- Integrates ScienceDirect, Scopus and Targeted Web Content;
      Offers New Search and Discovery Applications -

    - Opening APIs to Encourage Development of Customized Solutions -

Elsevier, (http://www.elsevier.com/) a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of SciVerse (http://www.sciverse.com/), an innovative platform that integrates the company's key products and encourages the scientific community to collaborate on the development of customized search and discovery applications. Elsevier has committed to releasing the APIs (application programming interfaces) for all of the content on SciVerse and will offer application development support tools on the site.

"SciVerse is a start of a new journey for Elsevier where we plan to provide customized search and discovery solutions and increase interoperability within our products and third party services," said Jay Katzen, Managing Director, Academic & Government Products, Elsevier. "We recognize that it is critical to involve the researchers and librarians in the creation of solutions as they are in the best position to identify and address their search and discovery challenges. By providing our content APIs later this year, we will empower researchers and developers to build custom applications to enhance their workflow and share these applications with the scientific community within SciVerse."

A multi-phased initiative aimed at accelerating science through applications targeted to specific researcher needs, at launch SciVerse will include SciVerse Hub beta, a module that integrates ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com/) and targeted web content from Scirus, Elsevier's science-specific Internet search engine. SciVerse Hub beta allows for a single search across its integrated content with results ranked by relevancy and without duplication, saving valuable researcher time.

Combining familiar resources with new efficiencies, SciVerse also enables interoperability among ScienceDirect, Scopus and the new SciVerse Hub beta. For example, ScienceDirect users who also subscribe to Scopus will now be able to access key author information without leaving the article, and link directly into comprehensive lists of all an author's documents and citations in Scopus.

SciVerse Hub beta will include three search and discovery applications at launch:

    - Methods section search application - allows researchers to search only
      the methodology and protocol sections of full-text articles.

    - Matching Sentences application - returns search results with the query
      words highlighted in the full sentence where they appear.

    - Prolific Authors application - prominently displays the most prolific
      authors for each search result.

The initial applications offer an example of the possible solutions that can be built using content APIs and were developed by NextBio, a provider of a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform for life sciences researchers which includes ontology-based semantic tools. Elsevier began collaborating with NextBio in 2009.

Elsevier will begin rolling out its APIs on SciVerse in Q4 of this year including content APIs for ScienceDirect, Scopus, and SciVerse Hub beta. In opening up this trusted content to development by the worldwide scientific and developer communities, SciVerse will allow for collaboration on applications that meet specific researcher challenges and enable the creation of customized solutions for efficiently finding, using and re-using SciVerse content.

"As a physician scientist, there is vast amount of information that is available for potential discoveries which has limited my ability to find and consume the right information in the time I have available for research," said Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, Palmetto Health/ University of South Carolina School of Medicine. "Applications that provide more intelligent results will significantly improve my workflow. I am very excited about the first SciVerse applications and eager to see new additions as the larger community begins development."

For more information about SciVerse, please visit http://www.info.sciverse.com.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/) and Cell ( http://www.cell.com/), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com/ ), Reaxys (https://www.reaxys.com/), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/) and Nursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com/), which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite (http://www.scival.com/) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com/), which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier ( http://www.elsevier.com/) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

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Konrad Ventana today announced, through his agent, the release of two new e-books now available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. These new releases represent the first books of a series known to the literary cognoscenti as the Post-Lux Trilogy:  Book 1, A Desperado's Daily Bread (ISBN: 9780595622177); Book 2, The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch (ISBN: 9781440158254); Book 3, Questing for Uberjoy (est. 2011).

The reclusive author of this postmodern, post-perspicuous literature is a prominent scientist, professor, inventor, and visionary whose pioneering work in molecular biotechnology served to usher targeted genetic medicine across the threshold of history—his intellectual accomplishments are, in a word, profound. The first editions of this series of books received both Editor's Choice and Rising Star designations from the publishers.

Konrad Ventana (literally, Bold Counsel through a Window) embraces the time-honored ideals of social responsibility (where poets, playwrights, and artists once served as guiding lights) for a modern society that "walks and runs for the cure" yet, in actuality, has been lulled into a state of non-participation in the life-of-the-mind and acts of meaningful creativity. In each new book of The Post-Lux Trilogy, the author presents a vital and important aspect of the creative process, as it is boldly captured and elegantly revealed through the artistry of literary fiction.  

Each remarkable book is a picture window: (1) A Desperado's Daily Bread reveals the alienation of the true visionary in a society that honors the robes of authority, yet not the swink and pluck of the creative artist. (2) The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch chronicles the loss of divine inspiration and the role of the muse in an unforgettable and provocative Hollywood neo-Noir. (3) Questing for Uberjoy sweeps the reader off into a world of high drama and adventure in the remote Himalayan mountains of Nepal and Tibet, where lofty ideals clash with the myth of the conquering hero until nothing, not even the evening stars, will ever appear to be quite the same. This final volume is scheduled for 2011.

A Desperado's Daily Bread & The Unbearable Sadness of Zilch

Available from: www.iUniverse.com, www.bn.com, and www.amazon.com.

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World renowned hair loss expert, Dr. Larry Shapiro, announced the release of his new book, Fight Hair Loss and Win! and says that Elin Nordegren is not alone when it comes to hair loss as a result of stress. Shapiro says millions of women and men are experiencing the same and that heightened levels of stress, popular nutritional supplements, hormonal imbalances and many other unsuspecting factors are now linked to hair loss.

"Over the last few decades of observing and talking to thousands of patients, I became increasingly suspicious of certain supplements, lifestyle factors and hormones that contributed to their hair loss whether they were pre-genetically disposed to hair loss or not," said Dr. Shapiro, hair transplant surgeon. "I became so convinced that whey protein isolate was part of the problem, that I did my own study comparing different whey protein sources.

In his new book, Dr. Shapiro's addresses why whey protein isolate, a form of whey protein widely used in many weight loss products and meal replacement formulas causes a hormonal imbalance of testosterone. While this might be effective for muscle building, the side effect is hair loss due to the conversion of the spike in testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

"It makes perfect sense. Many of the FDA approved drug treatments for hair loss specifically target and block DHT receptors that cause hair to fall out," Shapiro added.

In addition, the book is chock full of practical tips on how to overcome and reverse hair loss that is caused by stress, which triggers a cascade of hormones that can wreak havoc on your hair follicles as is what most likely happened in Elin's case.  "Here you have a perfectly healthy, young woman who has been under a great deal of stress. Her body reacted by creating a hormonal imbalance that triggered insomnia, weight loss and hair loss. The good news is that anyone experiencing this type of hair loss can reverse their situation rather quickly if they provide the nutrients the body needs to stimulate the follicles to grow new hair and balance the body's hormonal levels out again and we show you how to do that in my book," Shapiro added.

For more information go to www.drshapiroshairinstitute.com

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Gettysburg Passage, new action adventure fiction by John Callahan, is available from Amazon.com. Gettysburg Passage is believed to be in the very first wave of mainstream novels written and published targeting next generation e-reader capable devices, including Amazon Kindle, iPad, iPhone/iTouch, BlackBerry, Android, Mac and PC.

"The new novel Gettysburg Passage exploits the information networking power of e-readers to deliver a richer reading, learning and social experience," Callahan said.

"The vast majority of e-books – especially mainstream fiction –  are digitized versions of existing books and provide a 500-year-old reading experience. Most aren't taking advantage of information-rich, Web-based resources accessible on e-readers," Callahan said. "In my book, readers link to relevant YouTube videos, or explore with hypertext links to history, biographies – even muscle car descriptions. It's a deeper experience."

Readers can share the experience with friends through built in e-reader capabilities such as highlighting and social networking tools such as Twitter and Facebook.

About Gettysburg Passage, a New Novel from Amazon

A mysterious and possibly miraculous archaeological discovery emerges that may shake the world. Incredibly, uncovering the meaning of the find may depend on the determination of  some friends living around Washington. Will they interrupt their busy lives when one of them comes across a strange artifact found near the White House? An internet search reveals the discovery is related to a twin artifact in Syria, which is attracting thousands of pilgrims. The objects, an original ancient mace and an American copy, unlock a hidden and sometimes terrifying world that threatens to overwhelm Rick Reynolds and his friends.  In this fast paced action and adventure story, Reynolds, his friends, a violent pursuer, two archaeologists and the world's largest armies – Federal and rebels – can't avoid a fiery collision near a murky passage in the hallowed hills near Gettysburg, PA.

About Author

John Callahan, author of Gettysburg Passage, is also a high tech executive.  His book blog covers ancient civilizations, history, philosophy, religion, physics, the humanities and adventure.   http://gettysburgpassagethoughts.blogspot.com/  

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New author Bonar Crump is finding his book, Throwing Hammers: Separation of Church and Self, is creating quite a stir. Ranked #9 on Amazon.com's Hot New Releases list in June, Crump's book covers a controversial topic that is making headline news everywhere. World-renowned author and researcher, George Barna, is asking about "The Crisis of Confidence in the Church" and major news outlets are interviewing prominent author Anne Rice about her recent declaration to, "Quit Christianity in the Name of Christ."

"Those of us that have been paying attention the last 10 years have noticed significant rumblings in the distance concerning Christianity, relevance of the Christian church, and the overwhelming sense that change is coming. The recent denouncements of Christian religion in favor of a direct relationship with Christ by authors like Anne Rice and Carol Harper signal that the birth pains of this provocative message are at hand," Crump said.

Crump has been receiving support across the nation. One Atlanta-based motivational speaker, Joann Corley, posted a quote from the book on her Twitter page, "We challenge the 'big dog' or we accept the leash." Bonar Crump.

Crump challenges his readers to ask themselves, "How have we reached a point in which 30 million dollar churches are being built on the South side of town while North-side churches are populated with families who aren't able to feed their children three full meals a day?" One reviewer on Amazon.com claims that Crump's book is, "like a spiritual AED (Automated External Defibrillator). An AED can diagnose a number of potentially life-threatening cardiac problems and treat them with an appropriate amount of electrical therapy. Like an AED, this book can apply its own 'shock' to your spiritual heartbeat." Crump says that the churches that focus on outrageous membership growth, vast campuses and ridiculously expensive sound systems are "making a mockery of Christianity and all that Jesus stands for."

Throwing Hammers: Separation of Church and Self is published by CreateSpace and can be purchased on Amazon.com. For more information about the author or to preview the book, please visit http://www.bonarcrump.com.

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