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November 29, 2005
BioMed Central Journals Accepted by ISI
BioMed Central has recently announced that four journals in the BMC-series have been accepted for tracking by The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). The four journals are BMC Developmental Biology, BMC Immunology, BMC Neurology and BMC Structural Biology. Read more here…
Posted by erushton at 11:51 AM
November 28, 2005
New Publications by BU Researchers
Sub-micrometer-sized metal tubes from electrospun fiber templates
Ochanda, F; Jones, WE
LANGMUIR, 21 (23): 10791-10796 NOV 8 2005
Posted by ebrown at 09:13 AM
New Publications by BU Researchers
Investigation of interlayer coherency and angular-dependent magnetoresistance oscillations in magnetic graphite intercalation compounds
Enomoto, K; Yamaguchi, T; Terashima, T; Konoike, T; Nishimura, M; Uji, S; Enoki, T; Suzuki, M; Suzuki, IS
SYNTHETIC METALS, 154 (1-3): 289-292 Sp. Iss. SI SEP 22 2005
Posted by ebrown at 09:09 AM
New Publications by BU Researchers
On the gluing problem for Dirac operators on manifolds with cylindrical ends
Loya, P; Park, J
JOURNAL OF GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS, 15 (2): 285-319 2005
Involutions and characters of upper triangular matrix groups
Isaacs, IM; Karagueuzian, DB
MATHEMATICS OF COMPUTATION, 74 (252): 2027-2033 2005
Posted by ebrown at 09:03 AM
November 21, 2005
New Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Model of seawater composition for the Phanerozoic
Authors: Demicco, RV; Lowenstein, TK; Hardie, LA; Spencer, RJ
Source: GEOLOGY, 33 (11): 877-880 NOV 2005
Title: A series of large, Late Wisconsinan meltwater floods through the Champlain and Hudson Valleys, New York State, USA
Authors: Rayburn, JA; Knuepfer, PLK; Franzi, DA
Source: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 24 (22): 2410-2419 NOV 2005
Title: Paleobrine temperatures, chemistries, and paleoenvironments of silurian salina formation F-1 salt, Michigan Basin, USA, from petrography and fluid inclusions in halite
Authors: Satterfield, CL; Lowenstein, TK; Vreeland, RH; Rosenzweig, WD
Source: JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH, 75 (5): 964-965 SEP 2005
Posted by ajbrown at 11:12 AM
New Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Self-mutilation and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder
Authors: Andover, MS; Pepper, CM; Ryabchenko, KA; Orrico, EG; Gibb, BE
Source: SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR, 35 (5): 581-591 OCT 2005
Title: Recovery from blocking between outcomes
Authors: Wheeler, DS; Miller, RR
Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES, 31 (4): 467-476 OCT 2005
Posted by ajbrown at 11:07 AM
New Publications by BU Researchers
The anatomy of Rotoxylon dawsonii comb. nov (Cladoxylon dawsonii) from the Upper Devonian of New York State
Cordi, J; Stein, WE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES, 166 (6): 1029-1045 NOV 2005
Utilities of gossip across organizational levels - Multilevel selection, free-riders, and teams
Kniffin, KM; Wilson, DS
HUMAN NATURE-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE, 16 (3): 278-292 2005
Aspartic proteinase content of the Arabidopsis genome
Faro, C; Gal, S
CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE, 6 (6): 493-500 DEC 2005
Posted by erushton at 10:20 AM
November 18, 2005
RSS feeds available for IEEE Xplore
As part of yesterday's maintenance release of the IEEE Xplore digital library, RSS feeds for new issues of IEEE journals are now available for all titles.Feeds are available individually from each journal's main page in IEEE Xplore.
To see one example, visit the Proceedings of the IEEE main page at
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5RSS feeds can also be found through the Table of Contents Alerts service, which continues to offer notification by email.
Posted by John R. Platt, IEEE Business Communications Manager to STS-L listserv.
Posted by amcmanus at 01:27 PM
November 14, 2005
New Publications by BU Researchers
Self-assembly of paired nanoribbons
Kukta, RV; Vasiljevic, N; Dimitrov, N; Sieradzki, K
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 95 (18): Art. No. 186103 OCT 28 2005
Advanced electrochemical sensors for cell cancer monitoring
Andreescu, S; Sadik, OA
METHODS, 37 (1): 84-93 SEP 2005
Photophysical properties of Ru(II) bipyridyl complexes containing hemilabile phosphine-ether ligands
Angell, SE; Zhang, Y; Rogers, CW; Wolf, MO; Jones, WE
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 44 (21): 7377-7384 OCT 17 2005
The extraordinary cocatalytic action of polymethylaluminoxane (MAO) in the polymerization of terminal olefins by metallocenes: Chemical change in the group 4 metallocene dimethyl derivatives induced by MAO
Eisch, JJ; Otieno, PO; Gitua, JN; Adeosun, AA
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, (20): 4364-4371 OCT 14 2005
Synthesis and characterization of monolayer-capped PtVFe nanoparticles with controllable sizes and composition
Luo, J; Han, L; Kariuki, NN; Wang, LY; Mott, D; Zhong, CJ; He, T
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 17 (21): 5282-5290 OCT 18 2005
Posted by ebrown at 03:21 PM
November 11, 2005
ACS Directory of Graduate Research on the Web
The ACS Directory of Graduate Research is now searchable on the web. Search for publication information on individual faculty members and academic departments.
The web site also includes access to the complete 2003, 2001, and 1999 databases.
More information is also available from the ACS.
Posted by ebrown at 09:43 AM
November 08, 2005
Popular Science: Worst Jobs in Science
Popular Science has recently published its third annual honor roll of the Worst Jobs in Science. Included in this years jobs are Volcanologist, Nuclear-Weapons Scientist, and Kansas Biology Teacher. Read the full article here…
Posted by erushton at 04:21 PM
New Version of Science.gov
Science.gov, the science information gateway of the U.S. Government, will be launching a new version of their site. Some features of the version 3.0 include enhanced advanced searching, more intuitive site navigation and query input improvements. Read more here…
Posted by erushton at 04:10 PM
November 02, 2005
Important Changes to Library Logins Coming Soon
Logging in at the Libraries will get easier next semester. In order to simplify login procedures the Libraries will start using PODS accounts for authentication. All Binghamton faculty, staff and students have a PODS account. If you don't know your PODS username and/or password, you can log in to BUSI (http://busi.binghamton.edu) or contact the Computing Services Help Desk (http://helpdesk.binghamton.edu, 777-6420). For uninterrupted service, please be sure to obtain your PODS account information before the start of the Spring 2006 semester. For more information, please call 777-2194 or 777-2166.
Posted by ajbrown at 12:04 PM
November 01, 2005
New Publications by BU Researchers
Multicomponent analysis of alcohol vapors using integrated gas chromatography with sensor arrays
Wanekaya, AK; Uematsu, M; Breimer, M; Sadik, OA
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL, 110 (1): 41-48 SEP 30 2005
C-3 '-cyclopropanated taxol analogs: Synthesis, bioassay and biostructural analysis
Liu, CH; Tamm, M; Notzel, MW; Rauch, K; de Meijere, A; Schilling, JK; Lakdawala, A; Snyder, JP; Bane, SL; Shanker, N; Ravindra, R; Kingston, DGI
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, (18): 3962-3972 SEP 12 2005
Kerogen chemistry 6. Involvement of native free radicals in kerogen thermal deoxygenation
Larsen, JW; Ashida, R; Doetschman, DC
ENERGY & FUELS, 19 (5): 2216-2217 SEP-OCT 2005
Posted by ebrown at 03:59 PM
Web of Science Improvements
The following enhancements were recently made to the Web of Science platform:
1. Export, print, save and e-mail records directly from the full record and the summary results page.
2. Use the expanded display of cited references to view full titles and source data, making cited reference searching easier. You can see the full cited reference information, source and full title right on the cited reference page, when available.
3. Search and sort records by publication year.
Posted by erushton at 10:05 AM
Highest-Impact Journals, 1995-2005
in-cites, the editorial component of ISI Essential Science Indicators recently released a report showing the highest-impact journals in all Fields from 1995-2005. The report was based on the "impact factor" of the journals. Topping the list is Cell, New England Journal of Medicine and Science. Read more here...
Posted by erushton at 09:31 AM