Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) collection continues to grow

http://www.healcentral.org/index.jsp
The Health Education Assets Library (HEAL) collection continues to grow, with more than 21,000 high-quality materials available for use including the following featured collections:

Gallery of Hematology Images
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
~~Christine Lawrence, MD, Distinguished University Professor of Medicine emerita at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, developed the Gallery of Hematology Images over 40 years of practice as a clinical hematologist at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York. The collection contains approximately 600 peer-reviewed images and surveys most of the hematologic disorders, as well as many infectious diseases evident on examination of blood and bone marrow smears.

William F. Hoyt Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection
from the Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library (NOVEL)
~~The best examples from the extensive collection of William F. Hoyt, MD, Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology. This collection of 850+ images focuses on the optic disc and has been peer reviewed by members of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) Web Education Committee.

Medical Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction
~~Medical Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction, A Course on Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare for Healthcare Providers, was the first of its kind following the devastating events of 2001. This Web-based course combines Medantic Technology's didactic presentations and Medulator virtual patient cases delivered via a custom learning management system. Originally published for Medantic Technology by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, the course was co-developed with subject matter expertise provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, with certification provided by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.

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Search for MERLOT resources
~~HEAL users may now search for health sciences resources from the renowned Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) repository, via an experimental Web services-based federated search, at http://www.healcentral.org/search/fedsearch.jsp.

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HEAL resources available in NSDL
~~HEAL's resources now appear in the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) at http://nsdl.org. NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. It is now harvesting HEAL metadata via the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) protocol.

UpToDate : remote access is ending today.

Remote access to UpToDate ends on 30 September 2005.
UpToDate will remain accessible from computers physically on the UCHC campus.
We are sorry that we are unable to continue providing remote access to this one database.
We recommend you try :

FirstConsult
FIRSTConsult is designed to work with you while you practice medicine; offering logically and consistently presented tools for differential diagnosis,
evaluation and management of medical topics, patient education and procedure skills review:

* Differential Diagnoses files for rapid evaluation of presenting signs and symptoms,
with interactive access to lists of over 1,800 potential diagnoses sorted by age and prevalence

* Medical Topics presents FIRSTConsult's database of clinically compiled, weekly updated information on patient evaluation,
diagnosis and treatment, tests, prevention and much more.
Each Medical Topic is organized into the following key sections making it quick
and easy to navigate to the information you require:

Summary, Background, Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes, Prevention, Resources

Each section is also organised into further sub-topic headings,
thereby providing access to over 20,000 disease-specific topics in total

* Patient Education handouts written in both English and Spanish

* Procedures provide clear, systematic guidance, in the form of text, video and medical animation on procedures
integral to practising medicine across most specialities


eMedicine
Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base,
which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders.
The evidence-based content, updated 24/7, provides the latest practice guidelines in 59 medical specialties.
eMedicine's professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review
plus an additional review by a PharmD prior to publication.
The eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base contains 30,000 multimedia files
and features the largest online repository of continuing medical education credits for physicians, nurses, and optometrists.


InfoRetriever
Whether on your handheld, at your desktop, or online, InfoRetriever allows you to simultaneously search the complete POEMs database
along with 6 additional evidence-based databases, plus the leading quick-reference tool,
to enable rapid lookup and application of information and tools while you practice.

Within seconds, you are presented with search results from all InfoPOEMs,
all Cochrane Systematic Review abstracts, 230 decision rules,
over 2,500 predictive calculators, 750 summaries of evidence-based practice guidelines, the full 5-Minute Clinical Consult, including photos
Many extras... such as an ICD9 look-up to find the right codes fast, an E/M coding assistant for payments,
guided searches of Medline and other Internet references,
and 100s of indexed links to patient-education materials on the Web.
All results are organized and presented for immediate application
to your practice, designed by clinicians for clinicians.

Full access to Nature e-journal platform has returned

Full access to the NaturePG e-journal platform has returned this morning.
The following browsers have been checked and are accessing UCONN subscribed titles: IE, Netscape, Firefox, Opera.
http://www.nature.com/siteindex/index.html

Nature e-journal platform is not accessible with IE or OPERA browser today

Today a problem has developed regarding the Nature e-journal platform.
http://www.nature.com/

IE and Opera browser users are being prompted for username and password when attempting to download HTML or PDF files.
All journal titles that we subscribe to are searchable and full text is accessible from these browsers -- Netscape and Firefox.

New open access journal added to LYMAN

This new open access journal has been added to LYMAN, the UCHC Online Catalog.

Bioinformation
from v.1:no.1 (2005)-

http://www.bioinformation.net/

Publisher: Biomedical Informatics Publishing Group

Beyond Bioinformatics: It is free, open access and online immediately
upon acceptance.

Bioinformation is an online journal publishing research articles in
biological knowledge discovery after full peer review. Bioinformation
is added in DOAJ and listed in HIWW. All articles are published,
without barriers to access, immediately upon acceptance. The
abstracts of published papers will be indexed in major indexing
databases after the completion of one year from the launch date.



Bioinformation describes the collection of biological data points on the molecular biology of cell structure, growth, development, differentiation, division and function. Collection of biological data points require simple to complex analysis of small, medium and large scale data describing cell structures and events. These data points are derived by knowledge discovery technologies of basic rules. Therefore, `BIOINFORMATION` will act as a forum to discuss the mounting scientific imperative to study biological systems at multiple levels of cellular and molecular organization. In this process, it is important to standardize data representation, minimize data duplication and maximize cellular information for accurate knowledge accumulation. The generated knowledge will serve as input variables for biomedical modeling and simulation.

Free dermatology periodical added to LYMAN

A free dermatology periodical has been added to LYMAN - the UCHC Online Catalog today :
Skin & Aging
http://www.skinandaging.com/sa/

is published freely online by HMP Communications http://www.hmpcommunications.com/corporate/index.cfm

Skin & Aging is a monthly magazine that provides practical advice to help
dermatologists treat common cutaneous pathologies such as skin cancer, acne
and psoriasis, as well as information on how to incorporate cosmetic
procedures such as Botox and laser skin resurfacing into a dermatology
practice.

Also discussed are practice management topics such as managed care, Medicare
regulations and marketing techniques.

Timely information is presented by respected dermatologists in an
attractive, easy-to-read format.

ISSN: 1096-0120

Firefox browser has released version 1.0.7

Firefox browser has released version 1.0.7
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.7.html#new

Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release. We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.

This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability.

Specific changes in Firefox 1.0.7

* Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens
* Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs from being parsed by the shell (Linux only)
* Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an "eval" statement
* Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors
* Other stability and security fixes

OPERA browser issues upgrade to version 8.5

Opera browser issues upgrade to version 8.50. Read the changelogs for the details o n the upgrade.

http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/windows/850/


Feel Free: Opera Eliminates Ad Banner and Licensing Fee
Oslo, Norway - September 20, 2005

Read more of this press release --
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/09/20/
Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download - completely free of charge – at http://www.opera.com.

"Today we invite the entire Internet community to use Opera and experience Web browsing as it should be," said Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Removing the ad banner and licensing fee will encourage many new users to discover the speed, security and unmatched usability of the Opera browser."

Opera was previously available free of charge with an ad banner. Users had the option of paying a licensing fee to remove the ad banner and receive premium support.

"Opera fans around the globe made this day possible," said von Tetzchner. "As we grow our userbase, our mission and our promise remain steadfast: we will always offer the best Internet experience to our users - on any device. Today this mission gains new ground."

New BioMedCentral Open Access journals added to LYMAN

Two new BioMedCentral open access journals have been added to LYMAN the UCHC Library online catalog.

1....Cough
http://www.coughjournal.com/home/
A new journal for a modern era
Between 2000 and 2004, the number of PubMed entries per year containing the keyword 'cough' has increased by forty percent. This partially reflects a general increase in the number of scientific publications over this period but it also represents a specific growth in interest in cough-related research. This interest spans a number of medical and scientific disciplines other than respiratory medicine, such as gastroenterology, rhinology, paediatrics, infectious disease, pharmacology, neurology, neuroanatomy, genetics, inflammation, etc. The need for a single journal that brings together clinicians and scientists in all of these disciplines with the aim of achieving a better understanding of cough-related disease has been long overdue. So it gives us great pleasure to welcome you to Cough. Besides being the only journal to specialise in this particular area of research, Cough is special for other reasons. Embracing the modern era of information technology, Cough is an entirely online journal. Our online submission system allows for rapid review and revision of manuscripts and when accepted, articles appear in the journal immediately. More significantly, Cough is an Open Access journal. All articles are freely and universally accessible without subscription. Authors of published articles retain the copyright to their work and the full text of each article is permanently archived in PubMed Central. It will be of interest to contributors that free online access can increase the impact of a paper [1].

2......Immunome Research
Fulltext v1+ (2005+)
http://www.immunome-research.com/
ISSN: 1745-7580

Immunome Research is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal
integrating traditional laboratory research with the latest
technologies, including genomics, bioinformatics and mathematical
modelling.

Immunome Research is a journal of the International Immunomics Society
(IIMMS) . The journal aims to
provide a focal point for the field of Immunomics, which lies at the
intersection between traditional laboratory research and the latest
research technologies. It thereby includes the sub-speciality
immunoinformatics, as well as the application of large-scale genomics to
the immune system. Rapidly expanding areas of particular interest
include the predicting of MHC-peptide binding, mathematical modelling of
viral/host interactions, and the use of gene expression arrays to model
immune system pathways.

NLM Highlights Hurricane Katrina Information

NLM® Highlights Hurricane Katrina Information
September 14, 2005 [posted]
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html
The National Library of Medicine has compiled a new Hurricane Katrina Web page on toxic chemical and environmental health information resources for health workers and the interested public. Links are provided to information on chemicals that may be released as a result of the Katrina disaster and on environmental health concerns following the wind and flood damage.

The page includes a link to WISER, the Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders. First responders may download the WISER set of information on 400 toxic chemicals and hazardous materials to a Palm, Pocket PC, or laptop/desktop computer that uses Microsoft Windows®. WISER is designed to help identify unknown substances and gives ready access to basic emergency haz-mat information.

Links to TOXMAP identify and map locations of facilities that use or transport significant levels of toxic chemicals, and lists the chemicals for each facility. Maps are included for the Katrina-affected states as well as for New Orleans, Biloxi, and Gulfport.

In addition, MedlinePlus® contains various Health Topic pages with disaster-related information that may be useful in dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The following Health Topics are available:

* Coping with Disasters
* Disasters and Emergency Preparedness
* Drinking Water
* Food Contamination and poisoning
* Food Safety
* Diarrhea
* Molds

For additional assistance, submit questions to Customer Service at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/contact.pl#email or call 1-888-FIND-NLM (1-888-346-3656).

To contact Specialized Information Services for toxicology and environmental health information, please submit your questions to: tehip@teh.nlm.nih.gov.

Google launches Blog Search

Google launches Blog Search....So What is Blog Search?
http://www.google.com/help/about_blogsearch.html

Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.

Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you'll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and other languages as well.

Directly from the Google Blog :

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/

""Find out what's happening with Blog Search

9/14/2005 06:24:00 AM
Posted by Jason Goldman, Blog Search Team

Every day millions of bloggers use the web to express themselves - sometimes to just a few friends, sometimes to a worldwide audience. We wanted to create a better way to allow people to find out what's being written in blogs, as it's being created.

Today we are launching Blog Search - the easiest way to search for blog content. Blog Search includes content from blogs all over the web (in other words, not just from our own service, Blogger). And we're continuously adding new content, very nearly in real time. That way you can find commentary on breaking news as it's being created by millions of individuals. Or get the latest take on the premiere of a new TV show.

No matter what you care about, there is likely someone writing a blog post on it right now. With Blog Search you can find out what folks are saying about what's interesting to you. For example, I wonder what people are saying about Blog Search.""

New titles available on PLoS - Public Library of Science

These new open access journals from The Public Library of Science and listed below, have been added to LYMAN - the UCHC Library Online Catalog.

PLoS Clinical Trials
v.1:no.1 (2005:Nov)-
http://clinicaltrials.plosjournals.org/


PLoS Genetics
v.1:no.1 (2005:July)-
http://genetics.plosjournals.org/


PLoS Pathogens
v.1:no.1 (2005:Sept)-
http://pathogens.plosjournals.org/

Highwire e-journal platform will be changing September 19

Detailed Description of the HighWire Site Changes

HighWire Press engaged Sliced Bread Design, LLC to conduct a study with clinicians and researchers who were current or potential users of the HighWire site, to get their opinions of the site. The goal of the study was to determine ways in which HighWire could improve the user's search experience. Interviews were conducted using a method called contextual inquiry, which is an observational interviewing process that aims to understand each user's goals and behavior patterns within the context of their environment.

Although the users who participated in the study were very impressed with the scope of the former site's functionality and with its large database of journals, they reported that there was too much information on many of the HighWire Portal pages. This problem was reported for both the home page, where the amount of information made some users feel intimidated, and internal pages such as the search results page, where it made the site complex looking. The consequence of too much information was that potentially useful features were often ignored.

Based on this research, staff from Sliced Bread and HighWire redesigned the site, retested it, validated the results with the sample group, refined it further, and ultimately developed the new look that you see today. The new design scored far higher than the old in usability testing.
What Are the Improvements?

Home Page Changes

* Improved Information Layout
We emphasized key functionality by placing descriptive text links in a central, visible location and also removed unnecessary information from the home page.
* Less Information per Page
We reduced the amount of information on the page, making the site feel less crowded, to help ensure that key site functionality would not be overlooked.
* Reinforce HighWire's Mission
We removed text and design elements that previously gave the site an advertising-like impression, and replaced them with a section that highlights and introduces HighWire's role and purpose.
* Emphasize Key Facts
We added emphasis to the fact that HighWire is a division of the Stanford University Libraries, produces online journals and other scholarly content, and is the largest repository of free full-text peer-reviewed articles in the world, to help ensure that users will not view the HighWire Portal as a site seeking paid registrations.

Search Improvements

* Improved "Quick Search"
We redesigned the "quick search" box, resulting in a simple search tool that provides most of the functionality of HighWire's previous advanced search page from every page in the site.
* Fewer Steps
We enhanced the "quick search" box on the home page, making the most popular search capabilities available to users directly from the home page with no additional site navigation required.
* Simpler Advanced Search
We simplified the design of the advanced search page and were able to offer the functionality in a more limited, easier-to-use space.
* Unnecessary Information Removed
We removed unnecessary or under-utilized search options and text from the advanced search interface.
* More Intuitable Search Field Arrangement
We placed search fields to reflect typical user search patterns. In addition, we moved the search button to a new location following all search options, to help see that users have reviewed all the options.
* More Examples
We added more complete user input examples to reduce confusion about the format of input.

Search Results Changes

* Better Search Results Display
We reorganized and reformatted the article display to facilitate the primary user goal: scan titles, journals, and abstracts for relevancy. We added graphical symbols for the three versions (abstract, full-text, and PDF) that are usually available for each article.
* Easier Search Refinement
We redesigned the top portion of the search results page with a new interface that gives users quick methods for modifying their search. The most commonly altered search fields are available for editing at all times, while other selections are simply summarized and displayed on the screen.
* Hide Unneeded Search Tools
We changed the page functionality to hide unneeded search refinement tools, until users determine that they need them. When users are dissatisfied with the search result they need only click on the link labeled "Too Many Results?" for access to the HighWire subject taxonomy
* More Visibility for Alerts
Users were generally unaware that they could ask to be alerted when new articles that satisfy a search were published. The new interface, with a button labeled "Create Alert", makes this important capability more obvious.
* Separate Tab for "Instant Index" Tool
We created a separate results tab was created for the Instant Index tool. To expose this tool, users select the tab labeled "Articles indexed by subject."
* "MatchMaker" Functionality Clarified
The old site offered access to the search refinement tool MatchMaker, but the purpose of the tool was not clear to readers. In the new design, the link to the MatchMaker tool has a more familiar label: "Find more like this."

Mapping: Old Site to New

All other features are found in the new site on the same page as in the old site, though the look might have changed.

Feedback Welcomed

If you have comments or suggestions about our new look, please let us know. While no single design can satisfy all user needs, we will listen to you!

Backfiles now available for 2 ASPET --American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics journals

All UCONN Libraries users now have access to the complete backfiles of 2 ASPET American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics journals.

The back-issue scanning project for Molecular Pharmacology has been
completed. All issues of the journal going back to :
v.1:no.1(1965) are
now available online as PDFs at http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org.

The pre-1997 archival issues are included with Molecular Pharmacology
subscriptions and are also available by pay-per-view. Articles published
from 1997 onward continue to be freely available 12 months after
publication. Fast Forward (publish-ahead-of-print) articles are freely
available upon publication.

Each archival issue is indexed by author. Front matter, back matter, and
original tables of contents are included in the online archive.

Molecular Pharmacology is the second ASPET journal to be fully digitized
and joins Drug Metabolism and Disposition in having all archival issues
online.

Drug Metabolism and Disposition
http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/
v.1:no.1 (1973)-


The digitization of Pharmacological Reviews and the Journal of
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics continues.

EbscoHost is down for several hours - now has returned

EbscoHost is down temporarily. More news when available.......stay tuned -- UPDATE ::: down at noon and back at 2:30pm.

EBSCOhost is a research database vendor which provides the UConn Libraries access to:
* Academic Search Premier
* CINAHL
* Computer Source Collection
* ERIC
* GLBT Life with Full Text
* NTIS
* Pre-CINAHL
* Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
* PsycINFO

American Journal of Kidney Diseases changes URL

American Journal of Kidney Diseases published by WBSaunders/Elsevier has changed its URL for institutional subscribers only.

Formerly at : www.ajkd.org -- this URL persists for personal subscribers

Users of the UCHC library subscription should now bookmark this URL.
http://www2.us.elsevierhealth.com/inst/serve?db=home&id=ajkd

Adobe Reader upgrades to version 7.0.3

Adobe Reader, on August 16, 2005, has issued an upgrade to version 7.0.3 for both the PC and MAC platforms.
Upgrading your computers version of Adobe Reader is highly recommended as publishers continually upgrade
when publishing new issues of electronic journals.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html

Release notes for PC platforms :
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2986

Release notes for MAC platform :
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2987

R2Library : Electronic book library purchased for UCONN

R2Library , an online electronic book library has been purchased and is operational for all of UCONN.
Three titles have been purchased so far, 1 user seat for each.
Users will be warned when seats are in use, and should try again later.

When you click into R2library, click on Reserved Shelf for the listing of purchased titles.

http://www.r2library.com/


For your convenience:

Andrew Armour
BASIC AND CLINICAL NEUROCARDIOLOGY
1st ed.;ISBN 0195141296; Oxford University Press; 01/01/2004; R2 OnLine Library.
http://www.R2Library.com/marc_frame.aspx?ResourceID=35


Richard LeBlond, M.D., Richard DeGowin, M.D., Donald Brown, M.D.;
DEOWIN'S DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION;
8th ed.;ISBN 0071409238; McGraw-Hill; 01/01/2004; R2 OnLine Library.
http://www.R2Library.com/marc_frame.aspx?ResourceID=10

Liane Reif-Lehrer, PhD;
GRANT APPLICATION WRITER'S HANDBOOK;
4thed.; ISBN 0763716421; Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 01/01/2005; R2 OnLine Library.
http://www.R2Library.com/marc_frame.aspx?ResourceID=86




Some notes on using the R2Library......

1.....Advanced search works significantly better than the simple google type search.

2.....Users may register and set up MY R2 in order to create bookmarks and save searches.

3... Currently, only the table of contents of NON PURCHASED titles in R2 may be viewed.
You will be denied access to full text of non purchased titles.
Should this create a significant problem for users, R2Library may be reset to search and view only purchased titles.
Please e-mail Arta Dobbs at the UCHC library with your concerns.

4....Downloads of the complete full text content is prohibited.
The use of robots or other automated downloading programs is prohibited.


5...Users may print individual pages/chapters for personal use.

6.. R2Library links out to PubMed when references are included with individual books.

Information Technology Update - Scheduled Internet Outage For Health Center - Aug 18 and Aug 19

Information Technology Update - Scheduled Internet Outage

Internet Downtime:
Storrs will be conducting additional maintenance on the Health Center Internet circuit on Thursday, Aug. 18th from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.
(and potentially Friday, Aug. 19th from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m.).
As a result, there will be NO internet access during this timeframe.
This outage affects email, VPN access as well as browser access.

If there are any questions, please contact the IT Help Desk at x4400.

Wiley Interscience changes policy for personalized features ......Today - August 15

Wiley-Interscience changes policy for personalized features....
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home

If you choose to register for any of the personalized features of the site—such as table of contents alerts, search alerts, saved articles or purchase single Pay-Per-View articles—you will need to update your login. New users registering on the site for the first time will be guided through a similar procedure to enter and validate their e-mail logins.

Complete text of the new policy is entered below

-----Original Message-----
From: Wiley InterScience [mailto:wiscience@wiley.com]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 3:24 PM
To: Dobbs,Arta M.
Subject: Notice of Wiley InterScience Registration Policy Change



NOTICE OF POLICY CHANGE
E-mail Address Now Required for
Wiley InterScience User Logins



Beginning August 15th 2005, Wiley InterScience will require individual users of the site, who access online subscriptions via a username and password, to update their registration information with a valid e-mail address in place of a self-selected username.

This new policy is designed to help improve security and reduce account duplication. Requiring an e-mail address as a login has become widely standard practice among many high-profile commercial websites.

Now, when a registered user comes to the Wiley InterScience site, and enters their existing login, the following will occur:

User enters current login and password.
User is prompted to enter name, country, and an area of interest, along with a single valid e-mail address.
User receives a one-time confirmation e-mail, then clicks on the authentication link in the message. The verification process is complete.
Afterward, users can login to the site with just their e-mail and password. (NOTE: confirmation links expire after 24 hours; after that, users can re-submit their info, if necessary)

This is a one-time process. Aside from the confirmation e-mail, users will not be sent any further e-mail alerts from Wiley InterScience unless they explicitly opt-in to receive such messages.

If you no longer use your Wiley InterScience login, or access online content only via institutional IP-based subscriptions, then you do not need update your account. Only individuals who access personal, member, or complimentary subscriptions via a login will have to do this.

Similarly, if you choose to register for any of the personalized features of the site—such as table of contents alerts or purchase single Pay-Per-View articles—you will need to update your login. New users registering on the site for the first time will be guided through a similar procedure to enter and validate their e-mail logins.





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This notice of policy change is being sent to all Wiley InterScience registrants. No further notices will be sent. For additional information, see Wiley InterScience's Validation Policy.




Wiley InterScience is a division of:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 111 River Street | Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone: 800-225-5945 | Fax: 800-605-2665 | www.wiley.com

Animals Warn of Human Health Hazards in New “Canary Database”

Animals Warn of Human Health Hazards in New “Canary Database”
Peter Rabinowitz, M.D.

http://canarydatabase.org

New Haven, Conn. — Yale School of Medicine has launched a state-of-the-art database funded in part by the National Library of Medicine, called the Canary Database, containing scientific evidence about how animal disease events can be an early warning system for emerging human diseases.

There have long been reports of animals succumbing to environmental hazards before humans show signs of illness, according to the project’s leader, Peter Rabinowitz, M.D., associate professor of medicine in The Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program at Yale University School of Medicine.

“This concept of a ‘canary in a coal mine’ suggests that animals may be useful sentinels for human environmental health hazards,” said Rabinowitz. He points to the practice in the United States and Britain where coal miners would bring canaries into coal mines as an early warning signal for carbon monoxide and other poisonous gases. The birds, being more sensitive, would become sick before the miners, who would then have a chance to escape or put on protective respirators.

Rabinowitz said several episodes of illness in animals have been clearly linked to human health threats, including cats and mercury poisoning, and more recently wild bird mortality and West Nile Virus infection.

Rabinowitz said non-human animals could be more sensitive to many of the agents that are potential biological or chemical weapons and could therefore serve as “sentinels” for a terrorist attack. At the same time, the public health system has been slow to use animal sentinel data to detect and reduce human environmental health hazards. Rabinowitz said there is a lack of ongoing scientific communication between animal health and human health professionals about emerging disease threats. This has made it difficult to assemble the evidence about linkages between animal diseases and human health.

To address this need, Rabinowitz and his team developed The Canary Database of Animals as Sentinels of Human Environmental Health Hazards, a web-based collection of animal sentinel studies that have been collected and curated in terms of their relevance to human health. The project represents a collaborative effort between the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, the Yale Center for Medical Informatics and the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center.

The database team is currently developing a series of evidence-based reviews focusing on the use of animal sentinel data in human health decision-making. “To do this,” Rabinowitz said, “we have to apply the principles of evidence-based medicine to a whole new field: the interface of animal and human health.”

Meanwhile, experts at the Yale Center for Medical Informatics are creating state-of-the-art knowledge integration software and information visualization tools allowing users to explore the rich database. Animal health experts at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, the nation’s primary wildlife disease research facility, provided background on potential disease transmission between humans and wildlife for emerging diseases such as monkey pox, SARS, Avian influenza, West Nile Virus and Chronic Wasting Disease.

To access the database, please visit http://canarydatabase.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2005

Cell Affiliated Subscription Program

Cell Affiliated Subscription Program

Are you interested in getting a free print subscription to Cell? As a
benefit of the library's license to Cell Online, Cell Press is offering
University of Connecticut Health Center faculty, students, and staff the opportunity to
subscribe to Cell print at no charge.

Why order your own print subscription when you already have online access to
Cell? There are several reasons:
*Convenience - you can read the print version whenever and wherever you
want; no computer or printer necessary!
*Image Quality - the graphics are better than what you typically see online
or when printing out a PDF
*Browsing - the print version is easier to flip thru and find material that
is interesting and relevant to your work that you may not have been
searching for...
*Advertising - stay informed about new products and services, conference
announcements, and job opportunities found in the print version ads that are
not available online

To order your free subscription, please visit this site and fill out our
brief order form:

www.Cell.com/freesub

The print subscription is for 26 biweekly issues (1 year) and the first
issue of your subscription should arrive 4-6 weeks from the time of
ordering.

Please contact Mike at : x4287 or Arta at : x2432 with any questions.

medal.org : the medical algorithms project

medal.org : the medical algorithms project

http://www.medal.org/visitor/

http://www.MedicalAlgorithms.com

A Medical Algorithm is any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table, useful in healthcare. More than 7000 algorithms, organized into 45 chapters,
are available as spreadsheets which can be opened in your browser (IE4.1+, Netscape 7.1+ ).
To make this site work correctly both pop-ups and cookies must be enabled .

In addition to the online spreadsheets 40 algorithms are now available online as web-based forms.
Registered users have access to 249 such algorithms. Registration is free.

Developed by the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine , a non-profit Texas Corporation.

This web site is currently designed for Internet Explorer and Netscape on computers running Windows98 and later versions.

The material at this website is intended only for the educational and personal use of health care students and professionals.
It is not intended for persons who have not received appropriate medical training, and should not be used for making clinical decisions
pertaining to patient diagnosis, care, or management.
Algorithms predicting outcomes use data based on the original articles.
Outcomes may vary between institutions and are impacted by newer developments in diagnostics and therapeutics.
These should be validated prior to use

The software at this web site may be freely downloaded and used for non-commercial purposes.
Due acknowledgement is required if results using the software are published in any form.
Comments and questions are welcome.
Any commercial use or re-distribution requires prior written consent from the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine, a non-profit Texas corporation.

Content update to MD Consult

Content update to MD Consult Products

BOOKS:

Mason: Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 4/e (2005 Saunders) has been added to MDC Core Edition and MDC Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine Edition. It replaces Murray & Nadel: Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, 3/e (2000 Saunders).

http://home.mdconsult.com/das/book/view/1288

Book Description: Completely revised, the 4th Edition of this authoritative reference delivers a wealth of new information that enables readers to identify, treat, and manage a full range of respiratory disorders more easily than ever. Edited and written by leaders in the field, the book covers the scientific principles of respiratory medicine; its foundations in basic anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, and immunology; and its clinical applications. It features a wealth of new chapters and covers new modalities in biotechnologic, genomic, and informational sciences.

Henry: Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, 20/e (2001 Saunders) has been added to MDC Core Edition. It replaces Ferri: Ferri's Best Test: A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, 1/e (2004 Mosby).

http://home.mdconsult.com/das/book/view/1292

Book Description: This well-established text in its twentieth edition is a leading, comprehensive resource. The latest revision to this classic authority includes the work of three new associate editors, and many new chapters and authors. It features the latest laboratory technology including gestation management, polymerase chain reaction, oligonucleotide arrays and cell biology, and early tumor detection. This book is the most comprehensive resource in the field and provides current, authoritative information for physicians and lab technicians.

Ferri: Ferri's Best Test: A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging, 1/e (2004 Mosby) will become an A La Carte book in August.



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Clinical Image Search Now Available
Recently we have added Clinical Images to the Current Practice, Clinical Insights area on MD Consult. These images are now searchable - results will appear in the global search results and they will be labelled "Clinical Images". You are also able to search images as a separate category in the Search Within drop-down box.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Online Continuing Education Series

http://nccam.nih.gov/videolectures/

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has developed the CAM Online Continuing Education Series for
health care providers and the public to learn more about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
The Continuing Education Series is presented in six chapters:

1. Overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2. Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements
3. Mind-Body Medicine
4. Acupuncture: An Evidence-Based Assessment
5. Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies: Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation
6. Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Aging

Each chapter includes:

* A video lecture by one author, including the transcript
* A question and answer transcript
* An online test that can be taken to receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits
* Additional resource links

Natural Standard - new e-text in CAM - Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Natural Standard e-text has been purchased for UCONN Libraries.

http://www.naturalstandard.com/

Natural Standard provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. It contains three sub-databases: Herbs & supplements, condition center, and alternative modalities. For each therapy covered by Natural Standard, a research team gathers scientific data and expert opinions. Validated rating scales are used to evaluate the quality of available evidence. Information is incorporated into comprehensive monographs which are designed to facilitate clinical decision making. All monographs undergo blinded editorial and peer review prior to inclusion.

Cambridge University Press to launch NEW Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) web site : August 6- 8, 2005

Cambridge University Press to launch NEW Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) web site : August 6- 8, 2005

The following UCHC titles may be affected by this e-journal platform upgrade and outage from Saturday August 6 to Monday August 8, 2005.


Behavioral and brain sciences [online journal].
Biological reviews [online journal].
Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics [online journal].
Developmental medicine and child neurology [online journal].
Epidemiology and infection [online journal].
Expert reviews in molecular medicine [online journal].
Experimental physiology [online journal].
International journal of neuropsychopharmacology [online journal].
Journal of anatomy [online journal].
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry and allied disciplines [online journal].
Psychophysiology [online journal].
Zygote [online journal].




Press Release :

2nd August 2005, Cambridge, England, UK and New York, NY, USA

A completely new Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) will be launched on 8th
August 2005

In keeping with our ongoing commitment to provide the highest standards of
service to the academic community, Cambridge University Press is pleased
to announce a completely new journal hosting platform. The new site will
provide increased capacity and improved performance compared to the
previous version, supporting our provision of the best and latest research
to all users worldwide.

The new site provides powerful new features for both content-users and
librarians:

● High capacity and performance
● Flexibility to enable rapid development in response to your needs
● Clear, clean look and feel
● New information displays
● New account management and administration features
● New, powerful search functions
● New IP management functions
● New FAQs and Help
● Full ATHENS compliance
● OAI PMH compatibility
● Atom and RSS feeds
● Article citation downloads
● Next issue publication dates
● Open URL enabled
● Greater range of trial samples and free offers

All existing URL links into CJO will be maintained and will be fully
operational

All users please note:
To perform this upgrade we will be temporarily interrupting our service to
all CJO users. We will be taking the site offline at 12.00 midnight BST
(British Summer Time) on the 7th August 2005 until 9.00am BST on the 8th
August. In U.S. EDT (Eastern Daylight Savings Time) the site will be
offline from 7pm on the 6th August until 4 am on the 7th August. We will
make every effort to complete the upgrade as quickly as possible and we
will bring the new site online as soon as the migration of content and
related data is completed. We apologize for the loss of service during
this process and we hope that the new platform will more than compensate
for any inconvenience caused.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the migration process or
the new platform please contact: journals@cambridge.org

Tristana Reader 4.0 : pull content directly from the web to your desktop using those orange RSS and XML feed buttons

13. Tristana Reader 4.0
http://www.tristana.org/

Now that more and more websites offer a variety of dynamic materials (such
as podcasts and the like), it is increasingly more common to feel a bit
overwhelmed by the sheer volume of material on the Web. More discerning
users will appreciate Tristana Reader 4.0, which will allow them pull
content directly from the Web to their desktops. The application also allows
users the ability to set preferences so that they will be alerted to content
changes at any given site. The program is also spam-proof, which will be a
welcome relief to many. This version of Tristana Reader is compatible with
Windows 98 or newer. [KMG]


>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

Direct to desktop content
Tristana is a free download (does not contain adware or spyware) which allows you to pull content directly from the Web onto your desktop without email.
Simply click and drag those orange feed icons or links (RSS or Atom) to Tristana to view news, blogs, podcasts and online content in real-time.

Now iPod friendly!
With our latest podcasting release, now you can search and download music and media files while you sleep and even synch with your iPod!
We've added a Downloads Manager to schedule and download up to five files to your desktop at once.
SPAM-proof your desktop
Quickly add, manage or remove content or media files onto your desktop in real-time
without having to provide an email address or share any personal information.

Reduce information overload
Consolidate web content more efficiently than your browser, manage information more easily than with email.
Tristana provides the ability to view RSS or Atom feeds in real-time on your desktop.
You can subscribe or unsubscribe to content on your terms, without risk of SPAM, privacy or security issues associated with email.

How does it work?
Tristana uses RSS and Atom which are standard XML formats for instantly receiving syndicated content over the Internet.
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary" or even "Really Stops Spam", depending on who you talk to.
Atom is a widely recognized open-source XML format for content syndication.
Basically both are really just highly efficient standardized formats for reading, managing and sharing timely information across the web.

Electronic resource added to LYMAN. BoDD-Botanical Dermatology Database

http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/index.html

This electronic resource has been added today to LYMAN the online catalog.

BoDD Botanical Dermatology Database is an electronic re-incarnation of BOTANICAL DERMATOLOGY by John Mitchell & Arthur Rook,
which was originally published in 1979 by Greengrass Ltd, Vancouver [ISBN 0-88978-047-1].
This updated on-line version is made available to you with the kind permission of the original authors.

This database is under continuous development.
You may view the indexes, text, and image files but you may not systematically download the database,
nor reproduce the html code, text or images for profit or gain without express permission from the copyright holder.
Educational users should make proper acknowledgement of the source of any information derived from BoDD.

If your browser is capable of displaying forms, please use the BoDD Search Engine to enter BoDD.
For other users, only the Plant Families Index provides access to the whole database.
The Main Index is under construction and will in due course provide a variety of alternative entry modes.

Constructive criticism, corrections, etc. will be gratefully received.

MDConsult and remote access

MDConsult is having some specific remote access issues,
depending upon the proxy service you attempt to use.
EZProxy requires you to put in your barcode only once.
The home alone proxy requires you to put in your barcode twice.

EZProxy
MDconsult is working with remote access using all browsers (IE, Netscape,Firefox,Safari) and Ezproxy,
using the LYMAN online catalog links and database page links and on the library home page.
EZProxy requires you to put in your barcode only once.

Old Home Alone Proxy
Remote access for MDConsult is not working at all for the old home alone proxy,
on any browser, from the database page, LYMAN online catalog, or home page link.
The home alone proxy requires you to put in your barcode twice after setting the home alone url within your browser.

FireFox has released 1.0.6 - please upgrade

FireFox has released a new upgrade, version 1.0.6.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

See the release notes at :
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.6.html

What's New 1.0.6

Firefox 1.0.6 is a stability update. We recommend that users upgrade to this latest version.

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.6:

* Restore API compatibility for extensions and web applications that did not work in Firefox 1.0.5.

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.5:

* Several security fixes.
* Improvements to stability.

Online access has returned to : International Journal of Developmental Biology

Online access has returned to the International Journal of Developmental Biology.
http://www.ehu.es/ijdb/

Print access to this journal is also available in the UCHC library print journal stacks.

Location: Journal Stacks--cannot be checked out
Status: Not Charged
Recently Received:
v. 49, no. 1 (2005 )
v. 48, no. 8/9 (2004 )
v.48:no.10 (2004)
v. 48, no. 7 (2004 )
v. 48, no. 4 (2004 )
v. 48, no. 3 (2004 )
v. 48, no. 2 (2004 )
v. 48, no. 1 (2004 )
Library has: v.40 (1996)-v.47 (2003)
Supplements: v.40:suppl.1 (1996)
v.45:suppl.1 (2001)

International Journal of Developmental Biology is temporarily down

Online access to the International Journal of Developmental Biology is temporarily down. The publisher has been contacted.
http://www.ehu.es/ijdb/

New BioMedCentral journals accepted into MEDLINE

New BioMedCentral journals accepted into MEDLINE

Five more journals published by BioMed Central have recently been accepted into MEDLINE, the selective indexing service
run by the National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
MEDLINE now indexes 61 journals published by BioMed Central.
A full list is available on the indexing page http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/authors/indexing

Cardiovascular Diabetology
http://www.cardiab.com/
was launched in 2002, and is edited by Enrique Z. Fisman and Alexander Tenenbaum.
The journal publishes articles on all aspects of the diabetes/cardiovascular interrelationship
and the dysmetabolic syndrome, including genetic, clinical, epidemiological, and molecular research.

Cardiovascular Ultrasound http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/
launched in February 2003, is edited by Eugenio Picano , and covers the clinical, technological, experimental, biological,
and molecular aspects of ultrasound applications in cardiovascular physiology and disease.

Lipids in Health and Disease
http://www.lipidworld.com/
is edited by Undurti N. Das , and was launched in 2002. The journal is aimed at all scientists, health professionals and physicians
interested in the area of lipids, including their biochemistry, pharmacology, and role in health and disease.


Nutrition Journal
http://www.nutritionj.com
Launched in 2002, Nutrition Journal is edited by Nehme Gebrayel. The journal considers manuscripts within the exciting field of
Nutrition and has published the fifth most accessed BioMed Central article of all time.

Retrovirology
http://www.retrovirology.com
Retrovirology was launched in February 2004, and encompasses all aspects of basic research in retrovirology,
with special emphasis on human retroviruses. The editorial team is headed by Kuan-Teh Jeang,
with support from an international editorial board.

Search Terms are now highlighted when searching in PubMed

Search Terms are now highlighted when searching in PubMed

In case you hadn't noticed, it is now possible to have your search terms highlighted in PubMed.

This is done through your My NCBI account. Simply log into your account, click on the My NCBI link, and then, on the blue sidebar, click on "Preferences."

In User Preferences, you'll see the option for turning on the highlighting and selecting the color you'd like the highlighting to be (yellow, green, plum, or aqua).

Simply select the color option you'd like and then say OK.

The highlighting will be active whenever you search PubMed through your My NCBI account.

Read more about this in the NLM Technical Bulletin at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj05/mj05_highlight.html

Library web page is operational once more.

-----Original Message-----
From: Broadcast Message
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:42 PM
Subject: Library Server Back

The library server is back up so you can use this address again: http://library.uchc.edu

Thank you for your patience!

Evelyn Morgen, MSLS, AHIP
Associate Director
UConn Health Center Library
Farmington, CT 06034-4003
(860) 679-3323 emorgen@uchc.edu

UCHC library is shifting years 1998-1999 of the print journal stacks

The UCHC library is currently shifting the years 1998 and 1999 from the main journal stacks to the sub-basement journal stacks.

As of 7/19/2005, journals up to the title :

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

have been moved to the sub-basement stacks.

Should you have difficulty locating print journals in the stacks during this shift, please contact the Service Desk for assistance.

Firefox Update 1.0.5 is now available

A new security update for FireFox - version 1.0.5 is now available for download.
Please see release notes for more information.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.5.html

UCHC library server will be down for at least two days

The library server will be down for at least two days while the hard drive is being replaced.
You can access our temporary home page at :

http://libdatabase.uchc.edu/index.html

This will provide links to the ejournals, databases and etexts as well as the catalog.

If you have questions about PDA library resources usually found on our web page :
please contact Evelyn Morgen.

We apologize for this inconvenience.



Evelyn Morgen, MSLS, AHIP
Associate Director
UConn Health Center Library
Farmington, CT 06034-4003
(860) 679-3323 emorgen@uchc.edu

Upgrade to Opera version 8 is released .

Opera has released version 8.01 of its free browser. This browser works with both Windows and MAC OS.
http://opera.com/windows/changelogs/801/
This release is a recommended security upgrade.

Downloads for 8.01 are found here :
http://opera.com/download/

See the many features of Opera 8 at this link.
http://opera.com/features/

HIV Medicine 2005: Three new chapters uploaded

-----Original Message-----
From: Kamps@FlyingPublisher.com [mailto:Kamps@FlyingPublisher.com]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:21 AM
To: Dobbs,Arta M.
Subject: HIV Medicine 2005: Three new chapters



Dear Friend,

We have uploaded new chapters of HIV Medicine 2005:

Antiretroviral Therapy in Children
http://www.hivmedicine.com/textbook/ped.htm

Psychiatric Disorders
http://www.hivmedicine.com/textbook/psych.htm

HIV and Cardiac Diseases
http://www.hivmedicine.com/textbook/cardio.htm


The philosophy of our Free Book Initiative has recently been published in

Free Medical Information: Doctor = Publisher
PDF, 94 pages, 1.1 MB
Download: http://www.freemedicalinformation.com/download7.htm


Please inform your students and colleagues.

Best regards,
Sebastian



________________________________
Bernd Sebastian Kamps, M.D.
Christian Hoffmann, M.D.
Jurgen Rockstroh, Ph.D.

www.FlyingPublisher.com

www.freemedicalinformation.com

www.HIVMedicine.com
www.SARSReference.com

Amedeo, www.AMEDEO.com
FreeBooks4Doctors, www.FB4D.com
GoldenLinks4Doctors, www.GL4D.com
FreeMedicalJournals, www.FJ4D.com

www.MedicineonEarth.com

New open access journal added to LYMAN online catalog

New open access journal added to LYMAN online catalog :
Ostomy/Wound Management

http://www.o-wm.com/owm/

Publisher: HMP Communications

Content available free online -- from v.47:no.11 (2001:Nov)-
Current Issue: v.51:no.6 (2005:June)

Ostomy/Wound Management was founded in March of 1980 as "Ostomy Management."
In 1985, this small journal dramatically expanded its content and readership
by embracing the overlapping disciplines of ostomy care, wound care,
incontinence care, and related skin and nutritional issues and became the
premier journal of its kind. Ostomy/Wound Management's readers include
healthcare professionals from multiple disciplines.
Today, readers benefit from contemporary and comprehensive review and
research papers that are practical, clinically oriented, and cutting edge.
Each published article undergoes a rigorous double-blind peer review by
members of both the Editorial Advisory Board and the Ad-Hoc Peer Review
Panel.

The Ostomy/Wound Management Editorial Philosophy encompasses the following:
a) to advance the science and art of skin, wound, ostomy, and incontinence
care;
b) help authors clearly express and share their findings and ideas;
c) improve the quality of patient care and protect the public by monitoring
the scientific integrity of information published in Ostomy/Wound
Management.

ISSN: 0889-5899

Editor:
Barbara Zeiger
Email: bzeiger@hmpcommunications.com

ePocrates down temporarily today -- now has returned

ePocrates down temporarily today -- now has returned 4:46 pm
----Original Message-----
From: Wang,Hongjie
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:04 PM

Subject: ePocrates



http://www2.epocrates.com/index.html


The Web version of ePocrates is not working temporarily. The company is working on it, and it should be back up soon. I’ll keep you posted.



Hongjie

New open access title added to LYMAN online catalog

New open access title added to LYMAN online catalog :
JISSN : Journal of the Interational Society of Sports Nutrition.

http://www.sportsnutritionsociety.org/site/journal/journal_index.php

Online access is from vol.1 (2004)- to the most current issue.

The Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN), formerly known as the Sports Nutrition Review Journal, is a peer-reviewed journal
that covers various aspects of sports nutrition, supplementation, exercise metabolism, and/or scientific policies related to sports nutrition.
Articles are published in the format of original investigations, review articles, applied sports nutrition articles, and case studies.
The JISSN is designed to keep ISSN members and the public up to date on the latest advances in sport nutrition in a well-referenced
but easy to understand format.
The JISSN is now accepting original investigation manuscripts and review articles.
For more information on article submission see instructions for authors below or contact Dr. Kreider.
Editor-in-Chief
Richard B. Kreider, PhD, FACSM
Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab
Center for Exercise, Nutrition & Preventive Health Research
Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
Baylor University
Richard_Kreider@baylor.edu

And also on the Editorial Board : from UCHC faculty :
William J. Kraemer, PhD, FACSM, CSCS
Professor of Kinesiology, Physiology and Neurobiology &
Professor of Medicine, UConn School of Medicine
Human Performance Laboratory
Department of Kinesiology
University of Connecticut

Author search links activated in PubMed

The author search links have been activated in the Abstract and Citation formats for results.
You can read more about this in the NLM Technical Bulletin at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj05/mj05_auth_search.html

New free title added to LYMAN online catalog : Monitor on Psychology

We have added a free journal title to LYMAN, the UCHC library online catalog.
Monitor on Psychology reports on the science, practice, and social responsibility activities of psychology, including
latest legislative developments affecting mental health, education, and research support.
Access online is from : v.30:no.2 (1999:Feb)- to the most current issue.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/

New Public Library of Science e-journal has been published : PLoS Computational Biology

The inaugural issue of the new Public Library of Science journal : PLoS Computational Biology has been published.

http://compbiol.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1553-7358

Access is from : v.1:no.1 (2005:June 25).

PLoS Computational Biology provides a home for important biological research driven by computation—
a place where computational biologists can find the best work produced by their colleagues, and where the broader biological
community can see the myriad ways computation is advancing our understanding of biological systems.
PLoS Computational Biology is published in partnership with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)

The Anatomia website: from the University of Toronto Libraries

8. University of Toronto Libraries: Anatomia
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm

Developed by the University of Toronto Libraries, the Anatomia website
offers a collection of about 4,500 plates and images of human anatomy from
the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library ranging in date from 1522 to 1867.
Visitors can search the plates by entire plate description, artist, subject
words, and/or plate title or can browse the plates by artist, title, or
subject. By selecting the Anatomia highlights link, users can view images of
importance due to their contributions to the advancement of knowledge,
educational value, or artistic value. Students can discover the three
processes of creating illustrations during the sixteenth to the nineteenth
centuries: relief, intaglio, and planographic. The website supplies a
concise history of the study of anatomy. [RME]

>From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout
Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Adobe Reader Update 7.0.2 available

Adobe Reader Update 7.0.2 is available, this update was issued by Adobe on June 15, 2005 . Please upgrade your Adobe Reader
to get optimal performance from downloaded PDF files.

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2965

"The Adobe® Reader® 7.0.2 update addresses several known issues in Adobe Reader 7.0.1 software.

This multilingual update can be applied to any language version of
Adobe Reader 7.0.1. Adobe recommends that all users of Adobe Reader 7.0.1 apply this update as a proactive measure.

This update provides improved security. It also addresses known issues associated with forms and viewing PDF files using a Weblink plug-in. For more information, read the security advisories.
System requirements
This update requires that the English language version of Adobe Reader 7.0.1 is installed on your system. To find out which version of Adobe Reader you currently have, choose Help > About Adobe Reader. The version number appears in the upper left corner below the Adobe Reader logo.

If your version is Adobe Reader 7.0, you can download the Adobe Reader 7.0.1 update and then apply the 7.0.2 update posted here.

Yahoo! Search Launches Search Subscriptions Beta

Yahoo! Search Launches Search Subscriptions Beta


Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet company, today announced the beta launch of Yahoo! Search Subscriptions, a service designed to enable users to search multiple online subscription content sources and the Web from a single search box. Subscription content includes for-pay news and reference Web sites. Yahoo! The service is initially available in the U.S. and the UK.

http://search.yahoo.com/subscriptions

In the past, Yahoo! users who had access to content that requires registration had to visit and search several sites across the Internet to perform a comprehensive search that included their subscription content. Now, using Yahoo! Search Subscriptions, users can find information from consumer, research, and business publishers through a single integrated search experience with Yahoo! Search. Initial content is provided by ConsumerReports.org, The Wall Street Journal Online, TheStreet.com, The New England Journal of Medicine, IEEE and Forrester Research Inc., along with subscription content from Financial Times. Additionally, content from Factiva, LexisNexis AlaCarte! pay-as-you-go, Thomson Gale, and ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) will be included in the coming weeks.

To use Yahoo! Search Subscriptions, users can select from a list of subscription content sources. When a search is conducted, their subscription content appears in their Web results, and is displayed as a separate module above the standard search results. If users choose to integrate this experience in future Web searches, they can permanently add the list of subscriptions they want to search via the Yahoo! Search preferences page. In addition, users can restrict searches to specific participating content sources by; to view subscription content, users must be a subscriber of the publisher's Web site.

http://www.econtentmag.com/NewsLetters/NewsletterReader.aspx?NewsletterID=274#1
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Blog Navigator 1.2 -- browse weblog sites more effectively

There is a freeware version that you can download or upgrade to a professional version for just $19.95.

Blog Navigator 1.2
http://www.stardock.com/products/blognavigator/

Many users may want to learn more about how to browse weblog sites more
effectively, and Blog Navigator may be just the program to do the trick. The
program uses RSS feeds, supports many types of sites, and also includes
features for reading blogs offline. Their helpful interface makes it
relatively easy to locate weblogs and peruse headlines of interest.
Additionally, adding news sites and blogs is simple as visitors may just
right-click and paste the XML feed located on most major news sites. This
version of Blog Navigator is compatible with Windows 98 or newer. [KMG]

The single phrase below is the copyright notice to be used when
reproducing any portion of this report, in any format.

>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005.
http://scout.wisc.edu/

MicroMedex access has returned as of 1pm

MicroMedex access has returned as of 1pm

Micromedex not working--Server down -- 6/14/2005 --8:45am

-----Original Message-----
From: Wang,Hongjie
Sent:
Subject: Micromedex not working--Server down
The server is down, and the IT people are working on it. They do not know at this point when the server will be up.

It seems that only Micromedex is affected as far as we are concerned, because access to other databases seems ok.

Hongjie

PubMedLink Buttons : some are not working today

The PubMedLinkout buttons for this article are not operational. A note has been sent to the publisher to repair the error.

The article is indeed online and downloadable.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13675931

doi:10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00047-2


Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2000 Feb;4(1):28-33. Related Articles, Links

Elucidation of protein-protein interactions using chemical cross-linking or label transfer techniques.

Fancy DA.

Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235-9050, USA. fancy@chop.swmed.edu.

Understanding the architectures of multiprotein complexes is a central problem in biology. Of the many chemical methods available, label transfer and cross-linking are becoming more popular. Recently, label transfer has been applied to very large protein complexes with great success, and new oxidative methods for protein cross-linking have been developed that are fast and highly efficient. Advances in these techniques should increase the understanding of biological structures and mec

hanisms.

Publication Types:

* Review
* Review, Tutorial


PMID: 10679368 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

ScienceResearch.com is a free, publicly available Internet web portal

Press Release Source: Deep Web Technologies

Deep Web Technologies Announces ScienceResearch.com(TM)
Thursday June 9, 8:10 am ET

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Deep Web Technologies, LLC (http://www.deepwebtech.com), a leading provider of high performance search technology software and solutions, announced the launch of the Beta version of ScienceResearch.com(TM). ScienceResearch.com is a free, publicly available Internet web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases.

ScienceResearch.com allows students, teachers, professors, researchers, and the general public to access pertinent information, quickly, easily, and with confidence from both public and private high quality research journals and databases via a single portal. Powered by DWT's proprietary Explorit(TM) deep web search engine, a single query will search thousands of high quality journals and databases, effectively millions of documents, in real-time. Additionally, powered by DWT's proprietary QuickRank(TM) technology, the results are conveniently ranked by relevance on a single results page.

"ScienceResearch.com is an extension of the work we have accomplished deploying a number of highly visible search portals for the federal government," said Abe Lederman, President and CTO of Deep Web Technologies. "We are confident that ScienceResearch.com will increase the efficiency of the 'science-oriented individual.' With our next release of ScienceResearch.com, the automation of the search and notification processes of pertinent science data, an individual is kept up-to-date on the latest breakthroughs in that field. In the past, the general public has had to rely on individual queries of numerous journals and web sites. Now, they have the capability of accessing these journals, databases and web sites through a single portal without the hassle of navigating each individual search page interface and authentication sequence."

Roger Rios, Director of Business Development, added, "Please allow me to emphasize that ScienceResearch.com basic service is free to the public. By the end of the year ScienceResearch.com will have the advanced features that Abe mentioned, namely Alerts and Personal Libraries, which may be subscribed to for a nominal monthly or yearly fee. ScienceResearch.com will serve as the core engine for customized solutions for more sophisticated but cost-sensitive users, such as public and university libraries." In addition, ScienceResearch.com will become a springboard for the development of solutions focused on vertical markets such as pharmaceuticals and oil and gas industries.

About Deep Web Technologies, LLC

Founded in 2002, Deep Web Technologies, LLC develops high performance software. Based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, the company provides state-of-the- art search technology solutions to sophisticated users in the government and private arenas. For example, the DWT Explorit(TM) suite of search tools powers the government web portal, http://www.science.gov. The company has received a $750,000 Phase II US Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research grant for the continued research in next generation search technology specific to content analysis, relevance ranking, and grid computing. For more information, visit the web site at http://www.deepwebtech.com or contact Deep Web Technologies at 505-672-0007 or email roger@deepwebtech.com.

Contact:

Roger Rios
Director, Business Development
Deep Web Technologies, LLC
Phone: 505-672-0007
Fax: 505-672-9011
Email: roger@deepwebtech.com

This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com.

New open access journals from BioMedCentral

Two new open access journals from BioMedCentral have been added to LYMAN, the UCHC Library online catalog.
http://lymannet.uchc.edu/

Behavioral and Brain Functions
http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/
from v.1 (2005)--
Behavioral and Brain Functions (BBF) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal considering original research, review, and modeling articles in all aspects of neurobiology or behavior, favoring research that relates to both domains. Behavioral and Brain Functions is published by BioMed Central. The greatest challenge for empirical science is to understand human behavior; how human behavior arises from the myriad functions such as attention, language, memory and emotion; how these functions are reflected in brain structures and functions; and how the brain and behavior are altered in disease. Behavioral and Brain Functions covers the entire area of behavioral and cognitive neuroscience – an area where animal studies traditionally play a prominent role. Behavioral and Brain Functions is published online, allowing unlimited space for figures, extensive datasets to allow readers to study the data for themselves, and moving pictures, which are important qualities assisting communication in modern science.



Globalization and Health
http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/
from v.1(2005)-
Abstract
This debut editorial of Globalization and Health introduces the journal, briefly delineating its goals and objectives and outlines its scope of subject matter. 'Open Access' publishing is expected to become an increasingly important format for peer reviewed academic journals and that Globalization and Health is 'Open Access' is appropriate. The rationale behind starting a journal dedicated to globalization and health is three fold:

Firstly: Globalization is reshaping the social geography within which we might strive to create health or prevent disease. The determinants of health – be they a SARS virus or a predilection for fatty foods – have joined us in our global mobility. Driven by economic liberalization and changing technologies, the phenomenon of 'access' is likely to dominate to an increasing extent the unfolding experience of human disease and wellbeing.

Secondly: Understanding globalization as a subject matter itself needs certain benchmarks and barometers of its successes and failings. Health is one such barometer. It is a marker of social infrastructure and social welfare and as such can be used to either sound an alarm or give a victory cheer as our interconnectedness hurts and heals the populations we serve.

And lastly: In as much as globalization can have an effect on health, it is also true that health and disease has an effect on globalization as exemplified by the existence of quarantine laws and the devastating economic effects of the AIDS pandemic.

A balanced view would propose that the effects of globalization on health (and health systems) are neither universally good nor bad, but rather context specific. If the dialogue pertaining to globalization is to be directed or biased in any direction, then it must be this: that we consider the poor first.

The library web server has been repaired....but.....

The library web server has been repaired. If you come across broken URL's/links on the list pages, please let us know which ones are not working, so that we may get them fixed.
Thanks very much for your help.

From the posting of June 2...............
The library web server is down and being repaired. Outage is expected to last 2 hours - from 2pm-4pm.
The following areas of the library web page are affected :
http://library.uchc.edu/
Database list pages
E-journals list pages
E-texts list pages

Please use LYMAN the online catalog to search for operational URL's and links into all the products listed on the web pages.
http://lymannet.uchc.edu/

Library webserver down today, 6/2/2005 from 2pm-4pm

The library web server is down and being repaired. Outage is expected to last 2 hours - from 2pm-4pm.
The following areas of the library web page are affected :
http://library.uchc.edu/
Database list pages
E-journals list pages
E-texts list pages

Please use LYMAN the online catalog to search for operational URL's and links into all the products listed on the web pages.
http://lymannet.uchc.edu/

UCHC Information Technology Update: UCHC Internet Downtime

-----Original Message-----
From: Broadcast Message
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: Information Technology Update

Information Technology Update: Internet Downtime

The Information Technology Department will be performing an upgrade to the Internet firewall from 9:00 PM Tuesday June 7 through 1:00 AM Wednesday, June 8. The Internet will be unavailable during this time. This includes email, VPN, and browser access.

If there are any questions, please contact the IT Help Desk at x.4400

New journal archives added to PubMedCentral and Lyman Online Catalog

New journal archives added to PubMedCentral and Lyman Online Catalog


Clinical Medicine & Research
ISSN: 1539-4182 (print) and 1554-6179 (electronic)
URL: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=252
Archive: v.1:no.1 (2003)- to present.

This journal is also available free open access at the Highwire e-journal platform, published online for the Marshfield Clinic at the following URL :
http://www.clinmedres.org/

Free online History of Public Health Course

14. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: The History of Public
Health [mp3, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer]
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/HistoryPublicHealth/

This Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) course about
the history of public health is offered free to the Internet public through
the JHSPH OpenCourseWare program. The course (taught by Graham Mooney during the spring semester of 2005) examines "the historical experience of health and illness from a population perspective." The site provides a brief description of the course, a downloadable reading list, and lecture notes available in MP3 format.
Lecture headings include :
Quarantine!;
Body Spaces: From Inoculation to Immunization;
Education and Mothering;
The Sanitary Idea; and more.

Forthcoming JHSPH OpenCourseWare courses include
Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology, and International Nutrition. [NL]

>From The NSDL Scout Report for the Life Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout
Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Medical History : free full text now online at PubMedCentral

The full text of Medical History, the official journal of the British Society for the History of Medicine is now freely available on PubMedCentral.
v.1 (1957)-v.48 (2004) is available at the following URL and has been added to LYMAN, our online catalog.
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=228&action=archive

Blackwell Synergy online access is not available today

Blackwell Synergy e-journal platform is denying access to all subscribed journals, all green circles have vanished.
They report they are attempting to fix the problem, but are not sure when they can fix it, they have had platform troubles since last week.
Definitely not today -- possibly, operational tomorrow.
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/action/showJournals

From today's Wall Street Journal : Office Technology Software for Symptoms

From the Wall Street Journal :
Office Technology Software for Symptoms: Diagnostic software hasn't caught on yet among doctors; But that may be starting to change
Jeanette Borzo. Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: May 23, 2005. pg. R.10

Author(s): Jeanette Borzo
Section: Technology (A Special Report)
Publication title: Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: May 23, 2005. pg. R.10
Source type: Newspaper
ISSN/ISBN: 00999660
ProQuest document ID: 843300421
Text Word Count 1630
Document URL: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=843300421&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=69458&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Abstract (Document Summary)

"DDS has remarkably little market share or presence," says Thomas Handler, a physician and research director at Gartner Inc., a technology consulting firm based in Stamford, Conn. Many agree with his assessment that such programs simply haven't proved to be more adept at diagnosis than physicians are on their own. Medicine, Dr. Handler says, "is really an art."

"Any of the statistics you want to look at tell us that we are doing a lousy job" in general of quickly making correct diagnoses, says Dr. [Charles Burger]. Diagnostic-support software can be a big help in sorting through the myriad possible causes of a patient's symptoms, he says. "Are the tools perfect?" says Dr. Burger. "No, but they are getting better all the time."

"These are small-business people," says David C. Kibbe, a doctor who is the health information-technology director for the American Academy of Family Physicians in Leawood, Kan. "They've got to pay the bills" like any other small business, he says. "Margins [in family practice] are very narrow to begin with," leaving scant room for discretionary spending on information-technology systems.

Netscape 8.0 is out of Beta and in full release

Netscape® 8.0 Includes Innovative Phishing/Virus/Spyware Protection That Warns Users, Disables Functionality on Known Dangerous Web Sites. Browser Can Display Web Pages Like IE or Firefox, Automatically Adjusts Settings for Maximum Security and Compatibility.

Read the full press release:
http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1063269,00.html

Download Netscape 8.0 from this URL :
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/

Using Firefox? : a new security update is available

Firefox version 1.0.4 has been released today by Mozilla.org.
"Firefox 1.0.4 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version."
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.4.html#new
"Firefox is a fast, full-featured browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before....These Release Notes cover what's new, download and installation instructions, known issues and frequently asked questions for the Firefox 1.0.4 release. Please read these notes and the bug filing instructions before reporting any bugs to Bugzilla."

We want to hear your feedback about Firefox. Please join us in the Firefox forums, hosted by MozillaZine.

Archives of PNAS now complete on PubMedCentral

PubMed Central now includes complete coverage of the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) :
ISSN: 0027-8424

http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=2&action=archive
Complete content for: v.1:no.1 (1915) to the present. (A six-month delay on availability of current content is imposed by the publisher on content at PubMedCentral.)

However, the UCHC library has a current subscription for the most current online content at :
http://www.pnas.org/

Proxy problems?

Are you having trouble accessing the libraries' electronic resources using the proxy service?
Please help us pinpoint the problems so that we can solve them.
Please use the comments area on this post to explain the problems that you are having.

Cellular and Molecular Biology has gone online.

The Cellular and Molecular Biology Association has ceased print publication of the journal : Cellular and Molecular Biology. Publication continues in the online format only. UCONN users may access the online version with a username and password.
http://www.cellmolbiol.com/

New updates to MD Consult

New updates to MD Consult
New Enhancements - May 2005

Search Enhancements

Results at a Glance - A Summary showing the first 3 results in each content area. This feature simplifies user navigation and shows breadth of content available.
Improved Focus - Provides an easier, more prominent, and more effective method for refining book and journal searching to one of these information needs: Diagnosis, Etiology, Treatment, or Prognosis. Users can click one of those options under our newly placed "focus" drop-down box to obtain improved search results in books, journals, and practice guidelines. This new feature improves the values found in our existing advanced journal search feature and also extends it to user's book searches.
Practice Guidelines Updates - Weekly updates now include abstracts of peer-reviewed practice guidelines and links to the full-text. They are searchable by topic and authoring organization.

Surgical Image Collection - A new content feature, Surgical Images, has been added to Clinical Insights, under the Current Practice tab. These images have been chosen on the basis of topics rated by residents as most helpful, and are viewable as thumbnails and linked to full-size. The first three sections - Pediatric, Head & Neck, and Skin and Soft Tissue are now available. Additional sections will be added in the months ahead with ultimately 1000 total images.

New Books Added to MDC Core

Khatri: Operative Surgery Manual, 1/e.

http://home.mdconsult.com/das/book/view/1278

Book Description: This book provides practical guidance on the most common elective and emergency procedures. Each concise chapter follows the same format and contains standardized headings: position, incision, exposure and operative technique, and closure. Numerous illustrations detail the procedures, providing clarity at a glance. A focused preoperative preparation section is also included.

Because of this book's strong appeal to surgical residents and medical students embarking on a surgical rotation or general surgery residency program, we are also featuring the procedures and accompanying images in Student Union.

Mettler: Essentials of Radiology, 2/e

http://home.mdconsult.com/das/book/view/1276

Book Description: This best-selling radiology primer clearly explains the basic principles and clinical applications of plain film, CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine. Written in straightforward, accessible language and assuming no prior knowledge of radiology, it provides an ideal introduction to the field. Over 550 digital images demonstrate every essential concept.

New Edition

Cummings-Haughey-Thomas-Harker-Robbins-Schuller-Flint-Richardson: Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, 4/e (2005 Mosby) has been added to MDC Core Edition. It replaces Cummings et al: Otolaryngology, 3/e (1998 Mosby).

http://home.mdconsult.com/das/book/view/1263

Book Description: This masterwork is universally acknowledged as the most comprehensive, authoritative reference in the field of head and neck surgery. Its four volumes encompass the entire body of core knowledge as well as the most cutting-edge developments within every otolaryngologic subspecialty. A multitude of preeminent contributing experts ensure that the coverage is complete, current, and clinically relevant, reflecting the latest advances in basic science and clinical practice.

HIVMedicine : free online textbook updated for 2005

HIVMedicine : a free online textbook has been updated for 2005, by the editors :
Christian Hoffmann, Jürgen Rockstroh, and Bernd Sebastian Kamps. HIVMedicine is available in several languages, including English, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and the new 2005 updates, will be available in German. Users may sign up for e-mails that announce access to the most recent updates.
www.HIVMedicine.com

Don't miss this other free medical textbook : SARSReference which provides a comprehensive overview of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
http://sarsreference.com/


HIVMedicine and SARSRference are part of a larger website : AMEDEO: the medical literature guide.
http://amedeo.com/index.htm
"AMEDEO’s core components include weekly emails with bibliographic lists about new scientific publications, personal Web pages for one-time download of available abstracts (see example), and an overview of the medical literature published in relevant journals over the past 12 to 24 months.
AMEDEO has been free of charge since 1997 and will continue to be free in the future. The weekly information is compiled by specialists dedicated to the rapid distribution of medical knowledge."