Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - August 12, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
Indian scientists accuse British professor of plagiarism - August 11, 2008
Indian scientist Prof. Karmeshu has reportedly alleged that British professor Demetres Kouvatsos has copied ideas from a paper written by him and his doctoral student Shachi Sharma. Karmeshu had earlier submitted the research manuscript to Performance Evaluation, a peer-reviewed journal that had then rejected the manuscript. Kouvatsos was one of… Read More
Duke University Libraries receive grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation for Open Library Environment project - August 11, 2008
The Duke University Libraries have received a $475,700 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to design the next-generation, open-source library system that seeks to meet the changing and complex needs of 21st-century libraries and library users. The Open Library Environment (OLE)… Read More
Bayer CropScience acquires licence for Ariadne’s Pathway Studio - August 11, 2008
Bioinformatics firm Ariadne Genomics, Inc., US, has announced that Bayer CropScience AG, Germany, has licensed its Pathway Studio platform with the ResNet Plant database to supplement its plant stress reactions research. In particular, the company will use Pathway Studio for gene expression analysis of plant and… Read More
Informed Decisions and Metcare of Florida, Inc. announce deal to deploy eMPOWERx - August 11, 2008
Health information technology services provider Informed Decisions, LLC, a division of Gold Standard Inc., US, and Metcare of Florida, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc., have announced an agreement to deploy the former's electronic prescribing and patient care system, eMPOWERx, to physicians… Read More
BioMed Central journal brings out thematic series on Breastfeeding - August 11, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that the International Breastfeeding Journal recently published its first thematic series on Breastfeeding and feminism: Reproductive health, rights and justice. Edited by Dr Miriam H Labbok, Dr Paige Hall Smith and Emily C Taylor, the articles in the… Read More
