Academic and industrial scientists have sharply increased their demand for properly prepared and clinically annotated tissue samples that yield valuable insights into the origins and expressions of human disease. Historically, research on human tissue samples has been relatively unencumbered by federal regulations and occurred without delineation of ownership rights to the specimens, patient da...

Characterization of user activities is an important issue in the design and maintenance of websites. Server weblog files have abundant information about the user's current interests. This information can be mined and analyzed therefore the administrators may be able to guide the users in their browsing activity so they may obtain relevant information in a shorter span of time to obtain user sat...

Technological studies are not per se less interesting for women, but their motivation, specific interests, learning styles, goals and demands often vary significantly from those of men. Thus, an important objective is the design of new education models and materials adapted to the interests and learning strategies of women. New media and new technologies provide the potential to significantly c...

In light of ever growing interests in noncentrosymmetric materials, a fascinating reticular chemistry is illustrated via the structure of a new family of solids where the acentric symmetry of the well-known [V(4+)(14)As(3+)(8)O(42)Cl](5-) POM cluster is manifested through the network construction of counter cations featuring slabs of Cs(+)-based half SOD β-cages.

Perovskites are mixed-metal oxides that are attracting much scientific and application interest owing to their low price, adaptability, and thermal stability, which often depend on bulk and surface characteristics. These materials have been extensively explored for their catalytic, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties. They are promising candidates for the photocatalytic splitting of wa...

Economical nanocomposites based on π-stacking of N-acetyl glycosyl rhodamine B to graphene oxide (GO) are simply prepared. These "sweet" GO-materials are proven to be admirable for the fluorogenic recognition of specific intercellular sugar-based ligand-glycoprotein receptor interactions of interest.

This paper re-examines the relevance of three academic norms to contemporary academic life – communism, universalism and disinterestedness – based on the work of Robert Merton. The results of a web-based survey elicited responses to a series of value statements and were analysed using the weighted average method and through crosstabulation. Results indicate strong support for communism as an ac...

The first sight to greet visitors to the exhibition gallery of the Wellcome Institute is a triptych: in the middle is the portrait of the founder, Sir Henry Wellcome, and on either side, panels showing pictures of the Institute and Library yesterday and today What was it like then? What is it like now? How has the Institute changed and developed up to the present day? How has it succeeded in re...

The first sentence of the Competing interests statement is incorrect. The Competing interests statement should read: "CP is President of Patterns and Predictions, whose company in conjunction with PT and LV, has a patent pending in relation to information discussed in the Appendix 1. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our a...