scholarly journals Science for Good Environmental Status: A European Joint Action to Support Marine Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8664
Author(s):  
Mario Sprovieri ◽  
Maurizio Ribera d’Alcalà ◽  
Patrick Roose ◽  
Aldo Drago ◽  
Karien De Cauwer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Joint Action ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Marine Policy ◽  
Transdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Action Science ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Joint Programming

In the last decade, several initiatives have been taken at a European level to adopt the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) by promoting coordination and stimulating integrated actions leading to consistent views on its final goal: the achievement of good environmental status (GES). In its holistic approach, the MSFD fully acknowledges the complexity and variability of marine ecosystems and demands constant scientific support for its actual implementation. Recently, the Joint Programming Initiative on “Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans” (JPI Oceans) launched the joint action “Science for Good Environmental Status” (Science4GES), building on the contribution of different scientific disciplines and communities to better fulfill the scope of the MSFD. In this paper we illustrate and discuss a few crucial aspects of endeavors to implement the MSFD specifically implied in the definition of the metrics for the 11 descriptors and GES in its complexity, as well as improving the strategy governing its implementation. This presentation also describes the challenges, aims and implementation plan for the JPI-O joint action, where a transdisciplinary approach may help in progressing from the comprehensive and far-reaching vision of the MSFD to the achievement of a durable GES.

scholarly journals Assessing the First MSFD Implementation Cycle in Greece under Biodiversity and Contaminants Descriptors

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 3547
Author(s):  
Theodora Paramana ◽  
George Katsouras ◽  
Manos Dassenakis
Keyword(s):  
Food Webs ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
Eu Legislation ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
Definition Of

The present work constitutes an assessment of the first implementation cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC in Greece by focusing on biodiversity and contaminants, i.e., descriptors 1 (biodiversity), 4 (food webs), 6 (seafloor integrity), 8 (contaminants), and 9 (contaminants in seafood), and by following the directive’s requirements regarding Articles 8—Initial Assessment, 9—Definition of Good Environmental Status, 10—Establishment of Environmental Targets, 11—Monitoring Programmes, and 13—Programmes of Measures. In this study, the analysis that was conducted investigated the integration of the Com Dec 2010/477/EU criteria and the indicators that have been applied for each descriptor and the approaches and standards that have been used in order to determine the adequacy of the directive’s implementation towards the achievement of the GES, the consistency of Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13, and the integration of existing EU legislation and regional/ international agreements or policies as well as the level of coherence among EU Mediterranean MSs. Overall, Greece addressed the requirements of Articles 8, 9, and 10 rather inadequately for D1, D4, D6 and partially adequately for D8, D9, integrating existing legislation to a certain extent. The implementation of Article 11 was satisfactory for all of the descriptors regarding monitoring the needs and the progress towards GES, whereas the measures that were established under Article 13 need to be improved in the forthcoming update.

scholarly journals Protocol Deviations: A Holistic Approach from Defining to Reporting

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Galuchie ◽  
Catherine Stewart ◽  
Frank Meloni
Keyword(s):  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Rapid Identification ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Protocol Deviation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Investigational Agents ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
Consistent Application

AbstractImproving interpretation of existing guidelines and management of protocol deviation processes could increase process efficiencies and help reduce noise to support rapid identification of important protocol deviations. Towards this end, TransCelerate identified key principles to build upon and clarify the definition of a protocol deviation and developed a holistic approach to protocol deviation management. The approaches are flexible to suit a variety of indications, study designs, and investigational agents while also supporting consistent application within a study, program or organization.

Separation or Synthesis: A Holistic Approach to Therapeutics

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 279-283
Author(s):  
Kathi J. Kemper
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Specialized Health Care ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Spiritual Healers

Over the past 50 years, health care has grown more complex and specialized. Health-care institutions now are staffed with an array of specialist physicians, social workers, psychologists, therapists, and nutritionists as well as general practitioners and nurses. The types of providers outside of the hospital are even more numerous and diverse: physicians; nurses; nurse practitioners; chiropractors; counselors; acupuncturists; herbalists; spiritual healers; and purveyors of nutritional supplements, aromatherapy, crystals, and more. Intent on distinguishing their "products," providers focus on differences, polarizing into distinct camps such as "mainstream or traditional" versus "alternative or unconventional." Although these dichotomies are simple, they also can mislead. The definition of "alternative" is very dependent on the definition "mainstream"; acupuncture may be an alternative in one setting, but it clearly is traditional within Asian communities. Therapies that once were considered unconventional, such as hypnosis and meditation, have moved into many mainstream medical settings. (See Sugarman article "Hypnosis: Teaching Children Self-regulation" in the January 1996 issue of Pediatrics in Review.) The public wants health care that is low-cost, safe, effective, and personalized. Practitioners of "natural" therapies often are viewed as more humanistic and less technological than busy physicians. According to one study, in 1990, alternative medical therapies were used by nearly one third of Americans.1

scholarly journals Can the common fisheries policy achieve good environmental status in exploited ecosystems: The west of Scotland demersal fisheries example

2019 ◽  
Vol 211 ◽  
pp. 217-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R. Baudron ◽  
Natalia Serpetti ◽  
Niall G. Fallon ◽  
Johanna J. Heymans ◽  
Paul G. Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Fisheries Policy ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
The Common

Science and Identity in Social Work

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
John Brekke
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Disciplinary Identity ◽  
Problems In Living ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter offers a definition of science that encompasses the interacting elements of theory, prediction, observation, and testing. The chapter also discusses disciplines and professions and their boundaries, capitalizing on the work of Abbott and Jacobs on interdisciplinarity. Disciplines are essential for science and learning, and interdisciplinarity is sometimes crucial to solving vexing problems in science—but “inter-” or “trans-” disciplinary work is only viable in the context of disciplines and disciplinary identity. A crucial linking construct in social work science is technology, which is the application of scientific knowledge to human life. In terms of identity, social work science has a dual focus on scientific understanding as well as on using and developing methods (technologies) for human behavior change on multiple levels. In many areas of society, the existence of scientific disciplines that merge with professions forms the nexus of understanding and technology for solving “problems in living.”

Programmes of measures of the marine strategy framework directive: Are they contributing to achieving good environmental status in the Mediterranean?

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 111715
Author(s):  
Arantza Murillas-Maza ◽  
María C. Uyarra ◽  
K. Nadia Papadopoulou ◽  
Chris J. Smith ◽  
Saso Gorjanc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
The Mediterranean

On the Literature of B-Spline Interpolation Functions

2009 ◽  
pp. 214-222
Author(s):  
Carlo Ciulla
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Community ◽  
Polynomial Interpolation ◽  
Spline Interpolation ◽  
Spline Functions ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Formal Definition ◽  
B Spline ◽  
B Splines ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter reviews the extensive and comprehensive literature on B-Splines. In the forthcoming text emphasis is given to hierarchy and formal definition of polynomial interpolation with specific focus to the subclass of functions that are called B-Splines. Also, the literature is reviewed with emphasis on methodologies and applications of B-Splines within a wide array of scientific disciplines. The review is conducted with the intent to inform the reader and also to acknowledge the merit of the scientific community for the great effort devoted to B-Splines. The chapter concludes emphasizing on the proposition that the unifying theory presented throughout this book has for what concerns two specific cases of B-Spline functions: univariate quadratic and cubic models.

Life Cycle Management and Sharing Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-166
Author(s):  
Roberta Guglielmetti Mugion ◽  
Gabriella Arcese ◽  
Martina Toni ◽  
Luca Silvestri
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Life Cycle Management ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Life Cycle Thinking ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Definition Of

The life cycle sustainability assessment based on Life Cycle Thinking is currently considered the most crucial paradigm that includes three kinds of sustainability variables. Life cycle management (LCM) is the most holistic approach in promoting sustainable value creation, embedding the social, economic, and environmental dimensions as a management tool. LCM is mainly applied in the manufacturing and products chain, whereas it is understudied in the service industry. This chapter proposes the development of the LCM general framework and the definition of indicators for the assessment of sustainability in the urban shared mobility. The research framework has been tested in the transportation sector focusing on car sharing context.

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