Grand challenges in humanitarian aid

GRAND CHALLENGES Grand challenges in organismal biology

Grand challenges in organismal biology Kurt Schwenk,* Dianna K. Padilla, George S. Bakken and Robert J. Full Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA; Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies, Indiana State University, Terre ...

Grand challenges: Grand opportunities

This document is intended to stimulate debate and discussion in preparation of the Escience Scoping Study Expert Seminar for archaeology and the historic environment. It is a tentative, partial and therefore controversial delineation of the challenges and opportunities which the E-science agenda presents archaeologists and the historic environment sector. It proposes areas of specific activity ...

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Business processes in international humanitarian aid

International humanitarian aid provides assistance such as food, shelter, and health or counseling services across national boundaries to communities in need. Universally, international humanitarian aid organizations play a critical role, by supporting the survival and recovery of communities affected by crises such as natural disasters, conflicts or disease epidemics. In most instances the tec...

Grand Challenges in Oncology

Since the declaration of war against cancer in the National Cancer Act of 1971 by then U.S. President Richard Nixon, great progress has been made in several areas, but it is clear that cancer is a more complex disease than what we had anticipated. Despite the high cure rates achieved in some hematological malignancies and pediatric tumors, progress in the most common adult solid tumors has been...