New BioScience Books

Do fish feel pain? / Victoria Braithwaite	Medical microbiology / edited by Michael Ford	Cell death / editors, Gerry Melino, David Vaux
Chronobiology of marine organisms / Ernest Naylor	Ecosystem ecology : a new synthesis / edited by David G. Raffaelli, Christopher L.J. Frid	Geomicrobiology / editors, Sudhir K. Jain, Abdul Arif Khan, Mahendra K. Rai
The green Roosevelt : Theodore Roosevelt in appreciation of wilderness, wildlife, and wild places / edited by Zachary Michael Jack.	Computational modeling in biomechanics / Suvranu De, Farshid Guilak, Mohammad R.K. Mofrad, editors	The eagle watchers : observing and conserving raptors around the world / edited by Ruth E. Tingay and Todd E. Katzner ; foreword by Keith L. Bildstein and Jemima Parry-Jones

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The ecological thought / Timothy Morton	How science works – evolution : a student primer / John Ellis	Beetles in conservation / T.R. New
Clinical laboratory microbiology : a practical approach / Karen M. Kiser, William C. Payne, Teresa A. Taff	The nesting season : cuckoos, cuckolds, and the invention of monogamy / Bernd Heinrich	An introduction to plant fossils / Christopher J. Cleal, Barry A. Thomas
Biology and ideology from Descartes to Dawkins / edited by Denis R. Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers	Taking stock of nature : participatory biodiversity assessment for policy, planning and practice / edited by Anna Lawrence	Life : extraordinary animals, extreme behaviour / Martha Holmes and Mike Gunton
Gene patents and collaborative licensing models : patent pools, clearinghouses, open source models and liability regimes / edited by Geertrui Van Overwalle	Essay on the geography of plants / Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland ; edited with an introduction by Stephen T. Jackson ; translated by Sylvie Romanowski	Microbial glycobiology: structures, relevance and applications / editor-in-chief, Anthony P. Moran ; editors, Otto Holst, Patrick J. Brennan, Mark von Itzstein

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Challenge Synopsis

Some of science’s most powerful statements are not made in words. From the diagrams of DaVinci to Rosalind Franklin’s X-rays, visualization of research has a long and literally illustrious history. To illustrate is to enlighten.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the journal Science created the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge to celebrate that grand tradition–and to encourage its continued growth. The spirit of the competition is for communicating science, engineering and technology for education and journalistic purposes.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/index.jsp

We urge you and your colleagues to enter the next competition. For more information, see Guidelines for Submissions and the Entry Form.

View the video below highlighting past winners of the International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

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March of the microbes : sighting the unseen / John L. Ingraham	Ghostly muscles, wrinkled brains, heresies and Hobbits / Charles Oxnard	Introduction to numerical geodynamic modelling / Taras V. Gerya
An entirely synthetic fish : how rainbow trout beguiled America and overran the world / Anders Halverson	Microbiology and technology of fermented foods / Robert W. Hutkins	Charles Darwin: the concise story of an extraordinary man / Tim M. Berra
Yeast physiology and biotechnology / by Graeme M. Walker	Modeling evolution : an introduction to numerical methods / Derek A. Roff	Redox biochemistry/ edited by Ruma Banerjee ; associate editors, Donald Becker
RNA viruses : host gene responses to infections / edited by Decheng Yang	Nelumbonaceae to Vitaceae : water lotus to grapes / Robert H. Mohlenbrock	Quirks of human anatomy : an evo-devo look at the human body / Lewis I. Held, Jr

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Adaptation to climate change : a spatial challenge / Rob Roggema	Charles and Emma : the Darwins’ leap of faith / Deborah Heiligman	Encyclopedia of the human brain / ed, V.S. Ramachandran
Carrier-bound immobilized enzymes: principles, applications and design / Linqiu Cao	The long thaw : how humans are changing the next 100,000 years of Earth’s climate / David Archer	Encyclopedia of the human genome / editor-in-chief, David N. Cooper
Ecology, cognition and landscape : linking natural and social systems / Almo Farina	Fish locomotion : an eco-ethological perspective / editors, Paolo Domenici, B.G. Kapoor	The neuroendocrine Leydig cells and their stem cell progenitors, the pericytes / Michail S. Davidoff
Scientific and humane issues in the use of random source dogs and cats in research / Institute for Laboratory Animal Research	Handbook of research on computational grid technologies for life sciences, biomedicine, and healthcare / Mario Cannataro, editor	Photoperiodism : the biological calendar / edited by Randy J. Nelson, David L. Denlinger, David E. Somers

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Deserts : a very short introduction / Nick Middleton	Encyclopedia of adaptations in the natural world / Adam Simmons	The life and fate of the Indian tiger / Tobias J. Lanz
The well-dressed ape : a natural history of myself / Hannah Holmes	Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp	Remote sensing of coastal environments / edited by Yeqiao Wang
The nature study movement : the forgotten popularizer of America’s conservation ethic / Kevin C. Armitage	Biodiversity in environmental assessment : enhancing ecosystem services for human well-being / Roel Slootweg	The game of conservation : international treaties to protect the world’s migratory animals / Mark Cioc
The master and his emissary : the divided brain and the making of the Western world / Iain McGilchrist	Manhood : the rise and fall of the penis / Mels van Driel	Male, female : the evolution of human sex differences / David C. Geary

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Cougar : ecology and conservation / edited by Maurice Hornocker and Sharon Negri	Garlic and other alliums : the lore and the science / Eric Block	Integrated regional assessment of global climate change / C. Gregory Knight, Jill Jäger
Bioactive foods in promoting health : fruits and vegetables / edited by Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy	Amphibian ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques / edited by C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr	Cellular mechanotransduction : diverse perspectives from molecules to tissues / edited by Mohammad R.K. Mofrad, Roger D. Kamm

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In the United States, desalination is increasingly investigated as an option for meeting municipal water demands, particularly for coastal communities that can desalinate seawater or estuarine water, interior communities above brackish groundwater aquifers, and communities with contaminated water supplies. Adoption of desalination, however, remains constrained by financial, environmental, regulatory, and other factors. At issue is what role Congress establishes for the federal government in desalination research and development, and in construction and operational costs of desalination demonstration projects and full-scale facilities.

Desalination processes generally treat seawater or brackish water to produce a stream of freshwater, and a separate, saltier stream of water that has to be disposed (often called waste concentrate).

Read the entire report: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40477.pdf

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Species : a history of the idea / John S. Wilkins	On thin ice : the changing world of the polar bear / Richard Ellis	Vitamins and minerals demystified / Steve Blake
Applied biomedical microbiology : a biofilms approach / edited by Daryl S. Paulson	The concise handbook of human anatomy / R.M.H. McMinn, R.T. Hutchings, B.M. Logan	Grass : in search of human habitat / Joe C. Truett ; foreword by Harry W. Greene
The complete Ice Age : how climate change shaped the world / edited by Brian Fagan	The infanticide controversy : primatology and the art of field science / Amanda Rees	The ferocious summer: Adélie penguins and the warming of Antactica / Meredith Hooper
Biopharmaceuticals in plants : toward the next century of medicine / Kathleen Laura Hefferon	Defining Darwin : essays on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology / Michael Ruse	Accessing uncultivated microorganisms: from the environment to organisms and genomes and back / edited by Karsten Zengler

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My wonderful colleagues at the Health Sciences Library have created these tutorials related to RefWorks and health science databases. They are great, focused and all under 5 minutes!

RefWorks part 1: Overview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvobvlpRZAU

RefWorks part 2: Creating Folders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Z6zOLO7l0

RefWorks part 3: Finding Full Text
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BddM1eNdixg

RefWorks part 4: Creating a Bibliography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKjGKLlLbEk

RefWorks part 5: Installing Write-N-Cite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEwOmqAUP-Q

RefWorks part 6: Using Write-N-Cite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1NSRNHFnM8

Importing from MEDLINE via PubMed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0xF0vfiYBc

RefWorks: Importing from PsycINFO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj8wP0wvJ5A

RefWorks: Importing from CINAHL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_XYaCMWSU

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: cinahl, psycinfo, pubmed, refworks — Peggy @ 10:33 am

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