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Web 3.0

In the 2007 Xmas issue of the BMJ there is an important article about Web 3.0 -- a new concept:  the Semantic Web.

"So what is web 3.0, and why is it called the semantic web? Although both terms are used interchangeably, they convey slightly different, if complementary, views of the new web. The web 3.0 label is often used as a marketing ploy for "the next big thing." An important feature of web 3.0 is that it enables computers to talk to each other so that they can perform the tasks necessary for us to do our work. However, a primary feature of web 3.0 is that it uses  metadata—data about data. This will transform the web into a giant database, and organise it along the lines of  PubMed, or one of our trusted medical library catalogues."

Here is a .pdf of the article which is also available free at the BMJ: Download web_3.0 Giustini .pdf
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Equine Cold Panniculitis

We saw an interesting case of Equine Panniculitis the other day.  It is presented on VGRD Blog.  The key reference reference is here:
Page 1: Download ECP.1.pdf
Page 2: Download ecp_2.pdf
Page 3: Download ecp_3.pdf

Abstract:

Equestrian cold panniculitis in women.
Beacham BE, Cooper PH, Buchanan CS, Weary PE.
Arch Dermatol. 1980 Sep;116(9):1025-7.

We describe four patients with panniculitis attributable to a combination of cold
exposure and equestrian activities. All were young, healthy women who rode horses
for at least two consecutive hours per day throughout the winter. Initially,
several small, erythematosus, pruritic papules appeared on the superior-lateral
portions of one or both thighs. During one week, the lesions progressed to
indurated, red-to-violaceous,tender plaques and nodules. Studies for
cryofibrinogens and cryoglobulins were negative. The histologic picture was that 
of a panniculitis with prominent inflammation of veins most notable at the
dermal-subcutaneus fat junction. Cold panniculitis is not limited to infancy and 
childhood. The distribution of lesions in our patients may have been caused, in
part, by the use of tight-fitting, uninsulated riding pants. Such attire may have
slowed blood flow through the skin, thereby further reducing tissue temperature.

PMID: 7191239 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]