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This year, Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (JESSD) is proud to hold its fourth international virtual symposium, featuring world-class speakers and editors worldwide. We were incredibly honored to have invited Mohamad Nor Azra, Ph.D. from Head of Climate Change Adaptation Laboratory, Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Prof. Dr.Arch. Iryna Bulakh from Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, Dr. Ir. Haruki Agustina, M.Env.Eng.Sc. from Director of Contamination Restoration and Emergency Response of Hazardous Waste, Ministry of Environment and Forestry Indonesia, and Dr. Yuki M. A. Wardhana from Senior Vice President at PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia (Persero).The symposium was held in a hybrid format, arranged online and offline, due to related restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic. I appreciate everyone’s participation in the fourth JESSD Symposium: International Symposium of Earth, Energy, Environmental Science, and Sustainable Development, despite the restrictive situation caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of being postponed, this symposium was conducted hybridly in response to emerging issues mainly related to earth science, energy, environmental science, and sustainability. Moreover, this symposium also facilitates the publication of qualified research on Environment Sustainable after Covid-19 to contribute to the global response to the post-pandemic situation.This symposium is slightly different from the previous symposium and conference held last year. By making the best use of development in telecommunication platforms, we are able to gather virtually to share our insights and progress covering numerous subjects ranging from: the broad earth science, energy, and environmental science, and the special issues as well as Cleaner Production, Environmental Management and Protection, Environment during Post Covid-19, and Community Empowerment in Environmental Sectors. This symposium utilized Zoom and YouTube, a widely known cloud-based video conferencing tool, as its telecommunication platform.The symposium was held on 26-27 August 2023. Committees are based in School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. We are aware that a hybrid setup will not provide the same experience as an on-site symposium. However, it is in our nature as researchers to be undeterred by new challenges. The opportunity to host this event virtually allows us to facilitate cross-borders discussion and collaboration at lower cost and less impact on the environment through reducing carbon footprint. We have invited some prominent speakers from various regions to provide lectures on a wide range of environmental research. In addition, we have also invited world-class speakers and editors to help with your scientific publication process. The participants (presenters) come from 13 different countries all around the world, including: Iraq, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Filipina, Jepang, Nigeria, China, Germany, Ukraine, Vietnam, Russia.List of committees, speakers are available in this Pdf.

Breaking Down Barriers to Detection and Care in Early-Age-Onset Colorectal Cancer in Canada.

The second Early-Age-Onset Colorectal Cancer Symposium, convened in October 2022, sought solutions to the barriers to early detection and care for colorectal cancer in Canada. This meeting built on a previous symposium, held in 2021 and reported in this journal. Early-age-onset colorectal cancer (EAOCRC) affects increasing numbers of people under the age of 50 in Canada and throughout the developed world. Two main themes emerged from the meeting: the importance of timely detection, and the need for a tailored approach to the care of EAOCRC. Early detection is crucial, especially in light of the later stage at diagnosis and unique tumour characteristics. Symposium participants were strongly in favour of reducing the age of eligibility for screening from 50 to 45, and promoting the development of non-invasive screening techniques such as testing for circulating tumour DNA and biomarkers. Leading approaches to care were described and discussed, which meet the unique treatment needs of younger CRC patients. Multidisciplinary practices within and outside Canada address such factors as fertility, family roles, education, careers and financial responsibilities. These models can be applied in treatment centres across the country.

SECOND INTERNATIONAL SELJUK HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SYMPOSIUM: IRAN (II. ULUSLARARASI SELÇUKLU TARIHI COĞRAFYASI İRAN SEMPOZYUMU), October 13–15, 2022

The review is devoted to the «Second International Seljuk Historical and Geographical Symposium Iran (II. Uluslararası Selçuklu Tarihi Coğrafyası İran Sempozyumu)», which was held on October 13–15, 2022 in Konya (Republic of Turkey) on the basis of the Center for Research on Seljuk Culture and Civilization of the University of Nacmettin Erbakan (Selçuklu Kültür Ve Medeniyeti Uygulama Ve Araştırma Merkezi Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi) with the support of the Turkish Historical Society (Türk Tarih Kurumu) and the Seljuk Municipality of Konya (Selçuklu Belediyesi, Konya). This event is held regularly, traditionally receives wide coverage in the Turkish media and every time causes a great public outcry. The previous Symposium (Uluslararası Selçuklu Tarihi Coğrafyası Suriye-Filistin–Irak Sempozyumu) was held on October 25–27, 2019 and was devoted to the study of topical issues in the history of the Seljuks in the regions of Iraq, Syria and Palestine.

Preface

This year, Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (JESSD) is proud to hold its second international virtual symposium, featuring world-class speakers and editors worldwide. We were incredibly honored to have invited RR. Ratih Dyah Kusumawati, Ph.D. from Center for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (CRESS), Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, Assoc. Prof. Hui Nee Au Yong, Ph.D. from Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Mari Eko Mulyani, Ph.D. from School of Geography and The Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom and School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, Assoc. Prof. Hironori Hamasaki from Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan, Dian Novarina, M.Sc. from Deputy Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement, PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (APRIL), Jessica Hanafi, Ph.D. from Executive Director PT. Life Cycle Indonesia, and Dr. Ir. Haruki Agustina M.Sc. from Director of Contaminated Land Recovery and Emergency Response Hazardous and Toxic Waste and Non-Hazardous and Toxic Materials, Ministry of Environment and Forestry.The symposium was held in virtual format due to related restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic. I appreciate everyone’s participation in the second JESSD Symposium: International Symposium of Earth, Energy, Environmental Science, and Sustainable Development, despite the restrictive situation caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of being postponed, this symposium was conducted virtually in response to emerging issues mainly related to earth science, energy, environmental science, and sustainability. Moreover, this symposium also facilitates the publications of qualified research on COVID-19 to contribute to the global response towards the pandemic situation.This symposium is slightly different from the previous symposium and conference held last year. By making the best use of development in telecommunication platforms, we are able to gather virtually to share our insights and progress covering numerous subjects ranging from: the broad earth science, energy, and environmental science, and the special issues of COVID-19 Research as well as Community Engagement for Better Environment. This symposium utilized Zoom and Youtube, a widely known cloud-based video conferencing tool, as its telecommunication platform.The symposium was held on 27-28 August 2022. Committees are based in School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. We are aware that a virtual setup will not provide the same experience as an on-site symposium. However, it is in our nature as researchers to be undeterred by new challenges. The opportunity to host this event virtually allows us to facilitate cross-borders discussion and collaboration at lower cost and less impact on the environment through reducing carbon footprint. We have invited some prominent speakers from various regions to provide lectures on a wide range of environmental research. In addition, we have also invited world-class speakers and editors to help with your scientific publication process. The participants (presenters) are coming from 16 different countries all around the world, including: Malaysia, South Korea, Netherland, Ukraine, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Brazil, Poland, China, Germany, Tunisia, and Indonesia.We are glad that we received lots of submissions from the symposium and selected a bunch of high-quality papers and compiled them into the proceedings after reviewing them using the double-blind peer review procedure. The symposium is considered successful. Signal loss and some technical issues happened during parallel sessions but had been well and quickly addressed by technical assistants, without causing any significant delay. I express my deep gratitude to the editors: Editors committee: Dr. Ahyahudin Sodri, Dr. Herdis Herdiansyah, Mari E. Mulyani, D.Phil., Dr. Stefanie Steinebach, Prof. Dr. Ing. Ir. Misri Gozan, M.Tech., Dr. Djoni Hartono, Ratih Dyah Kusumastuti, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Ivandini Tribidasari Anggraningrum, and committees Dr. Herdis Herdiansyah, Nova Amalia Sakina, Azhar Firdaus, Arty Dwi Januari, Hafizha Ilma Qadriina, Sinan Vidi Lazuardi, Salma Mar’atus Sholihah, and HIMPASILING UI Team for their time, hard work, and contribution to support this symposium during this challenging time.I would like to take this opportunity also to express my gratitude for our sponsors, (Danone Indonesia, Induk Koperasi Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia (Inkopol), PT Arlindo Grafimedia, PT Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (April Group), Bank Rakyat Indonesia, APP Sinar Mas, Harita Nickel, Greenera Consulting, Pertamina Patra Niaga, Starborn Chemical, PT. Prima Kana Energy, Waskita, Roatex, One Global Synergy, and Lintasarta) and also for Himpasiling (Himpunan Mahasiswa Pascasarjana Ilmu Lingkungan) Universitas Indonesia 2022 period for conducting the joint session. Last but not the least, we send our sincere thanks to the IOP publisher for publishing the proceedings.Jakarta, 27 August 2022Editor-in-Chief,Dr. Herdis HerdiansyahList of committees are available in this Pdf.

Considerations for Seeking Equity and Justice through Pedagogical Partnership

Student-faculty pedagogical partnership has recently been understood to have the potential to contribute to equity and justice in postsecondary education. Nevertheless, important equity-related concerns about partnership have also been raised. In a presentation at a previous Symposium on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, one of the co-authors of this article proposed a series of "tentative principles" for working toward equity in and through student-faculty partnership, which synthesized and foregrounded some of these possibilities and critiques. In this article, we share these "tentative principles," as well as a series of critical responses to them, offered by the three co-authors. In so doing, we aim to offer an expanded set of significant considerations for those interested in student-faculty partnership and equity, and to invite and encourage further discussion and critique rather than reify singular principles.

Preface

This year, Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (JESSD) is proud to hold its second international virtual symposium, featuring world-class speakers and editors worldwide. We were incredibly honored to have invited Prof. Christopher Silver, Ph.D., FAICP from College of Design, Construction, and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; Mari E. Mulyani, D.Phil. from University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Prof. Rotimi Williams Olatunji from School of Communication, Lagos State University, Nigeria; Prof. Svetlana Drobyazko from Open International University of Human Development, Kyiv, Ukraine; Prof. Marinela Panayotova from Departement. of Chemistry, University of Mining and Geology, Bulgaria; Anita Bernardus from APRIL Group; Ir. Maya Tamimi, M.Sc. from Unilever Indonesia; Dr. Yuki M. A. Wardhana from PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia; and Dr. Taufan Madiasworo, ST, MT from Deputy Director of Integration on Settlements Infrastructure Management, Directorate General of Human Settlements, Ministry of Public Works and Housing.The symposium was held in virtual format due to related restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic. I appreciate everyone’s participation in the second JESSD Symposium: International Symposium of Earth, Energy, Environmental Science, and Sustainable Development, despite the restrictive situation caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of being postponed, this symposium was conducted virtually to response to emerging issues mainly related to earth science, energy, environmental science, and sustainability. Moreover, this symposium also facilitates the publications of qualified research on COVID-19 to contribute to the global response towards the pandemic situation.This symposium is slightly different with previous symposium and conference held last year. By making the best use of development in telecommunication platforms, we are able to gather virtually to share our insights and progresses covering numerous subjects ranging from: the broad earth science, energy, and environmental science, to more specific topics on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the special issues of COVID-19 Research as well as Community Engagement for Better Environment. This symposium utilized Zoom and Youtube, a widely known cloud-based video conferencing tool, as its telecommunication platform.

Preface

The 5th International Symposium of Sustainable Landscape Development (The 5th ISSLD) is a continuation of the previous symposium, The 4th ISSLD, which was conducted in 2019 in Bogor city. The main theme of the 5th ISSLD is “Landscape Transformation,” which aims to address the various aspects of landscape transformation considering sustainable landscape development.The landscape is a dynamic system that evolves. Landscape transformation can occur as a result of natural phenomena and human-made processes as well. The pandemic of Covid-19 is one example of how a catastrophic transform the lives of humans and the landscape. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, humans are known as rulers on earth with all their habits, having such limited movements that other landscape elements are also affected. The new normal habits make humans more disciplined in maintaining sanitation, thus impacting the cleanliness of the landscape. Restrictions on human movement have reduced human intervention in animal life, vegetation, and landscapes, thus providing opportunities for nature to heal. These things are happening around us, where the landscape is transforming during the COVID-19 pandemic.List of Invited Spakers, Editorial Committees, Scientific Committees, Steering Committees, Organizing Committees, Assistant Editors, Host are available in the pdf.

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This year, Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development (JESSD) is proud to hold its first international virtual symposium, featuring world-class speakers and editors worldwide. We were incredibly honored to have invited Prof. Shabbir H Gheewala, D. Eng. from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand; Mari E. Mulyani, D.Phil. from University of Oxford, United Kingdom; Dr. Stefanie Steinebach from HAWK-HHG (Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst-Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen), Germany; Prof. Dr. Ing. Ir. Misri Gozan, M.Tech. from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marlia Mohd Hanafiah from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia; Ian D. Hollingsworth, Ph.D. from Horizon Environmental Soil Survey and Evaluation Darwin, Australia; Nurdiana Darus from Unilever Indonesia; Dr. Ir. Haruki Agustina, M. Env Eng. Sc. From Director for Contamination Recovery and Emergency Response of Hazardous Waste, KLHK Indonesia; Dr. Yuki M. A. Wardhana from School of Environmental Science UI and Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund-IIGF/PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia-Persero, Indonesia; Prof. Ir. Widjojo Adi Prakoso, M.Sc., Ph.D from Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia;. Dr Karen Lythgoe from Earth Observatory of Singapore; Walter Mooney Ph.D from U.S. Geological Survey, USA and Dr. Supriyanto Rohadi Center for Research and Development Center, BMKG (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics), Indoneia.The symposium was held in virtual format due to related restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic. I appreciate everyone’s participation in the first JESSD Symposium: International Symposium of Earth, Energy, Environmental Science, and Sustainable Development, despite the restrictive situation caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of being postponed, this symposium was conducted virtually to response to emerging issues mainly related to earth science, energy, environmental science, and sustainability. Moreover, this symposium also facilitates the publications of qualified research on COVID-19 to contribute to the global response towards the pandemic situation.This symposium is slightly different with previous symposium and conference held last year. By making the best use of development in telecommunication platforms, we are able to gather virtually to share our insights and progresses covering numerous subjects ranging from: the broad earth science, energy, and environmental science, to more specific topics on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the special issues of COVID-19 Research as well as Community Engagement for Better Environment. This symposium utilized Zoom, a widely known cloud-based video conferencing tool, as its telecommunication platform.The symposium was held on 28–30 September 2020. Committees are based in School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. The symposium consists of plenary sessions and parallel sessions. The plenary sessions include keynote speech from various experts in related fields. The topics of the plenary sessions are considered purposeful in today’s agenda, such as life cycle assessment of biofuels, environmental governance in developing countries, smallholder palm oil and sustainability, collaborative scheme of solid waste management, alternative financing for waste management, plastic recycling, disaster management, and many more. Meanwhile, the parallel sessions facilitate the authors/presenters to discuss about their research in a smaller group based on the topic grouping. Each author/presenter was given up to 9 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for question and answer. Quick questions were addressed right after each presentation, but longer questions were compiled and discussed at the end of the session. The session was wrapped up by the moderator in his/her closing remarks. The participants (presenters) are coming from 25 different countries all around the world, including: Indonesia, India, Japan, Bulgaria, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Pakistan, Poland, Colombia, Iran, Romania, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Finland, Vietnam, Philippines, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Morocco, Thailand, United Kingdom, Republic of Tajikistan, Brazil, and Ethiopia. Participant (presenter) numbers are 270.We are glad that we received lots of submissions from the symposium and selected a bunch of high-quality papers and compiled them into the proceedings after reviewed them using the double-blind peer review procedure. The symposium is considered successful. Signal loss and some technical issues happened during parallel sessions but had been well and quickly addressed by technical assistants, without causing any significant delay. I express my deep gratitude to the Chairman, all distinguished keynote speakers, committees, reviewers, and all the participants, for their time, hard work, and contribution to support this symposium during this challenging time. I would like to take this opportunity also to express my gratitude for our sponsors, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk, and PT Larus Birus Utama, for sponsoring the main events, as well as APIKI Indonesia Network (Jaringan Ahli Perubahan Iklim dan Kehutanan Indonesia) and BMKG (Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika) for conducting the joined session. Last but not the least, we send our sincere thanks to the IOP publisher for publishing the proceedings.Depok, 28 September 2020 Editor-in-Chief,Dr. Herdis HerdiansyahList of committees are available in the pdf.

INEQUALITIES IN HEALTHY AGING: THE DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF EDUCATION AND WEALTH ACROSS COHORT STUDIES

Several studies have investigated longitudinal changes in health status and functional ability but few have examined whether inequalities in healthy ageing varied across different countries. The aim of this study is to investigate trajectories of health metric scores (generated in previous symposium abstract) over the ageing process and examine the impact of education and wealth on the trajectories across eight cohorts in the ATHLOS consortium (N=135,828) using multilevel regression modelling. After adjusting for age, gender and study, higher levels of education (9.52; 95% CI: 9.30, 9.74) and wealth (8.06; 95% CI: 7.84, 8.28) were associated with higher baseline scores but had minimal impacts on decline rates. These effect sizes varied across different cohort studies and the inequality gradient was found to be strongest in the Health Retirement Study from US. Future research may investigate potential mechanisms which might explain the differential impact of education and wealth in different societies.

Textile Society of America 2018 Symposium, Pan Global Exhibition Highlights

The 2018 Textile Society of America (TSA) symposium, “Social Fabric: From Deep Local to Pan Global,” was a marked contrast from the previous symposium, with a more robust focus on indigenous and aboriginal textiles. Held in Canada’s progressive Vancouver, British Columbia, the planned scope and inclusivity of symposium events included notable First Nations speakers, site visits, art exhibitions, and plenary sessions which interrogated colonial histories and helped steer away the ethnographic gaze prevalent in the academic textile field. Noteworthy events included a fashion show presented by Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, the exhibition Arts of Resistance: Politics and the Past in Latin America at the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology, the keynote speech by Tlingit weaver Meghann/Jaad O’Brien, and the Intertwined exhibition of textile artwork by faculty, staff and students of Emily Carr University.

Percival Everett: Theory, philosophy and fiction

This symposium, organized by Anne-Laure Tissut (ERIAC, EA4705), echoes and prolongs the reflections on Percival Everett’s work sparked by a conference that took place in Rouen in 2013 in the presence of the author. While the previous symposium investigated questions about the American West’s identity and representations, this year, Everett scholars sought to highlight the theoretical and philosophical influences perceptible in the work and how they inform Everett’s artistic process as well as...

The changing global face of Bluetongue: from the beginning.

Bluetongue (BT) was first recognized and described in Southern Africa, and only later elsewhere. It is now known that the causative agent of BT [BT virus (BTV)] occurs throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. Previous OIE symposia in 1984, 1991 and 2003 clarified the global distribution of BTV and its epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis. Since the 3rd symposium in 2003, however, there have been significant developments. Notably, BT has emerged in Northern Europe and novel BTV serotypes have appeared in other endemic areas raising substantial questions regarding the environmental and anthropogenic drivers of emergence of BTV, including the invasion and spread of laboratory propagated viruses. Additional BTV serotypes with novel properties have recently been identified in Europe and the Middle East. Recent studies also confirm the importance of the Culicoides vector as the essential overwintering reservoir of BTV in temperate regions such as California and not ruminant livestock, proving wrong the prevailing thesis circulated prior to the 1st symposium in 1984. The challenge for participants of this 4th symposium is to predict collectively what the future might hold in terms of emergence of BTV globally, and what strategies are likely to be most feasible, justified, and effective for its control.

Use of Anesthesia for Imaging Studies and Interventional Procedures in Children.

Ongoing investigation from the Pediatric Anesthesia NeuroDevelopment Assessment (PANDA) study hopes to examine the long-term effect on cognitive and language development of a single anesthetic exposure in children undergoing inguinal hernia repair. The fifth PANDA Symposium, held in April 2016, continued the mission of previous symposia to examine evidence from basic science and clinical studies on potential neurotoxic effects of anesthetics on developing brain. At the 2016 Symposium, a panel of specialists from nonsurgical pediatric disciplines including anesthesiology, radiology, neurology, gastroenterology, oncology, cardiology, and critical care reviewed use of anesthesia in their practices, including how concern over possible neurodevelopmental effects of early childhood anesthetic exposure has changed discussion with patients and families regarding risks and benefits of imaging studies and interventional procedures involving sedation or anesthesia. This paper summarizes presentations from nonsurgical pediatric specialists at the 2016 PANDA Symposium.

Together with 30 years of Symposia on Chrysomelidae! Memories and personal reflections on what we know more about leaf beetles.

Certainly, Carabidae, Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae are the beetle families that are most studied and the most inspiring for scientific papers. Those three families are also among the most numerous and present the most colorful beetles. Publications go from simple articles in the past to sophisticated papers using cladistics, molecular biology and statistics, in pure research or, for leaf-beetles or weevils, in agriculture. Thousands of papers are published each year on Chrysomelidae. Probably the actual described number of Chrysomelidae, estimated last century as 35.000 species, reaches 45.000 and there probably exist 55.000 to 60.000 species around the world. Canopy species are among the least known, true also for minute species living in litter or mosses Coleoptera can easily exceed 1 to 2 million species and, in the past (in the Mesozoic, but mostly in Cenozoic), they must have been much more numerous. Only Curculionidae and perhaps Staphylinidae can surpass the number of Leaf-Beetles. Curculionidae are present everywhere, even in the sub-Antarctic islands and in Greenland, where Chrysomelidae are missing, even if present there during the Pliocene. Still many species of weevils remain to be described, among the endogeous, myrmecophilous, floricolous species. Symposia on Leaf Beetles, originally organized every four years, now perhaps every two years, together with International and European Congresses of Entomology, or independently, generally are published later in books, which tend actually and only very recently to be published electronically. Many international publishers were responsible for those books and we are indebted to many specialists and co-editors. There were also regular annual meetings of chrysomelid specialists in the United States, correlated with the Entomological Society of America meetings, grouping often part of the specialists from the previous symposia, the next one probably coinciding with the International Congress of Entomology in 2016. Annual meetings of chrysomelid workers were also held in Japan each year. One chrysomelid symposium was organized in Patiala, India, with 29 papers in March, 1989. Sporadic chrysomelid symposia are also held with French and Belgian workers in Paris or elsewhere, in Costa Rica, with Wills Flowers, as in 1995, etc. Regular meetings take place each year in Germany together with the meetings (58 actually) of German-speaking coleopterists. Many European chrysomelidologists attend it also. Those German meetings actually are held in Beutelsbach (Fig. ​(Fig.1),1), on a hill, in a charming country inn, with a big meeting room and all video facilities. There were also meetings on Chrysomelidae in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, connected with the local Entomological Society, in Milano, Italy, in Uberlandia, in Brazil, in 2005, etc. The Academia Sinica in China has been and is an active centre of leaf beetle research under Shi-xiang Chen (Fig. ​(Fig.2)2) and his successors. The death of Chen in 1988 was a big loss for the chrysomelidologists, but new generations have taken up the torch. Figure 1. View of the venue of the meetings of the German-speaking coleopterists, Landgut Burg vicinity of Beutelsbach, 24.10.2009, southwest Germany (near Stuttgart, photo: M. Schmitt). Figure 2. Prof. Shi-xiang Chen (5.11.1905 – 25.1.1988), from a booklet of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 1992. So, progress of our knowledge on the Chrysomelidae, on taxonomy, distribution, physiology, biology has been relatively fast the last 30 years. A Newsletter, devoted to leaf beetles, Chrysomela, was founded in 1979 by Terry Seeno and Eric Smith. It is still alive, now entirely in colour, with a new editor, Caroline Chaboo, and that has been also a stimulant for all chrysomelid lovers. The enormous Georg Frey Collection of beetles (originally housed on the Frey estate in Tutzing) is now in Basle Museum, Switzerland. The Frey Chrysomelidae were initiated in Munich by Jan Bechyne, and most of those beetles are authoritatively identified, but unfortunately a general collection, a former UN dream, has never been made assembling all world insect types. Those types are mainly in the primary museums in London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Moscow, Basle, Washington, Honolulu, Canberra, Beijing, Brussels, Tervueren, Tokyo, Pretoria, Maracay, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and several other big or smaller collections. Due to possible damage in the mail, saving collections staff time and to hastened receipt, museums now try to send excellent digital photographs instead of the specimens themselves. On the spot, examination, remains always possible. Jesus Gomez-Zurita for instance visited the National Museum of Prague (with Achard collections) to see the Bechyne Timarcha types in 1997. Which resulted many excellent papers on the genus, its classification, and many molecular biology studies.

The climate change SA symposium 2013: a synthesis

In October 2013 the Royal Society of South Australia held a symposium on the topic of climate change. This reprised the Society’s previous symposium on the topic 20 years previously and provided a forum for reflection on the changes to climate change science that have occurred since 1993. A number of presentations were given, spanning three topic areas: (i) climate change science and adaptation, (ii) impacts on soils and water, and (iii) impacts on urban ecology and human health. In contrast to the 1993 symposium which was largely predictive of future impacts, the 2013 speakers focussed on current and future mitigation and adaptation strategies. The complex interplay between biophysical and social systems and the need to understand this to enable adaptation and response to climate change were also highlighted.

Damage Modeling, Scaling and Momentum Enhancement for Asteroid and Comet Nucleus Deflection

In the previous symposium, it was demonstrated that extrapolation of momentum enhancement β data from small laboratory tests to larger asteroid and comet nucleus deflection scenarios predicts large β values due to the fact that β does not scale with size. The big question in the extrapolation to larger scales is whether the damage process in the crater formation saturates at some scale – i.e., is there a size beyond which the momentum enhancement does scale, and thus the large scale large β values are not realized. In this work we take the data from the NASA Ames gun in the 1960s by Denardo and Nysmith [1] and examine its clear lack of scaling in more detail. We determine the behavior of the ejecta mass. We show that the amount of ejecta mass is proportional to the impact velocity squared times the square root of the projectile diameter, a quantity which has the dimensions of fracture toughness. Thus, it is likely that the mass liberation process depends on fracture toughness, which contrasts with the fact that the crater size depends on target material strength. Thus, a small fracture toughness leads to large ejecta mass, and that in turn leads to large momentum enhancement. The appearance of the dimensions of fracture toughness implies that classical failure scaling is at work. Classical fracture mechanics is a damage process that likely will not saturate and that we then are able to extrapolate to large sizes. We discuss impactors that would be used to deflect asteroids or comet nuclei for planetary defense or for engineering and exploration purposes, and what expected momentum enhancements would be for impacts into asteroids or comet nuclei comprised of consolidated materials.

The global cancer genomics consortium’s symposium: new era of molecular medicine and epigenetic cancer medicine - cross section of genomics and epigenetics

The Global Cancer Genomics Consortium (GCGC) colleagues continue to function together as an interactive multidisciplinary team of cancer biologists and oncologists with interests in genomics and building a bidirectional bridge between cancer clinics and laboratories while taking advantage of shared resources among its member scientists. The GCGC includes member scientists from six institutions in Lisbon, United Kingdom, Japan, India and United States, and was formed in December 2010 for a period of five years. Driven by valuable lessons learned from the previous symposiums, the fourth GCGC Symposium focused on a cross section of genomic and epigenetic cancer medicine and it's for this reason we chose the conference theme - New Era of Molecular Medicine and Epigenetic Cancer Medicine: Cross Section of Genomics and Epigenetics. This year's symposium was co-organized by the Organization for Oncology and Translational Research (OOTR) at the Shiran Hall, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, from November 14 and 15, 2014. The symposium attracted around 80 participants from 14 countries, and counted with 23 invited platform speakers. Scientific sessions included eight platform sessions and one poster session, and three plenary lectures. The symposium focused on cancer stem cells and self-renewal, cancer transcriptome, tumor heterogeneity, tumor biology, breast cancer genomics, targeted therapeutics and personalized medicine. The issues of cancer stem cells and tumor heterogeneity were echoed in most of the scientific presentations. The meeting concluded with an oral presentation by the best poster awardee and closing remarks by meeting co-chairs.

Understanding and Information in Cancer Patients: The Impact of a Cancer Symposia on Patient Knowledge

Background: Patients diagnosed with cancer experience a significant influx of health care information while continuing to demonstrate understanding deficit regarding their disease and health. This knowledge deficit can negatively impact a patient’s acute and long term health care experience. By identifying patient information deficits and needs, health care providers may be better able to provide targeted education to patients and families.Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of a patient centered cancer symposium on knowledge level, reported symptom burden, and desired information from a broad population of cancer patients.Methods: Surveys were distributed to the attendees of the third annual Mayo Clinic “Living with Cancer” patient symposium in January 2014. While 700 individuals registered for the event, only individuals with a past or present cancer diagnosis were asked to participate. Surveys included demographic data in addition to a questionnaire evaluating disease comprehension, symptom burden, desired information and desired role in the health care decision making process.Results: 75 patients completed the pre-intervention and post-intervention survey. There were slightly more female participants (60.2%). Disease types included 40% hematologic malignancies, 27% breast cancer, 20% prostate cancer and 13% other. The majority of patients were greater than 3 years from cancer diagnosis (62%).Baseline Patient Understanding:Most respondents reported understanding their disease quite a bit (54%) or very much (30%). Respondents reported the majority of their knowledge regarding their disease came from their oncologist (56%), oncology nurse (24%), previous symposiums (22%), or the internet (15%).Most respondents reported “quite a bit” or greater comprehension of screening tests (75%), monitoring disease response to treatment (70%), monitoring disease recurrence (70%), treatment options (67%) and treatment side effects (73%). There was no consensus among participants regarding understanding or limiting risk factors, symptoms associated with disease relapse, fatigue and pain management, navigating the health care system, financial considerations, or confidence in their primary care physician’s involvement in their cancer or post-cancer care.A large proportion of attendees reported “quite a bit” or greater desire for increased information/understanding regarding their disease (83%), risk factors (83%), nutrition (80%), screening tests (69%), and management of fatigue (69%) and stress (68%).Knowledge Improvement Durable at 3 months:There was improvement in 18 of 20 areas of self-reported knowledge. This was noted in increased percentage of respondents reporting “quite a bit” or greater comprehension, especially in areas of disease risk factors(55%pre vs 63%post), disease side effects(55%pre vs 63%post), and health care navigation(53%pre vs 69%post).The reported desire for “quite a bit” or more increased understanding on various topics did decrease post symposium regarding their disease(87.9% pre vs 68.9%post), disease risk factors(86.3%pre vs 64.0%post), screening tests(74.7%pre vs 63.3%post), and nutrition(78.4%pre vs 64.9%post)(all p<0.05). There was no significant decrease in the desire for increased understanding managing stress and fatigue.Summary: Demonstrated in this study, individuals choosing to attend a patient-centered cancer symposium, seek to improve an already solid knowledge base. Study participants indicate a significant desire for increased information on all topics, even those with sufficient level of knowledge reported. This indicates that some cancer patients’ thirst for knowledge is difficult to quench, and may benefit from recurrent education opportunities. The improvement in almost all topics assessed indicates a patient centered symposium is an effective method to provide information to patients regarding the spectrum of cancer health management. DisclosuresNo relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

The 8th International Auriculotherapy Symposium: From Nogier to Nogier and So Much More

Astonishing is the best way to describe the 8th International Auriculotherapy Symposium being held from May 8–10, 2014, on The Johns Hopkins University campus, in Rockville, MD. For the first time in the symposium’s history, the very best of the international auriculotherapy experts are coming to America. Why is this symposium held in such high esteem? The previous symposiums were organized by the prestigious French Lyon Group of Medical Studies (GLEM), Lyon, France. Paul Nogier (1908–1996) created this group. Paul Nogier is well-respected for his development of French auriculotherapy and auriculomedicine. His son, Raphael Nogier, continues to promote the knowledge that his late father contributed to auriculotherapy. All of us who study acupuncture know and respect the impact of Paul Nogier. The French have a long tradition of fostering this discipline. Like a huge magnet, the GLEM attracts the top worldwide clinicians and researchers. Two Special Issues of Medical Acupuncture appear just in time for the symposium. I am sure that these ‘‘supercharged’’ Special Issues will be wellappreciated by our readership. This first Special Issue (for April) presents a full range of articles by international auriculotherapy experts: Raphael Nogier delineates the challenges the late Paul Nogier faced in establishing the map of the ear. Pierre Rabischong and Claudie Terral discuss the state of the art of auriculotherapy. Marco Romili and colleagues deal with persistent postoperative pain, which can occur when total knee replacement procedures are performed; this pain is a very common clinical challenge. Terry Oleson examines standardized ear acupuncture nomenclature with a system he devised using three-dimensional landmarks. Gary Stanton and Claire-Marie Rangon discuss the well-known auriculotherapy program at the University of Paris XI and XIII, and Lorna Kwai-Ping Suen and Chao Hsing Yeh present a study on auricular diagnosis in patients with chronic illnesses. Frank R. Bahr provides a report describing the use of ‘‘High Energy’’ points on a body meridian, which may also be found on the ear. These points may have clinical interest with respect to patients with cancer pending further investigation. The second Special Issue (for June, but, as noted, available at the symposium) will provide eight more vital contributions to the field. I have the honor to be designated the Chairperson/ Organizer of this symposium by the GLEM. It is my wish that these Special Issues will reflect the excitement of this outstanding symposium—and that these issues will prove to be a most valuable resource of the finest clinical presentations and workshops on auriculotherapy in the world. With these goals in mind, Medical Acupuncture has carefully selected some of the best articles derived from the symposium. Share with us the excitement as you read the articles in the Special Issues. For those of you who could not attend the Symposium, we share the best contributions to the Symposium in Medical Acupuncture. I wish to thank my editorial staff who helped make those Special Issues possible: Many thanks to Yael Benporat, Anne Hendren, and Billie M. Spaight. Last but not least, I wish to thank Terry Oleson for his advice and recommendations to formulate this Symposium and the generous gift of his time.

Ninth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research

This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is dedicated to the publication of selected papers presented at the Eighth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research. The Symposium was organized by Jackson State University (JSU) from 16–19 September, 2012 at the Marriott Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. It was built upon the overwhelming success of seven previous symposia hosted by JSU. [...]