MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'applications'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:50:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118644&cid=t_100802_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-nih-to-hold-a-course-on-medicine-in-the-media%2F2011.08.11 The NIH is doing it’s best to get science writers on the right track when it comes to responsible health reporting by holding an annual course on Medicine in the Media. The National Institutes of Health’s Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) presents a free annual training opportunity to help develop journalists’ and editors’ ability to evaluate and report on medical research. The course curriculum builds on the best of prior years’ offerings to create an intensive learning experience with hands-on application. When I read about the course on Gary Schwitzer’s tweet stream, I got really excited and started scouring the NIH course site to listen to some of the fabulous speakers in the 2011 course, which just finished in July. I was disappointed to discover (more&#823... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118644 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:30 +0100 5118644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5027266&cid=t_100802_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2011%2F07%2Fpcr-troubleshooting-review.html Excerpt from a book review of PCR Troubleshooting and Optimization: The Essential Guide: "The information is wholesome and appears to target both students and scientists knowledgeable in molecular applications. The comprehensive and comprehendible content indeed qualifies the text as an essential guide to the development, optimization and toubleshooting of PCR assays." from Christopher J. McIver writing in Aus. J. Med. Sci. (2011) 32: 68 read more ... PCR Troubleshooting and Optimization: The Essential GuideEdited by: Suzanne Kennedy and Nick OswaldISBN: 978-1-904455-72-1Publisher: Caister Academic PressPublication Date: January 2011 Cover: hardback"an essential guide" Aus. J. Med. Sci. (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5027266 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:47:43 +0100 5027266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803562&cid=t_100802_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FInsidePaTraining%2F%7E3%2Fa5Zx8WRosr8%2Fcaspa-application-part-1-what-is-caspa If you want to become a PA, you need to know what a CASPA Application is and how it works.  CASPA is the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants.  Think of CASPA as a clearing house for applications to 93% of PA schools (145 out of 156 accredited PA programs). CASPA is a division of [...]Visit us at Inside PA Training - Becoming A Physician Assistant (Source: Inside PA Training) Inside PA Training blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803562 Mon, 09 May 2011 06:00:40 +0100 4803562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4708859&cid=t_100802_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2011%2F04%2Fpolymerase-chain-reaction-%28pcr%29-in-pathogen-detection.html from Theron et al. in Nanotechnology in Water Treatment ApplicationsAs a consequence of the speed, specificity and low cost of the PCR, the procedure has become one of the most widely used assays for direct detection of low levels of pathogenic microbes in environmental samples. The PCR assay can be used to selectively amplify, to detectable levels, nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogens that might be present in low numbers in water samples. PCR is a process in which target DNA, synthetic oligonucleotide primers, a thermostable DNA polymerase and the DNA subunits are combined in a microcentrifuge tube and subjected to the temperature changes needed for the DNA duplication to occur. During the PCR process, different temperatures are used to facilitate DNA denaturation, annealing o... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4708859 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:00:07 +0100 4708859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489656&cid=t_100802_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1144 As if you really needed one more thing to keep track of your every waking pregnant moment….Here are some blackberry apps to assist in counting the number of kicks per minute/hour/day and some to help you know the exact  amount of days until your due date ( as if that matters….) You can set reminders for appointments and write down questions to ask your health care  provider, set alarms when you need to start researching cord blood banks and start preparing the room for the momentous occasion. We all know that memory lapses are one of the facts of life about pregnancy. Have fun! Read about more apps here (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489656 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:46:10 +0100 4489656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399694&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F25%2Ftrustworthy-prescription-drug-information%2F Are you looking for reliable drug information, fast?  Here are some suggestions: If you are a URMC affiliate you have access to Micromedex, a clinical database that provides comprehensive drug summaries, drug comparisons,  images for easier identification, and allows you to look up drug interactions. To access, select the Micromedex link on the Bibby library [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399694 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:54:33 +0100 4399694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4293524&cid=t_100802_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F12%2Fdna-microarrays-in-pathogen-detection.html from Theron et al. in Nanotechnology in Water Treatment ApplicationsSignificant advances in the detection of sequence-specific nucleic acid hybridization have been achieved using microarrays. Microarrays are glass microslides or nylon membranes containing a high density of immobilized nucleic acids (genomic DNA, cDNA or oligonucleotides) in an ordered two-dimensional matrix. Microarrays can be prepared by synthesizing DNA in situ on a glass surface using combinational chemistry or by robotic microdeposition of cDNAs (0.5- to 2-kb) amplified by PCR. The sample DNA, usually bound to a fluorescent or enzyme label, is exposed to the microarray and hybridizes with the target sequences. The detection of the probe-target hybrid at each spot on the array is achieved either by direct fluorescence s... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4293524 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:06 +0100 4293524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134023&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F03%2F5-things-you-should-do-right-now-with-your-iphone-or-itouch%2F 5 things you should do right now with your iPhone or iTouch! 1. Get the mobile version of the Medical Center Libraries website – In Safari, search for Miner Library – our mobile page will load. To save to your home screen, locate the + sign on the bottom of the screen and select “Add [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134023 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:15:16 +0100 4134023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125306&cid=t_100802_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmypatraining.com%2F2010%2F10%2F31%2Fnew-page-medical-experience%2F Applying to PA training schools?  We’ve added a new page relating to the medical experience requirement for PA School applications.  It’s called “Applying to PA School: Medical Experience,” and you can find it to the right in the “Other Stuff” menu.  If you have your own ideas about obtaining medical experience, leave a comment so [...] (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125306 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:01:24 +0100 4125306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4122108&cid=t_100802_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmypatraining.com%2F2010%2F10%2F31%2Fnew-page-medical-experience%2F We’ve added a new page relating to the medical experience requirement for PA School applications.  It’s called “Applying to PA School: Medical Experience,” and you can find it to the right in the “Other Stuff” menu.  If you have your own ideas about obtaining medical experience, leave a comment so everyone can benefit.  Hope you [...] (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4122108 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:01:24 +0100 4122108 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4027142&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F2ZQLBSIuqYs%2F (This may be seen as off-topic for some readers, but I’m writing about it as an example of technology simplifying my life.) I’ve been slowing realizing over the last several months that neither Liz nor I religiously check our home answering machine. This is bad, because there may be important messages. We both, however, check our email religiously. I was convinced there was a better way for us to manage the calls to our home that we missed. Eventually, I realized that Google Voice would work quite nicely. Here’s what I did: In Google services: 1. Set up a new Gmail account. 2. Signed up for Google Voice and chose a number that is local for us. 3. In Settings > Phones, I turned OFF all phones (DEselected the check boxes)…so that none of the phones associated with the... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4027142 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:15:42 +0100 4027142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4023036&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F01%2Foctober-is-national-medical-libraries-month%2F The Medical Library Association designates October as National Medical Librarians Month. Aside from the occasional dish of candy, we don’t have much to give away; however, here is a sampling of the services and resources Bibby library can provide for you: Access to scholarly journal articles in dentistry, available in print and electronic formats Access [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4023036 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:52:48 +0100 4023036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3959925&cid=t_100802_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fsocial-media-as-personal-therapy%2F2010.09.11 Last week Robert Scoble announced on Cinchcast the news that his son, Milan, had just been diagnosed with autism. I often listen to his Cinchcasts, and the disappointment in his voice was heartbreaking. Then I began to wonder: If one of my children were to receive a devastating diagnosis, would my first impulse be to share the news on a public platform? Probably not. And that, among a number of obvious things, is what differentiates me from Robert Scoble. Everyone’s got their transparency threshold. You can see it with attitudes surrounding location applications. The importance of community to each of us varies tremendously. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3959925 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:00:55 +0100 3959925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3903081&cid=t_100802_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F26%2Fbrief-words-on-cliqset%2F Since I seem to be at least partially-responsible for a burst of new users at Cliqset, I thought I’d clarify my own ideas about our future use of so-called “lifestream” applications. In my opinion, FriendFeed is by far the best approach that I’ve seen, so far, to creating discussions and communities around items of information. Unfortunately, it is unlikely to survive much longer. Yes, its creators tell us that their intention is to keep it running “indefinitely”, but the cracks are beginning to show. Search no longer works, feeds do not import reliably, outages are becoming more frequent and lasting longer. It’s natural, then, to ask if anything similar exists. Search Google for “lifestream application” and you’ll find many alter... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3903081 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:01:20 +0100 3903081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831472&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F06%2Ftrustworthy-prescription-drug-information%2F Are you looking for reliable drug information, fast?  Here are some suggestions: If you are a URMC affiliate you have access to Micromedex, a clinical database that provides comprehensive drug summaries, drug comparisons,  images for easier identification, and allows you to look up drug interactions. To access, select the Micromedex link on the Bibby library [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831472 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:03:33 +0100 3831472 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802385&cid=t_100802_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fshould-medical-school-applications-mention-social-media%2F2010.07.29 I have a friend actively involved in social health applying for medical school. She reached out to ask me how much should she make of her social media involvement? Will the mention of participation on a SXSW panel or the start of a social community help or hurt her application? Actually a good question. Some academics, after all, see social media as a waste of time, but many are curious about it.  The really smart ones understand its potential power. So as a medical school applicant you can see how this could work for you or against you. While initially I thought that positioning yourself as a social health innovator could be something of a liability, I think the potential upside outweighs risk. But like so many things, it’s all in how you set it up. (more…) *This blo... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802385 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:00:23 +0100 3802385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585722&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F20%2Feverything-you-need-in-the-palm-of-your-hand%2F The Medical Center libraries are excited to announce the release of their mobile website.  The site, formatted especially for mobile browsers, provides quick access to the information you need. To access the site, enter the following url in your device’s browser:  http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/hslt/m/ .  From there, you can bookmark us for return visits. Also of interest  [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3585722 Thu, 20 May 2010 20:39:40 +0100 3585722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560233&cid=t_100802_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Flow-dose-naltrexone-medical-revolution-or-pseudoscience%2F2010.05.13 On SBM we have documented the many and various ways that science is abused in the pursuit of health (or making money from those who are pursuing health). One such method is to take a new, but reasonable, scientific hypothesis and run with it, long past the current state of the evidence. We see this with the many bogus stem cell therapy clinics that are popping up in parts of the world with lax regulation. This type of medical pseudoscience is particularly challenging to deal with, because there is a scientific paper trail that seems to support many of the claims of proponents. The claims themselves may have significant plausibility, and parts of the claims may in fact be true. Efforts to educate the public about such treatments are frustrated by the mainstream media’s lazy tendency to di... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560233 Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:52 +0100 3560233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440877&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F04%2F06%2Fmobile-medicine-from-your-mobile-phone%2F In this Nature video 10 of the best 2000 medical applications for iPhone are demonstrated, among which a stethoscope and a CPR trainer. Whether you’re a researcher, doctor, or patient, get ready for your medicine to go mobile. Related posts:iPhone makes doctors look more professional? Medicine 2.0 Blog Carnival about Web 2.0 and Medicine Grand Rounds Vol. 5 No. 50 is up at Medicine & Technology. (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440877 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:16:24 +0100 3440877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433047&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F01%2Fhead-and-neck-anatomy-resources-at-bibby-library%2F Many of you who are taking the Head and Neck Anatomy course have been looking for resources to support your learning. Your instructor has provided a list of suggested books and many are available at Bibby library. The anatomical basis of dentistry / Bernard Liebgott. WU 101 L716a 2011 Textbook of head and neck anatomy /  Hiatt,  [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433047 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:32:41 +0100 3433047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429153&cid=t_100802_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fa-device-that-will-parent-for-you%2F Moms: Despite all his wealth, success, and fame, Steve Jobs hasn’t forgotten you. With tons of handy apps being marketed to moms, the iPhone has realized its full potential as The Mom Assistant. Somebody give that man an apple. Image: Apple Evernote Even supermoms need help remembering everything. Evernote to the rescue! This iPhone app is like a second brain – with a photographic memory.  Take a picture with your iPhone of a plane ticket, receipt, or anything really, and Evernote stores it for you. And it logs and organizes all types of media – notes, photos, videos, and audio – so you don’t have to. (free, or $45 per year for a premium account) aSleep Kids Edition A child who can’t (or won’t) fall asleep will soon have you hating life. Thankfully, a remedy ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429153 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:55:37 +0100 3429153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3390876&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F22%2Fget-to-know-your-iphoneitouch%2F Join us on Friday March 26, 2010 from 12:00-1:00 in Miner Library for an informal session on using the IPhone or ITouch. Learn about settings, navigation, email, calendars, icons, Safari  –  and more! This program is free.  No registration is required. Filed under: iPhone Applications Dental, Miner Library Tagged: Smart Phones; IPhone instruction [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3390876 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:13:31 +0100 3390876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350334&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F10%2Fapply-for-a-mental-health-journalism-fellowship-at-carter-center%2F Applications from U.S. residents are now being accepted for six one-year journalism fellowships with the Carter Center’s Mental Health Program. These fellowships aim to enhance public understanding of mental health issues and reduce stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses through balanced and accurate reporting. The postmark deadline for applications is April 19, 2010, and the fellowship recipients will be announced July 9, 2010. The 2010-2011 fellowship year begins in September 2010. “Informed journalists can have a significant impact on public understanding of mental health issues, as they shape debate and trends with the words and pictures they convey,” says former First Lady and Carter Center Mental Health Program Founder Rosalynn Carter. Each fellow is aw... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350334 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:56:21 +0100 3350334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3223201&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2Fa839IkX2oxE%2F Perhaps I can write a bit more about my trip to Arizona soon, but for now I wanted to get the slides posted for those who attended. It was lots of fun and a treat for me to get to leave Syracuse in January and gape at palm trees for a couple of days. Refreshing Take on Technology Trends (MLGSCA/NCNMLG 2010) _______________ Feed-only Footer: [This space for rent] Want to reach about 3,500 RSS subscribers to this feed? Please get in touch. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3223201 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:23:45 +0100 3223201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220598&cid=t_100802_113_f&fid=36671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.medicdrive.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fipad-how-it-can-revolutanize-medicine%2F I am excited with my  new Apple Ipad. Why? Because it has a bigger screen then my Iphone and that makes it interesting,in addition many or almost all of the APP store applications for Iphone will work on it. Medical applications on Ipad are some of the things that will be keenly looked up to.The larger screen size [...] (Source: Constructive Medicine 2.0) Constructive Medicine 2.0 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220598 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:53:52 +0100 3220598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216687&cid=t_100802_113_f&fid=36671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.medicdrive.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fipad-how-it-can-revolutanize-medicine%2F I am excited with my  new Apple Ipad. Why? Because it has a bigger screen then my Iphone and that makes it interesting,in addition many or almost all of the APP store applications for Iphone will work on it. Medical applications on Ipad are some of the things that will be keenly looked up to.The larger screen size [...] (Source: Constructive Medicine 2.0) Constructive Medicine 2.0 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216687 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:20 +0100 3216687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208025&cid=t_100802_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Facclaim-for-new-aspergillus-book.html "an overview of the forefront of Aspergillus genomics - from bioinformatics and systems biology to gene regulation, secondary metabolism, and novel industrial applications ... (the book starts) with a superb holistic overview of the genus by its doyenne Joan Bennett ... a most stimulating volume ... The editors and publishers can be proud of having put together a volume that is produced to the highest scientific standards."from David L. Hawksworth in Mycological Research 113: 1444-1445Further reading: Aspergillus: Molecular Biology and GenomicsFull range of books on microbiology at Microbiology Books (Source: Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists.) Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208025 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:04:00 +0100 3208025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208026&cid=t_100802_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Findustrial-applications-of-aspergillus.html "This feast of hugely topical science culminates with an overview of novel industrial applications of Aspergillus oryzaee genomics (Abe et. al., Chapter 10), inciting much enthusiasm for potential applications or exploitations of similar methodologies in other Aspergillus species. Not only does this conclude the suite of species examined with our recognised industrial work horse for heterologous enzyme production, it also presents the opportunity to consider the application of Aspergillus species to biodegradation of plastics and how cell sensing and signalling mechanisms are integral to maximising success in all of the applications under consideration; cue a trans-genus comparison of signal reception and transduction and its relevance to drug screening."from Dr Elaine Bignell (Imperial Co... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208026 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:18:00 +0100 3208026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208027&cid=t_100802_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Faspergillus-book-review.html "...(a) feast of hugely topical science ... This book presents a modern-day dictionary of all things Aspergillus. It is highly readable and has been considerately crafted in terms of structure. From the very first chapter a sense of excitement about the new opportunities afforded by this fascinating genus is derived, which extends far beyond the interests of any single researcher but succeeds in capturing the relevance of genus-based findings for all who work with aspergilli. The essence of functional genomics and systems biology therefore permeates the volume, and ultimately the readers psyche. Not only does it provide a concise and highly current overview of Aspergillus genomics, it also manages to archive decades of relevant and highly insightful biology in a portable format. The book i... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208027 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:15:00 +0100 3208027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175459&cid=t_100802_77_f&fid=37259&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.horizonpress.com%2Fblogger%2F2010%2F01%2Fbook-review-lab-on-chip-technology.html Lab-on-a-Chip TechnologyPublisher: Caister Academic PressEditor: Keith E. Herold and Avraham Rasooly Publication date: 2009ISBN: 978-1-904455-46-2 (Volume 1)ISBN: 978-1-904455-47-9 (Volume 2)"a comprehensive view on state of the art LOC technologies ... Overall the double volume represents a comprehensive and felicitous compendium of lab-on-a-chip technologies and applications not only for the beginner going to get started development experimentally in a fast growing and innovative technology. But also the skilled specialist staying in the commercial arena might find a hugely satisfying compilation of state of the art LOC technologies and new ideas for sure. ... All in all 'Lab-on-a-Chip Technology' is a very useful reading for everyone who is interested in development and production of LO... Microbiology Blog: The weblog for microbiologists. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175459 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:18:00 +0100 3175459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167451&cid=t_100802_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FWzqFHO8U7n8%2Fcan-web-20-truly-improve-health-care.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167451 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:39:00 +0100 3167451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092739&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F15%2Fpsych-central-mindapps-offer-ecbt-iphone-app%2F A few months ago, MindApps released an iPhone application called “eCBT Mood.” It allows a user to apply tried and true cognitive-behavioral techniques in their everyday life, and track their progress with those techniques over time with a simple graph. I liked it because it explained CBT stuff in a direct, easy-to-understand manner, and most importantly, was “actionable.” It walks you through specific steps of an automatic thought, for instance, and gives you encouragement to try and change it as it’s happening. The application’s core is an “eCBT toolbox” that allows you to learn more about your thoughts and feelings, identify your automatic thoughts, keep a feeling and thoughts log, challenge automatic thoughts, and identify and challenge co... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092739 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:36:00 +0100 3092739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079460&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F10%2Fupdate-iphone-apps-for-dental-professionals%2F The following is a list of FREE or reasonably priced iPhone applications pertaining to dentistry: PubSearch: Search PubMed from your phone Dental Practice Monitor Dental Radiology 3D Teeth iBrush Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: Provides quick access to procedural sedation and analgesia information. Epocrates:  Drug Reference MedScape:provides comprehensive drug information, clinical reference, reference tools, medical news and CE. Muscle Head and Neck System:Concentrates on the [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079460 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:15:58 +0100 3079460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008331&cid=t_100802_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fglucose-measurement-in-your-ear-for-real.html A gentleman cornered me at the Diabetes Technology Society meeting earlier this month, and said he wanted to talk non-invasive glucose monitoring.  How could I resist? He said his name was Avner Gal, from Israel. He pulled out a chunky little MP3-looking device, and plugged in a cord with a small clamp on the end. Then [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008331 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:23 +0100 3008331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2916168&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F21%2Famsterdam-e-mental-health-conference-2009%2F Last week, I had the honor of attending and presenting at the first international e-Mental Health Summit for 2009, hosted by the venerable Trimbos Instituut (The Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, similar to the U.S.’s NIMH), the University of Amsterdam, ISRII, and VU University of Amsterdam. This conference, the first international conference of its kind and scope, was research-focused, bringing together dozens upon dozens of researchers from around the world to meet, present, network and collaborate about work people are doing with computers and the Internet in mental health. I hope to highlight some of this work over the upcoming weeks here in this blog, to make you aware of the hundreds of research projects that are actively conducted to gauge the usefulness a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2916168 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:17:08 +0100 2916168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2752043&cid=t_100802_125_f&fid=37825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbibbynews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F31%2Fsearch-pubmed-from-your-iphone%2F Attention URMC iPhone Users! How would you like to search PubMed AND connect to the full-text of our liscenced resources? We suggest using PubSearch, a free application that allows you to access the  PubMed database right from your iPhone. If you are a UR affiliate with a NetID or UR email account, and you would like instructions [...] (Source: Bibby Library News and Tips) Bibby Library News and Tips blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2752043 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:21:48 +0100 2752043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2649273&cid=t_100802_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FSZu3Hr5EC_k%2Fmedscape-releases-mobile-platform.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2649273 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:32:00 +0100 2649273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613847&cid=t_100802_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fa-virtual-nose-job-no-pain-no-cost%2F Ever wonder what you’d look like with a different nose but really, really don’t want to go through the pain and costs of having plastic surgery? Well, you’re in luck. These days, all you have to do is go online and have virtual plastic surgery. Once, these type on online applications were only available at the plastic surgeons office. But now anyone can use them anywhere. Simply upload a photo at FaceTouchUp.com and then drag the cursor around to reshape and contour the nose. Then, with the help of viewing tools, you can compare the before and after photos to see what difference a ‘nose job’ would make. But why stop at the nose. You can also make cosmetic changes to other facial features such as lips, chin, the eyes, cheeks, and ears. In other words you can just about create a �... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613847 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:00:13 +0100 2613847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556392&cid=t_100802_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F30%2F7-google-apps-every-health-professional-should-know-about%2F Today is my first guest post for this blog! I hope you enjoy it – and thanks to Lis from Perth for getting in touch with me! More and more web hosting providers, particularly the ones that are free, are powerfully persuading their clients to use Google Apps in order to manage their email more efficiently. This is typically due to the fact that the hosting provider wants to lower the overhead cost for processing that comes with operating POP accounts and saving disk space related to mail storage. In general, by using Google Apps, you get better performance and often better email support from your host. For example, if your host includes a single catch all type of email, you would probably still benefit from the use of Google Apps. You do have other options when it comes to email solut... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556392 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:47:19 +0100 2556392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453186&cid=t_100802_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2Fs0KKhY6Nx3k%2Fneed-to-check-your-cholesterol-there.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453186 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:35:00 +0100 2453186 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442142&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FQg-QHKBn_Oc%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1 Certainly, it’s a great idea to have all those evidence based policies and guidelines endorsed by the APP in the palm of hands! The AAP’s compilation of the latest guidelines and policies is available in the form of Mobipocket document. The PDA version of the Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines and Policies “9th edition” offers more than just the policies and statements, it includes some other very useful features. Turn your audio on and see the following video for more details. The addition of a bilirubin assessment tool, the vaccines scheduling, patient guidance, and some ICD codes makes this great evidence-based PDA reference a repository of the all tools that a pediatrician may need in practice. However, as mentioned in the video above, the app need to be a... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442142 Fri, 29 May 2009 07:59:22 +0100 2442142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442143&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2FVEEX9AjR6r0%2F When Pepid first launched their new native application on the iPhone and iPod Touch we all cheered. However, unfortunately, the app came pretty much to our disappointment. Turn your audio on and see the next couple of videos for details; The very reason that we need a native app is to avoid all the hassles with Internet connection such as the horrible 3G connection of At&T and the often missing WiFi inside our hospital corridors and ERs [where we use Pepid the most]. This Pepid native app does not do three of the most important dynamic functions that we frequently use on the bedside, namely, the drug dose calculator, the calculators, and the drug to drug interactions! They hosted these functions on their server and we can’t access them without active Internet connection. What&#... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442143 Sat, 23 May 2009 04:06:09 +0100 2442143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367654&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FeAOztzwaINw%26%23038%3Bhl%3Den%26%23038%3Bfs%3D1 Epocrates launched the latest version [2.51] yesterday. It delivers significant improvements over the previous versions but most noticable is the new disease images which we have been waiting for quite long time. The images added are not just a bunch of nice images to say that the app has images, no, there are hundreds of them and many many dx entries are supplemented with [sometimes more than one] images which are crisp clear and highly relevant. Sadly, however, these images are not actually hosted on the native app and requires 3G or Wifi connection whenever requested. This is unfortunate because it means that we highly unlikely to see these images in closed CT scan and other hospital indoors still lacking adequate Wifi. Probably add these images to the Epocrates app would significantly... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367654 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:36:50 +0100 2367654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367657&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpda4peds.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fvideos%2Fnew-sky-ipo.swf We said that Skyscape has recently changed their business model and is now offering paid apps directly from the app store and we explained why here. But what is interesting is that all of these new apps are actually funneled back into the mother app [The Skyscape Medical Resources, recently referred to as The Skyscape App], here’s how they guide us … Now the question is Why? and the answer is simply, their SmartLink technology. One of the biggest features of Skyscape that makes their different resources work synergistically when they are installed together by cross linking. On Palm and Pocket PC, there was no problem. Different titles installed in different folders and they were still cross linked to each other. But on iPhone this is not possible, you cannot jump from one ... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367657 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:40:51 +0100 2367657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348825&cid=t_100802_113_f&fid=34621&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthcareGuy%2F%7E3%2FbcVevYZ4Qag%2F534 Of all major healthcare technology strategies, patient centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives, while still in their infancy, have the potential of significantly improving outcomes. I’ve been following the medical home concept and technology surrounding the initiatives for some time now and am excited to hear consumer electronics companies, traditional IT firms, and finally existing healthcare technology providers finally getting into the fray. To explain the medical home concept I invited Ned Moore, CEO, Co-founder & Chairman of Portico Systems, to explain what the medical home is all about. Here’s what Ned had to say: The patient-centered medical home is a care delivery model where physicians act as health “quarterbacks” or “coaches” to deliver coordinated primary care t... The Healthcare IT Guy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348825 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:27:02 +0100 2348825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2320627&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2F_QJn9eO38F0%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Brel%3D0 The 5-Minute Clinical Consult and it’s website www.5mcc.com has been around for a while and is developed by Unbound Medicine. iPhone users were able to use it by logging in to the website above and access the content. Now, with the development of a native app there is no need for Wifi or 3G anymore and the application can resides on the iPhone. See how it looks on iPod Touch; This is the ultimate reference and it was a best seller on Palm and Pocket PC, and it would certainly be on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The 5-Minute Clinical Consult is not just like the traditional paper book that we used to carry, the digital version includes much more content like the ICD codes and SNOMED codes, full list of searchable medications, algorithms, dermatologic images and other tools. Unbound Medi... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2320627 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:34:31 +0100 2320627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2293781&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FfxhVRp0a35U%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Brel%3D0 The drug doses booklet written by Frank Shann, which is also known as the little white book is widely known among Australian physicians and pediatricians. This simple drug dosages handbook has been transformed into the PDA by another ICU doctor named Oliver Karam. It sports a collection of drug doses, some resuscitation drug calculators, a list of normal lab values, and a collection of pediatric calculators named PedCalc. There are many way that this $20 application can be improved, here’s a list It should run faster. It is only a few KBs app and there should be no delay at all in loading the app. It relies on a runtime environment called Thaker Satellite forms which is not so popular. This runtime is the reason why it cannot be installed on the memory card but that’s not an ... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2293781 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:16:18 +0100 2293781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284183&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FfjiVFVUV6Rs%2F Don’t have an OCR application handy at your place of work to read the text of a scanned page? No problem. What is OCR Terminal? OCR Terminal is a free online Optical Character Recognition service that allows you to convert scanned images and PDFs into editable and text searchable documents. It accurately preserves formatting and layout of documents. Free, requires sign-up. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284183 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:30:54 +0100 2284183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2272568&cid=t_100802_113_f&fid=34621&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthcareGuy%2F%7E3%2FXmN_ZJv3zBw%2F510 In this fourth installment explaining clinical interoperability in plain English, Charlie Harp talks about semantics or the “meaning of data”. Charlie is the CEO and founder of Clinical Architecture and has spent the last twenty years designing and developing software solutions in the healthcare industry.  Here’s what he had to say in his final part of a series I’ve be doing on interoperability. Clinical Interoperability – The Antics of Semantics Semantic interoperability deals with the actual “language” contained in the conversation between applications. Solving the syntactic interoperability issue by using a standard message format does not mean that the terms used by one application are the understood by the other. A computer can't understand thisApplications Can’t ... The Healthcare IT Guy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2272568 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:49:11 +0100 2272568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2267766&cid=t_100802_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fwill-smarter-phones-make-us-better.html With iTunes and an iPhone, you can do much more than download Soulja Boy’s latest hit song. Some application developers are even hoping the iPhone will help you sleep better.Developer Mark Cooke and composer Norihiko Hibino worked together to create “Prescription for Sleep.” They describe it as “a music visualizer that is intended to act as a sleep aid.” It combines “soothing imagery and therapeutic music” to help you fall asleep.The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that two college students won a $10,000 prize for developing “Proactive Sleep.” It analyzes your sleep cycle to determine the best time to wake you up in the morning.After waking you up it uses a game to test your alertness and reaction time. Poor performance indicates that you woke up from a stage of deep s... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2267766 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:43:00 +0100 2267766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2259541&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2F39rhVLw1LAM%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Brel%3D0 Most of the pediatricians that I know bounce away when they realize that the price for the Lexi Pediatric Suite is $179. They must be saying why should we buy such an expensive app while we can have Epocrates and Skyscape for free on the iPhone. Here’s the answer; The Lexi Pediatric Suite is unlike Epocrates, Skyscape, or Unbound Medicine, is offered straight away. You pay for the app and you get all the contents with regular updates. While in the case of other developers, they don’t provide full contents, they just tempt you with a free summarized app on which you have to download and purchase the content from their respective websites. So for example if you want to have a fully functional Epocrates Essentials you’d have to pay $150 yearly subscription and similarly with... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2259541 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:17:30 +0100 2259541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2258361&cid=t_100802_113_f&fid=34621&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthcareGuy%2F%7E3%2FOyclg7RCyvI%2F492 This article focuses on the first two of these. Physical Interoperability What is interesting about the physical transport of critical information is that people outside of healthcare probably think that our industry is dominated by the electronic data transactions. I am not sure that is the case. One example of this is prescriptions. According to NACDS, of the 3.5 million prescriptions filed in 2007, only 2.1% were processed via electronic messaging. Keep in mind that the medication prescription area is one of the most advanced, in terms of electronic messaging, in healthcare. So, today, when we talk about physical interoperability, we are talking about transport mechanisms that include ‘sneaker-net’, faxing, file transfers as well as pure electronic processing. This works today becau... The Healthcare IT Guy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2258361 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:55:12 +0100 2258361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239783&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.screencast.com%2Fusers%2Frmacdona%2Ffolders%2FDefault%2Fmedia%2F63f89060-271d-405e-a544-d463ee267a2c%2FEvernote%2520medical%2520peripheral%2520brain.mov In this video, 4th-year medical student Ryan MacDonald demonstrates how he uses Evernote as his “medical peripheral brain.” So cool. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239783 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:27:19 +0100 2239783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2201830&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2F7-zyvY4rI3M%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1 The famous Merck Manual is now offered from Unbound Medicine in a new format and in a bundle of symptoms and drugs resources. The original Merck Manual was previously offered from Unbound Medicine as a stand-alone PDA product, but recently they have added two optional resources to the package; These are the Merck Manual with patient symptoms and Davis Drug Guide for physicians. So let’s see how it looks on Windows Mobile: The solution is available for Palm, Pocket PC, Blackberry, and also as a wireless website and a regular website [check it out here http://www.unboundmedicine.com/merckmanual/ub] all for one annual subscription price. If only the manual it is $50; if you add the symptoms guide it is $60; and if want the Davis Drug guide added then it’s $80. The website amusing... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2201830 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:52:48 +0100 2201830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2178067&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FVeZ5l21J7Lg%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1 Unbound Medicine has recently released their first ever ‘bundle-package’ app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, The Nursing Central. Have a look here, you can click on the full screen button for better view: You can see that there are so many features and resources packaged in one outstanding iPhone App. This is the first ‘Central’ packages to be released in App Store. One of the most important features noticed is the wireless update where tapping on the right upper reciprocal update arrows takes us into the most recent database update of the app. These updates are not a joke, they are real and for example they just recently updated Tabers into their latest 21st edition as it was showing before the previous 20th edition and also just recently they added the Handbook of... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2178067 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:21:10 +0100 2178067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2239786&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FJBIZYUGgf3k%2F I’m not sure what to make of WebPax.com…but at first glance, it seems really cool to have a Web-based service for viewing images in DICOM format. I know at least a couple of physicians who will want to try it out right away for sharing the occasional scan with a colleague from a distance. I *do* like that DICOM files are anonymized as they are uploaded. DICOM tags are cleared and… • The year and month are not modified • The day is set to the first of the month • The time is set to midnight The patient’s birth date is set to January 1, 1970 I’ll say this much: If I kept a digital personal health record in an online service, I’d want to be able to view DICOMs in it with this kind of tool. Google needs to buy these guys or build a comparable tool... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2239786 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:29:29 +0100 2239786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2174032&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2FJkVz3bR-nE4%2F In a previous post we mentioned that the missing features from the Lexi Pediatric Suite are their diagnostic and lab tool and the Lexi-Tox It seems that they responded to our wishes and they promptly added the missing databases for the same subscription price. Not only that but they even added Household Products to the list, a database that is most needed by people caring for children. And thankfully, they also updated the iPhone app to include the new databases so that there will be no discrepancy between the platforms. If you have Lexi on your Palm or Windows Mobile you need to update your database via their JAVA based Lexi connect and if you have it on your iPhone / iPod Touch then you just accept that new update shown above. Thank you Lexi for listening to us. // –> // &#82... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2174032 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:14:57 +0100 2174032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2174033&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpda4peds.com%2Fiphone%2Fmulti%2Fvids%2Ffiles%2Fepocrates-essentials-ipod.swf This is a continuation of the previous post Here’s how it looks; A noticeable difference from the previous version is that next to the search box there’s now a drop down menu letting us choose which database to search such as the Dx or the Lab. And also there’s a new lower bar tab where we can access Medmath. The new Epocrates is introduced to the users of the previous Epocrates Rx users as an update through the App store as shown below; If you ever encounter a problem with getting the update, then all you have to do is to uninstall it from your iPhone or iPod Touch and then reinstalling it. This is specially true if you subscribed to the Essentials upgrade, it seems that the app needs to get your username and password once again in order to get the updated database... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2174033 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:50:50 +0100 2174033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2174034&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2FQkRe0o_tlkk%2F Finally we’ve got the Essentials on the iPhone. On the 22nd of January, Epocrates has made a good job and produced a modern and fantastic iPhone app that we all crave for. We’ve been waiting for this upgrade since last Christmas and finally it came. So now the same Epocrates app that you downloaded for free from the App store can be reformatted into the fully functional Epocrates Essentials and that’s why they changed its name from Epocrates Rx to Epocrates only. The app includes great features that we used to rely on when we had our Palm and Pocket PC, including Rx, Dx, Lab, Tables, Medmath, DocAlerts, and Interactions checker. However, it is still missing their great differential diagnosis feature, the Epocrates Sx. It is also missing on the Mobile CME and the Epocrate... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2174034 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:50:37 +0100 2174034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116651&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2FofjN_qk9FBk%2F Unbound Medicine announced today that the very first native iphone product is out and it’s the Nursing Central. Unbound Medicine reputation stems from the fact that for every title they publish they provide Palm, Windows Mobile, an online web access, as well as a wireless mobile site that can be accessed by virtually any device with internet browsing capability including the iPhone and iPod Touch. But this time it’s no longer a web based app, It is a fully native app and there are arguably several advantages of a native app over the web based app as we dicussed in a previous page. The Nursing Central is provided as free app from iTunes but to get it actually running content you should purchase a yearly $160 subscription from the Unbound Medicine website. This is much like Skys... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116651 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:24:43 +0100 2116651 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2107456&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FvB1ImKMcYBg%2F So the book is getting some attention! Internet Cool Tools for Physicians is in Google Book Search Stephen Francoeur made this little video: The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the MLA mentioned it on their blog. The MLA’s Taskforce on Social Networking Software posted about it, calling it “…an accessible, illustrated and contemporary guide to online tools in medicine.” Laika, whose blog has quickly become one of my favorite MedLib blogs, mentioned it, as did Creaky. I’m watching WorldCat.org with interest to see which libraries are getting it (though Duke’s copy doesn’t show up yet). Dr. Shock (MD, PhD) gave it a very nice review. I’m lucky to count as friends people like Meredith Farkas and Michael Stephens, both of whom thought the book worthy o... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2107456 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:56:58 +0100 2107456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116654&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpda4peds.com%2Fpda-categories%2Fmulti%2Fvids%2Fvideo-files%2Fhrtln-ppc.swf This is a continuation of the previous post , The Skyscape platform works really well on the Harriet Lane Here’s how it looks on the Windows Mobile screen The pages are appropriately cross linked with a wonderful algorithms that guide us step by step to find pediatric answers at the bedside. The combination of Skyscape and Harriet Lane makes for a fantastic bedside pediatric PDA tool that is powerful, practical, with trusted content. The price for all of the platforms is $55 except for the iPhone it’s 41 yearly subscription [here's the Skyscape purchase page] and here’s how it looks like on the iPhone; The iPhone platform results in a much better user experience with a large screen that accommodates the wonderful pictures specially for the dermatology and the he... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116654 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:53:14 +0100 2116654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116655&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2FyvdTF2v6vps%2F The famous Pediatric Handbook is out in a new renovated face and this time exclusively from Skyscape. The latest edition available in the Mobipocket format is the 16th and no more, therefore it seems that Elsevier [see their web page] will continue with Skyscape alone and no more French Mobipocket. The Antimicrobial version is still not available for the PDA. The Harriet Lane looks like a collection of notes written by a clever pediatric resident where practical information that matters most at the bedside is tabulated and summarized. Therefore, appropriately named  as a Manual for Pediatric House Officers. Historically, since its release in 1953 the print edition of this little book has been recognized by peds as quick and easy to use pediatric reference in practice. So how about having... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116655 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:25:18 +0100 2116655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074016&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D312 This study aimed to elaborate the relationships between sensation-seeking, Internet dependency, and online interpersonal deception. Of the 707 individuals recruited to this study, 675 successfully completed the survey. The results showed high sensation-seekers and high Internet dependents were more likely to engage in online interpersonal deception than were their counterparts. Carmen C. Lewis and Joey F. George (2008). Cross-cultural deception in social networking sites and face-to-face communication. Computers in Human Behavior 24(6): 2945-2964 Deception research has been primarily studied from a Western perspective, so very little is known regarding how other cultures view deception… this study proposes a framework for understanding the role Korean and American culture plays in ... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074016 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:22:34 +0100 2074016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074018&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D311 This study examined verbal indicators to critically analyze 911 homicide statements for predictive value in determining the caller’s innocence or guilt regarding the offense. One hundred audio recordings and transcripts of 911 homicide telephone calls obtained from police and sheriffs departments throughout the United States provided the database for the study. Using qualitative approaches for formulating the linguistic attributes of these communications and appropriate quantitative analyses of the resulting variables, the likelihood of guilt or innocence of the 911 callers in these adjudicated cases was examined. The results suggest that the presence or absence of as many as 18 of the variables are associated with the likelihood of the caller’s guilt or innocence regarding the... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074018 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 2074018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2067399&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kpbs.org%2Fmedia%2Fassets%2FAUDIO%2FThese-Days%2F2008%2F06%2F080603-td1BC-Lying.mp3 Part two of the Deception Blog round-up of “all those articles I haven’t had a chance to blog about”. Part one was about catching liars via non-mechanical techniques. This post covers articles and discussion about new technologies to detect deception, including fMRI and measurement of Event-Related Potentials. fMRI and deception: discussion on the journal pages It’s been quite a year for advances in neuroscience and deception detection, so much so that in a recent paper in of the American Academy of Psychiatry & Law, Daniel Langleben and Frank Dattilio suggested that a new discipline of “forensic MRI” was emerging. One interesting exchange appeared recently in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & Law: Joseph R. Simpson (2008). F... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2067399 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 2067399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116658&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpda4peds.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fvideos%2Fmigrate-sky.swf As we posted in an earlier post that Skyscape has launched its native version on the iPhone. Now, what’s interesting is that we can actually migrate whatever titles that we’ve purchased for the online version to the native version. Here are some screenshots We can notice above that there is a message that we SHOULD migrate before 12/31/2008! What does that mean? It seems likely that they will stop iphone.skyscape.com altogether and want us all to reside native. For us end users it does not make a difference, we will still get the latest updates via WiFi or 3G and in fact it might be even better as we will have access to the content even if we are disconnected as the files now will actually be installed on Skyscpae Medical Resources app rather than on Skyscape’s serve... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116658 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:20:37 +0100 2116658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2026257&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdavidrothman.net%2F2008%2F12%2F08%2Fthe-book%2F Got my hands on my copies of the book today! How exciting! Yay! You can buy a copy from: Springer Publishing or here: I’m looking forward to eventually seeing it WorldCat. Congratulations to Melissa Rethlefsen (who wrote a heck of a lot more than I did)! You should really go email Melissa now and tell her how much she rocks. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2026257 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:48:08 +0100 2026257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1942869&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FwESjuw21uOE%2F My apologies to the awfully nice folks who attended the CE course I taught at UNYOC a couple of weeks ago! I’ve taken far too long to get these slides posted: Also: I’ll be on a panel at NYLA tomorrow (Friday, 11/6/2008) afternoon at 4:00 PM- please say hello if you’re going to be there! As usual at these sorts of things, I’ll know almost nobody. But hey- I might get to meet Polly Farrington! (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1942869 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:27:47 +0100 1942869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1833172&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D298 Hat tip to Neuroethics and Law blog for pointing us towards an article in New Scientist (17 Sept) about lies and spin in the current US Presidential campaign. NS briefly touches on Paul Ekman’s work on microfacial expressions before devoting more attention to the work of David Skillicorn: Skillicorn has been watching out for verbal “spin”. He has developed an algorithm that evaluates word usage within the text of a conversation or speech to determine when a person “presents themselves or their content in a way that does not necessarily reflect what they know to be true”. NS then turns to Branka Zei Pollermann, who combines voice and facial analysis: “The voice analysis profile for McCain looks very much like someone who is clinically depressed,&#8221... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1833172 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1833172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1829124&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D299 I’ve been lax posting on the blogs recently, I know (real life interferes with blogging). Consider this a catch-up post with some of the deception-related issues hitting the news stands over the last few weeks. Polygraphing sex offenders gains momentum in the UK: A new pilot scheme to polygraph test sex offenders to see if they “are a risk to the public or are breaking the terms of their release from jail”, according to The Times (20 Sept 2008). Brain fingerprinting in the news again: Brain test could be next polygraph (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 14 Sept): A Seattle scientist who has developed an electronic brain test that he says could improve our ability to force criminals to reveal themselves, identify potential terrorists and free those wrongly convicted may have fin... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1829124 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:27:31 +0100 1829124 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1811294&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D295 According to a report in the New York Times (14 Sept), an Indian judge has taken the results a brain scan as “proof that the [murder] suspect’s brain held ‘experiential knowledge’ about the crime that only the killer could possess”, and passed a life sentence. The Brain Electrical Oscillations Signature test, or BEOS, was developed by Champadi Raman Mukundan, a neuroscientist who formerly ran the clinical psychology department of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences in Bangalore. His system builds on methods developed at American universities by other scientists, including Emanuel Donchin, Lawrence A. Farwell and J. Peter Rosenfeld. Neuroethics and Law Blog comments, as does Dr Lawrence Farwell (inventor of the controversial ‘Brain Fi... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1811294 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1811294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1811493&cid=t_100802_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F397159932%2F Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone? Taconic hired Hilton Klein as vp, quality systems and regulatory affairs; US Pharmacopeial Convention hired Matt Van Hook as assistant general counsel; Pulmatrix hired John Hanrahan as senior vp and chief medical officer; David Mott, former MedImmune ceo, joined New Enterprise Associates venture capital; Eli Lilly named John Lechleiter, ceo and president, as chairman of the... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1811493 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:16:28 +0100 1811493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1789144&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F390367155%2F One of the best multi-functional tools that a pediatrician can install on the PDA is this gold standard old timer [check this poll results]. Epocrates Essentials has evolved over time to fit the... This is just a summery, visit pda4peds.com for more details and for everything about PDAs in clinical pediatrics! (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1789144 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:45:01 +0100 1789144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696811&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F360972883%2F Epocrates Essentials is undoubtedly one of the best all-in-one applications that any pediatrician may ever have on her/his handheld. However, there is always a place for improvement… All of the... This is just a summery, visit pda4peds.com for more details and for everything about PDAs in clinical pediatrics! (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696811 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:54:32 +0100 1696811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1696812&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F360937552%2F Since the first moment I had a look at Epocrates products I was wondering why these guys are not putting their various Essentials components online. Now, they have done it, not for all products... This is just a summery, visit pda4peds.com for more details and for everything about PDAs in clinical pediatrics! (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696812 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:29:03 +0100 1696812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1577284&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D289 This study examines self-presentation in online dating profiles using a novel cross-validation technique for establishing accuracy. Eighty online daters rated the accuracy of their online self-presentation. Information about participants’ physical attributes was then collected (height, weight, and age) and compared with their online profile, revealing that deviations tended to be ubiquitous but small in magnitude. Men lied more about their height, and women lied more about their weight, with participants farther from the mean lying more. Participants’ self-ratings of accuracy were significantly correlated with observed accuracy, suggesting that inaccuracies were intentional rather than self-deceptive. Overall, participants reported being the least accurate about their photograp... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1577284 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:45:58 +0100 1577284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1532461&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F316103637%2F Clinical Xpert from Thomson Health Care is an all-in-one PDA application that has all the features and sections that we may ever need at the point of care. The pediatrc PDA dream software is to have a single interface where we can have drug information, drug interactions, news and alerts, calculators & tools, differential diagnosis, disease [...] (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1532461 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:59:16 +0100 1532461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1530616&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F315132322%2F Reminder: Liz’s due date is July 10th. Please forgive my one-track mind. Wanting to track labor (or false labor) contractions, I made an Excel spreadsheet. The first two columns record the time a contraction starts and the time it ends, the third and fourth columns (duration and frequency) calculate automatically. I thought this was fine until Liz discovered ContractionMaster.com All you have to do is hit the spacebar when a contraction begins or ends and ContractionMaster will mark the times and calculate the contraction duration and frequency. My only complaint is that it has no method of output. What if I wanted to take the history it records to the Certified Nurse Midwife? I can’t export the data it records to a file, I can’t copy-and-paste the history from the sit... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1530616 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:02:33 +0100 1530616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1519205&cid=t_100802_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F311513707%2F The Apple Design Awards is a special event taking place at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The event is meant to recognize technical excellence, innovation, and outstanding achievement in software development. This year, two medical applications managed to win awards. MIM for iPhone, which I presented in an earlier post, is Best iPhone Healthcare & Fitness Application. MIM for iPhone is a revolutionary medical imaging application that provides multi-planar reconstruction of fused data sets such as PET/CT, which are crucial in diagnosing cancer. MIM lets physicians retrieve patient images wirelessly on their iPhone or iPod touch, manipulate and adjust them using simple gestures to isolate crucial pieces of data, and gather important data for a patient diagnosis o... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1519205 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:55:11 +0100 1519205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1510080&cid=t_100802_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F308552299%2F Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is taking place this week in San Francisco. Today, as a part of it, we saw yet another legendary keynote from Steve Jobs. It was all about the new iPhone, which is now faster, richer with new features and more affordable. Substantial part of the keynote was dedicated to the developers of native applications for iPhone, who had the chance to demonstrate their applications soon to be available through the iPhone app store. App store is launching in a month and will enable you to download and install third party applications to your iPhone. These are some great news for all iPhone users, but especially to those interested in medicine. It seams that we have a lot to look for, as some great applications will be awaiting for us as soon as the app store opens... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1510080 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:31:48 +0100 1510080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1500779&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F301133976%2F The pediatric content of Dynamed is more than enough and includes all the diseases and conditions that a pediatrician may need in clinical practice. However Dynamed is designed with family physicians and primary health care professionals as the target audience but nevertheless it is still very useful for any peds even sub specialty peds. Dynamed is [...] (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1500779 Fri, 30 May 2008 09:35:50 +0100 1500779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1500780&cid=t_100802_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F301123494%2F Ever wondered what was the reason there were concerns about the risk of autism with vaccine administration OR have you ever asked yourself where do I found that systematic review which stated that amoxicillin is safe in pregnancy OR did you face the scenario when you want to treat your acute seizure patient in line [...] (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1500780 Fri, 30 May 2008 09:12:55 +0100 1500780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1469346&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F298569055%2F David Rothman | View | Upload your own Amanda Etches-Johnson | View | Upload your own Melissa Rethlefsen | View | Upload your own Bart Ragon | View | Upload your own (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1469346 Mon, 26 May 2008 19:08:48 +0100 1469346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1354125&cid=t_100802_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fmyminipc-a-pc-for-myspace-users%2F Everex and Good OS (gOS) have released MyMiniPC running on gOS Space 2.9, a special version of gOS Linux especially intended for MySpace users. This OS features brand new MySpace Apps like “Super Mood,” “Super Graffiti,” “Super Quotes,” and “Current Time” to add interactivity to their profiles. MyMiniPC targets MySpace users with a glossy white case, 3D desktop, and a media center dock stacked with MySpace and Web 2.0 folders for News, Photos, Videos, Music, TV and Movies, and more. At one and half inches tall and weighing two pounds, the MyMiniPC will be reailted at US$499. GeekZone Shortcuts are also added for News, Photos, Music, TV and Movies. It basically gives you an easier access to everything you do online. The PC hardware also someth... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1354125 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:01:33 +0100 1354125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1327491&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoloshrink.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Ffirefox-is-back-and-im-gonna-have-party.html Some things make me quite cranky and obsessive, indeed. One of those things happened on Monday. Somehow, I lost Firefox. The browser would load and display itself but would not connect to the Internet. Sometimes, like its owner, this computer becomes a little unstable and ... just does unexpected things. I would say I had no idea what caused this malfunction, but I really had about 20. The first idea on my list was that Comcast might have done something "funny." Its toolbar will only install on IE7, so that's where I started. I switched to IE7 and was again in contact with the world, albeit at what seemed like a snail's pace. OK. I knew the computer could access the web sometimes. My next thought was that I had installed and removed several minor programs, any of which could conceivably ha... Solo Shrink blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1327491 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:12:00 +0100 1327491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303071&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F251529490%2F Patricia Anderson (whose slides I always find worth a look) put up a new presentation yesterday: Above: Embedded slides. If you’re reading this in an aggregator, you may need to visit the site to view the slides (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303071 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:54:31 +0100 1303071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1295911&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F249926183%2F An email conversation with a medical librarian recently reminded me that I’ve been meaning to make a list of the free online tools for working with PDFs that I’ve bookmarked. Converting to/from other formats and PDF https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp Converts files of the following formats (up to 2 MB) to PDF: MS Word (DOC | RTF) MS PowerPoint (PPT) MS Publisher (PUB) MS Excel (XLS) HTML (MHT) Text (TXT) JPG , GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, EMF, WM Site also has free tools for converting URLs to PDF and for converting PDF to .doc http://online.primopdf.com/ Will convert to PDF from the following formats: 123, bmp, cgm, csv, dbf, dif, doc, dot, dxf, emf, eps, gif, hwp, jpeg, jpg, jtd, jtt, met, mml , odb, odf, odg, odm, odp, ods, odt, otg, oth, otp, ots, ott, pbm, pcd, pct, p... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1295911 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:50:37 +0100 1295911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1294723&cid=t_100802_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F249652365%2F Cutting to the chase, NME approvals are “on pace with a miserable 2007,” writes Jim Kumpel of Friedman Billings Ramsey, in an investor note this afternoon. Through the first two months of this year, the FDA has approved 14 New Drug Applications, which is up from 7 last year and an 11-year average of 11. But there was only one NME approved, which is the same rate as 2007, but below the 11-year average of two, he writes. Why the slow pace? Kumpel posits that the FDA Amendment Act of 2007, which included PDUFA reauthorization, required rapid implementation of several key initiatives, and overwhelmed the FDA review staff. And he notes that John Jenkins, who heads the Office of New Drugs, sent his staff a memor authorizing them to miss PDUFA deadline by up to two months if staffing... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1294723 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:20:57 +0100 1294723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162720&cid=t_100802_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F219450554%2F Did you read about the recent experiment where young chimps displayed amazing visual working memory capability, beating humans? - You can watch a short video here. - Lumos Labs has released a very fun game to test your own skills: try out this Chimp Game!   Also, some very good recent news articles: 1) Is it worth going to the mind gym? (New Scientist). This is one of the best articles we have read in a while (unfortunately requires subscription). - "Birdwatching is the brainchild of San Francisco-based Lumos Labs, just one of the dozens of companies that have sprung up in recent months to cash in on the "brain-training" craze. Like most of its competitors, the theory behind ..." Comments: the article introduces readers to much of the research and scientists we disc... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162720 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:26:55 +0100 1162720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1060003&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2Fwhy-social-networking-sites-will-come-and-go%2F You remember Friendster, don’t you? That was the big social networking site a few years ago. Or how about Myspace? No? Then maybe you’re repeating history and you don’t even realize it as you fill out your Facebook profile and think, “Wow, this is so cool!” Cory Doctorow has an excellent article entitled, How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook, which explains why Facebook will be just another piece of social networking roadkill on the information superhighway in a few years. The primary point he makes is that social networking sites are great when only your friends are on it. But once it becomes popular enough, it starts attracting everyone else who isn’t necessarily your friend… Your boss, the co-worker you hang out with but don’... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060003 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:57:09 +0100 1060003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1003535&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D263 A press release (2 Nov) heralds the publication of a new study by Professor Sean Spence from the University of Sheffield, who claims the research shows that fMRI “could be used alongside other factors to address questions of guilt versus innocence”. It’s an interesting study on two counts: one, it appears to be the first time that fMRI lie-detection research has been carried out using a real world case (as opposed to contrived experiments), and two, the research was funded by a TV company and featured on a TV documentary earlier this year. The study is currently in press in the journal European Psychiatry (reference below). The press release gives a summary of the findings: An academic at the University of Sheffield has used groundbreaking technology to investigate the p... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1003535 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:00:47 +0100 1003535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=918881&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D256 Julian Boon, Lynsey Gozna and Stephen Hall have a paper forthcoming in the journal Personality and Individual Differences exploring whether it’s possible to ‘fake bad’ on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scales (GSS). These tests measure ‘Interrogative Suggestibility’ (IS), which is defined as “the extent to which, within a closed social interaction, people come to accept messages communicated during formal questioning, as a result of which their subsequent behavioural response is affected” (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986, p. 84). People who are high in IS are more susceptible to making false confessions under interrogative pressure, in a police or military interrogation scenario, for instance. However, as the authors point out, some offenders might be motivated to app... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=918881 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:22:53 +0100 918881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=882577&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D254 Detailed commentary from Patrick Barkham in the Guardian (18 Sept), exploring the use of ‘lie detecting’ machines in the UK. He covers the use of voice stress analysis in benefit offices and insurance companies, and polygraphy for sex offenders. Interesting stuff, and well worth reading in full over on the Guardian site. Here’s a flavour: [Harrow] council prefers the phrase “voice risk analysis” and Capita calls its combination of software, special scripts and training for handlers the “Advanced Validation Solution”. Just don’t say it’s a lie detector. “Please don’t call it that. We’re not happy with that. It’s an assessment,” says Fabio Esposito, Harrow’s assistant benefit manager. … Voice stre... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=882577 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:41:14 +0100 882577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=825333&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F149160359%2F The screencast below (made with Screencast-O-Matic) shows how to make a screencast…with Screencast-O-Matic. Viewing the embedded screencast below (and recording new ones) requires Java. Why should libraryfolk care about screencasting? Let Paul Pival help answer that question. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=825333 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:27:11 +0100 825333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=738880&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D231 Hat tip to Mind Hacks (25 June) for alterting us to the fact that the organisers of the conference on The Law and Ethics of Brain Scanning: Coming soon to a courtroom near you?, held in Arizona in April, have uploaded both the powerpoint presentations and MP3s of most of the lectures to the conference website. A feast of interesting material here that should keep you going, even on the longest commute, including: “Brain Imaging and the Mind: Pseudoscience or Science?” - William Uttal, Arizona State University “Overview of Brain Scanning Technologies” - John J.B. Allen, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona “Brain Scanning and Lie Detection” - Steven Laken, Founder and CEO, Cephos Corporation “Brain Scanning in the Courts: The Story So Fa... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=738880 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:05:16 +0100 738880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=714697&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D227 Wow. Mind Hacks is right. A great article from the New Yorker on fMRI and deception detection. Here’s a little snippet but as the article is freely available online you should really head on over there and read the whole thing: To date, there have been only a dozen or so peer-reviewed studies that attempt to catch lies with fMRI technology, and most of them involved fewer than twenty people. Nevertheless, the idea has inspired a torrent of media attention, because scientific studies involving brain scans dazzle people, and because mind reading by machine is a beloved science-fiction trope, revived most recently in movies like “Minority Report” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Many journalistic accounts of the new technology—accompanied by colorful bitmapped ima... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=714697 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:30:31 +0100 714697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=702971&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F128718462%2F [EDIT] I’m out of invites- but do check out Freebase when you get a chance! [/EDIT] So I’m in on the alpha of Freebase.com and have a couple of invitations to give away. It would be interesting for any Web enthusiast to check out, but would be especially exciting if you’re a developer who likes to play with APIs. Does that sound like you? The first two people who drop me an email at the address on this blog’s right sidebar will get an invitation. What’s Freebase.com? Think of it as a Wikipedia for structured data with powerful API tools that’ll let you build applications from it. It appears to be insanely cool. Free + Database = Freebase It’s about film, sports, politics, music, science and everything else all connected together. Our contributors ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=702971 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:55:54 +0100 702971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629025&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D209 The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ, Loza, 2005) is a self-report measure designed to predict violent and nonviolent recidivism. According to the authors of this study,  published in the latest issue of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, the SAQ has been shown, in several studies, to be valid in a variety of different “populations, settings, cultures, gender, and age groups” (p.672). Despite this, some researchers wonder about the validity of the SAQ, because it is a self-report measure: Such doubts arise from beliefs that self-report measures have inferior validity relative to professionally rated measures (Kroner & Loza, 2001) and a widespread belief that self-report questionnaires are more susceptible to lying and deception, especially when used in offending popul... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629025 Tue, 22 May 2007 21:21:40 +0100 629025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=628265&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F118685303%2F Built by diabetics for diabetics, SugarStats provides a simple, completely web-based and clean interface to track, monitor and access your glucose levels and diabetic statistics to spot dangerous trends and better manage your diabetic lifestyle. You input and access your info via a web browser so no matter where you are you have easy access. … With SugarStats you can track your blood sugar glucose levels along with the elements that effect those levels such as medication, food intake and physical activity. You can then easily share this information with your health care professional, family and friends to get further consultation and advice to better your health. With SugarStats you will be able to: * Bring your readings online. Get rid of that pen & paper log! * Track &#038... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=628265 Tue, 22 May 2007 11:23:45 +0100 628265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=610453&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F116551062%2F I’ll bet BibMe will be a big hit on college campuses in the fall. Welcome to BibMe! The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It’s the quickest way to build a works cited page. And it’s free. Search for a book, article, website, or film from our database, or enter the information yourself. Add it to your bibliography. Download your bibliography in either the MLA, APA, or Chicago formats and include it in your paper. BibMe was developed as part of a Software Development project course in the Information Systems department of Carnegie Mellon University. Team Exibeans worked on this project during the spring semester of 2007, spending roughly 15 weeks building the system. Using a slick combination of Ruby on Rails and AJAX, we were able to create a bibliogr... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=610453 Mon, 14 May 2007 11:26:05 +0100 610453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=579215&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D201 In this study, we used an experimental procedure to evaluate whether extrafamilial CMs underreported their questionnaire-assessed beliefs. At time one, 41 CMs were questionnaire-assessed under standard conditions (i.e., they were free to impression manage). At time two, CMs were questionnaire-assessed again; 18 were randomly attached to a convincing fake lie detector (a bogus pipeline), the others were free to impression manage. The results showed that bogus pipeline CMs significantly increased cognitive distortion endorsements compared to their own previous endorsements, and their control counterparts’ endorsements. The findings are the first experimental evidence showing that CMs consciously depress their scores on transparent questionnaires. The article is interesting on many levels: ... Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=579215 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:01:44 +0100 579215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=579278&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34795&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoloshrink.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fnew-google-application-announced.html Google has announced the anticipated Presentation application for its current suite of free online office components. The Official Google Blog "birth announcement" states that, following Google's acquisition of Tonic Systems, we can expect the addition this summer. This puts their online suite into a very favorable position to be the most powerful and useful available. When combined with Gmail and all of its secondary features, Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Earth, SketchUp,the unofficial Gspace online storage application (possibly soon to have a future official version?), Google Toolbar, Picasa, Picasa Web Albums, Blogger, a personalizable Home Page, AdSense, Google Pack of additional free software ..... Oh, you get the idea. I'm not certain what the best thing was before sliced bread, b... Solo Shrink blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=579278 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:07:00 +0100 579278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=576588&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D198 Deliberations, a blog about “Law, news, and thoughts on juries and jury trials” has been keeping my attention since its launch in February. Anne Reed, a trial lawyer and jury consultant from Wisconsin, posts regularly on research and news relating to juries and court cases. If you have an interest in the psychology of juries - or even just a more general interest in forensic psychology - it’s well worth adding to your list of required reading. Last week Anne published two posts on deception with specific reference to trials: Deceived about deception and How to expose a lie, and was nice enough to make some kind comments about this blog. Thanks Anne! Photo credit: Duo de Hale, Creative Commons License (Source: Deception Blog) Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=576588 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:29:14 +0100 576588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=567164&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F111618800%2F (If you’re reading this post in an aggregator, you’ll need to visit the blog to see this work.) To see a demonstration of what Bubble Guru does, click here. (Has audio- adjust the volume on your speakers to be appropriate to your environment) Try it yourself: http://www.bubbleguru.com/ (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=567164 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:10:35 +0100 567164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=547043&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F109515212%2F Resources from Judy Burnham, used to teach her class for the 2007 Medical Association of Alabama Meeting: Web Page PowerPoint Cyber Cafe These are definitely worth flipping through if you have even a casual interest in the application of Web technologies to medicine. I like to consider myself well-informed on the topic, but a handful of the resources Judy notes are new to me. Many thanks, Judy! [Via MEDLIB-L] (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=547043 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:17:05 +0100 547043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=507816&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F105054414%2F My friend Saul (not his real name) is a pretty capable computer user on both Windows and Macs, but not a fan of television or pop culture. Saul recently decided to try out Mozy, an online backup service that I’ve used and liked. He noticed something weird in the EULA, though, and decided to email Mozy’s creators (Berkeley Data Systems) about it. He wrote to BDS: Hi - I just thought that the highlighted passages in this segment of the Mac OSX beta version’s software license agreement might be of interest to you. FYI - I downloaded this yesterday. “WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF BERKELEY DATA SYSTEMS AND ITS SUPPLIERS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO BERKELEY DATA SYSTEMS ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=507816 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:14:07 +0100 507816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=499890&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D177 In a paper [pdf] soon to be published in the Journal of Marketing Research, Peter Darke and Robin Ritchie argue that deceptive advertisements can induce a process of generalized “defensive stereotyping” of further adverts. From the press release (Florida State University, March 07): The paper, just published in the Journal of Marketing Research, indicates that the negative [...] (Source: Deception Blog) Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=499890 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:03:06 +0100 499890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=470491&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D169 Wired Blog 27B Stroke 6 (8 March) reports on new technology to screen members of the public: Getting inside the Democratic or Republican national convention requires connections and a badge, but in the summer of 2008, it might require also require not setting off remote, cutting edge sensors designed to test whether or not you have [...] (Source: Deception Blog) Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=470491 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:00:00 +0100 470491 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=458366&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F100272297%2F Not new, but new to me. Check out this great big list of online Office applications. It isnt a complete list of what is available, but is still pretty impressive. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=458366 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:17:58 +0100 458366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=470500&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D165 From Science Daily, 19 Feb, a report on the recent symposium Is There Science Underlying Truth Detection? sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. It does a good job at summarising some of the practical, legal, ethical and theoretical issues surrounding the use [...] (Source: Deception Blog) Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=470500 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:00:41 +0100 470500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=470504&cid=t_100802_109_f&fid=34742&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeception.crimepsychblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D161 From the Associated Press via Yahoo! (16 Feb): There’s an open secret in medicine: Patients lie. They lie about how much they smoke and whether they’re taking their medicine. They understate how much they drink and overstate how much they exercise. They feign symptoms to get appointments quicker and ask doctors to hide the truth from [...] (Source: Deception Blog) Deception Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=470504 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:49:56 +0100 470504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=423182&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F92781263%2F Web 2.0 in Libraries: Theory and Practice SLA Click University Live From 1/10/2007 Web 2.0 in Libraries: The Tools of Web 2.0 SLA Click University Live From 1/24/2007 Other presentations Meredith has uploaded to SlideShare (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=423182 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:50:41 +0100 423182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=422803&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F92773318%2F List Here are the web-based spreadsheet applications I’m aware of: ajaxXLS EditGrid Xcellery Google Docs & Spreadsheets iRows Numbler NumSum Simple Spreadsheet ThinkFree Calc Zoho Sheet Comparison This spreadsheet comparing EditGrid, Google Spreadsheets, iRows, Numbler, NumSum and Zoho Sheet has been created in each of the following applications, giving you yet another way to compare them: EditGrid Google Spreadsheet iRows Numbler NumSum Zoho Sheet WikiCalc, iWoorx, and a video of interest to Web 2.0 enthusiasts And here’s an interesting video about iWoorx Wiki Spreadsheets (built on WikiCalc). (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=422803 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:14:36 +0100 422803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=397101&cid=t_100802_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F86604147%2F The rumor is that Google is soon to release a presentation tool (a sort of online version of MS PowerPoint or Keynote or OpenOffice Impress) a part of Google Docs and Spreadsheets. So now Google offers email, calendars, word processing, spreadsheets and (soon) presentation software. Other online presentation applications (or online office suites with presentation features) I’m aware of: Empressr Spresent ThinkFree Show Thumbstacks TonicPoint (in private beta) Toufee Zoho Show Preezo is supposed to be on the way. Let me know if there are others I’m missing? (Let’s hope that the final name Google gives to its presentation tool ISN’T “Presently.” Euucccchh.) (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=397101 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:41:42 +0100 397101