Organizing ODIN: a case study in European academic co-operation

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Dowrick ◽  
J.L. Vázquez-Barquero ◽  
G. Wilkinson ◽  
C. Wilkinson ◽  
V. Lehtinen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
International Research ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
International Network ◽  
Collaborative Groups ◽  
Principal Investigators ◽  
Set Up

SummaryThe European Commission is an increasingly important source of funding for international research projects and is due to announce its Framework 5 program early in 1999. The Outcomes of Depression International Network (ODIN), funded from the current EC Biomed 2 program, is a case study in European academic co-operation. Its organization has three key elements. First, engaging the principal investigators: this has involved identifying potential partners, ensuring reciprocity of interests, effective co-ordination, `dividing the spoils' in advance, and setting up good personal and electronic communication systems. Second, an esprit de corps has been created amongst the researchers, maintaining contact and consistency, and promoting higher degrees. Third, ongoing problems including difficulties in negotiations with the EC, divergence of detailed study methods, and isolation and demoralization amongst researchers, have been addressed. ODIN may provide a useful model for researchers wishing to set up international collaborative groups.

scholarly journals P23 Associate Principal Investigators in Trauma Trials

BJS Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Bretherton ◽  
Lauren Exell ◽  
Juul Achten ◽  
Matt Costa ◽  
Chris Bretherton
Keyword(s):  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Shaft Fracture ◽  
Humeral Shaft Fracture ◽  
Cell Salvage ◽  
Collaborative Groups ◽  
Principal Investigators ◽  
Management Evaluation ◽  
Clinical Questions ◽  
Central Database ◽  
Set Up

Abstract Oxford Trauma has designed a collection of randomised clinical trials to answer important clinical questions in trauma and meaningfully engage trainees and associate principal investigators (aPI’s) with research. These include: Children’s Radius Acute Fracture Fixation Trial (CRAFFT): • Weight-Bearing in Ankle Fractures (WAX): • Blood cEll Salvage and autoTransfusion (BEST): • Fractured Ankle Management Evaluation (FAME): • Surgery or Cast for Injuries of the EpicoNdyle in Children's Elbows (SCIENCE): • The HUmeral SHaft fracture trial (HUSH) Trainee engagement is promoted via: • Registration for the NIHR associate PI scheme with corresponding “how-to guide” for study set-up.Individually tailored points system for collaborative authorship.Automatic emailing of certificates for recruitment of participants (For ARCP evidence).A central database listing trial sites and contacts for aPI’s. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/Oxford-Trauma-and-Emergency-Care/trainee-involvement This has led to the recruitment of sites and participants ahead of target, including sites aPI’s have set-up from scratch. We would love for you to join as an aPI or help us refine the model and share it with other collaborative groups!: Contact [email protected]

scholarly journals Machine Learning for Fabrication of Graded Knitted Membranes

2021 ◽  
pp. 309-319
Author(s):  
Yuliya Sinke ◽  
Sebastian Gatz ◽  
Martin Tamke ◽  
Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Parametric Models ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Training Examples ◽  
Set Up

AbstractThis paper examines the use of machine learning in creating digitally integrated design-to-fabrication workflows. As computational design allows for new methods of material specification and fabrication, it enables direct functional grading of material at high detail thereby tuning the design performance in response to performance criteria. However, the generation of fabrication data is often cumbersome and relies on in-depth knowledge of the fabrication processes. Parametric models that set up for automatic detailing of incremental changes, unfortunately, do not accommodate the larger topological changes to the material set up. The paper presents the speculative case study KnitVault. Based on earlier research projects Isoropia and Ombre, the study examines the use of machine learning to train models for fabrication data generation in response to desired performance criteria. KnitVault demonstrates and validates methods for shortcutting parametric interfacing and explores how the trained model can be employed in design cases that exceed the topology of the training examples.

scholarly journals Methodology to Validate Results from European Research Projects: The C2NET Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
R. Sanchis ◽  
B. Andrés ◽  
R. Poler
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
European Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Collaborative Manufacturing ◽  
General Methodology ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Manufacturing Networks ◽  
European Projects ◽  
Proper Operation

<p>One of the main priorities of the European Commission is the utilisation of European Projects results in further research activities, or in developing, creating and marketing a product or process. For this reason, it is critical to test and validate European projects results before implementing them in real scenarios. In this paper, a general validation methodology addressed to the assessment of technological results has been defined. This general methodology offers the foundations to define specific validation methodologies to validate particular results of different Research Projects. As an example, the general methodology has been applied to define a specific one for the validation of an Optimiser developed within the European Research Project: Cloud Collaborative Manufacturing Networks (C2NET) to guarantee the proper operation of the research results and facilitate their later real implementation and exploitation.</p>

scholarly journals Joint bodies in the European Union's international agreements: Delegating powers to the European Commission in EU external relations

2021 ◽  
pp. 146511652110273
Author(s):  
Markus Gastinger ◽  
Andreas Dür
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Principal Agent ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Original Dataset ◽  
Voting Rule ◽  
External Relations ◽  
Set Up

In many international agreements, the European Union sets up joint bodies such as ‘association councils’ or ‘joint committees’. These institutions bring together European Union and third-country officials for agreement implementation. To date, we know surprisingly little about how much discretion the European Commission enjoys in them. Drawing on a principal–agent framework, we hypothesise that the complexity of agreements, the voting rule, conflict within the Council, and agency losses can explain Commission discretion in these institutions. Drawing on an original dataset covering nearly 300 such joint bodies set up by the European Union since 1992, we find robust empirical support for all expectations except for the agency loss thesis. Our findings suggest that the European Commission is the primary actor in the implementation of many of the European Union's international agreements, allowing it to influence EU external relations beyond what is currently acknowledged in the literature.

scholarly journals Towards Zero Emissions Noosa

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4679
Author(s):  
Carina Anderson ◽  
Robert Passey ◽  
Jeremy De Valck ◽  
Rakibuzzaman Shah
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Renewable Electricity ◽  
Community Group ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
Set Up ◽  
External Consultant

This paper reports on a case study of the community group Zero Emissions Noosa, whose goal is for 100% renewable electricity in the Noosa Shire (Queensland, Australia) by 2026. Described within this paper are the processes used by Zero Emissions Noosa to set up their zero emissions plan, involving community engagement and the use of an external consultant. The external consultant was employed to produce a detailed report outlining how to successfully achieve zero emissions from electricity in the Noosa Shire by 2026. This paper explains how and why the community engagement process used to produce the report was just as important as the outcomes of the report itself. Modeling was undertaken, and both detailed and contextual information was provided. Inclusion of the community in developing the scenario parameters for the modeling had a number of benefits including establishing the context within which their actions would occur and focusing their efforts on options that were technically feasible, financially viable and within their capabilities to implement. This provided a focal point for the community in calling meetings and contacting stakeholders. Rather than prescribing a particular course of action, it also resulted in a toolbox of options, a range of possible solutions that is flexible enough to fit into whatever actions are preferred by the community. The approach and outcomes discussed in this paper should, therefore, be useful to other communities with similar carbon emission reduction goals.

Analyzing Museum Collections in Scandinavia

Museum Worlds ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-137
Author(s):  
Niklas Ytterberg
Keyword(s):  
International Research ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Historical Museums ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
International Research Project

ABSTRACTThis article emanates from studies and analyses of collections in cultural-historical museums in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway within the international research project CONTACT, concerning contacts between the aforementioned countries in southern Scandinavia during the Middle Neolithic (approximately 3000 BCE). This case study intends to raise questions related to research strategies at the museums holding the collections, in relation to the demand from research institutions using them. In what ways could these strategies coincide, and in what ways could they diverge? In what ways could we improve the research strategies for a better use of the collections?

Missiological implications for Taylor Seminary arising from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-413
Author(s):  
Allan Effa
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Cultural Genocide ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
Set Up

In 2015 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada concluded a six-year process of listening to the stories of Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. More than 6000 witnesses came forth to share their personal experiences in listening sessions set up all across the country. These stories primarily revolved around their experience of abuse and cultural genocide through more than 100 years of Residential Schools, which were operated in a cooperative effort between churches and the government of Canada. The Commission’s Final Report includes 94 calls to action with paragraph #60 directed specifically to seminaries. This paper is a case study of how Taylor Seminary, in Edmonton, is seeking to engage with this directive. It explores the changes made in the curriculum, particularly in the teaching of missiology, and highlights some of the ways the seminary community is learning about aboriginal spirituality and the history and legacy of the missionary methods that have created conflict and pain in Canadian society.

scholarly journals Member States’ social security agreements with India

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-187
Author(s):  
Pauline Melin
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Country Case Study ◽  
The Eu

In a 2012 Communication, the European Commission described the current approach to social security coordination with third countries as ‘patchy’. The European Commission proposed to address that patchiness by developing a common EU approach to social security coordination with third countries whereby the Member States would cooperate more with each other when concluding bilateral agreements with third countries. This article aims to explore the policy agenda of the European Commission in that field by conducting a comparative legal analysis of the Member States’ bilateral agreements with India. The idea behind the comparative legal analysis is to determine whether (1) there are common grounds between the Member States’ approaches, and (2) based on these common grounds, it is possible to suggest a common EU approach. India is taken as a third-country case study due to its labour migration and investment potential for the European Union. In addition, there are currently 12 Member State bilateral agreements with India and no instrument at the EU level on social security coordination with India. Therefore, there is a potential need for a common EU approach to social security coordination with India. Based on the comparative legal analysis of the Member States’ bilateral agreements with India, this article ends by outlining the content of a potential future common EU approach.

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