6 Scary Book Selections to Read from Library for September 2015

1. Robert Spencer’s The Complete Infidel’s Guide to ISIS

2. The Demographic Cliff: How To Survive And Prosper During The Great Deflation Of 2014-2019

Chapter 1	The Demographic Cliff Around the World
Chapter 2	Following Japan into a Coma Economy
Chapter 3	Why Real Estate Will Never Be the Same
Chapter 4	A Look at Public and Private Debt
Chapter 5	A Brief History of Financial Bubbles
Chapter 6	Commodity Prices: The Achilles’ Heel of Emerging Countries
Chapter 7	Investment Strategies for the Financial Crisis Ahead
Chapter 8	Business Strategies for the Winter Season
Chapter 9	Government Strategies for Facilitating Free Markets
Epilogue:	A Major Revolution Brews Every 250 Years

3. Humans Are Underrated by Geoff Colvin

• The Cleveland Clinic, which emphasizes empathy training of doctors and all employees to improve patient outcomes and lower medical costs.
• The U.S. Army, which has revolutionized its training to focus on human interaction, leading to stronger teams and greater success in real-world missions.
• Stanford Business School, which has overhauled its curriculum to teach interpersonal skills through human-to-human experiences.

4. The State We’re In: Maine Stories by Ann Beattie

• NY Times
• SF Gate
• Boston Globe
• Vogue

5. A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design by Frank Wilczek: History of mathematics

• Guardian
• FT
• PBS Nova Next “How Physics Will Change—and Change the World—in 100 Years”
• Slate

6. Let’s Be Less Stupid: An Attempt to Maintain My Mental Faculties by Patricia Marx

 

List of Cloud-based tools for research: Internet sites for Academic Science and Technology

Source:  available for free until Sept 14th 2014
Paywall access here: Science Direct

 

Connecting researchers
Academia	LinkedIn for researchers	http://www.academia.edu
Addgene	Share and order plasmids	http://www.addgene.org
Bitbucket	Share code	https://bitbucket.org
FigShare	Share files and figures	http://figshare.com
GitHub	Share and collaborate to write code	https://github.com
LabRoots	Research social network	http://labroots.com
MyScienceWork	Research social network available in eight languages	https://mysciencework.com
PlasmID	Harvard’s plasmid-sharing platform	http://plasmid.med.harvard.edu
Protocols.io	Share scientific protocols	http://www.protocols.io
ResearchGate	Research social network with over 3 million registered users	http://www.researchgate.com
SlideShare	Share presentation slides	http://www.slideshare.net
Collaborative writing
Authorea	Web-based LaTeX collaborative writing	https://www.authorea.com
Google Docs	Google’s online word processor	https://docs.google.com
Office Online	Microsoft’s online word processor	https://office.com
Paperpile	Reference manager for Google Docs	https://paperpile.com
PubChase	Literature search on the go	https://www.pubchase.com
SciGit	Collaborative writing tool for researchers	https://www.scigit.com
ShareLaTeX	Web-based LaTeX collaborative writing	http://www.sharelatex.com
WriteLaTeX	Web-based LaTeX collaborative writing	http://www.writelatex.com
Cloud-based electronic laboratory notebooks
CellKulture	Laboratory notebook for cell culture	http://cellkulture.com
Hivebench	Includes inventory and protocol management	http://www.hivebench.com
LabArchives	Connected with Prism scientific-graphing software	http://labarchives.com
Labfolder	Simple and effective laboratory notebook	https://www.labfolder.com
Labguru	All-in-one solution for research groups	http://www.labguru.com
Docollab	Includes protocol management	http://www.docollab.com
Other cloud-based tools
Benchling	Web-based suite of bioinformatic tools	https://benchling.com
Plotly	Web-based plotting software	https://plot.ly
RunMyCode	Share and run code on the cloud	http://www.runmycode.org

 

Person of the Year: Top Choices from the Time.com Poll Results

Thanks: Time

1. Kim Jong Un
2. Undocumented Immigrants
3. Mohamed Morsi
4. Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein
5. Gabby Douglas
6. Ai Weiwei
7. Malala Yousafzai
8. Sheldon Adelson
9. Bashar Assad
10. E.L. James
11. The Mars Rover
12. Psy
13. Felix Baumgartner
14. The Higgs Boson Particle
15. Pussy Riot
16. Sandra Fluke
17. John Roberts
18. Mo Farah
19. Marissa Mayer
20. Tim Cook
21. Mario Draghi
22. Xi Jinping
23. Bo Xilai

The World’s Best Countries in Science

 

Source: The World’s Best Countries in Science: Scientific American

A: RESEARCH PAPERS: Score, on a 100-point scale, based on science papers in top journals (Digital Science, 2011)
B: PATENTS ISSUED: Number of patents (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2011)
C: EXPENDITURE: Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (2009*)
D: HIGHER EDUCATION: Number of science and engineering doctoral degrees awarded (2009*)

	RESEARCH PAPERS	PATENTS ISSUED	EXPENDITURE	HIGHER EDUCATION
	1. U.S.	1. U.S.	1. U.S.	1. U.S.
	2. Germany	2. Japan	2. China	2. Germany
	3. China	3. South Korea	3. Japan	3. U.K.
	4. Japan	4. Germany	4. Germany	4. Japan
	5. U.K.	5. Taiwan	5. France	5. France
	6. France	6. Canada	6. U.K.	6. Italy
	7. Canada	7. France	7. Russian Fed.	7. Brazil
	8. South Korea	8. U.K.	8. Italy	8. Canada
	9. Italy	9. China	9. Canada	9. Spain
	10. Spain	10. Italy	10. Spain	10. Australia
	11. Switzerland	11. Australia	11. Australia	11. Sweden
	12. Australia	12. Israel	12. Sweden	12. Switzerland
	13. Netherlands	13. Netherlands	13. Netherlands	13. Poland
	14. India	14. Switzerland	14. Switzerland	14. Netherlands
	15. Taiwan	15. Sweden	15. Austria	15. Turkey
	16. Israel	16. India	16. Turkey	16. Portugal
	17. Singapore	17. Finland	17. Israel	17. Czech Reublic
	18. Sweden	18. Belgium	18. Belgium	18. Austria
	19. Belgium	19. Austria	19. Finland	19. Belgium
	20. Denmark	20. Denmark	20. Denmark	20. Mexico
	21. Austria	21. Singapore	21. Mexico	21. Finland
	22. Russian Fed.	22. Hong Kong	22. Poland	22. Israel
	23. Hong Kong	23. Spain	23. South Africa	23. Slovakia
	24. Brazil	24. Norway	24. Norway	24. Denmark
	25. Finland	25. Ireland	25. Portugal	25. Greece

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2012

• Biological sciences
  • Shantanu Chowdhury of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
  • Suman Kumar Dhar of the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine at the Jawaharlal Nehru University

• Chemical sciences
  • Govindsamy Mugesh of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc)
  • Gangadhar J Sanjayan of the CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

• Engineering sciences
  • Ravishankar Narayanan of IISc
  • Y Shanthi Pavan of Indian Institute of Technology – Madras

• Mathematical sciences
  • Siva Ramachandran Athreya
  • Debashish Goswami of the Indian Statistical Institute

• Medical sciences
  • Sandip Basu of the Radiation Medicine Centre at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

• Physical sciences
  • Arindam Ghosh of IISc
  • Krishnendu Sengupta of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Clinical Trial Deaths: Top Countries and New Drug Guinea Pig Patients

India is just one of many developing countries used by leading Western pharmaceutical companies, which spent £40bn in 2010 on research and development. Globally, it is estimated around 120,000 trials are taking place in 178 countries.

India

1. 668 deaths were reported in 2010
2. 438 in 2011
3. 211 deaths till June 2012

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said a total of 1,954 persons died from 2009 till June 2012 due to “serious adverse events of death” in clinical trials.

1. South Korea – 2,861
2. China – 2,520
3. Taiwan – 2,367
4. Brazil – 2,521
5. Russia – 1,776
6. India – 1,727
7. Mexico – 1,488
8. South Africa – 1,346
9. Argentina – 1,223
10. Puerto Rico – 1,231
11. Thailand – 958
12. Turkey – 893
13. Romania (876)
14. Ukraine – 722
15. Chile – 663
16. Peru (494)
17. Phillipines – 487
18. Iran – 387
19. Egypt – 274
20. Uganda – 163
21. Malawi (61)
22. Kazakhstan (15)

FBI’s National Security Threat List: Who’s on the NSL?

The FBI’s National Security List (NSL) has two parts, the Issues Threat List (activities that get you on the list) and the classified Country Threat List (states whose activities are “so hostile, or of such concern” that investigations are warranted).

1. Russia
2. China
3. Syria
4. North Korea
5. Iran
6. Belarus
7. Cuba
8. Sudan
9. Democratic Republic of the Congo
10. Republic of the Congo
11. Somalia
12. Myanmar (Burma)
13. Bosnia
14. Vietnam
15. Libya
16. Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast

Classified Country Threat List

1. Japan
2. Israel
3. France
4. South Korea
5. Taiwan
6. India
7. UK
8. Germany
9. Netherlands
10. Belgium
11. Canada
12. Iraq
13. South Yemen

Top 20 Tamil Books for Teen Kids: Classic summer Reads for Beginners

1. பைபிள் கதைகள்
2. பஞ்சதந்திரக் கதைகள்
3. ஈசாப் கதைகள்
4. அக்பர் – பீர்பால் கதைகள்
5. விகடகவி தெனாலிராமன் கதைகள்
6. பட்டி – விக்கிரமாதித்தன் கதைகள்
7. பரமார்த்த குரு கதைகள்
8. முல்லாவின் நகைச்சுவைக் கதைகள்
9. 1001 (அராபிய) இரவுகள்
10. பௌத்த ஜாதகக் கதைகள்: சிறுவர்க்கான பிறமொழிக் கதைகள்
11. குறள்நெறிக் கதைகள்
12. பொன்மொழிக் கதைகள்
13. கிராமியக் கதைகள்
14. நாட்டுப்புற மகாபாரதக் கதைகள்
15. மரியாதைராமன் கதைகள்
16. இராயர் அப்பாஜி யுக்திக் கதைகள்
17. அயல்நாட்டு நகைச்சுவைக் கதைகள்
18. பழமொழி விளக்கக் கதைகள்
19. பாரத தேசத்தின் தியாகச் சுடர்கள்: இந்தியாவின் சுதந்திர போராட்ட வீரர்கள்
20. நல்லறிவு புகட்டும் உலகின் சிறந்த நாடோடிக் கதைகள்

கொசுறு: மதனகாமராஜன் கதை

12 Tamil Translations for Astronomy Words

நன்றி: தமிழினி :: Tamizhini :: வானியல்: கோள் ஆற்றுப்படை – எஸ்.ஆனந்த்

1. eye piece – கண்ணருகு வில்லை
2. Comet – வால்வெள்ளி
3. Long Focal length – அதிகக் குவி நீளம்
4. Field of View – பார்வை பரப்பு
5. Festoons – தோரணப்பிரிவுகள்
6. satellite transit – உபகோள்களின் இடப்பெயர்வு
7. Elliptical orbit – நீள்வட்டப் பாதைகள்
8. Space Telescope – விண் தொலைநோக்கி
9. Polar Ice Cap – துருவப் பனி முகப்பு
10. Mass – அடர்த்தி
11. high tide – கடல் ஏற்றம்
12. Low tide – கடல் இறக்கம்

10 game-changing technologies

Source: Computerworld Opinion: 10 game-changing technologies

1. Sensor technology

Hewlett-Packard is developing an early prototype called CeNSE (Central Nervous System for the Earth), which uses microscopic sensors to communicate situational awareness about a city ecosystem. For example, a sensor on a bridge could report unusual vibrations back to a central command and first responders. Sensors in a home could report high levels of mercury, lead or pesticides.

2. Smarter Web

Some call it the Semantic Web. IBM Research has developed a Mozilla Firefox extension called CoScripter that is essentially a macro-recorder for the Web.

3. Network virtualization

Server virtualization is one of the most important game-changers of the past decade.

4. Fuzzy searches

As long as you know the right search term, it’s easy to find hundreds or even thousands of links on almost any given topic. Yahoo Correlator allows you to type in vague terms such as “English poet 1950s” and correlate information.

5. Social network integration

Open standards such as Y!OS and OpenSocial are paving the way for data sharing between services.

One combination that promises to be a game-changer — at least in terms of unifying social network and Web services — is the Palm Pre and the WebOS, which will make it easier to log in once for multiple services. I

6. Netbooks in the enterprise

7. Smart grid

The smart grid is coming — and local utility companies are racing to build it. Sensors located in HVAC and metering equipment connect to networks and can show consumers and companies how power is being used in real-time.

8. SSD RAID

Solid-state drives are already an attractive option in the PC market. In enterprise computing, a solid-state drive RAID array — made up of several linked SSD drives. SSD should be less expensive on an IOPS (Input/output operations per second, or IOPS, are a measurement of overall storage speed.) basis than Fibre Channel.

9. Speech-to-text and e-mail integration

you might have a personal cell phone, a desk phone, a home phone and a business smartphone. Google Voice is a phone-number aggregator that automatically dials whichever phone number you want. The free service’s most-impressive feature, though, is voice-mail transcription.

10. Open PC cases

BMW designed a case for the ThermalTake PC as a prototype called Level 10 and came up with an open architecture that makes it easy to swap components.