Forensics Lecture
April 26, 2007
Marcella Fierro, MD, will be this year's speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Health Sciences Library on Saturday, June 2nd, 2007. She will present "The Future of Forensic Medicine" at the Health Sciences Library.
A graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Dr. Fierro has been chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1994.
Dr. Fierro's skill and dedication inspired mystery writer Patricia Cornwell to write a series of crime novels in which the protagonist, Kay Scarpetta, was modeled after Dr. Fierro.
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ADEA Launches Initiative With The AAL To Recruit And Develop New Dental Faculty
April 20, 2007
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA), the voice of dental education, has announced a collaboration with the Academy for Academic Leadership (AAL) to develop current and future faculty for academic dental institutions. With more than 400 vacant budget positions in U.S. dental schools in 2005-06 and the impending retirement of large numbers of dental and allied dental faculty members, there are pressing needs to attract practitioners to dental education and to encourage new faculty to stay. More
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Online Trial to BIOSCIENCEnetBASE and TOXICOLOGYnetBASE
April 16, 2007
UB Libraries has signed up for a 30 day trial for BIOSCIENCEnetBASE and TOXICOLOGYnetBASE from CRC Press.
BIOSCIENCEnetBASE and TOXICOLOGYnetBASE contain searchable full-text articles from handbooks and monographs covering topics including biochemistry, bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, biotechnology, epidemiology, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and toxicology.
Please send me any comments and opinions related to these products.
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Dentistry and Dentists in Pop Culture
April 12, 2007
We all know that Grey’s Anatomy is a hit, same for House and Scrubs. But where are the dentists?
Here’s a look at dentists and dentistry in pop culture. This is off the top of my head…your comments are welcomed and encouraged!
Movies:
The Whole Nine Yards – Matthew Perry plays a dentist on the run from the mob.
Finding Nemo – Nemo finds himself living in a fish tank in a dentist's office
Waiting for Guffman – Eugene Levy plays a dentist in a local theatrical production about a small town’s history
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) escapes his father, a domineering dentist who won’t let him eat any sweets, and establishes a chocolate empire.
Television:
The Simpsons, "Last Exit to Springfield" – Homer becomes a union leader to fight to retain the nuclear plant’s dental plan.
Friends, "The One with all the Poker":
Rachel: Guess what, Guess what!
Chandler: The fifth dentist caved and they’re all recommending Trident.
Music:
“Weird Al” Yankovic wears braces in his video “White and Nerdy”
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National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Updates
April 09, 2007
The NIDCR/CDC Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Data Resource Center (DRC) has recently posted to its web site the March 2007 release of the Catalog of Surveys and Archive of Procedures Related to Oral Health. This release contains new survey entries along with updated survey information of entries already in the Catalog of Surveys and is freely available online. It is also available free of charge on CD-ROM.
The calendars of oral health related organizations and their conferences and meetings for 2007 and 2008 have also been updated. These documents include location and date, abstract submission information and websites related to the conferences and meetings.
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Smoking Cessation Resources
April 09, 2007
Looking for smoking cessation materials for your patients? Try these resources:
American Cancer Society's Guide to Quitting Smoking
National Cancer Institute's Smoke Free
American Heart Association
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
For dentistry related resources:
American Dental Association
And of course, the library has material too!
Try PIER (Physician's Information and Education Resource) for smoking cessation information. PIER is available through HUBNET.
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Oh those deciduous teeth!
April 04, 2007
Take a look at the Freakonomics blog post on the “Tooth Trade”.
In a nutshell, it’s about how much is appropriate to give children for losing their primary teeth. It seems that one boy negotiated a one cent payment for his first lost tooth, doubled to two cents for his second tooth, four cents for his third, etc. So, by the time this boy loses his 20th baby tooth the payout would be more than $5,000.
I think this kid’s got a great future ahead of him!! My tooth fairy never delivered more than a dollar.
On another note, if you haven’t read Freakonomics, I highly recommend the book. It’s a great quick read.
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HUBNET is Down
April 02, 2007
As some of you may already be aware, HUBNET was down all weekend and continues to be out. We have received this message from them:
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2007
8:55 AM EDT
HUBNET Users:
Due to a hardware failure the HUBNET server remains down. We are working on the restoration.
Please make all inquires to hubnet@buffalo.edu
For any dental school student or faculty member who needs access, please e-mail me directly and I will share the alternate access materials with you. You may also e-mail AskHSL or call our Reference Desk at 829-3900 x102 for more information.
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UB's BioMedCentral Contract Expired
April 02, 2007
Effective April 1, 2007, the contract between SUNY and BioMedCentral (BMC) will expire. The contract was negotiated by the SUNY Council on Access and Collections (SCAC), and supported by a two-year grant from the Joint Labor/Management Committee of United University Professions, the Governor's Office of Employee Relations, and a subsidy from the SUNY University and Health Science Center Libraries. The contract enrolled all SUNY four-year colleges, and university and health science centers as BMC members. During the membership period which ran from April 2005 to March 2007, SUNY facultyand researchers were entitled to submit an unlimited number of research papers to BMC open access journals without incurring article processing fees. Instead, the cost was covered by a $12,500 per year membership fee. Forty-five articles were published under these terms yielding a cost per article of approximately $555.00.
The contract was not renewed because a change in the pricing model used by BMC would lead to significantly higher costs (over $1200 per article) without any benefits for a consortial arrangement.
The UB Libraries are investigating possible sources of funding, but at present, are unable to continue the BMC membership. This will mean that faculty who wish to publish in BMC journals which charge an article-processing fee will have to pay the full amount.
A list of those journals can be viewed at:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/apcjournals
If you have questions or concerns, please contact Renee Bush, Head, Collection Management Services, Health Sciences Library.
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