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The annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, from 22nd to 26th October. The abstracts and posters are now up on the ASHG website and can be searched here. I have provided links below to the abstracts which were of particular interest to me as a genetic genealogist. The numbers before the titles are the abstract or poster numbers.
109. Harnessing Web 2.0 Social Networks for Genetic Epidemiology Studies with Millions of People.
112. Whole-genome sequence based association studies of complex traits: the UK10K project.
181. Patterns of IBD sharing inferred from whole genome sequences of 962 European Americans.
182. Reconstructing the Genetic Demography of the United States.
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270. Out of Africa, which way?
271. Insights into the genetic architecture of African genomes: the African Genome Variation Project.
274. Reconstructing the Population Genetic History of the Caribbean.
340. The Ashkenazi Jewish Genome.
341. Rare variant sharing reveals population histories.
347. Inferring ancient demography using whole-genome sequences from multiple individuals.
348.Inferring human population history and gene flow from multiple genome sequences.
349. A haplotype map derived from whole genome low-coverage sequencing of over 25,000 individuals.
350. Statistical estimation of haplotype sharing from unphased genotype data.
351. HapFABIA: Identification of very short segments of identity by descent (IBD) via biclustering.
352. A new method for genotype calling and phasing for the 1000 Genomes Project leads to improved downstream imputation accuracy.
404. Identification of Y chromosomes associated with risk for prostate cancer.
ASHG Posters
1911T. The visualization of probabilistic results from consumer genetic testing for ethnicity at AncestryDNA.
1861F. Computationally-efficient long-range phasing with very large datasets.
A poster from the AncestryDNA team.
1974T. Surveying European and West African Population Structure Using >2,300 Samples with Spatial Information.
A poster from the AncestryDNA team.
1944T. Geographic Population Structure (GPS) of worldwide human populations infers biogeographical origin down to home village.
A study using the Genograpic Project's Geno 2.0 GenoChip.
1958W. Y chromosomes in surname samples: insights into surname frequency and origin.
A study of 50 different Catalan surnames.
1963F. Evidence of social marginalisation leading to strong genetic differentiation among the Ari of Ethiopia.
A cautionary tale about the use of the clustering program ADMIXTURE.
1964W. Pinpointing the Indian origin and revealing the Caucasus chapter in the genetic ancestry of the European Roma.
2038F. The Iranian Genomes Project.
2043T. Resequencing of Australian Aboriginal mtDNA and Y chromosomes.
The authors report the finding of around 3000 new Y-SNPs.
2046T. Juxtapositions of short IBD blocks can cause biased estimation in inferences based on the length of IBD blocks.
2059F. Synthesizing genetic and genealogical data to trace historical waves of European and African immigration to the United States.
A poster from the AncestryDNA team.
2061T. The Saudi Arabian Genome Reveals a Two Step Out-of-Africa Migration.
2062F. The CARTaGENE Genomics Project : Population structure, local ancestry contributions and relatedness analysis of the French Canadian founder population.
2063W. Reconstruction of Ancestral Human Genomes from Genome-Wide DNA Matches.
A poster from the AncestryDNA team.
2100T. Mitochondrial Genome Database for Saudi Community.
2429W. Utility of the X chromosome pattern of inheritance: the identification of close relatives through direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing.
A poster from ISOGG member Kathy Johnston.
2433W. Genetic privacy in the European Union - exploring the impact of the proposed Data Protection Regulations.
We can look forward to the results of some exciting research in the next year and an explosion of new autosomal DNA datasets. It is, however, somewhat disappointing to see that there is very little research that is now focused on the Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA. While the autosomal DNA studies are sequencing genomes at very high resolution the Y-DNA studies are still mostly using a small number of STR markers.
The day-to-day activities of the Cruwys/Cruse one-name study with occasional diversions into other topics of interest such as DNA testing and personal genomics
Thursday, 26 September 2013
The pick of the papers from ASHG 2013
Posted by Debbie Kennett at 3:42 pm Labels: Abstracts, ASHG
2 comments:
- Kelly said...
Thanks for posting this and I agree with your comments. It seems that atDNA is the DNA de jour. The full Y sequencing and the Britains Chrom2 will hopefully spur more interest in the coming year.
Kelly Wheaton
- 26 September 2013 at 21:22
- Debbie Kennett said...
Thanks Kelly. There should be lots of results coming through from the Chromo 2 tests and the Full Genomes tests in the next month or so, and it will be interesting to see what new SNPs have been found. Autosomal DNA is now much cheaper than Y-DNA testing. We could do with similar price reductions for Y-DNA!
- 26 September 2013 at 21:52
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Has anyone ever conducted a study about the psychological effects of leukemia upon diagnosis in adolescents and then compared them to the psychological effects of leukemia upon diagnosis in children? If so, what were the conclusions? This interests me because I know that the psychological effects cannot be the same between adolescents and pre-adolescents due to different points in life, and different experiences.
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About 100 of the best and brightest high school students from around the country are competing Feb. 9-11 at LeTourneau University in Longview for one of 10 Heritage Scholarships, valued at more than $96,000 per student over four years. Of this group, 53 are class valedictorians and 10 of them are National Merit Finalists.
The Heritage Scholarship is the university's premier scholarship which is applied toward tuition costs and is renewable for up to eight semesters, as long as winners maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0 and meet scholarship requirements.
To qualify to attend the invitation-only event, these high school students from all over the country are required to have scored a 1300 on the SAT or 29 on the ACT exam and have a cumulative high school grade point average of at least 3.65. The students compete by writing essays and participating in a team-building leadership challenge judged by LETU faculty and staff and former Heritage Scholarship winners. The students competing this year plan to major in engineering, aviation, business, the arts and sciences. During their visit for the competition, students and their parents will participate in tours, student life seminars and attend classes and chapel services.
"These students are in the top tier academically and would be able to compete on any Ivy League campus," said Steve Condon, LETU vice president for Enrollment Services. "All of our participants have full-tuition scholarships or more in hand at prestigious institutions around the world. They are led to LeTourneau to pursue their call to service and to continue their walk with Jesus. These are very special students and parents visiting a very special university."
LeTourneau University is an interdenominational Christ-centered university located in Longview, Texas, offering academic majors in aviation, business, criminal justice, education, engineering, health science-nursing, human services, liberal arts, science and psychology. LeTourneau University also offers graduate degrees in business administration, counseling, education, engineering, psychology and strategic leadership. In addition to its residential campus in Longview, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs online and at educational centers in Athens, Austin, Baytown, Bedford, Dallas, Harlingen, Houston, and Tyler.
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Handprints of JK Rowling Now On Display in Edinburgh, Scotland
Feb 12, 2009
Last year we told you author J.K. Rowling was to be honored by the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The event took place in September, where Jo received the Edinburgh Award. In commemoration of this event, hand prints of the Harry Potter author have now been made, and are on display for the public. STV reports her "her engraved handprints in Caithness stone are in the grounds of
Edinburgh's City Chambers, alongside those of fellow Edinburgh author
Ian Rankin." Update: You can see a photo of Jo making her hand prints courtesy of Edinburghguide.com here in our galleries.
J.K. Rowling said:
"I was delighted to receive the Edinburgh Award, as this city and
its wonderful inhabitants have meant so much to me for the last 15
"I think it is particularly appropriate for a writer's hands to be
represented, so I am deeply honoured to have my keyboard-chipped
fingernails, not to mention my pen-induced friction callous,
commemorated in the place where I produced Harry Potter."
George Grubb, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, said: "With the
installation of the beautifully crafted stone bearing Ms Rowling's
handprints, the City Chambers quadrangle is fast becoming a lasting
visual testimony to some of Edinburgh's greatest living citizens.
"Our city is home to a huge wealth of talented individuals who truly
put Edinburgh on a global stage through their achievements."
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The NBA Players "World Tour" seems to be unraveling. In the last two days, stars have been dropping from the tour like flies. Yesterday Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook dropped out while LeBron James, Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony dropped out today.
Could the NBA have a deal coming? Why else would these guys be turning down a million dollars each? Maybe they know that a deal is close. I take the collapse of this world tour as a good sign in that if they had no reason not to play, they would play. Clearly there is something going on and this is a strong indication that a deal is close. Stay tuned.Follow @tarmosino


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Ceremony to stream live from the White House
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At least seven members of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church at Pilsen will be present Thursday at the White House when President Barack Obama confers the Medal of Honor posthumously on Father Emil Kapaun. They are Bob and Carol Makovec, Bob and Rose Mary Neuwirth, Laverne and Harriet Bina, and Carole Sklenar.
They will travel to the Pentagon the next day for a ceremony in which Father Kapaun will be inducted into the Army Hall of Fame.
"I feel very humble to be able to witness such a well deserved honor," Carol Makovec said. "Through reading some of the accounts of the prisoners that were in camp with Father Kapaun, I can't help but feel that he was truly a man of God and no doubt made a big difference in the survival rate of the prisoners by teaching them how they could help each other to find the strength to make it out of the camp. Hopefully, sainthood will not be too long in coming to Father also."
"I am very proud and excited to be included in the people going (to Washington, D.C.) and for my part in spreading the story of Father Kapaun these last 14 years or so," Rosemary Neuwirth said. "I am sad that so many of the POWs and people here in Marion County that knew Father have died and are not here to share this exciting event."
Sklenar is excited and feels honored to have been invited to the ceremony. She said the opportunity to visit the White House and the Pentagon is the latest of many blessings she has received while working with the Cause for Sainthood for Kapaun.
"Father Kapaun has definitely been looking down and with God's help, has given blessings far beyond any dream I have ever had," she said.
On the day of the Medal of Honor ceremony, there will be an ad on the Army website http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/kapaun that people can click on to view the ceremony. It will be active just a few minutes before the actual ceremony.
There also will be live feeds at the White House website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ for the Thursday ceremony and at http://www.pentagon.mil/ for the Friday ceremony at the Pentagon. The White House ceremony is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. and the Pentagon ceremony at 1 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
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Tristan and Ysolde
"I thought you said he was your dad!" He cried, ducking under a tree branch. Her hand was sweaty and slick in his, and honestly, Tristan thought he was dying. The shotgun went off once more, and he ducked instinctively, nearly sending both of them careening into a tree. She yanked on his arm and he twisted, ankle sliding in the mud, and sending him into her arms.
"NO, I said he was LIKE my dad!" She corrected, yanking him upright, and then ducking under a different tree and tugging him along. She'd always been a bit stronger than he was, and now he was grateful for it, because the beacon of her wheat-gold hair in the moonlight was enough for him to follow through the woods.
Another shot rang out, and the tree next to his head exploded, and Tristan yelped. His heart pounded, his chest ached for breath as his feet tried to keep up with hers. Over a rock, under a tree, around an oddly shaped shed that honestly wouldn't have hidden them at all. He was glad when she jumped down into a gulch, at least until his leg went out from under him and he landed ass-first in mud. He had to bite his tongue not to curse out loud, and scrambled to his feet, the mud sucking at his shoes like a child taking a toy.
"What do you MEAN, like your dad?! He's not even related to you!" He hissed, surprised she could be that graceful at three months pregnant. With his kid. Oh god, that was his child in there, being shot at by her creepy caretaker.
"He adopted me when I was little, okay?! I never thought anything of it until he started taking me to look at wedding dresses when I turned fifteen, okay?!" Her voice grew higher, terrified, as another blast blew through the little shed behind them. "Then I met YOU!"
Yeah, him. The odd twenty something hiking through town with nothing but a backpack, and some odd jobs. He'd managed to win her heart, because she'd won his the moment he'd seen her. He could still see the smile she'd given him in the farmer's market, and wow, was it beautiful. She threw a strained version of it over her shoulder at him and he saw the glint of moonlight off her teeth.
They burst out of the brush and into the highway leading out of town. He stopped, because if they could get a ride before he caught up… She tugged impatiently on his hand, desperate to get him to follow her into the woods on the other side. But there was a truck coming, he could see it, maybe they could get a ride out into the next city, where he could get a job, and she wouldn't have to marry some crazed sixty year old man.
Pain. Blinding, absolute agony, ripping through his thigh, and he went down, knee buckling. The concrete beneath him was hard, and he could feel a pebble pushing into his face. He thought he might have taken Isolde down with him, and he wasn't sure, but the boots on the blacktop were his, the old man's, and oh god. Oh god, there was a shotgun in his face.
"NO! Please, don't, I'll never run again, please just DO-" He could hear her shrieking, and then the sound of the trigger. He never heard the boom of the gun, just saw a flash of light.more


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Curious to see what our subscribers' interests are? Check out 10 most popular articles accessed this past winter by our research community. Explore these and 15 million other articles available for rent at DeepDyve.
Got content? 5 million articles from 3000 journals all coming to DeepDyve courtesy of our friends at Springer Science+Business Media and Nature Publishing Group!
Today we are excited to launch our new partnership with MyScienceWork! Learn more here: https://www.deepdyve.com/corp/press/20160307
We're to announce a new way to browse our thousands of journals: http://blog.deepdyve.com/…/…/29/easier-browse-and-discovery/
A belated 'thank you' and recap of a fantastic 2015 - onwards to 2016! http://blog.deepdyve.com/2016/02/24/2015-year-in-review/
Rounding out the year with some well deserved thanks to our users and the DeepDyve team (which is compact so everyone gets a shout out).
Bill - for leading with humor and openness
Joan - for being a tiger CFO (grrrr)
Jen - for keeping the team and digs running smoothly...
Raza - for being, well, himself (with great coding chops)
Kaia and Phoebe - for representing the best of women in tech
My - for giving us all a laugh at the holiday party (you are missed)
Jon - for publisher onboarding genius and quiet greatness
John - for truly impeccable manners
Greg - for strategic insight and bonhomie at this year's festivities
T. Rex wishes all of you much joy this holiday season!
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In the new world order of schol comm, many of us are wrestling with quite how to define the role that ResearchGate and Academia, termed scholarly collaboration networks, will play going forwards.
We found this article (see link below) from the Office of Scholarly Communication at the (local to us) University of California to be extremely informative. We spotted it in a tweet by @lesliekwchan on Twitter.
Entitled "A social networking site is not an OA repository", it immedia...tely begs the question, "so what is it then?". And back to the definition issue we go!
As the article explains, the biggest single reason why an OA repository is a better place for authors to share their papers (or publish them in a journal that offers "Gold" OA) is because, unlike these two sites, they are run by a neutral party (say the scholarly institution or subject repository in question) and there are no limitations on exporting the data wherever is desired. ResearchGate and Academia, allow authors to upload but not easily extract data which belongs to them and they are using it to build a sustainable business.
This is not to say that academic networking on these sites isn't a valuable activity but it's important to be aware of their Pros and Cons.
Food for thought over the weekend!
A warm welcome to UBM Advanstar publications, part of UBM Americas.
The company owns a diverse portfolio of publications that includes topics such as: dentistry, clinical trials, dermatology, urology, opthalmology, pharmaceuticals, motoring and licensing.
You can find the full list of UBM Advanstar publications available at DeepDyve here: https://www.deepdyve.com/browse/publishers/ubm-life-sciences...
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It's Friday and who can resist a photo of a bunny jumping for joy, certainly not us!
As to the admittedly somewhat tenuous link between this photo and our business then we're always delighted to welcome new publishers on board and the prestigious publications of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) are no exception.
You can check out the full line up of titles that we now carry from them right here: http://ow.ly/UDgNj....
We wish you all an enjoyable weekend.
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Here's an interesting article about the workarounds that academics have adopted to address the thorny issue of access to research articles and the role of libraries in this conundrum.
"No library required: the free and easy backwaters of online content sharing". http://ow.ly/TRl4X
As the Atlantic rightly says, "No one wants to pay $30 to read a research paper from 1987."...
Here at DeepDyve, we help academics without library access to legitimately and easily solve this problem. As an independent business, we've built relationships with many of the world's largest publishers and we offer access to 12 million scholarly articles for just $40 per month.
Subscribers to DeepDyve can:
• Read as articles as they like
• Print up to 20 pages per month
• Download PDFs for 20% off
So although there are many other ways to get access to content, we find that many folks prefer to untie their hands legally and for this they come to us.
So this is neat. Publisher's Weekly puts out a daily briefing on the latest happenings at the Frankfurt Book Fair, taking place from now until Sunday.
For those of us who can't be there in person, unlike CEO Bill, it's a great resource to scan for relevant stories.
Today CEO Bill attended the STM Frankfurt pre-meeting and tomorrow he will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair where he has a pretty packed schedule.
Helpfully, the good folks at Research Information have quickly written up this overview of what went on today.
We've been following along with the conversation at both events on Twitter and you can too. The hashtags are #stmfrankfurt and #FBF2015.... Informal Blanco 243;n L Letras Camiseta Algod De Estampado Con De Ver más
Here's something useful for our users. Ever wondered what the hot papers are in your field? I have but then never know quite where to begin.
Now there's a FREE service called "Hot Articles" with a nice pull down discipline menu that captures usage data from millions of users of scholarly material worldwide. See link 1 below.
- Across institutions...
- Across journals and publishers
It helps users to discover articles that other users found interesting – in general and for a specific topic. Now if this works, and we've not tested it yet (perhaps you have, so let us know), this would be a very useful resource.
We discovered this site via infoDOCKET who were using it to profile hot articles in library and information science. There's a free API for non-commercial use.
1. http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/bXHotArticles
2. http://www.infodocket.com/…/the-top-10-hot-articles-in-lib…/
We are delighted to announce a new link partnership with the German National Library of Medicine (ZB Med). You can find out more at the link 1 below.
We're pretty jazzed about this because ZB Med is the world's largest library in its subject combo and they work hard at making their holdings very broad so that their researchers can legitimately reach the majority of the content they need.
And, for those of you not familiar with the structure of German science, to have an ass...ociation with the Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences is truly an honor and privilege given their rich history. See link 2 below.
Users of the search portal called LIVIVO, will now find links to articles hosted here and they are welcome to try our instant research article streaming service for two weeks FREE. After this, they can subscribe if they wish for just $40 month (charge will be converted to Euros by credit card company).
We're happy to welcome ZB Med users to our service.
1. http://blog.deepdyve.com/2015/09/21/welcome-zb-med/
2. http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/about-us/history/
Here at DeepDyve we have a channel on Slack (a collaborative tool) called "Positive Feedback".
If any of us are having a tough day, it's great to visit and remind ourselves that our service makes a real difference to many. Here are a few examples of the warm and fuzzy user vibes we regularly receive:
"Enjoying easy-to-use @deepdyve for access to thousands of top academic journals & articles instantly. #keepingup" @NewportVet...
"It's easy to search, and easy to keep track of which articles I'm interested in. It's also very convenient to have so many papers available in one central location".
"I like DeepDyve a lot. It's the most useful academic research tool I have used so far".
"You saved my life I am writing a master's thesis and your site is the best place for resources. Your high concept pitch is awesome... Spotify for science articles! Love it"
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At DeepDyve we try to keep abreast of relevant industry reports and share them here. Naturally, they are all free to read.
A new addition to our collection (see link below) lays out the 18 technology-driven trends, challenges, and developments libraries are likely to face over the next five years. The predictions are outlined in the New Media Consortium's (NMC) 2015 Library Edition of their Horizon Report. A panel of 53 experts from 15 countries collaborated on the report.
H...ere are a few trends:
-Intuitive interfaces for navigating libraries' huge stores of data.
-Expanding research outputs including datasets, visualizations etc
-User expectations of mobile friendly content
-Providing Open Access
-Rethinking library design to reflect modern usage
The full report is well worth a read.
It's that time of year again when publishers and their vendor partners start preparing for the Frankfurt Book Fair, from 14-18th October 2015 (see link 1 below).
Beforehand, the STM Association (International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers) are hosting their annual pre-meeting event (see link 2 below for program).
Our CEO, Bill Park, is attending both events on 13th and 14th of October. He will be meeting our publishing partners but also give us a ...shout here if you want an appointment. We will be following along from home via the hashtag #stmfrankfurt.
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Over the weekend our attention was drawn to an article that is boldly entitled "This is the end of the library as we know it".
Before reading it this morning, we thought that the headline should probably be rephrased as a question "is this...?" but having now digested the content it seems that the title is spot on!
The article, written by Donald Barclay, Deputy University Librarian, University of California, Merced, is posted on Quartz, see link below....
From the very beginning the article engages with some really interesting stats and facts about the costs of print storage, the redesign of various libraries to include more online work stations/collaborative space with printed materials being housed in the basement ready for retrieval if needed.
Here are some memorable details to whet your appetite:
- The total cost of keeping one book in an open library stack (the kind that allows browsing) at $4.26 per year (in 2009 dollars).
- At Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where they are building a new library 90% of the new space will be for student use, not for storing books or materials.
- University of Michigan's $55 million renovation of its Taubman Health Sciences Library (completed in 2015) has removed all print books from the library in order to accommodate classrooms and collaboration rooms.
Since Librarians are not, in our experience prone to exaggeration, this article really does offer an interesting look at the future.
Here's a fascinating article (see link below) that helps explain which universities are most innovative in terms of being the strongest performers based on industry collaboration.
According to Robert Tijssen, chair of science and innovation studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands, alongside societal engagement, "university-industry connectivity is now the third mission of a university, next to teaching and training and research".
It was published in Times Higher Educa...tion in collaboration with Elsevier. It aims to shed new light on the world of university innovations and inventions by revealing which institutions show the strongest performance across four indicators: the ratio of papers co-authored with industry, the proportion of papers cited by patents, the quantity of research income from industry and the proportion of research income from industry.
There's also an accompanying visualization "Alliances in science: innovation indicators" which can also be seen in high res.
One of the most frequently asked questions here at DeepDyve is:
"Do you carry this specific journal"?
There's a really quick way to get the answer. Simply visit our annotated alphabetical journals list. See link 1 below....
Available - means new and existing subscribers can read that article now
Preview - means we'd like you to be able to read the article, but don't yet have the publisher's permission
Free - means that the full text is available on the platform without subscription
New - means just that! Another journal for your reading pleasure
We also have a new article recommendation engine so that you can browse from a range of similar content.
To find out more about how we help you find relevant content at a price that you can afford, please see our latest blog (link 2 below).
1. http://ow.ly/QAW4l
2. http://ow.ly/QAUuQ
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This report title caught our attention recently "We love the library but we live on the web". See link below to download it, you have to register first.
This clearly laid out document presents findings around how academic library users view online resources and services. It is based on a survey of users at seven UK academic libraries. Over 4,000 responses were collected between November 2014 and February 2015.
Q16 of the survey invited respondents to complete the following s...entence by adding no more than 140 characters: "In 2020, my ideal online library would be…" The answers to this question are really fascinating (page 15 onwards) and they are classified by level of seniority. For example, here's a quote from a post-doctoral researcher:
"In 2020, my ideal online library would be my most important research partner: an intuitive and personalized system that learns from my activities & supports my research through resource suggestions and a comprehensive mobile management system".
Food for thought for service providers like ourselves!
Both the survey and report are sponsored by Innovative Interfaces (www.iii.com) and managed by Sero Consulting (www.serohe.co.uk).
Today this headline caught our eye.
"A library in the palm of your hand. Mobile Services in the Top 100 University Libraries". You can find the full text article on InfoDocket, see link below.
If you stop and think about that for a moment, this is quite an extraordinary phenomenon but sadly this is not an experience shared by everyone around the world or even every US academic....
All 100 libraries, in the top 100 universities from US News and World Report 2014 listing surveyed, offered some combination of mobile: websites, database access, e-books, text messaging. There are even a few that offer QR codes and augmented reality (which sounds fun!).
Smart phones are an empowering technology for those who are lucky enough to have one!
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Here's a useful list of publically available datasets for all you data geeks out there. We spotted this in a tweet from Laura Norén, a sociologist teaching at NYU, @digitalFlaneuse.
Amazing breadth of topics, from US faces, cats (link not working!) and museums to Biology, Climate, Finance and Economics. Also, a healthy amount of coverage from different international governments.
What tools do researchers use for access and discovery?
If you are carrying out research (from Master's students to professors), or supporting research (such as librarians, publishers and funders) then we'd like to encourage you to participate in this survey from the Utrecht University Library.
You can find the questionnaire at this link: https://101innovations.wordpress.com/...
On this page, we do filter what we share and we don't like to ask for too much of your time but this survey is important for benchmarking the adoption of emerging scholarly tools. The results are shared publically and we will bring you updates on an ongoing basis.
Bianca Kramer is a subject specialist in Life Sciences and Medicine from Utrecht University Library, and the work that she and colleague Jeroen Bosman do in terms of mapping the scholarly communications landscape is first rate.
Here's something to make you stop and think.
The Internet Archive based in San Francisco has 400+ billion web documents and they needed a search engine!
Apparently, such a resource does exist. It's open source, free, available on Github and comes from an organization called Gigablast who have agreed to provide search results to the archive....
As things stand, the true potential of the archive's records can't be unlocked but hopefully that's going to change. When the project is complete, this will be the biggest search engine ever created.
You can find out more about Gigablast here.
Today we're reading an article by Rick Anderson entitled "A quiet culture war in research libraries – and what it means for librarians, researchers and publishers". It's an opinion piece in the UKSG's Insight publication (freely available to read, see link below).
The abstract neatly sums up a trend that I've observed in library dynamics which is the interplay of the views of more radical librarians (who see their role as helping to shape the future of scholarly communicatio...n) with those who are less so (who see their role as supporting those who work for the organization and its mission). The two are not mutually exclusive and this is a fairly simple summation of the situation!
How this will play out in the longer term is unclear but certainly recognizing that the role of libraries and librarians continues to evolve (as Rick illustrates using some nice graphics) is well worth being aware of.
This piece is relevant to us here at DeepDyve because we serve those who are not affiliated with an academic library but understanding the dynamics that are at work in this adjacent space is important.
The current tumultuous Greek financial situation has sadly effected academic access to newly published research.
The Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link), the service providing all Greek universities and research institutes with access to scholarly articles, has terminated all licenses after being unable to maintain payments.
Some of the publishers have agreed to a three-month grace period and will continue to provide new issues of their journals. But for others, no ...new content is available. Archive access is maintained.
We discovered this through the news service of *research - see this link to read the full article http://ow.ly/Pf0RA.
Following the "no" referendum at the weekend it's hard to predict when this will improve, hopefully soon.
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Here's a fascinating report on Internet Trends from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (the Venture Capital firm based in CA).
It's a good day when you stumble upon excellent content that's freely available and relevant to all.
Small health warning - there are 196 excellent slides here, so we're sharing this before the holiday weekend here in the US when you just might have time to read it....
Highlights for us include:
Slide 8 - the impact of the internet on different sectors is in many respects just beginning. Take a look at education for example, lots of room for innovation there.
Slide 14 - time spent per adult user per day with digital media. We're spending 5.6 connected hours per day. 51% of our time on mobile and 42% on desk/laptop, which is interesting.
Slide 31 to 44 - great visual summary of how we used to make business work back in the day and the apps we use now to bring greater efficiency. "Then" and "Now" gave us lots of ideas for apps to try.
Slide 69 - made us laugh. Apparently millennials love their smartphones but let's be honest here, everyone loves their smartphones! Phrases such as "my smartphone never leaves my side night or day" resonates with many of us.
Anyway, Happy 4th if you are in the US and happy reading.
Here's a photo we can all relate to! Great choice of shot to sum up the frustration of not being able to access the research you need.
The author, Ben Johnson, is a Research Policy Adviser for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). I am sure this role would be a lot easier if he could get hold of the content he needs quickly, simply and affordably!
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"Of course, working for a government body means having absolutely zero subscription access to academic journals, so any access I get to scientific or scholarly literature has to happen via one of the following routes:
1. gold open access articles
2. manuscript postings (green open access)
3. private sharing (emailing the author or asking around for a copy)
4. personal purchases of subscription content"
We offer an affordable solution to Ben, as he says "price and coverage are the key factors". If you are in a similar position to him, please do try our two week free trial and then subscribe for $40 per month.
On this page, we mostly feature tools that help search and find relevant scholarly articles. But what about multimedia content, what's the best way to find Video for example?
Apparently, "Microsoft made a better YouTube search engine than Google", which is the somewhat surprising headline of this article in The Verge. See link below.
"Microsoft gave a much-needed makeover to its Bing video search feature this week, and the final product is pretty good"....
Check it out and decide for yourself. Then let us know what you think.
Here's a cool search tool that could be of interest to those of you who work on ecology and environmental issues.
It's called JournalMap and it is a scholarly literature search engine for finding relevant research based on geo-tagged locations and traditional keyword searches. See link below.
Here's the problem that JournalMap addresses:...
"Scientists and resource managers struggling to deal with rapidly changing environments and evolving threats need quick access to relevant research and descriptions of natural systems. The ability to find out what is known about a specific ecosystem, species or landscape is hindered by current search technologies that rely on keyword, topic, text, and author searching – concepts of publication cataloging and searching that date back to the late 1800's. Much of the published research conducted on ecosystems around the world is tied to specific places, and these locations can be exploited to search for literature based on geography in addition to traditional searching".
Interestingly, they have a collections tool that can be used to organize and group geotagged articles. As they say, "a great way to visualize the geographic extent of knowledge on a topic or capture the known scientific knowledge of a place". For example, there's a collection on measuring Soil Erosion, one on Coos Bay (interesting to focus on a very specific location) and some curated by the author to gather together their own work etc.
All in all, we think this is a great initiative, well worth checking out!
Today we're intrigued at the notion of a computational knowledge engine as opposed to a search engine.
Here's the difference according to website Wolfram Alpha (see link below):
SEARCH ENGINES index web pages, then look for textual matches, then give you lists of links to follow....
KNOWLEDGE ENGINES use built-in knowledge curated by human experts to compute on the fly a specific answer and analysis for every query.
If ever a site had a lofty long-term goal this would be it:
"To make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone.
We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything".
They have my attention, off to check it out now!
So here is a shiny thing from us to make the arduous task of getting affordable access to information that bit easier.
The DeepDyve IE plug-in is a nifty widget that runs with Google Scholar, Google and PubMed and shows you which articles are available to rent from us. Here's a link to download it. https://www.deepdyve.com/plugin
This is an incredibly useful tool whether you want to evaluate our service in your discipline to see if we have enough coverage of the titles that ...you are interested in (and then subscribe!) or are a subscriber who wants to be more time efficient.
Shout out to co-workers Kaia and Raza for a job well done.
Enjoy, please share any feedback here.
Today a piece in "The Scientist" magazine caught our eye. See link 1 below. It's about the buzz around big data and how to turn that into meaningful discovery.
What we particularly like about the article is the opening problem statement that clearly lays out the up and down sides of the increase in research data:
"As recently as five years ago, nearly all my genetics data could fit on my personal computer and could be analyzed using basic spreadsheet software. Today, my data... require sophisticated analysis tools and larger storage solutions, and I am not alone. Scientists across nearly every field—from genetics to neuroscience, physics to ecology—are generating unprecedented volumes of data at speeds that would have seemed like science fiction just a few years ago. For the first time in history, researchers routinely gather more information than they can analyze in a meaningful way. As a result, science is now data-rich but discovery-poor.
The solution to this modern paradox lies in developing technologies to extract meaning from all this information. But new technologies are not sufficient; researchers must also know which technologies and methods are best equipped to address the important questions for their area of study. There simply aren't enough academic researchers who are capable of harnessing their data deluge".
The author, Vicki Chandler, the chief program officer in science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation explains the need to cultivate a new type of data-driven researcher and the announcement in October 2014 of 14 recipients of the Moore Investigator in Data-Driven Discovery Awards in pursuit of that goal. See link 2 below.
1. http://www.the-scientist.com/…
2. https://www.moore.org/…/science/data-driven-d…/investigators
Here at DeepDyve we provide an article rental service for those not affiliated with an academic library. And, we also like to bring our audience news of freely available reading resources too.
Today, we're highlighting the new "Seal" of excellence at the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). See link 1. below.
The DOAJ can help you find excellent journals that are free to read and download (and some are free to re-use too) and now there is a list of 96 titles (see link... 2. below) that have been awarded the "Seal" which can direct your search to those with the highest publishing standards first.
Here are the criteria for qualifying for the "Seal":
"Journals that adhere to an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice are awarded the Seal as recognition of those efforts. The Seal is awarded to a journal that fulfills a set of criteria related to accessibility, openness, discoverability, reuse and author rights. It acts as a signal to readers and authors that the journal has generous use and reuse terms, author rights and adheres to the highest level of 'openness'. The Seal has nothing to do with the scholarly quality of the material published in the journal".
Happy reading and have a great weekend.
1. https://doajournals.wordpress.com/…/doaj-seal-is-now-live-…/
2. http://ow.ly/OeDbX
Here's a good question to consider: In the world of academic publishing, what does discovery really mean?
The June/July issue of Research Information asked seven key industry figures to give their opinions. See link 1. below.
We found the views of John Sack, founding director, HighWire Press (a technology platform provider that powers up some of the world's leading journals and is based close to our offices) to be particularly relevant. See link 2 below....
A few interesting statements from John included:
- "Many researchers rarely 'read' entire journals anymore; even the concept of 'read a journal' tends to mean 'read the email TOC'! I expect that this contributes to the increasing revenue that publishers can gain through article rental services such as ours.
- "One researcher said to us: 'Because of keyword search, I only find what I'm looking for". Lucky them! We've not had this experience but the fact that some people think this is the case is somewhat worrying!
- "Most researchers come to journal sites with a 'grab and go' mentality (grab a pdf and get out of the site). As an information provider, how do you break that pattern of behaviour as readers are seeking research articles? How do you get readers to turn the page of the encyclopaedia, so to speak?". Tricky indeed, I guess it all comes down to storytelling and engagement.
1. http://ow.ly/O5pXn
2. http://home.highwire.org/
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It has to be said that the STM Association really does go above and beyond in terms of the number of interesting reports it provides.
Their latest is on Tech Trends in STM publishing for 2015 and it was released at their Spring Meeting. It comes as a rather nice infographic (attached) to illustrate the 3 core themes:
1. Publishing Data as First Class Research Objects, ...
2. Article as an element in a Hub and Spoke Model connecting many digital artifacts
3. Reputation Management using new metrics and based on more elements than just the publication track record
This blog feature does a good job of explaining the infographic in more depth. See link below.


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When law enforcement agencies are faced with maintaining public safety
services on shrinking budgets, every first responder, from the patrol officer
to the tactical team member, is affected.
Big-ticket purchases, like armored rescue vehicles, are often the last
to qualify for funding. In response to this, Lenco Armored Vehicles recently
introduced an innovative program that offers smaller agencies on tight budgets
the opportunity to purchase quality pre-owned vehicles at an affordable price.
Lenco Armored Vehicles is a leading designer and manufacturer of
armored vehicles for law enforcement agencies, state police and sheriff's
office SWAT teams, and the military. Since 1981, the company has produced over
5,000 vehicles in over forty countries worldwide. Lenco's product line includes
the BEAR® and BearCat® Armored Response & Rescue vehicles, with mission specific variants for Police, SWAT
and Special Response Teams; MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected);
MedEvac/Ambulance; Bomb Response/EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal); Anti-Riot
and Civil Disturbance Response; and High Level Personal Protection.
Lenco developed its core line of armored vehicles as an alternative to
non-commercial, specialized military vehicles, building them on heavy-duty
commercial truck chassis platforms.
All Lenco armored trucks are built with Mil-Spec steel
armor plate certified to defeat multi-hit attacks from 7.62mm Armor Piercing
and/or .50 Cal BMG. Ceilings and floors provide enhanced blast and
fragmentation protection, while ballistic glass windows offer superior clarity and
the same multi-hit defeat. With a long list of standard equipment and available
options, Lenco armored vehicles can be designed to meet mission-specific
Lenny Light, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for
Lenco, said that the Gen I BearCat Trade-In Program was introduced in 2011 when
several customers asked about trading in their First Generation BearCat against
the purchase of a new one.
Complete refurbishment of a used BearCat consists of
stripping down the vehicle, installing a new Ford engine, replacing all glass,
and fully repainting the vehicle, inside and out. All refurbished BearCats
offer Lenco's proven 50-caliber armor protection and proprietary rotating roof
hatch with a counter-balance lift system. The interior is fully upgraded with
seating for ten operators, and is equipped with new bench seats, carpeting, and
running boards. Other areas of refurbishment include 4-wheel drive, adjustable
height gunner stand, siren and PA system, and multiple gunports.
After refurbishment,
the BearCat is then marketed to law enforcement agencies for use in tactical
and SWAT operations. Since trade-in value has a great deal more to do with
hours on the engine than miles, most of the used BearCats have relatively low
mileage. With the refurbishment program, smaller departments and
Sam Todd is the Operations Advisor for the Ohio
Tactical Officers Association (OTOA), a non-profit organization that provides
networking opportunities and communication links to law enforcement tactical
teams and first responders. The OTOA recently assisted Hudson Township's Metro
SWAT Team in their search for a much-needed armored vehicle for tactical
operations. "Funding a big ticket item like this has often fallen on grant
funding requirements, and occasionally, direct funding from an agency," Todd
said. "It is not a luxury item; it is an essential tool that tactical units
should have access to in a timely manner."
The recent rash of shootings has brought home to all
Americans that senseless violence can occur anywhere in this country. In light
of this, law enforcement agencies must have the tools necessary to bring
mission-critical scenarios to a positive conclusion. When three Pittsburgh police officers
were fatally shot during a four-hour standoff in April 2009, the pressure for
Metro SWAT to procure an armored rescue vehicle became critical. Since many of
the Pittsburgh SWAT team officers were good friends of Metro SWAT, the point
was driven home especially hard.
Understanding that Metro SWAT was hindered by
budgetary restraints, Jim Massery, Government Sales Manager for Lenco,
suggested the purchase of an upgraded Gen 1BearCat through the refurbishment
program. "These units provide the same great protection level and quality
manufacturing Lenco has made their reputation on, with the vintage styling of
the Gen 1 designs," Todd said. The refurbished unit looks and functions like a
new vehicle, giving small teams with tight budgets the opportunity to purchase
a life-saving piece of equipment like the Lenco BearCat.
Like Metro SWAT, the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office
in Illinois was struggling to acquire a
much-needed armored vehicle for their SWAT team, primarily due to limited
equipment funds.
According to Deputy Chief Scott D. Meyers, most of the Homeland
Security grant money goes to ILEAS (Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System),
which is a regional response-type entity throughout the state. "Because of
this, federal grant funding is usually unavailable to local agencies for big
ticket items like a BearCat," Meyers said.
While discussing leasing options with Lenco's Jim Massery, Meyers
learned about the refurbishment program and immediately recognized it as an
attractive alternative. The Sheriff's Office ended up buying a 2004 BearCat at
a price that was nearly half of what a new one would have cost. Due to the
lower pricing of the refurbished vehicle, they were able to use funds that had
been seized from local drug dealers to purchase their BearCat. "Being able to
obtain this item for the teams at a cost savings of nearly $100,000 is a great
feeling for the agencies' administration, as well as the end user operator
whose life it may someday save," said Meyers.
Susan Geoghegan is a freelance writer
living in Naples, Fla. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Photos from the walls of an exhibition by photographer Martin Pisotti in Santa Fe at Mite gallery , Buenos Aires. Amazing! I think I n...
Photos from the walls of an exhibition by photographer Martin Pisotti
in Santa Fe at Mite gallery, Buenos Aires.
Amazing! I think I need a new feature, inspiring studio/exhibition spaces.
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LOVE this. awesome!ReplyDelete
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oh yes, definitely love!ReplyDelete
the exhibition was in buenos aires, thou, in a little gallery called mite. they have lots of lovely exhibitions there :)
@toi ~ oh thanks for that, ill fix up the post.ReplyDelete
@toi ~ ahh I think I would LOVE this gallery -- found their flickr :)ReplyDelete
well, if you ever visit buenos aires you know where to go ;)ReplyDelete
there's a lot of independent/alternative galleries around here that i'm sure you'd love. there's sapo, formosa (they have photography/embrodery workshops too) and cobra, just to name a few
A nice space for having a clear mind :)ReplyDelete
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You should do it! I'd love to look at those posts.ReplyDelete
wow i love it! white, wood and photographs <3ReplyDelete
Magical photos, very delicate exhibition. I'll fly to BsAs in ten days and will make sure I drop by ;DReplyDelete
So interesting. I would love to see more galleries.ReplyDelete
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Thank you for the inspiration! I'm going to decorate my new room at uni soon, so I'm definitely saving these in my inspiratino folder! :)ReplyDelete
Inspiring indeed !!!ReplyDelete
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such a lovely spaces! simple as it is, and white :)ReplyDelete
love the white walls & spiral staircase, it makes everything feel so light... <3ReplyDelete
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thank you for sharing. these photographs encourage me to rethink how much a hate my own white walls and utilize them as a gallery space. love the first one esepcially xxReplyDelete
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@Flor ~ this exhibition was earlier in the year and nolonger open. but the gallery it was in ( Mite Gallery) is still open and looks really interesting. Worth a visit!ReplyDelete
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According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the first scheduled execution of 2013 in the state of Texas will occur Jan. 29, when Kimberly McCarthy will receive the ultimate form of punishment for robbing and stabbing to death a 70-year-old woman in Dallas County. Following the murder, McCarthy also used the deceased victim's credit cards and vehicle.
The Death Penalty Information Center released a report Dec. 18, indicating that capital punishment in 2012 - as far as new death sentences - was down to its second-lowest total since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
In 2012, there were 43 executions nationwide - 15 in Texas.
On a related note, the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - hey, at least the organization states its agenda in its name - described the state of Texas as being "haphazard" in how it implements capital punishment, specifically among individual counties.
Considering the cost of capital punishment (see lawyer fees) is an ever-escalating factor in the decision whether to seek the death penalty, a perceived discrepancy in how counties institute the ultimate form of punishment shouldn't come as a surprise.
Unfortunately, it seems the pursuit of justice is more and more coming down to dollars and cents - that is just the reality of the situation, which the TCADP mentions.
There are four convicted offenders on death row from the Amarillo metro area (Potter and Randall counties). Three have been on death row since 1999 and another since 1991.
The TCADP also mentions capital punishment may be on the decline because "of a growing sense that the system is unfair and makes mistakes."
Considering how DNA testing has changed the justice system - when available, DNA testing can confirm innocence or guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, in most cases - the possibility of making "mistakes" when it comes to DNA testing should no longer be a major consideration.
The state of Texas executed 15 offenders in 2012 - four were white, four were Hispanic and seven were black. Since 1982, 46 percent of executed offenders in Texas were white, 37 percent were black and 17 percent were Hispanic.
Justice should not come down to cost, but there can be no denying that counties have no other choice but to make the price of justice a major consideration when it comes to the death penalty.


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Top ten resources looking at falls.
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Top ten resources looking at safety in care homes and at home.
Discussion papers
A HSJ commissioned report which sets out key actions and best practice for hospital and system leaders, as well as highlighting a need to reset some expectations.
Inquiries and reports
RQIA conducted unannounced inspections at Northern Ireland's 11 acute hospitals, speaking to over 350 patients and their relatives, observing practice and reviewing patients' notes. This review makes 14 regional recommendations across the areas to improve the quality of care for older people in Northern Ireland's hospitals.
Academic papers
This research paper looks at the effect of a twelve-month individually tailored multifactorial, interdisciplinary intervention targeting frailty, compared with usual care. The intervention reduced phenotypically defined frailty (weakness, slowness, and low energy expenditure) and improved mobility.
Inquiries and reports
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was established to improve social care services for adults and children in the United Kingdom. This report discusses nutrition and hydration from the perspective of social care with the emphasis on simple practice points which could be implemented to improve the nutrition of the frail elderly population.
Inquiries and reports
This report focuses on work to identify frailty in 4 locations in Scotland. The purpose is to describe what is happening in each location, reflect on the factors that have helped make their approaches successful, identify any obstacles the teams encountered and draw out key principles.
Improvement reports
This Quality Improvement Report carried out an audit on the use of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST). It found that patients did not consistently have a MUST score documented, the scores were calculated incorrectly and that high MUST scores were not being acted on appropriately.
Improvement reports
This improvement report looked at how to increase the availability of vision and hearing aids in the intensive care unit of the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
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A system of payment by results exists for the management of hip fractures in England and Wales.UCLH performed badly in the 2013 national hip fracture database (NHFD) audit against the national standards.
Through the introduction of a multi-disciplinary patient pathway and clerking pro forma, the proportion of patients earning the best practice tariff uplift increased from 44.4% to 91.7%.


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Latest media releases
UBS Real Estate Bubble Index: market in the risk zone
The UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index entered the risk zone in 3Q 2012 and now stands at 1.02 index points. This sharp increase of 0.20 points reflects a further intensification of the imbalances on the housing market.
Zurich/Basel, 5 November 2012 – The UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index currently stands at 1.02 and has therefore entered the risk zone for the first time since the real estate bubble of the 1990s. This corresponds to a sharp rise of 0.20 index points on the previous quarter. As expected, the slight correction last quarter proved not to be a trend reversal. Although the index only just exceeded the risk zone threshold, further price rises should increasingly be seen as overvaluation.
The index rise into the risk zone reflects the continued increase in imbalances on the Swiss housing market. The consumer price index is another 0.2 percent lower than in June of this year and personal income showed hardly any growth. Declining consumer prices and stagnating income, however, do not form a basis for sustained real estate price increases.
Although population growth continues to favor price increases, the high price level is increasingly being supported by the demand for real estate as an investment as well as by low interest rates. The continued strong increase in household mortgage debt is showing no signs of abatement. This represents a dangerous trend, as both drivers could easily be thrown into reverse and therefore trigger a price correction.
In many exposed regions the situation continued escalating in the last six months. For instance, Davos recorded a price increase of 7.6 percent, Zug 5.1 percent and Zurich and Lausanne a still very high 3.8 percent within six months. The situation in Geneva has de-escalated slightly with an increase of 1.8 percent, although this is still significant given the high price level. As a result of the rising UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index we have reassigned the economic regions of Saanen-Obersimmental and Unteres Baselbiet as exposed regions and are extending the monitoring regions (regions with increased risk potential) to include Nidwalden and Innerschwyz.
UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index
Depending on its current value, the index falls into one of the following risk categories: slump, balance, boom, risk and bubble. These categories are specifically defined and ranked in order of risk. The UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index comprises six sub-indices that track: the relationship between purchase and rental prices, the relationship between house prices and household income, the development of house prices relative to inflation, the relationship between mortgage debt and income, the relationship between construction and gross domestic product (GDP), and the ratio of loan applications filed for intended rental properties to total loan applications filed by UBS private clients.
Selecting exposed and monitoring regions
Our selection of exposed regions is tied to the level of the UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index and is based on a multi-level selection process utilizing regional population and property price data.
The number of exposed and monitoring regions grew in 3Q 2012. Unteres Baselbiet and Saanen-Obersimmental have been reassigned as exposed regions. Nidwalden and Innerschwyz have also joined the ranks of the monitoring regions. Determining factors for the increase were new price and population data as well as the sharp rise in the UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index. Furthermore, the population mobility regions of Zurich, Geneva and Lausanne remain among Switzerland's riskiest due to their national importance. Other exposed regions include the large metropolitan areas of Zug, Pfannenstiel, Limmattal, Zimmerberg, March, Vevey, Morges and Nyon as well as the tourist regions of Davos and Oberengadin. Alongside Nidwalden and Innerschwyz, Basel-Stadt, Knonaueramt and the Glattal-Furttal region fall into the category of monitoring regions.
Regional risk map: 3rd Quarter 2012
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Claudio Saputelli, Head of CIO WM Swiss & Global Real Estate Research
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Dr. Matthias Holzhey, Economist CIO WM Swiss & Global Real Estate Research
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The UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index report is available on the Internet via this link: www.ubs.com/swissrealestatebubbleindex-en.
The next date of publication for the UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index is 4 February 2012.