBC staff are combing through hundreds of wildlife programmes, from spectaculars such as Planet Earth to regional TV news items, to create an unprecedented collection. Early stars in terms of hits online include Darwin’s frog, a tiny resident of forests in Chile, which gives birth through the mouth of the male. The process is repeated in slow motion – another feature of the archive’s ability to spy on Earth’s wild creatures to an unprecedented extent.
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Pages also contain content from Animal Diversity Web and Wikipedia, scientific classification, and related web sites. Here’s an example.
Much More in the Official Press Release
Source: The Guardian and BBC News Release
Hat Tip: Library StuffSee Also: Recently Released: BBC Earth Explorers
From the News Release:Natural history fans can enjoy the excitement of wildlife filming on location from their armchairs by following production teams working on future series…
From the Scope Section of the Document:
Science matters. Almost no one disagrees. Agreement on how science is taught, the curriculum designed, the method used, and the measure of literacy achieved is quite another matter. Almost everyone has an opinion or suggestion. This compilation provides references and resources that highlight methods, curricula, standards, and strategies that promote learning in the nation’s elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Many of the books and resources list activities and projects designed to engage and capture the imagination of the K-12 student. Some provide incentives and novel ideas for science teachers, methods of integrating standards into the classroom, or new ways of making connections between mathematics and science, looking at physics, or exploring the environment. Other materials seek to inspire and enthuse both teacher and student, to encourage further study and/or careers in the sciences, or to advance science literacy through the school into the community.
This present guide complements LC Science Tracer Bullet 90-5, The Crisis in Science Education, and TB 75-5, Science Education in America. The latter provides an historical overview. Not meant to be a comprehensive bibliography, this is designed–as the name of the series implies–to put the reader “on target.”
Materials in the Tracer Bullet Include:
+ Introductions to the Topic
+ Subject Headings
+ Basic Texts
+ Additional Titles
+ Specialized Titles
+ Related Titles
+ Handbooks
+ Government Publications
+ Technical Reports
+ Selected Technical Reports
+ Dissertations
+ Selected Dissertations
+ Abstracting and Indexing Services
+ Journals
+ Representative Journal Articles
+ Selected Materials
+ Additional Sources of Information
+ Selected Internet Resources
See Also: Access the Entire Online Collection of Science Tracer Bullets
Source: Science Reference Services, Science, Technology & Business Division, Library of Congress
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