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Kevin Reinert Member HERA Editorial Board Larry Andrews Russell Keenan 《人类与生态风险评估》2006,12(5):811-818
Not a day passes where nanotechnology does not make headlines in the popular press, scientific journals, as well as in the regulatory arena. Environmental and public health activists are voicing a growing concern and focus on the risks potentially posed by nanotechnology and the ability of the government to regulate these new and exciting technologies. Whereas such concerns state the need for stringent, precautionary, and almost exclusionary approaches to the regulation of nanotechnology, many entities believe that a voluntary approach to these often novel materials and technologies is the appropriate and sensible path. In this editorial, we discuss the importance of nanotechnology, who cares, and the available options for approaching the regulation of this often novel technology. We focus on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and its voluntary regulatory data submission program as the preferred alternative. 2 相似文献
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Markus S Schröder Dermot Harnett Benedikt A Minke Preethy Sasidharan Nair Committee Member Consortium 《EMBO reports》2013,14(10):856-860
Planning a symposium organized by PhD students is a challenging prospect. Insight from the organizers of three such symposia sheds light on the highs and lows of the experience.When we took on the responsibility for our respective annual PhD symposia (Sidebar A), none of us had any idea how much we would have to learn about organization, management and logistics; how many e-mails would be sent; how many deadlines missed. In the end, however, organizing a PhD symposium was in many ways the most instructive part of our first year as PhD students. We had the opportunity to meet and speak with brilliant scientists and we learnt how to coordinate, plan and execute different tasks efficiently with a good team spirit. Both the contacts we made and the skills we acquired should prove useful in our future careers. If you have the opportunity to get involved in organizing a symposium, we hope our experience will help you in making a start.
Sidebar A | The conferences we organized
The 3rd PhD Symposium in Computational Biology and Innovation hosted at the Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Ireland (5–7 December 2012).The 14th European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) PhD Symposium hosted at EMBL campus in Heidelberg, Germany (24–27 October 2012).The 8th FinBioNet PhD Symposium: Revolutionary bioscience: from advanced technologies to personalized medicine hosted at the University of Tampere, Finland (2–3 October 2012).Perhaps more than any other kind of meeting, a PhD symposium is a great opportunity for early-stage researchers to be exposed to a broad range of science and to meet fellow PhD students and potential collaborators in a friendly atmosphere. By organizing one, you will contribute both to your own career and to those of everyone involved. Many university graduate programmes and societies encourage the organization of such events.If you have the opportunity to get involved in organizing a symposium, we hope our experience will help you in making a startThe amount of work involved, however, is huge and requires the coordination and cooperation of a committee. Your first step, then, is to recruit that committee. An announcement to pique the interest of local PhD students is a good idea to get started, followed by the cooption of members from different areas, groups and institutes to improve diversity and broaden the committee''s knowledge. It also helps to divide the committee into different teams, and to elect a chair, vice-chair and team leaders to keep things on track. Defining clear responsibilities and setting deadlines is vital, but keep in mind that you will need to be flexible, as committee members might find they have more or less time than they planned. In addition to research, both internships and placements are common during the early phases of a PhD and you might unexpectedly lose core committee members along the way. In our case, losing a committee chair meant that the vice-chair had to take over most of the coordination and invest more time during his or her absence.In general, keep in mind that the people you are working with are not full-time employees. It is unlikely that anyone on the organizing committee has done something similar to this before, and so time must be set aside to bring people on board and get them up to speed. Some of your committee members will prove capable of working independently and will require little management; others might be overwhelmed by the demands of their research and will require assistance and micromanagement.In addition to research, internships and placements are common during the early phases of a PhD and you might unexpectedly lose core committee members…You therefore need to monitor people and be prepared for setbacks. As you will collectively bear responsibility for the symposium, work left undone will often fall to other committee members or to you if you are the chair or vice-chair. Just how much slack you have to pick up will depend on your management skills. As long as you have a plan and a clear overview of what needs to be done, management should be straightforward, if not always easy. A well-managed symposium will be a pleasure to organize. A poorly managed one will become a stressful and unpleasant experience.Dividing the labour correctly is the first crucial step. This should happen as early as possible. Sidebar B lists important categories of tasks that must be managed. Large areas—finance, participants and speakers—will probably need sub-committees of their own, while smaller areas such as website management and design might need only one or two people. A large symposium might require a team of 12 people for speakers alone, with one assigned to each speaker. Ideally you will have previous symposia hosted at your institution to use as a blueprint. If not, contact another institute and ask them for an outline. Above all, each task must have a committee member clearly responsible for it, as ambiguous instructions and diffusion of responsibility will result in inaction. Predicting how much work will be involved is difficult, and it is all too easy to under-estimate, leaving you understaffed on the day of the event. Too many staff is far better than too few, and you will find that the ability to be flexible and reassign people to tricky areas or problems is vital to your success.Sidebar B | Important committee tasks
Speakers—contacting speakers, soliciting abstracts and direct assistance to speakersParticipants—selecting plenary speakers and editing abstracts for the abstract bookFinance—fundraising and book-keepingPR—marketing through e-mails and posters, and securing sponsorsPosters—organizing posters on the day and judging any competitionsCatering—providing food and refreshmentsDesign—designing abstract booklets, posters and logosTransport and accommodation—arranging transport and accommodation for speakers (and participants)Website management—ensuring that the website is updated regularly with information about speakers, sessions and travelWithout the right content—speakers, topics and networking opportunities—no symposium will succeed, whether it is organized by PhD students or seasoned professionals. With a committee formed, the most important task is to decide on a scientific theme and a title for the symposium. It is always good to seek suggestions from your peers and mentors, especially because this will raise awareness that the symposium is going to take place. How you ultimately settle on a theme is down to you, but a voting system might be helpful. Remember, however, that the people organizing the symposium need to be confident in its direction and vision. Once a theme is chosen, the next step should be to set the number of sessions and agree on topics for each of these sessions (Sidebar C).Sidebar C | Deciding on a topic and title for your symposium
- The subject of the symposium should be broader than most academic conferences.You want to avoid competing directly with specialized conferences, and instead appeal to a broad range of PhD students.
- Avoid being vague—at the same time, it is vital that a PhD student in any field will read your poster and think ‘this conference is for me''. Moreover, they will need to be able to convince their group leader of it as well.
- Be aware of competitors—the topics of the symposium should not overlap with symposia that are going to be held around the same time.
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VIKRAM PATEL MARIO MAJ ALAN J. FLISHER MARY J. DE SILVA MIRJA KOSCHORKE MARTIN PRINCE WPA Zonal Member Society Representatives 《World psychiatry》2010,9(3):169-176
The treatment gap for people with mental disorders exceeds 50% in all countries
of the world, approaching astonishingly high rates of 90% in the least resourced
countries. We report the findings of the first systematic survey of leaders
of psychiatry in nearly 60 countries on the strategies for reducing the treatment
gap. We sought to elicit the views of these representatives on the roles of
different human resources and health care settings in delivering care and
on the importance of a range of strategies to increase the coverage of evidence-based
treatments for priority mental disorders for each demographic stage (childhood,
adolescence, adulthood and old age). Our findings clearly indicate three strategies
for reducing the treatment gap: increasing the numbers of psychiatrists and
other mental health professionals; increasing the involvement of a range of
appropriately trained non-specialist providers; and the active involvement
of people affected by mental disorders. This is true for both high income
and low/middle income countries, though relatively of more importance in the
latter. We view this survey as a critically important first step in ascertaining
the position of psychiatrists, one of the most influential stakeholder communities
in global mental health, in addressing the global challenge of scaling up
mental health services to reduce the treatment gap. 相似文献
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本文记载了内蒙古瘤蝽科昆虫7种,分别隶属于2亚科、2属,其中包括了蒙螳瘤蝽Cnizocoris mongo-licus sp.nov.、单室螳瘤蝽C.unicellularis sp.nov.和无室螳瘤蝽C.acellularis sp.nov.3个新种。另外,对瘤蝽属中Phymata crassipes chinensis Drake,1957的分类地位做了订正,视之为独立的种:中国原瘤蝽Phymata chinensis Drake. 相似文献
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