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upgrades Mon Jan 4th @ 2:30pm by Paul Ingraham

Sexy bibliography upgrades

Over the holidays I published upgrades to the bibliographic system on SaveYourself.ca that are nearly invisible, yet “cool” — if you’re a librarian or database geek. The bibliography remains the best-kept secret of SaveYourself.ca. Visitors rarely realize what’s under the hood here. For the record:

  • Scientific journal titles are now automagically consistent. Instead of manually entering them, official abbreviations are now matched to a database of journal titles. Data goes in easier and comes out better.
  • Similarly, the production of links to PubMed records has been automated: rather than a messy database of thousands of links, 10% of which seem to be broken at any given time, virtually every PubMed-able link will now work every time, no matter where it appears on the website.
  • Although still due for more upgrades, the display of individual bibliographic records has been upgraded with much better links, especially groovy link options — this window or that window — for any links.

Here’s an example, using a citation that will feature in some upcoming posts:

Other recent stuff …

Sep 8 links
 
Chiropractors shunned by huge insurer, Olympic injury rate, artificial turf safety, medical reporting quiz, Dilbert does placebo
Sep 3 Epsom
 
Confusing the benefits of salty and non-salty baths
Aug 28 links
 
Do-it-yourself clinical trials, homeopathic hijinks, a gorgeous e-textbook app for iPad, Lorimer Mosely on pain neurology, and a Chewbacca thing
Aug 26 exercise
 
Five stars! Micro book review of Body by Science
Aug 26 stretching
 
“I’ve tried to interpret the findings of the best physiologists and translate them into sound practices. That’s made me a radical.”
Aug 26 acupuncture
 
Backfirin’ placebos! How the placebo effect can actually make back pain worse
Aug 20 trigger points
 
A new chapter: medical factors that perpetuate pain
Aug 17 teaser
 
Kind of a big deal coming
Aug 10 humour
 
Sheldon Cooper on overconfidence
Aug 10 core strengthening
 
Two more mighty scientific blows to the credibility of “core strengthening” as a therapy for low back pain