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 Peter Suber, Open-Access Timeline (formerly: FOS Timeline)
The French Académie des Sciences issued a public statement calling on the European Commission not to apply ordinary copyright rules to scientific publications for which the authors seek no payment.
The Royal Society released a report, Keeping science open, advocating intellectual property law reforms (in copyright, patents, and database rights) to widen access to scientific publications and remove obstacles to the process of scientific inquiry.
Public Library of Science deadline for science journals to agree to put their full contents online in public archives without charge.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/timeline.htm

  
 wvuresume.htm
1998 "Unit of Count and Cross Tabulations in the National Incident-Based Reporting System," presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Criminology (with Yoshio Akiyama), Washington, D.C. 1998 "The Status of the National Hate Crime Data Collection Program," presented at the annualconference of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
Nolan, J.J., Mencken, F. C., and Berhanu, S. Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the United States Between 1980-1999: An Examination of Cases Involving Juvenile Offenders.
These projects included the purchase and staffing of mobile mini stations, establishment of bike and walking patrols, targeted drug enforcement, and strategic placement of overtime patrols.
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~jnolan/wvuresume.htm

  
 MFCS'98 home page
MFCS'98 Proceedings will appear as Lubos Brim, Jozef Gruska, and Jiri Zlatuska (Eds.): Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1998, 23rd International Symposium, MFCS'98, Brno, Czech Republic, August 1998, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1450, Springer, 1998, ISBN 3-540-64827-5, 846 pages.
(Electronic copy of the proceedings will only be available untill September 30, 1998.)
Workshop on Molecular Computing added on July 8, 1998.
http://www.fi.muni.cz/mfcs98   (384 words)

  
 SY431bib
Mary G. Dietz and James Farr, "'Politics Would Undoubtedly Unwoman Her': Gender, Suffrage, and American Political Science" in Helene Silverberg, ed., Gender and American Social Science: The Formative Years (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998).
David Brian Robertson, "Politics and the Past: History, Behavioralism, and the Return to Institutionalism in American Political Science," in Eric Monkkonen, ed., Engaging the Past: The Uses of History Across the Social Sciences (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1994), pp.
Margaret Weir, The Social Divide: Political Parties and the Future of Activist Government (Washington: Brookings Institution, 1998).
http://www.h-net.org/~apsaph/archives/syllabi/sy431bib.html   (9550 words)

  
 Quirks & Quarks for December 19, 1998
Dan Faulk, a science journalist in Toronto reminds us of that point in history from his documentary "Visions of the Apocalypse," airing on CBC radio's "Ideas" on December 30, 1998.
A Brief History of Science edited by John Gribbin and published by Key Porter Books, 1998.
A.S. 1000: A world on the Brink of Apocalypse, by Richard Erdoes (Ulysses Press, 1998)
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/98-99/dec1998.htm   (443 words)

  
 Jeffrey B. Webb's Home Page
"Politics and Communities in Early American Studies." Social Science History Association 23rd Annual Meeting, November 1998.
"Caleb Pusey's 'Account of Pennsylvania' and the Transnationalization of Quaker Political Legitimacy." Presenting the Past: Enactments of History in British and American Culture from 1700 to the Present, Sponsored by the Chicago Humanities Institute, April 1998.
Reviews published in H-Net; Fides et Historia ; Religious Studies Review.
http://www.huntington.edu/history/jwebb/   (443 words)

  
 Settled Science? Global Warming Research is All Over the Board
In the July 31, 1998 issue of the journal Science, climatologists at Florida State University say satellite studies of the Sahara indicate desertification-- i.e., expansion of the desert--has nothing to do with human activities, global warming or otherwise.
Copyright © 1998 The Science and Environmental Policy Project.
Indeed, in the last year two state EPAs have burned off forested areas in an attempt, they said, to "recreate" prairie (1000 acres were torched in Michigan, 40 acres were slated to be torched in Maryland three months ago).
http://www.globalwarming.org/article.php?uid=102   (443 words)

  
 Jean-Pierre Luminet/Science/Art/Literature/Films
Production : Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
In 1998 I directed the exhibition "Figures of the Sky" coupled to the opening of the new French National Library (october 1998- january 1999).
I give about 50 conferences per year, in France and abroad (English speaking), for all types of audience: primary and secundary schools, universities, lay people, managers and chairmen.
http://luth2.obspm.fr/~luminet/eluminet.html   (443 words)

  
 Video news releases - SourceWatch
Austin Schlick Acting General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission (http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=1497andwit_id=4122)", U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, May 12, 2005.
Public Relations Society of America, "PRSA President and CEO Judith T. Phair To Testify During Senate Committee Hearing On Pending Video News Release Legislation (http://www.prsa.org/_News/press/pr051005.asp)", Media Release, May 10, 2005.
After defending the use of VNR's as being legal for government agencies he echosed the PR industry view that the onus for disclosure was on the broadcasters not the producers.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Video_news_releases   (443 words)

  
 Buy Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 by The Learning Co.
With 38,000 articles and thousands of photos, videos, maps and Web links, you'll find in depth coverage of art, science, history, literature, music, sports, technology, geography and more in Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1998.
Research Near and Far in Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1998.
Buy Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 by The Learning Co.
http://www.e-dealsusa.com/169.htm   (162 words)

  
 Christian Science Monitor
Gillian Gill's more sympathetic Mary Baker Eddy (Reading: Perseus 1998) and Mark Twain's deliciously acerbic 1907 'Christian Science', available in his Christian Science (Buffalo: Prometheus 1993) edited by Vic Doyno.
Herald of Christian Science, published in 12 languages with "practical examples of what Christian Science teaches about the availability and utility of the laws of God"
The daily Christian Science Monitor (published from Boston by the Church of Christ, Scientist) is of interest as an example of an internationally recognised newspaper that, like Bayard, operates under the auspices of a religious organisation.
http://www.ketupa.net/csmonitor.htm   (1255 words)

  
 Acadm.html
Workshops presented with Kimberly Andrews Espy to high school girls at the National Science Foundation funded Women in Science and Engineering Summer Camp, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, 1998.
Associate Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences Unit, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, June, 1984-July, 1985.
Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences Unit, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, August, 1985-1999.
http://www.louisville.edu/~v0molf01/Acad.html   (1255 words)

  
 newsletter6.html
John Duncan (Ph.D., 1998) was appointed as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, where he will be working with the Clinical Dependency Fellowship Program.
Writing to Learn: An Introduction to Writing Philosophical Essays (McGraw-Hill, November 1999), is selling well--indeed, so well, that she expects a contract for a similar book for political science, and her editor wants her to write books for history and possibly some other fields as well.
To enrich the intellectual life of the college, we are bringing increasing numbers of well-known scholars to the campus each year to give seminars and to participate in symposia, all made possible by funding from the Friends of the College of Arts and Sciences (FOCAS).
http://www.ou.edu/ouphil/dept/newsletters/newsletter6.html   (1255 words)

  
 'Christian Science Monitor' Publisher Dies
In 1998, he became the manager of The Christian Science Publishing Society, which publishes the daily newspaper in Boston.
He served the church in many capacities, including as manager of community and public affairs from 1970 through 1975, when the 14-acre Christian Science Plaza in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood was built.
Selover became a Christian Science "practitioner" -- a spiritual healer -- in 1975 and a teacher of Christian Science in 1982.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1948041   (720 words)

  
 Publications - Annual Report 1998 of The Vatican Observatory
"Report on the Theology and Natural Science Group Session, The Johnson-Bracken Exchange--Searching for Metaphysics Adequate to Our Evolutionary Universe," 1998, Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, ed.
1998, Beginning of the World: Scripture and Science (Tarnow: Biblos)
"Creation of the World in Contemporary Cosmology," 1998, in Pocz_tek Ñwiata - Biblia a nauka (Beginning of the World - Scripture and Science), ed.
http://clavius.as.arizona.edu/vo/R1024/AReports/ARepIV98.html   (1126 words)

  
 Political Science 320 Research Guide
Some full text titles of interest to Political Science 320 include: Administration and Society (1992-1998), Administrative Science Quarterly (1991-1998), American Review of Public Administration (1989-1998), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (1997-), Policy Review (1992-), Policy Studies Journal (1992-), Public Administration Review (1991-), Public Management (1993-) and Social Policy (1994-).
Of interest to Political Science 320 are journals in the business news section ( Administration in Social Work, Journal of General Management, and Supervisory Management).
Links to different areas under political science from James Madison University.
http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/poly_sci_320.htm   (1126 words)

  
 FRCFT - Food Refrigeration and Computerised Food Technology Research Centre at UCD, Dublin
Zehua Hu, Da-Wen Sun and J. Bryan, Simulation of Cooling Process of Cooked Ham in an Air-Blast Freezer Using CFD Code, Paper presented at the 28th Annual Food Science and Technology Research Conference, 3-4 September 1998, Cork, Ireland.
Xing Zhu and Da-Wen Sun, Effect of Muscle Fibril Direction and Meat Composition on the Prediction of Freezing Processes, Paper presented at the 28th Annual Food Science and Technology Research Conference, 3-4 September 1998, Cork, Ireland.
D. Han and Da-Wen Sun, The Implications of a Model on the Effectiveness of Information Systems for the Food Industry, Paper presented at the 28th Annual Food Science and Technology Research Conference, 3-4 September 1998, Cork, Ireland.
http://www.ucd.ie/refrig/pub98.htm   (510 words)

  
 Reports Published by the Arizona Water Science Center, 1941-Present
Sources of nitrogen and phosphorus in central Arizona [abs.], in Water at the Confluence of Science, Law, and Public Policy, Arizona Hydrological Society, Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, September 23-26, 1998, p.
Interaction of ground water and surface water in the Southwest--A new regional study [abs.], in Water at the Confluence of Science, Law, and Public Policy, Arizona Hydrological Society, Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, September 23-26, 1998, p.
Investigations of ground-water and surface-water contamination-transport interactions in Pinal Creek Basin near Globe, Arizona [abs.], in Water at the Confluence of Science, Law, and Public Policy, Arizona Hydrological Society, Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, September 23-26, 1998, p.
http://az.water.usgs.gov/pubs/all-az-pubs.htm   (13653 words)

  
 Space Science Division
Sandford, S.A., Bernstein, M.P., and Allamandola, L.J ''Laboratory Studies of Interstellar/Cometary Ice Analogs.'' Proceedings of the NASA Workshop on Laboratory Space Science, April 1-3, 1998, pp 229-230 (1998).
Hudgins, D.M., Allamandola, L.J., and Sandford, S.A. ''The Unidentified Infrared Emission Bands: Identified.'' Proceedings of the NASA Workshop on Laboratory Space Science, April 1-3, 1998, pp 157-161 (1998).
McKay, C.P., M.T. Mellon, and E.I. Friedmann ''Soil Temperatures And Stability Of Ice-Cemented Ground In The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.'' Antarctic Science, 10, 31-38 (1998).
http://www-space.arc.nasa.gov/1998_Citations.htm   (4800 words)

  
 Space Science Division
Sandford, S.A., Bernstein, M.P., and Allamandola, L.J ''Laboratory Studies of Interstellar/Cometary Ice Analogs.'' Proceedings of the NASA Workshop on Laboratory Space Science, April 1-3, 1998, pp 229-230 (1998).
McKay, C.P., M.T. Mellon, and E.I. Friedmann ''Soil Temperatures And Stability Of Ice-Cemented Ground In The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.'' Antarctic Science, 10, 31-38 (1998).
Hudgins, D.M., Allamandola, L.J., and Sandford, S.A. ''The Unidentified Infrared Emission Bands: Identified.'' Proceedings of the NASA Workshop on Laboratory Space Science, April 1-3, 1998, pp 157-161 (1998).
http://www-space.arc.nasa.gov/1998_Citations.htm   (4800 words)

  
 Science News: Math enthusiast wins Science Talent Search - Christopher Mihelich wins 1998 Westinghouse Science Talent Search - Brief Article
Science News: Math enthusiast wins Science Talent Search - Christopher Mihelich wins 1998 Westinghouse Science Talent Search - Brief Article
FindArticles > Reference and Education > Science News > March 14, 1998 > Article
Science Service, which administers the Science Talent Search and publishes Science News, expects to announce the new sponsor later this month.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n11_v153/ai_20443535   (625 words)

  
 Mars Global Surveyor
Science Phasing Orbit-2, June 1, 1998 - September 12, 1998, Orbits 527 - 550, plus Phobos 476, 501, 526, 551, and errata.
Science Phasing Orbit-2, June 2, 1998 - June 28, 1998, Orbits 339 - 393
Science Phasing Orbit-2, August 10, 1998 - August 31, 1998, Orbits 483 - 525
http://www-pdsimage.jpl.nasa.gov/Admin/resources/cd_mgs.html   (625 words)

  
 page8.html
The development of MIMO adaptive real-time control system based on DSP (Hardware/software), (1998, Principal Investigator, PI, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tongji University);
Smart rotor control of helicopters (1996-1998, German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology, National Science Foundation of China);
Study on active control of flexible structures (1990, National Foundation for Aeronautical Science and Technology of China).
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~kougen/page8.html   (279 words)

  
 CV of Jie Luo
student in Computing Science at University of Alberta GPA: 3.6/4.0 September 1998- July 2002 Undergraduate in College of Computing Science and Engineering at
with Honor,Computer Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China GPA: 3.93/4.0 July 1998 Graduation Diploma with Honor,Science & Engineering Section, No.7 High School of Chengdu,Sichuan,China (Exemption of National Entrance Examination into University)
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China September 1992- July 1998 No.7 High School of Chengdu,Sichuan,China, Science & Engineering Section
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~jieluo/cv.html   (264 words)

  
 Nat' Academies Press, Resources for Teaching Middle School Science (1998)
Publications/materials: Insights: An Inquiry-Based Middle School Science Curriculum (available in Spring 1998)—6 modules for grades 7 and 8 that develop science concepts in the life, earth, and physical sciences; A World in Motion II: The Design Experience—interdisciplinary middle school curriculum focusing on engineering, physics, social studies, and mathematical applications; teacher's guides; posters.
Programs/services: Educators Day—at the society's annual meeting, science teachers invited by their local society chapter participate in a program of lectures, seminars, and workshops on innovative techniques for using optics in their classrooms; local and student chapter grants, frequently used for local education outreach programs; science fair sponsorship.
Resources for Teaching Middle School Science 11.28 Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, University of West Florida, 11000 University Pkwy., Pensacola, FL 32514-5753 (904) 474-2860 http://science.coe.uwf.edu/aets/aets.html Educational association with 850 members, focused on the professional development of science teachers.
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057817/html/372.html   (10448 words)

  
 PKI Bibliography
Sabett, Spyrus, Inc., rsabett@spyrus.com> "Key Recovery in a Public Key Infrastructure," 38 Jurimetrics 485 (ABA Section of Science and Technology Spring 1998)
Frye, Emily and Sabett, Randy V., Spyrus, Inc., rsabett@spyrus.com> "Key Recovery in a Public Key Infrastructure," 38 Jurimetrics 485 (ABA Section of Science and Technology Spring 1998)
Cotter, B. Paul and Messing, John H. Law-On-Line, Inc., jmessing@law-on-line.com>, "Electronic Court Filing in the Pima County Small Claims Court--Technical parameters, Adopted Solutions, and Some of the Legal Issues Involved," 38 Jurimetrics 397 (ABA Section of Science and Technology Spring 1998)
http://www.pkilaw.com/biblio_2.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Profile
Salequzzaman M., Environmental Science Discipline of Khulna University in a Brief., Souvenir of the National Seminar on Coastal Environment and Energy Resources in Bangladesh, organized by Environmental Science Discipline of Khulna University, Bangladesh, on December 08~09, 1998, 1998
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): Grant from Khulna University and University Grant Commission of Bangladesh for conducting the research of “Arsenic removal from drinkable groundwater in arsenic prone area of Jessore and Khulna districts of Bangladesh”.,, 1997 to 1998.
Salequzzaman, is an Associate Professor and Founding Head of Environmental Science Discipline at Khulna University, Bangladesh.
http://myprofile.cos.com/salek   (2929 words)

  
 56th World Science Fiction Convention - Bucconeer 1998
, the 2006 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), in conjunction with Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc., a section 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is sponsoring the ninth annual Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest for the best short story with a science fiction or fantasy theme, the best science fiction or fantasy artwork, and the best science essay.
At the last Baltimore Worldcon 1998, Inc. quarterly meeting, the attendees voted to discontinue plans for a printed edition of the Parting Shot memory book and to transfer the allotted funds to the Student Science Fiction and Fantasy Contest.
The annual Hugo Award (Science Fiction Achievement Award) is sponsored by WSFS and administered by the committee of the Worldcon held that year.
http://www.bucconeer.worldcon.org   (924 words)

  
 List of Theses Sponsored by CODESRIA
Mémoire, Maîtrise Es-Sciences Economiques, Gestion des Entreprises, Université Nationale du Bénin, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques Economiques et Politiques, 1998-1999
Thesis, Master of Science, Agricultural Economics, Imo State University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medecine, School of Agriculture, August 1999
Thesis, Master of Science, Political science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, 1998
http://www.codesria.org/Links/Training_and_Grants/list_of_theses.htm   (924 words)

  
 Science park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cabral, R. (1998) 'Refining the Cabral-Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm', Int.
Prominent examples include the Cambridge Science Park in England and the Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan.
The Cabral Dahab Science Park Management Paradigm has been influential in the management of science parks around the world and lays down the following conditions for a property development to be considered a science park.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_park   (427 words)

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