Knovel announces series of new offerings in the Critical Content line - December 20, 2011
Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has introduced Knovel Databases, a series of new offerings in the company’s growing Critical Content line addressing gaps in convenient access to authoritative engineering data. Knovel aims to deliver content that allows engineers to find answers dramatically faster than they… Read More
Journal Spine releases special supplement on the Whiplash Injury - December 20, 2011
Journal Spine, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has released a special supplement focusing on the Whiplash Injury. The special ‘Roundtable’ article highlights the need for effective, research-proven approaches to early management of whiplash injuries. Whiplash is a very… Read More
MIT launches online learning initiative, MITx - December 20, 2011
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced the launch of an online learning initiative internally called ‘MITx.’ MITx will offer a portfolio of MIT courses through an online interactive learning platform that will organise and present course material to enable students to learn at… Read More
Wiley-VCH and ChemPubSoc Europe launch multidisciplinary Chemistry journal, ChemPlusChem - December 16, 2011
Wiley-VCH, part of the scientific and technical publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and ChemPubSoc Europe have announced the launch of ChemPlusChem, a multidisciplinary journal which mainly focuses on chemistry. ChemPubSoc Europe is an association of 16 chemical societies. … Read More
Thieme publishes new reference standard for correct interpretation of paediatric radiographs - December 16, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, recently published 'Radiographic Atlas of Skeletal Maturation.' The publication enables physicians dealing with the maturing skeleton and its complex maturation to quickly hone in on what is 'normal' for the specific case they are reviewing. This can be particularly useful… Read More
AAOHN Journal announces name change to Workplace Health & Safety: Promoting Environments Conducive to Well-Being and Productivity - December 16, 2011
STM publishing company SLACK Inc, US, and the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (AAOHN) have announced that the AAOHN Journal will officially change its name to Workplace Health & Safety: Promoting Environments Conducive to Well-Being and Productivity, effective January 2012.… Read More
Elsevier and Federation of Biochemical Societies launch new journal – FEBS Open Bio - December 15, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Federation of Biochemical Societies (FEBS) have announced the launch of FEBS Open Bio, an open access journal. The journal will publish articles across the molecular and cellular life sciences in both health and disease. In launching this new journal, FEBS… Read More
Thieme Teaching Assistant now features full-colour images from Thieme’s physiology and pharmacology titles - December 15, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that 'Thieme Teaching Assistant,' a web-based platform for teachers and students, launched in 2008, now contains full-colour images from three of Thieme's bestselling physiology and pharmacology titles. 'Thieme Teaching Assistant Physiology' includes 200 full-colour images from Physiology-An… Read More
American Society for Microbiology in deal with Publishing Technology to create new digital platform - December 15, 2011
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) have announced a partnership to create a next-generation digital platform to host all of the organisation's published authoritative content online. The new custom-built site will be developed on Publishing Technology's… Read More
Special issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice focuses on quality improvement in public health - December 14, 2011
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a Wolters Kluwer Health business, has announced that the January/February 2012 edition of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) is a special issue entirely focused on the critical topic of quality improvement in public health. The… Read More