The Times-Picayune recently reported on a toothpaste based on a cocoa extract that was developed by LSU School of Dentistry professor emeritus Tetsuo Nakamoto.
Tetsuo Nakamoto, Chief Scientific Officer of Theodent and a professor emeritus at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, discovered the benefits of the cocoa extract years ago. He collaborated with researchers at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans to develop the find and create the toothpaste.
Theodent, as the toothpaste is called, costs $9.99 a tube and is available at Whole Foods. It does not contain fluoride.
The onset of the Spring 2012 semester is officially here and the library would like to extend a welcome to patrons both new & old. This might be a refresher for some but for any newcomers, below is some useful information that might assist in your academic career.
HereÔÇÖs a tidbit about what the library has to offer:
– ?á ?á ?á ?á?á Reserve Section -Current assigned texts for in-house use only
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Pay Paw Machine ÔÇô Accepts CASH ONLY (coins NOT accepted)
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Computer Lab -14 computers total, located on the 4th floor
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Popular Reading section (variety of current magazines)
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Daily dose of the Times Picayune Newspaper – 3rd floor
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Study Rooms ÔÇô 6 total, first come first serve
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Old School Technology ÔÇô Microfiche machine, Video cassette player, VHS player, etc.
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Printers ÔÇô both b/w & color prints available
-?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á?á Copiers ÔÇô a copy machine is located nearest the elevator on each floor of the library
In addition to books and journals, you can also check out headphones, dry erase markers, ethernet cords and cables for the big screen televisions in the commons area.
The New Orleans Health Department has issued a new Health Resource Guide entitled a Guide to Behavioral Health Resources in the Greater New Orleans Area which “provides information on accessing mental health and substance abuse resources in the Greater New Orleans area.” This new guide is in addition to A Guide to No or Low Pay Community Healthcare in Orleans Parish which was released in August 2011. Both brochures are available from the Health Department webpage as PDF downloads.
Spring semester is here! Brush up on your tech skills with this short video on accessing books and journals off campus.
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Two Minute tips is a series on our blog where we bring you short video tutorials on various tools and resources in the library.
LSUHSC New Orleans (which includes the Libraries) will be closing down at noon on Monday, January 9th, in honor of the LSU Tigers playing in the BCS Championship in the Superdome.
INNOPAC may be down for a short time today due to routine system maintenance between 10 am and 2 pm.
One final 2011 list, this from our friends at the AAMC:
American Medical News, published by the AMA, has posted “Our most intriguing medical facts of 2011,” drawn from the pages of American Medical News and linked back to the original story.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/site/facts11.htm
The Louisiana Tumor Registry has been awarded 1st Place Data Quality Profile Award from the National Cancer Institute’s SEER program. The Louisiana Tumor Registry has been under the auspice of LSUHSC-NO since 1995; it has been a SEER program since 2001.
Was 2011 one of those years that made you look back fondly on the Gulf oil spill? These 2011 ‘best-ofs’ and ‘breakthroughs’ may lift your spirit.
Our newest 2 minute tip shows you how to create a PIN number for off campus access.
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2 Minute tips is a blog series where we bring you short video tutorials on various tools and resources in the library.
RefWorks Classic will no longer be available as an interface in RefWorks as of today, December 31st, 2011.
View a tutorial on the RefWorks 2.0 interface.
For questions or training contact Molly Knapp. RefWorks classes will resume in January.
The Dental and Isché Libraries are now closed until January 3rd at 8 am.
Have a happy holiday!
An interesting article in the Times Picayune today discussed how the US government is requesting two major scientific publishers (Science and Nature) restrict details about the development of lab-bred bird flu in upcoming publications. The NIH funded research was conducted in the Netherlands and at the University of Wisconsin, in order to study the epidemiology of H5N1 avian influenza.
“…In a statement, Science editor-in-chief Dr. Bruce Alberts said his journal “has concerns about withholding potentially important public health information from responsible influenza researchers” and was evaluating how best to proceed.
Nature’s editor-in-chief, Dr. Philip Campbell, called the recommendations unprecedented.
“It is essential for public health that the full details of any scientific analysis of flu viruses be available to researchers,” he said in a statement. The journal is discussing how “appropriate access to the scientific methods and data could be enabled.”
After review by the US government’s biosecurity advisers, the Department of Health and Human Services requested the two journals not publish the full genetic information of lab bred bird flu, fearing it could fall into the wrong hands.
You would think that due to the First Amendment of the US Constitution, governmental agencies can only request the journals restrict details, and not openly censor the published work. However, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (which publishes Science), there are several methods to restrict publication and dissemination of research: classification, export controls, and pre-publication review. “Pre-publication review is sometimes used as a condition for accepting research grants or contracts. These restrictions are usually narrowly-targeted, and do not apply to whole fields of research.”
The AAAS has a useful if dated Issue Brief explaining these methods of publication control in their document “Science and Security in the Post-9/11 Environment-Scientific Publication Policies” (2004), as well as a link to resources and primary documents related to the regulation of scientific information (which is not unprecedented…hello, atomic bomb!).
More Info
20 December 2011 Science press release
http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2011/1220herfst.shtml
20 December 2011 Nature News: “Fears grow over lab-bred flu”
http://www.nature.com/news/fears-grow-over-lab-bred-flu-1.9692
The Dental Campus has been experiencing an outage of telephone & data lines since this morning. AT&T estimates the repair time as between 3-4 this afternoon.
*Edit* Service was restored at 2:30 pm.
There will be a domestic water outage at the Resource Center Building and S. Roman St. Garage this Tuesday, December 20th, from 10:00 PM till 2:00 AM. This outage is needed to cap a leaking waterline located in the University Medical Center construction site. During this outage there will be no hot or cold water in any of the restrooms or the lounges throughout either building.
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