Communication the Internet

The Internet provides numerous powerful communication and multi-media tools, such as Inter Relay Chat (IRC), NetMeeting, White boards, Internet Phone, Archie, FTP, Telnet and many companies offer custom solutions with "plug-ins" But those are not the most important tools for access to information. The following outlines some of the "basics"... 

In the first edition of this book I wrote, A major use of the Internet is for electronic mail, but extremely rapid growth is being observed in other areas, particularly the "World-Wide Web" (WWW).... Such a phrase seems an understatement despite the hype, the Internet has certainly made a dramatic impact, not least on the scientific community, where its... 

The widespread acceptance and use of the Internet as a means for communication in clinical trials has revolutionized the way clinical trials information is disseminated among the various individuals and collaborating organizations running and monitoring these trials. A trial s web site provides trial... 

The development of the WWW has shown that it is possible for computers to communicate on a global scale, and this, coupled with developments in theoretical chemistry, may lead to computers making useful contributions to synthetic strategies in the near future. The internet has... 

File Transfer Protocol. A protocol used to move files over the Internet. Typically, you use a command line command, browser capability, or program on your computer called an FTP client to connect to an FTP server found on the Internet. Once connected to the FTP server, you can move files back and forth between your computer and the FTP server. SFTP, Secure FTP, is a more secure protocol for moving data over the Internet in which both your login information and data are encrypted during communications. 

The initial recording of research ideas and data is most always private and takes the form of laboratory notebooks and database files. The first communication of research data and ideas may or may not be private. Oral and informal written communication occurs between research colleagues and teams. In the era of e-mail and listserves, these initial written communications may also be public in that they exist on the Internet. If there is a financial or proprietary interest in the research, the first communication may be in the form of a patent application. 

Chemical Physics Preprint Database. This database [81] is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server intended to provide a means for rapid and efficient preprint distribution within the international theoretical chemical physics community. A preprint is a copy of a paper that has been submitted for publication. This database has been designed to be a useful and freely available tool for education and research. It allows investigators to submit and retrieve electronic copies of preprints via the Internet. Access for retrieval and listing of papers in the database is possible through WWW servers, anonymous ftp, or e-mail. Currently research papers are submitted to the databases via e-mail. This project is a joint effort by the Department of Chemistry at Brown University and the Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Physics Group at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The homepage of Chemical Physics Preprint Database is http // www.chem.brown.edu/chem-ph.html. (For a more... 

Due to the ready accessibility of SH2 domains by molecular biology techniques, numerous experimentally determined 3D structures of SH2 domains derived by X-ray crystallography as well as heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectroscopy are known today. The current version of the protein structure database, accessible to the scientific community by, e.g., the Internet (http //www.rcsb.org/pdb/) contains around 80 entries of SH2 domain structures and complexes thereof. Today, the SH2 domain structures of Hck [62], Src [63-66], Abl [67], Grb2 [68-71], Syp [72], PLCy [73], Fyn [74], SAP [75], Lck [76,77], the C- and N-terminal SH2 domain ofp85a [78-80], and of the tandem SH2 domains Syk [81,82], ZAP70 [83,84], and SHP-2 [85] are determined. All SH2 domains display a conserved 3D structure as can be expected from multiple sequence alignments (Fig. 4). The common structural fold consists of a central three-stranded antiparallel ft sheet that is occasionally extended by one to three additional short strands (Fig. 5). This central ft sheet forms the spine of the domain which is flanked on both sides by regular a helices [49, 50,60]. 

Twenty years ago the dislike of traditional treatment may have presented some real challenges. Today, however, there are many more treatment alternatives to which a client can be referred to if she or he would not match well with a traditional treatment facility. A good referral might be to a psychologist or other therapist who practices cognitive behavioral therapy for individuals. In addition, the advent of the Internet era allows for new and creative treatment alternatives even for people in small communities. 

Obviously, scale up and cost are reciprocally related, and while relatively small-scale deployment for research purposes is possible at current costs (dozens of devices), unit costs must be driven down by orders of magnitude before large scale deployment of devices is feasible. However, the vision from the engineering community is that everything that costs over 25 except food will be connected to the Internet [15]. To quote Kris Pister, from UC Berkeley, by 2010, RF circuits capable of trans-... 

Hackers Hackers sometimes crack into networks for the thrill of the challenge or for bragging rights in the hacker community. While remote cracking once required a fair amount of skill or computer knowledge, hackers can now download attack scripts and protocols from the Internet and launch them against victim sites. Thus, while attack tools have become more sophisticated, they have also become easier to use. 

In the initial stages utilities ran wires, also known as hardwire or land lines, from the central computer (MTU) to the remote computers (RTUs). Since remote locations can be located hundreds of miles from the central location, utilities began to use public phone lines and modems, leased telephone company lines, and radio and microwave communication. More recently, they have also begun to use satellite links, the Internet, and newly developed wireless technologies. 

O O Research persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on the Internet. Use your research to prepare a poster about POPs for your community. Include the following information ... 

You probably know that compounds called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are responsible for depleting the ozone layer in Earth s stratosphere. Did you know, however, that CFCs do their destructive work by acting as homogeneous catalysts Use the Internet to find out how CFCs catalyze the decomposition of ozone in the stratosphere. To start your research, go to the web site above and click on Web Links. Communicate your findings as a two-page press release. 

The developments just described, and many others, are possible because health scientists and chemists communicate by writing books, journal articles, and letters. They use the Internet to post results and hold discussions. They also communicate face-to-face by giving presentations and lectures, and by chatting over coffee. A scientific conference is the perfect place for such face-to-face interactions. 

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