Day archives: May 21st, 2010

NIH Financial Conflict of Interest Notice of Proposed Rule Making

“Partnerships between NIH-funded researchers and industry are often essential to the process of moving discoveries from the bench to the bedside. However, managing Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) can be a major challenge because of the complex relationships among government, academia, and industry. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which is open for public comment for …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Introducing Google TV

“TV meets web. Web meets TV. Google TV is a new experience made for television that combines the TV you know and love with the freedom and power of the Internet. Watch an overview video below, sign up for updates, and learn more about how to develop for Google TV.” Via YouTube, Introducing Google TV, …

Subjects: Internet, Search Engines

ProPublica: EPA Officials Weigh Sanctions Against BP’s U.S. Operations

Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill this news from ProPublica:”Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency are considering whether to bar BP from receiving government contracts, a move that would ultimately cost the company billions in revenue and could end its drilling in federally controlled oil fields. Over the past 10 years, …

Subjects: Government Documents

Quantifying Uncertainty in Estimation of Tropical Arthropod Species Richness

Quantifying Uncertainty in Estimation of Tropical Arthropod Species Richness. Am Nat 2010. Vol. 176, The University of Chicago., 0003-0147/2010/17601-51753$15.00, DOI: 10.1086/652998 “There is a bewildering range of estimates for the number of arthropods on Earth. Several measures are based on extrapolation from species specialized to tropical rain forest, each using specific assumptions and justifications. These …

Subjects: Knowledge Management