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Re: Screen vs Paper for E-journals
by Robert_L_Swofford＠mta.wfu.edu 02 Jun '97

02 Jun '97

If we think of e-journals as just electronic renditions of their linear paper cousins, then we are missing an important opportunity. We need an outlining format that is a radical departure from the one we learned in high school (and rarely used). Dominick hints at such a tool in his comments about tagging elements in the document. If we could represent the e-document at varying levels of detail (i.e., varying levels of outline), with non-linear links to other sections or to more detail, then I think we would have an important new resource. But until we are comfortable with abandoning the linear mode of presentation, then anything we do will suffer from the limitation we drag along from our reliance on paper. We will always be at the mercy of the current display technology, although that technology is getting better and better. I can still flip a page in a regular book faster than I can reach for my mouse. But I am forced with the book to follow the author's linear outline, with all levels of detail revealed equally. If, on the other hand, I had a "smart" display that would show me the parts of the article in the order I prefer and at the detail I prefer, then I would call that progress. Bob Swofford Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC ryanmd(a)mms.sbphrd.com on 06/02/97 02:22:41 PM Please respond to ryanmd(a)mms.sbphrd.com To: chemweb(a)ic.ac.uk cc: (bcc: Robert L Swofford/WFU) Subject: Re: Screen vs Paper for E-journals ... The trouble comes from the fact that one very often needs to scan prior to digging into the details and even PDF docs are not very good for this, performance is just not there, one has to zoom in and out, pages take to long to draw, the viewer takes too long to start up. Some of this will no doubt improve as both depiction code and hardware speed up. But the standard monitors/resolution/page sizes will take longer to address. ... I imagine a browser-like interface that allows you to tag element pages with properties such as "Background", "Data evidence", "hypothesis", "flame-bait" together with a unique project (publication?) code. Given document elements could have multiple project codes attached to facilitate zillion part articles. Then a standardized chemistry (science?) journal article browser would know how to assemble the parts. With standardized elements there could be greater transparent hyperlinking between elements. chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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re: Screen vs Paper for E-journal
by jle＠world.std.com 02 Jun '97

02 Jun '97

Well, off the top of my head, there are advantages and disadvantages to electronic articles. The advantage comes for the ability to incorporate things like graphics, animation, links, etc. into the article itself - improving the presentation and "coherence" of the material. The real disadvantage, though, is that it requires me to be sitting at my workstation/PC to read it. With paper copies, or a paper journal, I can read it when and where I wish... It's also real hard to make notes on the electronic version. As long as one must be leashed to their system to "interact" with the articles, paper versions will be preferred... I don't think this is a generational issue, and I KNOW it's not a "fear of xxx" issue - merely one of convenience and utility. Joe Leonard jle(a)world.std.com chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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Rotating 3D images for use on Web pages
by M Cole 02 Jun '97

02 Jun '97

Hi there, Could anyone offer any help/advice on how to generate 3D rotating simple inorganic/organic molecules which can be used on Web pages ? It appears there are a number of different ways I could do this, but since being a novice I would prefer a relatively easy/straightforward solution if possible. Many Thanks Mike Cole (Dr.) Chemistry Department Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester. M1 5GD. UK chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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CHEMCONF 97
by Mark Winter 02 Jun '97

02 Jun '97

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Chemistry/ChemConference/ChemConf97/ You may be interested in this ChemConf '97 Summer On-Line Conference on Chemical Education June 1 to August 1, 1997 Sponsored by the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. Organized by Donald Rosenthal, Department of Chemistry , Clarkson University, and by Tom O'Haver, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Maryland at College Park. Hosted by the Academic Information Technology Center, University of Maryland at College Park, Jennifer Fajman, Director. There is some WWW-related stuff Dr Mark J Winter (Deputy Head of Department) Department of Chemistry, The University, Sheffield S3 7HF, England tel: +44 (0)114 222 9304 fax: +44 (0)114 222 9303 e-m: mark.winter(a)sheffield.ac.uk http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/staff/mjw/mark-winter.html WebElements is the periodic table on the world-wide web: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/web-elements/ The Sheffield Chemdex is a listing of chemistry sites on the world-wide web: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~chem/chemdex/ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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Molecule of the Month
by Paul May 31 May '97

31 May '97

Hi, June's Molecule of the Month is now ready. It's triphenylmethyl, which is a propellor-shaped molecule and was the 1st example discovered of an organic free radical. As a result it has been called 'the beginning of free radical chemistry'. The page is written by Andy Hudson and Richard Jackson from the University of Sussex and can be found at: http://www.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/motm/index.html or via the usual MOTM page: http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 9287667, fax: +44 (0)117 9251295 <mailto:paul.may@bris.ac.uk> <http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm> "Why don't you just leave me alone with my thought" Homer Simpson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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CSA Trust 1997 Award
by Janet Ash 30 May '97

30 May '97

This is being posted to multiple lists, with apologies for duplication. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE ASSOCIATION TRUST 1997 AWARD The Chemical Structure Association Trust is an internationally recognised Trust established to promote education, research or development in the area of systems and methods for the storage, processing and retrieval of information about chemical structures, reactions and compounds. Applications are invited for the 1997 Chemical Structure Association Trust Award. The Trust is offering an Award of two thousand pounds sterling for the best applicant seeking funds for education or research in chemical information. Anyone working in the field of chemical information research can apply and application can be made for funds to attend a relevant conference, for travel (e.g. to collaborate with another research group) or for hardware or software to assist with the research project. The application should include: 1. A statement of academic qualifications. 2. Details of relevant work and a statement of research recently completed by the applicant. 3. The purpose for which the award is required. The clarity and relevance of this statement will be crucial in evaluating the applications. 4. Letters from two academic referees to support the application. The Trust has previously supported the continuation of research studies in biomedical interactions including molecular recognition processes and drug design; a novel combination of reaction indexing and synthesis planning; clustering of chemical structures for property prediction; and investigation of reaction mechanisms. The work of younger scientists in developing countries has also been made possible in conjunction with some of the awards. Recent award winners, and their areas of research, are as follows: - Weifan Zheng, University of North Carolina (QSAR and combinatorial chemistry) - Aniko Simon, University of Leeds (chemical literature data extraction) - Eugene Babaev, Moscow State University (computer-assisted synthesis) - Gareth Jones, University of Sheffield (for presentation of a paper on genetic algorithms at an ACS National Meeting) - Vladimir Kvasnicak, Slovak Technical University (neural networks for prediction of physiochemical properties) - Rainer Herges, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg (reaction databases and quantum chemistry) - Dmitry Lushnikov and Vladimir Shcherbukhin, Zelinski Insitute, Moscow (reaction mechanisms and heterocyclic ring transformations) Applications must be submitted by 31st July 1997, preferably by e-mail, to Professor Michael Lynch at: Michael F Lynch <M.Lynch(a)sheffield.ac.uk> Any postal applications should be sent to: Professor M.F. Lynch Chairman of CSA Trust Awards Sub-Committee Rural Route #1 Avonport Kings County Nova Scotia B0P 1B0 Canada The Award will be presented this year at the International Chemical Information Meeting in Nimes in October. chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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Calcium Pyruvate Assay
by davew2 29 May '97

29 May '97

Does anyone know of a standard assay test procedure for Calcium Pyruvate? I would be very interested in learning of such a procedure. Thanks, Davew2 chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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"Multimedia" add-ons to Text books
by Rzepa, Henry 28 May '97

28 May '97

We are seeing a significant rash of new chemistry texts containing CD-ROMs attached. I am think of examples such as the Whitesel and Fox Organic Text, or 'Molecules, Matter & Change' by Atkins. These books sell for around $20 - $40, and the "multimedia" components (using e.g. Macromedia Director or bespoke creations) look very expensive to produce. Clearly these are "mass market" productions, where the expectation is of sales in the 100,000s. Interestingly, the CD ROM component is often advertised as "free", ie the price appears no more than would be expected of a normal printed volume. Does anyone have any general comments on this trend, which seems to be heading towards the conclusion that any text that does NOT have a CD ROM may not be able to compete effectively in what is a very competitive market sector? Do such CDs (the latest trend is to include "Internet pages of useful hyperlinks") enhance the chemistry? Is the labelling of such products as "free" attachments to conventional printed works merely a temporary phenomenon? Are we headed towards "free" printed texts with a main CD ROM product? Is the market rate of around $40 or less sustainable? And are the production costs (I estimate, from no particular position of knowledge, that these things must cost > $500,000 to produce) such that only mass market publishers will be able to produce them? Finally, what proportion of recipients nowadays actually have the equipment to read the CD ROMs? Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY; mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk; Tel (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171 594 5804. URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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All ECTOC-3 Participants: Please check
by Rzepa, Henry 22 May '97

22 May '97

Electronic Conference on Trends in Organometallic Chemistry ========================================== The ECTOC-3 conference page with links to abstracts submitted thus far is now available at http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/ectoc/ectoc-3/ Those of you who are authors, do please remember to replace your abstract with a full version by June 15th. We are receiving molecular diagrams and coordinates, but we still need more! So please consider sending them to us, via http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/ectoc/ectoc-3/authors/mol_submit.html we need these to produce "molecular similarity" indicators and other unique features of the ECTOC series. We have also started receiving photos! Have a look at http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/ectoc/ectoc-3/photos/ where you can also submit your own. The ECTOC-3 pages will be updated over the next few weeks, so if you have suggestions etc, do please send them to us. Finally, although the submission date for abstracts has passed, we have found that the automatic system is pretty efficient, and so late submissions will still be received sympathetically. So if you know of anyone who is not too "frightened" of the technology and who may wish to contribute a poster or fuller article, do twist their arm to do so. ECTOC-3 Editorial Office (H. S. Rzepa). chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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Chemistry Webmasters 3 - call for posters
by ALLENB＠rsc.org 15 May '97

15 May '97

CHEMISTRY WEBMASTERS 3 - Future Technologies for Chemistry on the Internet CALL FOR POSTERS Submission of posters (virtual or otherwise) are invited for Chemistry Webmasters 3, which is being organised by The Royal Society of Chemistry at the University of Oxford on Thursday 10 July 1997. We wish to attract a wide variety of material from chemists using the Internet for all manner of applications. If you are interested in submitting a poster, please email its title, URL or abstract plus contact details to Becky Allen email: allenb(a)rsc.org by 30 June 1997. Full details of the programme are at http://chemistry.rsc.org/rsc/chemwebm.htm; those wishing to register for the event, which is once again FREE, should also email Becky Allen at allenb(a)rsc.org chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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