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January 31, 2006

Insitute of Physics (IOP) Online Archive available

The IOP Journal Archive is a comprehensive digital collection of all the work published by the Institute of Physics between 1875 and 1995.
List of titles.

The archive represents over 700 volume years and 120,000 articles of high-quality science in the physical sciences. In 2006 the archive covers all content published between 1874 and 1995. Content from the most recent ten years continues to be included with your current subscriptions.

List of current IOP journals online.

Posted by ebrown at 05:11 PM

Web of Science Improvements

Thomson Scientific has recently added several new features to the ISI Web of Knowledge platform. These include:
* Support of Mozilla and Firefox browsers
* Ability to launch CrossSearch from the "Summary" page
* Access to additional relevant, evaluated Web sites and Web documents from Current Web Contents™ when using CrossSearch
For more information on these and other features click here.

Posted by erushton at 03:55 PM

January 24, 2006

New Publications by BU Researchers

Testing major evolutionary hypotheses about religion with a random sample
Wilson, DS
HUMAN NATURE-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE, 16 (4): 382-409 2005

Posted by erushton at 12:46 PM

January 16, 2006

New Publications by BU Researchers

Cycle and circle tests of balance in gain graphs: Forbidden minors and their groups
Rybnikov, K; Zaslavsky, T
JOURNAL OF GRAPH THEORY, 51 (1): 1-21 JAN 2006

Posted by ebrown at 01:27 PM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Unexpected benzylic carbon-carbon bond cleavage by transfer epizirconation: Indications of an SET pathway and implications for alkane metathesis
Eisch, JJ; Dutta, S; Gitua, JN
ORGANOMETALLICS, 24 (26): 6291-6294 DEC 19 2005

Multifunctional fullerene-mediated assembly of gold nanoparticles
Lim, IIS; Ouyang, J; Luo, J; Wang, LY; Zhou, SQ; Zhong, CJ
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 17 (26): 6528-6531 DEC 27 2005

Multiarray sensors with pattern recognition for the detection, classification, and differentiation of bacteria at subspecies and strain levels
Karasinski, J; Andreescu, S; Sadik, OA; Lavine, B; Vora, MN
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 77 (24): 7941-7949 DEC 15 2005

Impedance spectroscopy: A powerful tool for rapid biomolecular screening and cell culture monitoring
K'Owino, IO; Sadik, OA
ELECTROANALYSIS, 17 (23): 2101-2113 DEC 2005

Posted by ebrown at 01:19 PM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Ice-cores, sediments and civilisation collapse: a cautionary tale from Lake Titicaca
Authors: Calaway, MJ
Source: ANTIQUITY, 79 (306): 778-790 DEC 2005

Posted by ajbrown at 11:41 AM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Re-representation in comparison: building an empirical case
Authors: Kurtz, KJ
Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & THEORETICAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, 17 (4): 447-459 DEC 2005

Posted by ajbrown at 11:30 AM

January 11, 2006

Herbal and Dietary Supplement Information in MedlinePlus

The NLM has recently added over 100 herbal and dietary supplement monographs from Natural Standard to MedlinePlus. Natural Standard is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed collection of information on alternative treatments. Read more here...

Posted by erushton at 03:25 PM

January 06, 2006

Health, United States, 2005

Health, United States, 2005 (29th edition) is now available on the National Center for Health Statistics' web site. The report is prepared by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and “provides an annual picture of health for the entire Nation. Trends are presented in health status and health care utilization, resources, and expenditures.”

Posted by erushton at 10:38 AM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Characterization of temporal protein production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
Southey-Pillig CJ, Davies DG, Sauer K
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 187 (23): 8114-8126 DEC 2005

Evolution for everyone: How to increase acceptance of, interest in, and knowledge about evolution
Wilson DS
PLOS BIOLOGY 3 (12): 2058-2065 DEC 2005

Posted by erushton at 10:14 AM

January 04, 2006

Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics

Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics (JIPAM)
Fulltext v1+ (2000+)
http://jipam.vu.edu.au/
http://www.emis.de/journals/JIPAM/
ISSN: 1443-5756

Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics (JIPAM) is a peer-reviewed international journal in the theory of mathematical inequalities and their applications. The journal's editorial board is comprised of 71 internationally recognized researchers - many of who are world leaders in their field.

The journal is reviewed by both major reviewing houses, Mathematical Reviews (aka MathSciNet) and Zentralblatt MATH.

Posted by ebrown at 09:36 AM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Dynamics of MEMS resonators under superharmonic and subharmonic excitations
Nayfeh, AH; Younis, MI
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, 15 (10): 1840-1847 OCT 2005

Posted by ebrown at 09:30 AM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Monodispersed core-shell Fe3O4@Au nanoparticles
Wang, LY; Luo, J; Fan, Q; Suzuki, M; Suzuki, IS; Engelhard, MH; Lin, YH; Kim, N; Wang, JQ; Zhong, CJ
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 109 (46): 21593-21601 NOV 24 2005

Effect of sample size on the solidification temperature and microstructure of SnAgCu near eutectic alloys
Kinyanjui, R; Lehman, LP; Zavalij, L; Cotts, E
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 20 (11): 2914-2918 NOV 2005

Posted by ebrown at 09:25 AM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Posted by ebrown at 09:19 AM

New Publications by BU Researchers

xi-determinants of Laplacians with Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions
Loya, P; Park, J
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL, 38 (41): 8967-8977 OCT 14 2005

Posted by ebrown at 09:14 AM

January 03, 2006

New Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum
Authors: Clark, BC; Morris, RV; McLennan, SM; Gellert, R; Jolliff, B; Knoll, AH; Squyres, SW; Lowenstein, TK; Ming, DW; Tosca, NJ; Yen, A; Christensen, PR; Gorevan, S; Bruckner, J; Calvin, W; Dreibus, G; Farrand, W; Klingelhoefer, G; Waenke, H; Zipfel, J; Bell, JF; Grotzinger, J; McSween, HY; Rieder, R
Source: EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS, 240 (1): 73-94 NOV 30 2005

Posted by ajbrown at 11:03 AM

New Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Disruption of latent inhibition by interpolation of task-irrelevant stimulation between preexposure and conditioning
Authors: Escobar, M; Arcediano, F; Miller, RR
Source: LEARNING & BEHAVIOR, 33 (3): 371-385 AUG 2005

Title: The relation of reflective function to neurocognitive functioning in patients with borderline personality disorder
Authors: Levy, KN; Meehan, KB; Reynoso, JS; Lenzenweger, MF; Clarkin, JF; Kernberg, OF
Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION, 53 (4): 1305-1309 FAL 2005

Title: The role of the GABA(A) agonist muscimol on memory performance: Reward contingencies determine the nature of the deficit
Authors: Ramirez, DR; Buzzetti, RA; Savage, LM
Source: NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY, 84 (3): 184-191 NOV 2005

Title: Time course of linguistic information extraction from consecutive words during eye fixations in reading
Authors: Inhoff, AW; Eiter, BM; Radach, R
Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE, 31 (5): 979-995 OCT 2005

Title: Factors influencing elevated ethanol consumption in adolescent relative to adult rats
Authors: Doremus, TL; Brunell, SC; Rajendran, P; Spear, LP
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, 29 (10): 1796-1808 OCT 2005

Title: Sensitivity and tolerance to autonomic effects of ethanol in adolescent and adult rats during repeated vapor inhalation sessions
Authors: Ristuccia, RC; Spear, LP
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, 29 (10): 1809-1820 OCT 2005

Posted by ajbrown at 10:49 AM