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February 28, 2006
EBSCO Database Trials
EBSCO is offering a free trial of their databases, including CINAHL with Full Text and PsycINFO until March 31st. Click here to access the trials page.
CINAHL with Full Text provides indexing for 2,737 journals from the fields of nursing and allied health. The database contains more than 1,000,000 records dating back to 1982.
PsycINFO from the American Psychological Association (APA), contains more than 2 million citations and summaries of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, all in psychology and related disciplines, dating as far back as the 1800s.
Posted by erushton at 01:11 PM
February 25, 2006
New Open Access Journals from BioMed Central
BioMed Central, the independent publishing house that provides free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently launched the following new Open Access journals:
Biology Direct
From BioMed Central: Biology Direct will publish original research articles, hypotheses, and reviews from the full spectrum of biology; the first subject areas to be launched will be Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology and further subject areas will be launched from time to time until the full spectrum of biology is covered. Subjects covered will include any aspect of molecular, cellular, organismal or population biology, as well as methods, theoretical and computational biology, comparative biology, and evolution.
Implementation Science
From Biomed: Implementation Science is an Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that aims to publish research relevant to the scientific study of methods to promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in both clinical and policy contexts.
Posted by erushton at 02:00 PM
February 20, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
The evolution and functions of laughter and humor: A synthetic approach
Gervais, M; Wilson, DS
QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 80 (4): 395-430 DEC 2005
Posted by erushton at 03:51 PM
February 14, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
Title: When anaphor resolution fails: Partial encoding of anaphoric inferences
Authors: Klin, CM; Guzman, AE; Weingartner, KM; Ralano, AS
Source: JOURNAL OF MEMORY AND LANGUAGE 54 (1): 131-143 JAN 2006
Title: Play behavior in rats pretreated with scopolamine: Increased play solicitation by the non-injected partner
Authors: Deak, T; Panksepp, J
Source: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR 87 (1): 120-125 JAN 30 2006
Title: Counteraction between overshadowing and degraded contingency treatments: Support for the extended comparator hypothesis
Authors: Urcelay, GP; Miller, RR
Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES 32 (1): 21-32 JAN 2006
Title: Trace conditioning in 1-day-old rats
Authors: Bordner, KA; Spear, NE
Source: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY 48 (1): 58-70 JAN 2006
Title: Prenatal ethanol exposure increases ethanol reinforcement in neonatal rats
Authors: Nizhnikov, ME; Molina, JC; Varlinskaya, EI; Spear, NE
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 30 (1): 34-45 JAN 2006
Title: Three-month-old infants' object recognition across changes in viewpoint using an operant learning procedure
Authors: Kraebel, KS; Gerhardstein, PC
Source: INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT 29 (1): 11-23 JAN 2006
Title: Predicting change in borderline personality: Using neurobehavioral systems indicators within an individual growth curve framework
Authors: Lenzenweger, MF; Castro, DD
Source: DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 17 (4): 1207-1237 FAL 2005
Posted by ajbrown at 04:31 PM
February 13, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
Novel electrochemical oral biosensor for histatin
Aluoch, AO; Amrute, K; Sadik, OA
SENSOR LETTERS 3 (2): 161-163 JUN 2005
Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a tin cobalt phosphate framework, SnCo2(H2O)2(PO4)(2)center dot H2O
Salami, TO; Fan, XJ; Zavalij, PY; Oliver, SRJ
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS 9 (1): 64-67 JAN 2006
Assembly of bimetallic gold-silver nanoparticles via selective interparticle dicarboxylate-silver linkages
Kariuki, NN; Luo, J; Hassan, SA; Lim, IIS; Wang, LY; Zhong, CJ
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 18 (1): 123-132 JAN 10 2006
Phosphoric acid imidazolium dihydrogenphosphate
Chen, C; Zavalij, PY; Whittingham, MS
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION E-STRUCTURE REPORTS ONLINE 62: O258-O260 Part 1 JAN 2006
Posted by ebrown at 01:24 PM
New Publications by BU Researchers
Higher-dimensional Dedekind sums and their bounds arising from the discrete diagonal of the n-cube
Beck, M; Robins, S; Zacks, S
ADVANCES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS 36 (1): 1-29 JAN 2006
Some new tests for normality based on U-processes
Arcones, MA; Wang, YS
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY LETTERS 76 (1): 69-82 JAN 1 2006
Topological equivalence of linear representations for cyclic groups: II
Hambleton, I; Pedersen, EK
FORUM MATHEMATICUM 17 (6): 959-1010 2005
Posted by ebrown at 01:18 PM
New Publications by BU Researchers
The development of a biologically-inspired directional microphone for hearing aids
Miles, RN; Hoy, RR
AUDIOLOGY AND NEURO-OTOLOGY 11 (2): 86-94 2006
Posted by ebrown at 01:14 PM
New Publications by BU Researchers
Generation of focused electron beam and X-rays by the doped LiNbO3 crystals
Bayssie, M; Brownridge, JD; Kukhtarev, N; Kukhtarev, T; Wang, JC
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS 241 (1-4): 913-916 DEC 2005
Posted by ebrown at 01:09 PM
February 10, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
Additivity of uncertainty measures on credal sets
Abellan, J; Klir, GJ
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL SYSTEMS, 34 (6): 691-713 NOV 2005
Fusion of adaptive beam steering and optimization-based wavefront control for laser communications in atmosphere
Nikulin, VV
OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 44 (10): Art. No. 106001 OCT 2005
Posted by amcmanus at 04:13 PM
February 06, 2006
New Publications by BU Researchers
The effects of chemical and heat maceration techniques on the recovery of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from bone
Steadman, DW; DiAntonio, LL; Wilson, JJ; Sheridan, KE; Tammariello, SP
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, 51 (1): 11-17 JAN 2006
Blood pressure, seasonal body fat, heart rate, and ecological differences in Caboclo populations of the Brazilian amazon
Silva HP, James GD, Crews DE
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY 18 (1): 10-22 JAN 2006
Posted by erushton at 10:00 AM
February 01, 2006
Science Library Renovations
We have recently moved the display of current issues of General Science periodicals. They are now shelved in the 1st floor current periodicals display between Engineering and Geology. This move was made in preparation for our renovation to increase the number of public computers and to update the furnishings and décor. Stay tuned for more information about this exciting project.
Posted by erushton at 01:26 PM