State-of-Knowledge and Guidance in EURAD Knowledge Management (Work Packages 11 State-of-Knowledge & 12 Guidance)

EURAD, the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), is the European Research Programme on RWM, aimed at supporting member states with the implementation of their national programmes. It brings together over 100 organisations from different backgrounds and countries, which work together in RD&D projects, Strategic Studies and Knowledge Management (KM). The importance of KM is recognised by EURAD and reflected in a number of activities. One essential activity is the capture of the current State-of-Knowledge in the field of RWM and its transfer to the implementation of the different national programmes. This is done by different types of Knowledge Documents that are made available through a dedicated IT tool (e.g. a Wiki). The development of the individual EURAD KM documents is performed by recognised experts. These experts will share their view on the most relevant knowledge on a specific topic, highlighting safety functions and operational aspects. Additionally, signposting to pre-existing documents is performed (State-of-the-Art Documents, Scientific Papers, etc.). The hierarchy of the works for the KM documents (Theme Overview, Domain Insight, State-of-Knowledge, Guidance) is closely linked to the generic EURAD Roadmap/GBS (Goals Breakdown Structure). It provides a hierarchical structure that facilitates definition, organisation and communication of topics. All of this allows knowledge to be captured and presented with the level of detail that is required by the end-user, from a broad overview down to an increasing level of detail (pyramid of knowledge). To ensure the quality and consistency of the documents with the overall EURAD KM approach, quality assurance and editorial procedures are applied. Collection of end-user feedback will aid the optimisation and further development of the KM activities. To facilitate the transfer of knowledge, the EURAD KM programme goes beyond documents and strives to facilitate exchange between people and signpost to other resources, such as Training and Mobility activities (also organised by EURAD Work Package 13 Training & Mobility) or Communities of Practice. All these activities will contribute to a useful and end-user-friendly EURAD KM programme that is designed to be operational well beyond the runtime of EURAD-1. This presentation will provide further insight into the approaches, status of work and an outlook on future activities that will support member states with the implementation of their national programmes.

Editorial - Vol 17: Number 2

A year for balance This was our first year of a new (risky) experience, assuming a totally online edition, new editorial procedures, organization, and layout. Happening in a year definitively marked by the extraordinary global crisis caused by this SARS COVID19 changing the definition of “normality” in all aspects of our life. Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research journal is no exception. The year of our full open access was simultaneously, the year of many other changes and impacts. Crisis always give space to opportunities, and we did got ours. BBR journal achieved to be more professional and available. Closer to the authors, to the reviewers and editors interacting in a regular way. Stronger in its processes and therefore more rigorous and transparent, in the right track for consolidation. This is no doubt, the most productive editorial year ever in the history of BBR. Our options were clearly accepted by our authors. We read these outcomes as a trust token that we deeply appreciate. Our success is their success. Therefore, we will continue to do more and better for this instrument of scientific culture specially conceived and reasoned in the common language of our Portuguese speaking communities. We stress our independent character, non-profit defined, exclusively based in the science and education, wholeheartedly dedicated to the growth of scientific culture. This is part of our foundation and our compromise for the future. This 2020 closure number includes two articles in the Nutrition and Food Sciences section, six articles in the Biomedical Sciences section and six others in the Biopharmaceutical Sciences section. Three other documents complete this number – the Proceedings Book of the 55th Annual Congress of the Brazilian Society of Physiology which included the 1st Portuguese-Brazilian Physiology Meeting organized by both countries’ (sister) Physiology Societies, the Proceedings Book from the 2020 CBIOS Science Sessions, and the Proceedings Book from the IV CBIOS Seminar 2020.

As traduções e as adaptações para o inglês de Ali Babá e os quarenta ladrões nos séculos XVIII e XIX

This paper aims to reconstruct of the editorial tradition which began in the early eighteenth century with the first English version of Ali Baba, and the forty thieves. During the next two centuries, this version gave origin to a great number of editions and adaptations into English, which were directly or indirectly mediated by Antoine Galland’s French version, who was responsible in the first place for introducing this tale into the Arabic compilation known as The Thousand and One Nights. It is our intention to analyze the different literary, translation and editorial procedures used by the agents involved in the tale’s popularization, since its indirect translation into English until its adaptation into the different formats of chapbooks published throughout the nineteenth century.

Blurred boundaries: Citizens journalists versus conventional journalists in Hong Kong

Hong Kong has a reputation for being one of the freest media societies in Asia, but its ranking on press freedom indices has fallen steadily since the Chinese takeover in 1997. The online media have nevertheless created a space for a widened public sphere. In a situation of growing self-censorship and rise of alternative journalism formats, this study asks whether citizen journalism represents a viable alternative to conventional journalism. The aim of the study is to map out differences between conventional journalists and citizen journalists with regard to role perception. The empirical data consist of 12 semi-structured interviews with citizen journalists and conventional journalists in Hong Kong. The study finds that both groups are concerned about the future of press freedom, perceiving high degrees of self-censorship as well as political and commercial pressure. Concerns about declining trust are strong. Neither of the informant groups trusts the media to be neutral, and they do not express support to “Beijing” (i.e., central Chinese politics). At the same time, professional journalists do not trust citizen journalism to be a viable alternative to traditional journalism, especially because of deficient validation processes and lack of neutrality. The citizen journalists on their part are in fact often organized in one way or another, and they do to some extent follow established editorial procedures. This indicates that even if the conventional journalists are skeptical to the new group of journalists, the two groups may not be as different as they might think. The two groups largely share ideals related to journalistic expertise, duty and autonomy, but differ on the collectivist–individualist dimension. Overall, the study identifies blurred boundaries between conventional journalism and citizen journalism in Hong Kong.