scholarly journals A Laboratory of Extremophiles: Iceland Coordination Action for Research Activities on Life in Extreme Environments (CAREX) Field Campaign

Life ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viggó Marteinsson ◽  
Parag Vaishampayan ◽  
Jana Kviderova ◽  
Francesca Mapelli ◽  
Mauro Medori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Field Campaign ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Coordination Action

An Environmental Wind Tunnel Facility for Testing Meteorological Sensor Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Holstein-Rathlou ◽  
J. Merrison ◽  
J. J. Iversen ◽  
A. B. Jakobsen ◽  
R. Nicolajsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Flow Control ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Wind Flow ◽  
Sensor Systems ◽  
Sensing Systems ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Controlled Conditions

Abstract Reliable and accurate environmental sensing is a cornerstone of modern meteorology. This paper presents a laboratory environmental simulator capable of reproducing extreme environments and performing tests and calibrations of meteorological sensor systems under controlled conditions. This facility is available to the research community as well as industry and is intended to encourage advancement in the field of sensor metrology applied to meteorology and climatology. Discussion will be made of the temperature, pressure, humidity and wind flow control, and sensing systems with reference to specific sensor test programs and future research activities.

scholarly journals Demonstrating managed aquifer recharge as a solution for climate change adaptation: results from Gabardine project and asemwaterNet coordination action in the Algarve region (Portugal)

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Paulo Lobo Ferreira ◽  
Teresa E. Leitão
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Groundwater Quality ◽  
Managed Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Aquifer Recharge ◽  
Pilot Site ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Southern Portugal ◽  
Coordination Action ◽  
Water Surplus

In the Algarve southern Portugal region, Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) research activities have been developed to provide not only water surplus storage in aquifers during wet years, focusing in the Querença-Silves aquifer (FP6 ASEMWATERNet Coordination Action), but also groundwater quality rehabilitation in the Campina de Faro aquifer (FP6 Gabardine Project). Following MAR research potentialities in southern Portugal, this paper describes the objectives, conceptual demonstration, background and capabilities of one of the selected Circum-Mediterranean pilot sites (in Portugal) that will be researched in the new FP7-ENV-2013-WATER-INNO-DEMO MARSOL project, which started Dec. 1st, 2013. In the Algarve pilot site, several case-study areas will be located in the Querença-Silves aquifer and in the Campina de Faro aquifer.

scholarly journals Astrobiology field research in Moon/Mars analogue environments

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.H. Foing ◽  
C. Stoker ◽  
P. Ehrenfreund
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Field Campaign ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Rio Tinto ◽  
Field Campaigns ◽  
Río Tinto ◽  
Desert Research

AbstractExtreme environments on Earth often provide similar terrain conditions to landing/operation sites on Moon and Mars. Several field campaigns (EuroGeoMars2009 and DOMMEX/ILEWG EuroMoonMars from November 2009 to March 2010) were conducted at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. Some of the key astrobiology results are presented in this special issue on ‘Astrobiology field research in Moon/Mars analogue environments’ relevant to investigate the link between geology, minerals, organics and biota. Preliminary results from a multidisciplinary field campaign at Rio Tinto in Spain are presented.

scholarly journals Special Issue: Radiation Damage in Materials—Helium Effects

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongqiang Wang ◽  
Khalid Hattar
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Structural Steels ◽  
Material Research ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Terrestrial Life ◽  
Novel Material ◽  
Fission Reactors

Despite its scarcity in terrestrial life, helium effects on microstructure evolution and thermo-mechanical properties can have a significant impact on the operation and lifetime of applications, including: advanced structural steels in fast fission reactors, plasma facing and structural materials in fusion devices, spallation neutron target designs, energetic alpha emissions in actinides, helium precipitation in tritium-containing materials, and nuclear waste materials. The small size of a helium atom combined with its near insolubility in almost every solid makes the helium–solid interaction extremely complex over multiple length and time scales. This Special Issue, “Radiation Damage in Materials—Helium Effects”, contains review articles and full-length papers on new irradiation material research activities and novel material ideas using experimental and/or modeling approaches. These studies elucidate the interactions of helium with various extreme environments and tailored nanostructures, as well as their impact on microstructural evolution and material properties.

ILEWG EuroMoonMars Highlights 2018-2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Foing ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Extreme Environment ◽  
Planetary Science ◽  
Space Science ◽  
Resource Utilisation ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Field Campaigns

<p>The EuroMoonMars Programme started in 2009 by ILEWG, ESA ESTEC, NASA, VU Amsterdam and supported by various space agencies, universities and academic or industrial partners has to bring together : space science and astronomy, Earth and planetary sciences and biology, technology, field work campaigns in extreme environments, resource utilisation and economy, human factors, international cooperation. Space and society, bridging to Arts and social sciences through the ArtMoonMars initiative.</p> <p>We shall describe how EuroMoonMars can contribute to European astronomy and space science: public and political engagement education in areas of education, research, innovation, culture, youth and sport policies, and industry, digital single market, space and safety, policies .</p> <p>The International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) is a public forum sponsored by the world's space agencies to support "international cooperation towards a world strategy for the exploration and utilization of the Moon - our natural satellite" (International Lunar Workshop, Beatenberg (CH), June 1994). ILEWG was founded by several space agencies: ASA, ASI, BNSC, CNES, DARA, ESA, ISAS, NASA, NASDA, RSA. ILEWG has been organising since 1994 the ICEUM International Conferences on Exploration & Utilisation of the Moon with published proceedings, and where community declarations have been prepared and endorsed by community participants. ILEWG has co-organised and co-sponsored lunar sessions at EGU, COSPAR, EPSC. Declarations from ICEUM conferences  cover all aspects of science, technology, cooperation, industry, society and inspiration. ICEUM13 took place together with COSPAR in Pasadena in 2018, and ICEUM14 with EPSC-DPS in Geneva in 2019. Next ICEUM15 is to take place with COSPAR B/PEX symposia (co-chairs: C. Pieters, B. Foing, G. Schmidt, C. Heinicke), in Sydney in January 2021.</p> <p>ILEWG founded in 2009 the EuroMoonMars initiative, which comprises field campaigns in Moon-Mars analogue environments.The EuroMoonMars field campaigns have been organised in specific locations of technical, scientific and exploration interest. The campaigns started with EuroGeoMars2009 (Utah MDRS, 24 Jan-1 Mar 2009) with ILEWG, ESA ESTEC, NASA Ames, VU Amsterdam and GWU and continued yearly at MDRS and other extreme field sites on Earth.</p> <p>The EuroMoonMars campaigns consist of research activities for data analysis, instruments tests and development, field tests in Moon-Mars analogues, pilot projects, training and hands-on workshops and outreach activities.</p> <p>In 2019 ILEWG contributed to IgLuna first ESA Lab inter-University demonstrator project,  hosted by the Swiss Space Centre (SSC) with the vision to create an analogue habitat inside lunar ice caps. The campaigns were held from 17–30 June 2019 and involved 18 student teams from 9 countries across Europe. The students developed modular demonstrators and tested them during a field test conducted inside the moon-like extreme environment of the Glacier Palace inside the Zermatt Matterhorn glacier.</p> <p>Currently, ILEWG is collaborating with the International Moonbase Alliance (IMA)] and the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) on a series of EuroMoonMars, IMA and HI-SEAS (EMMIHS) campaigns, at the HI-SEAS analogue facilities in Hawaii.</p> <p>ArtMoonMars, Moon Village & ITACCUS (IAF ITACCUS Committee on Socio Cultural Utilisation of Space) activities were performed, with emphasis on events and workshops. The Moon Village is an open concept proposed with the goal of a sustainable human and robotic presence on the lunar surface as an ensemble where multiple users can carry out multiple activities. We want to involve everybody including Socio cultural and Artistic aspects. Why ArtMoonMars? Artists can convey multiple messages of the community including planetary science, life sciences, astronomy, fundamental research, resources utilisation, human spaceflight, peaceful cooperation, economical development, inspiration, training & capacity building.</p> <p>References</p> <p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lunar_Exploration_Working_Group</p>

Computer-aided methods for 3-D visualization of serial sections and thick biological specimens

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1060-1061
Author(s):  
Mark Ellisman ◽  
Maryann Martone ◽  
Gabriel Soto ◽  
Eleizer Masliah ◽  
David Hessler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Neuritic Plaque ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Molecular Physiology ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction

Structurally-oriented biologists examine cells, tissues, organelles and macromolecules in order to gain insight into cellular and molecular physiology by relating structure to function. The understanding of these structures can be greatly enhanced by the use of techniques for the visualization and quantitative analysis of three-dimensional structure. Three projects from current research activities will be presented in order to illustrate both the present capabilities of computer aided techniques as well as their limitations and future possibilities.The first project concerns the three-dimensional reconstruction of the neuritic plaques found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. We have developed a software package “Synu” for investigation of 3D data sets which has been used in conjunction with laser confocal light microscopy to study the structure of the neuritic plaque. Tissue sections of autopsy samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease were double-labeled for tau, a cytoskeletal marker for abnormal neurites, and synaptophysin, a marker of presynaptic terminals.

Ethnogeriatrics: Development and Application of the Cohort Analysis Tool

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-52
Author(s):  
Melen McBride
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Clinical Tool ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Significant Factors

Ethnogeriatrics is an evolving specialty in geriatric care that focuses on the health and aging issues in the context of culture for older adults from diverse ethnic backgrounds. This article is an introduction to ethnogeriatrics for healthcare professionals including speech-language pathologists (SLPs). This article focuses on significant factors that contributed to the development of ethnogeriatrics, definitions of some key concepts in ethnogeriatrics, introduces cohort analysis as a teaching and clinical tool, and presents applications for speech-language pathology with recommendations for use of cohort analysis in practice, teaching, and research activities.

Items’ Cross-Category Associations as a Confounding Factor in the Implicit Association Test

2001 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie C. Steffens ◽  
Inga Plewe
Keyword(s):  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Confounding Factor ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Association Test ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reaction Time Difference ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Degree Of Association

Abstract. The introduction of the Implicit Association Test (IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998 ) has stimulated numerous research activities. The IAT is supposed to measure the degree of association between concepts. Instances have to be assigned to these concepts by pressing appropriate keys as quickly as possible. The reaction time difference between certain conditions, termed the IAT effect, is used as an indicator of the degree of the concepts’ association. We tested the hypothesis that the degree of association between one concept (or category) and the instances of the other presented concept also influences reaction times. In our experiment, the instances in the target categories, male and female names, were kept constant. The adjectives in the evaluative categories were manipulated: Either the pleasant adjectives were female-associated and the unpleasant adjectives were male-associated, or vice versa. These stereotypic associations were indeed found to exert a substantial influence on the size of the IAT effect. This finding casts doubt on the assumption that the IAT effect may be interpreted as a pure measure of the degree of association between concepts.

Health psychology and health promotion

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni Faltermaier
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Basic And Applied Research

Abstract. The Flensburg health psychology group takes a salutogenic perspective and aims at developing innovative health promotion approaches. It stands in the interdisciplinary context of health and educational sciences. Our focus in research is on both, stress processes and lay representations of health and illness in the context of salutogenic theories of health. Basic and applied research activities aim at developing subject-oriented approaches of prevention and health promotion that are designed to promote health resources and competencies in selected settings and target groups. Current research is concentrated on socially disadvantaged groups, on occupational groups and on men to develop tailored health promotion approaches that reach groups in need and which show sustainable effects.

APA Members--Research Activities

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Nelson ◽  
J. Sapp
Keyword(s):  
Research Activities
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