Fourth Annual Symposium Research Articles

Preface

The International Symposium on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology in Life Sciences 2017 (ISNNLS 2017) took place between 28-29 November 2017 at Hotel Santika Premiere, Surabaya, Indonesia. The symposium was organized by the Research Center for Quantum Engineering Design and Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia. ISNNLS 2017 was the fourth annual symposium that initiated and previously held by Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (RCNN), Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.In the last decade, nanotechnology has advanced, and nanoscale materials are used in everything from chemical catalyst to antibacterial agents. The scientific program of the symposium included many topics in the field of nanotechnology and its role in life sciences. The symposium presented keynote speakers from notable experts of nanoscience and nanotechnology, i.e., Kyle E. Cordova from University of California, USA, Prof. Yoshitada Morikawa from Osaka University, Japan, Prof. Heni Rachmawati from Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, Dr. Tommy Julianto Bustami Effendi from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, and Mochamad Zakki Fahmi, Ph.D. from Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia. ISNNLS 2017 facilitated researchers, scientists, and engineers to exchange ideas and discuss progress in four main tracks, chapter of modeling, chapter of synthesis, chapter of treatment and chapter of supporting.More than 100 participants took part in the symposium. We received 46 submissions to all main tracks. Papers were evaluated to the high standard. Two reviewers from Program Committee and additional reviewers were assigned to review each article. After the completion of the peer review process, 29 papers were selected for publication in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS).List of Steering Committee, Scientific Board and Organizing Committee are available in this PDF.

Building Momentum: Taking on the Real “Issues” of Diabetes Care!

As the saying goes, time flies when you are having fun! So, our editorial team was surprised to find that with this issue of Diabetes Care we are celebrating our fourth year guiding the scientific aspects of Diabetes Care . It seems like just yesterday that we were introducing the team and our vision for the direction of the journal. We saw immediately that we had “issues” to address—we could easily fail to keep pace with the rapid advances in our field unless we introduced changes in our format and tactics. By this time you are very familiar with many of the changes we have put in place as we have been diligent in updating you in both the July and January issues (1,2). Thus, with this commentary, we will not review details previously provided. We will, however, focus on two initiatives that continue to grow and flourish and have exceeded our expectations. We are referring to the Diabetes Care Symposia that we coordinate and our special monthly thematic issues. Our Diabetes Care Symposium, held each year during the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA’s) Scientific Sessions, has become our editorial team’s signature event. In June 2015, we held our fourth annual symposium, which consisted of two 1-h sessions and a selected overarching theme. The first segment—in a format used for the past 2 years—was entitled “Best of Diabetes Care .” This provided brief overviews of several articles felt by the associate editors to be some of the most noteworthy original research reports published in Diabetes Care during the past year, and it has received rave reviews. The second segment of this year’s program had presentations from four selected original …

Fighting a smarter war against cancer

Molecular Profiling in Cancer: Research or Practice, Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, Washington, DC, USA, 6–7 December 2013 On the 6th and 7th of December 2013, the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers (DC, USA) hosted its fourth annual symposium entitled Molecular Profiling in Cancer: Research or Practice. This topic was selected for the 2013 symposium because of the explosion of molecular profiling assays that are available to us as practicing oncologists, which are believed, by most, to be a significant advancement in cancer care innovation. The Ruesch Center has been hosting topical symposia for the last 4 years. We have focused on: biomarker use in cancer medicine (2010); defining value in cancer care (2011); how to engage the ‘other 97%’ of patients in clinical trial enrollment, when currently we capture only 3% of patients on average (2012); and, of course, molecular profiling in cancer care (2013).

The Gulf Comparative Education Society’s Fourth Annual Symposium on Bridging the Policy/Research Divide in Education in the GCC

"The Gulf Comparative Education Society (GCES) held its fourth annual symposium under the sponsorship of the Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research in collaboration with the Sultan Qaboos University from March 16 to 18, 2013. Entitled “Bridging the Policy/Research Divide in Education in the GCC,” the symposium was held at the Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman. It consisted of a pre-conference workshop, one keynote address, three featured panels, and 20 breakout sessions with a total of over 70 presentations by both invited speakers as well as those who had submitted abstracts. The speakers came from a wide variety of countries, including United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Switzerland, England, Australia, Germany, and the United States, and represented different voices in the education sector, such as policy makers, academics and researchers, school providers and leaders, consultants, and teachers. The purpose of this year’s GCES symposium was to examine the potential for policy makers in the Gulf region to devise evidence-based policies through utilizing local research in the education sector with a focus on the promise and possibilities of comparative education research to policy-making. Delivering the keynote address on the relationship between educational research and policy and practice was Professor Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and Director of the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The featured panels and breakout sessions addressed the following topics: • Linking Research to Educational Policy • Implications of Technology in the Classroom • Lifelong Learning • Applying Transnational Models of Education • Evaluating and Transforming Educational Systems • Regional and International Youth Challenges • Improving Educational Quality • Research in Higher Education in Oman • Student Leadership and Development • Promoting an Education Research Culture • Perspectives on Teaching and Learning • Trends and Innovations in Education In addition, the symposium brought together over 400 participants working in a range of organizations across Oman, the Gulf States, and beyond, all of whom shared an interest in comparative education in the GCC. Following the symposium, presenters were asked if they would like to submit a 1,500 - 3,000 word paper on their presentation. This volume is the compilation of those papers that were submitted. While it does not cover all of the presentations that were made at the symposium, presentation slides for all the presentations are available on the GCES website (www.gulfcomped.ning.com). Dr. Hamood Al-Harthi - President Dr. Christina Gitsaki - Vice President Dr. Natasha Ridge and Soha Shami - Secretary Verena Woeppel - Proceedings Editor"

Fatty acid regulation of breast cancer cell growth and invasion.

In 1993, the American Institute for Cancer Research organized its fourth Annual Symposium around the topic “Diet and Breast Cancer”. At that time, we discussed the influence of dietary fatty acids on human breast cancer cell growth, invasion and metastasis, and described the stimulatory effects of the polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acids (n-6 FAs), and the inhibitory effects of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 FAs) on both cell proliferation and expression of the metastatic phenotype.1 Since then, progress has been made in understanding the distinct, but complementary, roles of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase products of n-6 FA metabolism in breast cancer progression. Also, further support has been obtained for a dietary intervention trial with n-3 FA supplementation, either alone or with selective pharmacological inhibitors of eicosanoid biosynthesis, in women at high breast cancer risk and/or as a novel approach to adjuvant therapy.

Current issues in neurology

Current Issues in Neurology was the title of a meeting for UK neurologists held at the Gloucester Hotel in London, on the 25/26th May. This is the fourth annual symposium organised by Glaxo Pharmaceuticals designed to meet some of the managerial training needs of the neurologist, whilst additionally looking at new and innovative research in associated fields of science. Dr David Bates (Consultant Neurologist, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) attended the symposium and has summarised the proceedings in the following paper.

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The neuroendocrinology of human reproduction: Biological and clinical perspectives. (Proceedings of the fourth annual symposium on the phyiology and pathology of human reproduction.) Edited by Harold C. Mack and Alfred I. Sherman. xiv + 208 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Ill. 1971 $16.50 (cloth)

The neuroendocrinology of human reproduction: Biological and clinical perspectives. (Proceedings of the fourth annual symposium on the phyiology and pathology of human reproduction.) Edited by Harold C. Mack and Alfred I. Sherman. xiv + 208 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Ill. 1971 $16.50 (cloth)