The University of Minnesota is expanding access to clinical trials and supporting the health research community by sharing its clinical trial resource, StudyFinder, with other institutions designated with Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA), a program spearheaded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). StudyFinder is an online tool pooling clinical trials and research studies in one space, with easy-to-understand language and functions. It helps patients and healthy volunteers get involved and allows researchers to publicize their clinical trials and connect with study volunteers.
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Open Textbooks Gain in Push for College Affordability
Michael Melia | eCampus News | February 19, 2016
The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward Neth is preparing for the fall semester, the cost will be zero. An early adopter of open source textbooks, Neth said he turned to the new technology out of frustration with spiraling prices of commercial textbooks. “It’s seeing the costs go up every semester and almost feeling powerless,” Neth said...
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Open Up To Open Standards
V. Sridhar | The Hindu Business Line | April 11, 2013
As we foray in to 2013 and beyond, we see the emergence of everything open (open source, open standards, open courses, open data, open innovation and open spectrum)...While the verdict is yet to be out, there is already a widespread acceptance from the industry on the following openness. Read More »
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Open-Source Business Intelligence And Reporting Solutions: Use Or Pass?
Suzanne Kattau | SD Times | November 6, 2012
Business intelligence and reporting solutions are available in both commercial and open-source versions. While many businesses have needs that can only be satisfied by using commercial business intelligence and reporting solutions, others would do perfectly well by sticking with open-source solutions. Here are some pros and cons of using open-source ones: Read More »
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Open-Source Cancer Diagnosis
Pete Swabey | InformationAge | April 11, 2013
The Free Diagnostic Pathology Software Project uses the open source principle to give doctors access to improved cancer testing workflows Read More »
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Open-source Cloud Frameworks: A Work in Progress
Robert L. Scheier | Computerworld | May 7, 2012
Among other advantages, Cloud Foundry makes it easier to scale an application by adding more instances without downtime, Miles says. Because of the way it works with other open-source software, new features can be added in minutes rather than hours.
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Open-source Code Leads to the Adoption of University of Minnesota's StudyFinder by Additional Translational Medicine Research Institutions
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University Of Minnesota Academic Health Center |
April 26, 2016
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Open-Source Darwin Now Available to Download for Apple MacOS Sierra
Mark Coppock | Yahoo Tech | November 25, 2016
Although it may seem strange, Apple’s MacOS is at heart an open-source system. Apple is one of the most profitable companies in the world and yet the core components of the operating system driving its Mac line is made up of freely available software. Called Darwin, these open-source components include major parts of the MacOS kernel, portions of Linux BSD, and various drivers. As such, Apple has always made these open-source software bits available for download ever since OS X 10.0 was released, and now the company has made MacOS 10.12 Sierra’s Darwin available as well, according to 9to5Mac...
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Open-Source E-Bike Uses Smartphone As On-Board Computer
Staff Writer | Springwise.com | October 9, 2012
Urban mobility startup Velo is hoping to make an open-source computer-aided e-bike available to road users in the form of the Velo-1. Read More »
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Open-Source EdgeX Foundry Seeks to Standardize Internet of Things
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | April 24, 2017
Security is the Internet of Things' (IoT) Achilles heel. One reason that's so is there is a lack of common IoT development standards. The Linux Foundation, along with 50 companies, is addressing this by building a common open-framework for IoT edge computing and an ecosystem of interoperable components under a new open-source consortium: The EdgeX Foundry. The new initiative has a common goal: The simplification and standardization of Industrial IoT edge computing, while still allowing room for vendors to add their own value-add features...
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Open-Source EHR: Benefits And Drawbacks
Charles Settles | HealthWorks Collective | August 14, 2014
As open-source software’s popularity grows, health IT has been slow to join the rising tide, even though EHRs were born open-source. What are the pros and cons of open-source EHR software?...
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Open-Source Hardware In The Creative World
Suzanne Deffree & Jessica MacNeil | EDN Network | September 13, 2013
Open Hardware Summit attendees packed the Kresge Auditorium at MIT last Friday with eyes and minds wide open to hear from engineers and makers on their open-source designs and overall thinking on the concept of sharing ideas and knowledge. Read More »
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Open-Source Hardware: Copy & Paste Empowerment
Caleb Kraft | EE Times | September 12, 2013
Last week I was privileged enough to speak at the Open Hardware Summit. It was a wonderful experience, and I hope to return again in the years to come. Read More »
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Open-Source Kits Put Robots In Many Hands
John Titus | Design News | October 11, 2012
I recently received an interesting press release about Multiplo, a four-person startup seeking venture funds in small amounts to create and manufacture kits for anyone interested in robotics. Read More »
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Open-Source Maps Of California’s Emergency Medical Agencies
Ben Welsh | Los Angeles Times | December 21, 2012
The [Los Angeles] Times is releasing free and open-source files that map out the boundaries of the regional agencies that regulate emergency medical services in California. The release coincides with a Times investigation published Friday that found that outdated technology has frustrated efforts by state officials to measure how well local agencies perform emergency rescues. Read More »
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Open-Source Platform Gains Popularity In Government
Stuart Corner | The Age | September 24, 2013
So popular has a little-known open-source program become within federal government agencies that there is now a shortage of expertise in Canberra. Read More »
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