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LEAD STORIES: EXTRA: OTHER NEWS: ASIDES: FAVORITES: LEAD STORIES What's the big deal - just cut and paste? When converting documents from publishing systems like Microsoft Word, Quark or Adobe FrameMaker, many people cut and paste from the original documents - yet this can prove inaccurate, time consuming and costly, writes DCL's Mike Gross. More. No more PDF: XML-based drug-labeling becoming FDA requirement New "SPL" drug labeling standard brings many advantages, but could cause start-up pains for pharmaceutical companies. DCLnews reports. More. EXTRA Meeting FDA Requirements for SPL >>> Data Conversion Laboratory/ForeignExchange Translations Webinar DCL and ForeignExchange Translations are joining forces to present an exciting webinar about meeting the FDA Requirements for Structured Product Labeling. As of October 31, 2005, the FDA will require that all US-marketed package inserts (USPIs) be submitted in XML format. Structured Product Labeling (SPL) and the implications of implementing an XML solution are becoming more obvious to the pharmaceutical industry. But what are the options -- especially while FDA requirements are a moving target? The short-term solution may be very different than the long-term solution. And the 'right' answer for a large pharma company may be very different than the 'right' answer for a small pharma company. This presentation will focus on the options available to meet the FDA's XML mandate from a vendor-neutral perspective, equipping the attendees with pros and cons for each option so that they can formulate an approach that meets their regulatory and business requirements. This audio conference will cover:
Please join us September 22nd at 11:30AM Eastern. Register here for webinar: http://www.fxtrans.com/resources/ac/future/ac20050922.htm OTHER NEWS Battlefield medical tool helps Katrina victims A handheld diagnostic tool used by the military in Afghanistan and Iraq is being used to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Battlefield Medical Information System-Tactical (BMIS-T) "is on its way down there to help Federal Emergency Management Agency teams treat casualties from the Category 4 storm," said Tommy Morris, project manager of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, which developed the tool. The handhelds will provide military medics with instant access to patient records and potential treatment plans. BMIS-T is a point-of-care diagnostic tool that runs on Hewlett-Packard's iPAQ Pocket PC. Using the device, medics can document a clinical session in seconds. Individual patient accounts - such as immunization, dental records and current medication information - are embedded in the system. More. Open access - the final battle? The UK research council is facing last ditch opposition from publishers and learned societies to its plans to make free access to scientific journals on the internet a condition of grants. Ian Diamond, the chief executive of Research Councils UK, the umbrella body representing the eight research councils, has proposed that from October academics archive final versions of their papers in repositories belonging to their own universities or subject bodies. These would then be made available free of charge to other researchers via the internet. However, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), whose members publish more than 8,000 journals believe the policy would not only damage big publishers, but also hurt scores of learned societies, which publish journals. More. Harry Potter "magic photographs" set to become reality Like everything in the Harry Potter novels, newspapers and books have magical qualities, photos spring to life, people wave, smile, cry, or hold court on an issue. Those dismissive of the very idea of the printed page producing 3-D action might need to think again. Fujitsu has announced that it has produced electronic paper which bends, supports color, and has an image memory function. The e-paper doesn't require continuous power to display a single image. And that image can be changed with minimal electrical usage, which the company describes as being equivalent to the weak radiowaves used in contactless cards. Fujitsu say the screen color is unaffected by touching or bending the e-paper and that it is more vivid than typical reflective LCDs. The paper's flexibility and minimal power requirement would make it ideal for a wide variety of uses including advertising, posting flight or train schedules and technical manuals. More. Thai duty-free zones to become paperless The Thai Customs Department’s Free Zone Division is aiming to make their free zones - duty-free areas - into paperless operations by 2008. Companies using the free zones submit their declarations for exports electronically. Then the containers used for exporting goods are sealed using electronic seals. Not only do they allow for speedier processing, they also let shippers constantly monitor their shipments. These devices enable freight information to be transferred to the internet, using RFID (radio frequency identification), they can also monitor the container's journey when used in conjunction with GPS (global positioning system). What's more the seals can only be opened with a password - a major deterrent to unauthorized access. Surachart Janthavatcharagorn, director of the Incentives Bureau Free Zone Division at the Customs Department, explains: “When the containers arrive at the customs check point, an official calls up information from the network. If the container number matches that earlier submitted online, it will be released without the need for any inspection.” The container will then make its final journey, being electronically monitored to its destination. More. Apple sows seeds of e-learning When students at Empire High School, Vail, Arizona, started class this year they found classroom and library shelves strangely empty. There wasn't a textbook in sight. Instead the school has issued all 340 students with iBooks - laptop computers by Apple Computer Inc - making it one of the first U.S public schools to abandon printed textbooks. Because Empire High is a new school it was designed to have a textbook-free environment. Unlike most older schools which still use a combination of computers and textbooks. "Schools typically overlay computers onto their instruction like frosting on the cake," said Calvin Baker, superintendent of the Vail Unified School District. "We decided that the real opportunity was to make the laptops the key ingredient of the cake. ... to truly change the way that schools operated." Although the hi-tech environment took a little getting used to, both pupils and teachers are beginning to see the benefits. Teachers say they can make the curriculum more dynamic by offering up-to-date information - like links to Supreme Court rulings for social studies lessons. Freshman Morgan Northcutt said the computer system made it easier to do assignments and she was less likely to lose her work. More. ASIDES It's a stick up - literally! A series of ill-fated British crime fighting ideas were recently catalogued in the Home Office's in-house magazine, The Sharp End. Sniffer foxes, a gun that fired toffee-like goo and Extra Sensory Perception to detect explosives are just some of the ideas that failed to live up to expectations. Plans to harness foxes' highly-developed sense of smell were ditched after they bit their handlers and escaped by chewing their way through enclosures. Trials of a portable water cannon for riot police also proved unsuccessful after the machine backfired, causing its operators to fall over, while a gun which squirted "toffee-like" sticky foam designed to leave offenders unable to move was deemed too risky. "The goo was very hard to remove and was a health risk to the target as the foam could block up airways," the magazine revealed. More. Popular articles from recent issues Convert from PDF: How to convert from PDF to XML & MS Word Flying high - hilarious (but true) airline announcements Adobe PDF conversion: How, for whom, and when? PDF conversion Quark to XML conversion - converting Quark to XML & HTML
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