Regular Symposia Research Articles

Robert Owen's legacy to co-operative ideas and practices in Japan

Robert Owen’s ideas arrived in the Far East in the late nineteenth century when Japan abandoned its “closed-door” policy. Owen’s views became widely known through numerous translations and publications after the Meiji Restoration in 1868. His ideas have proven influential particularly in the areas of childcare, social welfare, management practice and social movements although his influence on communal life has been limited. Owen has often been viewed negatively as a utopian socialist by Marxists but he has inspired co-operative leaders including Dr Toyohiko Kagawa. Owen has been studied by researchers of social philosophy including Professors Shigeru Goto and Chushichi Tsuzuku. Today, Hitotsubashi University and Meiji University in Tokyo hold the Owen Collection and the Owen Library, respectively. The Robert Owen Association of Japan was set up by concerned researchers and co-operative practitioners in 1958, commemorating the centenary of Owen’s death. It is active in promoting scholarship on Robert Owen and worldwide co-operative history through regular symposia and publications in both English and Japanese. The story of the Rochdale Pioneers remains popular even today and is often revisited by academic essays, books, comics and films while a replica of Rochdale’s Toad Lane Museum was built by Co-op Kobe.

Calcium Signaling in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases 2019.

The European Calcium Society (ECS) workshop, which is held every 2 years, is a dedicated meeting of scientists interested in the elucidation of the action of calcium binding, calcium signaling and the study of proteins and organelles, such as mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum, thereby involved, either in health and disease conditions. The 8th edition of the ECS workshop was organized by a group of researchers from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in close collaboration with ECS board members. Thanks to the central role of “Calcium Signaling in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders”, the ECS 2019 workshop was attended by 62 experts who presented their results in a plenary lecture and five regular symposia, two oral communication sessions and two poster sessions, followed by a hands-on session on calcium imaging. All the scientific and social events were fully participated by the scientific community that allowed a close and fruitful interaction and discussion between junior researchers and senior experts in the field. In this report, the contributions in individual sessions are summarized.

Special issue on vacuum insulation, fundamentals and applications [Guest Editorial

IN the Special Issue, we are proud to present the expanded versions of selected papers presented at the 27th International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (ISDEIV). It was held at Suzhou, China, from September 18 to 23, 2016. The International Symposia on Discharge and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (ISDEIV) is a non-profit, international organization whose purpose is to encourage the advancement of the science and application of electrical insulation and discharges in vacuum, primarily by conducting symposia for the exchange of scientific information. The symposia are held biannually (even-numbered years). The symposia are interdisciplinary meetings for the exchange of results, presentation of progress, and discussion of ideas and challenges for the future in the field of electrical discharges and insulation in vacuum. Both fundamental and applied aspects are covered. Symposia program consists of invited talks, invited oral contributions, and posters. Mini-courses and informal discussions on relevant topics may also be offered in addition to the regular Symposium schedule.

Pierre H.A. Jolivet, the spiritus rector of leaf beetle research, with a list of his publications.

Pierre H.A. Jolivet, the spiritus rector of leaf beetle research, with a list of his publications.

Editorʼs Note

You will notice that there is a slightly different approach for this issue of AACN Advanced Critical Care. Rather than having our regular Symposium Series, you will find instead a potpourri of articles and columns covering a wide variety of topics. I hope you find this to be an enjoyable change of pace. For those who look forward to the Symposium Series, rest assured the Series will return in the next issue!

Activities of the WPA Early Career Psychiatrists Council: the Action Plan is in progress.

The WPA Early Career Psychiatrists Council, whose members have been nominated by the WPA Member Societies according to the WPA Action Plan 2008-2011 1,2, started its activities at the end of 2009 3. In about one year, the Council has carried out several activities, which are reported in the following paragraphs. The three sets of slides of the WPA Programme on Depression and Physical Diseases have been translated in several languages and adapted to various national contexts. In particular, the slides on depression and diabetes have been translated in 14 languages (Azeri, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Estonian, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish). These slides are now available on the WPA website (www.wpanet.org). A survey on psychotherapy training and practice in Europe has been completed. The results indicate that training in psychotherapy, although mandatory in almost all European countries, takes place in a very diverse way throughout Europe. Both the content of the training (e.g., the techniques which are taught) and the structure (e.g., supervision, number of patients to be treated, etc.) are extremely different. Anyway, early career psychiatrists seem to be confident in treating patients using their psychotherapeutic skills. The results of this survey are going to be presented at the WPA Thematic Conference in Istanbul in June 2011. The Council has developed, in collaboration with the WPA Headquarters, a specific section of the WPA website, which will include information about the activities of the Council as well as other materials (papers, documents, announcements of meetings or publications, reports about personal professional experiences), which may be of interest to early career psychiatrists worldwide. The Council has organized a Regular Symposium for the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September 2011, on “New challenges and new solutions for early career psychiatrists: the role of the World Psychiatric Association”. Moreover, scientific symposia and international conferences have been organized by members of the Council in Vilnius, Lithuania (coordinator: M. Bendix, Sweden), Riccione, Italy (coordinator: A. Fiorillo, Italy), Cairo, Egypt (coordinator: H. Elkholy, Egypt) and St. Petersburg, Russia (coordinator: Y. Kochetkov, Russia). In particular, the special workshop organized in Cairo, in collaboration with the Early Career Psychiatrists Section of the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, during the January 2011 WPA Regional Meeting, has been very successful in terms of participation and contents. Among the activities planned by the Council for the year 2011 are a survey on career choice after training in psychiatry, carried out in Europe I zone countries and coordinated by F. Riese (Switzerland), C. Oakley (UK), M. Bendix (Sweden) and P. Piir (Estonia); a paper on stigmatization of people with mental disorders and of psychiatrists, produced by the Asia/Australasia components, and papers on psychiatric training worldwide and on choosing psychiatry as a career, coordinated by the America and Africa/Middle East components, respectively. The translation of the slides of the WPA Programme on Depression and Physical Diseases will continue, especially in the Asia/Australasia area, and the Council will contribute to the section on public education of the WPA website. The first personal meeting of the Council will take place on September 20 in Buenos Aires, during the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry.

The 14th World Congress of Psychiatry (Prague, September 20–25, 2008)

The 14th World Congress of Psychiatry (Prague, September 20–25, 2008)

The history of the International Isotope Society

AbstractThe author traces back to the late nineteen fifties the history of events preceding the current activities of the International Isotope Society (IIS) founded in 1986. The obvious conclusions are that there was a need for regular scientific meetings focused on topics such as the synthesis of isotopes, isotopically labelled and their applications. The various existing chemical and technical societies could not cover in their meetings such topics as efficiently as the IIS did. The Kansas City 1982 and 1985 first two unofficial meetings lead to the formation of the IIS in 1986 and then to a series of other regular symposia as 1988 (Innsbruck, Austria), 1991 (Toronto, Canada), 1994 (Strasbourg, France), 1997 (Philadelphia, USA), 2000 (Dresden, Germany), 2003 (Boston, USA), 2006 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) and then in 2009 (Chicago, USA). The IIS also carries out its activities in yearly local Chapter meetings in the US, UK, Central Europe, Romania, Russia and China. At the same time, according to its Mission stated in the IIS Constitution (available in the www.intl.isotope‐soc.org website) the IIS also encourages the continuation of the independent meetings called the International Conferences of Isotopes; the activities of an international Low Level Waste IIS committee; the publication of the IIS Newsletter and maintenance of its website); organizing various workshops and short courses; and last but not least gives its support to the Journal of Labeled Compounds and Radiopharmaceutical by contributing papers and pro‐bono work on the Editorial as well as on the Advisory Board of the Journal. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

25 YEARS OF HUMAN–MACHINE SYSTEMS IN IFAC

The human-machine systems field has been represented by IFAC with its own symposium series since 25 years ago. The first conference was held in 1982 at Baden-Baden, Germany. The symposium series is an important part of the IFAC Masterplan with regular symposium events every three years. The multidisciplinary field of human-machine systems science and engineering is well-established and influential in many areas. It has always strongly been linked to automatic control, human-computer interaction, systems engineering, cognitive ergonomics, social impact of automation, and operations research, as well as to many application domains. This plenary paper gives a short historical and methodological overview and, then, presents information about all symposium events of the human-machine systems series. Thereby, organizational information and lists of all plenary papers of all events are reported. The main scientific achievements of the events are highlighted. Finally, the future of the human-machine systems field is briefly discussed.

Special Issue on Recent Progress in Electromagnetic Theory and its Application

The Technical Committee on Electromagnetic Theory of Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, has organized a special issue on “Recent Progress in Electromagnetic Theoryand its Application.The special issue is intended to include papers not only presented inour regular symposium, but also those which are not presented there, but are suitable for inclusion. This paper is intended to review the special issue and its papers(including review and original papers) selected for the present special issue.

Meeting report of the 73rd Japanese Gastric Cancer Congress

surgical techniques. In this session, reconstruction methods after gastrectomy were discussed. K. Nakamura, Tokai University, evaluated the survival rates in patients who had undergone various reconstructive procedures after distal and total gastrectomy. They reported that higher 5-year survival rates were observed in patients who had undergone gastroduodenostomy and jejunal interposition, allowing food to pass through the duodenum, than in those who had undergone gastroor esophagojejunostomy. They suggested that reconstruction enabling food to pass through the duodenum should be performed irrespective of the disease stage. Y. Nakane, Kansai Medical University, reported that reconstruction with a jejunal pouch after total gastrectomy was effective in the prevention of the small stomach syndrome, but that long-term emptying disorders were observed in some patients after Roux-en-Y anastomosis with a jejunal pouch. H. Kashimura, Jikei University, reported that the ileocolon interposition was superior to the Roux-en-Y method after total gastrectomy because less reflux esophagitis and more food intake occurred at each meal. K. Yamaguchi, Sapporo Medical University, evaluated jejunal pouch interposition after proximal gastrectomy both clinically and experimentally. They performed jejunal pouch interposition or esophagogastrostomy in beagles and showed that the former was superior to the latter in terms of changes in gastrointestinal hormones, maintenance of body weight, and emptying of the residual stomach. They concluded that jejunal pouch interposition should be considered after proximal gastrectomy. S. Kinami, Kanazawa University, evaluated jejunal pouch interposition after distal gastrectomy. As compared with the Billroth I method, the incidences of dumping syndrome, bile reflux and inflammation of the remnant stomach, and Helicobacter pylori infection were all low. The 73rd Congress of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA) was held at Kanazawa City, March 1–3, 2001, and attended by 1350 participants. A total of 517 papers were presented. In addition to free papers and poster presentations, a variety of gastric cancer topics ranging from molecular biology to frontline surgical techniques were discussed at two special symposia, four regular symposia, two video symposia, four panel discussions, four workshops, and four debate sessions. An open educational session entitled “Basic principles of diagnosis and treatment for gastric cancer” was organized for the first time at the 73rd JGCA congress, and the meeting hall was unexpectedly packed to overflowing with young attendees. The JGCA completed the first edition of the Guideline for Gastric Cancer Treatment just before the congress, and a special forum was held for the editorial members to present the principal points. This guideline is expected to serve as the standard not only in clinical practice but also for clinical trials in the future. Discussions of some of the main topics of the congress are summarized below by a chairperson of the session.

Meeting report of the 72nd Japanese Gastric Cancer Congress.

surgical techniques. In this session, reconstruction methods after gastrectomy were discussed. K. Nakamura, Tokai University, evaluated the survival rates in patients who had undergone various reconstructive procedures after distal and total gastrectomy. They reported that higher 5-year survival rates were observed in patients who had undergone gastroduodenostomy and jejunal interposition, allowing food to pass through the duodenum, than in those who had undergone gastroor esophagojejunostomy. They suggested that reconstruction enabling food to pass through the duodenum should be performed irrespective of the disease stage. Y. Nakane, Kansai Medical University, reported that reconstruction with a jejunal pouch after total gastrectomy was effective in the prevention of the small stomach syndrome, but that long-term emptying disorders were observed in some patients after Roux-en-Y anastomosis with a jejunal pouch. H. Kashimura, Jikei University, reported that the ileocolon interposition was superior to the Roux-en-Y method after total gastrectomy because less reflux esophagitis and more food intake occurred at each meal. K. Yamaguchi, Sapporo Medical University, evaluated jejunal pouch interposition after proximal gastrectomy both clinically and experimentally. They performed jejunal pouch interposition or esophagogastrostomy in beagles and showed that the former was superior to the latter in terms of changes in gastrointestinal hormones, maintenance of body weight, and emptying of the residual stomach. They concluded that jejunal pouch interposition should be considered after proximal gastrectomy. S. Kinami, Kanazawa University, evaluated jejunal pouch interposition after distal gastrectomy. As compared with the Billroth I method, the incidences of dumping syndrome, bile reflux and inflammation of the remnant stomach, and Helicobacter pylori infection were all low. The 73rd Congress of the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA) was held at Kanazawa City, March 1–3, 2001, and attended by 1350 participants. A total of 517 papers were presented. In addition to free papers and poster presentations, a variety of gastric cancer topics ranging from molecular biology to frontline surgical techniques were discussed at two special symposia, four regular symposia, two video symposia, four panel discussions, four workshops, and four debate sessions. An open educational session entitled “Basic principles of diagnosis and treatment for gastric cancer” was organized for the first time at the 73rd JGCA congress, and the meeting hall was unexpectedly packed to overflowing with young attendees. The JGCA completed the first edition of the Guideline for Gastric Cancer Treatment just before the congress, and a special forum was held for the editorial members to present the principal points. This guideline is expected to serve as the standard not only in clinical practice but also for clinical trials in the future. Discussions of some of the main topics of the congress are summarized below by a chairperson of the session.

Snow and ice applications of AVHRR in polar regions: report of a workshop held in Boulder, Colorado, 20 May 1992

The third symposium on Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice, organized by the International Glaciological Society, took place in Boulder, Colorado, 17–22 May 1992. As part of this meeting a total of 21 papers was presented on snow and ice applications of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data in polar regions. Also during this meeting a NASA sponsored Workshop was held to review the status of polar surface measurements from AVHRR. In the following we have summarized the ideas and recommendations from the workshop, and the conclusions of relevant papers given during the regular symposium sessions. The seven topics discussed include cloud masking, ice surface temperature, narrow-band albedo, ice concentration, lead statistics, sea-ice motion and ice-sheet studies with specifics on applications, algorithms and accuracy, following recommendations for future improvements. In general, we can affirm the strong potential of AVHRR for studying sea ice and snow covered surfaces, and we highly recommend this satellite data set for long-term monitoring of polar process studies. However, progress is needed to reduce the uncertainty of the retrieved parameters for all of the above mentioned topics to make this data set useful for direct climate applications such as heat balance studies and others. Further, the acquisition and processing of polar AVHRR data must become better coordinated between receiving stations, data centers and funding agencies to guarantee a long-term commitment to the collection and distribution of high quality data.

Snow and ice applications of AVHRR in polar regions: report of a workshop held in Boulder, Colorado, 20 May 1992

The third symposium on Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice, organized by the International Glaciological Society, took place in Boulder, Colorado, 17–22 May 1992. As part of this meeting a total of 21 papers was presented on snow and ice applications of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data in polar regions. Also during this meeting a NASA sponsored Workshop was held to review the status of polar surface measurements from AVHRR. In the following we have summarized the ideas and recommendations from the workshop, and the conclusions of relevant papers given during the regular symposium sessions. The seven topics discussed include cloud masking, ice surface temperature, narrow-band albedo, ice concentration, lead statistics, sea-ice motion and ice-sheet studies with specifics on applications, algorithms and accuracy, following recommendations for future improvements. In general, we can affirm the strong potential of AVHRR for studying sea ice and snow covered surfaces, and we highly recommend this satellite data set for long-term monitoring of polar process studies. However, progress is needed to reduce the uncertainty of the retrieved parameters for all of the above mentioned topics to make this data set useful for direct climate applications such as heat balance studies and others. Further, the acquisition and processing of polar AVHRR data must become better coordinated between receiving stations, data centers and funding agencies to guarantee a long-term commitment to the collection and distribution of high quality data.

Third International Symposium on Modern Optics, Budapest, September 1988

The Third International Symposium on Modern Optics (Optics-88), held in Budapest on 13–16 September 1988, was organized by the Hungarian Optical, Acoustic, and Cinematographic Society with the support of the International Commission on Optics and various scientific and industrial organizations in Hungary. The International Symposium Committee was composed of leading specialists from 11 countries in Asia, America, and Europe with A. M. Prokhorov (USSR) and N. Kroo (Hungary) as Co-chairmen. The purpose of this regular symposium is to summarize the scientific and technical progress underlying the developments in optics itself, discuss the branches of science where progress depends on optical methods in devices, and draw the attention of specialists to the most promising trends which should yield results in the immediate future.

Healthspeak for All Seasons

THE Comprehensive Regional Ultimate Mediplan (CRUM) is a multiagency modular system that coordinates all provider programs aimed at special consumer targets. CRUM achieves its distinctive though complementary goals through a multifaceted system of facilities linked together by a computer network. Its activities are described in its weekly newsletter, the Global Planner , which is written in Healthspeak, a language that abounds in cliches specially devised to satisfy the linguistic needs of Healthplanners. CRUM programs include strong educational components—patient education, doctor education, and nurse education—with regular symposia that feature prominent out-of-town speakers, and two-day workshops with separate sessions for doctors, nurses, and technicians. High-visibility CRUM buses—painted red and with distinctive signs in large letters—will bring doctors to patients, patients to doctors, and screen for early signs of disease. Outreach facilities will be set up in a grocery, a storefront, a factory, a church, or a tent, with teams of provider paramedical healthworker