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Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
Trustees
Judy Ugonna, British Council - Acting Chair
Leslie Chan, CITD/Bioline International, Toronto
Vanderlei Canhos, BDT, Brazil
Virginia Cano, Edinburgh University
Margaret Ling, Zimbabwe Intl. Book Fair
Fran Giaquinto, BioDiversity Ltd.
Tony / O’Donnell, Newcastle University
Sec/Treasurer BE and BH Kirsop
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
The distribution of research results is fundamental to the progress of science.
But what is happening in developing countries?
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
The scientific community in developing countries has two problems:
• The N to S knowledge gap
• The S to N knowledge gap
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
The N to S problemAccording to ARL Libraries experience:
- costs of serials have risen by
~15%/year
- projected to rise by ~1800% by year
2020
How does this affect developing country libraries?
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
The S to N problem
Publishers face:High printing costs
High distribution costs
Leading to:Low distribution levels
Difficulty in obtaining submissions
Difficulty in maintaining regularity
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
Problems for scientists
•Scientists face difficulties in publishing in mainstream Western journals
•Local journals have poor distribution levels
Consequences
•Research largely unknown and unacknowledged
•Feeling of professional isolation
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
“The invisibility to which mainstream publishing condemns most third world research thwarts the efforts of poor countries to strengthen their indigenous science journals, and with them the quality of research, in regions that most need them.”Richard Horton, Editor The Lancet, 1996
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
• EPT is a UK registered charitable trust (No. 1059867)
• The aims of the Trust are to: - facilitate the global electronic distribution of scientific
journals published in developing countries
- support capacity building in e-publishing through training
- support access to knowledge available electronically
PARTNERSHIPS
African Crop Science, UgandaAfrican Journal of Neurological Sciences, KenyaBiotecnologia Aplicada, CubaCentral African Journal of Medicine, ZimbabweEast African Medical Journal, KenyaIchthyology Bulletin, South AfricaIchthyology Special Publications, South AfricaIndian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics, IndiaIndian Journal of Experimental Biology, IndiaIndian Journal of Marine Sciences, IndiaInsect Science and its Application, KenyaMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, BrazilTransactions of the Zimbabwe Scientific Association, ZimbabweTropical Biodiversity, IndonesiaZimbabwe Science News, Zimbabwe
Bioline InternationalBioline International
Biotecnologia AplicadaSociedad Iberolatinoamericana de Biotecnologia
� About this journal
� Volume 17, No.1, 2000� Volume 16, No. 4, 1999� Volume 16, No. 3, 1999� Volume 16, No. 2, 1999�.........
Bioline InternationalBioline International
Biotecnologia AplicadaSociedad Iberolatinoamericana de Biotecnologia Aplicada a la Salud
•Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin.. •Estudio Cinetico De Las Reacciones De Aceptor ......•High dose alpha-interferon treatment in amylo .....•Modificacion del gen de la esporamina de boniato ...•Production of Hepatitus B Surface Antigen .....•.........•.........
Bioline InternationalBioline International
Biotecnologia AplicadaBiotechnologia Aplicada 1996; Vol. 13, No. 4.
Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-Endotoxin Genes in Transgenic Plants
Code Number: BA96101
ABSTRACTThe cloning and expression of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-edotoxin genes in transgenic plants have been used with the objective of protecting crops from insect attack. The increased expression of the insecticidal cry genes in plants has been ....
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Bioline InternationalBioline International
DBGET Search Result
Database: EMBL-today
Latest EMBL release plus cumulative daily updates
keyword(s): cry thuringiensis (Total 127 hits)
1. embu:AFO76953 [AFO76953] Bacillus thuringiensis ...
2. emb:A21879 [A21879] hybrid sequence HD1/HD73 #5....
3. emb:A21880 [A21880] hybrid sequence HD1/HD73 #45...
4. emb:A21881 [A21881] hybrid sequence HD1/HD73 #3....
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DBGET Database Links
Bioline InternationalBioline International
ID S68149 standard; DNA; PRO; 480 BP.
AC S68149:
NI g545188
DT 27-SEP-1994 (Rel 41, Created)
DE cryIVB=insecticidal crystal protein [promoter]Bacillus..
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RX MEDLINE 94131292
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SQ Sequence 480 BP; 182 A; 43 C; 87 G; 168 T; O Other
ataaccacta acgatatgta tggaaaatta ttttgaagtg aaaaaatatg ......
aatggaataa ttatattggt acagaaatat gattgggatt agtgagtcta .....
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DBGET Database Links
Search for ‘malaria’ across all Bioline journals (1)
- Central African Journal of Medicine•Revised standard treatment guidelines on: Malaria case management•Ineffectiveness of vaporizing mats/liquids containing....- East African Medical Journal•Epidemiological feature of severe paediatric malaria in....- Zimbabwe Science News•Where malaria is caught in Zimbabwe....•A review of the early history of malaria in Zimbabwe ....- Transactions of the Zimbabwe Scientific Association•Biting activity of mosquitoes and malaria incidence....- Indian Journal of Experimental Biology•Experimental analysis of gossypol and chloroquine interaction in....•Role of macrophages: Bioassay of silica in immunity against Plasmodium....
Search for ‘malaria’ across all Bioline journals (2)
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
•Increase of a calcium independent transglutaminase activity in...•Evolutionary control of infectious disease: prospects for ...•Antimalarial drug resistance: surveillance and .....•Allelic diversity at the Merozoite Surface Protein-1(MSP-1) locus...•Evaluation of DNA recombinant methodologies for the diagnosis..•Studies of the Bacillus sphaericus larvicidal activity against...•Anopheline species complexes in Brazil. Current knowledge....•Humoral immune response to the anti-malarial vaccine SPf66....•Separation and mapping of chromosomes of parasitic protozoa.............
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Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
Can electronic publishing help?Can electronic publishing help?• It can hugely increase visibility
• The technology is cheap
• It is easy to learn
• Global visibility leads to partnerships
• Ends feeling of professional isolation (contacts, scientific partnerships etc)
• Scientists become enthusiastic to publish in local journals
• Overall strengthening of the science base
.................. Upward spiral, gap begins to close
Electronic Publishing Trust for DevelopmentElectronic Publishing Trust for Development
What is needed now? • Continuing infrastructure support
• Raising awareness of benefits• Training/ ‘Starter packs’• Partnerships with existing initiatives• Awareness of (and involvement in) other international initiatives (Santa Fe Open Archive Standards, LANL e-print archives, Cogprints, PubMedCentral/E-
Biomed, HighWire, SciELO, SPARC ......)
CONTACT INFORMATIONCONTACT INFORMATION
The EPT wishes to collaborate with other partners that support its aims.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bioline/