Rethinking the Functions of a Journal - some case studies from PLoS by Mark P...dduin
The document discusses re-engineering scientific journals to better serve their functions of registration, certification, dissemination and preservation. It describes PLoS's efforts to make scientific literature openly accessible online through journals like PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine. PLoS is working to improve the organization of content by topic and impact, speed up authoring and certification through approaches like PLoS Currents, and cover operating costs through growth in submissions and publications. The goal is to make literature more useful to scientists and the public.
Building development trajectories refers to the path being followed by the development of built environments. This path can be influenced, and change, depending on external factors such as economic climate, client preferences, legislation and fashion. It can also be intentional and have a specific direction and destination that is established and followed by government and users, owners, planners and designers of built environment.
The scale and nature of social, economic and environmental pressures, climate change and the limited resources to address these challenges mean that new built environment development models need to be developed. This paper describes, and reviews, a sustainable development model for the built environment that addresses these issues. The model aims to ensure that sustainability is not just a consideration in the development of built environments, but is integrated in way that defines and directs building development trajectories.
The theoretical basis of the model is described and a tool and methodology for application presented. The review and discussion of the model and tool is undertaken and recommendations for further research and development are made.
SURF is a Dutch organization that works to improve ICT infrastructure for higher education and research. One of its initiatives is enhancing publications by linking publications with additional materials like datasets, annotations, and multimedia objects. Several projects in archaeology, history, and other fields have created enhanced publications by combining articles with maps, images, audio/video clips. Next steps include improving tools for creating enhanced publications and promoting availability and curation of research data to support this work.
This document summarizes research on online collaboration within the biodiversity research community. It discusses the challenges of cataloging Earth's species and how an online platform called Scratchpads aims to help researchers overcome barriers to collaboration. Analysis of one Scratchpad site called Livingcreatures.org found that while some researchers co-authored papers, the overlap in their co-author networks was limited. The research aims to better understand how working online impacts scientific practice and knowledge sharing.
Slovenia is a small, geographically diverse country located in Central Europe at the intersection of several mountain ranges and bodies of water. It has served as a cultural crossroads for centuries, with influences from various neighboring regions and nations. Litija is a town of around 7,000 people located along the Sava River in central Slovenia. The town is surrounded by hills and contains historic buildings, shops, and institutions. A nearby castle housed a famous polymath who made significant contributions to science and helped establish the town's history.
Rethinking the Functions of a Journal - some case studies from PLoS by Mark P...dduin
The document discusses re-engineering scientific journals to better serve their functions of registration, certification, dissemination and preservation. It describes PLoS's efforts to make scientific literature openly accessible online through journals like PLoS Biology and PLoS Medicine. PLoS is working to improve the organization of content by topic and impact, speed up authoring and certification through approaches like PLoS Currents, and cover operating costs through growth in submissions and publications. The goal is to make literature more useful to scientists and the public.
Building development trajectories refers to the path being followed by the development of built environments. This path can be influenced, and change, depending on external factors such as economic climate, client preferences, legislation and fashion. It can also be intentional and have a specific direction and destination that is established and followed by government and users, owners, planners and designers of built environment.
The scale and nature of social, economic and environmental pressures, climate change and the limited resources to address these challenges mean that new built environment development models need to be developed. This paper describes, and reviews, a sustainable development model for the built environment that addresses these issues. The model aims to ensure that sustainability is not just a consideration in the development of built environments, but is integrated in way that defines and directs building development trajectories.
The theoretical basis of the model is described and a tool and methodology for application presented. The review and discussion of the model and tool is undertaken and recommendations for further research and development are made.
SURF is a Dutch organization that works to improve ICT infrastructure for higher education and research. One of its initiatives is enhancing publications by linking publications with additional materials like datasets, annotations, and multimedia objects. Several projects in archaeology, history, and other fields have created enhanced publications by combining articles with maps, images, audio/video clips. Next steps include improving tools for creating enhanced publications and promoting availability and curation of research data to support this work.
This document summarizes research on online collaboration within the biodiversity research community. It discusses the challenges of cataloging Earth's species and how an online platform called Scratchpads aims to help researchers overcome barriers to collaboration. Analysis of one Scratchpad site called Livingcreatures.org found that while some researchers co-authored papers, the overlap in their co-author networks was limited. The research aims to better understand how working online impacts scientific practice and knowledge sharing.
Slovenia is a small, geographically diverse country located in Central Europe at the intersection of several mountain ranges and bodies of water. It has served as a cultural crossroads for centuries, with influences from various neighboring regions and nations. Litija is a town of around 7,000 people located along the Sava River in central Slovenia. The town is surrounded by hills and contains historic buildings, shops, and institutions. A nearby castle housed a famous polymath who made significant contributions to science and helped establish the town's history.
Photosynthesis converts light energy to chemical energy in the form of sugars. It requires carbon dioxide, water, and the chlorophyll pigment, and produces oxygen as a byproduct. Drawings can demonstrate both understandings and misconceptions about photosynthesis, such as that it only occurs in leaves or involves the exchange of gases rather than the production of sugars.
1) In 1996, Malaysia identified ICT as key to transitioning to a knowledge-based economy by 2020 and launched the Smart School initiative as part of this transition.
2) The Smart School initiative aimed to equip 90 pilot schools with advanced technologies by 1999 and transition all primary and secondary schools to the Smart School model by 2020.
3) The Smart School model relies heavily on ICT applications and aims to utilize Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor infrastructure to bring enabling technologies into schools.
A Digitalization Partnership: Sharing human and material resources by Larissa...dduin
This document summarizes key points about intellectual property rights (IPR) considerations for a digitalization partnership between three Belgian institutions - NBGB, RBINS, and RMCA - called Be-TAF. It discusses IPR best practices for openly licensing content, managing copyright risks for different date ranges of publications, and models for rights agreements. It also examines some controversial edge cases and considers scientists' views that publicly funded research results should be widely disseminated with proper citation. The conclusion is that while efforts will be made to avoid infringing content, some risk cannot be eliminated and a notice-and-takedown policy should be implemented to manage any issues.
WestCare was founded in 1973 to provide substance abuse treatment to low-income individuals. It started as a residential program for heroin-addicted men and has since expanded to offer various services across California, including outpatient and residential programs for adults, adolescents, pregnant women, and more. The men's residential program in Fresno provides treatment ranging from 31-180 days and addresses issues like alcoholism, drug addiction, unemployment, homelessness, and mental illness to help residents successfully reintegrate into society.
Open science and scholarly publishing practices by Daphne Duindduin
The document discusses open science and scholarly publishing practices. It defines open science as making research transparent and sharing data, methods, and conclusions openly. Open science includes open data, open access, open notebooks, and open source. Its goals are to increase return on investment in research, accelerate dissemination of results, improve rigor and integrity, enable new discoveries through data reuse, and enhance learning and public engagement. However, open science also presents challenges for publishing workflows, intellectual property, and ethics. Alternative metrics, enhanced publications, and platforms like Scratchpads can help promote open science while addressing these challenges.
Scientific Publishing Network after EDIT by Michele Ballinger & Isabelle Gerarddduin
1) The document discusses the European Scientific Publishing Network, which aims to coordinate taxonomy research and publishing across Europe.
2) It describes the origins and objectives of the Network, including optimizing facilities, disseminating results, and developing recommendations to improve access to taxonomic information.
3) The Network has helped its members make decisions about journals, encouraged information exchange, and increased visibility of taxonomic research in Europe. After the EDIT program ends, the Network will continue developing under new initiatives.
The document is a story about three soldiers who make a deal with the devil to escape punishment from their king. They agree to serve the devil for seven years in exchange for wealth and protection. Near the end of the seven years, the devil tells them he will ask them riddles, and if they cannot answer correctly, their souls will belong to him. One of the soldiers goes to the devil's grandmother for help. She tricks the devil into revealing the riddles and their answers. When the devil comes to collect the soldiers' souls, they correctly answer all the riddles and are set free, keeping their wealth and lives.
Assessing social and economic impacts of building materialsJeremy Gibberd
This document summarizes and evaluates methodologies for assessing the social and economic sustainability impacts of building materials. It reviews lifecycle assessment and other environmental methodologies, finding limited tools for social and economic measures. The paper explores applying existing standards like the Global Reporting Initiative and ISO 26000 to building materials in South Africa. It concludes that while current tools provide a starting point, no system fully supports standardized social and economic impact assessments for building products. A new index approach is proposed to fill this gap.
The document outlines a twinning project between primary schools in several European countries including Turkey, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Portugal. The project will involve students ages 10-15 using English as the language of communication over 6 months. Key goals of the project are to promote cultural tolerance, improve foreign language and ICT skills using tools like Twinspace, Magazinefactory and Smilebox. Pedagogical approaches will include active, peer-to-peer, collaborative and experiential learning. Themes to be covered are students' home countries and towns, school life, festivals and celebrations, and spare time activities.
Global References index to Biodiversity (GRIB), a bibliographic index of EDIT...dduin
The document discusses GRIB (Global References Index to Biodiversity), a bibliographic index of literature from EDIT and BHL-Europe partner libraries. GRIB was created by importing catalogues from several natural history institutions. It currently holds over 325,000 references and allows users to search references and nominate items for digitization. The document outlines GRIB's development, including plans to integrate it with EDIT's taxonomic editor and platform through web services.
Optosem Technologies is an electronics manufacturing services company based in Malaysia that has been in operation since 2002. It provides precision moulding, mechanical assembly, and other services to customers in the semiconductor and electronics industries. Some key points about Optosem include its ISO and other certifications, facilities and equipment, business segments focusing on pre-moulded packages and box build solutions, and case studies showcasing its capabilities in areas like high-volume production, product development support, and just-in-time assembly.
Assessing the built environment's contribuition to sustainable developmentJeremy Gibberd
Short presentation on using the Sustainable Building Assessment Tool, SBAT, in developing countries, with particular reference to the Human Development Index, Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity
Photosynthesis converts light energy to chemical energy in the form of sugars using carbon dioxide, water, and chlorophyll. It produces oxygen as a byproduct. Drawings can demonstrate understandings of photosynthesis but also misconceptions that are not scientifically accurate, such as that it only occurs in leaves or involves the exchange of gases rather than chemical processes.
This document describes a study that investigated university students' misconceptions about photosynthesis and respiration in plants using student-generated drawings and interviews. 156 university students aged 20-25 were asked to draw their understanding of photosynthesis and respiration in plants. Their drawings were analyzed and categorized based on five levels of understanding, from no drawing to comprehensive representation. Several common misconceptions were identified, including relationships between photosynthesis and respiration and plant nutrition. The drawing method, combined with interviews, provided insights into students' conceptual understandings and misconceptions about these abstract concepts.
Wish you were here before!' Who Gains from Collaboration between Computer Sci...dduin
Daphne Duin, David King and Peter van den Besselaar
Symposium of the Oxford Internet Institute: Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights12 March 2012
Photosynthesis converts light energy to chemical energy in the form of sugars. It requires carbon dioxide, water, and the chlorophyll pigment, and produces oxygen as a byproduct. Drawings can demonstrate both understandings and misconceptions about photosynthesis, such as that it only occurs in leaves or involves the exchange of gases rather than the production of sugars.
1) In 1996, Malaysia identified ICT as key to transitioning to a knowledge-based economy by 2020 and launched the Smart School initiative as part of this transition.
2) The Smart School initiative aimed to equip 90 pilot schools with advanced technologies by 1999 and transition all primary and secondary schools to the Smart School model by 2020.
3) The Smart School model relies heavily on ICT applications and aims to utilize Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor infrastructure to bring enabling technologies into schools.
A Digitalization Partnership: Sharing human and material resources by Larissa...dduin
This document summarizes key points about intellectual property rights (IPR) considerations for a digitalization partnership between three Belgian institutions - NBGB, RBINS, and RMCA - called Be-TAF. It discusses IPR best practices for openly licensing content, managing copyright risks for different date ranges of publications, and models for rights agreements. It also examines some controversial edge cases and considers scientists' views that publicly funded research results should be widely disseminated with proper citation. The conclusion is that while efforts will be made to avoid infringing content, some risk cannot be eliminated and a notice-and-takedown policy should be implemented to manage any issues.
WestCare was founded in 1973 to provide substance abuse treatment to low-income individuals. It started as a residential program for heroin-addicted men and has since expanded to offer various services across California, including outpatient and residential programs for adults, adolescents, pregnant women, and more. The men's residential program in Fresno provides treatment ranging from 31-180 days and addresses issues like alcoholism, drug addiction, unemployment, homelessness, and mental illness to help residents successfully reintegrate into society.
Open science and scholarly publishing practices by Daphne Duindduin
The document discusses open science and scholarly publishing practices. It defines open science as making research transparent and sharing data, methods, and conclusions openly. Open science includes open data, open access, open notebooks, and open source. Its goals are to increase return on investment in research, accelerate dissemination of results, improve rigor and integrity, enable new discoveries through data reuse, and enhance learning and public engagement. However, open science also presents challenges for publishing workflows, intellectual property, and ethics. Alternative metrics, enhanced publications, and platforms like Scratchpads can help promote open science while addressing these challenges.
Scientific Publishing Network after EDIT by Michele Ballinger & Isabelle Gerarddduin
1) The document discusses the European Scientific Publishing Network, which aims to coordinate taxonomy research and publishing across Europe.
2) It describes the origins and objectives of the Network, including optimizing facilities, disseminating results, and developing recommendations to improve access to taxonomic information.
3) The Network has helped its members make decisions about journals, encouraged information exchange, and increased visibility of taxonomic research in Europe. After the EDIT program ends, the Network will continue developing under new initiatives.
The document is a story about three soldiers who make a deal with the devil to escape punishment from their king. They agree to serve the devil for seven years in exchange for wealth and protection. Near the end of the seven years, the devil tells them he will ask them riddles, and if they cannot answer correctly, their souls will belong to him. One of the soldiers goes to the devil's grandmother for help. She tricks the devil into revealing the riddles and their answers. When the devil comes to collect the soldiers' souls, they correctly answer all the riddles and are set free, keeping their wealth and lives.
Assessing social and economic impacts of building materialsJeremy Gibberd
This document summarizes and evaluates methodologies for assessing the social and economic sustainability impacts of building materials. It reviews lifecycle assessment and other environmental methodologies, finding limited tools for social and economic measures. The paper explores applying existing standards like the Global Reporting Initiative and ISO 26000 to building materials in South Africa. It concludes that while current tools provide a starting point, no system fully supports standardized social and economic impact assessments for building products. A new index approach is proposed to fill this gap.
The document outlines a twinning project between primary schools in several European countries including Turkey, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Portugal. The project will involve students ages 10-15 using English as the language of communication over 6 months. Key goals of the project are to promote cultural tolerance, improve foreign language and ICT skills using tools like Twinspace, Magazinefactory and Smilebox. Pedagogical approaches will include active, peer-to-peer, collaborative and experiential learning. Themes to be covered are students' home countries and towns, school life, festivals and celebrations, and spare time activities.
Global References index to Biodiversity (GRIB), a bibliographic index of EDIT...dduin
The document discusses GRIB (Global References Index to Biodiversity), a bibliographic index of literature from EDIT and BHL-Europe partner libraries. GRIB was created by importing catalogues from several natural history institutions. It currently holds over 325,000 references and allows users to search references and nominate items for digitization. The document outlines GRIB's development, including plans to integrate it with EDIT's taxonomic editor and platform through web services.
Optosem Technologies is an electronics manufacturing services company based in Malaysia that has been in operation since 2002. It provides precision moulding, mechanical assembly, and other services to customers in the semiconductor and electronics industries. Some key points about Optosem include its ISO and other certifications, facilities and equipment, business segments focusing on pre-moulded packages and box build solutions, and case studies showcasing its capabilities in areas like high-volume production, product development support, and just-in-time assembly.
Assessing the built environment's contribuition to sustainable developmentJeremy Gibberd
Short presentation on using the Sustainable Building Assessment Tool, SBAT, in developing countries, with particular reference to the Human Development Index, Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity
Photosynthesis converts light energy to chemical energy in the form of sugars using carbon dioxide, water, and chlorophyll. It produces oxygen as a byproduct. Drawings can demonstrate understandings of photosynthesis but also misconceptions that are not scientifically accurate, such as that it only occurs in leaves or involves the exchange of gases rather than chemical processes.
This document describes a study that investigated university students' misconceptions about photosynthesis and respiration in plants using student-generated drawings and interviews. 156 university students aged 20-25 were asked to draw their understanding of photosynthesis and respiration in plants. Their drawings were analyzed and categorized based on five levels of understanding, from no drawing to comprehensive representation. Several common misconceptions were identified, including relationships between photosynthesis and respiration and plant nutrition. The drawing method, combined with interviews, provided insights into students' conceptual understandings and misconceptions about these abstract concepts.
Wish you were here before!' Who Gains from Collaboration between Computer Sci...dduin
Daphne Duin, David King and Peter van den Besselaar
Symposium of the Oxford Internet Institute: Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights12 March 2012
