Internet Happenings, Events and Sources
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Monday, May 19, 2008  Finding People Resources and Sites  http://www.FindingPeople.info/ I have just updated my Finding People Resources and Sites white paper link compilation. It is now freely available 21 page .pdf document (776KB) at the above URL. These valuable resources will allow you to find long lost love ones, past school and college roommates and friends, and previous business and professional associates. A must internet reference in today's quickly changing world.   posted by Marcus | 5:03 AM  GasBuddy.com - Find Low Gas Prices in the USA and Canada http://www.gasbuddy.com/ GasBuddy.com can help you find cheap gas prices in your city. It is a network of more than 181+ gas price information websites that help you find low gasoline prices. All web sites are operated by GasBuddy and has the most comprehensive listings of gas prices anywhere. Gasoline prices change frequently and may vary by as much as 20 percent within only a few blocks. It's important to be able find the service station with the lowest priced fuel. GasBuddy web sites allow motorists to share information about low priced fuel with others as well as target the lowest priced stations to save money when filling up at the pumps! This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:56 AM  Building Simulation: An International Journal http://www.springerlink.com/content/1996-3599 Building Simulation: An International Journal will publish original, high quality, peer-reviewed research papers and review articles dealing with modeling and simulation of buildings including their systems. The goal is to promote building research by utilizing various modeling approaches. Of particular interest are papers that reflect recent development and application of modeling tools and their impacts on advances of building science and technology. Papers are submitted on: * Theoretical and numerical modeling of building physics including heat and mass (moisture, air pollutants) transfer, air movement, architectural lighting and sound/vibration control systems. * Simulation of performance of energy supply systems including heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, renewable energy systems, thermal storage, district heating and cooling, combined heating and power systems. * Modeling health, productivity, thermal comfort of humans, fire/smoke and emergency control systems, cold/hot water supply systems, sewage systems. Simulation of building chemistry. * Advances in modeling including optimization, product modeling, fault detection and diagnostics, inverse models. * Advances in software interoperability, validation and calibration techniques. * Simulation tools for sustainable buildings and experiences on teaching building simulation. posted by Marcus | 4:31 AM  SEMAINE Project - Building a Sensitive Artificial Listener (SAL) http://www.semaine-project.eu/ The Semaine project is an EU-FP7 1st call STREP project and aims to build a SAL, a Sensitive Artificial Listener, a multimodal dialogue system which can: a) interact with humans with a virtual character, b) sustain an interaction with a user for some time, and c) react appropriately to the user's non-verbal behaviour. In the end, this SAL-system will be released to a large extent as an open source research tool to the community. This has been added to ChatterBots Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:14 AM  Office of Financial Education of the Department of the Treasury http://snipurl.com/26oi0 The Department of the Treasury is a leader in promoting financial education. Treasury established the Office of Financial Education in May of 2002. The Office works to promote access to the financial education tools that can help all Americans make wiser choices in all areas of personal financial management, with a special emphasis on saving, credit management, home ownership and retirement planning. The Office also coordinates the efforts of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, a group chaired by the Secretary of Treasury and composed of representatives from 20 federal departments, agencies and commissions, which works to improve financial literacy and education for people throughout the United States. This has been added to Financial Sources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:08 AM Saturday, May 17, 2008  Market Intelligence Resources 2008 http://www.MarketIntelligenceResources.com/ This just updated 130 page Professional Internet Guide by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. brings you the latest links and sources for market and business intelligence. Market Intelligence Resources 2008 Professional Internet Guide has all its links and sources listed alphabetically and broken down into the following categories that address the many facets of market and business intelligence for today's entrepreneur, professional and/or investor. The Table of Contents includes: a) Introduction, b) Subject Tracer Information Blogs, c) Author Information and Sources, d) Research, e) Reference Sources, f) Selected Search Engines, g) Selected Directories & Databases, h) Competitive Intelligence Resources, i) Business Intelligence Resources. and j) Research Tools. A must reference TOOL for entrepreneurs, professionals and investors! Available from the above URL with additional information as an immediate download (.pdf file) for $29.95 (USA Dollar) or click here for an immediate order and begin your market and business intelligence reference library today!! posted by Marcus | 5:05 AM  Awareness Watch Talk Show for Sunday May 18, 2008 at 2:00pm EST http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/AwarenessWatch/ This show will highlight Genealogy Resources available over the Internet. We will use http://www.GenealogyResources.info/ as our subject tracer. We will also be discussing the latest happenings in the last week over the Internet and new resources from my blog zillman.us . I will also be highlighting my record breaking monthly Awareness Watch Newsletter May 2008 V6N5 (80 pages) featuring Privacy and Security Resources as well as my May 2008 Zillman Column titled Searching the Internet. You may call in to ask your questions at (718)508-9839. The show is live and thirty minutes in length starting at 2:00pm EST on Sunday May 18, 2008 and then archived for easy review and access. Listen, Call and Enjoy!!  posted by Marcus | 4:59 AM  Instruction Manuals http://www.instructionsmanuals.com/ Have you ever found yourself in the situation where you needed the instructions manual for your telephone, television, washer, etc. and couldn't find it? At InstructionsManuals.com they have the solution, you can find the manual in your own language, and if you can't find it send them an email and they will try to find it for you. This has been added to Tutorial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:49 AM  Russian Agricultural Sciences http://springerlink.com/content/120687/ Russian Agricultural Sciences is an official publication of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The journal presents review and original contributions from all areas of agriculture, biological sciences, biotechnology and ecology under the headings of: crop cultivation, genetics, selection, plant growing, horticulture; plant physiology and biochemistry; plant protection; agrochemistry, soil science; processing and storage of farm products; ecology; animal husbandry, genetics, selection; animal physiology and biochemistry; breeding; veterinary science; animal feed; mechanization. Also included in the journal's coverage are articles on modeling, irrigation, erosion and hydroengineering. This has been added to Agriculture Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:34 AM  Wigix.com - WantItGotIt Exchange http://www.wigix.com/ Wigix.com brings a new, smarter way to buy and sell online. There are no hidden fees for Wigix community members. For items sold between $25 and $100, $1.50 is charged both to the buyer and to the seller. There is an additional 2% of the portion above $100 from the seller if the price goes over $100. There is an additional 1% of the portion above $1000 from the seller if the price goes over $1000. For items below $25, there is no transaction fee. Wigix provides tools for like-minded buyers and sellers to communicate. Our community members can network and blog about new items. They can chat about their product experiences in forums. Collectors can contact other collectors. Friends can easily access gift registries and wish lists. Wigix provides live price histories, allowing our buyers and sellers to set an agreeable price for both parties. This helps eliminate auction scams, buyer's remorse and helps sellers be competitive. This has been added to eCommerce Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:14 AM  ResearchWikis - Online Library of Free Market Research http://www.researchwikis.com/ ResearchWikis is the on-line library of free market research. The goal is to share market research with the global community. ResearchWikis is written collaboratively by contributors from all around the world. ResearchWikis can be added to or edited by anyone in the world. Wikis have become a popular way to collaborate over the internet. ResearchWikis are written with the belief that general market research should be freely organized to benefit users worldwide. Anyone can add information and new ResearchWikis as long as they do so under our editing policies and to an appropriate standard of quality. ResearchWikis are written to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes and ResearchBuy (the company that sponsors ResearchWikis) reserves the right to disallow inappropriate or inaccurate contributions. Also, other users are always around to correct obvious mistakes. Because ResearchWikis is a collaborate work in which anyone can contribute, it may not represent the editorial quality one would see in a for sale paper solution. To be specific, older articles tend to be more evolved, while the newer entries may contain errors, less-quality content or vandalism. However, the advantage ResearchWikis delivers to the user is more updated information that could reflect recent changes in the market whereas a paper solution could represent older content. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Market Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:08 AM Friday, May 16, 2008  Northampton Electronic Collection of Theses and Research - NECTAR http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/ NECTAR, the Northampton Electronic Collection of Theses and Research, is The University of Northampton's open access institutional repository. Its purpose is to showcase university research to the world. NECTAR will make full content available whenever possible and operates a take down policy in the event of any concern. Use the simple search below or alternatively click on the links to the left to perform an Advanced Search or to Browse on one of several fields. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources White Paper. posted by Marcus | 4:58 AM   International Journal of Biomathematics (IJB) http://www.worldscinet.com/ijb/ The goal of this journal is to present the latest achievements in biomathematics, facilitate international academic exchanges and promote the development of biomathematics. Its research fields include mathematical ecology, infectious disease dynamical system, biostatistics and bioinformatics. Only original papers will be considered. Submission of a manuscript indicates a tacit understanding that the paper is not actively under consideration for publication with other journals. As submission and reviewing processes are handled electronically whenever possible, the journal promises rapid publication of articles. posted by Marcus | 4:33 AM  Economic Opportunity Index (EOI) http://hopestreetgroup.org/eoi How much opportunity do Americans have today compared to 25 years ago? What will matter most in ensuring opportunity in America in the future? Defining economic opportunity as expected lifetime income, Hope Street Group has built the Economic Opportunity Index (EOI) to engage all Americans in a “real-time” debate about the most important drivers of economic opportunity for their future. The EOI is a weighted combination of indicators that have been shown to affect economic opportunity. For a full explanation of our methodology and variables that we chose, click on “EOI Concept Paper” below. This has been added to Business Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:23 AM  LocalCensus.com - Census and Business Information http://www.localcensus.com/ LocalCensus.com is a completely free website that provides a plethora of statistical information about the United States of America and all of its cities, zip codes, and counties. LocalCensus.com also provides business listings from a wide variety of categories throughout most cities within the United States of America. Any business owner can simply log in after being verified and modify the content of their personal business listing web page. Customers can also post reviews regarding the quality of services the business provides. This has been added to Statistics Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:03 AM Thursday, May 15, 2008  SPARC® - Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system. Developed by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC has become a catalyst for change. Its pragmatic focus is to stimulate the emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries. Action by SPARC in collaboration with stakeholders – including authors, publishers, and libraries – builds on the unprecedented opportunities created by the networked digital environment to advance the conduct of scholarship. Leading academic organizations have endorsed SPARC. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:50 AM  International Journal of Electronic Healthcare (IJEH) http://www.inderscience.com/ijeh The International Journal of Electronic Healthcare (IJEH) is an authoritative, fully-refereed international journal which presents current practice and research in the area of e-healthcare. It is dedicated to design, development, management, implementation, technology, and application issues in e-healthcare. IJEH aims to help professionals working in the field, academic educators and policy makers to contribute, to disseminate knowledge, and to learn from each other's work through cutting edge thinking in e-healthcare. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy. IJEH is an outstanding outlet that will enable e-healthcare research to take a shape of its own and whose results can be shared across institutions, governments, researchers and students, as well as across the healthcare industry: * Up-to-date, leading edge research to keep readers ahead and maintain a competitive edge best practice in e-healthcare * Practical guidance on ways to achieve significant effectiveness and efficiency in e-healthcare development and implementation * In-depth analysis and interpretation to advance our understanding and provide a framework for further study of e-healthcare * International coverage which allows us to share information and knowledge and insight on a worldwide scale. posted by Marcus | 4:36 AM   WorldWide Telescope http://www.WorldWideTelescope.org/ Want to see the same images that scientists at NASA use for their research or perform your own research with those images? Or do you want to see the Earth from the same perspective that astronauts see as they descend to Earth? How about taking a 5 minute break and viewing a panorama of a different city? The WorldWide Telescope from Miccrosoft Research does it and does it fine! My hobby has been astronomy since my teen age years and this is an absolutely amazing tool and I give my best congratulations to Microsoft Research!! This has been added to Astronomy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:27 AM  Genamics SoftwareSeek http://genamics.com/software/ Genamics SoftwareSeek is a respository and database of freely-distributable and commercial tools for use in molecular biology and biochemistry. Windows, MS-DOS, Mac, Unix and Linux platforms are supported, as well as online tools that run through your internet browser. The database presently contains more than 1300 entries, and is growing rapidly. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:08 AM Wednesday, May 14, 2008  DNATraits http://www.dnatraits.com/ DNATraits specializes in DNA testing to identify genetic disorders and susceptibility to inherited diseases and characteristics. DNATraits offers the most extensive and least expensive tests in the world, complete with a free consultation both prior to and after testing. Whether you are starting a family now or in the future, are concerned about a hereditary disease, or want to determine your risks for certain medications (coming soon!), contact DNATraits today and discover the science of better living. This has been added to Genealogy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Healthcare Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:53 AM  Society http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/sociology/journal/12115 http://springerlink.com/content/103513/ The international periodical of record in social science and public policy since 1962, Society presents new ideas and research findings from all the social sciences in a readable and useful manner. It is aimed at decision makers and others concerned with trends in modern society. Each issue features a special symposium and policy-relevant research, and reviews of significant new books. Articles in Society span the social sciences, including sociology, political science, economics, psychology, and anthropology. posted by Marcus | 4:34 AM  Museumstuff.com - Thousands of Museums Online http://www.museumstuff.com/ Museumstuff.com is dedicated to creating a web based guide to museum related information. This information includes links to museum websites and virtual exhibits, educational and entertaining games and activities, and extensive learning resources concerning topics typically promoted through art, science and history museums. This is a site for the general public, with particular emphasis on family oriented content. Their goal is to help the public interact in meaningful ways with museums in the digital age, and expand the potential for museums to serve as educational instruments for the public. The museums portal MuseumStuff.com has recently undergone an extreme makeover .. they have transfered the museum lists to a new dedicated server .. along with a MAJOR design and data upgrade .. this site has been online since 1999 and has become a valuable resource for museum lovers and aficianados around the world. Their proprietary museum search engine is faster too, so give it a try by searching for museums by name, location or topic. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:23 AM  Quamut - How To Guides from Barnes and Noble http://quamut.com/ Quamut is the new how-to ... It's the fastest and most convenient way to learn how to do almost anything. Quamut takes on subjects big and small and presents them on concise printable charts that you can take anywhere. Want a compact, well-organized guide to how to knit, play the harmonica, or watch football? Only Quamut has it. Every Quamut chart is written by an expert, reviewed by a fact-checker, and produced by their editorial team at Barnes & Noble's headquarters in New York, all of which helps to make their content authoritative, consistent and reliable. Since they don't need to fill up entire books on each subject, their guides can cover everything from narrowly focused topics, like a leaking faucet, to broad subjects, like how to play the piano. All of their guides are springboards toward a more in-depth discussion of the topic. Their wiki features enable each Quamut to expand into the most comprehensive how-to guide available on any subject. This has been added to Tutorial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:02 AM Tuesday, May 13, 2008  Donation Dashboard http://dd.berkeley.edu/ Donation Dashboard uses a collaborative filtering algorithm called Eigentaste to recommend a donation portfolio to you. The process is simple: after you rate a small set of non-profits, you will be presented with a portfolio of recommendations that is scaled to suit your preferences and available funds. Donation Dashboard will improve as more people use it. If you don't get the results you might expect, please bear with them: the system is learning and needs more data. They do not specifically endorse any non-profits. Privacy: This is a research project. As such, they will not share your information with the non-profits we describe, other companies, or anyone else. This has been added to Grant Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:54 AM  Journal of Official Statistics http://www.jos.nu/ The Journal of Official Statistics is published by Statistics Sweden, the national statistical office of Sweden. The journal publishes articles on statistical methodology and theory, with an emphasis on applications. It is an Open Access journal, which gives the right to users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of all articles. They encourage articles on the following topics: Methodologies and policies for the collection, processing, analysis, presentation, and distribution of statistical data. Examples of such topics are: sampling design; estimation; analytical uses of data; questionnaire design; quality control; data base management; confidentiality; ethics; dissemination; presentation of quality; training of statisticians; the role of statistics in todays society; the relations between producers, users, and respondents; intra-organization collaboration; international statistical cooperation; and evaluation and identification of statistical needs. Articles may present theoretical contributions, interesting applications of existing methods, comparisons of different methods, or authoritative reviews. This has been added to Statistics Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:37 AM  The Office Life http://www.theOfficeLife.com/ theOfficeLife.com you'll find a collection of opinionated and heavily biased articles about making the most of your life under the fluorescent glow. They have also gathered a huge collection of cringe-worthy business buzzwords (724 terms and growing). This has been added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:14 AM  EZappt - Secure Online Appointment Scheduling for Professional Practice, Enterprsie and Small Business http://www.ezappt.com/ EZappt’s Scheduling platform is a universal scheduling program capable of handling some of the most rigorous and complex appointment scheduling needs of large and small business and institutions. Your business rules govern the operation of the appointment scheduling engine. At the heart of the system is a robust database constructed in Microsoft’s .NET platform, capable of unlocking new efficiencies in access and management of appointment scheduling for your organization. EZappt is flexible and customizable to allow any organization to automate to online appointment scheduling to lower costs and improve customer service to clients as well as employees. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:01 AM Monday, May 12, 2008  Comindwork - Collaboration Mind Work: Online Tools for Project Management, Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing http://www.comindwork.com/ This is a system that supports management and communication inside and outside company they named Comindwork, Collaborative Mind Work. What are the ideas in the basis of the system: a) Rich Visualization of data for faster mind-perception, understanding and attention to accept the knowledge work with huge amounts of data and information; b) Customizable for organizational needs (data, business processes) and personal customization (personally convenient UIs fit for own habits); c) Complete versioning and Wiki-based content; d) Usable, immediate response, friendly and helpful ; e) Management is communication. We help people communicate and do not spread bureaucracy; and f) Simplicity is critical. What’s the functionality of Comindwork? It combines such functions of team collaboration and management as: 1) Tasks, cases and execution control, 2) Reports and aggregated data for managers, and 3) managing project plans and requirements; and support for global inter-level communications inside the team: a) Corporate Wiki, b) Centralized versioned documents storage, and c) Corporate and project blogs. Their vision is software-on-demand that ideally fits knowledge-intensive organizations or departments that actively produce nontangible products. They hope someday they will link together thousands knowledge professionals to solve tasks of terrific complexity and of ultimate importance, in form of friendly companies and independent professionals. Probable businesses that benefit from Comindwork are: 1) IT, outsourcing and software engineering, 2) Consulting services, 3) Marketing and advertising agencies, 4) Research & Development groups, and 5) Internet-education. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Knowledge Discovery Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.  Journal of Sensors http://www.hindawi.com/journals/js/ Journal of Sensors is an open access journal dedicated to cover all the interdisciplinary scientific and technological areas involved in the field of sensors, from the theory and design of the sensing devices to the application of the sensors. Authors of manuscripts with novel contributions to the theory and/or practice of physics, chemistry, biology, signal processing or the system integration of sensors are welcome to submit their articles for consideration. posted by Marcus | 4:32 AM  Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet - Top 100 Lists of Web Development Cheat Sheets http://snipurl.com/25rq2 With the vast array of web development knowledge available on the Internet, there’s certainly no shortage of cheat sheets to be found. However, finding a way to wrangle them all into one place isn’t quite as easy. That’s why they have compiled a list of some of the best cheat sheet collections out there. That’s right: this is your newest cheat sheet for cheat sheeting. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:28 AM  visone - Analysis and Visualization of Social Networks http://www.visone.info/ visone is a long-term research project, in which models and algorithms to integrate and advance the analysis and visualization of social networks are being developed. An important part of visone is the design and implementation of a software tool intended for research and teaching in social network analysis. It is specifically designed to allow experts and novices alike to apply innovative and advanced visual methods with ease and accuracy. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:03 AM Saturday, May 10, 2008 Awareness Watch Talk Show for Sunday May 11, 2008 at 2:00pm EST http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/AwarenessWatch/ This program will discuss the methodology to create a home or business electronic online reference library that will be available to answer your reference needs both from your desktop as well as mobile device! We will also be discussing the latest happenings on the Internet through reviewing the zillman.us blog. I will also be highlighting my just released and record breaking monthly Awareness Watch Newsletter May 2008 V6N5 (80 pages) featuring Privacy and Security Resources as well as my May 2008 Zillman Column titled Searching the Internet. You may call in to ask your questions at (718)508-9839. The show is live and thirty minutes in length starting at 2:00pm EST on Sunday May 11, 2008 and then archived for easy review and access. Listen, Call and Enjoy!!  posted by Marcus | 5:08 AM  VirtualTourist - Real Travelers and Real Information http://www.virtualtourist.com/ VirtualTourist is a worldwide travel community where real travelers and locals share real travel advice and experiences. As the single largest source of unbiased, user-generated travel content in the world, VirtualTourist is the premier resource for travelers seeking an insider’s perspective. Real travel tips, reviews and photos from real people who have actually been there and done that; and this is what makes the travel content on VirtualTourist so useful. And since every tip on VirtualTourist is linked to a member’s profile, with just a click you can learn more about each member—their age, hometown, travel interests, where they’ve been, hobbies, even what they look like—and then read about more of their travel experiences. On VirtualTourist, tips and reviews are organized by destination—from Sydney to New York and everywhere in between—and then into 13 separate categories, like Hotels, Things to Do, Local Customs, Shopping, Tourist Traps and more. This makes it easy for members to contribute content and for other users to find it. Have a vacation question? Post it in the forums. Have a specific travel query? Email a member whose tips you like. VirtualTourist is a friendly, close-knit community of members willing to help their fellow travelers. Sharing real travel experiences with other travelers from around the world... that’s what VirtualTourist is all about. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.  International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG) http://www.inderscience.com/ijeg In a world that becomes more digitally interconnected every day, governance functions at all levels are increasingly enacted through networked electronic media that in turn create new capabilities for opening up and innovating the governance process. The International Journal of Electronic Governance (IJEG) is a fully refereed inter-disciplinary research journal covering the theory, applications and impact of using the internet, the world-wide web and digital communication media as governance channels. The journal focuses on the use of electronic and information technologies in deliberation over democratic policy and decision making processes, community governance as well as governance in non-political domains such as corporate, open project, online community and social network contexts. IJEG also explores the relations between electronic governance, digital communication and digital inclusion, novel technologies for electronic governance such as governance games and simulations, and the political, organisational, social, psychological and cognitive aspects of electronic governance. IJEG aims to help researchers and practitioners, academic educators and policy makers to contribute, disseminate knowledge and learn from each others¹ work through cutting-edge thinking in electronic governance, and emphasises the international dimension in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and respond to accelerating technological and global change. With the objective of becoming an outstanding forum where electronic governance research and practice can take a shape of its own and results can be shared across institutions, governments, academia, research and the practitioner community, IJEG seeks up-to-date, leading research reports to help readers stay ahead and maintain a competitive edge best practice in electronic governance practical guidance reports on ways to achieve greater openness and innovation in the development and implementation of electronic governance in-depth analysis and interpretation that advances understanding and provides a framework for further study of electronic governance international coverage that allows the sharing of information, knowledge and insight on a worldwide scale. IJEG publishes high quality original and review research papers, technical reports, conference reports, book reviews, notes, commentaries and news to keep readers at the forefront of the latest thinking and research in electronic governance, as well as case studies, management reports, practical applications, best practice reports and success stories to illustrate the design, implementation, development and management of electronic governance projects. IJEG publishes regular and special issues with themes that can alternate between different domains of electronic governance practice. Contribution to the journal may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome. posted by Marcus | 4:38 AM  Witing, Technology and Teens - A Pew Internet Report http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/247/report_display.asp Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM  National Commission on Writing http://www.writingcommission.org/ The National Commission on Writing was founded by the College Board in an effort to focus national attention on the teaching and learning of writing. Bob Kerrey, president of the New School, serves as chair. The Commission believes we must improve the quality of writing in our schools if students are to succeed in college and in life. Its first report to Congress, The Neglected "R", called for a writing revolution to return writing to its proper place in the American classroom. Its second report, Writing: A Ticket to Work...Or a Ticket Out, A Survey of Business Leaders, was published in September 2004. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:09 AM Friday, May 09, 2008  ClipBoard Buddy http://www.clipboardbuddy.com/ Clipboard Buddy v2 is an easy to use, compact full featured clipboard utility that can be configured for any work environment. Getting things done faster is why Clipboard Buddy was created. It not only helps you work faster, it helps you work smarter by reducing typing errors associated with repetitive tasks. Once you start working with Clipboard Buddy, you'll wonder how you ever worked without it. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:54 AM  Biotechnology for Biofuels http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/ Biotechnology for Biofuels is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal featuring high-quality studies describing technological and operational advances in the production of biofuels from biomass. Biotechnology for Biofuels will emphasize understanding and advancing the application of biotechnology and synergistic operations to improve plants and biological conversion systems for the production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass and any related economic, environmental and policy issues. Biotechnology for Biofuels will focus on the following areas: * Development of plants for biofuels production * Plant deconstruction * Pretreatment and fractionation * Enzyme production and enzymatic conversion * Fermentation and bioconversion * Integrated systems * Process design and economics * Life cycle studies Biotechnology for Biofuels considers the following types of articles: * Research: reports of data from original research. These articles will form the major content of the journal. * Reviews: comprehensive, authoritative, descriptions of any subject within the scope of the journal. * Commentaries: short, focused and opinionated articles on any subject within the journal's scope. These articles are usually related to a contemporary issue, such as recent research findings, and are often written by opinion leaders invited by the Editorial Board. * Methodology articles: present a new experimental method, test or procedure. The method described may either be completely new, or may offer a better version of an existing method. Methodology articles will only be accepted for publication if they represent a significant advance in the field. * Editorials: short articles written by members of the Editorial Board describing policy issues relevant to the journal. posted by Marcus | 4:38 AM  Blog Carnivals - Blog Communities Publishing Magazines http://blogcarnival.com/ Blog Carnivals takes the time to find really good blog posts on a given topic, and then puts all those posts together in a blog post called a "carnival". They think blog carnivals are a great way for bloggers to recognize each other's efforts, organize blog posts around important topics, and improve the overall level of conversation in the blogosphere. Carnivals come in edited "editions", just like magazines or journals. The fact that carnivals are edited (and usually annotated) collections of links lets them serve as "magazines" within the blogosphere, and carnival hosts can earn their readership by providing high quality collections. Since blog carnivals include lots of posts on specific topics, they also serve as a place to connect with those who are expert (or at least highly opinionated!) and those who are interested in that field. This has been added to the tools section of Research Rsources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:16 AM  strategy+business - Quarterly Magazine and Web Site by Booz Allen Hamilton http://www.strategy-business.com/ strategy+business media publishes a quarterly magazine, this Web site, books, and ancillary publications. Its mission is to provide executives with commentary, research, and practical ideas that bridge the gap between theory and practice in contemporary global business. strategy+business (s+b), a thought-leadership business magazine for senior business executives and the people who influence them, reaches more than 100,000 readers worldwide. Alone among major business publications, s+b draws on a combination of journalists, academics, consultants, and corporate strategists to contribute articles that set the agenda for business leaders and guide them through its execution. Using all the reporting forms in the editorial arsenal – case studies, interviews, scholarly research, journalistic reports, profiles, and first-person accounts – s+b delivers penetrating and vital insights and practical guidance about management, innovation, public policy, strategy, and more. strategy+business is published by the leading global strategy and technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. This has been added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been aded to Business Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:04 AM Thursday, May 08, 2008  YAKiToMe - Free Text-To-Speech (TTS) and Audio Book Podcasts http://www.yakitome.com/ Podcast any electronic text to yourself for free with the world's best text to speech technology! Listen to work documents, homework, PowerPoint presentations, emails, RSS feeds, blogs and novels while you relax, commute or exercise. Proofread, learn a new language, multi-task, and use YAKiToMe! for entertainment. YAKiToMe! speaks multiple languages (English, Spanish, French, German, ...) with both male and female voices using the world's best text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis technologies. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:51 AM  International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (IJIIT) http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?id=4295 The advent of the World Wide Web has sparked renewed interest in the area of intelligent information technologies. There is a growing interest in developing intelligent technologies that enable users to accomplish complex tasks in web-centric environments with relative ease, utilizing such technologies as intelligent agents, distributed computing in heterogeneous environments, and computer supported collaborative work. The mission of the International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies is to bring together researchers in related fields such as information systems, distributed AI, intelligent agents, and collaborative work, to explore and discuss various aspects of design and development of intelligent technologies. This journal provides a forum for academics and practitioners to explore research issues related to not only the design, implementation and deployment of intelligent systems and technologies, but also economic issues and organizational impact. Papers related to all aspects of intelligent systems including theoretical work on agent and multi-agent systems as well as case studies offering insights into agent-based problem solving with empirical or simulation based evidence are welcome. posted by Marcus | 4:38 AM  Drop.io - Simple Private Exchange http://www.drop.io/ Drop.io enables you to create simple private exchange points called "drops." The service has no email signup and no "accounts." Each drop is private, and only as accessible as you choose to deliberately make it. Create multiple drops, add any type of media, and share or subscribe as you want. To make a drop just click the big red button that says 'drop it' A drop is a chunk of space you can use to store and share anything privately (pictures, videos, audio, documents, etc.), without accounts, registration, or an email address. Drops are not "searchable" and not "networked;" they just exist online as private points for exchange between individuals or groups. Create as many drops as you want in as little as two clicks and set things like a password, whether others can add to the drop, and how long you want it to exist (you can renew later). Drops can be flexibly used in a range of ways from sharing family photos and videos to collaborating on group projects. Each drop has four primary input methods – the web, email, voice, and fax – and a few secondary ones like "widgets." Anything you input into a drop can then be retrieved on the web at that drop location. Also, you can do cool things like: a) Create new drops quickly/via phone: Email/MMS new@drop.io to create drops on the fly. Put in the subject line your desired drop name ex. 'johndoe', attach the files you want dropped, b) Download as zip file: click download as zip and download the whole drop at once, and c) Drop.io on your phone: type in your drop's name in your phone's browser. For example, www.drop.io/dropname/m will format the drop for your phone. Now you can use drop.io from anywhere. This has been added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:17 AM  The Big Word Project - Websites Define the Word http://www.thebigwordproject.com/ The Big Word Project has been set up by Paddy Donnelly and Lee Munroe, two Masters students from Northern Ireland, who are exploring what different words mean to different people. The project allows you to purchase a word from our list to represent your site. Your site will then represent this word in our list and when people click on it, they will be taken to your site. The project is aimed at changing definitions and creating a new tapestry of words, meaning altogether different things. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:02 AM Wednesday, May 07, 2008  Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources Updated> Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources http://www.ScholarSearchEngines.com/ I have updated my Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation White Paper titled "Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources" which is now a 44 page research paper listing selected resources both new and existing that will help anyone who is attempting to find academic and scholarly information and knowledge available on the Internet. Each source is described along with the URL address than can be accessed. It is freely available as a .pdf file (1.23MB) at the above link from the Virtual Private Library™ and authored by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. [Update Posted 5-07-08] posted by Marcus | 5:06 AM  Open Science Directory http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/ Access to scientific literature is very important for the scientific work in developing countries . As a result of different projects a large collection of e-journals is now available for researchers in developing countries. The number of Open Access Journals is growing steadily as we can see in the Directory of Open Access Journals. Major UNO organizations like WHO, FAO and UNEP have their specific programs for the scientific institutions in low-income countries. Finally a lot of universities, institutes and other organizations are supporting access programs. The most important are INASP, eIFL and eJDS. All these programs and projects have their own website and/or search engine. With the Open Science Directory IOC/IODE, with the support of EBSCO and Hasselt University Library, is creating a unique access point to all the journals contained in the different programs. About 13000 scientific journals are now available in the 'Open Science Directory'. When all the special program journals will be included, the Open Science Directory will contain more than 20000 titles. Open Science Directory contains collections of Open Access Journals (e.g. Directory of Open Access Journals) and journals in the special programs (Hinari, Agora, OARE). Other programs will be added in the near future: INASP-PERI, eJDS. Targeted groups include: a) Institutes (universities, research units a.o.) and their researchers in developing countries, and b) Every organization and researcher interested in these collections. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Directory Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.  International Journal of Ocean Systems Management (IJOSM) http://www.inderscience.com/ijosm IJOSM covers the business and government management aspects of ocean systems and activities, including ocean transportation, marine resource development, environmental management, public policy and ocean use, ocean mining, ports, ocean energy and fisheries. It particularly encourages work that successfully integrates theory, methodology, and experience in the fundamental disciplines that constitute the ocean systems management area, such as engineering, economics, business administration, operations research, public policy analysis, and law. posted by Marcus | 4:34 AM  Incubator Group Report: Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/urw3/ http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/urw3/XGR-urw3-20080331/ http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/ The Uncertainty Reasoning for the World Wide Web Incubator Group published their final report. The document includes a set of use case descriptions that illustrate situations for reasoning under uncertainty; some of the use cases include comprehensive information and details on how uncertainty would help to address issues that cannot be properly addressed with current deterministic approaches. The document also identifies methodologies that may be applied to address the use cases and that show promise as candidate solutions for uncertainty reasoning on the scale of the World Wide Web. This publication is part of the Incubator Activity, a forum where W3C Members can innovate and experiment. This work is not on the W3C standards track. posted by Marcus | 4:22 AM  Socrato - Web-based Test Preparation and Assessment Platform http://www.socrato.com/ Socrato is a web-based test preparation and assessment platform. Socrato’s patent pending technology helps users quickly identify their strengths and weaknesses, enabling them to focus on the right areas faster, saving study time. Socrato also allows parents, teachers, and tutors to assist with and track students’ progress so they can help keep students on track. Socrato’s unique platform also supports groups, from small tutoring classes to entire school districts. Teachers and administrators can manage shared test content as well as discover specific learning needs. Based on these analytics, tutors, teachers, and administrators can tailor their plans for each student, class, or grade, resulting in higher scores. This has been added to Student Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Tutorial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:10 AM Tuesday, May 06, 2008  List of Lists (LOL) http://www.specialissues.com/lol/ Price's List of Lists (LOL) was started around 1998 and maintained by Gary Price for many years. The LOL grew, and Gary's commitment to other projects and speaking engagements made the upkeep of the LOL impossible. In late 2000, Gary approached Trip Wyckoff, of Specialissues.com, about taking over the upkeep and expansion of the LOL. By 2002 the online database and structure to maintain and organize the LOL was in place and in October 2002 the LOL was transferred to Specialissues.com. The List of Lists is a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet. Content comes from a number of sources including: Specialissues.com, Gary Price's "ResourceShelf" and individual users of the LOL. The LOL is organized by subject headings based on the two-digit 1997 U.S. NAICS Codes. There is hope to expand the subject headings to include more detail, but at this time these are only headings. There is no formal "search function" for the LOL. However, one can search for content within each of the subject headings using your browser's "Find" function. There is also a masterlist of all magazines available in the LOL. The masterlist entry pulls all of a magazine's rankings from all of the different subject headings into one place. The LOL is a free service of Specialissues.com and no password is needed to access the LOL. Price and Wyckoff feel this is an important resource to the Internet community and will maintain it as such. If you would like to monetarily support this endeavor,either through advertising or cash donation, please contact Trip Wyckoff. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has ben added to Directory Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:26 AM  Muse India: the Literary eJournal http://www.museindia.com/ Started and run by a group of writers, Muse India is a literary e-journal with the primary objective of showcasing Indian writings in English and in English translation to a broad-based global readership. The journal publishes both creative and critical writing and offers a wide range of literary forms?poetry, short fiction, essays, conversations with writers, book reviews and the like. Bearing in mind the general readership on the internet, it will, however, avoid highly academic articles. Besides presenting the work of more established authors, Muse India will alsopromote talented new and young writers. Muse India invites work that meets the broad objectives of the journal from both professionals and amateurs. From authors, both Indian and non-Indian, it welcomes contributions that focus on India. These can be works originally written in English or translated into English from Indian languages. Muse India provides open access to all its content to support greater global exchange of knowledge. The free access policy, we believe, will benefit both the writer as well as the reader. While it affords a larger, global exposure for an author¹s work, it will bring to a discerning reader the rich and varied literatures of India. posted by Marcus | 4:20 AM  SurfingThroughNoise (STN) http://www.edpath.com/stn.htm "SurfingThroughNoise: Riding the Online Knowledge Wave" is a book-in-progress created by education journalist, author and publisher George Lorenzo. SurfingThroughNoise (STN) addresses the developments occurring in the world of information and communications technologies (ICT) by providing an overview of our changing online landscape. STN emphasizes Web 2.0, with views of the blogosphere, our participatory web and culture, social networking and bookmarking, citizen journalism, reader-recommended news websites, video logs, information literacy and fluency, ubiquitous computing, and much more. STN takes a swipe at some very broad topics related to how we are discovering and using ICT to grow and prosper intellectually. STN is also a synthesis of numerous interviews conducted with web pundits, academic leaders, academic librarians and pretty much anybody and everybody George could find who has a strong reputation for providing smart, trustworthy, and authoritative information about how we are living our lives in the Digital Age. This has been added to tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.  Hedge Fund Reports http://snipurl.com/254ty Independent in-depth coverage of 6000 hedge funds from Morningstar. They are bringing to the hedge fund industry the same brand of transparency that has helped investors pick the right mutual funds, ETFs, Stocks and more. This has been added to Financial Sources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:08 AM Monday, May 05, 2008  Britannica Webshare - Britannica Widgets http://britannicanet.com/ A special program for web publishers, including bloggers, webmasters, and anyone who writes for the Internet. You get complimentary access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica online and, if you like, an easy way to give your readers background of the topics you write about with links to complete Britannica articles. Britannica Widgets are here, and with them you can instantly post an entire cluster of related Encyclopaedia Britannica articles on your blog or Web site. Just follow the instructions and copy and paste the several lines of code associated with each widget as html into the appropriate place on your site. Any readers who click on a link will get the entire Britannica article on the subject, even if access to the article normally requires a subscription. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:51 AM  Science and Engineering Ethics http://www.springer.com/philosophy/ethics/journal/11948 Science and Engineering Ethics is a multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to exploring ethical issues of direct concern to scientists and engineers covering professional education, research and practice as well as the effects of innovations on the wider society. Controversies in science and instances of misconduct have received considerable media attention. In addition, the range of new capabilities and understandings that result from research in science and engineering, and the power of these developments, portrayed by the media as being orders of magnitude beyond that which we are familiar, have become a source of concern within the societies in which we live and work. Science and Engineering Ethics provides a forum for the examination and discussion of ethical issues that arise in the practice of scientific research and engineering, and in the practical application of that work. For the purpose of the journal, science and engineering are defined broadly and include all aspects of human endeavor that seek to increase the range and quality of our knowledge and the application of this knowledge to the generation of goods and services that benefit us as individuals and as members of societies. The journal presents an opportunity for the discussion of ethical values and professional standards as well as exploring the expectations and concerns of professionals in science. In addition, Science and Engineering Ethics provides material which will be useful for the education and training of scientists and engineers in the ethical issues that they will encounter in their workplaces. The journal also provides a forum for the exchange of views on the many issues that are presented to society by innovations in science and engineering. These include new products that have arisen from genetic engineering, informatics, nucleonics, robotics and our abilities to manipulate the fertilization process. Other concerns emerge from our use of animals in research, our approach to healthcare, the persuasiveness of the media, the sustainability of a high quality environment and the way in which we build and use our towns and cities. posted by Marcus | 4:37 AM  dgCommunities - Knowledge Sharing and Collaboation Worldwide http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ dgCommunities is a collaborative space for professionals working to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development worldwide. Share knowledge, tools, contacts, and more with members in 200 countries. Each online community is centered on specific themes and guided by experts in the field. Thousands of information resource links are included, plus valuable member services. This has been added to Knowledge Discovery Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:21 AM  VolunteerMatch - Find a Place To Volunteer http://www.volunteermatch.org/ VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. Their popular service welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become the preferred internet recruiting tool for more than 50,000 nonprofit organizations. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:01 AM Saturday, May 03, 2008  IssueLab - Online Publishing Forum for Nonprofit Research http://www.issuelab.org/ IssueLab is an online publishing forum for nonprofit research. Mission is to more effectively archive, distribute and promote the extensive and diverse body of work being produced by the third sector. Each year billions of charitable dollars are spent on nonprofit research, research which journalists, policy analysts, legislators, students, activists, and grant makers all rely on to effectively addresses complex social issues. And yet despite the widespread interest in this work and the billions of dollars spent each year to produce it, most nonprofit research remains unpublished, hard to find, underexposed, or archived in issue-specific information silos. The nonprofit sector clearly needs a better solution than the current piecemeal approach to managing and sharing one of its greatest assets, while journalists, researchers, activists, policy makers, educators, and the general publics need a much better solution for locating and accessing social research across issue areas. IssueLab is that solution. But IssueLab is not simply an online archive. Efforts are evenly split between aggregating research on social issues and pushing that research back out to other online communities and end-users. Although ambitious, goal is to mainstream nonprofit research so that users who may not know anything about nonprofits can still learn from the unique perspective these organizations bring to the study of social issues. Recognize the nonprofit sector as a vital and valuable source of knowledge and believe that by leveraging technology to broaden access to their findings, IssueLab can help users to better understand complex social issues and further healthy debate and dialogue. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:51 AM  Millennium: Journal of International Studies http://mil.sagepub.com/ Millennium: Journal of International Studies aims to publish the most innovative articles from the discipline of international studies, as well as original thinking from elsewhere in the social sciences with an international dimension. Interdisciplinary and wide-ranging in scope, the journal provides a forum for discussion on the latest developments in the theory of international relations, welcoming innovative and critical approaches. It particularly encourages contributions from research students and young academics, but is also open to submissions from established scholars. Since 1971 Millennium: Journal of International Studies has been a student run peer-reviewed journal at the cutting edge of the discipline of International Relations, establishing a reputation for challenging preconceptions about the topography of the discipline. As a journal close to the student research community, Millennium: Journal of International Studies has always aspired to be a high-quality yet accessible publication. Millennium: Journal of International Studies is based at the London School of Economics and Political Science and published three times a year in summer, winter and spring. posted by Marcus | 4:37 AM  Fedora Commons - Create, Manage, Publish, Share and Preserve Digital Content Open Source Software http://www.fedora-commons.org/ Fedora Commons is a non-profit organization providing sustainable technologies to create, manage, publish, share and preserve digital content as a basis for intellectual, organizational, scientific and cultural heritage by bringing two communities together. Communities of practice that include scholars, artists, educators, Web innovators, publishers, scientists, librarians, archivists, publishers, records managers, museum curators or anyone who presents, accesses, or preserves digital content. Software developers who work on the cutting edge of open source Web and enterprise content technologies to ensure that collaboratively created knowledge is available now and in the future. Fedora Commons is the home of the unique Fedora open source software, a robust integrated repository-centered platform that enables the storage, access and management of virtually any kind of digital content. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:15 AM  eSciDoc - Next Generation Platform for Communication and Publication in Research Organizations http://www.escidoc-project.de/JSPWiki/en/Startpage eSciDoc is as a joint project of the Max Planck Society and FIZ Karlsruhe, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), with the aim to realize a next-generation platform for communication and publication in research organizations. The result of the entire eSciDoc project is intended to ensure open and persistent access to the research results and materials of the Max Planck Society and to integrate these materials in an emerging e-Science network, to increase the accountability of research and to improve the visibility of the Max Planck Society. At the same time, the project aims to provide effective and comprehensive access to information for Max Planck researchers and their work groups. Additionally, eSciDoc will support scientific collaboration and interdisciplinary research in future e-Science scenarios and optimize the exploitation of information available through an interconnected global scientific knowledge space. Advances in science, scientific activities and processes will arise from unhindered international collaboration among scholars. To exempt researchers from barriers of physical location of knowledge (data) and know-how (individuals), a solid infrastructure to provide data storage, interoperability and seamless integration into community-specific working environments is necessary. The technical and technological means provided by a scientific infrastructure are fundamentals in enabling e-Science, however, the essential requirement to enable innovation and research is the adequate working environment for scholarly communities. Even within a discipline, the requirements for a specific solution might differ, be it in presentation aspects or functionalities. Therefore, the functional requirements for the eSciDoc project are threefold: provide community-specific solutions which serve the needs of a specific research group or research question, provide standardized interfaces for other communities or systems to re-use data and functionalities and provide adequate user interfaces and viewing environments where necessary. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:03 AM Friday, May 02, 2008  AllConferences.com - Directory of Conventions, Trade Shows, Convention Centers and Meetings http://www.AllConferences.com/ AllConferences.com is a directory focusing on conferences, conventions, trade shows, exhibits, workshops, events and business meetings. This is a unique search directory that serves users looking for specific information on conference or event information; while at the same time provides services to the meeting planners, such as online registrations and payment processing. We are dedicated to providing our end users with high-quality conference information with a comprehensive search engine. The information ranges from specialized scientific, medical and academic conferences to all kinds of general events. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer&trad; Information Blog. This has been added to Business Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Entrepeneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:55 AM  Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging http://www.generationsjournal.org/ Generations is the quarterly journal of the American Society on Aging, the largest membership association for professionals in the field of aging in the United States. Each issue brings together the best and most useful information about a key topic in aging, with an empasis on the latest developments in the areas of practice, research and policy. Generations is an authoritative and multidisciplinary journal written in language accessible to both professionals and members of the general public who are interested in aging. This has been added to Elder Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:33 AM  PapersInvited - World's Largest Database of Calls for Papers http://www.papersinvited.com/subscriptionBenefits.htm PapersInvited provides resources that encourage the presentation and publication of contemporary research. PapersInvited also provides an exclusive listing of 'Student Competitions' (bachelor's level and above) that assist and encourage students in their academic competitive endeavors. Market research has shown that PapersInvited is by far the most exhaustive database of calls for papers/posters for conferences or publications. PapersInvited was conceived and developed to assist those numerous Scientists, Corporate Researchers, Professors and Research Students who have had a difficult time in tracking the 'Calls for Papers' from various Professional bodies, Universities and Journals. PapersInvited also assists the academic and research constituency who would like to keep abreast of the latest developments/research by attending conferences. They have made every effort to provide an exhaustive listing of Calls for papers, posters and publications and the effort is still on as you read these lines. This has been added to the tools section of Rsearch Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:20 AM  Muse - Social Utility That Connects You With Internet2-enabled Technologies and Educators http://k20.internet2.edu/ Muse is a social utility that connects you with Internet2-enabled technologies and educators in your region and around the globe. Learn how next-generation Internet applications are being used everyday to inspire educational excellence. The National Internet2 K20 Initiative brings together Internet2 member institutions and innovators from primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, libraries, and museums to extend new technologies, applications, middleware, and content to all educational sectors, as quickly and connectedly as possible. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:07 AM Thursday, May 01, 2008  wiseGeek - Clear Answers for Common Questions http://www.wisegeek.com/ They are a team of writers and editors dedicated to providing clear and concise answers to common questions. Currently, there are over 50 active contributors; you can read some of their profiles that are listed in their About section. As you can see, their contributors are qualified, but occasionally an error sneaks into one of their articles. That is where their wiseGEEK readers come in. In the "wiseGEEK features" menu available on every article page, there is an option to "comment on this article." Every comment is researched and implemented where appropriate. Their qualified writers along with the army of readers ensures that our information is as accurate as possible. This has been added to Internet Experts Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Tutorial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:53 AM  International Journal of Workplace Health Management http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/ijwhm/ijwhm.jsp The International Journal of Workplace Health Management publishes current research and debate on all aspects of health in the workplace, from both the wider public health perspective and the perspective of the individual organisation. The International Journal of Workplace Health Management publishes: * Peer-reviewed research articles on all aspects of workplace health, enabling the reader to identify risks and challenges and learn from best practice * Practical advice via in-depth case studies, presenting simple practical solutions to workplace problems * Real-life implications for the individual, the employer, and public health systems in general. Coverage includes, not is not restricted to: * Best practice examples of successful workplace health solutions * Promoting compliance with workplace health legislation * Primary care and primary prevention * Promoting health in the workplace * The business case for workplace health promotion * Workplace health issues and concerns, such as mental health, disability management, violence and the workplace, stress, workplace hazards, risk factor modification and work-life balance * Workplace Culture * Workplace policies supporting healthy workplace * Inducing organisational change * Occupational health & safety issues * Educating the employer and employee * Promoting health outside of the workplace posted by Marcus | 4:33 AM  EventsEye - Trade Shows, Exhibitions, Conferences and Business Events Worldwide http://www.eventseye.com/ Their consistently growing database features 7645 Trade Shows, Exhibitions and Conferences coming from 1661 Fairs Organizers, with a total of 14399 event's dates from January 2008 to January 2010. New Trade Shows & Exhibitions are added in every month. Featuring a classification of 149 Activity Topics, EventsEye purpose is to cover major Trade Exhibitions all over the planet. They also focus on brand new Events, especially in emergent market regions. Their directory contains 1296 Trade Show venues from 690 Cities, among 120 Countries. Through EventsEye, you have an access to Trade Show Organizers & venues websites as well as complete contact information (address, e-mail, phone, fax) with a simple click. Each time an exhibition Website & e-mail are available, they provide the links to them. They actually provide links to as many as 10507 websites and 7303 e-mails. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:22 AM  TSNN - Event Search and Resource http://www.tsnn.com/ TSNN.com is the world’s leading online resource for the trade show, exhibition and event industry since 1996. The Trade Show News Network (TSNN) owns and operates the most widely consulted event database on the Internet, containing data on more than 15,000 trade shows, exhibitions, public events and conferences. It also offers over 30,000 seminars through a strategic partnership. TSNN.com helps facilitate the exchange between buyers and sellers to achieve a successful venture with over 120,000registered users. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:01 AM Wednesday, April 30, 2008  Dapper - The Data Mapper - Extract and Use Website Information http://www.dapper.net Dapper is a US company with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. Founded by Eran Shir and Jon Aizen in late 2005, Dapper aims to make it easy and possible for anyone to extract and reuse content from any website. By doing so, they hope to allow others to realize their creativity and implement new and exciting services and applications. Dapper’s mission is to allow you to use any web based content in any way you can imagine. And by use, they mean going beyond just reading or viewing a webpage. You may want to create an RSS feed or a Google Gadget for a site, take a site’s content and put it on a map, receive an email alert when your site’s Alexa’s ranking goes below 5000, or create a mashup of your favorite band’s tour dates and a camping locations reservation website to organize your musical camping vacation. Whatever you want to do, however you want to mold the web, Dapper can help you do it. How do we go about filling such a tall order? Well, basically, Dapper allows you to easily build an API for any website. Initially, if the content source you’re interested in is not Dapped already, Dapper will take you through a visual and intuitive process that takes just minutes. When finished, you will have at your disposal an API with which you can interface to get the content you are interested in. Imagine you want to build a service that gets movie theaters details in your zip code. All you have to do is dapp Yahoo Theaters, and voila, you have a web service API for Yahoo theaters, which can be accessed with any zip code and returns the relevant data in a format of your choice (XML, HTML, RSS, Google Map, etc.). Using Dapper, any web page becomes a LEGO block, which you can arrange and manipulate in any way you like. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to World Wide Web Reference Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Web Data Extractors - White Paper Link Compilation. posted by Marcus | 4:59 AM  International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?id=4286 The primary mission of the International Journal of Web-based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) is to contribute to the broadening of the overall body of knowledge regarding the multi-dimensional aspects of web-based technologies in contemporaneous educational contexts, assisting researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to design more effective learning systems and scenarios. The IJWLTT hopes to explore the technical, social, cultural, organizational, human, cognitive, and commercial impact of technology. In addition, the IJWLTT will endeavor to attract a broad range of authors and, thereby, expand the dialogue to address the interplay among the diverse and disparate interests affected by technology in education. The journal will seek to explore the impact of web-based technology on the design, implementation and evaluation of the learning and teaching process, as well as the development of new activities, relationships, skills, and competencies for the various actors implied in such processes. It will attempt to enlighten any and all of those responsible for the advancement of learning. This Journal focuses on the dimensions of reporting about developing new WBLT technologies and uses, and also sharing educational experiences and situations including (but not limited to) distance learning, collaborative work, constructivist approaches in on-line class-rooms, designing blended learning and programs, importance of dialogue in distance education programs, CSCL, network learning, etc. This journal also covers aspects such as models and frameworks for the pedagogical design of courses including or supported by WBLT technologies, and for issuing and evaluating educational policies in institutions, and for organizing and managing training policies or departments in companies. Issues in methodologies for the training of teachers and trainers, for the building of multi-disciplinary teams for distance and on-line program administration and delivery are also included in the coverage. Among topics to be included (but not limited) are the following: * WLTT implementation: models, methods and frameworks * Web-based Technologies enabled pedagogical scenarios * Web-based Technologies enabled pedagogical systems and programs * Decision making in implementing Web-based Learning and Teaching * The management side of Web-based Learning and Teaching * Building multi-disciplinary teams for WB learning and Teaching * Network learning using WLTT * Building Web-based Learning communities * Constructivist approaches to Web-based Learning and Teaching * Knowledge building using Web-based learning and Teaching Technologies * Web Based CSCL * Project Management for implementing WLTT * Best practices and all other related issues that impact the overall utilization and management of Web-based Technologies in Education. posted by Marcus | 4:34 AM  Environmental Indicators Gateway http://www.epa.gov/indicators/ The Environmental Indicators Gateway features information on EPA's environmental indicator projects. These projects provide information on environmental conditions and trends over a range of geographic scales and time periods. The Gateway provides summaries of the indicator projects and links to the related reports and Web sites developed by each project. You can search these summaries by geographic location, keyword, and topic. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. posted by Marcus | 4:27 AM  RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine http://www.src.riken.jp/english/ Everyone hopes for a full and healthy life. Unfortunately, lifestyle-related diseases and other conditions are currently on the increase. Healthcare and long-term care are also becoming national issues, as our society faces high longevity rates never seen before. Present healthcare techniques can be likened to off-the-rack clothing. Such clothing does not necessarily provide a perfect fit for everyone, as it is sometimes too long in the sleeve or too tight in the waist. The same principles apply to pharmaceuticals. Individuals respond differently to drugs, with some people responding well or others being susceptible to side effects. Ideally, patients should be able to choose medical procedures and drugs that are suited to their individual profile, providing the best efficacy and the fewest side effects. This concept is termed "personalized medicine". If individuals know in advance whether they are susceptible to a specific disease, they could adjust their lifestyle and prevent the onset of disease. They now know that the differences in individual make-up are associated with genetic differences. They are investigating individual gene variation in the genome and identifying the relationship to disease onset and drug response, in order to develop preventive and therapeutic techniques to suit each individual. 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