4th Conference Research Articles

Coastal environmental changes in Ninh Thuan Province, South-Central Vietnam.

Vietnam's coastal regions are highly vulnerable to natural hazards and human-induced changes, posing significant challenges to their ecological and socio-economic systems. The country's mangrove vegetation spans its entire coastline and has been depleted for decades in many regions. Notably, Vietnam's proactive stance on climate change mitigation received significant recognition during the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This study investigated five critical coastal environmental features (shoreline dynamics, drought conditions, soil salinity trends, mangrove deforestation, and reforestation, as well as spatiotemporal variations in aquaculture and salt farming areas) using satellite data and geospatial analysis. Findings revealed a 58% decline in mangrove areas between 1989 and 2023, with a sharp decline between 1989 and 2001, followed by a gradual recovery. Furthermore, soil salinity along the Ninh Thuan coast indicated a continuous increase, except during the strong La Niña period in 2001. Additionally, aquaculture and salt marshes have expanded significantly, changing land use patterns. These findings highlight the urgent need for integrated coastal zone management to mitigate environmental degradation and enhance ecosystem resilience. Future studies should investigate the socio-economic implications of these changes and evaluate restoration strategies for sustainable coastal development.

"Fly to New World": Meeting report of the 16th Japanese Drosophila research conference (JDRC16).

The 16th Japanese Drosophila Research Conference (JDRC16) was held at the Sendai International Center from September 17 to 19 2024. It had been 2 years since the last JDRC15 held in Nagoya. The conference brought together 231 researchers, including 22 researchers from overseas, creating a vibrant and diverse platform for scientific exchange. Prof. Shigeo Hayashi of RIKEN BDR delivered a keynote lecture, and his groundbreaking ideas and research captivated the audience. Over the 3 days, the conference featured 53 oral presentations across 11 sessions and 2 special sessions, as well as 128 poster presentations, all of which fostered stimulating discussions and the exchange of innovative ideas. The reception provided an additional opportunity for researchers to engage in meaningful dialogue while enjoying Sendai's renowned specialties. Held under clear autumn skies in a great nature along the river, this conference painted a beautiful contrast to the heated discussions in the venue. Consequently, this conference fully contributed to the mission proffered by Prof. Hayashi, "Fly to New World," expanding the insights gained from flies into new and unexplored scientific areas.

SEFAC 2025 Conference: Community pharmacy facing the challenge of specialisation and change

In 2025, which marks the 25th anniversary of our scientific society, SEFAC will be celebrating its national conference under the slogan 'Community pharmacy as a health, scientific and specialised profession', which attempts to encapsulate the essence of this period of transformation for the profession. Embracing change is not just an option but a necessity to ensure a solid and recognised future. As part of the 15th Conference, the professional debate 'Speciality in community pharmacy: a necessity?' will be held, which will serve to reflect on the path towards the consolidation of a specialisation that legitimises and further enhances the role of the community pharmacist within the healthcare system.

Is Behaviourism Dead? Why Does This Matter (or Not Matter)?

I have been researching the impacts of behaviourism on the wellbeing of autistic and neurodivergent young people for several years now, and it has become the focus of my dissertation. The history of behaviourism is full of taboos and silenced narratives from all sides, making it an excellent topic for this year’s 20th Annual York University Graduate Student Conference in Education. It is an honour to be here.

Swimming Into Future Breakthroughs From Kyoto, Japan: Report of the 18th International Zebrafish Conference (IZFC2024).

The 18th International Zebrafish Conference (IZFC2024) took place from August 17 to 21, 2024, at Miyako Messe in Kyoto, Japan. This conference attracted 641 researchers from around the world along with 83 virtual participants, making it the largest gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic. The event featured two keynote lectures, three award lectures, 36 plenary talks, 90 oral presentations, and 374 poster presentations. Participants also engaged in luncheons, workshops, and community sessions, all aimed at exploring innovative technologies, enhancing scientific environments and strengthening connections within the research community. Additionally, the conference included cultural elements that allowed participants to immerse themselves in Japanese traditions, enriching their overall experience. This commitment to blending scientific inquiry with cultural appreciation ensured that participants gained valuable insights into the latest research while enjoying a taste of Japan's rich heritage. Overall, IZFC2024 successfully promoted collaboration and innovation in zebrafish research while celebrating the unique cultural aspects of Japan, making this conference an unforgettable event for everyone involved.

CMSE 2024 Preface

The proceedings contain sixteen selected papers from the 13th Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE 2024) held on November 17-20, 2024 in Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. Organized by Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology (FEGT), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, the conference brought together about 70 participants from over 20 countries, including Algeria, Australia, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Turkey. Attendees shared their latest research findings and state-of-the-art technologies in materials science and engineering, fostering a rich exchange of ideas and innovations. Four professors delivered keynote speeches at the conference, sharing their insights and expertise on semiconductors, metasurfaces, lithium slag concrete and fcc metals. Thirty oral presentations in three sessions and eighteen poster presentations were presented, showcasing cutting-edge research and technologies in the field of materials science and engineering. Best Oral Presentations Awards and Best Posters Awards were voted on and presented during the conference to encourage high-quality research and promote excellence and engagement in scientific communication. This compilation was selected from sixty submissions, featuring the latest advanced results and technologies in metals, composites, electronic and magnetic materials, nanomaterials, materials properties, processing, characterization & testing and experimental techniques in industrial applications. All papers underwent a rigorous review process conducted by the technical program committee and international reviewers, who evaluated them based on the quality, novelty, breadth, and depth of the research themes to ensure alignment with the scope of the CMSE conference. List of Technical Program Committee is available in this pdf.

Special issue on “The 13th Asian Control Conference”

Special issue on “The 13th Asian Control Conference”

The SEOP celebrates its 25th Pediatric-Dentistry Collaboration Conference

The SEOP celebrates its 25th Pediatric-Dentistry Collaboration Conference

17th European Conference on Mixing

17th European Conference on Mixing

15th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference 2024

15th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference 2024

International conference “Spaces for change in law, language, literature, history and cultural imagination of Asia, Africa and Europe”. 19th Conference of Translation, Interpreting, LSPs and Cultural Studies and 4th East European Consortium of Korean Studies (EECKS) and the International Conference on East Asian and Korean Studies. Gułtowy, 27th–29th June 2024.

International conference “Spaces for change in law, language, literature, history and cultural imagination of Asia, Africa and Europe”. 19th Conference of Translation, Interpreting, LSPs and Cultural Studies and 4th East European Consortium of Korean Studies (EECKS) and the International Conference on East Asian and Korean Studies. Gułtowy, 27th–29th June 2024.

The 4th European Conference “Europa Postmediaevalis 2024: Patterns and Inspirations”, Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Archaeology Warsaw University, 23-25.04.2024

An report on this year's "Europa Postmediaevalis 2024: Patterns & Inspirations" conference on post-medieval and modern ceramics, held in Warsaw in April 2024. The conference was the fourth in a series of meetings organised in various European countries in the last six years under the common title Europa Postmediaevalis (2018 in Prague, 2020 – cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 in Coimbra), on the initiative of the international association ‘Europa Postmediaevalis Research Group’ (see: https://www.europapostmed.eu/en/).

Accounting for the Different Propagation Velocities for the Focusing and Time–Depth Conversion in a Layered Medium

This contribution deals with the focusing and time–depth conversion of GPR data in a two-layer scenario. In a layered scenario, the different propagation velocities of the electromagnetic waves in different layers can induce distortion in the reconstruction. In particular, it is not possible, with common data processing, to achieve the focusing of both the targets embedded in the upper and deeper layers at the same time. We will present a strategy for mitigating this problem. The strength points of this strategy are its simplicity and the fact that it only requires a commercial code for the GPR data processing plus some steps easily implementable through a homemade code. This work extends a contribution of the same authors at the 20th International GPR conference held in Chanchung, China, in June 2024, and the conclusions are updated with three-dimensional numerical results, including depth slices determined directly in the spatial domain. Both numerical and experimental data will be shown.

Briefing: The 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy

Every four years, since 1956, a global pilgrimage begins. Earthquake engineers from the farthest reaches of the world converge, drawn by an unspoken call beneath the grand canopy of knowledge – the World Conferences on Earthquake Engineering. Here, they gather, under the umbrella of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering, to stand united in their pursuit of taming the unforgiving effects of tremors of the earth.

On Kleisli liftings and decorated trace semantics

It is well known that Kleisli categories provide a natural language to model side effects. For instance, in the theory of coalgebras, behavioural equivalence coincides with language equivalence (instead of bisimilarity) when nondeterministic automata are modelled as coalgebras living in the Kleisli category of the powerset monad. In this paper, our aim is to establish decorated trace semantics based on language and ready equivalences for conditional transition systems (CTSs) with/without upgrades. To this end, we model CTSs as coalgebras living in the Kleisli category of a relative monad. Our results are twofold. First, we reduce the problem of defining a Kleisli lifting for the machine endofunctor in the context of a relative monad to the classical notion of Kleisli lifting. Second, we provide a recipe based on indexed categories to construct a Kleisli lifting for general endofunctors.Comment: 40th Conference on Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS)

Crash the Clinic

This is an edited transcript of the 4th Autism and Systemic Practice Conference 2023 presentation in which David asked Amanda some questions and Amanda shared the story of her family trying to get her for their family. David shared some of his responses to the wider issues in stanza form. Amanda is a parent of two young women and David is a retired systemic practitioner working voluntarily to support local families with neurodivergence. Amanda’s words are in ordinary font and David’s are in italic.

Self-medicating in a difficult world

To me, as a systemic family therapist working in the substance misuse field, it seems that family therapy has always had somewhat of a dilemma when it comes to working with family systems where there is a substance misuse disorder present. In this paper, I will be describing current thinking in family therapy practice within the substance misuse field and how systemically informed substance misuse services are beginning to pay attention to issues of neurodiversity. Particularly concentrating on how adolescent (under 18) services are adapting to become more neuro-inclusive and neuro-affirmative. For substance misuse services, this is the opportune time to discuss and highlight the use of substances by the neurodivergent population. In this article, which is an elaboration on the presentation at the 4th Systemic Autism conference I outline changes that could be made to substance misuse treatment services to remove barriers to accessing substance misuse treatment that neurodivergent individuals may encounter when trying to change their relationship with substances.

:Manufacturers and Markets: The Contribution of Hellenistic Pottery to Economies Large and Small: Proceedings of the 4th Conference of IARPotHP, Athens, November 2019, 11th–14th

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Meeting abstracts from the 12th European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products

Meeting abstracts from the 12th European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products

The 15th IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks [IEEE Radio &amp; Wireless Week 2025

The 15th IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks [IEEE Radio &amp; Wireless Week 2025