UKDA releases new suite of web pages on data management and sharing - January 7, 2009
The UK Data Archive (UKDA) recently announced the release of its new suite of web pages providing guidance on data management and sharing. The pages aim to provide data creators, data managers and data curators with best practice strategies and methods for creating, preparing and storing… Read More
Behavioral and Brain Sciences selects Editorial Manager to transition editorial workflow to the web - January 5, 2009
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that its Editorial Manager peer-review system was selected by the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) to successfully transition editorial workflow to the web. BBS is published by Cambridge University Press. BBS was one of several journals pioneering a format… Read More
Inderscience brings out inaugural issues of four new titles - January 5, 2009
STM and business publisher, Inderscience, Switzerland, has announced the publication of the first issues of four new titles. The journals are - International Journal of Adaptive and Innovative Systems; International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms; International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing; and International Journal of Shipping… Read More
American Public Health Association announces new edition of renowned public health manual - January 1, 2009
The American Public Health Association has announced the publication of the 19th edition of the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual - a sourcebook for public health and infectious disease specialists for more than 90 years. Edited by Dr. David L. Heymann, Assistant Director-General for Health Security… Read More
OMICS brings out special issue covering nutrigenomics - December 31, 2008
OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, published by medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has published a series of interdisciplinary reports and analyses on the emerging field of nutrigenomics. The field of nutrigenomics aims to identify the genetic factors that influence the body's response to… Read More
Thieme Publishing Group releases second edition of Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade - December 31, 2008
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has released the second edition of the book Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade. The new edition concisely covers the major procedures in spine surgery as well as the latest innovations in the field. Editors Dr Alexander R. Vaccaro and… Read More
New edition of psychiatric handbook comes under criticism for confidentiality mandate - December 30, 2008
The American Psychiatric Association is reportedly updating the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM. The manual, being revised under a cloak of confidentiality, has come under criticism for not allowing outside observers to review the scientific debate… Read More
Evidence-based approach to theories of medical decision making published in current special section of Medical Decision Making - December 30, 2008
Medical Decision Making (MDM), published by academic publisher SAGE, has included a special section in the November/December 2008 issue of the journal as a way to help both the sick and their medical care providers to make the best healthcare decisions. The section examines three current… Read More
RCOG launches new prostate-cancer specific website, expands online presence for cancer information - December 30, 2008
The Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG) has announced the online expansion of available cancer information for their primary website, RCOG.com. The organisation has also launched its new prostate-cancer specific website, ProstRcision.com. Founded in 1979, RCOG claims to be the only source for ProstRcision, a prostate cancer… Read More
Thieme unveils second edition of reference on neurosurgical procedures - December 29, 2008
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the second edition of the Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Functional Neurosurgery. This edition, jointly published by Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, covers surgical techniques, indications and perioperative complications for the major procedures of functional surgery. Continuous… Read More
