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November 21, 2006

Online Maps Available

Select maps have been made available for purchase in print and available free online for the states of Alaska, Nevada and Washington. Some of the files are quite large and require some time to download, but that means they are high quality maps.

ALASKA
Sinnott, Rick, et al. Coastal zone boundaries of Alaska. 1 atlas (117 folded leaves of plates), scale ca. 1:253,440. Anchorage: Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Office of Project Management and Permitting, Alaska Coastal Management Program, pub. 2006.
Digital copies of atlas maps may be downloaded from:
http://www.alaskacoast.state.ak.us/GIS/boundary.htm

NEVADA
Potential resources associated with proposed roadless areas in Nevada (Second edition) by Ronald H. Hess and Jonathan G. Price, set of 17 plates, scale 1:1,000,000, and 2-page text, available free on the web or for purchase at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-12

Preliminary geologic map of the north half of the Fernley
West Quadrangle, Lyon, Storey, and Washoe Counties, Nevada, by James E.
Faulds and Alan R. Ramelli, available free on the web or for purchase at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-13

Preliminary geologic map of the north half of the Searchlight Quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada, by James E. Faulds, Alan R. Ramelli, and Haroldo Lledo, available for purchase are the map and text, map only, or free on the web at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-15 and http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-15m

Preliminary geologic map of the Flowery Peak Quadrangle, Lyon and Storey Counties, Nevada, by Stephen B. Castor, P. Kyle House, and Donald M. Hudson, available for purchase are the map and text, map only, or free on the web at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-16 and http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-16m

Preliminary geologic map of the north half of the Jerritt
Canyon mining district, Elko County, Nevada, by John L. Muntean and Christopher D. Henry, available for purchase, or free on the web at:
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/sales/pbsdtls.php?sku=OF06-17

WASHINGTON
National Audubon Society, Washington State Office. The great Washington State birding trail, southwest loop. 1 map. Seattle, Wash.: Audubon Washington, pub. 2005. View online version of the map at: http://wa.audubon.org/birds_GreatWABirdingTrail_SWLoop.html

Posted by ajbrown at 10:26 AM

November 20, 2006

New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Ontogeny of acute tolerance to ethanol-induced social inhibition in Sprague-Dawley rats
Authors: Varlinskaya, EI; Spear, LP
Author Full Names: Varlinskaya, Elena I.; Spear, Linda P.
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 30 (11): 1833-1844 NOV 2006

Title: Recency-to-primacy shift in cue competition
Authors: Lipatova, O; Wheeler, DS; Vadillo, MA; Miller, RR
Author Full Names: Lipatova, Olga; Wheeler, Daniel S.; Vadillo, Miguel A.; Miller, Ralph R.
Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL BEHAVIOR PROCESSES 32 (4): 396-406 OCT 2006

Title: Effects of electrical stimulation of the glossopharyngeal nerve on cells in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat
Authors: Hallock, RM; Di Lorenzo, PM
Author Full Names: Hallock, Robert M.; Di Lorenzo, Patricia M.
Source: BRAIN RESEARCH 1113: 163-173 OCT 3 2006

Title: Experience with intoxicated peers during infancy and adolescence modulates later alcohol intake patterns
Authors: Molina, JC
Author Full Names: Molina, Juan C.
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 30 (9): 89A-89A Suppl. S SEP 2006

Title: Duration of locomotor sensitization to ethanol in DBA/2J mice
Authors: Boehm, SL
Author Full Names: Boehm, Stephen L.
Source: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 30 (9): 129A-129A Suppl. S SEP 2006

Posted by ajbrown at 08:54 AM

New Geology & Environmental Publications by BU Researchers

Title: Seismicity and one-dimensional velocity structure of the Himalayan collision zone: Earthquakes in the crust and upper mantle
Authors: Monsalve, G; Sheehan, A; Schulte-Pelkum, V; Rajaure, S; Pandey, MR; Wu, F
Author Full Names: Monsalve, G.; Sheehan, A.; Schulte-Pelkum, V.; Rajaure, S.; Pandey, M. R.; Wu, F.
Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH 111 (B10): Art. No. B10301 OCT 3 2006

Posted by ajbrown at 08:52 AM

November 17, 2006

New Mathematics Publication by BU Researcher

The realizability of local loop spaces as manifolds
Bauer, Tilman; Pedersen, Erik Kjaer
K-THEORY 37 (3): 329-339 MAR 2006

Posted by ebrown at 01:47 PM

New Physics Publications by BU Researchers

Use of W-boson longitudinal-transverse interference in top quark spin-correlation functions: II
Nelson, C. A.; Berger, J. J.; Wickman, J. R.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C 46 (2): 385-402 MAY 2006

Effect of annealing on extraordinary hall effects in sputtered granular Cu80Co20 thin films
Wang, Jian-Qing; Kim, Nam H.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS 42 (10): 3282-3284 OCT 2006

Posted by ebrown at 01:38 PM

New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers

Molecularly tuned size selectivity in thermal processing of gold nanoparticles
Schadt, Mark J.; Cheung, William; Luo, Jin; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS 18 (22): 5147-5149 OCT 31 2006

Millisecond association kinetics of K+ with triazacryptand-based K+ indicators measured by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Magzoub, Mazin; Padmawar, Prashant; Dix, James A.; Verkman, A. S.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 110 (42): 21216-21221 OCT 26 2006

Hydrothermal synthesis of copper coordination polymers based on molybdates: Chemistry issues
Pavani, K.; Ramanan, A.; Whittingham, M. S.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 796 (1-3): 179-186 AUG 30 2006

Posted by ebrown at 01:30 PM

November 13, 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:

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
From BioMed Central: An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that will encompass all aspects of clinical and basic research studies related to musculoskeletal issues.

Infectious Agents and Cancer
From BioMed Central: an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of basic, clinical and translational research providing an insight into the association between chronic infections and cancer.

Posted by erushton at 09:51 AM

November 09, 2006

Pew Internet & American Life Health Report

A recent report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project reveals that many internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find. Read the full report here…

Posted by erushton at 09:48 AM

November 04, 2006

New Computer Science and Engineering Publications by BU researchers

Clustering e-commerce search engines based on their search interface pages using WISE-Cluster
Lu, YY; He, H; Peng, Q; Meng, WY; Yu, C
DATA & KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING 59 (2): 231-246 NOV 2006

Wave soldering using Sn/3.0Ag/0.5Cu solder and water soluble VOC-free flux
Wable, G; Chu, QY; Damodaran, P; Srihari, K
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS PACKAGING MANUFACTURING 29 (3): 202-210 JUL 2006

Effectiveness study of an automated 3D laminography x-ray inspection system in a high-volume-low-mix SMT line
Manjeshwar, PK; Craik, J; Phadnis, S; Srihari, K
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY 30 (11-12): 1191-1201 OCT 2006

Posted by amcmanus at 02:03 PM