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Posted The Drupal Platform and Community to Emerging Tech Expo
Drupal as a PlatformYou may know Drupal as the platform behind our web presence. But Drupal is much more than simply a CMS, it's a software development framework. I'll have a number of Drupal implementations on-hand for you to play...
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Posted Drupal, Solr, GeoNetwork and GeoServer at DLF to academe 2.0
| View | Upload your own Presented at the Digital Library Federation Spring Forum 2008...
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Posted Drupalcon 2008: Dev, Stage, Build! to academe 2.0
This morning I attended a session titled Best practices in development environments, staging, build management, and production environments. In terms of practical importance, this may have been the most valuable session for me. Here are a few highlights of the...
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Posted test to Battle of the Browsers
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Posted Skype Firefox Extension - Brilliant to academe 2.0
I just updated Skype on my home computer, and boy am I impressed with one new little feature. It's a Firefox extension that looks for phone numbers on web pages. When it finds one, it highlights it and sticks a...
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Posted David Walker's RSS Creator to academe 2.0
"A system that leverages SFX and Metalib to create RSS feeds for any journal or newspaper indexed and abstracted in a library's subscription databases. flash RSS Creator 0.1" http://public.csusm.edu/dwalker/rss.htm That pretty much sums it up. The system is password protected...
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Posted Avian Flu Resources to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
We have put together a list of useful resources for Avian Flu here: http://courses.lib.umn.edu/page.phtml?page_id=1970...
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Posted U of M to Help Communities Prepare for Public Health and Bioterrorism Emergencies to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
$2.7 Million Grant Will Help Prepare Health Workers MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (October 24, 2005)--The University of Minnesota’s schools of nursing and public health have received a $2.7 million federal grant to educate and train healthcare workers in emergency preparedness,...
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Posted New CDC Fellowships in Applied Epidemiology Offer Hands-On Experience to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Pursuing a longstanding interest in maternal and fetal health, Courtney Rowland spent last year deeply involved in several key investigations: the role of folic acid in preventing encephalocele (a congenital neural-tube defect), the effects of maternal analgesics on congenital...
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Posted NIH Public Access Policy Implementation: For NIH-Funded Researchers to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Have you written a manuscript that resulted from NIH funding? Has it been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in a journal? If so, you should be aware of the NIH Public Access Policy, which went into effect May 2, 2005....
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Posted Minnesota Department of Health Hurricane Katrina Resources Page to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Minnesota's Public Health Response to Hurricane Katrina Help is available – from many sources – for survivors of Hurricane Katrina who have come to Minnesota. A variety of tools and resources are available for health care and emergency response professionals...
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Posted Google Launches Hurricane Katrina Portal to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
"We've launched two new search features designed specifically for finding information about Hurricane Katrina. You can search on any keyword using Katrina Search and get back results only from Hurricane Katrina-related web pages. Katrina People Search accesses several public databases...
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Posted Message from Interim Dean John Finnegan, Jr. to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Message from Interim Dean John Finnegan, Jr. The events of the past week in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast temper our joy in a new semester, yet magnify for us the importance of public health. Amid this tragedy, we...
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Posted The Red Cross Relief Effort So Far (As of September 12): to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Minnesota Volunteers - 63 Red Cross volunteers from Minnesota are currently on the scene in Louisiana, Mississippi and other states affected by the disaster. We anticipate that another 109 Red Cross volunteers from Minnesota will be dispatched in the coming...
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Posted Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
The HINARI program, set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Over 2900 journal titles are now available to health institutions in...
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Posted Minneapolis Red Cros: The Red Cross Relief Effort So Far (As of September 7) to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
The Red Cross Relief Effort So Far (As of September 7): Minnesota Volunteers - 63 Red Cross volunteers from Minnesota are currently on the scene in Louisiana, Mississippi and other states affected by the disaster. We anticipate that another...
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Posted Cancer Center Grant Announcements to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
THE OVARIAN CANCER RESEARCH FUND, INC. The Liz Tilberis Scholars Program Application Deadline: September 15, 2005 This announcement is directed towards junior faculty with a strong commitment to an investigative career in the field of ovarian cancer research. The intent...
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Posted U of MN's JULIE ROSS NAMED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR POPULATION SCIENCES to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
MINNEAPOLIS/ST.PAUL, MN (Aug. 3, 2005) – Julie A. Ross, Ph.D.,Photo of Dr. Julie Ross professor and internationally known childhood cancer epidemiologist, has been named associate director for population sciences at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center, announces John Kersey, M.D.,...
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Posted New: Searchable Access to Medical & Healthcare Marketplace Guide to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
The Medical and Healthcare Marketplace Guide Online A comprehensive, authoritative guide to the worldwide medical and healthcare industry The Medical and Healthcare Marketplace Guide Online is your best source for the latest information on the trends, developments, scientific advancements, and...
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Washing our hands of the congenital cytomegalovirus disease epidemic to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Congenital CMV is a prime target for prevention not only because of its substantial disease burden but also because the biology and epidemiology of CMV suggest that there are ways to reduce viral transmission. Because exposure to the saliva or...
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Posted You might as well smoke; the misleading and harmful public message about smokeless tobacco to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Results We found that when any substantive information about the risk from ST is given, the risk is almost universally conflated with the risk from cigarettes. Accurate comparative risk information was quite rare, provided by only a handful of websites,...
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Posted Survey reveals women and doctors aren't talking about HPV to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
ARHP calls for women to talk to their providers, request comprehensive screenings Washington, DC, June 28, 2005 - Eighty-eight percent of women rely on their healthcare providers to learn about gynecological issues, yet only 19 percent said their doctor has...
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Posted What Is Epi Info™? to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
With Epi Info™ and a personal computer, epidemiologists and other public health and medical professionals can rapidly develop a questionnaire or form, customize the data entry process, and enter and analyze data. Epidemiologic statistics, tables, graphs, and maps are produced...
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Posted World Health Assembly adopts new International Health Regulations to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
23 MAY 2005 | GENEVA -- Today, the World Health Assembly approved a new set of International Health Regulations to manage public health emergencies of international concern. The new rules will "prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health...
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Posted Public health education: A report from Mosul and a plan for change to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Today Iraq suffers from severe shortages of food, medicine, clean water and adequate sanitation. Malnutrition and communicable diseases are major factors in the rising morbidity and mortality rates. However, supplies and equipment are insufficient or outmoded, and public health training...
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Posted Key to breast cancer prevention could hang in the balance to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Research shows combination of exercise and weight control may cut disease risk dramatically PHILADELPHIA – In a large epidemiological study of the link between energy balance and breast cancer risk, scientists have provided strong evidence that more exercise together with...
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Posted 06/07/2005 Pandemic Influenza: Harbinger of Things to Come to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
What: Public Health Institute Lecture Presented by: Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director for the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Associate Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Center for Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD), and...
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Posted New!: Public Health Information and Data Tutorial to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Public Health Information and Data Tutorial provides instruction for members of the public health workforce on issues related to information access and management. This tutorial is based on Public Health Information and Data: A Training Manual. There are no copyright...
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Posted CDC Adopts New Repellent Guidance for to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
Americans have more options than ever to use in protecting themselves from mosquito bites. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidance about effective mosquito repellents available in the United States. The updated guidance includes addition...
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Posted CDC issues 'pocket pet' warnings to UMN: Bio-Med Library - Public Health
They might be cute and cuddly, but furry "pocket pets" and docile petting zoo animals can spread deadly bacteria to children just like snakes and exotic pets. . . . "I don't want people to be alarmed by these pets....
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