The Trade Resource Center

 

Use this handy list of useful web links to quickly pinpoint other valuable web sites in the following areas:

  Tball   Acronym

  Tball   Bankers

  Tball   Bioenergy

  Tball   Biology hypertextbook

  Tball   Biometrics    

  Tball   Biomimetics

  Tball   Biotechnology    

  Tball   Bioterrorism

  Tball   Chemical procurement sites             

  Tball   Clinical trials

  Tball   E-Commerce Search Engines (including digital signature)

  Tball   E-Commerce legislation in the European Union

   Tball     Economic and biological consequences of an altered nature

   Tball     Environment

  Tball   Evolution ( Phylogenomics, Phyloproteomics and Phyloinformatics )

   Tball     Forensic DNA

   Tball     G-Commerce

  Tball   Genetic Discrimination

  Tball   Geographic Cyberports      

  Tball   Human cloning

  Tball   Information Assurance & Protection

  Tball   Intelligence and Terrorism News Stories

  Tball   Inventions

  Tball   Legal Research

  Tball   Microarrays (DNA- / Protein-)

  Tball   Miscellany (including Antivirus, Business in Iraq , Crypto, Currency Converter, Dictionary, Government, Metric Converter, Search Engines, Spamming, Stock Master , Time and date , Webtranslation )

  Tball   P-Commerce

  Tball   Patents

  Tball   Referencing Electronic Documents 

  Tball   Science and Society

[NOTE: URL: Uniform Resource Locator, a address that identifies some resource, e.g. the web-page http://www.timeanddate.com ; Location-field: Above the web-page in most web-browsers, shows the address of the current web-page, usually begins with http://  ] - Article links often change. If a link doesn't work, use the publication's search engine (most have them) to search for the headline. Disclaimer for External Links

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ACRONYM

AF - Acronym Finder

Military acronyms

Biomedical acronym database at http://invention.swmed.edu/argh

Space / Astronomy Acronyms

Terms, Abbreviations, Acronyms at : http://www.fas.org/news/reference/terms/acronym.html

Biology - Web-based Reference Resources

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BANKER SEARCH ENGINES

Space Investor (The Financial Frontier) You can make company research, using the company name and / or the stock symbol

www.informedinvestors.com

STREETnet Pharma / Biotech / Devices; Where to invest

YAHOO! Finance - Research by Industry  

ReCap

Starting from the main page, you can choose v"Tools and Links"; then you will have the two options: (i) market guide and (ii) where to invest (<http://www.streetnet.com/features/>).

Newspapers on line at : The Internet Web Sources

Business Wire

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BIOENERGY

Biofuels for sustainable transportation (The U.S. Department of Energy's National Biofuels Program)

Bioethanol technology (Biofuels program)

http://www.naturalist.com 

http://www.sustainablebusiness.com

http://www.RevolutionWorldwide.com

http://www.energyinfosource.com

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BIOLOGY HYPERTEXTBOOK

The European Initiative for Biotechnology Education (EIBE) at: http://www.eibe.info

from: MIT Experimental Study Group: Recombinant DNA - It covers gene cloning techniques, polymerase chain reaction, and forensic DNA fingerprinting

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research.

Genetic biodiversity at http://genetics.nbii.gov/index.html

Discovering biology in a digital world at http://digitalbio.blogspot.com

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BIOMETRICS

Biometrics at "The Biometric Consortium"

"Biometrics catalog" at: www.biometricscatalog.org

International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA) at : http://www.ibia.org

ENHANCING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES:THROUGH THE THEORETICAL ADAPTATION OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGIES TO PEOPLE OF VARIABLE ABILITIES by William J. Lawson, Ph.D. at : http://www.icdri.org/biometrics/enasstech.htm

DOD devotes a Web site to biometrics  - The site, www.biometrics.dod.mil ( http://www.biometrics.dod.mil), offers biometric technology tutorials, test and evaluation updates, policy foundation background, educational program announcements and information on government and industry partnerships, according to a Defense official.

Please visit the page "Security & Intrusion 2005"  of this web site for additional information on Biometrics.

ibiblio at http://www.ibiblio.org

Tools for structural biology education and training at http://www.usm.maine.edu/~rhodes/

 

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BIOMIMETICS

The Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability (BIONIS) at http://www.extra.rdg.ac.uk/eng/BIONIS/current_issues.htm

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BIOTECHNOLOGY SEARCH ENGINES

TOPICS

AGRICULTURE

AGORA - Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture ( A FAO Project) - The AGORA site provides access to over 400 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries. at http://www.aginternetwork.org

Agricultural Research Service

Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO ) aimed at providing a database of food safety research projects; there are links to other important safety research information

ERS/USDA Data - Agricultural Biotechnology - Intellectual Property at http://www.ers.usda.gov

AgBiotechNet

National Agricultural Library

WTO Agriculture Impact

The largest poultry search engine in the world 

United States Department of Agriculture

University of Illinois - Champaign  ACES (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

Animal Related Legislation Link 

National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/index.html

United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website  at http://usbiotechreg.nbii.gov/

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research

Date Palm tissue Culture Laboratory at  http://www.zvieli.co.il/

 

ASTROBIOLOGY

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight at http://daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html

Astrobiology Web

Biosignatures for extraterrestrial life: instrumentation to detect these biosignatures (in preparation).

Exobiology (or astrobiology) at http://www.astrobiology.com/exobiology.html

NSCORT / Exobiology at http://exobio.ucsd.edu/

Exobiology links at http://exobio.ucsd.edu/exobiology.html

The Mark's web page at http://www.markelowitz.com/

Exobiology: General Sites at http://www.galacticsurf.com/exobioGB.htm and at http://www.reference.com/Dir/Science/Astronomy/Exobiology/ and at http://www.ozskywatch.com/extraterrestrial_life/exobiology/

 

CANCER RESEARCH

Atlas Chromosomes in Cancer at http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer/index

Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information It will unit the newest technologies, along with those both cost-effective and capable of high-throughput to identify all the genes responsible for the establishment and growth of cancer

Cancer Treatments at URL: http://www.cancerhelper.com/  - Cancer information including treatment options, symptoms and more.

The National Cancer Institute's CancerNet

OncoLink, a site operated by the University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Center

The American Cancer Society

Cancer News on the Net

America´s Health Network

CanSearch, a resource guide from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) - The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a comprehensive and coordinated effort to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.

 

GENOMICS

Genetic code at http://www.centipedia.com/articles/Genetic_code

The DNA Learning Center's site at www.dnalc.org

UCSC's Human Genome Browser at: http://genome.ucsc.edu/index.html

TIGR Microbial database: a listing of microbial genomics and chromosomes completed and in progress

Hox Genes: Regulators of animal design (comparative genomics, synteny)

National Human Genome Institute

Human Genome Resources

IARC Database of p53 gene mutations in human tumors and cell line  For details see the article published on Nucleic Acid Research 26 (1), 205 - 213 (1998) by P. Hainaut et al.

SNPs.com - Pharmacogenomics - a site dedicated to Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (=SNP)

Genamics - Genamics JournalSeek is a fully searchable database of journal information.

Genomics:Legislation and Regulation

GENE QUANTIFICATION at http: ://www.wzw.tum.de/gene-quantification/ Main focus of GENE QUANTIFICATION web page is to describe and summarize all technical aspects involved in quantitative
gene expression analysis

BioProtocol website (from BioProtocol Inc., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)

University of California at Santa Cruz ( http://genome.ucsc.edu/

Washington University ( http://genome.wustl.edu/gsc/human/Mapping/

EBI/Sanger Center ( http://ensembl.org )

NCBI ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/ )

Gene map 99 ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genemap99/ )

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( http://compbio.ornl.gov/channel/index.html  )

RIKEN and the University of Tokyo ( http://hgrep.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ )

The SNP Consortium ( http://snp.cshl.org/  )

Online Mendelian inheritancein Man  ( http://www.ncbi.nml.nih.gov/Omim/ )

NHGRI and DOE ( http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ELSI  ) and ( http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/elsi.html )

Gene Gateway - Exploring genes and genetic disorders at: http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/posters/chromosome/

You can visith also the page " The Genomic Valley "

Tracking the new military & technological revolutions at http://www.gyre.org

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research

American Paternity Center - DNA paternity testing to establish the father of a child.at:  http://www.paternity.us

Human genetics in the public interest - Center for Genetics and Society at:  http://www.genetics-and-society.org/index.asp       

NCBI XM sequences http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Protein

RefSeq http://www.ncbi.nml.nih.gov/RefSeq/

Ensembl http://www.ensembl.org/

RIKEN FANTOM cDNA database http://fantom.gsc.riken.jp/

For people interested in projects or activities with human genetics, it is suggested the following link : http://www.geospiza.com/education/materials.html#tutorials  ( Teaching materials )

Come and play with DNA! at http://www.ExploringDNAStructure.com

Gene Ontology http://www.geneontology.org

 

NANOTECHNOLOGY

SmallTimes (The business of Micro and Nanotechnology) at http://www.smalltimes.com

The tevark website at  http://www.tevark.com .  This cool website has infomation regarding nanotechnology and nanoscience biotechnology.

The world service fr nanotechnology at:  http://www.nanotechweb.org/

Nano Tsunami...Independent NanoTech news site www.nano-tsunami.com

Nanorods line up for gene delivery  at http://www.nanotechweb.org/articles/news/2/10/10/1

Center for Responsible Nanotechnology at: http://crnano.org/index.html

KurzweilAI.net at http://www.kurzweilai.net/

Howard Lovy's Nanobot at http://nanobot.blogspot.com/

Nanopolis at http://www.nanopolis.net - Exploring matter at the atomic scale. Distributed knowledge network in nanoscience and engineering

Preparing for Nanotechnology at the FORESIGHT Institute The coming revolution in molecular manufacturing

Tracking the new military & technological revolutions at http://www.gyre.org

NanoScout - a portal for the nanotechnology community at http://www.nanoscout.de 

Nanotechnology Now : a Nanotechnology Portal with basics, news, and general information (from Nanospace to Quantum Computing, Nanomedicine, & Molecular Biology at the URL: http://nanotech-now.com/

U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) at http://www.nano.gov

Texas Nanotechnology Initiative (TNI) at http://texasnano.org

Canadian NanoBusinessAlliance  (CNBA)

NanoIsrael: Israeli Nano Business Alliance at http://www.nanobusiness.org.il

European NanoBusiness Association at http://www.nanoeurope.org

U.S. Nanobusiness Alliance at http://www.nanobusiness.org

Small Times Media at http://www.smalltimes.com

Nano - Tsunami - An independent Non Profit NanoTech News Portal,  based in Holland  http://www.nano-tsunami.com/

Nanogirl. com at http://www.nanogirl.com

Crucial physical and informational technologies http://www.e-drexler.com

see also the links reported at The Montegen's Pocket-Science Vol. 8

Investments in tiny technology (Nasdaq: TINY) at www.TinyTechVC.com (Companies involved: Agile Materials & Technologies, Inc.; Chlorogen, Inc.; Continuum Photonics, Inc.; CSwitch, Inc.; Molecular Imprints, Inc.; NanoGram Corporation; NanoOpto Corporation; Nanopharma Corp.; Nanosys, Inc.; Nanotechnologies, Inc.; Nantero, Inc.; NeoPhotonics Corporation; Optiva, Inc.; Starfire Systems, Inc.)

NanoinvestorNews Nanotechnology NEMS News at http://www.nanoinvestornews.com

Introduction to nanotechnology at http://www.nanoworld.net/pages/intro.htm

Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative at http://www.irannano.org/

 

NEUROSCIENCE

A new website containing resources related to ion channel biophysics and electrophysiology at the URL address:http://www.ionchannels.org

A neuroscience Internet guide at The Mining Co.

 

PHARMACOLOGY

Pharma - Lexicon

The Pharmaceutical Information Network  (PharmInfoNet) provides assessments of therapeutics and advances in new drug development, including full-text articles from clinical publications and information from scientific meeting; a drug database is available.

Medscape Pharmacology

PubMed National Library of Medicine

CardioExchange : this is a web site for cardiovascular researchers and clinicians

The Circulatory System

Internet FDA

TGA : Therapeutic Goods Administration

Clinical trials Update at CenterWatch http://www.centerwatch.com

 

PROTEOMICS

Genetic code at http://www.centipedia.com/articles/Genetic_code (Online DNA for amino acid converter)

Swiss - Prot Protein knowledgebase  available at :http://www.expasy.org/sprot/  and  http://www.ebi.ac.uk/sprot/

Human Protein Reference Database at http://www.hprd.org/

Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) - Databases - http://www.hupo.org/link/databases.htm

ExPASy Molecular Biology Server - The ExPASy (Expert Protein Analysis System) proteomics server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) is dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE  at http://www.expasy.org/ and http://www.expasy.org/sprot/  

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at The University of Maryland and Baltimore County (UMBC)

Chemistry and the Internet  from a conference held in Irvine (CA, USA), September 1998

Chemistry and Industry

ChemIndustry.com, the worldwide search engine of chemical industry

Mike's Immunoglobulin Structure / Function Web Site prepared by Mike Clark (Division of Immunology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK)

Antibodies for therapeutic applications

The Antibody Resource Page

Web resources for protein scientists at The Protein Society

International Venom & Toxin Database

Web resources for protein scientists at http://www.faseb.org/protein/docs/WWWResources.html

BioProtocol website (from BioProtocol Inc., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)

DNA vaccine

The Web Community for Chemistry Researchers

ProNet Online (Protein Interaction on the Web) from Myriad Genetics Inc. (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.) This site contains information on protein-protein interactions that have been described in the published literature. Only interactions between human proteins that were identified using the two-hybrid system are included.

ChemConnec

The protein kinase resource at http://pkr.sdsc.edu/html/index.shtml

Neuropeptide database at  http://erop.inbi.ras.ru/query-erop.php

Swiss-Prot Description : Protein knowledgebase. Release : 43.0 of March 2004 - Availability:

Model Organisms Databases (including Microbial Genomes) [Plant genome initiatives ( (Arabidopsis, rice,..) are also enclosed]

International Association for Protein Structure Analysis and Proteomics at http://www.iapsap.bnl.gov

Phosphoproteins - A database of S / T / Y phosphorilation sites at http://phospho.elm.eu.org/

Phosphoproteins at http://phospho.elm.eu.org/

The Protein Kinase Resource at http://pkr.sdsc.edu/html/index.shtml

Motif scan at http://scansite.mit.edu/motifscan_seq.phtml

A new website containing resources related to ion channel biophysics and electrophysiology at the URL address:http://www.ionchannels.org

Protein Lounge at http://www.proteinlounge.com/default.asp

MW calculatio, using the MS-Product-Tool on the Protein Prospector-Website ( http://prospector.ucsf.edu/ucsfhtml4.0/msprod.htm) where you can edit yuor own amino acid composition.

DNA-binding motifs at http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~biology/Tutorials/DNAbinding.htm

Human Protein Atlas at http://www.proteinatlas.org

The Peptide Resource Page at http://www.peptideresource.com/

 

STEM CELLS

Education material : "NWABR Stem Cell Teacher Workshop and Educator" http://www.wabr.org/education/stemcellforum.htm

"Genetic Science Learning Center - Stem Cells in the Spotlight" http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

"Stem Cells" by Coleen Swihart ( Biology Teacher,  Canby High School, 721 SW Fourth Avenue,  Canby, OR 97013, U.S.A. ) http://www.canbyhs.canby.k12.or.us/chsstaff/~swihartc/Stem_Cells.html

Stem cells on this web site

California Stem Cell Report at http://californiastemcellreport.blogspot.com/

Stem cells in the spotlight at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/stemcells/index.cfm

 

SOURCES FOR GENERAL INFORMATION

Resources from federal agenciesat  http://www.free.ed.gov/

Science.gov at http://www.science.gov/index.html   Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results

siRNA Database and RNA Interference Resource at http://www.rnainterference.org/

Biotech Industry Supplier Registry at http://www.biosciregister.com/ - Manual compilation of biotech suppliers enabling buyers to easily source manufacturers of biotechnology equipment for cell biology, cell culture, genomics, proteomics and more.

SCIRUS for scientific information only

DNA-binding motifs at http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~biology/Tutorials/DNAbinding.htm

FirstGov.gov section: Health at: http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml

Jupiter Scientific Information: Reports and News

Biotechnology Information Directory

Biotechnology Industry News

Biotechnology and drugs companies

Scientific information online at the URL address: http://www.thescientificworld.com

Search 4 science: a community of  brains without borders

Glossary of biotechnology terms

elegansNet: The Animal Bioinformatics & Research Menu Hubsite

Huba t - Automatic Directory Builder

Amplicom (Biotech Resources)

BrainLand, The Neuroscience Information Center

The biocomputing service group 

ActionBioscience - A new web site devoted to education on biotech policy issues. Seven biological challanges: (i) environment, (ii) genomic mapping, (iii) evolution, (iv) education, (v) biodiversity, (vi) genetic engineering, (vii) the age of bioscience.

"Biology - Web-based Reference Resources" at http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/sel/bio/reference.html

ReCap   (The Signals Magazine)

The scientific world 

BioNetbook (Institut Pasteur) The BioNetbook is a directory of Web Pages for biology

Informagen, Inc. - A Biotechnology Information Resource

Biotech Resource

BioWorld Online

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

ChemConnec

G uide to Digital Science and Medicine

Community of Science

HighWirePress Internet imprint of the Stanfort University Libraries. It is a new service offering access to electronic journals.

Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources

NEE - HOW The Bioresource Finder

Internet FDA

Virtual Center of Biotechnology for the Americas

US Patents to Universities; Intellectual Property Education Coalition(IPEC) 's University Patent Navigator

Bio Online

DejaNews makes it particularly easy to read and post to newsgroups.

Economic Perspectives: US State Department issues an electronic journal on: "Biotechnology: Food Security and Safety"

A Research Engine at eoCenter

AallWebWire at http://aallwebwire.com/directory-bioscience.htm

Tracking the new military & technological revolutions at http://www.gyre.org 

European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) at ICT Law ( http://www.ictlaw.net)

Metric converter at http://www.eeeddd.com/?go=mcconverter

Saccharide masses chart - http://www.waters.com/watersdivision/pdfs/WCH2.pdf  and at  http://us.expasy.org/tools/glycomod/glycomod_masses.html ( ExPASy, Molecular Biology Server at http://us.expasy.org/ )

Amino acid masses - http://www.waters.com/watersdivision/pdfs/WCH1.pdf ( amino acid masses )  on the Waters web site

how Moore's Law has progressed at:  http://images.google.com/images?q=%22moore%27s+law%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en and at http://public.itrs.net/ (International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors )

Neuropeptide database at  http://erop.inbi.ras.ru/query-erop.php

The artificial life at http://www.alife.org/

Biotech Project at the University of Arizona at: http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu/AboutBIOTECH/AboutBIOTECH.html

Biotechnology Resources at: http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu/Resources/Resources.html

Biotechnology Resources OnLineat: http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu/Resources/online.html

Los Alamos Science at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/LaScience.htm ( All issues of Los Alamos Science from 1980 through 2002)

National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/index.html

United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website  at http://usbiotechreg.nbii

Mines Advisory Group (MAG)  at http://www.magclearsmines.org/

HyperDictionary at http://www.hyperdictionary.com/

Beyond-Science at http://www.beyond-science.com/

Assobiotecat  http://www.assobiotec.it

EuropaBio at http://www.europabio.org/pages/index.asp

The Enlarged Europe at http://www.europabio.org/pages/ne_230304.asp

ItalTrade at: http://www.italtrade.com  - The official gateway to Italian business and trade.

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research

PROCESSOR.com at http://www.processor.com

BIO-IPR - BIO-IPR is an electronic information service produced by GRAIN. Its purpose is to disseminate news and analysis about recent developments in the field of intellectual property rights (IPRs) related to biodiversity and associated knowledge, especially in developing countries at http://www.grain.org/bio%2Dipr/

Science articles at: http://www.firstscience.com/site/home.asp

Wikipedia at http://www.wikipedia.com

Biodefense - FAS Biological and Chemical Weapons Control at http://www.fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=325&projectld=4

Medical Resource Reviews Database at http://www.hpdrc.fiu.edu/med.resource/

Genetic Biodiversity at http://genetics.nbii.gov/index.html

Conservation International at http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/

Conservation International - Take action to aid Amphibians at http://www.conservation.org/xp/amphibians/index2.xml?emc-amp0406&att=quizgif

    "GoPubMed" at http://www.gopubmed.org  - Ontology-based literature search, Biotech, TU-Dresden

 

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BIOTERRORISM

Anthrax - The official DOD website for the anthrax vaccine immunization program

The military vaccines website at http://www.vaccines.army.mil/  (Click also on "link" at http://www.vaccines.army.mil/links.asp

Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections (CSB&EI) at Saint Louis University, School of public Health, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Documents et liens sur le bioterrorism de guerre, le plan BIOTOX en france - Terrorism bacteriologique et chimique - (Texxtes de references - Dr. Y. Lannehoa - Dr. F. Berthier) chez la Societe' Francophone de Medicine d'Urgence .   

"Bio-terrorism and the Gill rDNA trajectory" at: http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex/Documents/Bio-terrorism.htm

"Biological weapons could be even deadlier" at : http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1334000/1334986.stm

"Scientists made virus more lethal than HIV" [by Charles Arthur / The Independent (London) 24Jul01)] at: http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE2/More-Lethal-Than-HIV.htm

Natural Law party Wessex at: http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex

Bioterrorism at EMEA ( The European Agency for Evaluation of Medicinal Products ) http://www.emea.eu.int/#

Agro-terrorism at Center for Nonproliferation Studies ( http://cns.miis.edu/ ) - Monterey Institute of International Studies  http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/agromain.htm   http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/aglinks.htm or http://cns.miis.edu/ (searching for agroterrorism) . Agroterrorism means attacks against farm crops, livestock, produce or packaged foods. The food supply may be more vulnerable than skyscrapers, bridges, nuclear power plants or other high-profile infrastructure targets. Agroterrorism could release damaging insects, viruses, bacteria, fungi and other microbes aimed at wiping out crops. Agroterrorism at the Homeland Security Department ( http://www.dhs.gov ). ("Agroterrorism poses devastating threat" by M. Woods at http://www.post-gazette.com ).

The Chronicle of Modern Conflict at : http://www.warwatch.com  edited by  Marc Salvatierra - Conflict areas: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Congo (Republic of), Chad, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel - Palestine, Ivory Coast, Kashmir, Korean Peninsula, Liberia, Nepal, Philippines, Russia - Chechnya, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uzbekistan. A special section on "War on Terror"

 

BIODEFENSE

Homeland Security

http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/index.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/book/index.html

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=37

Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps

http://fedbizopps.gov/

http://vsearch2.eps.gov/servlet/SearchServlet     (search: biodefense)

DoDBusOpps.com

http://www.dodbusopps.com

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

https://www.bids.tswg.gov/tswg/bids.nfs/Start?ReadForm

NIAID Biodefense Research

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/default.htm

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/research/funding.html

United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

http://mrmc-www.army.mil/welcome.asp

National Homeland Security Knowledgebase

http://www.twotigersonline.com/resources.html

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CHEMICAL PROCUREMENT SITES

Chemical Industry Supplier Directory  at the URL:  http://www.chemicalregister.com

Online searchable directory of chemical suppliers enabling buyers to easily source manufacturers for capacity and price of commodity and specialty chemicals by name or CAS registry number.

http://www.atcg.com   (Anderson Unicom)

http://www.chemnavigator.com

http://www.bioonline.com

http://www.chemsource.com

http://www.buyersguidechem.de

http://www.chemstore.com

http://www.chem.com

http://www.chemX.com

http://www.chematch.com

http://www.dow.com

http://www.chemB2B.com

http://www.e-chemicals.com

http://www.chemconnect.com

http://www.fishersci.com

http://www.chemdex.com

http://fobchemicals.com

http://www.chemfinet.com

http://www.onechem.com

http://www.chemicalbid.com

http://www.sciquest.com

http://www.chemindustry.com

http://www.sigma-aldrich.com

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CLINICAL TRIALS

ClinicalTrials.Gov at http://clinicaltrials.gov

Current Controlled Trials at http://www.controlled-trials.com

ISRCTN (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) at http://www.controlled-trials.com/isrctn/

TrialsCentral.Org at http://www.trialscentral.org

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E-COMMERCE SEARCH ENGINES

The U.S. Census Bureau - Noth American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Searching on ......DogPile , Mamma       and  All-inOne      These are multiengine search tools (metaengines) that scan different engines at the same time

ENTERWeb Metaguides

MediaINFO Links for a list of newspapers and other news around the world.

GUIDEC General usage for international digitally ensured commerce

A framework for global electronic commerce

Global Electronic Commerce  Dismantling the barriers to global electronic commerce

ChinaBiz  

Electronic Commerce The challanges to tax authorities and taxpayers. an informal round table discussion between business and government.

The Internet Web Source

Nasa Tech

The UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy

Computer Law Association

The Internet and business: A Lawyer´s Guide to the Emerging Legal Issues

Patent strategies at Angenehm Law Firm

Journal of commerce

Export Administration Regulations Marketplace (USA)

National Technical Information Service (USA)

Virtual Law Library

New Jour The Internet list for journals and newsletters available on the internet

Internet accessible libraries A list of libraries in the U.S. that are available on the Internet.

WebCATS   this site allows users to search libraries around the world.

GILS (GILS =Global Information Locator Service) is designed to make it easy to locate information of all kinds, in all media, in all languages.

Financial information on public company from the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) web site.

Middle East Business Information (AME info)

The Library of Congress

Nicholas Bohm, Ian Brown, Brian Gladman :  'Electronic Commerce: Who Carries the Risk of Fraud? in : ) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT) (October 31, 2000) . < http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/00-3/bohm.html >

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E- COMMERCE LEGISLATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/techlib/legasp.pdf

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/issues/digisig/digisign1.htm

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/issues/digisig/digisign2.htm

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/text/english/call/Architecture_Guidelines_Part_IV.pdf (also I, II e III

http:// www.europa.eu.int, (Search Europe)

The European Union's anti-fraud unit (OLAF) at http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/olaf/

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ECONOMIC & BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN ALTERED NATURE

Center for food safety (ICTA= International Center for Technology Assessment)

Genetically Engineered Foods - A seroius Health Hazard 

Cultural survival

Environmental Defense Fund  

Gene Letter 

GeneTest

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

The Loka Institute : making research, science & technology responsive to democratically decided social & environmental concerns

Organic Consumera Association

Pesticides Action Network

Genetically engineered food - Safety problems

Bio-Democracy : campaigning for food safety, organic agriculture and sustainability

Union of Concernet Scientists

Greenpeace

Foods derived from new plant varieties derived through recombinant DNA Technology (Final Consultations under FDA's 1992 Policy)

Alliance for Bio-Integrity

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ENVIRONMENTAL SEARCH ENGINES

Environmental Health News at http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/

ENN:Environmental News Network at http://www.enn.com

Environment News Service at http://ens-news.com/

Convention on Biological Diversity at http://bch.biodiv.org (The Cartagena protocol on Biosafety) http://www.biodiv.org/biosafety - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is the first legally binding international agreement governing the movement of living modified organisms across national borders. It will take effect on 11 September 2003.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (new EPA database)

World Environment News

Market International

The Wild Dolphin Project

1998: International Year of the Ocean

@ SEA

@ Sea takes you aboard Harbor Branch ships and subs for ocean science adventures. Follow the link to the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.

Agriculture and Environment Resources (University of Maryland, U.S.A.)

Earth 911 , as the nationwide source for practical environmental information at http://www.Earth911.org

Artic Military Environmental Cooperation (AMEC) at https://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/Intl/AMEC/amec.html .

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EVOLUTION

The Society for the Study of Evolution - Resources and links on Evolutionary Biology at http://www.evolutionsociety.org/resources.html

"The World View of Jurassic Park" by Bohlin, Ray (Leadership University/Probe Ministries)

Toxinology at http://www.kingsnake.com/toxinology/

Discussions on science, biotechnology, computers, evolutionary assumptions, and the New Age

Origins: Journey back to the beginning of everithing: the universe, Earth, and life itself at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Phylogenomics, Phyloproteomics and Phyloinformatics at: http://bioinf.may.ie/Phylogenomics/   Phylogenomics, phyloproteomics and phyloinformatics are three terms that relate to the processing of large amounts of genomic data with a view towards producingorganismal phylogenies based upon those data. See also: Bioinformatics and Pharmacogenomics Laboratory at:  http://bioinf.may.ie/

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/

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FORENSIC DNA SEARCH ENGINES

Crime Scene Investigation at http://www.criminologia.org/ (from the section "Links di criminologia" )

National Criminal Justice Reference Service at http://www.ncjrs.org/

DNA Resource.com at http://www.dnaresource.com A web site for anyone who seeks information on the latest developments in foresinc DNA policy

ISUMA - Canadian journal of policy research at http://www.isuma.net

Office of Justice Programs at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/

Forensic Science - Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory - Office of Law Enforcement Standards at  http://www.eeel.nist.gov/oles/forensics.html

Federal Bureau of Investigation at http://www.fbi.gov/ (search: forensic)

Biobank The UK Biobank project will be the world's biggest resource for the study of the role of nature and nurture in health and disease.at http://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/

Nederlands Forensic Instituut - DNA: sporen naar de toekomst at http://www.dnasporen.nl/

American Paternity Center - DNA paternity testing to establish the father of a child.at:  http://www.paternity.us

Analytical Genetic Testing Center

Consulting in Forensic DNA (specializing in criminal matters)

DNA Evidence at The National Academies [Quick search: DNA evidence, forensic,..)

Forensic Laboratory for DNA Research (Leiden University) A central criminal DNA database has been created in Germany [by Ellen Peerenboom in : Nature Biotechnology 16 (6), 510 - 511, 1998].

Search for "DNA / forensic DNA" at The Mercury Center (read the article: "DNA database offers promise -- and privacy fears")

DNA Fingerprinting at Murdoch University (Australia)

dna2z   (click on "DNA from A to Z" and then choose "Forensic")

HELIX biotech.,inc - The company provides DNA identity testing in case of disputed paternity and criminal forensics. HELIX biotech provides also seminars and continuing education.

National Commission on the future of DNA evidence   

See different articles on Office.com: search for DNA, Innocence Project, forensic DNA.

Redddy's forensic home page (referred to Reddy P. Chamakura) and related links

Forensic Science - Part of the Why Files, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. The online article provides an introduction to forensic science techniques, including DNA fingerprinting. Visith the page of the links.

Forensic Science Communications

Forensic-Evidence 

The Bode Technology Group at http://www.bodetech.com 

The Innocence Project at http://www.innocenceproject.org 

Mitotyping Technologies at http://www.mitotyping.com  

The National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center at http://www.nlectc.org/nlectcrm 

Transgenomic Inc at http://www.transgenomic.com 

D.E. Adams, Forensic DNA Analysis, Federal Bureau of Investigation Congressional Statement, March 23, 2000 at: http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congressoo/dadams.htm  

US Department of Justice, Understanding DNA evidence:A guide for victim service providers, brochure BC 000657 at http://ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/dna_evbro

Crime List at http://www.crimelist.tk

A lab exercise at: http://www.geneticorigins.org/geneticorigins/pv92/intro.html 

Electrophoresis and Forensics Kit at : http://www.carolina.com/biotech/

Bio-Rad's Forensic DNA Fingerprinting Kit ( www.bio-rad.com). 

DNA Interactive (www.dnai.org ) also has animations on how the FBI uses CODIS and 13 STR's to ID individuals:
http://www.dnai.org/d/index.html

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G-COMMERCE SEARCH ENGINES

Web sites offering genetic data

Gene Solutions (from Hyseq Corp. CA, U.S.A.): "putting genomic resources to work"

eBioinformatics

DoubleTwist

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GENETIC DISCRIMINATION

National Action Plan On Breast Cancer (NAPBC) in "Seach section"

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GEOGRAPHIC CYBERPORTS FOLDER

Pacific Development Directory

The World Factbook

Market statistics  This site provides demographic and economic data solutions for firms in a variety of industries

Global Information Network The searching engine for global business

Geographic maps at http://maps.google.com

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HUMAN CLONING

"The benefit of human cloning" - Human Cloning Foundation

National Bioethics Advisory Commission 

EarthOps.Net at: http://www.earthops.net/cloning

CloneHill at http://www.clonehill.com

Human genetics in the public interest - Center for Genetics and Society at:  http://www.genetics-and-society.org/index.asp       

 
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INFORMATION ASSURANCE & PROTECTION FOLDER

Bio-Terrorism on "The Nation" (www.thenation.com)  [search]

Crime, Terror & War: National Security and Public Safety in the Information Age.

Cryptome (Cryptanalysis)

Crypto Law Survey Survey of existing and envisaged cryptography laws and regulations (by Bert - Japp)

Federal information technology

U.S. Department of Commerce  (Commercial encryption)

Federal Communication Commission Implementation of the Telecommunications Act 1996: "The Telecom Act at Three: Seeing the face of the Future" by William E. Kennard

Intellectual Capital

An analysis of security incidents on the Internet - by John D. Howard (1997)

ICC, International Chamber of Commerce at http://www.iccwbo.org/

The European Union's anti-fraud unit (OLAF) at http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/olaf/ (ICC Commercial Crime Services)

Technorealism

"In this heady age of rapid technological change, we all struggle to maintain our bearings. The developments that unfold each day in communications and computing can be thrilling and disorienting. One understandable reaction is to wonder: Are these changes good or bad? Should we welcome or fear them?"

SecurityDocs at  http://www.securitydocs.com

 

International Organizations Active in Information

NATO

European Union (EU)

ISPO [EU Information Society Project Office]

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Group of Seven Nations (G7)

Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Organization of American States (OAS)

Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

APEC Telecom Working Group

APEC Telecom Ministerial Site

Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure Cooperation Centre (Korea)

APII Technology Centre (Japan)

International Telecommunication Unit (ITU)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) (U.S. Department of Commerce)

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

The World Trade Organization (WTO)

International Trade Law Monitor

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

United Nations Conference on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT)

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

International Telecommunications Satellite ganization (INTELSAT)

World Bank Group (World Bank)

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

NTIA´s Office of International Affairs

U.S. Trade Representative

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Fred Cohen's Deception Toolkit at http://all.net [Reference: "Lying to hackers is OK by me" - on the book "Cybershock" by Winn Schwartau (2000), Thunder's Mouth Press, New York (U.S.A.), pages 357n- 364]

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INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM NEWS STORIES

Voice of America 

UN News 

UN Press Releases

UN Press Briefings

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

RFE/RL Mailing List

IRIN (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitaruian Affairs) (IRIN, Integrated Regional Information Networks)

IRIN Mailing List

USIS Washington File

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (U.S.A. PATRIOTIC ACT) Act of 2001 (H.R. 3162 RDS - Oct.24, 2001)

Institute for intergovernmental research at: http://www.iir.com/    

MATRIX - Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange at: http://www.iir.com/matrix/

Soldiers of the truth at http://www.sftt.org/

The Chronicle of Modern Conflict at : http://www.warwatch.com   edited by  Marc Salvatierra - Conflict areas: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Congo (Republic of), Chad, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel - Palestine, Ivory Coast, Kashmir, Korean Peninsula, Liberia, Nepal, Philippines, Russia - Chechnya, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uzbekistan. A special section on "War on Terror"

Loyola Political Science: Strategic intelligence, Military intelligence, Economic intelligence at http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html

Value Based Management : Management portal on value creation, managing for value and valuation. Provides methods and information on corporate strategy, finance, performance, change, governance, communication, leadership and responsibility.

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INVENTIONS SEARCH ENGINES

Innovation Web Pages at http://mint.mcmaster.ca/mint/others.htm

InventNET The inventors Network is a starting point to the information superhighway for all inventors (mainly the independent inventor)

Inventor´s Resource Be wary of fraudulent invention promotion firms.

NasaTech

O´REILLY Dictionary of PC hardware and data communications terms

A royalty rates web site Valuation of a technology by Rose Ann Dabek

Clinical trials Update at CenterWatch http://www.centerwatch.com

Tracking the new military & technological revolutions at http://www.gyre.org

 
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LEGAL  RESEARCH

The National Biotechnology Information Facility has links to just about any database or reference source for laws or court cases related to biotechnology that a research might need.

Finding Court Decisions

The Legal Information Institute

Washlaw Web 

Legal Research FAQ 

Electronic Court Filing Resources on the Internet by Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Finding Laws

U.S. Code database

The U.S. Code may also be found at Cornell Law School     The fastest way to retrieve a law is by its title and section citation.

The Internet Law Library has a page of links to state laws.

Encryption

Commercial Encryption Export Control at "Office of Strategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls at the URL: http://www.bxa.doc.gov/Encryption/

Crypto Law Survey at http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/  ( Bert-Jaap Koops homepage )

Legislative Developments

The Library of Congress THOMAS site  

State Statutes and Legislation - Full-text state statutes and legislation on the Internet

National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) at http://www.nara.gov

The Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) - Article 2B Sites

Uniform Law Commissioners -The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws - Drafts of Uniform and Model Acts

Uniform Commercial Code Article 2B Revision - Draft Download Site

Welcome to Consumer Project on Technology's Protest Page on: Uniform Commercial Code Article 2B

European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) at ICT Law ( http://www.ictlaw.net )

CRIMES ON THE INTERNET

(with reference to the Italian legislation)

SISDE (Serevizio per le informazioni e la sicurezza democratica)

http://www.sisde.it

Diritto e Diritti (Portale giuridico)

http://www.diritto.it

AIPA (Autorita' per l'Informatica nella Pubblica Amministrazione)

http://www.aipa.it

Associazione Italiana Internet Providers

http://www.aiip.it

Penale

http://www.penale.it

Andrea Monti

http://www.andreamonti.ne

Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica

http://www.clusit.it

ICT Law

http://www.ictlaw.net

ICAA, International Crime Analysis Association

http://www.criminologia.org

http://www,icaa-italia.org

CrimeList

http://www.crimelist.it

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MICROARRAYS

New 

DNA Microarray (Genome Chip) - Monitoring the genome on a chip - by Leming Shi

General information about making and using microarrays is available at the Patric Brown' web site (http://cmgm.stanford.edu/pbrown/mguide/index.html ) (The Brown Lab's complete guide to microarraying for molecular biologist - The M Guide - Version 2.0)

Drosophila Microarray Protocols

GenChip (R) Drosophila Genome Array at the Affymetrix 's web page

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MISCELLANY

Antivirus

Antivirus Online . IBM site on virus information

Arrow 

Business in Iraq

Bagdad Business Center at http://www.baghdadbusinesscenter.org/

Iraqi Trade and Business Center at http://www.iraqibusinesscenter.com/

Iraqi business centers alliance at http://www.iraqibusinesscenter.org/

Ricostruzione Iraq.It at http://www.ricostruzioneiraq.it/

The Command Post - IRAQ at http://www.command-post.org/iraq_print.html

The Coalition Provisional Authority at http://www.cpa-iraq.org/business/ 

Iraq Directory at http://www.iraqdirectory.com/en/

Iraq Program Management Office at http://www.rebuilding-iraq.net/

Export gov / Iraq at http://www.export.gov/iraq/

http://iraq.usembassy.gov/iraq/

http://baghdad.usembassy.gov/iraq/

Agriculture in Iraq

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Crypto

Crypto Law Survey at http://rechten.uvt.nl/koops/cryptolaw/   ( Bert-Jaap Koops homepage )

Crypto-Gram Newsletter at http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html

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Currency converter

fxtop at http://fxtop.com

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Dictionary

Beginner's Web Glossary offered online by Case Western University

Britannica

A Web of Online Dictionaries

Eric Weisstein's world of mathematics at URL: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chaos.html

Dictionary of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problems from CRC Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology

What's this? at http://whatis.techtarget.com

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Government

Federal Trade Commission

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The Library of Congress

U.S. Department of Defense - defenselink at http://www.defenselink.mil    (the web site contains links to interesting sections: Nuclear / Biological Chemical Reports; military magazines; a virtual walk around the Pentagon; Freedom of Information Act (FOIA Program;..)

Homeland Security Department at http://www.dhs.gov

EMEA (The European Agency for Medicinal Products) at http://www.emea.eu.int/#

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Metric converter

Metric converter at http://www.eeeddd.com/?go=mcconverter

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Research links

Ed's Page O' Research at http://www.eeeddd.com/?go=research#M

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Search Engines

Search Engines at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Searching and Researching on the Internet and the WWW  

BRIX, The Builders Resource & Information Exchange - The Federation of Master Builders web site

ZD-TV ...

Free EDGAR A site that allows users to view corporate data filed with the Security and Exchange Commission and export the data into Excel spreadsheets.

Google, a search engine. "If you need an authoritative source for the latest stories, now Google can give it to you" (Brian Livingston, on: Infoworld 14,20 (April 8, 2002)

South China Morning Post (Internet Edition)

New Jour -  It provides a list of journals, magazines, newsletter and other...

Beginner's Web Glossary offered online by Case Western University

Beginner's Guide to URLs

DejaNews

Corporate Governance

Watch the Webcasts of BusinessNow on ABC

Zeugma's Political Research Center

The ASI Web site is the premiere resource for professional indexers or for anyone interested in indexing or related topics.

Research Engine at eoCenter 

The Why Files: Science behind the news

Digital Information Society

Journal of international wildlife law and policy

"Everithing International" , developed and maintained by Lloyd Russow (Philadelphia University, U.S.A.)

MSN BC

Networked Electronic Resources at the University of Michigan

HighWire Press at http://www.highwire.org/

Google Scholar at:   http://scholar.google.com/

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Spamming

Mail bombing, spamming (commercial advertisement), and spoofing. For more information visit the Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) web site at the address: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/ (in particular the buletin: I-005c: E-mail spamming countermeasures: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-005c.shtml )

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Stock Master

Stock Master

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Time

Time and Date at http://www.timeanddate.com/

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Webtranslation

PROMT http://www.online-translator.com/srvurl.asp?lang=en

Babel Fish Language Web Online translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/

Google Language tools http://www.google.co.nz/language_tools?hl=en

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P- COMMERCE

Mass production of protein structure is the natural successor to mass production of DNA sequence. Automation and robotics will help to solve protein structures at a rate considered impossible in years past [Reference: "The Next Wave of the Genomic Business" by Ken Garber (2000), Technology Review 103 (4), 47 - 56].

Protein structure      Arrow           New drugs

                               (structure-based drug design)                                                    

Astex Technology (Canbridge, U.K.)

Structural GenomiX (San Diego, CA, U.S.A)

Structure Function Genomics (Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.)

Syrrx (San Diego, CA, U.S.A.)

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THE PATENT SEARCH SITES

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ( U.S.P.T.O. Website)

STO's Internet Patent Search System

E.U Patents

E.U. Patents and Trademarks

The European Patent Office  

UK Patent Office

The Orange Book Unleashed - "This site provides patents and exclusivity information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "Orange Book" in an easy to use tabular format". (by Bruce Pokras - from: www.bustpatents.com )

Japan patents at:

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REFERENCING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

Columbia University Press:

  • The Elements of Citation: (i) Documenting Sources in the Text, (ii) Preparing the bibliographic material

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psycological Association

Electronic Sources: MLA Style of Citation

Electronic Sources: APA Style of Citation

Web Extension to American Psycological Association Style (WEAPAS) - Proposed standard for referencing online documents in scientific publications

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SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Human genetics in the public interest - Center for Genetics and Society at:  http://www.genetics-and-society.org/index.asp      

Institute of Science in Society at http://www.i-sis.org

Government Innovators Network (A portal for democratic governance and innovation)  at http://www.innovations.harvard.edu

The European Initiative for Biotechnology Education (EIBE) at: http://www.eibe.info

The world service fr nanotechnology at:  http://www.nanotechweb.org/

Three Systems of Ethics: A Proposed Application for Effective Administration of Molecular Nanotechnology by Chris Phoenix and Mike Treder at : http://CRNano.org/systems.htm

Molecular Manufacturing: Start Planning by Chris Phoenix at http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0596.html

KurzweilAI.net at http://www.kurzweilai.net/

Air Force Times http://www.airforcetimes.com/

Army Times http://www.armytimes.com/

Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/globe/

Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/

Fayetteville NC Observer-Times http://www.fayettevillenc.com/

International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/frontpage.html

Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/

Marine Corps Times http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/

Miami Herald http://www.miami.com/herald/

Navy Times http://www.navytimes.com/

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/

Newsday http://www.newsday.com/

Philadelphia Inquirer http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/home/

San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.uniontribune.com/news/index.html

Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/

Tampa Tribune http://www.tampatrib.com/

USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/

Virginian-Pilot http://www.pilotonline.com/

Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Washington Times http://www.washtimes.com/

Magazines & Specialty PublicationsAir Force magazine (Air Force Association) http://www.afa.org/magazine/magz.html

Army magazine (Assn. Of the U.S. Army) http://www.ausa.org/www/armymag.nsf

Aviation Week http://www.aviationnow.com/

National Journal http://nationaljournal.com/

New Republic http://www.thenewrepublic.com/

Newsweek http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp

Seapower magazine (Navy League) http://www.navyleague.org/seapower.htm

Slate online magazine http://slate.msn.com/

Time http://www.time.com/time/

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings http://www.usni.org/Proceedings/PROcurrentoc.htm

U.S. News & World Report http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm

Weekly Standard http://www.weeklystandard.com/

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