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June 19, 2006
SPARC Partners with Bioline International
SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, recently announced that it had formed a partnership with Bioline International, an online publishing service that provides open access to peer-reviewed research journals published in developing countries. Read more here…
Posted by erushton at 12:31 PM
June 15, 2006
Cellscience's New Publishing Alternative
The journal Cell Science recently introduced a micropayment system as a publishing alternative to subscriptions or pay-to-publish models (open access). The micropayment system generates a small revenue every time an article or edition is accessed by an end user. The revenue is used to cover publication costs, and also the payment of royalties to authors and third party payment processing fees. According to the press release, Cell Science “aims to transform the way in which scientific journals are funded to enfranchise authors and reduce the cost burden to readers and institutions.” Click here to read more about the “academic library funding crisis” and the journal’s new publishing alternative.
Posted by erushton at 10:51 AM
Podcasts from Seedmagazine.com
Seedmagazine.com, publishers of Seed Magazine, offers a series of science related podcasts. Recent stories include:
- how whales lost their legs
- drunk monkeys are a lot like drunk people
- a pill for reawakening the comatose
Found via Confessions of a Science Librarian
Posted by erushton at 10:17 AM
June 09, 2006
Changes coming to the Science Library
The first floor of the Science Library is being renovated to provide a more pleasant environment for research and study and to increase the seating for computers. Next week, some shelving and furniture will be removed but no services will be affected. If you have any questions, please contact Alesia McManus x74122 or Nancy Abashian x72528.
Posted by amcmanus at 04:16 PM
New Mathematics Publications by BU Researchers
Roundness properties of groups
Lafont, JF; Prassidis, S
GEOMETRIAE DEDICATA 117 (1): 137-160 FEB 2006
Consistency of the semi-parametric MLE in linear regression models with interval-censored data
Yu, QQ; Wong, GYC; Kong, FH
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF STATISTICS 33 (2): 367-378 JUN 2006
The very unusual properties of the resolvent, heat kernel, and zeta function for the operator -d(2)/dr (2)-1/(4r (2))
Kirsten, K; Loya, P; Park, J
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 47 (4): Art. No. 043506 APR 2006
Posted by ebrown at 02:23 PM
New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers
Structure-inheriting solid-state reactions under hydrothermal conditions
Eda, K; Uno, Y; Nagai, N; Sotani, N; Chen, C; Whittingham, MS
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY 179 (5): 1453-1458 MAY 2006
Kerogen chemistry 9. Removal of kerogen radicals and their role in kerogen anhydride decomposition
Larsen, JW; Ashida, R; Painter, P; Doetschman, DC
ENERGY & FUELS 20 (3): 1220-1226 MAY 2006
Synthesis and biological evaluation of N-(arylsulfanyl)carbonyl analogues of paclitaxel (Taxol)
Karliga, B; Schilling, JK; Kingston, DGI; Bane, S; Ravindra, R; Talinli, N
CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY 3 (4): 396-404 2006
Studies of photoinduced electron transfer and energy migration in a conjugated polymer system for fluorescence "turn-on" chemosensor applications
Fan, LJ; Jones, WE
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 110 (15): 7777-7782 APR 20 2006
Posted by ebrown at 02:14 PM
June 07, 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:
Cell Division
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of cell cycle control in eukaryotes.
Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of scientific information management and studies of scientific practice, with a particular emphasis on biomedical laboratory investigations.
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of the philosophy of medicine and biology, and the ethical aspects of clinical practice and research.
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
From BioMed Central:World Journal of Emergency Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of clinical and basic research studies related to emergency surgery (traumatic and non-traumatic) and its allied subjects.
Posted by erushton at 07:02 PM
June 06, 2006
New Geology & Environmental Studies Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Oxide-bearing and FeO-rich clasts in aubrites
Authors: Rosenshein, EB; Ivanova, MA; Dickinson, TL; McCoy, TJ; Lauretta, DS; Guan, Y; Leshin, LA; Benedix, GK
Source: METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE 41 (4): 495-503 APR 2006
Title: Introduction to the special issue: Ice sheet geomorphology
Authors: Fleisher, PJ; Knuepfer, PLK; Butler, DR
Source: GEOMORPHOLOGY 75 (1-2): 1-3 Sp. Iss. SI APR 2006
Title: Secular variation in the major-ion chemistry of seawater: Evidence from fluid inclusions in Cretaceous halites
Authors: Timofeeff, MN; Lowenstein, TK; da Silva, MA; Harris, NB
Source: GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 70 (8): 1977-1994 APR 15 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 03:57 PM
New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Effects of neonatal resveratrol exposure on adult male and female reproductive physiology and behavior
Authors: Henry, LA; Witt, DM
Source: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE 28 (3): 186-195 2006
Title: Reinforcing properties of ethanol in neonatal rats: Involvement of the opioid system
Authors: Nizhnikov, ME; Varlinskaya, EI; Petrov, ES; Spear, NE
Source: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 120 (2): 267-280 APR 2006
Title: A prospective test of the hopelessness theory of depression in children
Authors: Gibb, BE; Alloy, LB
Source: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 35 (2): 264-274 JUN 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 03:47 PM
June 05, 2006
New Nursing Publications by BU Researchers
Rose gardens
Bergevin RC
JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING 32 (3): 56-56 MAR 2006
Posted by erushton at 09:36 AM
New Biology Publications by BU Researchers
Exotic purple loosestrife invasion of native cattail freshwater wetlands: Effects on organic matter distribution and soil nitrogen cycling
Fickbohm SS, Zhu WX
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY 32 (1): 123-131 MAY 2006
Biology of a terrestrial green alga, Chlorococcum sp (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta), collected from the Miruksazi stupa in Korea
Klochkova TA, Kang SH, Cho GY, Pueschel CM, West JA, Kim GH
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 38 (5): 887-897 MAY 2006
Posted by erushton at 09:29 AM