Key Lecture Research Articles

VIII World Congress of Polish Studies

The article offers an account of VIII World Congress of Polish Studies that took place in Cracow in July 2023. It explains the idea of the Congress as well as this year’s main topic, explains the significance of the Congress for both local and international polish studies centers and presents its program: key lectures, thematic sections, and additional special events.

The 17th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry on Small Molecule Protein Degraders.

The 17th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry took place April 23-26, 2023 in Oegstgeest, near Leiden in the Netherlands. It covered for the first time the exciting topic of Targeted Protein Degradation (full title: Small Molecule Protein Degraders: A New Opportunity for Drug Design and Development). The course was oversubscribed, with 35 attendees and 6 instructors mainly from Europe but also from the US and South Africa, and representing both industry and academia. This report summarizes the successful event, key lectures given and topics discussed.

The role of the geological model in the analysis of land subsidence: a key lecture from the Volturno River alluvial plain (southern Italy)

The role of the geological model in the analysis of land subsidence: a key lecture from the Volturno River alluvial plain (southern Italy)

Vše, co podnikl, se zdařilo. Jan Milíč Lochman – komentovaná prohlídka díla světového českého theologa

In All That He Did He Prospered. Jan Milíč Lochman – a Guided Tour of the Work of the International Czech Theologian. The key lecture presented at the symposium on the 100th birthday of the Reformed theologian Jan Milíč Lochman. Lochman taught systematic theology 1950–1968 in Prague, 1969–1992 in Basel. He is the author of many hundreds of professional studies and popular articles and about twenty Czech, Geman and English books in the fields of Historical Theology (ortho-practice of the Czech Reformation), Theological Ethics (Christian-Marxist dialogue) and Systematic Theology (dogmatic soteriology seeking a balance between theological verticalism and horizontalism). Lochman was a world-renowned popularizer of Czech thought and a master of dialogue between theologians, between churches, between theology and philosophy, religion and culture, faith and science. In his life, as in his academic and ecumenical work, he opposed all kinds of fatalism. As a formally dialectical and contextual theologian, he has always been – like his great compatriot Comenius – a theologian of hope.

Міжнародний проект ЕSO-EAST в Україні: оптимізація та поліпшення якості допомоги пацієнтам з інсультом

Надано огляд ключових доповідей, представлених на засіданні, організованому ESO та Українським науково-практичним товариством неврологів, психіатрів та наркологів, де був презентований стратегічний міжнародний проект Європейської організації інсульту (European Stroke Organization - ESO). Даний захід було проведено в рамках науково-практичної конференції з міжнародною участю «Когнітивні порушення при неврологічних, психічних і наркологічних захворюваннях», що відбулася 6 - 7 жовтня 2016 року в м.Ужгороді (Україна).

Захворювання кістково-м’язової системи та вік: деякі основні аспекти (огляд симпозіуму)

Зроблено короткий огляд ключових лекцій та доповідей, що були представлені під час Міжнародного симпозіуму «Захворювання кістково-м’язової системи та вік» 5–7 травня 2015 року у м. Львів, Україна.

Judith N. Shklar on disobedience and obligation in a “society of strangers”

Judith N. Shklar on disobedience and obligation in a “society of strangers”

The 32-th International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2020+)

The results of the work of The 32-th International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2020+), which took place on July 18−23, 2021 in Prague (Czech Republic), are presented. More than 9000 speakers from 87 countries took part in the congress. Reports were presented on various areas of psychology and related specialties (medicine, pedagogy, etc.). A brief summary of key interviews and lectures by D. Kahneman, F. Zimbardo, K. Maslak, R. Ptacek, E. Loftus, Y. Moytsa, S. McFarland, as well as individual symposia and short reports is described.

Med Chem Remote: The Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2021.

Digital, but delicious! The Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2021 meeting, originally intended to take place in Darmstadt, carried on as an online event from March 8-10 this year. Even with pandemic restrictions, the event co-presented by the Medicinal Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG), and the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) proved to be a success, showcasing excellent speakers and facilitating participant interaction in an ingenious virtual setting. Over 350 participants from more than 10 countries gathered to discuss the latest trends and directions in medicinal chemistry, with sessions on molecular glues, covalent fragments, transient binding pockets and more. This report presents a summary of the key lectures and activities at the event.

Folklore, Ethnology and Beyond, from the 14th SIEF Congress in Santiago de Compostela

The article focuses on the main trends in development of ethnology, folklore and cultural anthropology as represented at the 14th congress of International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (SIEF). The Congress’ main theme Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World attracted scholars of many adjacent disciplines like sociology, history, economics and politics. The modern turn from rural studies and folklore genres towards gender, body, migration, identity investigations is typical to most scholars all over the world. Still, the traditional culture, its structure and language serve as the grounding for the newly appearing rituals and texts, they are in the core of the fundamental research. The Congress exhibited various forms of academic activity, such as key lectures, presentations in thematic panels or round tables, video-club, meetings of the working groups and prize awards. Young scholars are very welcome at this event where they can learn methodology and history of the fields, take part in the competitions, present their own research.

Foraminifer and Ostracod Occurrence in a Cool-Water Carbonate Factory of the Cape Adare (Ross Sea, Antarctica): A Key Lecture for the Climatic and Oceanographic Variations in the Last 30,000 Years

Foraminifers and ostracods were studied in a gravity-core recovered near Cape Adare (Ross Sea, Antarctica) with the aim of identifying the climatic and oceanographic variations during the last 30 ka. The sedimentary sequence represents conditions of a cool-water carbonate factory, which evidences that during the Marine Isotope Stage 2 (MIS2) the area was ice-free and very productive. The overall preservation of delicate skeletal remains such as bryozoans and molluscs indicated moderate bottom currents. This carbonate factory was interrupted by some terrigenous levels, representing conditions of instability/retreat of the ice shelves southward. The younger levels were referred to the meltwater pulse (MWP)-1A and 1B events. The Holocene sequence comprised more terrigenous sediments, reflecting high bottom-currents similar to the present-day conditions. Very abundant and well preserved foraminifers and ostracods, representative of shelf-upper slope paleoenvironments, were recovered. Epistominella exigua, among the foraminifers, suggested the influence of the Circumpolar Deep Water during some periods of the late Quaternary. Heavy-test taxa, such as Cibicides refulgens, indicated strengthening bottom hydrodynamics. As for the ostracods, peaks in the presence of Australicythere devexa, Bairdoppilata simplex and Pseudocythere aff. caudata together with significant values of Polycope spp. allowed us to identify environments rich in nutrients with the influence of cold and deep water upwelling phenomena.

Key Lecture: "Lyric poetry as seen from an interdisciplinary perspective"

Key Lecture: "Lyric poetry as seen from an interdisciplinary perspective"

Neutral Life: Roland Barthes’ Late Work – An Introduction

As the introduction and lead article for a special issue of Theory, Culture & Society, ‘Neutral Life/Late Barthes’, this article offers an overview of the ‘new’ Barthes that emerges from the late writings and recent ‘Barthes Studies’. The account centres upon the posthumous publication of Barthes’ three key lecture courses delivered at the Collège de France, at the end of the 1970s, which reflect his preoccupation with the everyday, yet reveal a new degree of sophistication, both formal and conceptual. Presented in their original note form, the lectures present perhaps the clearest (if incomplete) affirmative project of Barthes’ entire career. The Neutral in particular is pivotal in understanding an ethics of the late works. While Barthes is perhaps most cited for his rumination on the temporality of the photograph, the lecture courses give rise to an ethics of space and distance, rather than of time and telos. Crucially, for Barthes, the Neutral is not neutrality; it is not divestment, but ‘an ardent, burning activity’. In establishing Barthes’ ethics of a Neutral Life, the articles closes – with reference to Derrida’s mourning of Barthes – with a reminder to read Barthes again, or rather a reminder of our current postponed reading of him.

Plant biotechnology: Green for Good V 2019

The Green for Good (G4G) conferences bring together plant science researchers mainly from Europe, as well as guests from overseas. As with previous G4G conferences, the 5th event (G4G V) was held at Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, organized by the Centre of Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research and the European Federation of Biotechnology. The meeting focused on trends in plant biotechnology, genetics and biochemistry to identify the basis for solving the global challenge of providing food for an ever-growing population. The invited speakers provided insights into plant genomics, gene-editing, plant molecular farming and application of nanomaterials. This conference meeting report summarizes key lectures given by a variety of excellent speakers.

ARIA masterclass 2018: From guidelines to real-life implementation.

Over the past 20 years, ARIA (Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma) has developed various guidelines for the treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma multimorbidity. Over time, the ARIA initiative has evolved to ensure the highest level of bestpractices adoption in real life settings. It has evolved towards Integrated Care Pathways (ICPs) using mobile technology, and has now entered a new phase in which change management is key to provide an active and healthy life to all AR patients. With that in mind, the first ARIA masterclass was held on 12th September 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The masterclass aimed at informing clinicians about the principles of change management, providing unbiased education on diagnosis and treatments, sharing the most recent research data on AR and multimorbidities, and creating a snowball effect to increase the adoption of best practices around the globe. This report provides an overview of the ARIA masterclass concept, summarizes the key lectures and discussions, and gives an outline of the future key development.

A paediatric influenza update 100 years after the Skyros island Spanish flu outbreak.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak on the Greek Aegean Sea island of Skyros, which devastated its population in less than 30 days. According to Constantinos Faltaits's annals published in 1919, the influenza attack on the island of Skyros commenced acutely ‘like a thunderbolt’ on the 27th of October, 1918 and was exceptionally severe and fatal. At that time, the viral cause of the influenza had not been detected, while the total number of victims of the Spanish flu outbreak has been estimated to have surpassed 50 million, worldwide. Almost one century after this Aegean Sea island's tragedy, the ‘4th Workshop on Paediatric Virology’, organised on the 22nd of September, 2018 in Athens, Greece, was dedicated to the 100 years of the ‘Spanish’ flu pandemic. This review article highlights the plenary and key lectures presented at the workshop on the recent advances on the epidemiology, clinical management and prevention of influenza in childhood.

Primary Care in the Future: Professional Excellence (Based on the results of the 22nd Wonca World Conference, Seoul, South Korea, October 17–21, 2018).

The article presents an overview of the most significant event of 2018 in the field of family medicine – activities before and during the 22nd World Conference WONCA World (Seoul, South Korea, 13–21.10.2018). The results of the WONCA World Council meeting and preconference held by the WONCA World working groups including the Young Family Doctors Movement are described. The summary of key lectures, sessions and workshops are presented, main directions of development of family medicine in the world, its scientific research, continuous professional development and postgraduate education, clinical aspects; as well as participation in them of Ukraine.

Wearable-based electronics to objectively support diagnosis of motor impairments in school-aged children

Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are neuro-developmental disorders, starting in childhood, which can affect the planning of movements and the coordination.We investigated how and in which measure a system based on wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) can provide an objective support to the diagnosis of motor impairments in school-aged children.The IMUs measured linear and rotational movements of 37 schoolchildren, 7−10yo, 17 patients and 20 control subjects, during the execution of motor exercises, performed under medical and psychiatric supervision, to assess different aspects of the motor coordination.The measured motor parameters showed a high degree of significance in discriminating the ADHD/DCD patients from the healthy subjects, pointing out which motor tasks are worth focusing on. So, medical doctors have a novel key lecture to state a diagnosis, gaining in objectivity with respect to the standard procedures which mainly involve subjective human judgment.Differently to other works, we propose a novel approach in terms of number of used IMUs and of performed motor tasks. Moreover, we demonstrate the meaningful parameters to be considered as more discriminant in supporting the medical diagnosis.

The 44th Congress of the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7-10 September 2017.

The 44th Congress of the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 7-10 September 2017 The 44th congress followed the previous one of International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers (ISOBM) that took place in Chicago (USA) in 2016. The title of the 44th Annual congress was: 'Biomarkers in oncology: new horizons and challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer' [ 1 ]. The congress was co-organized by ISOBM, European Group on Tumor Markers (EGTM) and Brazilian Society of Clinical Pathology SBPC/ML. The event attracted more than 180 participants from all over the world. The program offered many topics regarding discovery, validation, evaluation and use of tumor biomarkers. The presentations were split into the key note lectures, oral presentations, poster presentations and satellite symposiums sponsored by companies. The congress offered participants the opportunity to link clinical and research oncologists to discuss new tools for diagnosis and monitoring of cancer diseases. Prominent people in the field of cancer research and clinical oncology were presented and offered the unique opportunity to exchange experiences and knowledge in an international forum[ 2 ]. Compared with previous ISOBM congresses, it was held in Latin America for the first time, and due to that more participants from Latin America were present.

The innovation of the subspecialty of Paediatric Virology: An interview with Research Professor of Molecular Virology Anna Kramvis.

Professor Anna Kramvis, Research Professor of Molecular Virology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, talks about direct-acting antiviral treatments against hepatitis C virus (HCV), as well as the perspective of the development of an effective vaccine against HCV. She emphasises the necessity of vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV), highlighting that it is very important that vaccination should be administered at birth in order to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HBV. Professor Kramvis states that vaccination against HBV is safe and that HBV and HCV infections are not contraindications for breastfeeding. Regarding the challenge of Paediatric Virology, she believes that it is a field that during the last years is increasing exponentially, while she concurs that Paediatric Virology subspecialty will be a popular choice for infectious diseases subspecialists. In the context of the 3rd Workshop on Paediatric Virology, which will be held in Athens on October 7th, 2017, Professor Kramvis will give her key lecture on MTCT of HBV and HCV.