Over a hundred years ago, this was the home of Teddy Roosevelt where he sought solace in its open spaces. Today it is home on the range for lots of buffalo, antelope, and prairie dogs. And, as it turned out, lots of tourists. Twelve years ago, Walker and I marveled at how empty t...
“Caerphilly Council voted on 14 May to close ten libraries and one of three threatened leisure centres, two to stay open with reduced facilities and shorter hours. Caerphilly Trades Union Council and local campaigners are working to link up the local areas for a fight to save them all” ...
was on lockdown to minimise the spreading of the disease. After a few weeks later, certain publishers so generously provided free access to their e-resources. Users were advised of the services that can be used remotely, such as institutional repositories, article request, and open access materi...
We’ve been allowed back in the building after almost 2 months of sheltering in place due to COVID 19. I am so excited to see my coworkers and get back to some semblance of normal. So far we’re not officially open to the public as we are taking this in-between time to do invent...
In today’s landscape of… Rolinh/VQMT - VQMT: Video Quality Measurement Tool. Fast implementations of the following objective image quality metrics: PSNR, SSIM, MS-SSIM, VIFp, PSNR-HVS and PSNR-HVS-M. - Rolinh/VQMT Telecommunication-Telemedia-Assessment/AVRate - An open source modular ...
Under a Creative Commons license Open accessThe DNA-encoded library (DEL) discovery platform has emerged as a powerful technology for hit identification in recent years. It has become one of the major parallel workstreams for small molecule drug discovery along with other strategies such as HTS an...
It is frustrating to see libraries around the world today facing major budget cuts and many uncertainties. During difficult times and financial crises, arts and culture (including libraries) are always the first victims of budget cuts. The COVID-19 outbreak has distanced or even destroyed social ...
Disease progression assessment in the post-COVID-19 era necessitated the development of enhanced home monitoring systems, which incorporated digitally-enabled spirometers, pulse oximeters, and other wearable devices. In spite of the ongoing validation efforts for these novelties, significant modifications ...
Includes photograph of an Open Armillary Sundial (which tells both time and date) located at the northern tip of Library Park, near the center of the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie, Pennsylvania; at the top of Library Hill is the historic Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, the fourth...
In addition to all of this, I am trying to understand the world of Open Access publication of research, which has led me to read all sorts of interesting things. So, new things. Time-consuming new things, at that! I’m still keeping up the old things, though, which means my time ma...