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Distribution by Scientific Domains
Information Science and Computing28%
Chemistry28%

Selected Abstracts

An In-Depth Look at the Effect of Lewis Acid Catalysts on Diels,Alder Cycloadditions in Ionic Liquids.

CHEMINFORM, Issue 45 2005
Guadalupe Silvero
Abstract For Abstract see ChemInform Abstract in Full Text. [source]

Movie Making at Pixar: A Collaboration of Art and Technology

COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM, Issue 3 2005
Rob Cook
This talk takes you behind the scenes at Pixar Animation Studios for an in-depth look at how its 3d computer graphics films are made. Making a computer animated film involves people with artistic talent and people with technical skills working together in close collaboration. The process starts with the development of the story and continues with modeling the geometry, adding articulation controls, using those controls to animate the characters, simulating things like water and cloth and hair, defining the look of the surfaces, putting lights in the scene, adding special effects, rendering, and post-production. Special emphasis is given to the roles of technology and computer graphics research in supporting the filmmaker. [source]

Work-life flow: How individuals, Zappos, and other innovative companies achieve high engagement

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, Issue 5 2010
Anne Perschel
Individuals, their coaches, and visionary leaders, including Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, are aligning work and culture with the principles of flow to enrich careers, lives, and organizations. This article examines flow,an individual's state of maximum engagement,and the criteria for achieving it. It spells out methods for coaching people to achieve a state of flow at work, and then presents examples of how individuals have infused their jobs with flow. It also discusses several visionary leaders who incorporate flow states into their companies' culture, including an in-depth look at how Hsieh uses flow principles to create high engagement and deliver superior business results. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source]

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program and Emergency Medicine

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 4 2010
Adam Landman MD
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2010; 17:1,6 © 2010 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Specialized research training for emergency physicians (EPs) may strengthen overall patient care through the development and improvement of clinical evidence in emergency care. One way an increasing number of emergency physicians have acquired these skills is through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program (CSP), a 2-year fellowship that trains physicians to be leaders in improving health care. In addition to providing training in health policy and health services research, the CSP emphasizes the translation of research into action through leadership training, program development, and community-based participatory research. This article provides an in-depth look at the CSP and its impact on emergency medicine (EM). To date, 41 EPs have trained through the program, with increasing numbers in recent years. Graduates have gone on to become leaders in academia, public health, private industry, and foundations. Past and present EM-trained Clinical Scholars are working to find creative solutions for the challenges posed by the U.S. health care system and improve the delivery of emergency care. Emergency physicians who wish to conduct research or work with communities, organizations, practitioners, and policy-makers to address issues essential to the health and well-being of all Americans should consider the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation CSP. [source]

A method for measuring the evolution of a topic on the Web: The case of "informetrics"

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Issue 9 2009
Judit Bar-Ilan
The universe of information has been enriched by the creation of the World Wide Web, which has become an indispensible source for research. Since this source is growing at an enormous speed, an in-depth look of its performance to create a method for its evaluation has become necessary; however, growth is not the only process that influences the evolution of the Web. During their lifetime, Web pages may change their content and links to/from other Web pages, be duplicated or moved to a different URL, be removed from the Web either temporarily or permanently, and be temporarily inaccessible due to server and/or communication failures. To obtain a better understanding of these processes, we developed a method for tracking topics on the Web for long periods of time, without the need to employ a crawler and relying only on publicly available resources. The multiple data-collection methods used allow us to discover new pages related to the topic, to identify changes to existing pages, and to detect previously existing pages that have been removed or whose content is not relevant anymore to the specified topic. The method is demonstrated through monitoring Web pages that contain the term "informetrics" for a period of 8 years. The data-collection method also allowed us to analyze the dynamic changes in search engine coverage, illustrated here on Google,the search engine used for the longest period of time for data collection in this project. [source]

Recent advances in antimalarial drug development

MEDICINAL RESEARCH REVIEWS, Issue 1 2007
Suryanaryana Vangapandu
Abstract Malaria caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, because of its prevalence, virulence, and drug resistance, is the most serious and widespread parasitic disease encountered by mankind. The inadequate armory of drugs in widespread use for the treatment of malaria, development of strains resistant to commonly used drugs such as chloroquine, and the lack of affordable new drugs are the limiting factors in the fight against malaria. These factors underscore the continuing need of research for new classes of antimalarial agents, and a re-examination of the existing antimalarial drugs that may be effective against resistant strains. This review provides an in-depth look at the most significant progress made during the past 10 years in antimalarial drug development. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Med Res Rev, 27, No. 1, 65,107, 2007 [source]

Community in a hurry: Social contracts and social covenants in short-term ESL courses

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ADULT & CONTINUING EDUCATION, Issue 121 2009
Rob A. Martinsen
This chapter provides an in-depth look at the nature of community building in short-term ESL courses. Examples of classroom practices are provided. [source]