Happy to announce the Journal of Biomedical Semantics launch today of the thematic series on Semantic Technologies in Healthcare and Life sciences….
http://www.jbiomedsem.com/series/SWAT4LSCSHALS [Journal of Biomedical Semantics]<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/> Search this journal BioMed Central forGo Advanced search<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/search> * <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/> Semantic technologies in healthcare and life sciences Edited by: Prof Jonas Almeida, Dr Albert Burger, Prof Joanne Luciano, Dr Andrea Splendiani Collection published: 17 December 2012 This thematic series focuses on the application of web based technologies for knowledge representation and data integration in life sciences, that seek to facilitate biomedical research and healthcare practice. The series originates in research presented at two conferences, SWAT4LS<http://www.swat4ls.org/> (Semantic Web Application and Tools for Life Sciences) which is held annually in Europe, and CSHALS<http://www.iscb.org/cshals2012> (Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences), which is held annually in the United States. These two venues foster critical discussions on the limits, challenges, and opportunities in the adoption of semantic web technologies in healthcare and life sciences. The emergence of the Web as the primary communication medium; the ever increasing amount of biomedical information and the convergence of disciplines in the biomedical spectrum are all phenomena that point at the Web as a promising technology platform to increase the efficiency of biomedical research and healthcare delivery. At the same time, they make evident the need for semantic approaches in order to integrate information that arises from different processes and disciplines in a meaningful way. At this convergence of Web and semantic solutions we are witnessing a front of innovation where various approaches, including Semantic Web and Linked Data solutions, are proposed. The objective of this thematic series, and of the events that underpin it, is to explore this front of innovation, both in the critical assessment of current technologies and in novel proposals. The series is open for any submission that fits into these objectives. Research [Open Access] <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/about/access> <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/9> Semantically enabling a genome-wide association study database<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/9> Tim Beck, Robert C Free, Gudmundur A Thorisson, Anthony J BrookesJournal of Biomedical Semantics 2012, 3:9 (17 December 2012) Abstract<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/9/abstract> | Provisional PDF<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/pdf/2041-1480-3-9.pdf> Research [Open Access] <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/about/access> <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/8> Analysing Syntactic Regularities and Irregularities in SNOMED-CT<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/8> Eleni Mikroyannidi, Robert Stevens, Luigi Iannone, Alan RectorJournal of Biomedical Semantics 2012, 3:8 (17 December 2012) Abstract<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/8/abstract> | Provisional PDF<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/pdf/2041-1480-3-8.pdf> Software [Open Access] <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/about/access> <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/11> COEUS: "semantic web in a box" for biomedical applications<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/11> Pedro Lopes, José Luís OliveiraJournal of Biomedical Semantics 2012, 3:11 (17 December 2012) Abstract<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/11/abstract> | Provisional PDF<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/pdf/2041-1480-3-11.pdf> Research [Open Access] <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/about/access> <http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/10> Applying semantic web technologies for phenome-wide scan using an electronic health record linked Biobank<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/10> Jyotishman Pathak, Richard C Kiefer, Suzette J Bielinski, Christopher G ChuteJournal of Biomedical Semantics 2012, 3:10 (17 December 2012) Abstract<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/10/abstract> | Provisional PDF<http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/pdf/2041-1480-3-10.pdf>
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