New archaeological evidences of the so-called "Bactrian-Margiana Archaeological Complex" (= BMAC) has invited a change in our knowledge of the cultural relations between Oxus civilization and south-eastern Iran during the III-II millennium B.C. transition period. The new archaeological projects in southern and western Turkmenistan, as well as attested at Gonur Depe, have showed a wider and more...

Marine citizen science is emerging with promising opportunities for science, policy and public but there still no comprehensive overview of the current state in Europe. Based on 127 projects identified North Sea area we estimate might be as much 500 marine coastal running Europe, i.e., one project per ?85 km coastline, an exponential growth since 1990. Beach-based are more accessible hence most...

Developing suitable frameworks and paradigms (theoretical and practical) is a challenge for all disciplines in the face of rapid technological changes. Technological advances are fundamentally changing discourse in many well-established areas of research; from advances in understanding the brain, questioning the informed wisdom of sectors of the brain, through to impacts of social networks on s...

Nowadays, there are rapid developments in the fields of photogrammetry, laser scanning, computer vision and robotics, together aiming to provide highly accurate 3D data that is useful for various applications. In recent years, various LiDAR and image-based techniques have been investigated for 3D modelling because of their opportunities for fast and accurate model generation. For cultural herit...

Animal biotechnology is controversial. It is one of the fastest-growing areas of technological innovation in the life sciences. Its rapid developments, ranging from new drug therapies to genetically engineered livestock, hold a great promise for a variety of fields of application. At the same time, the potentially high impact of these developments gives rise to numerous political and cultural c...

This paper explores the factors that have recently increased support for candidates and causes of the populist right across the developed democracies, especially among a core group of working-class men. In the context of debates about whether the key causal factors are economic or cultural, we contend that an effective analysis must rest on understanding how economic and cultural developments i...

The modern business environment is characterised by constant economic upheaval and incessant technological changes and the pace of change has accelerated with the emergence of the Internet. Consequently the management of technological change has become a major challenge for almost all organisations. Increasingly researchers have refocused their attention from planned models of change management...