Joint Seminars Research Articles

International Cooperation of Kazakhstan in the Prevention of Particularly Dangerous Infections

The dependence of the incidence of various nosologies on the epidemic situation in neighboring countries has been a feature of the epidemic process in recent years. In this regard, it is of particular importance to carry out joint anti-epidemic and preventive measures in border areas in order to prevent the importation of dangerous infections into the territory of neighboring states. The aim of the work was to analyze the results of international cooperation in the prevention of particularly dangerous infections. Presented are the areas of cooperation and outcomes of joint research activities. Measures for cooperation between the relevant institutions of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Rospotrebnadzor on the operational exchange of information in case of emergencies, joint research work on the monitoring of particularly dangerous and other natural-focal infectious diseases in the border areas, joint seminars, scientific and practical conferences on the introduction of modern methods of laboratory diagnostics into practice, internships on the exchange of experience in epizootiological survey in foci of particularly dangerous infections are described in the paper. Examples of Russian-Kazakh cooperation are provided. The results of a joint epizootiological survey of the territory of the Kazakh part of the Altai Mountains are presented. On a global scale, cases of plague and other particularly dangerous infections in any geographic region can constitute international public health emergencies and this type of threat requires international cooperation.

Practical aspects of applying interdisciplinary interaction in navy specialists training

Experience shows that the multilateral study of a foreign language should be emphasized in the process of navy specialists training, which will benefit organic integration of future seafarer into a new working atmosphere. The relevance of the study is determined by the alteration of the conditions of the institutional environment, which includes not only the requirements of employers and the impact of the external environment, but also the learning process organization in a higher educational institution. The purpose of the study is to identify promising directions for the development of the educational process, approaches to its construction in accordance with the new conditions. In the work, methods of observation, study and generalization of experience, an analytical method, a survey of potential employers by the method of in-depth interviews have been used. The survey covered both Russian and foreign employers. The main requirements of employers regarding seafarers are identified on the example of Novorossiysk being one of the largest seaports in the country. The range of problems arising in the training of a modern navy specialist is determined. The working curriculum of a specific maritime specialty is analyzed, which enabled to establish interdisciplinary relationships between a foreign language and other disciplines of the plan. An algorithm for hiring seafarers is presented based on the results of a survey covering crewing companies’ employees. The algorithm proves the need to form an educational process in a maritime higher education institution within the framework of interdisciplinary interaction. It is shown that holding joint seminars and workshops is relevant and in demand. Recommendations for conducting interdisciplinary classes are presented.

ЧИННИКИ РУЙНАЦІЇ ФОРТЕЦЬ ПІВДНЯ УКРАЇНИ

ЧИННИКИ РУЙНАЦІЇ ФОРТЕЦЬ ПІВДНЯ УКРАЇНИ

НЕГАТИВНІ НАСЛІДКИ НЕОФІЦІЙНОГО ПРАЦЕВЛАШТУВАННЯ ВІЙСЬКОВОСЛУЖБОВЦІВ, ЗВІЛЬНЕНИХ У ЗАПАС НА РИНКУ ПРАЦІ УКРАЇНИ

The article examines the negative consequences of informal employment in the labor market of Ukraine, and how it negatively affects the competitiveness of the workforce. Proposals were given on how to reduce the percentage of unofficial employment in the labor market of Ukraine, i.e. reducing taxes and providing benefits to employers who hire servicemen who have been discharged from the reserve and who have visited hot spots. As well as conducting seminars with employers and the unemployed, and joint seminars of employers and the unemployed, at which to talk about the negative consequences for employers and the unemployed, that is, at these seminars, in specific cases, to show how the shadow economy negatively affects their health and life, as well as how much money society does not receive from tax evasion. And explain at these seminars that budget structures do not receive money due to tax evasion, and because of this, pensions are small for pensioners and salaries for teachers, social workers, communal structures, and other. The tax cuts will allow employers to hire more workers, and providing incentives to employers who hire ex-servicemen who have been to hot spots will allow employers to hire ex-servicemen who have been to hot spots without risk, reducing unemployment rate and society receives more taxes. At the same time, it should be taken into account that since 2020 there was a quarantine of "COVID-19" in Ukraine and at this time martial law is in effect throughout Ukraine, that is, many businessmen and private enterprises were closed and their employees were left without work, thus reducing taxes will allow businessmen and private enterprises to continue their work, and for those businessmen and private enterprises that were closed to start their work again, it will be a "breath of fresh air" for them, and will provide new working cities in the labor market of Ukraine. All these measures will make it possible to positively contribute to the economy of Ukraine, and significantly reduce unemployment, and reduce shadow (informal) employment of the population by a certain percentage.

Inclusive Practicum: Creating Networks of Learning and Collaboration between Students, Teachers, and the Faculty of Education

The presented Teaching Innovation project deals with establishment of support, learning and collaboration networks between university and non-university teaching staff. This was done with two fundamental purposes in mind: on the one hand, improving the training of Practicum students through joint reflection and, on the other hand, promoting inclusive education in schools through support networks among teachers. Participants were the Practicum students from the Faculty of Education, specifically students with the major in Special Educational Needs. The project included creation of joint seminars between Practicum tutors of the Faculty, tutors from schools and Practicum students. Moreover, initiating support networks allowed involving two different schools in two Autonomous Communities, which has been a highly enriching experience for all participants.

Ten Years of Tartu–Konstanz Co-operation: Joint Seminars on Private Law and Successfully Defended Doctoral Theses in the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu

Ten years ago, the faculties of law of the University of Tartu and the University of Konstanz initiated a project of joint doctoral seminars. The first seminar took place in Tartu on 7–14 June 2010. Since then, joint seminars on private law have been held annually, alternately in Tartu/Tallinn and Konstanz. Professors and doctoral students from both universities, along with some master’s students, have given more than 200 presentations at these joint seminars. Articles have already been published on the basis of several presentations made in the seminar series. Of the doctoral students participating in the seminars, 13 have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations.

Factors Affecting Implementation of Green Supply Chain Management In Tech Manora Packing: a Case Study

The concept of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is achieving high level implication that can help to reduce the harmful effect of manufacturing activities on the environment. The prime objective is to identify the factors affecting implementation of green supply chain management in Tech Manora packing industry. The collection of data combined primary and secondary sources, the primary source of data is approaching with industry expert by questionnaires. The secondary source of data that is published articles related to GSCM. This study exposed that the most prominent factors affecting implementation of green supply chain management in Tech Manora industry, including lack of knowledge, top management commitment, high cost investment, lack of Government support, lack of information Technology, lack of learning capacity to evaluate GSCM. Finally this study recommends that tech menorah packing industry and its partners should organize joint seminars and workshops to sensitize the staff and suppliers on the benefits of green supply chain management. Further this study will help to the small scale industries to understand the factors affecting while implementation of GSCM.

The Awareness Level of Green Procurement at the District Assemblies in Western Region in Ghana

The present study seeks to examine the awareness level of green procurement at the district assemblies in Ghana and also help create the consciousness of implementing and enforcing green procurement in the public sector effectively. The research was carried out in Eighteen (18) District Assemblies in the Western Region of Ghana using non-standard interview as the main data collection technique. The findings of the research revealed that, there are key legislations, standards and regulations regulating the assemblies’ activities on the environment and the society which affect green procurement, though there is no specific law/policy titled green procurement. These key legislations, standards and regulations have contributed to increased awareness of green procurement at the District Assemblies in Western Region tied with the recent introduction of sustainable procurement which has been included in the Public Procurement Amendment Act 2016 (Act 914). However, the study identified that the significant impact of public procurement as a policy instrument on environment appeared not to be clear to the assemblies. It is recommended that the procurement policy and the Act 663/914 should be reformed to reflect green procurement to help the districts in their quest in creating sustainable environment. The district assemblies and EPA should organise joint seminars and workshops to sensitize and create awareness among the assembly’s staff on the benefits of green procurement and the need to adopt it.

THE LEGAL PROBLEMS OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN SYSTEM OF TAX AUTHORITIES

The subject. The article is devoted to legal issues in the regulation of relations on information exchange between departments of the Federal Tax Service of Russia and their officials.The purpose of the article is to determine the legal basis, allowing the effective exchange of tax information between tax authorities.The methodology of the study includes general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparative method, description) as well as particular academic methods (interpretation of legal acts, formal-legal method).Results, scope. Information interaction of bodies of tax administration along with General principles of information exchange, shall further be based on the principle of maximum accessibility to bodies of tax administration existing tax information. Information must be transmitted by officials of these bodies to each other by applying the maximum number of forms of interaction. It is not only the planned transfer of certain data, but prompt replies to queries; unification of formats of information used (in the future, if technically possible, a unified information system to allow remote access to every employee of all departments); support workers one bodies the activities of other specialists; coordination of control activities; joint seminars (conferences).Conclusions. A security feature of the standards for the exchange of information in the system of tax administration, will be fully realized only when along with an indication of the type of information to be found who, in what organ and in what order must pass, and what will be the liability for violation of the rules.

Collaborative Inquiry in a Socially Shared Contextual Frame, Striving toward Sensible Knowledge Creation on Dance Education

Background/ContextThe tradition of dance art in Finland is characterized by values such as individuality and uniqueness, and the professional practice is structured by competition and different hinds of hierarchies, which may also add color to the culture of dance teaching. One of the most noticeable elements within the dance education community is isolation, the feeling of loneliness in one's own work. The 3-year research project that this article is based on tackled the communal element of isolation by introducing collaborative inquiry to a group of dance educators as a way of identifying and transforming the culture of dance teaching.Purpose of the StudyTo better understand how to support and facilitate collaborative inquiry in diverse contextual frames, this study focuses on the social construction of knowledge among dance professionals. This research project examines the critical incidents that occurred during the collaborative knowledge generation process and, by doing so, sheds light on a more general phenomenon of facilitating the creation of new knowledge in professional contexts characterized by epistemic diversity or specificity.Research DesignThe participants in the research project included 15 dance teachers and 3 dance school principals from three different dance schools in southern Finland. They formed five working peer groups to explore their professional practice in dance education. An ethnographic case study design was used to examine the knowledge creation process from its inception in March 2008 through April 2010, two years of the overall 3-year research project. The author served as a facilitator for the participants and the working peer groups as well as a researcher in the collaborative inquiry process.Data Collection and AnalysisDuring the collaborative process, the author attended several meetings of the working peer groups, observed dance classes and student performances, interviewed the participants individually and in groups, corresponded with them through e-mails, and discussed different themes in the joint seminars. This article draws on the field-based ethnographic data assembled during the collaboration, especially diary notes, photographs, and video and audio recordings.ConclusionsBased on the ethnographic data, the author draws several conclusions with implications for facilitating collaborative inquiry. First, it is argued that experiential bodily knowledge is the foundation for a profound and accurate understanding of the specific activity of dance education: Creating a precise focal knowledge in dance education requires not only lived participation in these activities but also an embodied mode of reflection. Second, and from a more general viewpoint, it is argued that there are diverse (other) ways that practitioners know within their respective professional fields and contextual frames, and that such knowing is revealed through specific modes of performance, action, and reflection. And thus, third, cultural sensitivity and responsiveness could be seen as fundamental to the democratic knowledge generation process in terms of both encouraging sensible participation and striving to avoid a hierarchical and elitist approach to the research enterprise.

The Three‐Level Collaboration Exercise – Impact of Learning and Usefulness

The aim of the study was to examine the emergency personnel's perception of the effects of exercises, with regard to learning and usefulness. The exercises were quasi‐experimental and constructed in such a way that employees from different organizations overlapped each other's tasks. This was accomplished by: having asymmetries included in the scenarios, repeating exercise procedures and testing different strategies, which were discussed at joint seminars. The exercises were compared to a similar study, published in this journal, of nonquasiexperimental but merely traditional exercises. Surveys were distributed and collected from emergency personnel in connection with seven exercises. At the exercises, 94.3% of the personnel thought that the exercises had a focus on collaboration (traditional exercises, 75.6%).

Summary Report of the SATREPS Project on Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Technology in Peru

One of the SATREPS projects on earthquake and tsunami disaster mitigation technology in Peru has been promoted since March 2010 for a five-year period. The project focuses on five research fields, i.e., seismic motion and geotechnical, tsunamis, buildings, damage assessment, and disaster mitigation planning. Collaborative research has been carried out through joint experiments, observations, field surveys, computer simulations, seminars and workshops. With the Lima metropolitan area and the city of Tacna set as case study sites, two mega-thrust earthquakes have been simulated and their effects and countermeasures investigated. The simulation results have been validated by observation data and have been implemented in government policy. Young Peruvian engineers and scientists have also received training and education. This paper summarizes the progress and outcomes of the SATREPS project for earthquake and tsunami disaster mitigation in Peru.

Mentoring librarians for scholarly publishing

This paper illustrates the experiences of the University of Namibia (UNAM) Library in demonstrating that librarians in its employment are, indeed, academic staff by research and publications and by performing academic support functions for researchers, students, faculties and centres. This was tested through the UNAM Library capacity building project initiative in partnership with the Helsinki University (HU) Library and Tampere University (UTA) Library, in Finland. The learning objectives of this collaborative project were to improve competencies of UNAM Library staff so that they are able to function expertly and competently in an academic environment and to evidently assert their position as academic staff. The approach applied in this collaborative capacity building project included staff exchanges to share best practices; joint seminars, meetings and mentorship programs with research as a cross cutting issue in all the areas. Staff members were encouraged to think critically about what they have learned, how it contributes to their work at UNAM and to develop their research skills. One of the highlights of this collaborative project is a book with the title Empowering People – Collaboration between Finnish and Namibian University Libraries. The book provides evidence to the librarians themselves as well to the university community that research and scholarly communication is equally a part and parcel of the librarians’ work.

Small Projects as Winners in the Organizational Learning Network

In this paper we argue that small development projects can be seen as the key actors in a large formal network of projects. The reason for this study were the observations made during the joint seminars and face-to-face meetings held for the overarching project network. The small projects or small teams of participatory projects remarked that learning experiences on those occasions were versatile and that there were a lot of possibilities for collaboration with other projects. At the same time, the people in the large projects considered themselves as information providers rather than as actual learners. The study focuses on the network of projects in a large national ESF development programme. One of the main goals of the development programme was to achieve a proper level of information sharing between its projects. The programme supervisors envisioned that, since all the projects had the same the target group of adult citizens, there had to be information to share during the programme's run. In the right circumstances that could lead to organizational learning experiences and a sense of community. This research was conducted using a mixed approach involving qualitative and quantitative methods. The data was collected from an online survey and an interview round covering all development projects. Even though the resources for networking are usually limited in a small project or a project team, the dynamics and flexibility of small actors make information sharing easier. Small teams can implement learnt practices more easily, because there is no large scale sub-network to consider. A large project tends to work as an isolated unit and for each of its participatory projects the need of networking with their peer projects is lower. In this research learning is aimed at good or promising practices, which can be seen as artefacts that are disseminated and developed by the participating projects. As a conclusion we suggest that the teams or projects in a network should be equal in size if the network requires interaction for information sharing and learning. A large, network-type project could also participate, however it would need personnel who are in charge of information sharing.

An exploration of the experience of attending the Kidstime programme for children with parents with enduring mental health issues: Parents’ and young people’s views

The Kidstime programme is an innovative attempt to address the particular needs of children and young people who have parents with mental illnesses. It comprises a monthly psycho-educational workshop involving discussions about the meaning of mental health, dramatizations of stories constructed by the children (often filmed), and concurrent parents' groups, as well as joint seminars and review sessions. This paper presents a qualitative analysis of interviews with young people (n=6) and parents (n=5) attending the groups and interviews with former service users (n=9). Five themes emerged from the thematic analysis: initial engagement, sharing with others, learning about mental health, opportunity for fun and impact on family relationships. Areas for further development were identified including the formation of a distinct adolescent Kidstime workshop to better meet their age-specific needs, and adjustments to the system for introducing new families to established workshop groups. Given the positive experience of the groups by those attending, a rigorous evaluation of the approach is suggested.

Merging perspectives in the catchment sciences: the US-Japan Joint Seminar on catchment hydrology and forest biogeochemistry

Japan has strong research programmes in the catchment sciences that overlap with interests in the US catchment science community, particularly in experimental and field-based research. Historically, however, there has been limited interaction between these two hydrologic science communities because of differences in language, culture, and research approaches. These differences highlight a potential for scientific discovery through coordinated interactions. In this vein, US--Japan Joint Seminars have been held about once a decade since the early 1970s (Yevjevich and Downs, 1971; Bras et al., 1988; McDonnell et al., 2001). In addition, beginning in 2000, Hydrological Processes began hosting annual special issues of the Japanese Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, which furthered the infusion of Japanese research into the English literature (Board of JSHWR, 2000; Tsujimura et al., 2012) and has helped increase participation of Japanese researchers in North American and European scientific conferences. In March of 2013 at the East--West Center in Hawaii (www.eastwestcenter.org), the fourth US--Japan Joint Seminar was held to continue the tradition of fostering interaction, exchanging ideas, and establishing collaborations between the US and Japan in the catchment sciences. This commentary summarizes the goals and outcomes of the meeting and establishes a vision for intercontinental catchment science research in the future.

The Change in the Macro Setting of the Church

The anti-ecumenical document Dominus Iesus, issued by the Doctrinal Congregation under the direction of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in July, 2000, claiming that the Roman Catholic Church is the sole true Church, outraged not only Protestants but also many Catholics. It is an armistice document lacking in perspective and vision. It was widely anticipated in the December 18, 1979, decree against me by the same Congregation. Already condemned at that time were three central ecumenical desiderata: * An ecumenical working through of the infallibility and primacy problematic * The recognition of Protestant and Anglican offices and eucharistic celebrations * The possibility of an overall ecumenical understanding of eucharist. It is with a yearning sadness that, in the face of the new restorationist politics of the Polish pope, I recall the 1960's: * * Then there was an Italian pope who spoke less about the Oikumene than he acted for the Oikumene, and who called to Rome those theologians who had been dismissed, banned, or otherwise restricted by his predecessor: John XXIII. * Then I participated in an ecumenical council, which, different from the later Roman Synods, did not simply repeat the constantly recalled, well-known Roman doctrines but put into action the demands of the Reformation and Enlightenment and awakened hopes of overcoming the more than 450-year church split and the twice-as-long West-East one: Vatican II. * Then there came to the University of Tubingen, in response to my invitation, the Roman Curial Cardinal Augustin Bea, President of the new Roman Secretariat for Christian Unity, who in the Festival Hall expressed his appreciation for the ecumenical service of the Tubingen theological school and held a discussion with Catholic and Protestant professors. * There the professors of the Protestant Theological Faculty opened up their working community to the colleagues of the Catholic Theological Faculty. * There we began to hold joint seminars, to mutually recognize seminar credits, to celebrate ecumenical religious services, and to plan the integration of the two large libraries. All in all, an ecumenical climate that manifested itself in the historically Protestant Tubingen. However, in the 1980's the broad weather pattern changed again: A stationary ecumenical low spread from Rome over the Alps, indeed over wide areas of Christendom. Under Pope Paul VI the ecumenical barometer long stood at changeable. Strong curial counter-streams had in fact since Vatican II attempted to put the brakes on the ecumenical renewal efforts and, in the church's upper reaches, brought them to a standstill. Curial cardinals, indeed of other nationalities, but not of another mentality, rather strengthened Romanism instead of ecumenism. The Sanctum Officium Inquisitionum (Holy Office of the Inquisition) once again changed its name--and its methods slightly--but hardly its spirit or goal. In the beginning there were critical voices in the episcopacy, such as those of Cardinal Leo Joseph Suenens (Brussels), Cardinal Giacomo Lecaro (Bologna), and the Canadian and Dutch bishops, but they soon went silent because they found no support from the rest of the episcopacy, especially from the German and French. The Curia used particular conciliar texts--because of their forced compromise character--concerning collegiality/papal primacy and birth control/ethical decisions in order to interpret them in former ways. …

The Journal of Diabetes: Continuing the dialogue (糖尿病杂志：继续进行对话)

The Journal celebrates its position as a leading participant in the East–West dialogue on diabetes, a condition affecting many of the world's people. Now, with both titles and abstracts in English and in Chinese, we are taking a further step, one that we hope will allow more readers to participate in understanding and treating this illness. Worldwide, approximately 150 million people had diabetes in 1980. The number is now around 350 million, with a projection of 550 million in 2030.1 In 1960, 1% of the population of the US had diabetes.2 From 1980 to 2010, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the US increased by approximately 2% per decade, from 3.5% to more than 9%.3 In 1984, the prevalence of diabetes in China was approximately 1%, in 1995 it was 2.5%, in 2000 it was 5.5%,4, 5 and recent studies of more than 100 000 people in both urban and rural areas report a level of 10%,6, 7 matching that levels in the US but growing twice as rapidly. A projection: one in five adults in both the US and China could have diabetes in 2030; one-quarter, or even one-third, in 2050.8 It was estimated that fully 50% of non-White children born in the US in 2000 will have diabetes by 2050 (for Whites it is estimated that approximately one-third will have diabetes).9 What is driving diabetes? In China, in 1992, 20% of adults were overweight or obese; a decade later this had increased to 30%, and in 2007–8 it was to 37%.10 In the US, 14–15% of adults were obese from 1960 through 1980, but the prevalence of obesity had increased to 23% in 1990 and to 30% in 2000.11 The slide show available as Supplementary Material to this paper (Fig. S1), based on data analyzed by the US Centers for Disease Control, shows how obesity prevalence has grown in the US over the past 15 years. On a state-by-state basis, there is a linear relationship between obesity and diabetes. The slope starts in 1994, with statewide obesity rates ranging from 10% to 20%, and diabetes rates from 3% to 6%. Every state went up along the same line through 2010, but, by then, obesity rates ranged from 20% to 35%, and diabetes from 6% to 12%. We have been trying to facilitate the communication and progress among the community through many excellent initiatives. A special section, Asia Track, is published in each issue to address our focus and mission, including many region- and/or population-specific findings. Through Study Design Support, the Editors offer free and confidential feedback to help improve the quality of research in developing regions. The Young Clinician Investigator Award is meant to encourage young researchers' great efforts. The Editors have organized a series of joint seminars between the Chinese Society of Endocrinology and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists that have led to a number of further articles in the Journal to better inform the readership. The Editors and Associated Editors of the Journal of Diabetes thank the many authors who have contributed submissions over the past 5 years, in recognition of which the Journal is now indexed by both Thomson Reuters Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and MEDLINE, and we encourage our colleagues all over the world to continue the dialogue. 本杂志主要定位于引导糖尿病领域的东西方交流，这对全世界很多人都有影响。目前，杂志的标题与摘要都有中、英文版本，并且我们正在采取进一步的措施，其中之一就是我们希望能够让更多的读者参与到对该疾病的理解与治疗。. 1980年全世界约有1.5亿人患糖尿病。目前这个数字大约是3.5亿，预计2030年将达到5.5亿1。1960年，在美国人群中有1%的人患糖尿病2。从1980年至2010年，在美国已经诊断的糖尿病患病率每10年约增加2%，从3.5%增加到大于9%3。在1984年，中国的糖尿病患病率约为1%，1995年为2.5%，2000年为5.5%4,5，而最近在约100000名城市与农村地区人群中进行的研究报告了糖尿病的患病率为10%%,6, 7，与美国的患病率水平相匹配，但增长速度是其2倍。 预计：到2030年在美国和中国每5名成年人中将有1人患糖尿病，到了2050年将有四分之一或者三分之一的成人患糖尿病8。据估计，2000年在美国出生的非白种儿童有整整50%到2050年将患有糖尿病（白种儿童据估计大约有三分之一将患糖尿病）9。 是什么原因促使了糖尿病的发生？在中国，在1992年有20%的成年人超重或者肥胖；10年后这个比例增加到了30%，在2007–2008年这个比例达到了37%10。在美国，从1960年至1980年成年人中有14%–15%的人为肥胖患者，但是到了1990年肥胖的患病率增加到了23%，在2000年增加到了30%11。在这篇论文的补充材料中可以看到这种变化趋势（图S1），根据美国疾病控制中心对这些数据的分析结果，可以发现在过去的15年间美国的肥胖患病率是如何增长的。根据以州为基础的分析结果，发现肥胖与糖尿病之间存在线性的相关关系。斜线从1994年开始，当时全州的肥胖患病率为10%-20%，而糖尿病患病率为3%-6%。直到2010年，每个州的患病率都沿着相同的斜线上升，那时的肥胖患病率为20%-35%，而糖尿病患病率为6%-12%。 我们已经采取了许多有效的举措努力促进交流与进步。在我们的每一期刊物中都有一个特殊的板块：亚洲视线，用来展现我们的关注重点与使命，该板块发表的论文包括了许多地区和/或人群特异性的研究结果。通过对研究设计的支持，本刊的编辑们可以为发展中地区的作者提供免费并且保密的反馈以帮助他们改善研究质量。我们还设立了青年临床医生研究者奖以奖励年轻的研究者们做出的巨大努力。本刊的编辑们在中国内分泌学会与美国临床内分泌学家协会之间组织了一系列的联合研讨会，促使了更多更好的面向读者的论文在本刊的发表。 《糖尿病杂志》的编辑们与副编辑们感谢许多作者在过去5年间积极地向本刊投稿，目前本刊已经被汤姆森路透科学引文索引扩展（SCIE）以及MEDLINE所收录，我们鼓励世界各地的同事们继续与我们进行交流。 Figure S1 Data analyzed by the US Centers for Disease Control, showing the relationship between the prevalence of diabetes and obesity on a state-by-state basis from 1994 through 2010. The size of each circle is proportional to the population of the state it represents.12 图 S1 由美国疾病控制中心进行的从1994-2010年以州为基础的数据分析结果：显示了糖尿病与肥胖发病率之间的关系，每个圆环的尺寸与其所代表的州的人口数成比例12。 Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

Geometric and harmonic analysis on homogeneous spaces and applications

Lie group representation theory and harmonic analysis on Lie groups and on their homogeneous spaces have built up enormous stores of knowledge as a significant and indispensable area of mathematics since the end of the World War II when the research in these areas began. These areas are closely interrelated with various other mathematical fields such as number theory, algebraic geometry, differential geometry, operator algebra, partial differential equations and mathematical physics, and are still growing and developing. In these circumstances, Ali Baklouti and Takaaki Nomura got a plan to organize joint seminars. The first seminar took place on November 2009 in Kerkennah Islands. This seminar was focused upon analysis with the keyword harmonic analysis as a core in such vast spread of research areas within the framework of academic program under the cooperation of Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology in Tunisia (MHESRT) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Many researchers on the forefront in both countries, experts in the concerned research areas from different corners, brought together the newest research results and discussed further progress of their research. This was a boosting reason for Ali Baklouti and Takaaki Nomura to continue the collaboration through the organization of a second Tunisian–Japanese meeting which took place in Sousse (December 2011) and is planned to emphasis direction axes of research toward commutative harmonic analysis (Fourier analysis on Euclidean spaces), analysis on homogeneous spaces, uncertainty principles and geometric analysis and some of their applications such as stochastic analysis and spectral theory. This seminar is also combined with an exchange based on the reciprocity program between Faculty of Mathematics, Kyushu University and Faculty of Science, Sfax University. In this sense, we list up post-doctoral students at Kyushu University, young researchers who graduated from Kyushu University, and young researchers in Sfax University. We also include young mathematicians from other than the two universities in the research area of non-commutative harmonic analysis. Thus we keep our eyes also on possible future exchanges by these young mathematicians, and the seminar was not a single one-time exchange between senior researchers. It is not so often that mathematicians who just made their debut

WMU/Nautical Institute Joint Annual Seminar 2010 — Regulation & Best Practice — Getting the balance right

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