IEEE addresses e-health gap with new standard for evaluating wearable, cuffless blood-pressure devices - August 27, 2014
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced the approval of IEEE 1708 'Standard for Wearable Cuffless Blood Pressure Measuring Devices.' Bringing a new dimension to the growing portfolio of IEEE standards designed to drive innovation in the burgeoning e-health space, IEEE 1708 is intended to support evaluation… Read More
BioOne announces 2015 title additions - August 27, 2014
BioOne, a publisher of scientific research, has announced that five new journals will join BioOne Complete™, its online aggregation of independently-published, subscribed and open-access titles. Joining the aggregation in January 2015 will be: Ameghiniana, published by the Argentine Paleontological Association; Candollea, published by the Conservatory and… Read More
Knovel introduces new interactive tool for finding, solving and sharing engineering equations - August 26, 2014
Equations are the life blood of engineers, but research shows growing dissatisfaction with the choices for finding the equations needed to solve the problems engineers face. Recognizing this gap, Knovel has introduced a better option for engineers. Knovel Interactive Equations, now available via Knovel's cloud-based platform,… Read More
New book co-published by SAE International and AUVSI explores the application of autonomous technologies - August 26, 2014
SAE International and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) are offering a new book on autonomous technologies and how they are being applied now, and their future use. 'Autonomous Technologies: Applications That Matter,' assists readers in identifying profitable opportunities… Read More
Brill set to launch Chinese version of corporate website at Beijing Book Fair - August 25, 2014
Scholarly publisher Brill is set to launch a Chinese version of their corporate website – brill.com/cn – at the Beijing Book Fair. Now available in Simplified Chinese, the website allows Brill to better serve the Chinese-speaking research and academic library communities. Users can choose between… Read More
EBSCO announces expansion of eBook Collection with the release of 12 new Subject Sets - August 22, 2014
EBSCO Information Services has announced the release of 12 new EBSCO eBooks Subject Sets, which increases the total number of subject sets to more than 200. The subject sets are offered to libraries in convenient collections grouped by subject matter. Subject Sets are pre-packaged sets of… Read More
New edition of CAB Thesaurus published - August 22, 2014
The 2014 edition of the CAB Thesaurus, which covers agriculture, life sciences, human health, and related subjects, was published on July 21, 2014. The web site at http://www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus/ has been updated and the new thesaurus has been integrated in all of CABI's… Read More
Helicon Books announces new EPUB online preview products for digital publishers and ebook store owners - August 22, 2014
Ebook production house Helicon Books has announced that its two new products - EPUB Preview and Createpreview - allow digital book store owners and publishers to display a preview of an EPUB file in an online viewer window or create a shorter version of the book… Read More
ProQuest Flow releases add-on to interoperate with Google Docs - August 20, 2014
ProQuest Flow™, a cloud-based research management solution, has released an add-on to interoperate with Google Docs. The new add-on expands the collaborative writing capabilities of Google Docs by integrating the document management tools of Flow during the authoring phase of research. As a result, researchers can… Read More
Springer announces new book series Healthy Ageing and Longevity - August 20, 2014
As the longevity of the world's population continues to increase, the challenges accompanying this become more complex and touch nearly every aspect of society. STM publisher Springer has therefore launched a new book series, Healthy Ageing and Longevity, to address issues related to this achievement. … Read More
