Web-based information

It is worth noting that the past few years have witnessed tremendous development of web-based information resources. Notably, the PubMed search tool [4] has made the investigation of any life sciences topic much easier. It offers keyword and author (as well as structure and sequence) searches and covers a wide range of medicinal chemistry-related journals. This resource, coupled with e-journals, affords the medicinal chemist the tools to keep up with any research topics of interest. Because of the public nature of the Web, now a chemist can sometimes find critical journal articles on the Web that do not show up until much later in traditional literature sources. It is not uncommon that scientific meeting presentations can be found on the Web. Indeed, the Internet tools we have all become familiar with also have made the professional life of the medicinal chemist much easier. 

Web in the life of the medicinal chemist. One may see the development of alerting services for the primary medicinal chemistry journals. The Web-based information search process could be replaced by a much more structured one based on metadata, derived by automated processing of the original full-text article. To discover new and potentially interesting articles, the user subscribes to the RSS feeds of relevant publishers and can simply search the latest items that appear automatically for keywords of interest. The article download is still necessary, but it may be possible for the client software to automatically invoke bibliographic tools to store the found references. Another application of the Chemical Semantic Web may be as alerting services for new additions to chemical databases where users get alerts for the new additions of structures or reactions. 

The NREL is developing a web-based information repository as recommended. A concept for an HFS information repository is shown in Figure 14.5, with potential outputs noted in brackets. Items included under "permitting process" and "retail hydrogen station" will be linked to specific sections of applicable codes and standards in the database shown at the bottom of Figure 14.5. 

With the development of the World Wide Web, a large amount of content related to GC and method development is available. Most of the column and instrument manufacturers, as well as publishers and universities have made a wealth of information available. While the list of web sites that follows cannot be exhaustive, the author has found them useful in his own work and they should provide a beginning for any analyst that is looking for web-based information on GC. The URL listings are accurate as of January 2005. 

Provision of additional, interactive web-based information. As more companies move to e-reporting or hybrid reporting (in which a hard copy report is supplemented by additional information on the company s website), they are able to provide interactive features that allow the user to customize information to suit their needs. For example, Novo Nordisk (an international pharmaceutical company) produces an electronic report that includes a section titled Interactive charts. Here, users can generate custom data charts for various social and environmental indicators either by site or by year. 

Through the web, readers may be able to find information about specific films, including official press kits, teachers guides, and outreach plans. This is especially true for theatrically released documentaries. Otherwise, be careful of web-based information about films and filmmakers. IMDB, for example, is a user-generated site, and as such the information it contains may not be accurate, complete, or up to date. Wikipedia, for the same reasons, is not a reliable source. 

Liechty, J., V. Ramaswamy, S. Cohen. 2001. Choice-Menus for Mass Customization An Experimental Approach for Analyzing Customer Demand with an Application to a Web-Based Information Service. Journal of Marketing Research 38(2), 183-196. 

InfoLink, Web-based information management systems, GZA Information Systems Div. Infraseal, Spray elastomer, Foamseal, Inc. Inhibitor, Inhibitors for unsaturated polyesters, Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc. 

Each article provides a reference for Web-based information that can provide additional information as well as possible updates or changes to safety regulations. 

Honeywell Safety Products announces the new ESP [Enabled Safety Products] System that helps reduce operational costs, improve worker safety and Circle 259 assure regulatory compliance. The new ESP System combines a web-based information management software service with ultra-high frequency (UHE) and radio frequency identification (RFlD)-enabled Miller fall protection equipment for real-time tracking control and safety compliance management. Miller by Honeywell, www.miller fall-protection.com, (800) 873-5242. Circle 259... 

The Internet has changed the landscape of scholarly communication, and this section highlights Web-based information resources and communication tools for bioengineers. Many of the descriptions are taken from the respective Web sites. 

Walkowiak, T. Michalska, K. 2011. Functional based reliability analysis of Web based information systems. Dependable computer systems / Wojciech Zamojski [et al.] (eds.). Berlin Heidelberg Springer, 257-269. 

Today, communication effectiveness can suffer from too much information. Around-the-clock media coverage, e-mails, and web-based informational sources make it difficult to filter the valuable information need to accomplish our goals and objectives. We must learn to communicate with clarity and focus. Failure to communicate relates to answering the wrong question, answering only part of the question, and adding irrelevant information. Many communicators answer the question but provide unnecessary feedback information. 

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