Large scale star formation and chemical evolution are studied in the Bar of the LMC. For our programme, we use the HST Wide Field Planetary Camera and uvby photometry. This calls for careful calibration of the HST WFPC2 uvby system. Such calibration is derived through observations of cluster fields with both large ground based telescopes, including generous amounts of standard stars, and with t...

As Leifer et al. have argued, the management of radical innovation projects necessitates different strategies and practices, including different ways of measuring performance. This paper discusses our efforts to explore indicators of progress for radical innovation in basic and applied research and technology development at both the project and programme levels. The paper provides examples of o...

INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a significant problem, and lifestyle modifications including self-management are important. We have developed a structured individual-based lifestyle education (SILE) programme for T2D. With attention now being paid to techniques to change behaviour, we recently developed a behavioural type-specific SILE (BETSILE) programme. We aimed to evaluate the effecti...

Abstract This chapter presents the ELE Programme (ELE Consortium 2022). Reacting to landmark resolution (European Parliament 2018), its vision is achieve digital language equality in Europe by 2030. The programme was prepared jointly with many stakeholders from European Language Technology, Natural Processing, Computational Linguistics and language-centric AI communities, as well representative...

BACKGROUND Chile is currently undergoing a period of rapid demographic transition which has led to an increase in the proportion of older people in the population; the proportion aged 60 years and over, for example, increased from 8% of the population in 1980 to 12% in 2005. In an effort to promote healthy ageing and preserve function, the government of Chile has formulated a package of actions...

BACKGROUND The need for training to equip primary care staff with the knowledge and skills to provide dietary advice to the public has been acknowledged. Little is known about the effectiveness of such training at improving the dietary counselling skills of multidisciplinary practice teams. AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of a nutrition training programme, delivered to primary care teams by...

Service) registry number (when available) to distinguish me-too and second-generation molecules from first-in-class compounds (see Reddy 2003). it easier to improve upon existing remedies. We also expect first-in-class compounds to be drawn from an inferior distribution because there is less information about potential side effects. Unfortunately, in almost 40% of cases it is impossible to clas...

introduction and aims: h. pylori has been implicated in peptic diseases, some with detrimental consequences such as ulcer or cancer. since considerable genetic heterogeneity has been observed within h. pylori population worldwide, it appears an ideal achievement to recruit pcr-based methods and design genetic markers which recognize isolates from normal and symptomatic individuals. in this stud...