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David Zierler, The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2011. 252 pp. $24.95

David Zierler, The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2011. 252 pp. $24.95

2013 Nobel Prize Recognizes Work of Scientists Who Illuminated Molecular Transport System of Cells

Three scientists who worked independently to understand the basic mechanisms involved in the production and transport of proteins and other molecules within and beyond the cell have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2013. James E. Rothman, PhD, of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Randy W. Schekman, PhD, of the University of California, Berkeley; and Thomas C. Sudhof, MD, PhD, of Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, each puzzled out a slightly different aspect of the vesicle transport system that lies at the heart of how cells function and communicate. Schekman discovered a set of genes needed for vesicle transport, Rothman discovered the protein machinery that vesicles rely on to fuse with their targets and deliver their cargo, and Sudhof discovered the signals that direct vesicles to release their cargo with precision.

Review: The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think About the Environment, by David Zierler

Review: <i>The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think About the Environment</i>, by David Zierler

Data management strategies for multinational large-scale systems biology projects

Good accessibility of publicly funded research data is essential to secure an open scientific system and eventually becomes mandatory [Wellcome Trust will Penalise Scientists Who Don’t Embrace Open Access. The Guardian 2012]. By the use of high-throughput methods in many research areas from physics to systems biology, large data collections are increasingly important as raw material for research. Here, we present strategies worked out by international and national institutions targeting open access to publicly funded research data via incentives or obligations to share data. Funding organizations such as the British Wellcome Trust therefore have developed data sharing policies and request commitment to data management and sharing in grant applications. Increased citation rates are a profound argument for sharing publication data. Pre-publication sharing might be rewarded by a data citation credit system via digital object identifiers (DOIs) which have initially been in use for data objects. Besides policies and incentives, good practice in data management is indispensable. However, appropriate systems for data management of large-scale projects for example in systems biology are hard to find. Here, we give an overview of a selection of open-source data management systems proved to be employed successfully in large-scale projects.

The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment.

The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment.

David Zierler . The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment . Athens: University of Georgia Press. 2011. Pp. xii, 245. Cloth $59.95, paper $24.95.

David Zierler . The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment . Athens: University of Georgia Press. 2011. Pp. xii, 245. Cloth $59.95, paper $24.95.

The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment. By David Zierler. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011. xii + 245 pp. Illustrations, figures, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper $24.95.

<i>The Invention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam, and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment</i>. By David Zierler. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011. xii + 245 pp. Illustrations, figures, notes, bibliography, and index. Paper $24.95.

Scientists Who Work with Insects: How Do Arts and Sciences and Agriculture School Faculty Differ in Where They Publish?

Journals particularly favored by two distinct groups of scientists for their manuscripts involving insects were compared. Scientists who worked in biology departments that were units of colleges of arts and sciences or some other academic unit with a designation meant to distinguish it from a college of agriculture had proportionally more publications in journals of the study of general genetics and genomics using insect models; journals of the study of general molecular, cellular, and developmental biology using insect models; journals of insect behavior and neuroscience, evolution, and systematics; and the more general journals of science and biology. Scientists who worked in entomology departments within colleges of agriculture had higher percentages of their papers in journals of general entomology and type of insect, journals of insect structure and function, and journals of economic entomology and crop protection. Authors of both types contributed at about the same rate to journals of ecological entomology and medical, veterinary, and tropical entomology. While the number of unique titles exceeded the 98 titles in common, those shared journals actually accounted for 59 percent of the combined output of 1,955 articles appearing between 2004–2008. Moreover, the percentage of papers in journals with 5 or more papers from both arts and sciences and agricultural communities exceeded the percentage of papers in journals with 5 or more papers that are not frequently common venues for both communities. These communities tend to use many of the same journals, but to rank them in predictably different ways as venues for their papers is a finding important for prioritizing collection management and budgeting decisions.

Five Recommended Practices for Computational Scientists Who Write Software

Few software engineering techniques and approaches are specifically useful for computational scientists, and despite recent efforts, it could be many years before a consolidated handbook is available. Meanwhile, computational scientists can look to the practices of other scientists who write successful software.

An Important Function of the Pittsburgh Conference is to Recognize and Honor Scientists Who Have Made Outstanding Contributions to Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy

An Important Function of the Pittsburgh Conference is to Recognize and Honor Scientists Who Have Made Outstanding Contributions to Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy

Bending science: how special interests corrupt public health research

1. Introduction 2. Why Bend Science? The Players, the Setting, and the Consequences 3. Where Are the Scientists? Distorting Science without Oversight or Penalty 4. Shaping Science The Art of Creating Research to Fit One's Needs 5. Hiding Science The Art of Concealing Unwelcome Information 6. Attacking Science The Art of Turning Reliable Research into Junk 7. Harassing Scientists The Art of Bullying Scientists Who Produce Damaging Research 8. Packaging Science The Art of Assembling an Expert Group to Advance a Favored Outcome 9. Spinning Science The Art of Manipulating Public Perceptions about Credible Science 10. Restoring Science Forcing Bent Science Out into the Open 11. Reforming Science Oversight Instituting More Vigorous Oversight Processes to Ensure the Integrity of Science in Policy-Making 12. Final Thoughts A Broader Perspective on the Problem and the Prospects for Change Notes Index

'Spore' Documentary Spawns Protest By Scientists Who Starred in It

Scientists who appear in a film about the blockbuster video game Spore are criticizing the National Geographic Channel, saying that they believed they were participating in a documentary about evolutionary biology.

Female Political Scientists Who Have Run for Public Office

Barbara Burrell, Northern Illinois University, and Jackie De-Laat, Marietta College, are undertaking a research project on women political scientist faculty members who have run for public office. If you are such an individual or know of someone who fits that criterion, please forward that information to one of them. They are seeking individuals who have run regardless of whether they won or not. It can be for any elective office in the public domain from school board, village trustee, on up to president. Burrell and DeLaat plan to conduct indepth interviews with these women about their experiences as candidates and officeholders.

PHYSICISTS CAST ANCHOR IN BALTIMORE

THE 7,200 OR SO SCIENTISTS WHO ATtended the American Physical Society's (APS) March meeting last month appeared to have physically conquered quantum mechanics, somehow managing to exist in several places simultaneously. Or at least that's how it looked to an outsider with a tenuous grasp of rudimentary physics. Baltimore Convention Center's hallways and massive open spaces were so full of people chatting, buying coffee, and typing away on ubiquitous laptops that it seemed as if no one could possibly be attending sessions. But a quick peek into any of the symposia revealed rooms packed with attentive physicists listening to talks on everything from condensed-matter physics to evolution. Attendees still found time for less erudite pursuits, including a physics sing-along hosted by Haverford College's Walter Smith. event's brainy ballads included The Relativity Song, set to music from The Little Mermaid, and The Love Song of the Electric Field, sung to the tune of Loch ...

Ebenezer Emmons (1799-1863), Founder of American Paleozoic Stratigraphy: Hero of the Taconic Controversy, one of the Most Celebrated Geological Disputes in North America

One of the most important and distinguished geologists in the history of the earth sciences was Ebenezer Emmons Sr., father of the Taconic System. The overthrust which places Lower Cambrian rocks in contact with Middle Ordovician rocks, known as Emmons' Line, formerly Logan's Line, is a segment that extends from Canada through New York, and as far south as Alabama. Emmons, a graduate of Rensselaer in the first class of 1826, was inspired by Amos Eaton. Emmons became junior professor at Rensselaer in 1830, a position he held for ten years, and while serving there, was appointed State (Chief) Geologist of the northern Geological District of the New York State Geological Survey in 1836. He named the Adirondack Mountains (1838), and the Taconic Mountains (1844, 1846) and acquainted the public with these regions. Emmons had noted the presence of a group of rocks between the Potsdam Sandstone, the oldest of the then recognized sedimentary formations in New York, and what was called then the Primitive Rocks of Central Vermont. Emmons inferred that the deformed rocks in Washington County, New York, north of Troy, New York, were older than any fossiliferous rocks then known. For these oldest fossil-bearing rocks he coined the name Taconic System. Emmons later became state geologist of North Carolina, spreading the influence of Rensselaer, and promoted his ideas of the Taconic System.Emmons' student at Rensselaer, James Hall became the chief American paleontologist of his era and one of the greatest American scientists of the 19th century. Emmons and Hall ‘dueled’ over the age of the Taconic rocks, a disagreement that became known as the Taconic controversy. Hall said they were younger, whereas Emmons claimed them to be older. This division led to suit and counter suit, and ultimately Emmons was forced to leave New York as a result of a court decision favoring Hall. Emmons and Hall are buried next to each other at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Albany, New York. The argument over the Taconic fossils raged for many years, and ultimately Emmons was vindicated, for Joachim Barrande, the chief student of European Paleozoic faunas, agreed with Emmons. The Taconic rocks of Troy, New York, are comparable in age and lithology to the rocks of the district near Prague which have been named Barrandian after Barrande. The American Museum of Natural History in New York honors "Scientists Who Have Served the State of New York and the Nation"; this list includes four geologists, three of whom are from Rensselaer. The first listed is Eaton, founder of Rensselaer, and last is Ebenezer Emmons.

Editorial: Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria control in infants: moving towards evidence‐based policy and public health action

It is important to balance the urgency of implementing a new efficacious intervention on a public health scale against the need to acquire convincing evidence on safety and efficacy. Two studies in Tanzania have shown that intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) the administration of antimalarial drugs at pre-specified times during the first year of life regardless of the presence of clinical symptoms or Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia reduces episodes of malaria and anaemia by over 50%. Children followed up to the age of 2 years showed a sustained 36% reduction in the risk of malaria. IPTi has the potential to become a major tool for malaria control in Africa as it may be delivered at the time of routine vaccination – through the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) – which increases the chance of long-term sustainability. Should IPTi now be recommended as a malaria control strategy for Africa? A group of research scientists WHO and UNICEF reviewed the evidence that was available in 2002 and agreed that information would be required in three key areas before a recommendation on the role of IPTi in national malaria control strategies could be made. First the efficacy of IPTi in reducing episodes of clinical malaria and anaemia in different epidemiological settings should be known. Secondly it should be demonstrated that IPTi has no adverse impact on serological responses to EPI vaccines. Thirdly the reassuring safety data that is currently available on IPTi with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) should be consolidated. (excerpt)

Introduction—Careers of Selected Political Scientists Who Graduated during “Separate But Equal”

This symposium stemmed from a 2002 panel at the APSA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. The panel discussed the major professional contributions of several political scientists who graduated between 1935 and 1955. They attended graduate school during “separate but equal” in many Southern states. Yet, they achieved and made major contributions at many black and white universities. Many black students were motivated to study political science, enter graduate school, and pursue a pivotal career in political science and law. The preponderance of these early political scientists was employed at black or African-American universities. They established strong programs at these institutions and encouraged students to pursue degrees in political science and law.

Diary of a Lake: An Intimate Description of the Natural History of Glacier Lake and the Cirque of the Unclimbables, in the Words of Scientists Who Were Among the Area's First Pioneers (review)

Diary of a Lake: An Intimate Description of the Natural History of Glacier Lake and the Cirque of the Unclimbables, in the Words of Scientists Who Were Among the Area's First Pioneers (review)

Tropical Mysteries and the Scientists Who Study Them: An Island Perspective

EcologyVolume 83, Issue 5 p. 1475-1476 Book Review Tropical Mysteries and the Scientists Who Study Them: An Island Perspective Maureen A. Donnelly, Maureen A. Donnelly Florida International University College of Arts and Sciences 3000 NE 151st St. North Miami, Florida 33181-3000 E-mail: donnelly@fiu.eduSearch for more papers by this author Maureen A. Donnelly, Maureen A. Donnelly Florida International University College of Arts and Sciences 3000 NE 151st St. North Miami, Florida 33181-3000 E-mail: donnelly@fiu.eduSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 2002 https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1475:TMATSW]2.0.CO;2Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume83, Issue5May 2002Pages 1475-1476 RelatedInformation

SAGE KE: an intellectual home for scientists who seek to understand why and how organisms age.

SAGE KE: an intellectual home for scientists who seek to understand why and how organisms age.