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A japán kōban közösségi rendészeti modell

Aim: The author aims to provide information on the Japanese kōban model for those interested in community policing. At the same time, he highlights the social and political conditions in Japan that have been necessary for the success of the kōban policing model.Methodology: The author conducted an empirical data collection based on interviews and participant observation in Japan in 2022. The data collection was supported by a professor, formerly a police officer, who was active in police educationand research during the fieldwork period. This support was crucial in enabling the author to contact police leaders, community police officers, criminologists and other professionals. In addition, relevant literature and legal background on the subject were analysed.Conclusions: In addition to the commitment of the government, collectivism and norm-following, which are characteristic of Japanese society, contributed to the success of community policing. In addition, it was necessary to build a crime prevention network based on the involvement and activation of the public, and on cooperation between the police and local voluntary organisations.Value: The results make it clear that the introduction or adoption of elements of a community policing model must take into account the specificities of the society concerned. The article also draws attention to the role and potential of comparative criminology.

Rationale, Mission and Vision for a National Centre of Affective Disorders in Germany.

Affective disorders are common, complex disorders representing one of the major challenges to global health in the 21st century. To mitigate the burden of disease, substantial public health efforts need to be undertaken since research on the causes and adequate treatment requires multidisciplinary approaches. These should integrate translational, and clinical research, aided by technological advancements in collecting and analysing comprehensive data. Here we present the rationale, concept, mission and vision of the recently founded National Centre of Affective Disorders (NCAD) in Germany. NCAD founding partners build on their previous successful cooperation within the German Research Network for Mental Disorders funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). They form an internationally pre-eminent network of integrative excellence, leading in science and contributing significantly to the improved care of affective disorder patients. The partners will provide complementary structures and innovative methods across the entire translational continuum from bench to clinical and real-world settings. The vision of the NCAD is to foster cross-disciplinary research from basic neuroscience to public mental health by close translational collaboration between academia, non-university research institutions, and international partners, including industry, to deliver cutting-edge research, innovative clinical services and evidence-based training to young clinicians and scientists. The mission is to accomplish research in a highly translational manner, especially with respect to clinical studies in a trans-sectoral way. This approach aims to ensure continuous improvement in the treatment and care provided to patients and an interdisciplinary environment for high-level research and education in affective disorders.

Preface

The 30th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (IAHR2020) was held virtually between March 21-26, 2021, and organized by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.EPFL is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology. With the status of a federal institute since 1969, the young engineering school has grown in many dimensions, to the extent of becoming one of the most famous European institutions of science and technology. Like its sister institution in Zurich, ETHZ, it has three core missions: training, research and technology transfer. Associated with the four specialised research institutes, the two Institutes of Technology form the ETH/EPF domain, which is directly dependent on the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER). EPFL counts some 6,000 employees and 1,500 academic visitors per year who work at our five schools, two colleges, 28 institutes, 354 laboratories and sites in five cantons and who span over a hundred different professions (professors, secretaries, PhD researchers, lab technicians, tech support staff, etc.).List of About the conference, Conference themes, Conference Sessions, Organizing Committee, Executive Committee, Scientific Committee are available in this pdf.

Exploration of the New Mode of Integrating Ideological and Political Education with Industry-University-Research in the Cultivation of Innovative Ability of Medical Postgraduates in Ethnic Areas

Objective: To explore new methods and functions of the new model of ideological and political education integrating production, teaching and research in the cultivation of medical graduates’ innovative ability in ethnic areas. Methods: Starting from the status quo of the innovation ability of medical postgraduates in ethnic areas, it deeply analyzes the requirements of the innovation ability of medical postgraduates in ethnic areas under the background of the new era. Based on the actual situation of medical schools in ethnic regions, combined with the new model of ideological and political education integrating production, teaching and research, it analyzes its new methods and functions in promoting graduate students’ innovative capabilities. Results: The new model of ideological and political education integrating production, education and research can realize the improvement of students’ internal driving force, the rationality of the teaching staff, the optimization of platform resources, the standardization of system construction, and the high-level and applicability of scientific research results. Conclusion: The new model of ideological and political education integrating production, teaching and research is a powerful boost for the standardized training and innovation of medical graduate students in ethnic areas.

Establishing reference costs for the health benefit packages under universal health coverage in India: cost of health services in India (CHSI) protocol

IntroductionTo achieve universal health coverage, the Government of India has introduced Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB - PMJAY), a large tax-funded national health insurance scheme for...

Βιοηθικά ζητήματα της χρήσης πτωματικών βιολογικών υλικών στην εκπαίδευση και στην έρευνα

Can someone claim property rights on a corps e? If so, to whom it belongs? If not, are there anylimits to the "use exploitation" of the human body? This paper discusses the ethical issues that arise ineducation and research with cadaveric materials by conducting a review of the international litera ture. Inthe light of various scandals concerning the retention of cadaveric tissues and organs and their use ineducation and research, the legislative framework in the UK was revised in 2006 to regulate themanagement of a corpse. Similar acts exist in m any other countries. In Greece, the current legal systemonly regulates the use of biological materials for transplantation, leaving a "gap" in education andresearch issues after death. Greece must leave behind the paternalism of the past and follow the p rinciplesof information and consent.

Prevalence of cryptococcal meningitis in a tertiary care centre.

Background: Cryptococcal meningitis has emerged as an important opportunistic central nervous system (CNS) infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patients. It is associated with a high mortality rate. Hence early diagnosis is necessary to start appropriate treatment. Cryptococcosis is generally found in association with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) although it has been reported to cause disease in HIV-seronegative patients also. Objective:Prevalence of Cryptococcal meningitis in a tertiary care centre. Material & Methods: A total of 93 Cerebrospinal fluid samples from suspected cases of fungal meningitis were received in the microbiology department of GB Pant Hospital(GIPMER) from January to June 2018. Samples were subjected to direct microscopy- wet mount, India ink preparation and Gram stain, Cryptococcal antigen detection(Latex agglutination), and Fungal culture. In vitro susceptibility of Cryptococcus isolates to Fluconazole, Voriconazole, 5- Flucytosine and Amphotericin B was performed using standard broth microdilution method. Results: Out of 93 CSF samples, 6 were positive for India ink preparation and showed gram positive budding yeast cells by gram staining. All 6 samples were positive for the cryptococcal antigen test and fungal culture. Five were identified as C. neoformans and one C. gatti. All strains were susceptible to Amphotericin B. Four patients were HIV reactive and succumbed to the diseaseduring treatment. Two patients were found to be coinfected with Hepatitis B virus. Ashish Bajaj1, Bibhabati Mishra2, Poonam S Loomba2, Archana Thakur3, Abha Sharma4, Prachala G Rathod1, Madhusmita Das1, Ashna Bhasin1 1Senior Resident, 2Director Professor, 3Director Professor & Head, 4Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Govind Ballabh Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GIPMER), New Delhi, India ABSTRACT Cryptococcal meningitis has emerged as an important opportunistic central nervous system (CNS) infection in immunosuppressed patients.It is associated with a high mortality rate(>30%) in immunosuppressed patients especially those infected with HIV, hence early diagnosis is necessary to start appropriate treatment. Prevalence of cryptococcal infection is increasing in developing nations including India as per some recent studies.(1) Conclusion: Index of suspicion of Cryptococcus infection as a possible cause of meningitis must be considered in chronic meningitis cases. Microscopy (India ink preparation) may be used as a cheap and rapid diagnostic tool.

The Evaluation Of The Effects Of Passive Smoking On Children's Health With Detection Of Urine Cotinine Levels

Background: Passive smoking exposure is an important public health problem that causes pneumonia, bronchiolitis, bronchopneumonia, asthma formation and exacerbation, middle ear inflammation, tooth decay, growth retardation and development in children.Objectives: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate passive smokers objectively by cotinine level in urine.Method: Eighty children with at least one active smoker at home and 80 children who were not active smoker at home were admitted to the Ankara Education and Research Hospital . Parents were asked a questionnaire to the sociodemographic characteristics of their children and their families, the habits of smoking and the illnesses they had in a year. To assess passive smoking exposures, the first urine of children was collected and the level of cotinine, the main metabolite of nicotine in the urine, was measured using the solid phase competitive chemiluminescence immunoassay method on the Immulite 2000 Analyzer. A cut-off value of 10 ng / ml was obtained for diagnosis of passive smoking. Patients with cotinine levels above this value were assessed as "exposed to passive smoking".Results: In passive smoking exposures, the number of illnesses and wheezing has increased in the last year. The preterm birth and wheezing frequency of the smokers were significantly higher in the pregnant women (p <0, 05). Median cotinine level was found to be 10 ng / ml in the passive smoking group but median cotinine level was found to be 20,8 ng / ml in the cigarette group (p <0,01). The group with only mother smokers had significantly increased incidence of tooth decay compared with other groups (p <0.05). No relationship was found between birth weigth of infant and smoking behaviour during pregnancy (p=0,53), however the frequency of prematurity was found to be higher (p=0.03).The cotinine level of 68.7% of patients in the passive smoking group and 25% of the control group was above the threshold value of 10 ng / ml. The most sensitive and specific threshold level of cotinine was found as 14.75 ng/ml. Conclusions: Our study showed that 25% of children who do not smoke at home are exposed to passive smoking. This finding suggests that families are biased towards reporting smoking cessation alongside their sick children and those children are also exposed to cigarette smoke in out-of-home settings.

An Investigation on Radiation Protection and Shielding Properties of 16 Slice Computed Tomography (CT) Facilities

One of the fundamental principles of radiation protection is distance factor. In CT facilities maximum dose occurs near gantry and dose rate is decreases by distance. To know the rate of reduction of the amount of dose that distance is very important for radiation protection procedure especially for apply criterias of International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) on radiation protection. This technical study aimed to investigate the backscattered dose amount from 16 Slice CT devices for verification of radiation protection measures in several CT facilities and also to evaluate the shielding properties of walls of operating room and patient waiting room. This technical study has been performed in Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Umraniye Education and Research Hospital, Haydarpasa Education and Research Hospital, Beykoz Education and Research Hospital and Sancaktepe Education and Research Hospital, respectively. In this study, we measured the dose rates from the gantry until exit door and behind the door. The results showed that, backscattered dose amount has been decreased by distance. We obtained only background radiation in radiographer room and patient waiting room. The results showed also that radiation protection requirements are maximized in investigated hospitals. It can be concluded that, recent method can be applied for various CT facilities for optimum radiation protection studies which also in discussion with ICRP and IAEA for better radiation protection and shielding in radiology clinics.

Die SimplyScience Stiftung.

SimplyScience is an internet platform for 8 to 18 year olds and their parents and teachers, created by the scienceindustries in 2008. scienceindustries represents the chemical, pharma and biotech industries and is active in the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research's programme 'Promotion of Science, Mathematics and Technology', the so-called 'MINT' subjects. SimplyScience presents articles, videos and podcasts on diverse scientific subjects and has the objective of interesting children and adolescents for science and technology matters and thereby encouraging them to consider a career in one of the MINT subjects.

Importmodellen i norsk fengselsvesen

Until 1969, the Norwegian Prison Service was itself responsible for providing health, educational and other services offered to inmates. This was referred to as the “self-sufficiency model”. In 1969, however, the Ministry of Education andResearch assumed financial and professional responsibility for the education of prisoners. This was the start of a process in which the responsibility for many services was transferred from the Ministry of Justice to the agencies that typicallyprovide these services to the general public. This reorganization was based on the ideology that a prison sentence should involve, as far as practically possible, no more than the deprivation of liberty. Ergo, other civil rights and entitlementsshould not be lost or restricted. Professor Nils Christie was a primus motor for this reorganization of prison operations, and it was he who coined the phrase “the import model”. The following article describes the implementation of theimport model from 1969 to the present and some of its consequences.

The 2008 Nura earthquake sequence at the Pamir-Tian Shan collision zone, southern Kyrgyzstan

This research was funded by DFG bundle TIPAGE (PAK 443), the CAME project bundle TIPTIMON funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (support code 03G0809), and GFZ. We acknowledge funding for the Earthquake Task Force deployment by GFZ and the Hannover Ruck reinsurance company.

Bordeaux, les échelles urbaines d’une université en quête d’unité

In Bordeaux, the creation of the PRES University of Bordeaux (a public university system) in 2007 was followed by the selection of the project within the national Campus Plan. This change in the university landscape takes part in a process of wider change confirmed by the Law on Higher Education and Research (ESR), adopted in July 2013. The case of Bordeaux offers an interesting opportunity to study the peculiarities of the recent transformations of the French University. It combines indeed an institutional reform with the partial merger of institutions, and management of a very large land easement (especially around a large campus). The study of Bordeaux can lead to question the ability of the university to build itself as a real planner and to transform its relationship with the local territory.

Estimation Algorithms of the Flow Number from Sampled Packets on Approximate Approaches

PDF HTML阅读 XML下载 导出引用 引用提醒 基于近似方法的抽样报文流数估计算法 DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1001.2013.04316 作者: 作者单位: 作者简介: 通讯作者: 中图分类号: 基金项目: 国家自然科学基金(60973123);国家重点基础研究发展计划(973)(2009CB320505);江苏省科技计划项目(科技支撑计划——工业部分)(BE2011173) Estimation Algorithms of the Flow Number from Sampled Packets on Approximate Approaches Author: Affiliation: Fund Project: 摘要 | 图/表 | 访问统计 | 参考文献 | 相似文献 | 引证文献 | 资源附件 | 文章评论 摘要:维护每个报文的流记录需要占用大量测量资源.目前已有多种抽样技术估计网络流统计信息,然而精确地估计出流数统计信息是目前的研究难点.提出了Integral和Iteration 两种基于报文抽样样本估计网络流数的算法.Integral算法只需使用抽样流长为1的流数信息就可以近似推导出未抽样的流数.Iteration算法通过建立迭代函数估计未抽样流数,然后根据未抽样流数和已抽样的流数推断出原始流量的流数.采用CERNET(China education andresearch network)骨干网络链路数据将这两种算法与EM(expectation maximization)算法进行对比,表明Iteration算法具有较好的精度和性能. Abstract:Recording flow statistics for each network packet is resource-intensive. Various sampling techniques are used to estimate flow statistics. However, the estimation accuracy based on the sampling remains a significant challenge. This paper introduces both sampling techniques denoted as Integral and Iteration algorithms, which can accurately infer the number of original flows from the sampled flow records. The Integral algorithm uses only the number of sampled flows with one sampled packet to approximately deduce the number of unsampled flows. The Iteration algorithm can estimate the number of unsampled flows using an iteration method. The number of original flows can be precisely estimated according to both the number of sampled flows and unsampled flows. Both the algorithms are compared to the EM (expectation maximization) algorithm using multiple traffic traces collected from CERNET (China education and research network) backbone. The result shows that the Iteration algorithm is superior to the EM algorithm and can provide highly accurate estimation on the number of original flows. 参考文献 相似文献 引证文献

Engaging communities in education and research: PBRNs, AHEC, and CTSA.

Community engagement has become a prominent element in medical research and is an important component of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program. Area Health Education Centers engage communities in education and workforce development. Engaging Communities in Education and Research (ECER) is a successful collaboration among the Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC), the Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute, and Shared Network of Collaborative Ambulatory Practices and Partners--Colorado's practice-based research collaborative. The ECER Conference is an annual conference of community members, health care providers, clinical preceptors, AHEC board members, university faculty, primary care investigators, program administrators, and community organization leaders. Over 1,000 people have participated in the ECER Conference representing all regions of Colorado. Several projects from the "new ideas" breakout session have been developed and completed. Six-month follow-up provided evidence of numerous new collaborations, campus-community partnerships, and developing research projects. Several new collaborations highlight the long-term nature of building on relationships started at the ECER Conference. ECER has been a successful collaboration to develop and support campus-community collaborations in Colorado. Although seemingly just a simple 3-day conference, we have found that this event has lead to many important partnerships.

Protocol for middle cerebral artery occlusion by an intraluminal suture method

Rupadevi M, Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education andResearch, Pondicherry – 605 006, India. E-mail: rupadevim@gmail.comCopyright © Journal of Pharmacology and PharmacotherapeuticsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use,distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Book review: Pausing to relate and participate

There was a time, not so long ago, when the selection of a textbook for use in graduatelevel courses in mathematics curriculum presented me with many challenges indeed. Ivalue research-based texts comprised of multiple authors, each embracing differentmethodological and/or theoretical lenses through which to view mathematics educationand research in/on mathematics education. What I found more often in my searches,however, were books that focused narrowly on (mostly) cognitive and/or psychologicalperspectives on learning, while working hard to de-emphasize theory and associatedacademic language. The significant impact of such books on the field of mathematicseducation is not in question; their narrowness of focus, however, tends to limitopportunities for resonance and relationship on the part of the students in my courses(who are generally full-time school teachers from diverse backgrounds and interests,studying part-time in graduate school). Thankfully, those days of limited choice havepassed. In recent years, books that challenge monolithic, atheoretical, and empiricistviews of mathematics teaching, learning, and research have been published in notablenumbers (see, for example, Allen & Johnston-Wilder, 2004;Brown,2008; de Freitas N Valero & Zevenbergen,2004; Walshaw, 2004, 2010). This book edited byBlack, Mendick, and Solomon is another such choice; it is, in fact, a treasure in how itschapters engage the reader in multiple methodological and theoretical conversations in/on mathematical relationships, identities, and participations by key researchers in thefield.

From the crisis to global justice

REPORT O ITUCWORLDCONGRESS From the crisis to global justice Second ITUC WorldCongress opens in Vancouver, Canada ITUC PRESS DEPARTMENT The in 1400 June second delegates in ITUC Vancouver, from World around Canada. Congress theworld took More place gaththan inJunein Vancouver, Canada. Morethan 1400delegates from aroundtheworldgatheredtodebatethefuture ofthetrade unionmovementunderthethemeNowthePeople , fromthe crisis toglobaljustice.Witha totalof311 affiliated organisations, representing a total membership of175million workers from 155countries andterritories , theITUCis,after four yearsofexistence, incontestably theglobalvoice of labourin this periodofeconomicandfinancial crisis. The ITUC Congress focuseditsdebateon differentthemes ,such as the global financial and economiccrisis, and considered resolutions on peace, youth, humanand tradeunionrights and equality.Delegatesat Congressdealtwith issuesrelated to labour'sdemandsforrestructuringand reform of theglobaleconomywithan emphasison themessuch as workers'rights, migrant workers, climate changeand HIV-AIDS. The CanadianLabourCongress(CLC), which represents 3.2 million members, hostedtheITUC Congress.CLCPresident KenGeorgetti reminded delegatesof the provinceof British Columbia's "proud andmilitant history oftrade unionism". He proposedthat thosetraditions oflaboursolidarity shouldserveto stoptheCEOs and bankswho "putgreedbeforeneed" and caused theglobal recession, and who are now pressuring governmentsto undertake "mindless deficit reduction" instead ofprotecting jobsandpublicservices. In a live broadcast address from New York, George Papandreou,PrimeMinister of Greece,spokeofhiscountry's current economic problems and pointedoutthatGreecedoes not havea lavishwelfare system, as someconservativecommentators haveclaimed, butthat thecrisis originatedin economic mismanagement. "During thecurrent crisis, tradeunionsareneeded morethaneverto fight forworkers' rights, sustainable development anda justworldorder", said Papandreou.He also endorsedthecreation of a financial transaction tax (FTT) to provide neededrevenue for job creation, thegreeneconomy and development assistance,and to help "control destructive speculation". ITUCPresident Sharan Burrow notedthat trade unionshad warnedglobal decisions-makers of thedangers ofglobalimbalances and thelackof regulation to reinincorporate greedwellbefore theglobalfinancial system cameto thebrink of collapsein 2008.Political leadersinitially recognisedtheneed to rebalancetheglobaleconomy and put employment at the heartof economic recovery, but in the past two months,"one European government afteranotheris being forcedinto a premature and suicidalrushto implement austerity measuresto pacify reckless financial markets. Thepossibility ofa double-dip recession has nowbecomea probability". "Nobody arguesthatfiscalconsolidation is not important overtime," said Burrow, "butitis the timing thatis critical and it requiresa growth strategy thatcan soak up debt,without further attacks on thelivelihoods andliving standards of working people, and thethreat of further economic turmoil". She rejectedthe approachof those who would return to the failed "Washington Consensus"policies of the 1980s and 1990s and insteadadvocatedthe alternate policyoptionsputforward by theglobaltrade union movement, consisting of income-driven growth, improved social protection, greenjobs, investment in educationand research, and protection ofworkers' rights. ILO Director General JuanSomavia,in a message delivered in hisabsence,statedthat"trade unionsarean indispensable partoftheeconomy and democracy" and that"theworldneeds the strong unionsthatyou are buildingmorethan ever", sincetheyremind decision-makers of"the need to focuson thesocial deficit" rather than solelyon fiscal deficits. On thefifth and finaldayofitssecondWorld Congress inVancouver (Canada) SharanBurrow was elected to succeed Guy Ryder, the first General Secretary of the ITUC, the world's largestinternational trade union organisation, foundedinViennain 2006. SharanBurrow will leave her post of President of the Australian Councilof TradeUnions(ACTU),thatshe has heldsince2000,tobecomethefirst womanatthe helmoftheITUC. "It'sa very proudmoment for me,butI hopeit will be also a veryproud momentforevery womanaroundtheglobe,"commented Burrow after herelection. "TheITUCis still facing many challenges inthe wake oftheglobalfinancial crisis.Although we have seen some exceptionalresults in a small number ofcountries including Brazil, Argentina, ChinaandAustralia, therecovery injobshasnot been universal. Global unemployment and underemployment continued to risethroughout 2009andduring thefirst half ofthis year" Burrow added. The election of the firstfemale General Secretary oftheITUCishistorically significant for theglobaltradeunionmovement andoccursata timeofhighparticipation for womenattheITUC Congresswith 50 percentof delegate'sseats beingheldbywomen. INTERNATIONAL union fights Page 20Volume 17Issue 22010 ...

Computational Study of Interspecies TOP2A Similarities for Further Development of New Double Targeted Therapeutic Immunoconjugates

Targeted therapies are a growing research area with important implications in veterinary and human health. DNA topoisomerase 2-alpha (TOP2A) is over-expressed in highly proliferative cells and represents the molecular target of the anticancer quinones (anthracycline antibiotics and naphthoquinones). The purpose of this study is to identify interspecies TOP2A similarities as possible epitopes for further development of therapeutic immunoconjugates with multiple species reactivity: Mus musculus (Ms), Rattus norvegicus (R) and Homo sapiens (H). The main idea is to make possible testing the same therapeutic immunoconjugates (with various quinones as active substance) on main species used as laboratory animals before clinical trials. Moreover, in this case, TOP2A acts as double target: first as epitope for a specific antibody and second as molecular target for quinones. This paper used NCBI Reference Sequences and NCBI Blastp Suite to finds regions of similarity between protein sequences of H-TOP2A (NP_001058.2) as query sequence, and Ms-TOP2A (NP_035753.2) and R-TOP2A (NP_071519.2) as blasts hits. An overview of the two blast sequences aligned to the query sequence is shown in Fig. 1. Results and colour-codes indicate that both blast hits are in the range of best alignments with query sequence. Reliabilities of alignments are high predicting good similarities between structures of the three isomerases. It is highly probable that quinones have inhibitor activities on all three species and antibody to have interspecies reactivity. Acknowledgments. This study has been financed by Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, National Authority for Scientific Research, National Centre for Programmes Management on Grant Agreement no. 61-002/2007 (Project no. 1885/2007): Obtaining and characterization of new targeted-nanodrugs with naphthoquinonic active substance.

Modeling, Identification and Control at Telemark University College

AbstractMaster studies in process automation started in 1989 at what soon became Telemark University College,and the 20 year anniversary marks the start of our own PhD degree in Process, Energy and Automa-tion Engineering. The paper gives an overview of research activities related to control engineering atDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Cybernetics.Keywords: modeling, simulation, identi cation, control, sensor technology 1 Introduction The Norwegian research journal MIC was initiated bylate Professor Jens Glad Balchen, with the rst issuepublished in 1980. MIC has played a central role inNorwegian cybernetics research, as it coincided with adramatic growth in the number of PhD students andgave these an arena to publish. Telemark UniversityCollege (HiT) salutes the journal, and those who madethe journal possible.The master studies in engineering at HiT started in1988, and the initial board was led by Finn Lied andincluded Inge Johansen and Sven G. Terjesen, all cen-tral people in the engineering community of Norwayin the last part of the 20th century. The leader of theengineering studies was May-Britt Hagg, now professorat The Norwegian University of Science and Technol-ogy (NTNU). In 1989, a study in Process Automationstarted; this study was planned by Terje Hertzberg,Steinar Sˆlid, Gudolf Kjˆrheim, Sven G. Terjesen,Ivar Loe, Jens I. Ytreeide, and Rolf Ergon. Later,Ytreeide became professor in these studies, while Loewas adjunct professor for many years. The Process Au-tomation study was led by Rolf Ergon, now professoremeritus. In 1994, these studies became part of HiT,organized under Faculty of Technology (HiT-TF).From the start, the MSc studies in Porsgrunn hadtheir accreditation from the Ministry of Education andResearch, while the PhD study was formally a degreeat NTNU, where HiT-TF operated almost as a facultyunder NTNU. In April 2009, the Ministry of Educa-tion and Research gave HiT the right to give our ownPhD-degree, in Process, Energy, and Automation En-gineering.The current MSc studies are in Process Technol-ogy, Systems and Control Engineering, and Energyand Environmental Technology, and they are taughtin English. Initially, the strong position of the re-gional process industry shaped the process automationstudy, which had a strong emphasis on modeling of dy-namic systems, numeric methods, process chemistry,separation technology, thermodynamics, etc. Controlengineering was also important, with topics in multi-variable control, optimal and predictive control, stateestimation, and control structures for industrial pro-cesses. Instrumentation technology and process safetywere core topics, and laboratory exercises widely used.With a compact group of teachers in close touch withthe students, this enabled necessary changes in pacewith the developments in the regional and nationalindustry, and today, the core topics are modeling ofdynamic systems, model based control, model based