Intellectual Property and Electronic Theses
Dr. Theo Andrew The role of this briefing paper is to raise awareness of the main issues involved when converting paper-based theses into a digital format. This change of media has many implications for the way theses are created, stored, organised, managed and accessed. This briefing paper specifically examines the agreements required by an institution when managing and storing theses in electronic format. This includes existing theses held by institutions in paper format and those presented by students electronically (born digital). These agreements typically involve those which may need to be obtained from the author, the institution or some other third party. A number of sample agreements are presented, which are intended to be adapted to suit an individual institution’s circumstances.
Preservation Management of Digital Materials: A Handbook
2. Outline Intended primary audience Senior administrators, funding agencies, creators and publishers, anyone requiring an introduction to the subject. Assumed level of knowledge of digital preservation Novice. Purpose • To provide a strategic overview and senior management briefing, outlining the broad issues and the rationale for funding to be allocated to the tasks involved in preserving digital resources. • To provide a synthesis of current thinking on digital preservation issues. • To distinguish between the three major categories of issues. • To help clarify how various issues will impact on decisions at various stages of the life-cycle of digital materials. • To provide a focus for further debate and discussion within organizations.
Chemical, biological, and immunological characterization of mono- and diiodothyrotropin releasing factor.
Abstract Iodination of thyrotropin releasing factor (TRF) with chloramine-T and NaI at pH 7.5 produces both mono- and diiodo-TRF as well as unreacted TRF and I − . The four compounds can be separated by ion-exchange chromatography on SP-Sephadex C-25, using a stepwise gradient of 0.01 m MH 4 OAc at pH 3.5, 5.2 and 7.2. The monoiodo-TRF was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectra, and elemental analysis as [Im-5-iodo-His 2 ]-TRF while the diiodo-TRF was similarly characterized as [Im-2,5-diiodo-His 2 ]-TRF. Both iodination products showed no thyrotropin releasing activity at doses up to 1 μg in the in vivo mouse bioassay. The specific binding of mono- and diiodo-TRF was measured against three different TRF antisera. In the absence of TRF, antisera A and C bound more diiodo-TRF than monoiodo-TRF while antiserum B seemed to bind both tracers equally. In all cases steeper curves were produced when diiodo-TRF was displaced by synthetic TRF.