scholarly journals Characterising the current provision of education and training courses relevant to the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (Three Rs) of animals used for scientific purposes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adelaide Dura ◽  
Marcelle Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Project ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Animal Testing ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Joint Research Centre ◽  
Alternatives To Animal Testing ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Three Rs ◽  
And Training

A recent study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission showed that although much knowledge exists on the Three Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal procedures), there is a clear need for better education, communication and outreach to enhance knowledge sharing and promote their uptake. The JRC is now completing an extensive overview of the Three Rs education and training landscape by mapping currently available courses and resources worldwide. In addition, it has launched a project to investigate the feasibility of including the Three Rs in educational curricula under a European Parliament Pilot Project, which aims to promote alternatives to animal testing.

PLACE AND ROLE OF COMPETENT INFORMATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

Naukovedenie ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 123-138
Author(s):  
Sergei Pyastolov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Joint Research Centre ◽  
Science Activity ◽  
Scientific Organizations ◽  
Special Space ◽  
Scientific And Technological Development

VUCA world (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity), according to experts of JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre), is now a special space that corrupts the integrity of science activity, limits thinking and vision of the situation by politicians. In fact, under such conditions, the only reliable resource for scientific organizations is a commercialization, and the payback is a condition of activity. These factors already pose a threat to global security. The mission orientation proposed by European Union experts is still seen as a rather weak alternative.

scholarly journals Towards the use of ICT in the training of human resources working in the field of education and training

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (5Bis) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Baidada
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
New Information ◽  
Human Resources Managers ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
And Training

The use of new information technologies has the advantage of supporting all those in charge of any organization in their decisions, and allowing them visibility as quickly as it is relevant to all the important indicators of their system. Human resources managers are using more and more IT tools to better follow the continuing education open for the teaching staff. The number of these training courses and the high number of participating teachers can pose many monitoring and traceability problems. Hence the idea of proposing a model based on e-learning solutions to help adapt the teaching to the learner, and to ensure traceability when switching from one training to another.

scholarly journals JRC activities in nuclear safety

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giustino Manna ◽  
Luigi Debarberis ◽  
Andrea Bucalossi ◽  
Roberto May ◽  
Michel Bieth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Nuclear Safety ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Joint Research Centre ◽  
The Public ◽  
Base Load ◽  
Management Issues ◽  
The Eu

Nuclear energy is today the largest single source of carbon free and base-load electricity in Europe. While highlighting its important role in the overall energy mix, it is necessary to address sustainability, safety, and security concerns, in particular nuclear safety and nuclear waste management issues, which influence the public acceptance of nuclear energy. The present paper describes the Joint Research Centre activities in support to the EU nuclear safety policy. It describes the Joint Research Centre role in the EU institutional context, identifies the various customers to which the Joint Research Centre delivers its services, and provides some results of the Joint Research Centre scientific work inherent to nuclear safety.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Results of an Interlaboratory Comparison Test on Determination of Acrylamide in Crispbread Samples

2005 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 1413-1418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Wenzl ◽  
Elke Anklam
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Interlaboratory Comparison ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Proficiency Tests ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Joint Research Centre ◽  
Analytical Results ◽  
Directorate General

Abstract The European Commission's Directorate General Joint Research Centre has organized several proficiency tests on the determination of acrylamide (AA) in food. This paper presents the results and outcome of a proficiency test that focused on the determination of AA in crispbread samples. One of the goals was the identification of the influence of different parameters such as analyte extraction or instrument calibration on the analytical results. A set of samples, containing 3 different crispbread samples as well as extracts of one crispbread sample and AA standard solutions, was shipped to each participant. A total of 42 European laboratories reported analytical results that were evaluated by applying internationally accepted protocols and procedures. The study found that, for each sample, the results of 4–8 laboratories were outside the range formed by the target value plus or minus the 2-fold of the target standard deviation; thus, they did not perform satisfactorily. In transferring this knowledge to the data of monitoring databases of AA in food, care must be taken that data are quality controlled, as it is likely that some of them may be biased.

scholarly journals Neutron inelastic cross section measurements on 58,60Ni

2020 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 01040
Author(s):  
Adina Olacel ◽  
Catalin Borcea ◽  
Marian Boromiza ◽  
Philippe Dessagne ◽  
Gregoire Henning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Linear Accelerator ◽  
Inelastic Neutron Scattering ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Inelastic Neutron ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Electron Linear Accelerator ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Joint Research Centre ◽  
Reported Data

A natural nickel sample was used at the GELINA (Geel Electron LINear Accelerator) neutron source of the European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel to measure the neutron inelastic cross sections. The GAINS (Gamma Array for Inelastic Neutron Scattering) spectrometer was employed to detect the emitted γ rays while a 235U fission chamber monitored the neutron flux. We report the preliminary production cross sections corresponding to the first transitions in 58,60Ni in comparison with previously reported data and with TALYS 1.9 calculations performed using the default input parameters.

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