Congress Centre Research Articles

Preface

It is our pleasure to report that the Proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2018) held at Tsukuba International Congress Center, Ibaraki, Japan, December 12–14, 2018, are now published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). ISS2018 was organized by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), successively from the previous year. Total of 449 scientists, engineers, students, corporate executives and other participants (103 from abroad) gathered in ISS2018, and fruitful discussions were made to promote superconductor sciences and technologies. Total of 323 papers were presented, which included 6 plenary lectures, 79 invited talks, 38 contributed oral presentations and 200 poster presentations. The papers published in JPCS were categorized into relevant topics in the following four fields; (a) Physics and Chemistry, (b) Wires and Bulk, (c) Electronic Devices, (d) Large Scale System Applications.To ensure the high publication standard mandated by JPCS, every paper was peer reviewed by a reviewer with expertise, and in some cases by two reviewers before it was accepted for publication. As editors of the Proceedings, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the reviewers involved in the evaluation of the papers for their invaluable contribution.The EditorsPhysics and Chemistry: Atsutaka Maeda (The University of Tokyo), Hiraku Ogino (AIST)Wires and Bulk: Yoshiyuki Yoshida (AIST), Yasuhiro Iijima (Fujikura Ltd.)Electronic Devices: Mutsuo Hidaka (AIST), Tsunehiro Hato (SUSTERA)Large Scale System Applications: Naoyuki Amemiya (Kyoto University), Tsuyoshi Wakuda (Hitachi Ltd.), Hiroshi Miyazaki (Toshiba Co.)List of Organization of ISS2018 and Committees of ISS2018 available in this pdf.

Cardiology Update Davos: a remarkable tradition of postgraduate teaching in cardiovascular medicine

Between February 16th and 20th, 2019, the traditional biannual Cardiology Update Davos was again held at the Congress Centre in Davos under the auspices of the European Society of Cardiology.

BIO-Europe Spring 2019 - 13th Annual International Partnering Conference (March 25-27, 2019 - Vienna, Austria).

Vienna was the grand setting of the 13th Annual BIO-Europe Spring partnering meeting at the Congress Centre Wien, with receptions at the Hofburg Palace and the Rathaus. Thousands of biopharma executives congregated for one-to-one meetings to discuss collaborations, investment and the in- and outlicensing of assets. The three-day conference agenda included plenary sessions, company presentations, panel discussions, partnering workshops, networking lunches and spotlight sessions. Topics of focus included the Asia-Pacific evolving biopharma landscape, investment and partnering emerging opportunities in metabesity and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, the biopharma value chain transformation through digital technologies, microbiome therapeutics deals and upcoming trends in European biotech. This report covers highlights from the meeting.

EDITORIAL

It is the great honor for us to edit proceedings of “9th World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership (WCLTA-2018)” held on 26-28 October 2018, at the Quality Hotel Rouge et Noir Congress Center, Roma, Italy. This privileged scientific event has contributed to the field of educational sciences and research for nine years.
 
 As the guest editors of this issue, we are glad to see variety of articles focusing on the Active Learning, Administration of Education, Adult Education, Affective Learning, Arts Teaching, Asynchronous Learning, Behaviorist Learning, Biology Education, Blended Learning, Chemistry Education, Classroom Assessment, Classroom Management, Classroom Teacher Education, Collaborative Learning, College and Higher Education, Constructivist Learning, Content Development, Counseling Underperformers, Course and Programme Evaluation, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Development, Curriculum and Instruction, Democracy Education, Desktop Sharing, Developmental Psychology, Digital Content, Creation, Preservation and Delivery, Distance Learning, E-administration, E-assessment, Education and Culture, Educational Administration, Educational Technology, E-learning, E-Learning Strategies, E-Library and Learning Resources, Embedding Soft Skills in Curriculum Development, Enhancing and Integrating Employability, Environmental Education, ESL Education, E-teaching, Evaluation of e- Learning Technologies, Evaluation of Student Satisfaction, Faculty Development and Support, Future Learning Trends and Globalization, Gaming, Simulation and, Virtual Worlds, Guiding and Counseling, Healthy Education, High School Teacher Education, History Education, Human Resources in Education, Human Resources Management, Human Rights Education, Humanistic Learning, Information Literacy Support for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Innovation and Changing in Education, Innovations in e-Assessment, Innovative Teaching Strategies, Institutional Audit and Quality Assurance, Institutional Performance, Instructional Design, Instructional Design,, Knowledge Management in Education, Language Learning and Teaching, Language Teacher Education, Learner Centered Strategies, Learners Diversity, Inclusiveness and Inequality, Learning and Teaching Research Methods, Learning Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Learning Psychology, Learning Skills, Learning Theories, Lifelong Learning Strategies, Mathematics Learning and Teaching, Measurement and Evaluation in Education, Middle School Teacher Education, Mobile Learning, Multi-cultural Education, Multiple Intelligences, Music Learning and Teaching, New Learning Environments, New Learning Web Technologies, Nursery Education, Outcome-based Education, Performance Assessment, Physics Education, Portfolio Assessment, Pre-school Education, Primary School Education, Professional Development, School Administration, Science Education, Science Teaching, Social Networking and Interactive, Participatory Applications and Services, Social Sciences Teaching, Special Education, Sport and Physical Education, Strategic Alliances, Collaborations and Partnerships, Student Diversity, Student Motivation, Supporting Students Experience, Table of Specifications, Teacher skills, Teacher Training, Technology and the Learning Environment, Virtual Classroom Management, Vocational Education, Web Conferencing and etc.
 
 Furthermore, the conference is getting more international each year, which is an indicator that it is getting worldwide known and recognized. Scholars from all over the world contributed to the conference. Special thanks are to all the reviewers, the members of the international editorial board, the publisher, and those involved in technical processes. We would like to thank all who contributed to in every process to make this issue actualized. A total of 82 full papers or abstracts were submitted for this conference and each paper has been peer reviewed by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total of 22 high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.
 
 I hope that you will enjoy reading the papers.
 
 Guest Editors
 
 Prof. Dr. Jesús Garcia Laborda, University of Alcala, Spain
 
 Editorial Assistant
 
 Zeynep Genc, Msc. Near East University, North Cyprus

Update on selected topics in acanthocephalan parasites research

SummaryThe respectable community of parasitologists aimed at the broad-spectral research of acanthocephalan parasites met at the 9th Acanthocephalan Workshop. The workshop took place in the beautiful surroundings of the High Tatras, Slovakia in the Congress Centre Academia, Stará Lesná near Tatranská Lomnica on September 9 – 13th. This special event was hosted by the Slovak Society for Parasitology, the Institute of Parasitology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia, and the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic. It consisted of nearly three dozen lectures presented by distinguished acanthocephalan specialists who came from 13 countries and five continents. Vibrant discussions and creating new plans for future collaborations were accompanied by local mountain touring that offered the venue richly endowed with nature, deep forests and beautiful mountains. The contributions were addressed to resolve current systematic, taxonomic, biological, behavioural, ecological, and related topics. Presented results showed the most recent progressive developments comparable with all the other parasitic worm groups. The 10th Acanthocephalan Workshop will be hosted by Dr. Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, Bourgogne, France, in 2022.When citing this Review, please use the following form:Authors of the cited part (2018): Title of the cited part. In: Update on selected topics in acanthocephalan parasites research. Helminthologia, 55(4): pages. DOI: 10.2478/helm-2018-0023see the example below:Amin, O.M. (2018): Variability in the Acanthocephala. In: Update on selected topics in acanthocephalan parasites research. Helminthologia, 55(4): 350 – 361. DOI: 10.2478/helm-2018-0023

Where the Poles Come Together: POLAR2018 Joint Open Science Conference

Where the Poles Come Together: POLAR2018 Joint Open Science Conference

EDITORIAL


 
 
 It is the great honor for us to edit proceedings of “10th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2018) ” held on 01-03 February 2018, at the Top Hotel Praha Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic. This privileged scientific event has contributed to the field of educational sciences and research for ten years.
 As the guest editors of this issue, we are glad to see variety of articles focusing on the curriculum and instruction, educational technology, educational administration, guidance and counselling, educational planning, measurement and evaluation, learning psychology, developmental psychology, instructional design, learning and teaching, special education, distance education, lifelong learning, mathematics education, social sciences teaching, science education, language learning and teaching, human resources in education, teacher training, pre-school education, primary school education, secondary school education, vocational education, college and higher education, learner needs in the 21st century, the role of education in globalization, human rights education, democracy education, innovation and change in education, new learning environments, environmental education, professional development, nursery education, health education, sport and physical education, multi-cultural education, mobile learning, music education, art education, history education and etc.
 Furthermore, the conference is getting more international each year, which is an indicator that it is getting worldwide known and recognized. Scholars from all over the world contributed to the conference. Special thanks are to all the reviewers, the members of the international editorial board, the publisher, and those involved in technical processes. We would like to thank all who contributed to in every process to make this issue actualized. A total of 85 full papers or abstracts were submitted for this conference and each paper has been peer reviewed by the reviewers specialized in the related field. At the end of the review process, a total of 24 high quality research papers were selected and accepted for publication.
 I hope that you will enjoy reading the papers.
 Guest Editors
 Prof. Dr. Jesús García Laborda, Univesity of Alcala, Spain
 
 

Situating architectural performance: ‘star architecture’ and its roles in repositioning the cities of Graz, Lucerne and Wolfsburg

ABSTRACTSince the opening of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in 1997, the topic of how ‘star architecture’ plays a decisive role in urban regeneration has been discussed in academic debates as well as in the media. Efforts to emulate the so-called Bilbao effect followed internationally. However, not every city that commissions the design of a public cultural building to a star architect seeks to replicate that effect. This overarching narrative has nevertheless constituted a powerful background representation. This paper discusses the supposed replicability of the ‘effect’. The aim is to emphasize relational situatedness and plurality of roles of star architecture as a device of urban regeneration. The process of repositioning of a city does not necessarily follow the logic of international economic competition. When it comes to medium-sized cities, we observe that they aim at distinction within a specific field, in their nation-state, or try to reinvent their internal dynamics. This process can have expressive and symbolic, not merely instrumental character, and be understood as more of a socio-cultural performance rather than a purely economic investment. We juxtapose three empirical cases to illustrate the argument: Kunsthaus in Graz, Culture and Congress Centre Lucerne and Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg.

Feature issue introduction: Advanced Solid-State Lasers 2017

The Advanced Solid State Lasers 2017 Conference (ASSL) was held from October 1 to 5, 2017. It was an extraordinary conference at the Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, Japan. ASSL 2017 again suggested an impressive platform where miscellaneous perceptions with a variety of approaches to optics, photonics, sensing, laser technology, laser systems, and solid state lasers were presented. This international meeting was highly selective, leading to high level contributions through one plenary conference, 17 invited presentations, 70 regular talks, and 121 posters. The present joint issue of Optics Express and Optical Materials Express features 27 articles written by ASSL 2017 authors and covering the spectrum of solid-state lasers from materials research to sources, and from design innovation to applications.

Feature issue introduction: Advanced Solid-State Lasers 2017.

The Advanced Solid State Lasers 2017 Conference (ASSL) was held from October 1 to 5, 2017. It was an extraordinary conference at the Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, Japan. ASSL 2017 again suggested an impressive platform where miscellaneous perceptions with a variety of approaches to optics, photonics, sensing, laser technology, laser systems, and solid state lasers were presented. This international meeting was highly selective, leading to high level contributions through one plenary conference, 17 invited presentations, 70 regular talks, and 121 posters. The present joint issue of Optics Express and Optical Materials Express features 27 articles written by ASSL 2017 authors and covering the spectrum of solid-state lasers from materials research to sources, and from design innovation to applications.

EUROSON 2018 Poznan, Poland

We have the great pleasure to invite you to the 30th EUROSON Congress of EFSUMB, which will take place in Poznan 6 – 9 September 2018. The Congress will be held in the Congress Centre of the Poznan International Fair simultaneously with the XIV Congress of Polish Scientific Society of Ultrasonography.

The 28th Magnetic Recording Conference (TMRC 2017)

The 28th Magnetic Recording Conference (TMRC) 2017 was held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan, from August 2 to 4, 2017. TMRC 2017 focused on future magnetic storage technologies for hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state memories. The program featured two dedicated sessions on heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), two sessions related to magnetic random access memory, a session on advanced recording components/systems, and a session exploring microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) with related topics. These six oral sessions with 38 invited talks were complemented by 60 contributed posters. The keynote presentation was presented by Dr. Hirofumi Nagai from Fujitsu and was titled “AI technology innovation will change to storage and memory!?”

Report on the International meeting Payment for ecosystem services - forest for water (COST Action 15206 PESFOR-W), Albena, Bulgaria

The paper reports on the meeting of the Payment for Ecosystem Services Cost Action/18.10.2016-17.10.2020 (CA 15206 PESFOR-Water), which took place from 25 th to 27 th September, 2018 in the Congress Center of the Flamingo Grand Hotel, Albena, Bulgaria. The meeting was related to the European scientific program COST (European Co-operation in Science & Technology). COST Action PESFOR-W includes representatives of 39 countries.

Viewpoint: Growing together in diversity.

Prague’s tangle of cobbled lanes and secret courtyards is pure bliss for the aimless wanderer; it flirts with you and your path always beckons you to adventure further. But today, as the sun rose over the sleepy Vltava river, I was not an aimless wanderer. I was heading to the Prague Congress Centre to present at the World Organization of Family Doctors’ (WONCA) annual conference. And when I arrived, I …

The Fourth World Landslide Forum, Ljubljana, 2017

The Fourth World Landslide Forum (WLF4) was held in Cankarjev dom—Cultural and Congress Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 30 May to 2 June 2017, with over 600 participants from 49 countries, 5 international organizations, and 4 United Nations organizations—scientists, engineers, researchers, students, experts, politicians, and other decision makers working in the area of landslide risk reduction. Well, over 100 of them were (post)graduate students. The WLF4 as a triennial event was a contribution of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. This article reports on the main WLF4 events and outcomes of the forum. Altogether, close to 400 peer-reviewed full papers, including keynote, invited, and other submitted papers, were published by Springer Nature in five volumes with a total of over 3600 pages. During the WLF4, 20 new World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction for 2017–2020, IPL Awards for Success, Varnes Medals, Best Paper Awards, and other means of recognitions were handed out to the recipients. The WLF4 participants have adopted the “2017 Ljubljana Declaration,” and drafted the “Kyoto 2020 Commitment,” in order to stress their strong and joint commitment for the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015–2025 on its way towards the Fifth World Landslide Forum to be held in November 2020 in Kyoto, Japan.

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Acta PhysiologicaVolume 221, Issue S714 p. 18-23 SymposiaFree Access Symposia First published: 07 September 2017 https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.12966AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume221, IssueS714Special Issue: Turkish Society of Physiological Sciences 43rd National Physiology Congress, 07 – 10 September 2017, Pamukkale University, Congress Center, Denizli (Turkey)September 2017Pages 18-23 RelatedInformation

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DIGITAL WORKFLOW FOR THE ACQUISITION AND ELABORATION OF 3D DATA IN A MONUMENTAL COMPLEX: THE FORTRESS OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST IN FLORENCE

Abstract. In recent years, the GeCo Laboratory has undertaken numerous projects to digitalize vast and complex buildings; the specific nature of the different projects has resulted in a case-by-case approach, each time working on past experiences and updating not only the hardware and software tools but also the management and processing methods. This paper presents the workflow followed for the survey of the Fortress of Saint John the Baptist in Florence, an on-going interdisciplinary project. Presently Florence’s main trade fair congress centre, at the same time it hosts various buildings that bear witness to the fortress’s life-history, combining constructions from the Medici and Lorraine eras with recently built exhibition facilities. Now new research has been required due to the realization of new pavilions and the regeneration of the whole complex. This has included a critical survey, material testing, diagnostic investigations and stratigraphic analyses to define the building’s state of preservation. The working group comprises specialists from different institutions, amongst which the Italian Military Geographic Institute, the University of Florence, the National Research Council Institute for the Preservation and Enhancement of the Cultural Heritage, and the Florence City Council.

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