Thomson Reuters and CHDI Foundation partner to develop systems biology tools for Huntington’s disease - July 27, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced a partnership with CHDI Foundation, Inc. to develop systems biology tools for Huntington’s disease (HD) research. HD is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to gradual cognitive decline and dementia;… Read More
IEEE unveils standards projects to expand support for medical-device communications - July 26, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced about four IEEE 11073 standards-development projects intended to expand support for plug-and-play, interoperable medical-device communications. The projects, when approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board as official standards, will join a growing suite of standards designed to… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins expands Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills to include oncology - July 25, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has expanded Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills (LNPS) to include oncology, a new category for the popular nursing reference. A total of 50 of the most critical oncology-specific nursing… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins releases first e-book titles in Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series - July 24, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the release of the first e-book editions in The Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series. Written by residents/fellows and reviewed by faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,… Read More
SAE International launches new journal on automotive alternative powertrains - July 24, 2012
Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has announced the launch of a new scholarly journal on automotive alternative powertrains. The SAE International Journal of Alternative Powertrains seeks to provide a forum for scholarly publication of original research and review papers that address challenges and present… Read More
ORCID Registry set for October 2012 launch, solicits launch partners - July 23, 2012
ORCID an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, has announced that the ORCID Registry will go live in October 2012. Once the registry is launched, individuals can register for a persistent ORCID ID to manage their ORCID record. In addition to the public registry, the October… Read More
Nature Publishing Group’s Linked Data Platform now hosts over 270 million RDF statements - July 23, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that its Linked Data Platform now hosts more than 270 million Resource Description Framework (RDF) statements. It has been expanded more than ten times, in a growing number of datasets. These datasets have been created under the… Read More
BioMed Central launches new online reprint ordering service - July 23, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new online reprint ordering service, provided by EzReprint, a part of Yurchak Printing, Inc, based in the US. Reprints are produced from the final typeset article PDF. To place an order, from the… Read More
Inderscience announces inaugural issues of four new titles - July 20, 2012
STM and business publisher Inderscience has recently published the first issues of four new titles. The journals are: International Journal of Cognitive Biometrics; International Journal of Forensic Engineering; International Journal of Portfolio Analysis and Management; and International Journal of Work Innovation. The International Journal of… Read More
Scope unveils the latest version of ConSCIse™, its unique content abstraction solution - July 17, 2012
Knowledge services company Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope) has announced the launch of Version 1.3 of its unique ConSCIse solution for generating abstracts and keywords for scholarly literature such as books, book chapters, journal articles, patents, conference proceedings, clinical summaries and other documents. ConSCIse automatically extracts… Read More
