S C I E N C E & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BRIEFS NEW SOFTWARE AND WEBSITES FOR THE CHEMICAL ENTERPRISE
Software Chemical Inventory System Pro (CISPro Desktop) is a high-performance database system designed specifically for tracking chemicals and laboratory supplies. CISPro Desktop works in single-user, networked, or client-server environments. "'"~' : * ^ ; ' x ^ X ' ^ f t l ^ e n e r a ' Description of any Hazatd warnings #J'A&\ ' l ^ a w e i S f janaVor precautions JM \
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The system stores a variety of essential information about each chemical and supply item. Two new software modules for CISPro help users meet evolving Hazardous Material Inventory Statement
(HMIS) reporting requirements. The new modules produce accurate documents formatted to meet both International Fire Code and National Fire Protection Association code requirements. A new HMIS classification database provides values for more than 8,000 potentially hazardous chemicals. CISPro Desktop requires Windows 95,98,2000, NT, or XP ChemSW, http://www.chemsw.com EasySieve software supports routine sieve analyses. It features direct communication with all well-known analytical balances, direct transfer ofweighing data, tabular or graphical format for the results, and a user-friendly interface for the control of the sieve shaker. Resulting data are compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or can be exported as an ASCII file. Retschp http://www.retsch.de ToxScope correlates toxicity information with structural features of chemical libraries and creates a data-mining system
LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (LIMS) L a b M a n a g e r iLIMS V 9.1 provides a choice of user access, either a browser or client-server; a Microsoft Outlook-styled user interface; data-driven navigation to view selected information with the click of a mouse; user-definable forms and database architecture; and user-developed reports. The software provides full 21 CFR Part 11 compliance. LimsLink software fully integrates LabManager iLIMS with any laboratory instrument. The system is compatible with Windows NT and 2000, OpenVMS, and HP-UX platforms. Beckman Coulter, http://www.beckmancoulterlims.com L a b w o r k s Enhanced Security (ES) LIMS software increases the efficiency of business processes for the environmental, chemical, petrochemical, water and wastewater, and food and beverage industries. It offers a centralized point of authentication that simplifies the process of securing critical laboratory data. Integration with other systems and new reporting tools improve user productivity. Labworks ES also meets 21 CFR Part 11 requirements and provides expanded data fields and bar-code printing capabilities. The software is compatible with Windows. PerkinElmer, http://www.perkinelmer.com
Nautilus 2002 Release 2 is a LIMS that offers increased flexibility in the processing of microtiter plates. Its Result Browser provides a visualization tool for plate and aliquot results and enables dynamic querying of results and subsequent review in either tabular or graphical format in a user-friendly interface. Plate Editor allows the user to modify the content of the plate in a graphical way and to fill empty wells with existing or new aliquots. The software is compatible http://www.thermolabsystems.com
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that has advanced searching and browsing capabilities. This virtual decision-making software provides access to 150,000 chemical structures and expert statistical analyses of complex data. ToxScope databases encompass acute toxicity hepatotoxicity mutagenicity and carcinogenicity This enables the user to make side-by-side comparisons of efficacy screening and toxicity information, use structural alerts from any source, explore chemical space of any data set, and manage complex in-house data. The software requires LeadScope's Enterprise server and is compatible with Windows. LeadScope, http://www.lead scope.com
Online Beyond Discovery presents a series of articles that trace the origins of important recent technological and medical advances. Each story reveals the crucial role played by basic science, the applications ofwhich could not have been anticipated at the time the original research was conducted. The stories are organized in nine categories: agriculture, biology, chemistry earth sciences, environmental issues, health, mathematics, physics, and technology Each story is divided into chapters of text and has a time line, a glossary, and related links. National Academy of Sciences, http:// www.beyonddiscovery.org Che m We b. CO m provides information resources for chemical research and enables communication among 300,000 members of the worldwide chemistry community ChemWeb members can access more than 250 full-text journals and 28 databases from a variety of publishers. A number of databases offer structure-based searching and manipulation of molecular structures. There are now eight structure-searchable databases on ChemWeb.com from ACD/ Labs: five NMR spectroscopy databases and three physicochemical databases. The NMR databases are J H NMR, 130,000 compounds; 13C NMR, 130,000 compounds; 15NNMR, 6,600 compounds; 19F NMR, 11,500 compounds; and31PNMR, 19,500 compounds. The physical property databases are LogP, 18,000 compounds with experimental log P values from different sources; piCa, 15,500 compounds with 23,000 experimental values; and aqueous solubility, 4,000 compounds. http://www.chemweb.com
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Digital Briefs is written by Janet Dodd, who can be reached
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