Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principle for policing political manifestations in Europe (GODIAC):field study handbook

This handbook describes the peer review methodology that was applied at the GODIAC project fi eld studies1. The peer review evaluation method as initiated by Otto Adang in the Netherlands and further developed in a European football context (Adang & Brown, 2008) involves experienced police offi cers cooperating with researchers to perform observational fi eld studies to identify good practices and learning points for public order management. The handbook builds on the GODIAC seminars and workshops, for the fi eld study members, which took place in September 2010, January 2012 and January 2013. The handbook has been discussed in the project group and in the steering committee. It is primarily written for the GODIAC fi eld study members as background material for understanding the fi eld study process and for clarifying the different responsibilities that enable active participation in the fi eld study. The handbook has been developed during the project period and incorporates learning points and developments of the peer review method. The handbook aims at promoting the use of fi eld studies for evaluation of policing major events.

Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principle for policing political manifestations in Europe (GODIAC):the anthology

The volume is divided into two parts; the fi rst deals with issues related to the police, and the second addresses issues related to demonstrators and protesters. We hope that this volume will provide further insight into issues associated with policing at major events and shed light on the complexity of the organisations, motives, and strategies in play whenever protester groups are involved.

Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principle for policing political manifestations in Europe (GODIAC):recommendations for policing political manifestations in Europe

This report summarises the fi eld study results of the project ���Good practice for dialogue and communication as strategic principles for policing political manifestations in Europe��� (GODIAC).1 The overall idea was to integrate operative police work, research and training within the fi eld and to build international and institutional networks, ensuring and recognising the responsibilities of the organisers. The purpose of the GODIAC project was to contribute to the development of a European approach to policing political manifestations.

Anne Gangloff, Dion Chrysostome et les mythes. Hell��nisme, communication et philosophie politique, Par��s (J. Millon) 2006.

Thi book, as its author makes clear, is based on a thesis that set out initially to analyse what the myths in the works of Dio Chrysostom actually represented but as Gangloff proceeded whit her research her analysis became rather an examination of how the sophist took over and reinvented myths, adpting them to his own purposes and his own times.

Premsa gratu��ta, un model de comunicaci�� local = Free press, a local communication model

The relationship between non-institutional free press and local communication is quite particular since this type of press forms a very characteristic model of local communication, showing that advertising suffices to finance an information product addressed to a fairly well-defined readership as long as this product has a good advertising sales department and an effective distribution in its operating area. This paper discusses the present situation of the free press in Catalonia, where this phenomenon has been quite prominent. It points out the main features of this type of press and makes a review of its history, which runs from the euphoria of its early years and its expansion and consolidation, to the current crisis

El siguiente paso en el desarrollo de los repositorios: integraci��n con la infraestructura institucional de gesti��n de la informaci��n cient��fica

D��dac Mart��nez, Director de l'��rea de Serveis Universitaris de la UPC, va esmentar en la seva introducci�� una s��rie de 10 prioritats per aldesenvolupament dels dip��sits institucionals, de les quals la desena era la integraci�� dels repositoris en la infraestructura institucional de gesti�� de la informaci�� cient��fica. A m��s de citar diverses iniciatives de integraci�� en aquest sentit -tant per investigaci�� com per a continguts docents- a la Universitat Polit��cnica de Catalunya, la presentaci�� va esmentar NARCIS com a model, un sistema CRIS d'��mbit nacional desenvolupat a Holanda per una s��rie d'universitats (que comparteixen Metis com a sistema CRIS institucional), NWO i el KNAW.

Curriculum Vitae Normalizado. Jornada t��cnica sobre CRIS y repositorios

Izascun Lacunza y David Arellano, FECYT, presentaron el proyecto CVN para la creaci��n de un modelo normalizado de CV de investigador a partir de los datos almacenados en los sistemas CRIS institucionales. El modelo CVN se encuentra en la actualidad implementado en 32 universidades espa��olas, dando servicio a m��s de 18.500 investigadores de dichas instituciones, lo que supone un 14% del total de investigadores del Sistema Espa��ol de Ciencia y Tecnolog��a (SECT), y hay planes para extender su implantaci��n a m��s universidades y a m��s personal cient��fico en aqu��llas en las que ya est�� en marcha.

SICA2 : la experiencia de integraci��n CRIS/RI en el ��mbito regional de Andaluc��a

El proyecto SICA2, presentado por Beatriz Barros y Miguel ��ngel Aguirre, de la Consejer��a de Econom��a, Innovaci��n y Ciencia de la Junta de Andaluc��a, supone una innovadora extensi��n del concepto de CRIS universitario a un ��mbito regional para el conjunto de las universidades andaluzas. El sistema de recogida y validaci��n de la informaci��n cient��fica en tiempo real se basa en una primera fase SICA que organiza la investigaci��n en unidades m��nimas o 'Grupos PAIDI' y que ya implement�� el est��ndar CVN para las nueve universidades andaluzas que forman parte del proyecto. Esta segunda fase de integraci��n tiene adem��s prevista su prolongaci��n en el repositorio institucional Reposit-AN de ��mbito igualmente regional que se alimentar�� de los metadatos procedentes del sistema CRIS de la Junta de Andaluc��a y se presentar�� oficialmente a final de a��o.

Experiencias de interoperabilidad entre CRIS y repositorios en Catalunya

Toni Prieto, T��cnico IC del Servicio de Bibliotecas y Documentaci��n (SBD) de la UPC, en su presentaci��n 'Experiencias de interoperabilidad entre CRIS y repositorios en Catalunya', describi�� la integraci��n del repositorio UPCommons y del CRIS DRAC (Descriptor de la Recerca i l'Activitat Acad��mica) de la UPC. El resultado de esta integraci��n es un esquema integrado de archivo CRIS/IR en dos fases, env��o y revisi��n, en el que los metadatos se introducen en DRAC -para posteriormente ser transferidos, validados y enriquecidos si procede- y el archivo de texto completo asociado se realiza en UPCommons. De manera similar funciona la integraci��n de GIR (Gesti�� Integral de la Recerca, basado en Universitas XXI Investigaci��n) y el repositorio O2 en la UOC, permitiendo la asignaci��n del identificador handle de un ��tem en O2 a una referencia en GIR. Ambos sistemas, DRAC en la UPC y GIR en la UOC, est��n integrados en el Proyecto CVN de generaci��n de CVs normalizados. Se mencionaron asimismo experiencias posteriores de integraci��n CRIS/IR actualmente en curso en la Universitat de Barcelona y en la U Pompeu Fabra, y se mostr�� el impacto significativo de la estrategia de integraci��n de sistemas sobre el ritmo de incorporaci��n de contenidos a UPCommons.

El camino hacia la integraci��n de sistemas de gesti��n de la informaci��n cient��fica : el TCD (Trinity College Dublin) como estudio de caso. CERIF y euroCRIS

Pablo de Castro, Director de GrandIR, describi�� la visi��n que el Grupo euroCRIS tiene de la infraestructura integrada de gesti��n de la informaci��n cient��fica, compuesta por un sistema CRIS institucional, un repositorio de publicaciones y un repositorio de datos y software, y present�� el modelo de infraestructura integrada del Trinity College Dublin (TCD) como estudio de caso internacional. El sistema CRIS del TCD (TCD Research Support System o RSS), desde su primera versi��n en 2002, est�� basado en el est��ndar CERIF, un modelo de descripci��n de la actividad cient��fica que est�� adquiriendo una progresiva relevancia como base de los sistemas CRIS en Europa, particularmente en el Reino Unido. Se citaron en la presentaci��n los ensayos para incorporar CERIF al modelo de datos del software ePrints de repositorios, habilit��ndolo as�� para soportar parte de las tareas de recolecci��n de informaci��n que realiza un CRIS, y la progresiva cobertura de CERIF a ��mbitos tales como la gesti��n de datos de investigaci��n.

La paulatina incorporaci��n del est��ndar CERIF al dise��o de sistemas integrados de gesti��n cient��fica

N��ria Cun�� y Juan Pedro Belchi, representantes del Consorcio Sigma Gesti��n Universitaria, miembro institucional de euroCRIS, hablaron de sus previsiones para la incorporaci��n de CERIF al desarrollo de su m��dulo Argos para sistemas CRIS universitarios, previa descripci��n de la aplicaci��n de Argos a la integraci��n de diversos sistemas institucionales en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. El trabajo de implantaci��n de Argos en la UPF incluy�� la puesta a punto del est��ndar CVN, y en la presentaci��n se relacion�� dicho proyecto CVN con la adaptaci��n progresiva del modelo de datos de Argos hacia CERIF.

Intrinsic subspace convergence in TDD MIMO communication

In numerical linear algebra, students encounter earlythe iterative power method, which finds eigenvectors of a matrixfrom an arbitrary starting point through repeated normalizationand multiplications by the matrix itself. In practice, more sophisticatedmethods are used nowadays, threatening to make the powermethod a historical and pedagogic footnote. However, in the contextof communication over a time-division duplex (TDD) multipleinputmultiple-output (MIMO) channel, the power method takes aspecial position. It can be viewed as an intrinsic part of the uplinkand downlink communication switching, enabling estimationof the eigenmodes of the channel without extra overhead. Generalizingthe method to vector subspaces, communication in thesubspaces with the best receive and transmit signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) is made possible. In exploring this intrinsic subspace convergence(ISC), we show that several published and new schemes canbe cast into a common framework where all members benefit fromthe ISC.

Simulating Communication Routes in Mediterranean Alluvial Plains

Societies exchange knowledge, ideas and merchandise throughout their territories. Topography plays a fundamental role in the trajectory of such movements whilst helping to explain the distribution of human constructions. Standard GIS functions have been employed widely to simulate communication routes between settlements, but the straight application of published least cost route models proved inadequate for Mediterranean alluvial plain areas in which seasonal floods become an important factor to acknowledge. The objective of this study is the production of a new model, using topographic and hydrologic factors as variables from which it would be possible to simulate a route, and test it against known Roman itineraries. The selected Roman stretches are Girona ��� Coll de Pannisars and Tarragona ��� Montblanc. The new model shows the need to consider each case individually but also stresses the hydrologic factor, expressed in seasonal floods, as being of prime importance in the creation and development of Roman roads in Mediterranean alluvial plains.

Short communication. Persistence of point crop yield subjective estimates

En este trabajo se investiga la persistencia de las estimaciones puntuales subjetivas de rendimientos en cultivos anua- les realizadas por un amplio grupo de agricultores. La persistencia en el tiempo es una condici��n necesaria para la co- herencia y la confiabilidad de las estimaciones subjetivas de variables aleatorias. Los sujetos entrevistados estimaron valores puntuales de rendimientos de cultivos anuales (rendimientos medio, mayor, m��nimo y m��s frecuente). Se han encontrado diferencias relativas poco importantes en todas las variables, excepto en los rendimientos m��nimos, donde existe una alta dispersi��n. Los resultados son interesantes para estimar la adecuaci��n de las t��cnicas de estimaci��n de probabilidades subjetivas para ser utilizadas en los sistemas de ayuda en la toma de decisiones en agricultura.