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Papers by Dale A Stirling
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This monograph provides a brief historical review of nanotechnology and its role in nanomedicine ... more This monograph provides a brief historical review of nanotechnology and its role in nanomedicine followed by a concise but thorough and subject oriented guide to key nanomedicine literature.
Journal of Extreme Events, 2016
The current concern over the Zika virus is far greater than documented in the historical record. ... more The current concern over the Zika virus is far greater than documented in the historical record. This short review provides context to the current concern over a possible pandemic and provides a comprehensive bibliographic review of Zika virus literature organized into several key thematic areas.
The American Archivist, 1987
Electronic Green Journal, 2003
Electronic Green Journal, 2003
Review: Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters Reviewed by Dale Sti... more Review: Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters Reviewed by Dale Stirling Intertox, USA Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters. Leicester, UK: Institute for Environment & Health, University of Leicester, 2002. CD-ROM (Version 1). £450 Recently, there has been increased attention to the potential effects synthetic chemicals have on human and wildlife endocrine systems. These systems are essential elements in the life of multicelluar animals and the chance that chemicals may harm hormone receptors or hormone transport mechanisms is of great concern. At this time evidence of endocrine disruption is much stronger for fish and wildlife than in humans. Regardless, much research and publication has occurred since this issue became a red flag issue in the late 1990s. One of the newest and most innovative endocrine disrupter related resources is the Institute for Environment & Health's (IEH) Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters (REDIPED) which is a CD-ROM-based product that contains information on 79 potential endocrine disrupting chemicals. Chemicals are selected from a main chemical navigation page using a drop-down menu or typing in the name or CAS #. Information for each chemical includes chemical identity (includes CAS #, chemical family names, chemical formula, synonyms, and related compounds), physical properties (includes standard data such as boiling point, flammability, melting point, etc.), volumes (refers to historical and contemporary market volumes from four geographic regions-UK, European Union, USA, and global), uses (relates to the primary or main use of a chemical and also their categorization-agro, consumer, food, industrial, natural, pharmaceutical, or veterinary product), regulations (notes whether the chemical appears on one of five lists of regulated chemicals), sources of exposure (lists ways by which a chemical may be released into the environment), exposure assessment (provides data concerning actual data on human or wildlife exposure or the likelihood of such exposure occurring), environmental accumulation (information on a chemicals potential to accumulate in organisms), environmental degradation (the rate of degradation of a chemical in various environmental media), fate (the environmental compartments in which a chemical or its breakdown products are most likely to occur), and biological activity ( QSAR activity, in vitro and in vivo activity, binding abilities, relative activity, and general toxic effects of relevance). Although similar data for tens of thousands of chemicals exist in numerous documents (Merck, Sax, ACGIH, NIOSH, etc.) this database goes beyond standard sources to include extensive review of the literature associated with the 79 chemicals. IEH searched the following databases: Biosis, CA Search, Cancerlit, Embase, Medline, Scisearch, Pascal, and Toxline. IEH used a search word strategy designed to capture essential references for each chemical. The addition of a literature review is what elevates this product to exceptional levels. While there is no substitute for conducting one's own literature searches, this provides an excellent base of comprehensive information for each of the chemicals. …
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2007
Remediation Journal, 1996
Hazardous waste remediation technologies are rapidly evolving, and it is a challenge for environm... more Hazardous waste remediation technologies are rapidly evolving, and it is a challenge for environmental consultants and those working in the government and public sectors to remain current with those technologies. Fortunately, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through a variety of programs and initiatives, has been a leader in providing information on hazardous waste remediation technologies. This article provides an overview of EPA remediation programs and guides the reader through valuable EPA information sources including publications, databases, and on-line services.
The Public Historian, 1990
OUR NATION IS AT RISK. Over the past two centuries, owners of properties supporting industrial an... more OUR NATION IS AT RISK. Over the past two centuries, owners of properties supporting industrial and commercial activities have released millions of tons of hazardous materials into our nation's air, soil, and ground water. Such activity threatens not only our environment, but human health and safety as well. Activists like Rachel Carson and Ralph Nader recognized a generation ago the grave danger of a decline in environmental quality. As a nation, however, we have been slow to acknowledge our environmental problems. The activists' crusades provided the impetus for governmental action in the 1960s when the initial focus of federal and state environmental laws was to clean up the nation's waterways and air. A decade later the emphasis shifted to regulating disposal of solid and liquid wastes on land, and over the past decade, attention has turned to the thousands of neglected and abandoned hazardous waste sites throughout the country, which pose threats to human health and the environment.'
The Public Historian, 1984
NAVIGABILITY HISTORIANS are public historians, but not in the traditional sense. Whereas most pub... more NAVIGABILITY HISTORIANS are public historians, but not in the traditional sense. Whereas most public historians work in the public interest on projects that often have immediate results and that are visible to the local community, region, or state, navigability historians work in comparative obscurity. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Research and Development employs three historians in its navigability program. Before describing their work in detail, a brief explanation of the state's navigability program is needed. When Alaska became a state in 1959, it assumed ownership of lands beneath tidal waters and nontidal navigable waters within the state. Although state ownership of such lands is recognized by the federal government, only a small percentage of the state's submerged lands has been identified to the satisfaction of state and federal governments. Consequently, the state and federal governments disagree about what standards or criteria should be used in determining the navigability of a water body. This disagreement has been made more pressing because of the lands awaiting conveyance to native corporations in Alaska under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Determining the ownership of submerged lands has become increasingly more difficult. The navigability historian's role is to document historic and contemporary uses of water bodies within Alaska. At present, historians are preparing criteria reports describing historic and contemporary uses of rivers and lakes. Typical studies have focused on float and ski-plane use,
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2000
Many librarians work with toxicologists and risk assessors seeking information about chemicals an... more Many librarians work with toxicologists and risk assessors seeking information about chemicals and hazardous substances of concern to human health and the environment. Therefore, this article reviews reliable, accurate, readily accessible, and user-friendly sources of toxicological and risk assessment information. A summary and description of pertinent toxicological data, literature, and profile sources is presented. The majority of the resources are available online; however, descriptions of several important print sources are included.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Web-based technologies provide users and information professionals with powerful and flexible too... more Web-based technologies provide users and information professionals with powerful and flexible tools for information dissemination. The World Wide Web allows libraries and museums of all sizes to share their collections with the world 24 hours a day. However, the reality of transforming home-made resources into Web format is often a frustrating and time-consuming process. This book offers a glimpse into the creation of locally produced Web-based resources by a variety of groups. There are 12 chapters written by people involved in different stages of Web database production. Still selected authors based on "a mixture of excellence of product, author experience, convenience, and willingness to participate." The first eight chapters are case studies, while the last four chapters cover various issues of Web database development. Still instructed the authors to write casually and to focus on the process of developing a Web database rather than on the technology used. Authors were also provided with a list of issues to consider while writing. Most chapters are written in first person, and include a balance of the difficulties encountered during development as well as the solutions to various problems. The result is a collection of highly readable and interesting essays on creating and maintaining Web databases. This book is not, however, a step-by-step how to guide for creating Web databases. The degree of technical depth included in each chapter varies depending on the expertise of the author. The chapter authors take Still's instruction to heart, and successfully focus on the aspects of process rather than hardware and software requirements and issues. The book reads like an ongoing discussion between friends over lunch, which makes this work a musthave for Web developers of all levels. The book's format adds to its timeliness and value. The various authors provide the reader with a broad view of the Web development process. This perspective is particularly evident in the project history discussions and project selection criteria. For instance, some projects began because a gap in resources was identified, others sprang from a need to provide access to a growing collection, and some began in an effort to keep up with everybody else. The book is not divided topically, but the chapters are well organized, divided into sections, and flow together nicely. The authors offer readers the benefit of their mistakes and successes they experienced in their Web database projects. The first two chapters are case studies from Rutgers University. Ronald Jantz explores ways the Web provides librarians an opportunity to use their unique skills to create and publish highquality sites. The Scholarly Communication Center (SCC) of Rutgers Library brings teaching faculty, librarians, and students together in a dynamic sharing of knowledge, expertise, and skills. Jantz spends considerable time discussing the technology the SCC uses to create various Web-databases as well as the process used to
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Government Information Quarterly, 2007
As the nation's principal environmental agency, the EPA is responsible for conveying a wide array... more As the nation's principal environmental agency, the EPA is responsible for conveying a wide array of information to the American public. The agency utilizes glossaries, lexicons, dictionaries, and thesauri to define environmental terms, regulations, scientific concepts, and issues. However, the approach taken to defining environmental terms is challenging and there is often more than one definition for the same term. This article examines how the EPA defines environmental terms and how it can be difficult to choose the most appropriate definition or environmental term.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 1995
Several federal environmental laws passed since 1980 have increased the liability of property own... more Several federal environmental laws passed since 1980 have increased the liability of property owners for the cost of cleanup on their properties. Property owners have used environmental site assessments as a way of minimizing liability. However, until recently there were no standards to guide professionals in performing these assessments. Although several professional organizations have published standards and guidance for conducting environmental site assessments since 1992, there is still no consensus as to what constitutes an "appropriate level of inquiry," "due diligence," or "customary practice." This article attempts to review and critique the major environmental site assessment standards and proposes actions necessary to truly standardize the process.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
This monograph provides a brief historical review of nanotechnology and its role in nanomedicine ... more This monograph provides a brief historical review of nanotechnology and its role in nanomedicine followed by a concise but thorough and subject oriented guide to key nanomedicine literature.
Journal of Extreme Events, 2016
The current concern over the Zika virus is far greater than documented in the historical record. ... more The current concern over the Zika virus is far greater than documented in the historical record. This short review provides context to the current concern over a possible pandemic and provides a comprehensive bibliographic review of Zika virus literature organized into several key thematic areas.
The American Archivist, 1987
Electronic Green Journal, 2003
Electronic Green Journal, 2003
Review: Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters Reviewed by Dale Sti... more Review: Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters Reviewed by Dale Stirling Intertox, USA Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters. Leicester, UK: Institute for Environment & Health, University of Leicester, 2002. CD-ROM (Version 1). £450 Recently, there has been increased attention to the potential effects synthetic chemicals have on human and wildlife endocrine systems. These systems are essential elements in the life of multicelluar animals and the chance that chemicals may harm hormone receptors or hormone transport mechanisms is of great concern. At this time evidence of endocrine disruption is much stronger for fish and wildlife than in humans. Regardless, much research and publication has occurred since this issue became a red flag issue in the late 1990s. One of the newest and most innovative endocrine disrupter related resources is the Institute for Environment & Health's (IEH) Relational Database of Information on Potential Endocrine Disrupters (REDIPED) which is a CD-ROM-based product that contains information on 79 potential endocrine disrupting chemicals. Chemicals are selected from a main chemical navigation page using a drop-down menu or typing in the name or CAS #. Information for each chemical includes chemical identity (includes CAS #, chemical family names, chemical formula, synonyms, and related compounds), physical properties (includes standard data such as boiling point, flammability, melting point, etc.), volumes (refers to historical and contemporary market volumes from four geographic regions-UK, European Union, USA, and global), uses (relates to the primary or main use of a chemical and also their categorization-agro, consumer, food, industrial, natural, pharmaceutical, or veterinary product), regulations (notes whether the chemical appears on one of five lists of regulated chemicals), sources of exposure (lists ways by which a chemical may be released into the environment), exposure assessment (provides data concerning actual data on human or wildlife exposure or the likelihood of such exposure occurring), environmental accumulation (information on a chemicals potential to accumulate in organisms), environmental degradation (the rate of degradation of a chemical in various environmental media), fate (the environmental compartments in which a chemical or its breakdown products are most likely to occur), and biological activity ( QSAR activity, in vitro and in vivo activity, binding abilities, relative activity, and general toxic effects of relevance). Although similar data for tens of thousands of chemicals exist in numerous documents (Merck, Sax, ACGIH, NIOSH, etc.) this database goes beyond standard sources to include extensive review of the literature associated with the 79 chemicals. IEH searched the following databases: Biosis, CA Search, Cancerlit, Embase, Medline, Scisearch, Pascal, and Toxline. IEH used a search word strategy designed to capture essential references for each chemical. The addition of a literature review is what elevates this product to exceptional levels. While there is no substitute for conducting one's own literature searches, this provides an excellent base of comprehensive information for each of the chemicals. …
Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2007
Remediation Journal, 1996
Hazardous waste remediation technologies are rapidly evolving, and it is a challenge for environm... more Hazardous waste remediation technologies are rapidly evolving, and it is a challenge for environmental consultants and those working in the government and public sectors to remain current with those technologies. Fortunately, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through a variety of programs and initiatives, has been a leader in providing information on hazardous waste remediation technologies. This article provides an overview of EPA remediation programs and guides the reader through valuable EPA information sources including publications, databases, and on-line services.
The Public Historian, 1990
OUR NATION IS AT RISK. Over the past two centuries, owners of properties supporting industrial an... more OUR NATION IS AT RISK. Over the past two centuries, owners of properties supporting industrial and commercial activities have released millions of tons of hazardous materials into our nation's air, soil, and ground water. Such activity threatens not only our environment, but human health and safety as well. Activists like Rachel Carson and Ralph Nader recognized a generation ago the grave danger of a decline in environmental quality. As a nation, however, we have been slow to acknowledge our environmental problems. The activists' crusades provided the impetus for governmental action in the 1960s when the initial focus of federal and state environmental laws was to clean up the nation's waterways and air. A decade later the emphasis shifted to regulating disposal of solid and liquid wastes on land, and over the past decade, attention has turned to the thousands of neglected and abandoned hazardous waste sites throughout the country, which pose threats to human health and the environment.'
The Public Historian, 1984
NAVIGABILITY HISTORIANS are public historians, but not in the traditional sense. Whereas most pub... more NAVIGABILITY HISTORIANS are public historians, but not in the traditional sense. Whereas most public historians work in the public interest on projects that often have immediate results and that are visible to the local community, region, or state, navigability historians work in comparative obscurity. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Research and Development employs three historians in its navigability program. Before describing their work in detail, a brief explanation of the state's navigability program is needed. When Alaska became a state in 1959, it assumed ownership of lands beneath tidal waters and nontidal navigable waters within the state. Although state ownership of such lands is recognized by the federal government, only a small percentage of the state's submerged lands has been identified to the satisfaction of state and federal governments. Consequently, the state and federal governments disagree about what standards or criteria should be used in determining the navigability of a water body. This disagreement has been made more pressing because of the lands awaiting conveyance to native corporations in Alaska under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Determining the ownership of submerged lands has become increasingly more difficult. The navigability historian's role is to document historic and contemporary uses of water bodies within Alaska. At present, historians are preparing criteria reports describing historic and contemporary uses of rivers and lakes. Typical studies have focused on float and ski-plane use,
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2000
Many librarians work with toxicologists and risk assessors seeking information about chemicals an... more Many librarians work with toxicologists and risk assessors seeking information about chemicals and hazardous substances of concern to human health and the environment. Therefore, this article reviews reliable, accurate, readily accessible, and user-friendly sources of toxicological and risk assessment information. A summary and description of pertinent toxicological data, literature, and profile sources is presented. The majority of the resources are available online; however, descriptions of several important print sources are included.
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Web-based technologies provide users and information professionals with powerful and flexible too... more Web-based technologies provide users and information professionals with powerful and flexible tools for information dissemination. The World Wide Web allows libraries and museums of all sizes to share their collections with the world 24 hours a day. However, the reality of transforming home-made resources into Web format is often a frustrating and time-consuming process. This book offers a glimpse into the creation of locally produced Web-based resources by a variety of groups. There are 12 chapters written by people involved in different stages of Web database production. Still selected authors based on "a mixture of excellence of product, author experience, convenience, and willingness to participate." The first eight chapters are case studies, while the last four chapters cover various issues of Web database development. Still instructed the authors to write casually and to focus on the process of developing a Web database rather than on the technology used. Authors were also provided with a list of issues to consider while writing. Most chapters are written in first person, and include a balance of the difficulties encountered during development as well as the solutions to various problems. The result is a collection of highly readable and interesting essays on creating and maintaining Web databases. This book is not, however, a step-by-step how to guide for creating Web databases. The degree of technical depth included in each chapter varies depending on the expertise of the author. The chapter authors take Still's instruction to heart, and successfully focus on the aspects of process rather than hardware and software requirements and issues. The book reads like an ongoing discussion between friends over lunch, which makes this work a musthave for Web developers of all levels. The book's format adds to its timeliness and value. The various authors provide the reader with a broad view of the Web development process. This perspective is particularly evident in the project history discussions and project selection criteria. For instance, some projects began because a gap in resources was identified, others sprang from a need to provide access to a growing collection, and some began in an effort to keep up with everybody else. The book is not divided topically, but the chapters are well organized, divided into sections, and flow together nicely. The authors offer readers the benefit of their mistakes and successes they experienced in their Web database projects. The first two chapters are case studies from Rutgers University. Ronald Jantz explores ways the Web provides librarians an opportunity to use their unique skills to create and publish highquality sites. The Scholarly Communication Center (SCC) of Rutgers Library brings teaching faculty, librarians, and students together in a dynamic sharing of knowledge, expertise, and skills. Jantz spends considerable time discussing the technology the SCC uses to create various Web-databases as well as the process used to
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Government Information Quarterly, 2007
As the nation's principal environmental agency, the EPA is responsible for conveying a wide array... more As the nation's principal environmental agency, the EPA is responsible for conveying a wide array of information to the American public. The agency utilizes glossaries, lexicons, dictionaries, and thesauri to define environmental terms, regulations, scientific concepts, and issues. However, the approach taken to defining environmental terms is challenging and there is often more than one definition for the same term. This article examines how the EPA defines environmental terms and how it can be difficult to choose the most appropriate definition or environmental term.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 1995
Several federal environmental laws passed since 1980 have increased the liability of property own... more Several federal environmental laws passed since 1980 have increased the liability of property owners for the cost of cleanup on their properties. Property owners have used environmental site assessments as a way of minimizing liability. However, until recently there were no standards to guide professionals in performing these assessments. Although several professional organizations have published standards and guidance for conducting environmental site assessments since 1992, there is still no consensus as to what constitutes an "appropriate level of inquiry," "due diligence," or "customary practice." This article attempts to review and critique the major environmental site assessment standards and proposes actions necessary to truly standardize the process.