New Find

New Additions to the Books Collection

The Library is highlighting 16 recent publications that have been added to the fourth floor stacks! For now, they can be perused on the New Books Shelf, which is on the third floor next to the internal elevator. And yes, they CAN be checked out!

1. Bray, George A. Contemporary diagnosis and management of obesity and the metabolic syndrome. (2011)
2. Meinert, Curtis L. An insider’s guide to clinical trials. (2011)
3. Urman, Richard D. Moderate and deep sedation in clinical practice. (2012)
4. Kandel, Eric R. In search of memory : the emergence of a new science of mind. (2007)
5. Klyklo, William M. Clinical child psychiatry. (2012)
6. Walls, Ron M. Manual of emergency airway management. (2012)
7. Jensen, Gail M. Handbook of teaching and learning for physical therapists. (2013)
8. Day, Robert A. How to write and publish a scientific paper. (2011)
9. Perloff, Joseph K. Perloff’s clinical recognition of congenital heart disease. (2012)
10. West, John B. Pulmonary pathophysiology : the essentials. (2013)
11. West, John B. Respiratory physiology : the essentials. (2012)
12. Gettings, Robert M. Forging a federal-state partnership : a history of federal developmental disabilities policy. (2011)
13. Cui, Dongmei. Atlas of histology : with functional and clinical correlations. (2011)
14. Sewell, Jeanne P. Informatics and nursing : opportunities and challenges. (2013)
15. de Chesnay, Mary. Caring for the vulnerable : perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research. (2012)
16. Benner, Patricia E. Clinical wisdom and interventions in acute and critical care : a thinking-in-action approach. (2011)

Journal citation cartels?

51 journals were given "time-outs" from the Impact Factors

Last week, Thompson Reuters published the 2011 edition of Journal Citation Reports, otherwise known as the Journal Impact Factors.?á Several things are new about this newest edition of JCR such as?á increased coverage of regional journals and the addition of 526 new journals to the Impact Factor rolls.?á However, one new factor, while positive for JCR, was not very positive for journal publishers.?á JCR removed 51 journals for “anomalous citation patterns,” aka: systemic self-citation.

How do these “anomalous citations patterns” occur??á There are several ways:

1.?á Editors may require authors to cite articles in the publishing journal.

2.?á An editor may publish a short review article citing every article in the journal published within a certain time period.

3.?á An editor may publish a bibliometric study of the papers published in the?á journal and then cite each paper.

4.?á Several journals may cooperate to form a “citation cartel” whereby the journals cite each other in order to raise their impact factors.?á These cartels can be much more difficult to detect because the citations are not just self-cites, they contain cites in several journals.

Although these journals were removed from the JCR for 2011, they will have a chance to return to the impact factor rolls when their citation patterns return to a similar pattern to other journals within their field.

According to Thompson Reuters:

“Suppressed titles were found to have anomalous citation patterns resulting in a significant distortion of the Journal Impact Factor, so that the rank does not accurately reflect the journalÔÇÖs citation performance in the literature. The Journal Impact Factor provides an important and objective measure of a journalÔÇÖs contribution to scholarly communication, and its distortion by an excessive concentration of citations is a serious matter. JCR staff will monitor these journals going forward and the titles will be included in a future edition of JCR when the problem of citation concentration has been resolved.”

Whatever you may feel about the validity and usefulness of a journal’s Impact Factor, this year’s JCR demonstrates that Thompson Reuters attempts to uphold high standards in scholarly publishing.

For more information about the Citation Cartels, check out The Scholarly Kitchen.

LSUHSC affiliated patrons can access the newest Journal Citation Reports through this link.

This Month in History: Dr. Marilyn Zimny and the Great Squirrel-Stronaut

This month in 1960, the Times-Picayune ran an article entitled, ÔÇ£Ground Squirrel Called Ideal Space Traveler.ÔÇØ In the article, Dr. Marilyn Zimny, scientist at the LSU Medical School and avid squirrel-enthusiast, tells of the amazing potential for ground squirrels to travel in outer space and to serve as instruments of research on forced-hibernation scenarios and metabolism studies.

Being so adaptable to extreme conditions, the squirrels appear to be ideal candidates for researching regulated slowing of metabolism as they are able to hibernate for long periods of time without damaging their vital organs: heart, brain, and kidneys remain intact. Advancement in this area of reduced energy consummation would possibly provide some insight into the development of a drug that could force a lower metabolism and thus a decreased need for food, water, and oxygen, a state perhaps preferable for astronauts during prolonged space travel and servicemen in cold climates. ?áThis drug could also reduce blood flow during recovery periods after a heart attack or stroke.

Although I can find no evidence that ground squirrels have indeed been launched into space, a slew of animals pre-dated human travel. The list of adventuring animals includes rhesus and squirrel-monkeys as well as mice, rats, rabbits, fruit flies, a guinea pig, a cat, chimpanzees, dogs, etc. These brave animals helped determine the conditions necessary for humans to survive spaceflight.

Dr. Zimny’s fascination with squirrels penetrated her personal life as well as her professional developmentÔÇöprofessing to own over 160 at the time of this article and in search of more (an abundance can apparently be found in some Chicago golf courses). She authored ÔÇ£Metabolism of some carbohydrate and phosphate compounds during hibernation in the ground squirrel,ÔÇØ published in the Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, ÔÇ£Carbohydrate metabolism in ground squirrels during the summer season,ÔÇØ published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, among many others. Zimny continued her study of the rodents in order to develop a field of research that would include them as test subjects.

Her career at LSU began in 1954, leading her to a full professorship approximately ten years later. According to one Faculty Vignette, her students ÔÇ£were affectionately known as her ÔÇÿground squirrels.ÔÇÖÔÇØ She went on to become the first female department head at the LSU School of Medicine in 1975, and although she passed away in January 2006, her legacy lives on in her renown. A recent article on POPSCI tells about the successful induction of hibernation in arctic ground squirrels. Dr. ZimnyÔÇÖs warm regard for the critters appears well-places as they continues to be relevant to the study of metabolism regulation.

You can further explore squirrel-related news and other intricacies of our Digital Collections by following this link.

Glimpse of the Past is an ongoing project to promote the Louisiana Digital Library. This Month in History will present for your reading pleasure a closer look into a newspaper clipping of note from our Digital Collections and articles relating to the LSU Medical School.

Friday the 13th Fun: Stuff Med Students Say

With all the new and returning medical students swarming campus, we couldn’t resist this funny video made by some members of ?áJohns Hopkins School of Medicine?áClass of 2014

How’d this turn up? Why, as a suggested youtube video on our very own School of Medicine Class of 2014’s Shining Spoof – which is appropriate enough for Friday the 13th, wouldn’t you say?

Paying Patients for Their Tissue: The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

Available for checkout in the library

Do patients have rights to revenue streams should their tissue hold value for biomedical research? Science Journal’s Policy Forum discusses the ethics of tissue research as examined in Rebecca Skloot’s book?áthe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which was LSUHSC’s first book club selection ealier this year. Physician-investigators weigh in on property rights in human tissue and investigators’ obligations to individuals from whom they seek tissue for research.

Full citation: Science 6 July 2012:
Vol. 337 no. 6090 pp. 37-38
DOI: 10.1126/science.1216888?á(barcode & PIN?árequired?áoff campus)
POLICY FORUM -?áRESEARCH ETHICS
Paying Patients for Their Tissue: The Legacy of Henrietta Lacks
Robert D. Truog -?áChildren’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA,?áAaron S. Kesselheim?áBrigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02120, USA, Steven Joffe -?áDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

LSUHSC-NO Researchers Spotlighted in July

The Library has placed the latest round of featured faculty publications on display for the month of July. Eight recent articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers have been added to the display in the LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building. These items are also part of the LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page?áhere. This page includes a handy link to a?áPDF?áof the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact?áKathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1.?áAtkinson E, Miklowski M, Lopez F, Klibert D. ÔÇ£Clinical Case of the Month: A 23-Year-Old Man with Fever and Malaise.ÔÇØ Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 2012; 164(3): 164-175.

2.?áCrombet O, Lastrapes K, Zieske A, Morales-Arias J. “Complete morphologic and molecular remission after introduction of dasatinib in the treatment of a pediatric patient with t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and ABL1 amplification.” Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2012; 59(2): 333-334.

3.?áHomer MA, Rubin SS, Horowitz TD, Richter E. “Linguistic testing during ON/OFF states of electrical stimulation in the associative portion of the subthalamic nucleus.” Neuromodulation. 2012; 15(3): 238-245.

4.?áLanson NA, Pandey UB. “FUS-related proteinopathies: Lessons from animal models.” Brain Research. 2012; 1462: 44-60.

5.?áLarzelere MM, Williams DE. “Promoting smoking cessation.” American Family Physician. 2012; 85(6): 591-598.

6.?áGoldstein BD, Osofsky HJ, Lichtveld MY. “Current concepts: The gulf oil spill.” New England Journal of Medicine. 2011; 364(14): 1334-1348.

7.?áOsofsky HJ, Osofsky JD, Hansel TC. “Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Mental Health Effects on Residents in Heavily Affected Areas.” Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness. 2011; 5(4): 280-286.

Also Featured This Month: LSUHSC-NO Participants in the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 23-27ÔÇöSan Francisco, California. Published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 2012; 36(s1): 1A-398A.

Recent (brief) Interview with Rowena Spencer

Pictured: Rowena Spencer, Cruz Hernandez, infant patient – July 1964

Happy Birthday to former/retired faculty member, Rowena Spencer on her 90th birthday.

A recent brief interview with her was published on the American Medical Student Association Blog.

The Isché Library has two copies of her 2003 monograph, Conjoined twins: developmental malformations and clinical implications.

Friday Fun: the first MRI of a baby being born

A recent video making the Internet rounds is the first MRI of a baby being born.

The images were shot during a normal birth at Charit?® University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, in November, 2010, researchers say in a report published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Still MRI pictures of the birth were previously published, but this is the first look at the video, made with time-lapsed images over the last 45 minutes of labor.

The MRI is of a baby boy in the final moments in utero and his mother, a 24-year-old woman with two younger children. The last moments of birth (the “money shot” if you will) are not included. Physicians shut down the MRI machine slightly before delivery because they did not want to expose the baby’s ears to the common thumping sound associated with MRIs.

Reports USA Today, “The doctors don’t say how they convinced a woman to go through the final stages of labor in an MRI machine — but do say she weathered the experience just fine.”

Citation

Bamberg C, Rademacher G, G??ttler F, Teichgr?ñber U, Cremer M, B??hrer C, Spies C, Hinkson L, Henrich W, Kalache KD, Dudenhausen JW.?áHuman birth observed in real-time open magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Jun;206(6):505.e1-6. Epub 2012 Jan 13. PubMed PMID: 22425409.
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Using Citrus to Teach Surgical Technique

NPR has a report on their health blog about an innovative (and inexpensive) way to teach laproscopic surgical technique using clementines.?á I’m sure satsumas would work just as well in Louisiana.

Friday Fun: sperm bags & the trachea that should have spoken up

Did you hear the one about the lady who hatched baby squid from her teeth? Disgusting, but true. A recent case study in the Journal of Parasitology reports on “Penetration of the oral mucosa by parasite-like sperm bags of squid: a case report in a Korean woman.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21834723

A 63-yr-old Korean woman experienced severe pain in her oral cavity immediately after eating a portion of parboiled squid along with its internal organs. She did not swallow the portion, but spat it out immediately. She complained of a pricking and foreign-body sensation in the oral cavity. Twelve small, white spindle-shaped, bug-like organisms stuck in the mucous membrane of the tongue, cheek, and gingiva were completely removed, along with the affected mucosa. On the basis of their morphology and the presence of the sperm bag, the foreign bodies were identified as squid spermatophores.

Then there’s the one about the medical student who rescued a body part from airport security. A professor at Bristol University, UK was attempting to transport a stem-cell generated trachea from England to Barcelona via airplane for a transplant operation, but was stopped by airport security because the container violated the liquid limit. A medical student with a pilot friend stepped in and flew the trachea privately to Spain in time for surgery, for a mere $21,000. The story and associated scientific articles can be found via NPR’s Health and Science blog.

Top 10 free iPad Medical Apps

Just in time for medical internships to begin July 1st, iMedicalApps.com ?áhas released a curated list of top 10 free iPad medical apps. Resources include AHRQ’S EPSS, MicroMedex, and MedScape. Notoriously missing is Epocrates.com. Why? Turns out they don’t even have a native app for iPad.

Check out the link for the entire list, short reviews and videos after the cut. (Users must ?álog in or create a free iMedicalApps account to view the videos, which this librarian finds highly annoying.)

Read more >

New Issue of the Library Bulletin

The latest issue of the LibraryÔÇÖs Newsletter has been released. Archives of the newsletter are also available from 1998 to the present.

Kick off Summer with LSUHSC-NO Research

This monthÔÇÖs featured faculty publications are now on display! Eight new articles authored by LSUHSC-NO researchers have been added to the display in the LibraryÔÇÖs Reference area (near the Library elevator) on the third floor of the Resource Center Building. These items are also part of the LibraryÔÇÖs Faculty Publications Database.

The Faculty Publications Database includes publications authored by at least one member of the LSUHSC-New Orleans faculty, 1998 ÔÇô present. Access to this database is available to the public. The database is linked from the Library web page?áhere. This page includes a handy link to a?áPDF?áof the monthly bibliography of display articles. To add your faculty publications, or for questions about this database, contact?áKathy Kerdolff.

LSUHSC-NO authors are shown in bold print:

1. Atencio DC, Gachiani JM, Richter EO. ÔÇ£Air embolus to arachnoid cyst as a rare delayed complication of intrathecal medication delivery.ÔÇØ?á Neuromodulation.?á2012; 15(1): 35-38.

2.?áColeman MT, Pasternak RH. ÔÇ£Effective strategies for behavior change.ÔÇØ?á Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice.?á2012; 39(2): 281-305.

3.?áHonore PA, Stefanak M, Dessens S. ÔÇ£Anatomy of a public health agency turnaround: The case of the General Health District in Mahoning County.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Public Health Management & Practice.?á2012; 18(4): 364-371.

4.?áLedet EM, Sartor O, Rayford W, Bailey-Wilson JE, Mandal DM. ÔÇ£Suggestive evidence of linkage identified at chromosomes 12q24 and 2p16 in African American prostate cancer families from Louisiana.”?áProstate.?á2012; 72(9): 938-947.

5.?áLisch W, Bron AJ, Munier FL, Schorderet DF, Tiab L, Lange C, Saikia P, Reinhard T, Weiss JS, Gundlach E, Pleyer U, Lisch C, Auw-Haedrich C. ÔÇ£Franceschetti hereditary recurrent corneal erosion.ÔÇØ?áAmerican Journal of Ophthalmology.?á2012; 153(6): 1073-1081.

6.?áOpelka FG, Rosinia FA. ÔÇ£The surgical quality alliance.ÔÇØ?á Anesthesiology.?á2012; 117(6): 1-2.

7.?áPan B, Waguespack J, Schnee ME, LeBlanc C, Ricci AJ, Amer Physiological Soc. ÔÇ£Permeation properties of the hair cell mechanotransducer channel provide insight into its molecular structure.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Neurophysiology.?á2012; 107(9): 2408-2420.

8.?áTokg?Âz Z, Siepmann TJ, Streich Jr. F, Kumar B, Klein JM, Haas AL. ÔÇ£E1-E2 interactions in ubiquitin and Nedd8 ligation pathways.ÔÇØ?áJournal of Biological Chemistry.?á2012; 287(1): 311-321.

CDC Feature: Staying Healthy on a Cruise

The CDC published another feature on travel earlier this month; this time on Staying Healthy on a Cruise.?á At least this one isn’t an advisory like the ones for Spring Break or Carnival.

It recommends being up on the appropriate immunizations and vaccines and mentions precautions regarding seasickness and norovirus.

Along these travel lines, the books display at the Isché Library highlight a variety of travel topics.

Need Patent Help?

LSU-Baton Rouge Libraries offers patent guidance as part of Patent & Trademark Depository Library?áAssociation; it is the only member library?áin Louisiana.?á For a quick start, there is a Patent & Trademark Subject Guide on their website.?á For further assistance, contact the Patent Librarian, Will Hires.