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July 31, 2006

New Publications by BU Psychology Researchers

Title: delta-subunit containing GABA(A) receptor knockout mice are less sensitive to the actions of 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo-[5,4-c]pyridin-3-ol
Authors: Boehm, SL; Homanics, GE; Blednov, YA; Harris, RA
Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 541 (3): 158-162 JUL 17 2006

Title: Exploring the boundaries of memory distrust from repeated checking: Increasing external validity and examining thresholdsAuthors: Coles, ME; Radomsky, AS; Horng, B
Source: BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY 44 (7): 995-1006 JUL 2006

Title: The impact of letter detection on eye movement patterns during reading: Reconsidering lexical analysis in connected text as a function of task
Authors: Greenberg, SN; Inhoff, AW; Weger, UW
Source: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 59 (6): 987-995 JUN 2006

Title: Generalization decrement in human contingency learning
Authors: Wheeler, DS; Amundson, JC; Miller, RR
Source: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 59 (7): 1212-1223 2006

Title: Factor analysis of elevated plus-maze behavior in adolescent and adult rats
Authors: Doremus, TL; Varlinskaya, EI; Spear, LP
Source: PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR 83 (4): 570-577 APR 2006

Title: Predictors of attributional style change in children
Authors: Gibb, BE; Alloy, LB; Walshaw, PD; Comer, JS; Shen, GHC; Villari, AG
Source: JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 34 (3): 425-439 JUN 2006

Title: Olfactory learning in the one-day old rat: Reinforcing effects of isoproterenol
Authors: Bordner, KA; Spear, NE
Source: NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY 86 (1): 19-27 JUL 2006

Title: Clarifying the convergence between obsessive compulsive personality disorder criteria and obsessive compulsive disorder
Authors: Eisen, JL; Coles, ME; Shea, MT; Pagano, ME; Stout, RL; Yen, S; Grilo, CM; Rasmussen, SA
Source: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 20 (3): 294-305 JUN 2006

Posted by ajbrown at 03:51 PM

New Publications by BU Geology and Environmental Studies Researchers

Title: Spatial variability in river sediments and its link with river channel geometry
Authors: Rubin, Y; Lunt, IA; Bridge, JS
Source: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 42 (6): Art. No. W06D16 JUN 21 2006

Title: Causes of river avulsion: Insights from the late holocene avulsion history of the Mississippi River, USA - Discussion
Authors: Tornqvisti, TE; Bridge, JS
Source: JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY RESEARCH 76 (5-6): 959-959 MAY-JUN 2006

Posted by ajbrown at 03:45 PM

July 28, 2006

Top Five Science Blogs

According to Nature, of 46.7 million blogs indexed by the Technorati blog search engine, five scientists' sites make it into the top 3,500. The Nature article is available to read here. The top five blogs are:

pharyngula (Rank 179th)
"Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal."

The Panda's Thumb (Rank 1,647th )
The virtual pub of the University of Ediacara. The patrons gather to discuss evolutionary theory, critique the claims of the antievolution movement, defend the integrity of both science and science education, and share good conversation.

RealClimate (Rank 1,884th)
A commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists.

Cosmic Variance (Rank 2,174th).
A blog about science, but also arts, politics, culture, technology, academia, and miscellaneous trivia.

The Scientific Activist (Rank 3,429th)
A source for news and commentary on science, politics, and the exciting areas where these dynamic fields clash

Posted by erushton at 10:07 AM

July 21, 2006

Science Library Roof Replacement Project

Starting Monday, July 24, 2006 the skylight in the Science Library will be replaced in order to repair long term leaks. This repair is part of the roof replacement project this summer. The Skylight replacement project will last approximately one month and we anticipate that it will be completed before classes begin. In the meantime, the area underneath the skylight will be inaccessible but all other areas of the Science Library remain open as usual. The main impact will be on the front stairwell, which will be closed off during part of the project, but access to the collections and other floors will be still be possible via the rear stairwell. The new book shelves will be unavailable so new books will be shelved into the collection as they arrive. The newspapers will be available at the Information Services Desk.

Posted by amcmanus at 03:26 PM

July 18, 2006

New Model for Scholarly Publishing

From Inside Higher Ed:
Rice University recently announced it would revive its University Press. However, unlike traditional university presses, Rice University will publish only electronic books which will be made freely available online. A peer review panel will determine which manuscripts are published. Read more here….

Posted by erushton at 01:55 PM

July 17, 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:

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of veterinary research and medicine of domestic and wild animals.

Diagnostic Pathology
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers research in surgical and clinical pathology, immunology, and biology.

Geochemical Transactions
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that covers high-quality research in all areas of chemistry as it relates to materials and processes occurring in terrestrial and extraterrestrial systems.

International Breastfeeding Journal
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of breastfeeding.

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that considers original research related to the field of occupational medicine and toxicology.

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal that publishes high quality review articles encompassing all aspects of diagnosis, clinical description, clinical work-up and management as well as aetiopathogenesis, *epidemiology, and genetic counselling of rare diseases.

Scoliosis
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research on prevention, control, and conservative treatment of scoliosis and other spinal deformities.

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy.
From BioMed Central: An Open Access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of research concerning substance abuse, with a focus on policy issues.

Posted by erushton at 09:40 AM

July 13, 2006

Nature Peer Review Trial and Debate

Nature is trialing a new form of open peer review for authors who submit papers to the journal. The trial is optional. Participating authors allow Nature to post their manuscript publicly. According to Nature, “scientists may then post comments, provided they identify themselves. Once the usual confidential peer review process is complete, the public 'open peer review' process will be closed. Editors will then read all comments on the manuscript and invite authors to respond. At the end of the process, as part of the trial, editors will assess the value of the public comments.”
More information about the trial is available here.
Also of interest, Nature is hosting a web debate about peer review. Read the 22 commissioned articles or post your own comments the topic.

Posted by erushton at 01:28 PM

July 12, 2006

New Biology Publication by BU Researcher

An invasive macrophyte alters sediment chemistry due to suppression of a native isoetid
Urban RA, Titus JE, Zhu WX
OECOLOGIA 148 (3): 455-463 JUN 2006

Posted by erushton at 11:59 AM

July 10, 2006

New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Effects of acute ethanol or amphetamine administration on the acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition in adolescent and adult rats
Author(s): Brunell SC, Spear LP
Source: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 186 (4): 579-586 JUL 2006

Title: Schizotaxia, schizotypy, and schizophrenia: Paul E. Meehl's blueprint for the experimental psychopathology and genetics of schizophrenia
Author(s): Lenzenweger MF
Source: JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 115 (2): 195-200 MAY 2006

Title: Semantic inhibition of return is the exception rather than the rule
Author(s): Weger UW, Inhoff AW
Source: PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS 68 (2): 244-253 FEB 2006

Title: When more is less: Extending training of the blocking association following compound training attenuates the blocking effect
Author(s): Pineno O, Urushihara K, Stout S, Fuss J, Miller RR
Source: LEARNING & BEHAVIOR 34 (1): 21-36 FEB 2006

Title: Transcriptional signatures of cellular plasticity in mice lacking the alpha 1 subunit of GABA(A) receptors
Author(s): Ponomarev I, Maiya R, Harnett MT, Schafer GL, Ryabinin AE, Blednov YA, Morikawa H, Boehm SL, Homanics GE, Berman A, Lodowski KH, Bergeson SE, Harris RA
Source: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 26 (21): 5673-5683 MAY 24 2006

Title: MDMA and fenfluramine reduce L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia via indirect 5-HT1A receptor stimulation
Author(s): Bishop C, Taylor JL, Kuhn DM, Eskow KL, Park JY, Walker PD
Source: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE 23 (10): 2669-2676 MAY 2006

Title: Dynorphin A (1-13) and responsiveness of the newborn rat to a surrogate nipple: Immediate behavioral consequences and reinforcement effects in conditioning
Author(s): Petrov ES, Nizhnikov ME, Varlinskaya EI, Spear NE
Source: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH 170 (1): 1-14 JUN 3 2006

Posted by ajbrown at 12:00 PM

Web of Science Improvements

Thomson Scientific’s ISI Web of Knowledge has two new enhancements:
*Refine your results: allows you to start with a broad search and refine the search in steps, one category at a time. For example, you can refine a search by date, document type and subject area.
*Analyze more data, faster: allows you to analyze 100,000 results at one time.

Posted by erushton at 11:00 AM

July 07, 2006

New Computer Science & Engineering Publications by BU Researchers

Instrument monitoring, data sharing, and archiving using Common Instrument Middleware Architecture (CIMA)
Bramley, R; Chiu, K; Devadithya, T; Gupta, N; Hart, C; Huffman, JC; Huffman, K; Ma, Y; McMullen, DF
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING 46 (3): 1017-1025 MAY 2006

A component architecture for high-performance scientific computing
Authors: Allan, BA; Armstrong, R; Bernholdt, DE; Bertrand, F; Chiu, K; Dahlgren, TL; Damevski, K; Elwasif, WR; Epperly, TGW; Govindaraju, M; Katz, DS; Kohl, JA; Krishnan, M; Kumfert, G; Larson, JW; Lefantzi, S; Lewis, MJ; Malony, AD; McInnes, LC; Nieplocha, J; Norris, B; Parker, SG; Ray, J; Shende, S; Windus, TL; Zhou, SJ
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING APPLICATIONS 20 (2): 163-202 SUM 2006

Posted by amcmanus at 09:08 AM