International Scientific Organizations Research Articles

SNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Practice Guideline for Brain [18F]FDG PET Imaging, Version 2.0.

PREAMBLEThe Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application of nuclear medicine. The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is a professional nonprofit medical association that facilitates communication worldwide between individuals pursuing clinical and research excellence in nuclear medicine. The EANM was founded in 1985. The EANM was founded in 1985. SNMMI and EANM members are physicians, technologists, and scientists specializing in the research and practice of nuclear medicine.The SNMMI and EANM will periodically define new guidelines for nuclear medicine practice to help advance the science of nuclear medicine and to improve the quality of service to patients throughout the world. Existing practice guidelines will be reviewed for revision or renewal, as appropriate, on their fifth anniversary or sooner, if indicated.Each practice guideline, representing a policy statement by the SNMMI/EANM, has undergone a thorough consensus process in which it has been subjected to extensive review. The SNMMI and EANM recognize that the safe and effective use of diagnostic nuclear medicine imaging requires specific training, skills, and techniques, as described in each document. Reproduction or modification of the published practice guideline by those entities not providing these services is not authorized.These guidelines are an educational tool designed to assist practitioners in providing appropriate care for patients. They are not inflexible rules or requirements of practice and are not intended, nor should they be used, to establish a legal standard of care. For these reasons and those set forth below, both the SNMMI and the EANM caution against the use of these guidelines in litigation in which the clinical decisions of a practitioner are called into question.The ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific procedure or course of action must be made by the physician or medical physicist in light of all the circumstances presented. Thus, there is no implication that an approach differing from the guidelines, standing alone, is below the standard of care. To the contrary, a conscientious practitioner may responsibly adopt a course of action different from that set forth in the guidelines when, in the reasonable judgment of the practitioner, such course of action is indicated by the condition of the patient, limitations of available resources, or advances in knowledge or technology subsequent to publication of the guidelines.The practice of medicine includes both the art and the science of the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, and treatment of disease. The variety and complexity of human conditions make it impossible to always reach the most appropriate diagnosis or to predict with certainty a particular response to treatment.Therefore, it should be recognized that adherence to these guidelines will not ensure an accurate diagnosis or a successful outcome. All that should be expected is that the practitioner will follow a reasonable course of action based on current knowledge, available resources, and the needs of the patient to deliver effective and safe medical care. The sole purpose of these guidelines is to assist practitioners in achieving this objective.

Cancer mortality risk in the Urals Cohort of Exposed Population Offspring

The objective of the study is to analyze solid cancer mortality and estimate the risk value of solid cancer mortality in the offspring of parents irradiated in the Southern Urals, depending on the dose to the parents' gonads as well as to conduct a preliminary assessment of the mortality risk from cancer of individual locations depending on the gonadal dose. The issue of the transgenerational effects of the human gonad exposure is still very important. There exists conclusive evidence of the presence of such effects in experimental animals. However, there is no proof of the existence of these effects in humans despite a great number of research on this subject. International scientific community and international organizations, UNSCEAR and ICRP being among them, regard this issue as the one that has not been solved yet and requires further studies. Urals Cohort of offspring of the population exposed on the Techa River and on the territory of the East Ural radioactive trace was established in the Urals research Center for Radiation medicine in 2022. The key feature of the cohort is the exclusion of the offspring with postnatal exposure. The size of the cohort as of September 2023 is 31,154 persons. The number of person-years over the whole follow-up period from 1950 through 2020 is 1 226 380. Mean dose to the gonads of mothers of all the cohort members is 41 mGy, to those of the fathers' — 35 mGy, mean combined gonad dose is 76 mGy. Over the whole follow-up period 3,774 deaths from all causes including 284 deaths from solid cancers were registered in the cohort. The mean age of the cohort members at the end of the follow-up period was 42 years. The risk of death was analyzed using Poisson regression by the programs of the EPICURE statistical software package. Three models of dose dependence were tested: linear, quadratic, and linear-quadratic models of paternal gonadal dose, maternal gonadal dose, and total gonadal dose. Mortality risk analysis of all solid cancers in the offspring cohort showed no statistically significant effect with parental gonadal dose (we have obtained positive although statistically insignificant values of solid cancers mortality risk) which is consistent with the results of other studies in human populations. At the same time, the analysis for the first time obtained a statistically significant linear dependence of the solid cancer mortality risk in offspring with father's age over 45 years depending on the dose to the father's gonads. The excess relative risk of death was 8.09/Gy, (0.51-22.93), p < 0.05. Also, for the first time, evidence of dose dependence of the mortality risk of lung cancer in male offspring on maternal gonadal dose, paternal gonadal dose, and combined gonadal dose was obtained. The values of excess relative risk of lung cancer and 95% confidence intervals according to the linear model were 5.39/Gy (0.46; 15.56) from paternal gonad dose, 4.36/Gy (0.15; 13.48) from maternal gonad dose, and - 3.95/Gy (0.55; 12.14) from combined gonad dose. Point risk estimates of lung cancer at this stage are characterized by wide confidence intervals and require additional studies to assess the influence of possible effect modifiers, but with a high degree of probability indicate the presence of dose dependence of this effect. Increasing the follow-up period and attained age, will increase the number of cancers in the future and will reduce dose response uncertainties and provide more accurate estimates of the risk of death in the offspring cohort.

William Joseph Whelan. 14 November 1924 — 5 June 2021

William Whelan was an exceptionally celebrated scientist recognized equally for his work in research, education, publishing and international scientific organizations. He studied organic chemistry at the University of Birmingham. He taught at the University College of North Wales and the University of London and became head of the Department of Biochemistry of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London, in 1964. In 1967 he moved to the United States and served as professor and chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Miami Medical School for the rest of his career. Bill is known for his pioneering research on the structure of starch and glycogen. He discovered that glycogen contained the protein glycogenin, an enzyme with primer function in the synthesis of glycogen. This discovery filled a crucial gap in understanding the biosynthetic process that transforms glucose into glycogen. Bill's contributions, including his innovative methods for isolating and characterizing molecular structures like glycogen, have since become established scientific practices, and he established some of the fundamental concepts and nomenclature used in the carbohydrate field today.

Outreach in coordinated individual events: the GCS format of CNR Italy

Abstract Global Conversation on Sustainability (GCS) 2023 was enthusiastically welcomed by researchers of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Highly committed to international organizations such as IUPAC and ISC, the promoters participated to the 2023 edition of the Global Conversation on Sustainability hosting a local in person event held in one of the major CNR institute for chemistry research. The format was a round-table discussion involving colleagues of different age, gender, experience, and area of expertise, who participated to an informal dialogue with the aim of reflecting and sharing aspects of the respective research activities contributing to sustainable development goals. From many chemistry research areas, it emerged a wide range of subjects, which stimulated an interesting and purpose-oriented discussion. Therefore, GCS 2023 at CNR prompted a reflection on how improving chemists’ impact on sustainability including laboratories’ practises and on considering communication becoming part of scientific process. Transformation requires continuous investment in research and innovation and evolving scientific activities, but also requires synergies, collaborations and policy making on cross-cutting issues that can make this successful. Global initiatives as GCS, in the framework of international scientific organizations, represent a key global vehicle for enhancing the big area of science communication. Overcoming time and spatial limitations, these initiatives enable to link global and locally tailored in person events.

Data Rules: What the History of Scientific Data Can Tell Us about the Asymmetries of Global Governance in the Twentieth Century

This article explores the history of international scientific data organizations and documents their significance in the definition of new forms of global governance. It focuses in particular on the ancestry of two data organizations now operating under the International Science Council (formerly International Council of Scientific Unions -ICSU): the World Data System and the Committee on Data for Science and Technology. Examination of these organizations reveals that while global data infrastructures have developed considerably in the last century, they have also shaped a noticeable imbalance in the administration of data resources between the scientific organizations of a few scientifically developed countries and the rest of the world. In turn, the article suggests that these disparities are also decisive in implicitly shaping a two-tiered system in global data governance as they have forestalled scientific development in world regions marginalized in these data systems, while hastening that of the few represented within.

Estrategias para la Generación de Productos de Nuevo Conocimiento y de Apropiación Social del Conocimiento, En Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo y Gestión Ambiental

Goal: This study aimed to conduct a thorough review of the scientific literature, meticulously identifying the diverse approaches, attributes, and logical schemes used to understand the intricate dynamics of organizational culture. Theoretical framework: The principles of meta-analysis were used for the bibliographic survey to contemplate all theories and theoretical fields contained in studies on organizational culture so that a faithful representation of its conceptual scope could be obtained. Method: The conceptual bibliographic method was used in its four stages: formulation of the problem, data collection in international scientific databases, analysis and organization of the data, and consequent generation of answers to the investigation's guiding questions. Results and discussion: The results indicated the existence of 27 distinct approaches, which can be organized into seven semantic groups. One hundred-two attributes were also found, which generated ten semantic groups. The logic found is that organizational culture manifests itself through sharing its members' mental content and configuring physical and extraphysical spaces. Implications of the research: These findings shed new light on organizational culture by characterizing it as an extraphysical phenomenon that manifests itself physically, confirming new theoretical fields about organizations, such as spiritual and interpsychic dimensions. Originality/Value: This study contributes to the understanding of organizational culture by showing that rites, myths, beliefs, values, and others are merely distinct forms of manifestation of a phenomenon that is intrinsically and extrinsically non-material.

SEEIIST – a new research facility for tumor treatment and biomedical investigations with proton and ion beams

PurposeA project for the establishment of an international intergovernmental scientific organization in the region of South East Europe (South East European Institute for Sustainable Technologies - SEEIIST) is currently in progress. SEEIIST is an intergovernmental effort supported by nine countries from the region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo (This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSC 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia, while Switzerland is an observer). The main goals of the project are to establish a unique research infrastructure and to form a research nucleus in the region of South-East Europe, to boost the technology transfer from European laboratories like CERN and others, to promote collaboration between science, technology, and industry, to mitigate tensions between countries in the region, and to provide platforms for the development of education.MethodsThe research infrastructure will include a powerful next-generation accelerator that will provide proton and ion beams for tumor treatment and biomedical research. The center will comprise of three rooms for patient treatment and two large experimental halls.ResultsA wide pre-clinical and clinical research program in the fields of radiobiology, medical physics, medical imaging, biophysical modeling and planning of patient treatment, design and investigation of new materials, production of isotopes for diagnosis, and treatment of patients are envisaged.ConclusionsThis infrastructure is unique for Europe and will attract researchers from all European countries to perform their investigations.

Lower Urinary Tract Infections: An Approach for Greek Community Health Practitioners

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) cause a significant infectious burden in the community and demand a coordinated approach from all first-line health professionals. Uncomplicated UTIs refer to infections in non-pregnant females without any underlying localized or generalized pathology, diagnosed through history by the presence of specific local symptoms and in the absence of systemic ones like fever. Uncomplicated UTIs are usually caused by Escherichia coli species; thus, empirical antibiotic treatment can be immediately initiated. A percentage of patients can experience a resolution of symptoms without therapy; however, this “wait and observe” approach is supported only by the relevant British guidelines. There are limited quality studies in the literature on adjuvant treatment options; these can include BNO 145, a phytotherapeutic medicine, and XHP, a medical technology product. Despite being licensed by the European Medicines Agency on the basis of traditional use, there is inadequate support in the medical literature for the use of cranberry extracts and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi extracts. The use of antibiotics is associated with higher response rates and urine culture sterilization as well as lower recurrence/relapse rates; on the other hand, side effect rates are also higher. In choosing the proper empirical antibiotic therapy, one has to take into account individual patient characteristics and community resistance patterns as well as the antimicrobial resistance pressure exerted by the wide use of a specific antibiotic. There is a need for a common framework through which all frontline health practitioners should operate when faced with a case of uncomplicated UTI. In Greece, there are three different guidelines for UTI treatment, developed by the Ministry of Health, the National Organization for Medicines, and the Hellenic Society for Infectious Diseases. The authors of the present study aim at synthesizing these guidelines as well as relevant guidelines from international scientific or other national regulatory organizations while taking into account local resistance patterns. The authors propose the first-line use of either fosfomycin, nitrofurantoin, or pivmecillinam. The use of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole is discouraged due to increased resistance of Greek community E. coli isolates. Fluoroquinolone use should be avoided due to high E. coli community resistance (exceeding 20% for Greece), along with their unfavorable benefit/side effect balance in uncomplicated UTIs, as well as the overall community resistance pressure exerted by their use. A 5-day regimen remains superior to a 3-day one; the latter may be suitable for certain, not yet adequately characterized, patients.

The Moving Mountain: Performance for Mauna a Wākea during the Protect Maunakea Movement

Abstract: Between the period of July 2019 and March 2020, Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) kia‘i (protectors or guardians) blocked the access road up to Mauna a Wākea, Hawai‘i’s tallest peak, to protest and prevent the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). This proposed development, spearheaded by a conglomerate of international scientific organizations, has become the catalyst for the latest movement for reestablishing Hawaiian sovereignty after a long history of appropriation, desecration, and broken promises. For Kānaka Maoli the construction poses a threat to their sacred land, burial sites, and the delicate ecology of the mountain. During these protests, kia‘i demonstrated and reconfirmed their relationship to Mauna a Wākea through the mediums of music and dance in the newly created Mauna Protocol Ceremony performed at the protest site on Hawai‘i Island, public performance venues, and online. Performing for the mountain at accessible locations allowed more people to view and interact with Mauna a Wākea without having to be on location. It is through the Hawaiian concepts of ‘ike (know by doing), kū (stand firm), and hulihia (overturn) that I illustrate how kia‘i effectively transform secular spaces into sacred ones through the act of performance.

Russian Universities as Actors of Arctic Science Diplomacy

Abstract. This article examines the role of Russian universities in emerging and further developing Arctic science diplomacy (ASD). According to authors, in the current geopolitical conditions Russian universities are significant ASD actors which perform a number of important functions for the organization of international scientific cooperation with foreign countries and making a positive image of Russia in the world. The paper uses a systemic approach to identify Russian universities’ contribution to the ASD development through various mechanisms: joint research projects and publications with foreign partners, the organization of international events on the Arctic issues and participation in prestigious international conferences on the Arctic research area, joint polar expeditions (land and maritime), and participation of Russian scientists in international Arctic scientific organizations, etc. The university ASD is exemplified by the Russian leading universities – St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University, Northern (Arctic) Federal University, etc. The study demonstrated that maintaining a dialogue on an ongoing basis within the framework of research and educational activities of universities can contribute to the systematic establishment of cooperation in other areas of international relations, the search for innovative solutions for the benefit of the development of the entire Arctic region.

Analytical support for identification trends and problems in the development of interaction between stakeholders of education, science and business

Ukraine’s entry into the path of innovative economic development requires modernisation of the interaction between stakeholders of education, science and business to create a network of cooperation, taking into account the needs of stakeholders due to the situation in Ukraine as of 2023, focusing on changes in the world economy. The purpose of the article was to build a structural and logical scheme of analytical support for identifying trends and problems in the development of interaction between stakeholders in education, science and business. The methodology was based on the use of logical, systemic and comparative analysis. The analysis of budgetary funding for priority areas of innovation activity and sales of innovative products (services) and new technologies by budgetary funds managers showed no trends and priorities for the development of technology transfer and other intellectual property rights carried out by universities, research institutions, enterprises and organisations. The generalisation of changes and prospects of legislative regulation of support for educational, innovative, scientific and technical activities of business focuses on post-war reconstruction, which involves increasing confidence in the educational, scientific and expert activities of institutions for their effective functioning and increasing the volume of research funding. The analysis of the integration aspects of the research and innovation system into the European Research Area and support from international scientific organisations and foreign governments proved the support received from many national scientific communities and international scientific organisations in the creation of the portal for international scientific and technical cooperation and the international consortium for infrastructure and research. The practical significance of the study lies in the proposed directions for improving interaction with business of educational and scientific institutions in the process of implementing innovations separately by stages of interaction with stakeholders (attraction, financing and implementation)

International EANM-SNMMI-ISMRM consensus recommendation for PET/MRI in oncology

PreambleThe Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application of nuclear medicine. The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is a professional non-profit medical association that facilitates communication worldwide between individuals pursuing clinical and research excellence in nuclear medicine. The EANM was founded in 1985. The merged International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) is an international, nonprofit, scientific association whose purpose is to promote communication, research, development, and applications in the field of magnetic resonance in medicine and biology and other related topics and to develop and provide channels and facilities for continuing education in the field.The ISMRM was founded in 1994 through the merger of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and the Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. SNMMI, ISMRM, and EANM members are physicians, technologists, and scientists specializing in the research and practice of nuclear medicine and/or magnetic resonance imaging.The SNMMI, ISMRM, and EANM will periodically define new guidelines for nuclear medicine practice to help advance the science of nuclear medicine and/or magnetic resonance imaging and to improve the quality of service to patients throughout the world. Existing practice guidelines will be reviewed for revision or renewal, as appropriate, on their fifth anniversary or sooner, if indicated. Each practice guideline, representing a policy statement by the SNMMI/EANM/ISMRM, has undergone a thorough consensus process in which it has been subjected to extensive review. The SNMMI, ISMRM, and EANM recognize that the safe and effective use of diagnostic nuclear medicine imaging and magnetic resonance imaging requires specific training, skills, and techniques, as described in each document. Reproduction or modification of the published practice guideline by those entities not providing these services is not authorized.These guidelines are an educational tool designed to assist practitioners in providing appropriate care for patients. They are not inflexible rules or requirements of practice and are not intended, nor should they be used, to establish a legal standard of care. For these reasons and those set forth below, the SNMMI, the ISMRM, and the EANM caution against the use of these guidelines in litigation in which the clinical decisions of a practitioner are called into question.The ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific procedure or course of action must be made by the physician or medical physicist in light of all the circumstances presented. Thus, there is no implication that an approach differing from the guidelines, standing alone, is below the standard of care. To the contrary, a conscientious practitioner may responsibly adopt a course of action different from that set forth in the guidelines when, in the reasonable judgment of the practitioner, such course of action is indicated by the condition of the patient, limitations of available resources, or advances in knowledge or technology subsequent to publication of the guidelines.The practice of medicine includes both the art and the science of the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, and treatment of disease. The variety and complexity of human conditions make it impossible to always reach the most appropriate diagnosis or to predict with certainty a particular response to treatment.Therefore, it should be recognized that adherence to these guidelines will not ensure an accurate diagnosis or a successful outcome. All that should be expected is that the practitioner will follow a reasonable course of action based on current knowledge, available resources, and the needs of the patient to deliver effective and safe medical care. The sole purpose of these guidelines is to assist practitioners in achieving this objective.

Некоторые проблемы этики искусственного интеллекта

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have brought digital ethics to the public’s attention and are the driving force behind many discussions on ethical issues related to digital technologies. This article analyzes the arguments of supporters and opponents of artificial intelligence, various approaches to the development of AI systems, ethical issues associated with the use of AI technologies, including the problem of managing artificial intelligence and the idea of active responsibility for the development of AI technologies, general principles for the development of AI systems formulated in the founding documents. The methodological basis of this work was the dialectical method; in the process of research the author used the comparative method and the method of document analysis. The sources were the studies by domestic and foreign authors on various ethical issues of artificial intelligence, the European “Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI” and the Russian “AI Ethics Code”. The author demonstrates the importance of the moralization of artificial intelligence technologies, that is, the conscious development of technologies for the formation of moral actions and decision-making. One of the clear problems is finding a democratic way to moralize technology, since technology differs from laws in that it can restrict human freedom without being the result of a democratic process. It is argued that it is necessary to create an independent international scientific organization to develop a clear scientific view of artificial intelligence, as well as an independent international body for the regulation of artificial intelligence, which would unite approaches to understanding this phenomenon from different points of view (states, private companies and academia).

SNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Practice Guideline for Palliative Nuclear Medicine Therapies of Bone Metastases.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application of nuclear medicine. The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is a professional

An outline of endocrine disrupting chemicals and the influencing hormones: what the human society ought to know?

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous chemicals that interfere with hormones action, thereby increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes, including cancer, reproductive impairment, cognitive deficits and obesity. A complex literature of mechanistic studies provides evidence on the hazards of EDC exposure, yet there is no widely accepted systematic method to integrate these data to help identify EDC hazards. Significant advances in research into endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and their health effects have elevated concerns in recent years about these chemicals among a number of international scientific and health organizations. The research reviewed here provides knowledge about EDC’s that health scientists can use to inform their research and decision-making processes.
 Keywords: Endocrine disrupting chemicals, hormones action, cancer, reproductive impairment, cognitive deficits and obesity

SNMMI Procedure Standard/EANM Practice Guideline for SSTR PET: Imaging Neuroendocrine Tumors

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application of nuclear medicine. Its 18,000 members are physicians, technologists, and scientists specializing

PAS-ANSO Strategic Planning for Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness

Under the ANSO (Alliance of International Science Organizations) collaborative research grants (ANSO-CR-PP-2021-05), we arranged the first event “MAAP-PAS-ANSO hybrid workshop on ecosystem restoration: one-health and pandemics” (June 05, 2022; on the occasion of world environment day) at Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad. The workshop stresses communication and collaboration for sustainable health (human, animal, and environment) and gauged issues related to the health of the planet. Under the same project, the second event “ANSO-PAS-MAAP conference on the epidemic and pandemic preparedness” (December 05-07, 2022) was organized at the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad. The three days event emphasizes more scientific efforts and brainstorming to discuss strategies for controlling the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as future epidemics, pandemics, and emerging pathogens. The conference abstract book highlights the resource persons and their thoughts (in the form of abstracts and their biographies). Selected articles are published as a special issue in the Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Part B. Life and Environmental Sciences. Moreover, the conference proceedings and recommendations have also been published in the special issue.

Public good of Digital Transformation of Public administration and the applicability of the Groves-Clark mechanism: strategic aspects

The article describes and analyzes the strategic possibilities of digital transformation of public administration focused on the socio-economic development of the country, on digital management of branches of the national economy and the social sphere, the priority of which is the steady growth of public welfare, improving the quality of life of citizens as economic agents. Object of research: public goods of digital transformation of public administration. Subject of the study: strategic possibilities of the applicability of the Groves-Clark mechanism in identifying the preferences of agents for making managerial decisions on the improvement of public territories. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the digital transformation of public administration as a public good and as an innovative process that ensures the adoption of optimal management decisions by state and local self–government bodies when providing citizens with other public goods. Methods of work: analysis of the results of scientific research and development of domestic and foreign scientists, international and Russian scientific organizations. The result of the work: preparation of methodological provisions for the development of effective management decisions based on an online study of the true preferences of key agents who assess in advance the usefulness in the strategic perspective of the public good provided, as well as methodological recommendations for implementation in a single digital platform "GosTech", including in the state information systems (GIS) hosted on it, the Groves-Clark mechanism (including Vickrey-Clark-Groves).

At the Occasion of the IGU Centennial Congress 2022 in Paris: Some Thoughts on Official Plurilingualism of International Scientific Organisations and International Scientific Events

Die Fachzeitschrift "Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft" (früher "Mitteilungen der k.k. Geographischen Gesellschaft in Wien") • ist das wichtigste regelmäßig erscheinende Organ der "Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft", erscheint seit 1857 und ist die älteste noch existierende Fachzeitschrift geographischen Inhaltes im deutschen Sprachraum, • vermittelt neue Erkenntnisse aus allen Bereichen der Geographie, Kartographie und verwandter Raumwissenschaften, • informiert über Fachfragen in Forschung und Lehre, nationale und internationale geographische Aktivitäten, sowie Personalia, • erscheint im Umfang von mindestens 400 Druckseiten (mit Kartenbeilagen) im Jahr

Open Science for Ukraine: the Case for International Cooperation

The war in Ukraine and resulting destruction of research institutions have severely affected Ukrainian scientists. Almost 100,000 scientists still reside in Ukraine and require international support to continue their work. Ukrainian scientists would strongly benefit from an organized effort to support them through open science policies. As a result of the ongoing invasion, academic and research institutions in Ukraine have been physically damaged, and researchers face significant obstacles in trying to continue their work. This year, the International Science Council and an international collective of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine called on the scientific community to assist Ukraine by providing free access to archives, licensed software, and databases. International scientific societies and organizations such as UNESCO can use their resources to encourage collaboration and facilitate remote access to scientific resources for Ukrainian scientists. Open science policies will be key for preserving Ukrainian science and helping rebuild in the future.