Conversaziones 1954

1955 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Keyword(s):  
Spiral Waves ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mechanical Models ◽  
The University

At the Conversazione on 20 May 1954 the thirty-one exhibits covered a wide range of research activities and a more than usual number of Fellows took part in personally demonstrating aspects of their work. Sir Geoftrey Taylor, F.R.S., and Lord Rothschild, G.M., F.R.S., of the University of Cambridge, combined to show, with the aid of a microscope and a stroboscope, living spermatozoa swimming in water and, alongside for comparison, self-propelling mechanical models of spermatozoa which showed how spiral waves of bending can act as propellers and demonstrate the essential part which the body of the organism must play for this mode of propulsion to work.

Up Close: Physical Chemistry Cluster of the University of Amsterdam

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Job Elders
Keyword(s):  
Physical Chemistry ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Spectroscopic Properties ◽  
Chemical Research ◽  
Pivot Point ◽  
Laser Technology ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Information Center ◽  
The University

The Physical Chemistry Cluster (PCC), located in the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands is a cooperative entity which directs a wide range of in-depth research. Extensive collaboration within the PCC offers a broad base of expertise to every participant. The PCC is situated in the inspiring environment of the Van't Hoff Laboratory, named for the Dutch chemist who received the first Nobel prize awarded for chemistry in 1901 for his research on valence-directions and stereochemistry of the carbon atom.The PCC is composed of a number of different bodies, with the Department of Physical Chemistry serving as the pivot point. Figure 1 shows a diagram of the PCC organization which includes the University of Amsterdam (UvA); the foundation, Chemical Research Netherlands (SON); Institute of Mass Spectrometry (IMS); the Interaction of Matter with Photons group (IMF); Faculty of Physics (UvA); Laser Application and Information Center Amsterdam (LAICA); the LAICA Laser Technology Ventures, Ltd.; and the Laser Lease Center.The Physical Chemistry Cluster finds its roots at the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of the University of Amsterdam. The Laboratory for Physical Chemistry has an academie staff of about 18 members who cooperate with the faculty of physics of the University of Amsterdam. PCC research activities cover a broad field of physical chemistry. Here, researchers study the interaction of matter and photons to obtain information on spectroscopic properties and dynamics of excited states of isolated or clustered molecules in the gas or condensed phase.

Karl Spencer Lashley, 1890-1958

1960 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 107-118 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Behaviour ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The Public ◽  
Corpus Christi ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In

In July 1949 the Society of Experimental Biology and the Institute of Animal Behaviour together organized a Symposium for the discussion of a wide range of problems, neurological, physiological and psychological, in which the members of both groups were interested. The Symposium was held in the Zoological Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. K. S. Lashley came to England for this meeting, and no member of the large audience who heard him describe how he had set out ‘In search of the engram’, and what its upshot had been, is likely ever to forget the tremendous impression that he made. After the public discussions one morning, I walked with him back from the Zoological Department to Corpus Christi College, where he was staying. The sun shone with unclouded brilliance, and when we reached the College Lashley, who seemed, perhaps, a little tired, sat himself down on the stone steps leading to the main gate, one long leg stretched out towards the pavement, with not a single care for the curious, and slightly shocked glances of some of the passers-by. We were talking, not about any intricacies of animal behaviour, but about sailing and the sea, which he loved. He told me something about his own boats, and journeys he had made in them; but more about longer and unconventional voyages in small tramp steamers which took a long time, wherever they were going, and called at ports little known to the big luxury vessels for which he had no use at all.

Research on physico-chemical properties of sugars and sugar crystallization at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague

2020 ◽  
pp. 294-298
Author(s):  
Z. Bubnik ◽  
P. Kadlec ◽  
E. Sarka ◽  
V. Pour ◽  
A. Hinkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
And Chemical Properties

This paper represents a summary of most important research activities in sucrose crystallization, in which the Department of Carbohydrates and Cereals, part of the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) Prague, has been involved over the last 25 years. A wide range of these projects has been carried out in cooperation with other research institutes, universities and industrial partners. These activities can be divided into four main research areas that are interconnected and support each other. – Physical and chemical properties of sucrose and sugar solutions; – Growth kinetics of sugar crystals in pure and technical sugar solutions; – Simulation and mathematical modeling of new processes and technologies; – Experimental work for industry and cooperation with industrial partners.

The Francis affair reconsidered

1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
The Body ◽  
Isaac Newton ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
Charles Ii ◽  
Master Of Arts ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

Isaac Newton dedicated his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica to the Royal Society, founded by King Charles II and ‘flourishing under the protection of the most powerful monarch James II.’ Edmond Halley, but for whom the book would probably never have been published, personally presented a copy of it to the King in June 1687, being ‘assured that when the weighty Affairs of your Government permit it; your Majesty has frequently shewn your self enclined to favour Mechanical and Philosophical Discoveries.’ 1 During the previous month, by a curious irony of timing, one of the ‘Affairs of Government’ had been the prosecution of the Vice-Chancellor and Senate of the University of Cambridge, with Isaac Newton standing in court as one of the ‘men either of publick Character in the Body [that is, the Senate], or the Seniors of their Houses, or some way eminently known in the University’. 2 He had stood there as an opponent of the arbitrary demands of James II upon the University. The King sought to introduce into it, as a Master of Arts, a Papist, indeed a Benedictine monk, enjoying the royal confidence: one Alban Francis. Newton’s biographers have agreed that he played a decisive role in stiffening resistance to the royal policy, preparing the way for the trial of the seven bishops and the King’s downfall. 3

Chair ICO/UVIC-UCC of palliative care at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia: an innovative multidisciplinary model of education, research and knowledge transfer

2018 ◽  
pp. bmjspcare-2018-001656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Gómez-Batiste ◽  
Cristina Lasmarías ◽  
Jordi Amblàs ◽  
Xavier Costa ◽  
Sara Ela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Psychosocial Needs ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
The University

ObjectivesGeneration and dissemination of knowledge is a relevant challenge of palliative care (PC). The Chair Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO)/University of Vic (UVIC) of Palliative Care (CPC) was founded in 2012, as a joint project of the ICO and the University of Vic/Central of Catalonia to promote the development of PC with public health and community-oriented vision and academic perspectives. The initiative brought together professionals from a wide range of disciplines (PC, geriatrics, oncology, primary care and policy) and became the first chair of PC in Spain. We describe the experience of the CPC at its fifth year of implementation.MethodsData collection from annual reports, publications, training and research activities.ResultsResults for period 2012–2017 are classified into three main blocks: (1) Programme: (a) The advanced chronic care model (Palliative needs (NECPAL)); (b) the psychosocial and spiritual domains of care (Psychosocial needs (PSICPAL)); (c) advance care planning and shared decision making (Advance care planning (PDAPAL)); and (d) the compassive communities projects (Society involvement (SOCPAL)). (2) Education and training activities: (a) The master of PC, 13 editions and 550 professionals trained; (b) postgraduate course on psychosocial care, 4 editions and 140 professionals trained; and (c) workshops on specific topics, pregraduate training and online activities with a remarkable impact on the Spanish-speaking community. (3) Knowledge-transfer activities and research projects: (a) Development of 20 PhDs projects; and (b) 59 articles and 6 books published.ConclusionBeing the first initiative of chair in PC in Spain, the CPC has provided a framework of multidisciplinary areas that have generated innovative experiences and projects in PC.

scholarly journals Getting the Central RDM Message Across: A Case Study of Central versus Discipline-Specific Research Data Services (RDS) at the University of Cambridge

Libri ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Clair Castle
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
The University

Abstract RDS are usually cross-disciplinary, centralised services, which are increasingly provided at a university by the academic library and in collaboration with other RDM stakeholders, such as the Research Office. At research-intensive universities, research data is generated in a wide range of disciplines and sub-disciplines. This paper will discuss how providing discipline-specific RDM support is approached by such universities and academic libraries, and the advantages and disadvantages of these central and discipline-specific approaches. A descriptive case study on the author’s experiences of collaborating with a central RDS at the University of Cambridge, as a subject librarian embedded in an academic department, is a major component of this paper. The case study describes how centralised RDM services offered by the Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) have been adapted to meet discipline-specific needs in the Department of Chemistry. It will introduce the department and the OSC, and describe the author’s role in delivering RDM training, as well as the Data Champions programme, and their membership of the RDM Project Group. It will describe the outcomes of this collaboration for the Department of Chemistry, and for the centralised service. Centralised and discipline-specific approaches to RDS provision have their own advantages and disadvantages. Supporting the discipline-specific RDM needs of researchers is proving particularly challenging for universities to address sustainably: it requires adequate financial resources and staff skilled (or re-skilled) in RDM. A mixed approach is the most desirable, cost-effective way of providing RDS, but this still has constraints.

‘Origenian Platonisme’ in Interregnum Cambridge: Three Academic Texts by George Rust, 1656 and 1658

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn A. Lewis ◽  
Davide A. Secci ◽  
Christian Hengstermann ◽  
John H. Lewis ◽  
Benjamin Williams
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Resurrection Of The Dead ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
The University

This chapter aims to contribute to our knowledge of what is known as ‘Origenian Platonist moment’ by analysing English translations of three Latin academic texts by George Rust, with annotations to the two longer ones, written in 1656 and 1658 while he was a fellow of Christ’s College at the University of Cambridge: Messias in S. Scriptura promissus olim venit (The Messiah promised in the Holy Scripture came a long time ago); Act Verses, a souvenir printed broadsheet containing two poems, Resurrectionem e mortuis Scriptura docet nec refragatur Ratio (Scripture teaches the resurrection from the dead, and reason does not contradict this) and Anima separata non dormit (The soul, separated from the body, does not sleep); and Resurrectionem è Mortuis S. Scriptura tradit, nec refragatur Ratio (The Holy Scripture tells of the Resurrection of the dead, nor does reason oppose it). The two 1658 texts formed part of what was perhaps the most public exposition and celebration of Origenian Platonisme in Interregnum Cambridge.

Teachers Professional Development through Active Teachers Approach

Diogenes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariyana Georgierva ◽  
◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Community Research ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
First Results ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
The University

Teachers’ professional development through the “Active Teaching in Bulgaria” clubs is part of an international network on the Teacher Leadership approach. The approach was created by Professor David Frost of the University of Cambridge, UK and adapted to Bulgaria by a team of the Open Society Institute. In Bulgaria, it has been implemented since 2010. Active Learning Clubs operate in the cities of Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vratsa and Lyaskovets. The effectiveness of measures for teachers’ professional development and the relevance of the offered forms and content to the real needs of teachers, schools and pupils are being studied. The first results show that effective professional development takes place when teachers have the freedom to share the challenges they face in their day-to-day work and to seek solutions for them. This also contributes to the progress of the school as a whole. Improving the work of teachers requires a higher level of trust in them, enhancing internal communication within the pedagogical teams, participating in a developing professional community, research activities, describing the results in a teacher portfolio.

Universities’ contributions to social innovation: reflections in theory & practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Benneworth ◽  
Jorge Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to resolve a tension in understanding how universities contribute to knowledge-based urban development (KBUD). Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a conceptual paper, which analyses the tension as emerging between the university and the wider societal activity. The paper creates a framework for combining insights from both those theoretical frameworks to better understand why universities might choose to contribute to KBUD. Findings – The paper argues that it is important to understand the benefits that the universities get from participating in the KBUD. This can be through the unique tacit knowledge that emerges in the social innovation process, but their might also be value for the university in terms of two other variables, material resources and symbolic legitimacy. Research limitations/implications – The paper is a literature review and therefore is limited to raising a series of future questions and directions for research in the field, as well as to providing a lens and context for existing work. Practical implications – There are clear implications for those seeking to improve universities contributions to KBUD. It is not merely enough for strategic leaders to come together and agree that promoting the university will promote KBUD: it is necessary to modify a range of processes within the university to ensure that a wide range of actors are able to benefit from participating in KBUD activities, and that it facilitates their own teaching and research activities. Social implications – For universities to make a substantive contribution to promoting KBUD, policy-makers must ensure that they do not create disincentives through universities’ teaching and research activities. Originality/value – This is the first time that a paper has sought to bridge between theories of urban development and social innovation, and universities’ internal institutional and organisational dynamics.

University Library Development Strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-384
Author(s):  
Elena N. Kasyanchuk ◽  
Irina A. Tsvetochkina ◽  
Ruslan A. Baryshev ◽  
Olga I. Babina
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
University Library ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Library Development ◽  
The University

The paper is devoted to the development of a university library strategy in the period of digitalization of all spheres of social activity. There are analyzed theoretical approaches and practical methods for developing strategic planning in library activities. The paper defines the need for strategic management as a factor in the effectiveness of a university library. There are considered the directions of the library strategic development, which depend on the vector of development of the university, its educational and research activities.The strategic planning is presented as a process of modeling the future activities of the library. It includes the library’s mission formulation, its objectives, tasks and events to achieve the goals, as well as its key performance indicators. The article sees the development strategy as an element of the management process aimed at creating and maintaining a strategic balance between the goals of the library and the university, its potential and likely development prospects.The article shows the advantages of SWOT analysis as a unique tool for designing a library development strategy. There are presented five stages of developing the Strategy for the Scientific Library of the Siberian Federal University. The authors note that the library has a good potential to develop the digitalization process: there is a digitization center, good technical equipment, its own software products, an extensive repertoire of world resources, a wide range of online services, etc. However, there are also weak points that hinder the library development: the obsolescence of the computer equipment, the lack of modern ergonomic space for individual and group work of students, the irregular acquisition of printed publications, the instability of funding, etc. All this can complicate the library development in the context of the digital economy development and lead to a decline in the prestige of the library. The library’s development strategy is aimed at eliminating these problems. It presents the goals, objectives, efficiency criteria for each area of activity of the modern library of the university. The article reveals the main strategic directions of the library’s development. The proposed strategy can become a real tool for optimizing the activities of all libraries in the transition period of the digital society development.

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