tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45991957413111870102024-02-07T07:44:17.572+05:30FORENSIC BY TASTE........A blog for incurably curious people in Forensics and other thingsGagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-51848128258422867252012-12-04T14:50:00.000+05:302012-12-04T14:52:34.414+05:30Forensics research needs boost in universities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4599195741311187010" name="1">Forensics research needs boost in universities<br />
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<b>T. R. Baggi</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">FORENSIC science is an integral part of
sciences. However, it is facing a serious identity crisis in the
country, because scientific management or laboratory management
principles have never been applied to forensic science laboratories.
There is no awareness at all in the field of science and technology
about forensic studies. The allocation of funds for its growth, both in
universities and forensic science laboratories, is abysmally low,
whereas modern forensics has to work in the frontier areas of science,
using cutting edge technologies, if it has to deliver meaningful
contribution to the criminal justice system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">In
most developed countries, almost all universities have full-fledged
forensic science programmes, starting from undergraduate level to Ph.D.
India has only three universities at Sagar, Patiala and Dharwad that
offer such programmes at their respective departments which are being
funded by the UGC as ‘low-priority’ departments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The
forensic community in India seems to be totally cut off from the
mainstream of science and technology, both academically and
professionally. Forensic science is a multidisciplinary subject and it
has to draw the knowledge, expertise and inspiration from all pure and
applied sciences to effectively apply to crime prevention and crime
investigation. Forensic science cannot function effectively if it works
in isolation from the scientific culture and work under the umbrella of
police and other law enforcement agencies. It is a curious paradox that
while India has made giant strides in the field of agricultural,
pharmaceutical, nuclear, medical, computer and space sciences, forensic
science has remained static and technologically way behind by couple of
decades when compared to other developed countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Also,
there is a misconception that other institutions cannot carry out
research work in forensic science. It is a multidisciplinary endeavour
needing advanced technologies and hence universities and other research
institutions can carry out path-breaking research in forensic science,
as is the case in most of the advanced countries. Leave alone the
advanced innovative forensic research, forensic laboratories are not
even able to adapt to routine analytical methodologies developed abroad
decades ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Due to serious
limitations of staff, infrastructure and abnormally large number of
cases, forensic scientists are not able to show their optimal
performance. As a result, performance has plummeted to a level much
below the internationally accepted parameters. Modern forensic science
activity, be it routine work or research, demands resources. If we
expect accurate, meaningful and fast solutions from forensic
laboratories for complex investigations, there are no cheap options. We
have to invest lot of funds for highly qualified, experienced and
competent human resources, and infrastructural facilities like
buildings, instrumentation and library, etc. Forensic science should be
brought under the ambit of mainstream science and technology. Greater
accountability and rigorous monitoring should be there through
appraisals, assessments and expert reviews by multidisciplinary expert
members from different institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">While
funds can be made available by the government, human resources
professionals should be recruited from universities who can storm
forensic science laboratories with new ideas and can face the challenges
of new crime scenarios.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">In
the present set-up, research in forensic science is almost negligible.
Growth charts of forensic science laboratories, especially concerning
workforce, have been totally static. There are no provisions of infusion
of young blood through the lateral entry system. The funding position
with respect to infrastructural facilities, when compared to
international laboratories, is astoundingly low. Added to the blockade
of human resources and infrastructural development, commensurate to the
needs of forensic work of international standard, forensic laboratories
are fraught with highest level of bureaucracy, blocking the
innovativeness and risk-taking ventures which are so essential for
forensic investigations, research and development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The
Research Fellowships Scheme of the Department of Forensic Science,
Government of India, has been suspended almost four years ago. The
internship/attachment facilities at CFSLs have been stopped for some
time now. These negative measures are a set back to forensic science
students. Thanks to media hype, which has created a lot of interest
among the youth in recent years, for creating a very high demand for
forensic science courses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">To
foster the growth of forensic science in the country, the government
and scientific institutions in general and universities and forensic
science laboratories in particular should synchronously work by adopting
an integrated approach towards forensic science education, routine
forensic work and research and development. Inter-institutional
collaboration will help promote the growth of forensic science. Whole
forensic science set-up in universities and government laboratories
needs total overhaul at all levels. This can be done by providing
liberal funding to all agencies concerned and improving the availability
of human resources, boosting the infrastructure to an excellent status,
promoting research, integrating forensic science, both in the
professional laboratories and universities, with the main stream science
and technology, and giving complete scientific autonomy free from
bureaucracy and non-interference from the police or administrators. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The
author is former Director, Central Forensic Science Laboratory,
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, Hyderabad, and currently
is the Academic Coordinator (Forensic Science), Department of Chemistry,
University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad</span></b></span></div>
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Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-73207212244974726112012-11-20T13:51:00.000+05:302012-11-20T13:51:11.466+05:30"How to get Published" (courtsey T&F group)<br />
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<br />Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-51936503769839252042012-08-30T12:44:00.001+05:302012-08-30T12:44:26.222+05:30Digital Forensics: What footprints we leave behind?<div><p>Digital Forensics: What Footprints Do You Leave Online? http://www.forensicscience.org/digital-forensics-what-footprints-do-you-leave-online/</p>
</div>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-7330961593697104182012-08-30T12:42:00.001+05:302012-08-30T12:42:06.164+05:30Interesting Read.........<div><p>The Poisoner’s Handbook http://www.forensicscience.org/the-poisoners-handbook-tales-of-early-forensic-science/</p>
</div>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0New Delhi, New Delhi28.635307 77.22496tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-49773851348832776222012-08-29T10:26:00.001+05:302012-08-29T10:26:19.551+05:30Internet WebPages as Evidence.......<div><p>Authenticating Internet Web Pages as Evidence: a New Approach http://articles.forensicfocus.com/2012/07/13/authenticating-internet-web-pages-as-evidence-a-new-approach/</p>
</div>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-53741158963639210722011-07-25T09:29:00.000+05:302011-07-25T09:29:06.615+05:30The Fingerprint Sourcebook (SWGFAST)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_ybxy2w="127"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>he Fingerprint Sourcebook aims to be the definitive resource on the science of fingerprint identification. The Sourcebook was prepared by the International Association for Identification and topics covered include the anatomy and physiology of friction ridge skin (the uniquely ridged skin found on the palms and soles); techniques for recording exemplars from both living and deceased subjects; the FBI's Automated Fingerprint Identifications Systems (AFIS); latent print development, preservation and documentation; equipment and laboratory quality assurance; perceptual, cognitive and psychological factors in expert identifications; and legal issues. </div><br />
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Forensic Statistics: Where are We and Where are We Going? </a><br />
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Richard Gill<br />
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</div>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-26904632692297351222011-06-21T11:57:00.000+05:302011-06-21T11:57:20.081+05:30James Watson on how he discovered DNA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--copy and paste--><object height="326" width="334"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param><param name="flashvars" 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Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-83250592584935267482011-06-21T11:14:00.000+05:302011-06-21T11:14:05.982+05:30Forensic Art.........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><embed border="0" flashvars="file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhUpz6wkjCc&width=450&height=367&displaywidth=450&displayheight=367&overstretch=true&showfsbutton=false&image=http://sciencestage.com/uploads/thumbs/xvj6crckwp4mbpxt.jpg&link=http://sciencestage.com/v/35835/forensic-art-video-from-the-university-of-florida-archives-from-1984.html&linktarget=_blank&backcolor=0xFFFFFF" height="367" name="VideoPlayer" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://sciencestage.com/flvplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" wmode="transparent"></embed><a href="http://sciencestage.com/v/35835/forensic-art-video-from-the-university-of-florida-archives-from-1984.html">Forensic Art video from the University of Florida Archives from 1984</a>><br />
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</div>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-36609998422371502010-05-27T08:53:00.000+05:302010-05-27T08:53:59.795+05:30How to Improve Your PowerPoint Slides with the Rule of ThirdsThis week I found a not so old but int resting article on "rule of thirds" that summarizes how to improve our powerpoint slides<br />
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just have a look, if you really want to improve your presentations<br />
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<a href="http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/rule-of-thirds-powerpoint/">rule of thirds powerpoint</a><br />
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rest next week!!!!!!!!!Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-87629204782327812162010-04-27T17:41:00.000+05:302010-04-27T17:41:01.118+05:30Fingerprint BooksHi there, this week I am going to post some rare (but free) books written by the pioneers of the fingerprint field.<br />
Although these e-books are freely available at <a href="http://clpex.com/">clpex.com</a>, but I am posting direct links from which you can download very easily. All are in pdf format.<br />
Many people see fingerprint science as old fashioned and sort of obsolete (only in India) and this field is not the first choice for research as well. So, this effort is especially for our freshers as well as researchers just to make them feel that this field is one of the most exciting realms of forensic science.<br />
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<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/galton-1895-fingerprint-directories.pdf">1895, Sir Francis Galton, "Finger Print Directories" </a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/henry-classification.pdf">1900, Sir Edward R. Henry, "Classification and Uses of Finger Prints" </a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/galton-1892-fingerprints-lowres.pdf">1892, Sir Francis Galton, "Finger Prints" </a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/galton-1893-decipherment-blurred-fingerprints.pdf">1893, Sir Francis Galton, "Decipherment of Blurred Fingerprints" </a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/faulds-1905-guide.pdf">1905, Dr. Henry Faulds, "Guide to Finger- Print Identification"</a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/galton-memories.pdf">1908, Sir Francis Galton, "Memories Of My Life"</a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/faulds-dactylography.pdf">1912, Dr. Henry Faulds, "Dactylography, or The Study of Finger-Prints"</a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/faulds-manual.pdf">1915, Dr. Henry Faulds, "A Manual of Practical Dactylography"</a><br />
<a href="http://clpex.com/Information/Pioneers/herschel-origin.pdf">1916, Sir William Herschel, "The Origins of Finger-Printing"</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19022/19022-h/19022-h.htm">1957, FBI, "The Science of Fingerprints; Classification and Uses" </a><br />
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Download them and enjoy!<br />
CheersGagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-21880557123594151812010-04-10T18:30:00.000+05:302010-04-10T18:30:06.109+05:30Secret to good presentationsHi folks,<br />
I have been very busy lately but its time to update my blog<br />
Everyone of us give presentation, whether at postgraduate level or doctorate level or any other level of life.<br />
We want to give effective presentations whether on the academic front or on any other public front.<br />
Here's a website, which tells all the secrets to be a effective public speaker giving fantastic presentations.<br />
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<a href="http://www.presentationzen.com/">Presentation Zen</a><br />
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Just follow this website, hope you will not be disappointed.<br />
Enjoy while i come with more!Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-60539402630618361112010-03-11T12:28:00.001+05:302010-03-15T09:43:45.087+05:30PowerPoint Presentations Templates<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><em></em></span><br />
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<em><div class="post" style="margin-bottom: 40px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><div class="entry" style="border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; line-height: 1.6em;"><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: grey;">“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”</span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: grey;">Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1803-1882, Poet and Essayist</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.utsi.edu/library/Presentations/presentations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.utsi.edu/library/Presentations/presentations.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: grey;"><br />
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</span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="color: grey;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;">During the last few, during many presentations be it of class room level or the conference level, students (academicians as well) thrive hard to make their presentations effective. Templates for power point presentations are an important element, audience and speaker always want something new</span></span></em></div></div></div></em><br />
In this article, i giving a link in which there are more than 50 templates for power point presentation, which you can use in your presentations and make them worth.<br />
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Here is the link, its its in few parts and are zipped, but very easy to download<br />
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gagandeepsingh2/web/1.zip">CD 1</a><br />
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gagandeepsingh2/web/2.zip">CD 2</a><br />
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gagandeepsingh2/web/3.zip">CD 3</a><br />
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gagandeepsingh2/web/4.zip">CD 4</a><br />
<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gagandeepsingh2/web/5.zip">CD 5</a><br />
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There is another link on how to present effectively and comfortably<br />
<a href="http://blog.driventoexcel.com/2009/01/is-speaking-your-1-fear/">Effective Presentation Tips</a><br />
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Here, is an update<br />
Eight Secrets for Impeccable Presentations<br />
<a href="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/f445fd5adb2954c1628327f86/files/Eight_Secrets_for_impeccable_presentations_v2.1.pdf">Download here</a><br />
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enjoy the power point<br />
and happy presentations!Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-38941620158758371182010-03-01T09:54:00.000+05:302010-03-01T09:54:39.688+05:30Scientific poster(s) services for students and researchersI have been visiting a few scientific conferences in which a common problem is being noticed time and again. Lack of awareness amongst the students regarding design of their research posters.<br />
So, this time i have decided to give you all links to some good websites which can help us out in making excellent research presentations.<br />
One of the most elaborate links which gives us enough information is here<br />
<a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm">Poster advice</a><br />
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Some commercial organizations also give you services like poster presentations. Although, all are based in United States but still they give free downloadable templates , which we can use and personalize accordingly<br />
<a href="http://www.genigraphics.com/other/poster_templates.asp">link 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/free_poster_templates.html">link 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.postersession.com/templates.php">link 3</a><br />
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All these organizations charge a hefty amount of money, but in case you want to make your research posters look more professional, you can contact us and we will design your research posters to your liking, get them printed and mailed to your address at very nominal charges. In addition, we will also be able to give scientific tips to make your presentations better than ever.<br />
You can contact me at gagandeepsingh2@gmail.com for all you queries.Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-65212047631845210812010-02-18T10:06:00.003+05:302010-02-18T16:47:16.798+05:30Presentation at IWRABF, 2010 (Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzNGs3LW7FfQL8hXH0-HkSW9OCtUIKtawwfenTWLhPW8bM5GMfytrsLGEDspNEi8OrWBWFb7ZS27XmnV8m6hXzz9LBI3HkK__qgikPGQHlaKFh-90fKlymCcGN_nhqz0tu5nPgDJCowY/s1600-h/123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzNGs3LW7FfQL8hXH0-HkSW9OCtUIKtawwfenTWLhPW8bM5GMfytrsLGEDspNEi8OrWBWFb7ZS27XmnV8m6hXzz9LBI3HkK__qgikPGQHlaKFh-90fKlymCcGN_nhqz0tu5nPgDJCowY/s200/123.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/gagandeepsingh2/web/Poroscopy_Allahabad_15.2.2010.pdf"> Presentation on Poroscopy at Allahabad, India</a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/25700649/Poroscopy-presentation"></a></span>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-26556758789401718282010-02-13T11:41:00.000+05:302010-02-13T11:41:38.217+05:30CHEMISTRY at its bestHi Folks,<br />
We all know chemistry is mother of all sciences and we often encounter simple situations while doing research, literature survey like search for chemical structure, molecular weight.<br />
There are certain tools available on the net which can help us to perform these simple tasks with relative ease.<br />
I am listing some links about all aspects of chemistry information we might require for our research purposes<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6NmC9Sn7PpU2lpOFTDmtvMLp3vbQhLSi2ugk905XdZXEoFbpba6_fRgt5vSXovP0TZIFX7nFwozxI8t8h1unhBFFm_Uvm6vcHR9NsEgjuzCIHTcjTrp9KAL6jPp15d2Jd9Wnvj-s9f4/s1600-h/chemistry.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6NmC9Sn7PpU2lpOFTDmtvMLp3vbQhLSi2ugk905XdZXEoFbpba6_fRgt5vSXovP0TZIFX7nFwozxI8t8h1unhBFFm_Uvm6vcHR9NsEgjuzCIHTcjTrp9KAL6jPp15d2Jd9Wnvj-s9f4/s200/chemistry.gif" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.btinternet.com/%7Echemistry.diagrams/"> Chem Diagrams</a><br />
<a href="http://www.btinternet.com/%7Echemistry.diagrams/"> ChemSpider</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sciencebase.com/tools_scientific_computing.html"> Chemistry Computing</a><br />
<a href="http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/"> Chemistry Web Book</a><br />
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<h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">ACD/ChemSketch 12.0 Freeware <a href="http://www.acdlabs.com/download/chemsketch/"> Link</a></span></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just give it a try, Surely these are good</span></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-83417925413507054492010-02-07T09:08:00.000+05:302010-02-07T09:08:54.906+05:30Learning SCIENCE by Scitable<div class="hpFeaturedContentAuthor">A free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science. </div><div class="featuredContent"> Scitable currently concentrates on genetics, the study of evolution, variation, and the rich complexity of living organisms. As you cultivate your understanding of modern genetics on Scitable, you will explore not only what we know about genetics and the ways it impacts our society, but also the data and evidence that supports our knowledge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdtRHs_foAhOviipyZhhEUBSCdWhT-2X9RrZ9Kndgyaszru0jLK7YWWr-tSXHjNMv9BQ63iEMCCv8T28yVSFKZzVgfV3sjPKUrQt2s-4NEPY0O6Z7-3EAgI8u10TFqGo_ldN6RHInMZM/s1600-h/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdtRHs_foAhOviipyZhhEUBSCdWhT-2X9RrZ9Kndgyaszru0jLK7YWWr-tSXHjNMv9BQ63iEMCCv8T28yVSFKZzVgfV3sjPKUrQt2s-4NEPY0O6Z7-3EAgI8u10TFqGo_ldN6RHInMZM/s320/1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="featuredContent"> </div><div class="featuredContent">This is a very very good source if you want to learn something about science.</div><div class="featuredContent">Here's a link, just try it </div><div class="featuredContent">you will not be disappointed</div><div class="featuredContent"><br />
</div><div class="featuredContent"><a href="http://www.nature.com/scitable"> SCITABLE</a></div>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-66535579103872250072010-01-31T17:44:00.000+05:302010-01-31T17:44:47.981+05:30microPHOTOGRAPHIC MarvelsOf course its sunday and a day to just put your legs up and think about life, but just read this one<br />
For all the scientific researchers, photography fascinates all of us in one way or the another. One really catchy aspect of the photography in scientific respect is of photomicrography.<br />
Here's a link for all of us who are really intrested and curious about the scientific photography at really the smallest possible level<br />
check it out, i am sure you will definitely like it<br />
<a href="http://www.eyeofscience.com/frame1.html"> eye of science</a><br />
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ENJOY!Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-74809544363478455642010-01-28T17:58:00.002+05:302010-01-28T18:06:34.812+05:30Searching the deep web (things you could not find by normal internet search)<span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span>earch engines such as Google, Yahoo or Alta Vista index over a trillion pages on the World Wide Web, but many of the results from queries can be useless or irrelevant. There is, however, another part of the web that common search engines don't reach. The "deep web" (also know as the "hidden web", "invisible web" or "Deepnet") is estimated to be many times larger than the "surface web".<br />
The deep web contains information that isn't indexed by a search engine. For instance, databases generate results on the fly, and do not have searchable pages. The deep web also holds academic studies and papers, scientific research, government publications, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online card catalogs, articles, directories, many subscription journals, archived videos, images and more.<br />
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There are multiple ways to find information on the deep web. It isn't hard, and anyone can do it.<br />
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Just try these few links and get amazed by what we can find<br />
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GENERAL SEARCH <br />
<a href="http://www.archive.org/index.php"> Archive </a> <br />
<a href="http://clusty.com/"> Clusty </a> <br />
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DATABASE SEARCH<br />
<a href="http://aip.completeplanet.com/aip-engines/browse?thisPage=%2Fbrowse%2Fbrowse.jsp&successPage=%2Fbrowse%2Fbrowse.jsp&errorFlag=&errorMsg=&event=loadPageEvent&directPage=&directSection=4&treeQueryExpr=&treeQueryType=phrase&treeQueryTarget=tree"> Complete Planet </a><br />
<a href="http://geniusfind.com/"> Geniusfind </a> <br />
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REFERENCE MATERIAL SEARCH<br />
<a href="http://www.libraryspot.com/"> Library Spot </a><br />
<a href="http://infomine.ucr.edu/"> Infomine </a><br />
<a href="http://www.ipl.org/"> IPL </a>Gagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-50787128264960527712010-01-27T15:21:00.000+05:302010-01-27T15:21:41.020+05:30Sometimes abbreviations do matter...........Whenever we write some research paper, sometimes while doing the most exhaustive part i.e. adding references, we have to include the abbreviated form of the journal names. Here are few links, which might help you with the problem in case you face it. I have tried to give number of links so that the range of inclusion of almost all the journals increases manifold.<br />
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<a href= "http://library.caltech.edu/reference/abbreviations/"> Abbreviations 1</a><br />
<a href= "http://www.abbreviations.com/jas.asp">Abbreviations 2</a><br />
<a href= "http://home.ncifcrf.gov/research/bja/">For biological journals</a><br />
<a href= "http://www.cas.org/expertise/cascontent/caplus/corejournals.html">CAS Core Journal List</a><br />
<a href= "http://images.isiknowledge.com/WOK45/help/WOS/A_abrvjt.html">Web of Science</a><br />
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I hope it helps a little bit!<br />
CHEERSGagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599195741311187010.post-17588780566130183762010-01-22T17:05:00.004+05:302010-01-26T10:30:24.262+05:30Next Level of PUBMEDPUBMED is probably the most used and authenticated search engine for searching literature in biological and physical sciences. <br />
PubMed is a free search engine for accessing the MEDLINE database of citations, abstracts and some full text articles on life sciences and biomedical topics. The United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health maintains PubMed as part of the Entrez information retrieval system (source: Wikipedia).<br />
Although, we can get a lot of search results and abstracts but sometimes we need summary of results for a particular keyword. For example if a search for keyword "fluorescent in-situ hybridization" , we can get results in the PubMed but what if we need to know the summary of all the results i.e. how many papers, authors classified in a proper way.<br />
Here is a website that comes as solution to all the problems "<b>THE MEDSUM: The Medline Summary tool</b>" (Thanks to M.J. Galsworthy). MEDSUM provides a literature-summary interface to PubMed. It can generate "profiles" of authors or journals; or it can be used for status-of-literature data generation for review papers or grant applications. <br />
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Just give it a try, you can access this website at <br />
<a href= "http://webtools.mf.uni-lj.si/public/medsum.html">MEDSUM</a><br />
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Its a very simple online tool to use but still if you want a tutorial, heres a link for that also<br />
<a href= "http://webtools.mf.uni-lj.si/public/medsumautomatictutorialpopup.html">MEDSUM TUTORIAL</a><br />
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Hope you use the system and enjoy your research <br />
till next time<br />
CheersGagandeep Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09893294504145581656noreply@blogger.com0