From oksas at user1 Tue Jan 2 22:16:55 1996 From: oksas at user1 (oksas) Date: Mon Jan 2 02:06:05 2006 Subject: test Message-ID: test Oksas ~~~~~ ~~~~~ From taston at emr1.emr.ca Fri Jan 12 10:35:49 1996 From: taston at emr1.emr.ca (Tim Aston) Date: Mon Jan 2 02:06:05 2006 Subject: test2 Message-ID: This is a test manuscript From FORSDYKE at QUCDN.QueensU.CA Tue Jan 16 13:51:07 1996 From: FORSDYKE at QUCDN.QueensU.CA (FORSDYKE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA) Date: Mon Jan 2 02:06:06 2006 Subject: PNAS Less UnAmerican? Message-ID: <96016.135107FORSDYKE@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Could the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, actually be getting less unAmerican? A couple of years ago on this bulletin board the charge that PNAS was unAmerican provoked much correspondence. It was pointed out that the requirement that a Member transmit your paper to PNAS meant that in practice PNAS was a closed shop. Most members seem to preciously guard their right to sponsor six papers a year, for their buddies. Now PNAS has announced that, from Jan 1st, non-members can submit directly to the Academy, where the papers will be matched with appropriate sponsors. Presumably, if a particular sponsor's quota is already taken, Academy officials will do the footwork of hunting around for an alternative. This is a great improvement over the past position. However, PNAS should really go as far as the UK Proceedings of the Royal Society, where the submis- sion processs is completely independent of the Members. Sincerely, Don Forsdyke, Discussion Leader, Bionet.journals.note From biohelp Tue Jan 23 05:00:26 1996 From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Date: Mon Jan 2 02:06:06 2006 Subject: BIOSCI miniFAQ, ver. 14-DEC-95 Message-ID: <199601231000.CAA14855@net.bio.net> (LAST REVISION: 14-DEC-95) This BIOSCI "miniFAQ" is designed to answer the questions that come up the *most frequently*. The main BIOSCI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) is accessible on the World Wide Web at URL http://www.bio.net/. Contents: -------- 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. 1) Using the WWW to access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups. -------------------------------------------------------- As of 10 December 1995, all BIOSCI/bionet full newsgroups are accessible through the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL http://www.bio.net. One can read and reply publicly or privately to both recent postings and archived messages through one's Web browser if it is configured properly to send e-mail. Each newsgroup is equipped with its own WAIS index in addition to the master index for the entire set. The main BIOSCI home page also has access to the BIO-JOURNALS Table of Contents database WAIS index and the BIOSCI user address database described in another item further below. 2) What to do about "spams," i.e., junk mail, ads, etc. ------------------------------------------------------- BIOSCI is a set of parallel USENET newsgroups (the "bionet" groups), mailing lists, and a hypermail archive at URL http://www.bio.net/. The same postings are distributed on all media (except for a small number of mailing-list-only groups at net.bio.net). Unfortunately it is becoming a despicable practice on the Internet (by a few people out to make a fast buck) to do automated mass postings to thousands of newsgroups and mailing lists. These attempts to grab free advertising are refered to as "spams" in the usual, somewhat boneheaded, net terminology. USENET is more susceptible to this practice, and many spams originate on the USENET groups and then are passed on to the mailing lists. However, spammers also get lists of mailing addresses and hit these too, so neither medium is immune. What should you do personally if you get junk mail? --------------------------------------------------- Just delete it and move on without reading it further. Filing a protest is becoming increasingly useless because spammers are often disguising the addresses where the messages are sent from. Unless you really understand Internet mail systems, your attempt at protest by sending replies to the message will often end up being sent to the address of an innocent person that the spammer is victimizing. What can BIOSCI/bionet do to protect its newsgroups? ---------------------------------------------------- The only solution currently available is to moderate the newsgroup. If this newsgroup is already moderated, then you are in good shape. Moderation protects the USENET distribution from about 95% of the spams that are being sent to date and protects the mailing lists completely. Moderation means, however, that someone has to take the time to review each message before it goes out. We have set up software here that simply allows the moderator to forward to an address at net.bio.net messages that (s)he wishes to have distributed. This takes no more time than that needed to read the message and pass it on, say about 1 min. per message. Most newsgroups currently have a discussion leader who is responsible for their newsgroup. The discussions leaders and their e-mail addresses are listed in the BIOSCI Information Sheet which is available on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. If a newsgroup is being hit with too many junk postings, please contact the discussion leader for that group and see if there is interest in moderating the group. Please do not assume that by simply posting a complaint to the newsgroup itself, anyone on the BIOSCI staff will act on your complaint. With close to 100 newsgroups to run, the BIOSCI staff has to rely on the discussion leaders of each newsgroup to report problems directly to us at biosci-help@net.bio.net. We will moderate any of our newsgroups if the discussion leader tells us that the readership of the group wishes to do so and if a moderator is willing to do the work. For most BIOSCI/bionet groups, this entails only a few minutes of work each day. Moderating a newsgroup will resolve probably 95% of the junk postings on the USENET distribution. Unfortunately there are easy ways for determined spammers to override the moderation mechanism on USENET, but we can protect our e-mail subscribers from unwanted postings if the newsgroup is moderated. You can also access our newsgroups over the WWW at URL http://www.bio.net. While this Web interface will not stop spammers from trying to post to the groups, this will give you yet another way, besides using USENET news, to keep the junk out of your personal mail files. For those of you with local USENET news systems, the Web interface will also give you faster access to new newsgroups and recent postings. 3) Examples of subscribing and unsubscribing to the mailing lists. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE NOTE: The BIOSCI management does NOT act on subscription/unsubscription requests that are posted improperly to the newsgroups and mailing lists. People who do this only bother everyone on the lists to no avail. Please be sure to follow the proper procedures below. Gory details are in the BIOSCI Information sheets on the Web at http://www.bio.net. Below we give an example utilizing the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list at both of our two BIOSCI sites: Users in the Americas and Pacific Rim countries who use the BIOSCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ node at computer net.bio.net: ---------------------------- A) Determine the "listname" which is the <=8 character mail address ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ for the group. These can be found in the BIOSCI Info. Sheet. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS group the mailing address is methods@net.bio.net. The listname is the portion of the address to the left of the @ sign, i.e., "methods". The listname is used with the "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" commands illustrated below. B) Mail all commands in the body of a mail message addressed to biosci-server@net.bio.net. Do NOT send commands to the newsgroup posting addresses! Leave the Subject: line blank, any text on it will be ignored. C) In the body of your message put one or more of the following commands with an "end" command on the last line, e.g., subscribe methods unsubscribe methods end Do NOT put your e-mail address or other text on these lines. The server only allows you to cancel your subscription if the address on your mail header matches the address on our mailing list. Please ask for help at biosci-help@net.bio.net if your address has changed, e.g., if you know you are on the list but the server tells you that you are not a member. Users in Europe, Africa, and Central Asia who use the BIOSCI node at -------------------------------------------------------------------- computer daresbury.ac.uk (also known as dl.ac.uk): ------------------------------------------------- To subscribe and unsubscribe to/from the BIOSCI lists, you need to specify the full USENET newsgroup name with "bionet-news." prepended. The USENET newsgroup names are listed in the BIOSCI Information sheet on the Web at http://www.bio.net/. For the METHODS-AND-REAGENTS list the USENET newsgroup name is bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts, thus the appropriate commands are sub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts unsub bionet-news.bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts These commands are included in a message addressed to mxt@dl.ac.uk, NOT to the newsgroup mailing addresses. As usual, include the text in the body of the message as text on the Subject: line is ignored. To unsubscribe from all the lists at the UK node, use unsub bionet-news Please note that if the address in the list is different than the one in your mail message header, you will not be able to unsubscribe by this method. If you have problems, please mail biosci@daresbury.ac.uk. 4) The BIOSCI user address and research interest directory. ----------------------------------------------------------- Please take this opportunity to add your name, address, and research interest information to the BIOSCI User Address Database if you have not already done so. You can fill out the address form directly through our Web page at URL http://www.bio.net/adrform.html. The address database is reindexed nightly for WWW access (the URL is http://www.bio.net/). If you are not directly on the Internet but can reach it by e-mail, please use our waismail server to access the user directory. waismail use is described above. You can also request a user address form by e-mail from biosci-help@net.bio.net. Please check your database entry from time-to-time to see if your address information is still up-to-date. Because of our limited personnel resources, we ask that you resubmit a *complete* form to revise your entry; we only replace complete entries and do not have resources to edit old forms. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net From comcul at montreal.com Mon Jan 29 16:14:11 1996 From: comcul at montreal.com (Blaine Leckett) Date: Mon Jan 2 02:06:06 2006 Subject: Press Release: A new Gel Imaging software package Message-ID: <4ejdlt$650@Vir.com> Press Release: A new Gel Imaging software package Release: 1-MARCH-1996 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Blaine Leckett, Ph.D. QuantaVision CANADA Tel/Fax: (514) 695-2195 comcul@montreal.com QuantaVision soon to release MATRIX: a new Gel Imaging software package for Microsoft Windows (3.1x and Win95). MONTREAL, QUEBEC - QUANTAVISION has announced the final release of MATRIX: a new Gel Imaging software package designed to locate and quantitate DNA/protein bands from gel images. Over a year in development, the program was designed to provide research scientists with a new Windows-based tool that exceeds the features of present-day DOS-based programs. MATRIX contains tools for image enhancement, molecular weight determination, and quantitation. For image enhancement, MATRIX provides basic tools to crop, rotate (as little as 1° increments), invert, magnify, sharpen and soften an image. Images can also be adjusted using brightness/contrast controls or by a histogram for optimal conditions. MATRIX automatically detects bands for lane analysis and contains an internal listing of popular DNA/protein markers for molecular weight calibration and determination. Additional markers can be added and existing ones can be modified. MATRIX provides two methods of DNA/protein band determination. (1) A qualitative approach for quickly assessing relative intensities between bands on the gel image and (2) a quantitative approach involving lane analysis. MATRIX contains a chart mode to plot image data and analysis peaks from lane analysis. MATRIX can change peak sensitivity, add/remove peaks, adjust peak limits, and provide different methods of background subtraction. Multiple lanes can be plotted for comparison, printed, and exported to other applications. MATRIX provides a special spreadsheet for quantitative band analysis. The spreadsheet automatically calculates the quantity contained in each band and loaded for each sample. Although pricing for MATRIX has not yet been determined, the package is expected to be around $1,500 (USD). It is the first Windows-based package to offer a wide range a features at this price. MATRIX will be distributed through BioCan Scientific (biocan@vir.com) ### From BHBY000 at MUSICB.MCGILL.CA Wed Jan 31 20:29:31 1996 From: BHBY000 at MUSICB.MCGILL.CA (OSTER,DANIEL EFRON,MR) Date: Mon Jan 2 02:06:06 2006 Subject: global biogeochemistry info needed Message-ID: <31JAN96.22131474.0322@VM1.MCGILL.CA> Am looking for plant biota reservoir size for phosphorus in addition to the magnitude of fluxes in and out of this reservoir. Would appreciate any helpful hints regarding current estimates. Thank you...please E-Mail me directly as I do not monitor this list. oster@mgm.lan.mcgill.ca