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February 20, 2007
Update on Nature Peer Review Trial and Debate
In June 2006, Nature began trialling an open peer review for authors who submitted papers to the journal. Participating authors allowed Nature to post their manuscript publicly for comment. Despite enthusiasm for the concept, Nature recently reported that open peer review was not widely popular, either among authors or by scientists invited to comment. Read more about the trial here.
Posted by erushton at 02:56 PM
February 15, 2007
Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Economics now available
The Libraries now has access to the journal Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics.
SNDE is a quarterly journal, sponsored by The Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics.
Online access is available back to volume 1.
Posted by ebrown at 11:14 AM
ACS Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation now available
The Libraries now has online access to one of the newest journals from the American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (JCTC). Online coverage extends back to volume 1.
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jctcce/index.html
Posted by ebrown at 11:00 AM
CINDAS Database now available
The Libraries is happy to announce that access to the CINDAS Microelectronics Packaging Materials Database is now available.
The database contains data on thermal, mechanical, electrical and physical properties of electronics packaging materials. Over 750 materials and over 15,000 data curves were developed under the sponsorship of the Semiconductor Research Corporation. Data is searchable by material group, material name, property group, property name and independent variables.
Posted by ebrown at 10:28 AM
February 13, 2007
New Mechanical Engineering Publications by BU Researchers
Dynamic pull-in phenomenon in MEMS resonators
Nayfeh, Ali H.; Younis, Mohammad I.; Abdel-Rahman, Eihab M.
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS 48 (1-2): 153-163 APR 2007
Optimization of data center room layout to minimize rack inlet air temperature
Bhopte, Siddharth; Agonafer, Dereje; Schmidt, Roger; Sammakia, Bahgat
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING 128 (4): 380-387 DEC 2006
Experimental and numerical investigation of the reliability of double-sided area array assemblies
Chaparala, S.; Pitarresi, J. M.; Parupalli, S.; Mandepudi, S.; Meilunas, M.
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC PACKAGING 128 (4): 441-448 DEC 2006
A method for two-dimensional characterization of animal vibrational signals transmitted along plant stems
McNett, Gabriel D.; Miles, Ronald N.; Homenteovschi, Dorel; Cocroft, Reginald B.
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 192 (12): 1245-1251 DEC 2006
Posted by ebrown at 08:46 AM
New Mathematics Publication by BU Researchers
The number of nowhere-zero flows on graphs and signed graphs
Beck, Matthias; Zaslavsky, Thomas
JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL THEORY SERIES B 96 (6): 901-918 NOV 2006
Posted by ebrown at 08:42 AM
February 12, 2007
New Chemistry Publications by BU Researchers
Correlation between nanostructural parameters and conductivity properties for molecularly-mediated thin film assemblies of gold nanoparticles
Wang, Guannan Roger; Wang, Lingyan; Qiang, Rendeng; Wang, Jianguo; Luo, Jin; Zhong, Chuan-Jian
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY 17 (5): 457-462 2007
Fabrication and thermal analysis of submicron silver tubes prepared from electrospun fiber templates
Ochanda, Frederick; Jones, Wayne E., Jr.
LANGMUIR 23 (2): 795-801 JAN 16 2007
Homocysteine-mediated reactivity and assembly of gold nanoparticles
Lim, I-Im S.; Ip, Wui; Crew, Elizabeth; Njoki, Peter N.; Mott, Derrick; Zhong, Chuan-Jian; Pan, Yi; Zhou, Shuiqin
LANGMUIR 23 (2): 826-833 JAN 16 2007
Enhanced conductivity of thin film polyaniline by self-assembled transition metal complexes
Sarno, David M.; Martin, Justin J.; Hira, Steven M.; Timpson, Cliff J.; Gaffney, Jean P.; Jones, Wayne E., Jr.
LANGMUIR 23 (2): 879-884 JAN 16 2007
Rotational-echo double-resonance NMR distance measurements for the tubulin-bound paclitaxel conformation
Paik, Younkee; Yang, Chao; Metaferia, Belhu; Tang, Shoubin; Bane, Susan; Ravindra, Rudravajhala; Shanker, Natasha; Alcaraz, Ana A.; Johnson, Scott A.; Schaefer, Jacob; O'Connor, Robert D.; Cegelski, Lynette; Snyder, James P.; Kingston, David G. I.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 129 (2): 361-370 JAN 17 2007
Promotion of tubulin assembly by poorly soluble taxol analogs
Sharma, Shubhada; Ganesh, Thota; Kingston, David G. I.; Bane, Susan
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 360 (1): 56-62 JAN 1 2007
Photoinduced electrooptics in the In2O3 nanocrystals incorporated into PMMA matrixes
Kityk, I. V.; Ebothe, J.; Tkaczyk, S.; Miedzinski, R.; Nzoghe-Mendome, L.; He, Jibao; Sun, Xiangcheng; Sun, Kai; Liu, Qingsheng; Sun, Zhaoyong; Lin, Jun; Fang, Jiye
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER 19 (1): Art. No. 016204 JAN 10 2007
Carbene rearrangements, part LXIV - Constrained carbenes
Rosenberg, Murray G.; Brinker, Udo H.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (24): 5423-5440 DEC 11 2006
Posted by ebrown at 02:15 PM
American Insititute of Physics Journal Archives Available
The Libraries is happy to announce that AIP journals with backfiles owned by the Libraries are now available back to volume 1 online:
Journal of Chemical Physics (1933-2007)
Applied Physics Letters (1962-2007)
Journal of Applied Physics (1931-2007)
Journal of Mathematical Physics (1960-2007)
Physics of Fluids (1958-2007)
Review of Scientific Instruments (1930-2007)
This coverage is in addition to archived volumes of journals available from the American Physical Society, Institute of Physics, and American Chemical Society.
Posted by ebrown at 01:50 PM
February 09, 2007
New Trial: The Birds of North America
The Birds of North America (BNA) is a comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. The series provides detailed scientific information (18 volumes, 18,000 pages in total) for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. The print version of BNA was completed in 2002. Now as an online project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BNA is poised to become a living resource. Account contents will be updated frequently. In addition, BNA Online will build image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more. And each online species account will contain recordings of that bird's songs and calls, selected from the extensive collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds. Trial lasts February 9, 2007 to May 15, 2007. Please send feedback to Erin Rushton (erushton @ binghamton.edu).
Posted by erushton at 05:24 PM
New Psychology Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype, childhood abuse, and suicide attempts in adult psychiatric inpatients
Authors: Gibb, BE; McGeary, JE; Beevers, CG; Miller, IW
Source: SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR 36 (6): 687-693 DEC 2006
Title: Temporal coding in the gustatory system
Authors: Hallock, RM; Di Lorenzo, PM
Source: NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS 30 (8): 1145-1160 2006
Title: Hypnosis reconsidered
Authors: Lynn, SJ
Source: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS 49 (3): 195-197 JAN 2007
Title: The longitudinal study of personality disorders: History, design considerations, and initial findings
Authors: Lenzenweger, MF
Source: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 20 (6): 645-670 DEC 2006
Title: Interactions between prenatal ethanol exposure and postnatal learning about ethanol in rat pups
Authors: Arias, C; Chotro, MG
Source: ALCOHOL 40 (1): 51-59 AUG 2006
Posted by ajbrown at 12:23 PM
New Geology & Environmental Publications by BU Researchers
Title: Formation and preservation of open-framework gravel strata in unidirectional flows
Authors: Lunt, IA; Bridge, JS
Source: SEDIMENTOLOGY 54 (1): 71-87 FEB 2007
Posted by ajbrown at 12:16 PM
February 07, 2007
Trial of "Aluka"
"Aluka is an international, collaborative, not-for-profit effort that is building a networked digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. The name, 'Aluka,' is derived from a Zulu word meaning 'to weave', reflecting Aluka’s mission to connect resources and scholars from around the world." Trial access provided by JSTOR.
Highlighted collections include African Plants, African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes, and Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
Trial dates: February through the end of June, 2007.
To try the database, please visit http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/testdb.html
Posted by ajbrown at 02:29 PM
Impact Factors for BioMed Central
Two additional BioMed Central titles have been accepted by Thomson Scientific (ISI) for inclusion in the Science Citation Index (Expanded). BMC Medicine will receive an Impact Factor in 2009. BioMed Central has calculated an “unofficial 2005 Impact Factor” for BMC Medicine at 2.87, placing it in the top 15% of ranked journals in the Journal Citation Report. Biology Direct will also receive an impact factor in the future. Thomson Scientific (ISI) now tracks 43 of BioMed Central's journals.
Posted by erushton at 02:11 PM
February 05, 2007
Students Rally for Access to Publicly Funded Research
Press release from The Alliance for Taxpayer Access:
February 15th marks the fifth anniversary of the landmark Budapest Open Access Initiative, when the worldwide open access movement first took form. In recognition of this historic day, Freeculture.org, the international student movement for free culture, and the Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA) will a hold a "National Day of Action”. The organizers hope to rally support for Congressional passage of the Federal Research Public Access Act, an act that is awaiting reintroduction in the 110th Congress. If passed, the bill would require federal agencies that fund over $100 million in annual external research to make manuscripts of peer-reviewed journal articles stemming from that research publicly available via the Internet. (http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/frpaa/).
Campuses nationwide will be announcing individual events and support for the National Day of Action in the coming weeks. For more information, please visit the freeculture.org-Alliance for Taxpayer Access student resource at http://www.taxpayeraccess.org.
Click here to read the full press.
Posted by erushton at 10:05 AM
February 02, 2007
British Library, U.S. DOE Partner on Science Portal
News item from LJ Newswire posted to the Science & Technology Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
The British Library (BL) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
have announced a collaborative effort to develop a global science
gateway, to be named Science.world. The free online resource will
eventually make accessible science information resources from
many countries via a single Internet portal. Following the model
of Science.gov, offered by a group of U.S. federal agencies, the
Science.world effort will rely on scientific resources published
by each participating nation.
"Our goal is to speed up the sharing of knowledge on a global
scale. As a result, we believe that science itself will speed
up," said Raymond Orbach, DOE undersecretary for science.
For the DOE, the project marks a return of sorts. On November 4,
2002, the lights went out on PubSCIENCE, the DOE's effort to
offer a free multi-disciplinary database in the physical
sciences. PubSCIENCE allowed users to search across abstracts and
citations of multiple publishers at no cost. The effort quickly
became the target of an intense lobbying campaign, spearheaded by
the Washington-based Software & Information Industry Association
(SIIA), which claimed that PubSCIENCE competed with its members'
services.
It was not immediately clear what resources the new portal would
provide, although a British Library news release said the
project's aim was "direct, free searching of open source
collections and portals" that would "complement existing
information collections and systems."
Posted by amcmanus at 08:50 AM