Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Round Up - May. 20, 2013

News, views and information on open access and scholarly publishing....

Science

Keywords: Open access, Open Science, scholarly publishing, Science Communication, Academic Journals, Peer Review

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 20 May 2013

Disrupting research assessment: welcome to DORA!

Changing our way of thinking...

Science

Keywords: DORA, Impact Factor, Research

Posted by: Giuseppe Gangarossa

Posted on: 19 May 2013

BCI Award 2013 - The Nominees

Who will win the BCI Award Trophy in 2013 ?

Science > Neuroscience > Behavioral Neuroscience

Keywords: BCI, EEG, BCI Award, Research, Nominees, gtec, Guger

Posted by: Armin Schnürer

Posted on: 17 May 2013

Fire Retardant Coating Advance Proves to be Safer for the Environment

Most people would be surprised to know that flame retardants are found in every piece of furniture you own. This in and of itself isn't problematic, in fact it may even be beneficial if you overlook...

Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering > Environmental and Geological Engineering

Keywords: Fire Retardant

Posted by: Ron Moran

Posted on: 16 May 2013

Frontiers in Computational Physics - a new journal

Science > Physics > Computational Physics

Keywords: Open access, New Journal, Frontiers

Posted by: Christian F Klingenberg

Posted on: 16 May 2013

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Round Up - May. 13, 2013

News, views and information on open access and scholarly publishing....

Science

Keywords: Open access, Open Science, scholarly publishing, Science Communication

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 12 May 2013

Leadership in times of trouble.

Thoughts on the University of Alberta response to provincial budget cuts.

Society > Education > Higher Education

Keywords: Alberta, University of Alberta, Post-secondary education

Posted by: Edan Foley

Posted on: 11 May 2013

The White House is seeking Outstanding “Open Science” Champions of Change

The White House will host a Champions of Change event to highlight outstanding individuals, organizations, or research projects promoting and using open scientific data and publications to accelerate...

Science

Keywords: Open access, Open Science, scholarly publishing, scientific publishing, Science Communication

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 09 May 2013

PLOS Announces Accelerating Science Award Program

PLOS has launched the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) that will recognize the use of scientific research, published through Open Access, which has led to innovations in any field that...

Science

Keywords: Open access, scholarly publishing, Science Communication, Open Science, Academic Journals, scientific publishing, Innovation research

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 09 May 2013

Connecting the dots: Minor insult, complex pathology and lasting consequences

Experimental and clinical aspects of mild traumatic brain injury

Medicine > Neurology > Neurotrauma

Keywords: mild traumatic brain injury

Posted by: Denes V Agoston

Posted on: 06 May 2013

Rigour And Openness in 21st Century Science

Selected highlights and videos from the recent event "Rigour And Openness in 21st Century Science" in Oxford, UK.

Science

Posted by: Graham Steel

Posted on: 06 May 2013

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Round Up - May. 05, 2013

News, views and information on open access and scholarly publishing....

Science

Keywords: Open access, Open access publishing, scholarly publishing, Science Communication, Academic Journals, Open Science, Peer Review, academic publishing

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 05 May 2013

Intersections of Race and Gender in Online Games

Specific examples as well as academic analysis are used to critique the current toxic environment for racial minorities and women in the online gaming world.

Science > Psychology > Social Psychology

Keywords: Online Games, race, gender, Racism, Sexism

Posted by: Audrey Brehm

Posted on: 05 May 2013

The astonishing similarities between CNTFET-based nanowired transducers and nanowire FET-based nanoelectronic biomaterials

There are two articles which analyzed comparatively: 1. using synonyms for the words/terms of the copied text and rephrasing of its pieces; 2. application of so-called "logical copying": from the art...

Engineering > Bioengineering and Biotechnology > Biochemical Engineering

Keywords: CNTFET, plagiarism, transducer, biochemical, neurosignals, ionic currents, interface

Posted by: Rostyslav Sklyar

Posted on: 30 Apr 2013

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Round Up - Apr. 29, 2013

News, views and information on open access and scholarly publishing....

Science

Keywords: Open access, Open access publishing, Science Communication, scholarly publishing, Open Science, Peer Review, academic publishing, Academic Journals

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 29 Apr 2013

Evaluation of the Contribution of Ubiquitin Ligases to TNF-Mediated Apoptosis.

This post describes our preliminary characterization of the roles of USP7, USP12, USP54 and FBXO36 in the induction of cell death by TNF.

Science > Cell and Developmental Biology > Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Keywords: TNF, Apoptosis, Caspase 8, NF-kappa B, USP7, USP12, USP54, FBXO36, CUL1, A20

Posted by: Edan Foley

Posted on: 27 Apr 2013

Let's talk about (TNF and) death

A primer on the TNF pathway and cell death.

Medicine > Immunology > Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Keywords: TNF, Apoptosis, NF-kappa B, Complex I, complex II, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Ubiquitin

Posted by: Edan Foley

Posted on: 24 Apr 2013

Aril development in Celastraceae

To learn more about the evolution of secondarily intercalated seed envelopes, a series of developmental studies of arillate seeds in gymnosperms and angiosperms was undertaken. The goal was to test...

Science > Plant Science > Plant Evolution and Development

Keywords: Celastraceae, Celastrus, Euonymus, aril, caruncula, development, outer integument

Posted by: Xin Zhang

Posted on: 24 Apr 2013

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Round Up - Apr. 22, 2013

News, views and information on open access and scholarly publishing....

Science

Keywords: Open access, Open access publishing, Open Science, scholarly publishing, Peer Review, metrics

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 22 Apr 2013

GGI Launches GLASSIFY! Art and Science Challenge During Brain Awareness Week

Renowned Jury to Review Submissions for a New Icon for the Brain Age

Science > Neuroscience > Brain Imaging Methods

Keywords: Inventio!Brains Prize, B.R.A.I.N initiative, data visualization, STEM learning

Posted by: M A Greenstein

Posted on: 18 Apr 2013

New Article - Computer Aided Diagnosis of Epilepsy

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3615243/

Science > Neuroscience > Human Neuroscience

Posted by: Pamela Douglas

Posted on: 15 Apr 2013

[Submission deadline] - Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Robots, Virtual Reality and Brain-Computer Interfaces in Telepresence

Science

Posted by: Armin Schnürer

Posted on: 15 Apr 2013

Basic properties of somatosensory-evoked responses in the dorsal hippocampus of the rat.

We investigate the elementary responses of the hippocampus to somatosensory stimulation (peripheral and lemniscal) in rats given its relevance for episodic memory function

Science > Neuroscience > Behavioral Neuroscience

Keywords: Sensory Physiology, somatosensory, HIPPOCAMPUS AND MEMORY, hippocampal formation, tetrodes, multi-site recording, current source density analysis

Posted by: Liset Menendez De La Prida

Posted on: 15 Apr 2013

Novel SU-8 based microprobes for simultaneous neural depth recording and drug delivery in the brain

Tetrode- and linear-like multisite arrays with integrated microfluidic channels

Science > Neuroscience > Brain Interfaces

Keywords: SU-8 probes, tetrodes, Drug Delivery Systems, multi-site recording

Posted by: Liset Menendez De La Prida

Posted on: 15 Apr 2013

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing Round Up - April 14, 2013

News, views and information on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing....

Science

Keywords: Open access, Open access publishing, scholarly publishing, Science Communication, Open Science, Peer Review

Posted by: Gozde Zorlu

Posted on: 14 Apr 2013