Wetland-Archaeology in the Alpine Space. Overview and actual research issues.

First indications of prehistoric sites in lakes of Switzerland go back more than 200 years and in 1854 Ferdinand Keller (1800-1881) published his famous book The Celtic Pile Dwellings in Swiss Lakes. Since these times, large-scale rescue excavations as well as survey and research projects have extended our knowledge about Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements in lakes, bogs and rivers around the European Alps. In 2011 a representative choice of 111 sites out of nearly 1000 in six countries around the Alps (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland) were recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage committee as serial World Heritage. The lecture will give a general overview on prehistoric lake dwellings around the Alps (distribution, types of lakes/bogs and environment of sites, chronology/cultural units in the time scale 5300 to 800 BC) and present examples of well-documented settlement structures. The intense use of dendrochronological dating allowed the building up of a well-fixed chronological framework. In some cases dendrochronology is the basis for year-by-year reconstructions of prehistoric village biographies and detailed insights in the life cycle of early agrarian settlements. Beside these local events the grouped repartition of lake dwelling remains on the time scale makes a more global correlation between Holocene lake levels and the preservation of archaeological layers likely.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 661 - Berichte über die Arbeit des Instituts für Sozialforschung, "Research-Project on Anti-Semitism" u.a. (p. IX 78-IX 92.1a)

"Institut für Sozialforschung: Research Projects", Tabellarische Zusammenstellung (Juni 1953), Typoskript, 2 Blatt; "Institut für Sozialforschung an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany: Memorandum" (1953), a) Typoskript, 12 Blatt, b) Typoskript, 13 Blatt; "Projects of the Institute for Social Research" (1.7.1954), Typoskript, 5 Blatt; "Institut für Soziaforschung: Mitteilungen an die Presse" (November 1955), als Typoskript vervielfältigt, 6 Blatt; Clark: "Institut für Sozialforschung an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main" (etwa 1955), Typoskript, englisch, mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, unter anderem von Max Horkheimer, 2 Blatt; "Institut für Sozialforschung" (6.3.1958), a) als Typoskript vervielfältigt, 10 Blatt, b) Typoskript, 22 Blatt, c) Kurzfassung, Typoskript, 3 Blatt, d) Teilstück, Typoskript, 1 Blatt, e) Sonderdruck, 15 Seiten; Abgeschlossene und laufende Arbeiten des Instituts. Tabellarische Zusammenstellung (1958?), Typoskript, 1 Blatt; "Laufende Studien" Tabellarische Aufstellung (25.5.1961), Typoskript, 1 Blatt; Friedrich Pollock (?): Anmerkungen zu Paul Klukes Darstellung des Instituts für Sozialforschung in dessen "Geschichte der Frankfurter Universität" (8.9.1969), Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 4 Blatt; Theodor W. Adorno: Über die Arbeiten des Instituts für Sozialforschung (Datierung unklar, etwa 1941-45), Teilstück eines Entwurfs, Typoskript mit eigenhändiger Korrektur, 2 Blatt; Über die wesentliche Aufgabe des Instituts: Vereinigung geisteswissenschaftlicher und empirischer Methoden (Datierung unklar), Typoskript, 1 Blatt; "Forschungsprojekte des Instituts" (Datierung unklar, etwa 1950), Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Ergänzungen von Friedrich Pollock, 5 Blatt; "Vorträge im Institut für Sozialforschung. Einladungen und tabellarische Aufstellungen" (1953 u.a.), 5 Blatt; "Vorlesungen und Übungen im Institut für Sozialforschung, Ankündigungen aus den Jahren 1952-64, 9 Blatt; "International Institute of Social Research: Research-Project on Anti-Semitism" (1939-42) (veröffentlicht in Studies in Philosophy and Social Science Bd. IX, 1941, S. 124-143): 1. "Research Project on Anti-Semitism", a) Typoskript, 45 Blatt;

OER Development and Promotion. Outcomes of an International Research Project on the OpenCourseWare Model

In this paper, we describe the successful results of an international research project focused on the use of Web technology in the educational context. The article explains how this international project, funded by public organizations and developed over the last two academic years, focuses on the area of open educational resources (OER) and particularly the educational content of the OpenCourseWare (OCW) model. This initiative has been developed by a research group composed of researchers from three countries. The project was enabled by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid OCW Office�s leadership of the Consortium of Latin American Universities and the distance education know-how of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL, Ecuador). We give a full account of the project, methodology, main outcomes and validation. The project results have further consolidated the group, and increased the maturity of group members and networking with other groups in the area. The group is now participating in other research projects that continue the lines developed here

Integration of research advances in modelling and monitoring in support of WFD river basin management planning in the context of climate change

The integration of scientific knowledge about possible climate change impacts on water resources has a direct implication on the way water policies are being implemented and evolving. This is particularly true regarding various technical steps embedded into the EU Water Framework Directive river basin management planning, such as risk characterisation, monitoring, design and implementation of action programmes and evaluation of the "good status" objective achievements (in 2015). The need to incorporate climate change considerations into the implementation of EU water policy is currently discussed with a wide range of experts and stakeholders at EU level. Research trends are also on-going, striving to support policy developments and examining how scientific findings and recommendations could be best taken on board by policy-makers and water managers within the forthcoming years. This paper provides a snapshot of policy discussions about climate change in the context of the WFD river basin management planning and specific advancements of related EU-funded research projects. Perspectives for strengthening links among the scientific and policy-making communities in this area are also highlighted.

Industriales Research Meeting 2016

Industriales Research Meeting 2016 (IRM16) is an event to show the research activities at the School of Industrial Engineering (ETSII) of the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). The main purpose of this event is to present the ongoing research carried out by professors and researchers of the Institutes, Research Centres, Research Groups and Departments of this School, through funded research projects in close collaboration with public and private institutions and companies, some of them from IBEX-35. This book contains the 138 posters presented from different branches of engineering such as: acoustic, aerospace, bioengineering, chemical, electrical, electronics, automation, energy, environmental, management and industrial organization, laser technology and industrial organization, laser technology and applications, materials, mathematics, statistics, mechanics, manufacturing, structures, nuclear technology, seismic, vehicles and railways.

A compendium of bilingual education and related projects at the national institute of education /

Compilation of abstracts of current bilingual research projects funded through the National Institute of Education.

Technical report on intensification of turbulence by chemical heat release. Contract no. DA-04-495-ORD-3567(Z) Hypervelocity Range Research Program, a part of project "Defender."

"This research was supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of defense, and was monitored by the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama."

Research on annular nozzel type ground effect machine : pressure transducer /

Mode of access: Internet.

Research on annular nozzle type ground effect machine operating over water : description of wake patterns /

Mode of access: Internet.

Research on annular nozzel type ground effect machine operating over water : nonuniformity of jet momentum /

Mode of access: Internet.

Child abuse and neglect research:

"An extensive collection of information on child abuse and neglect research includes informative abstracts of about 1,100 published documents and descriptions of about 110 on-going research projects. The publications ... represent medical, legal, psychological, sociological, and many other viewpoints of the child abuse and neglect problem."

Preliminary reports, memoranda and technical notes of the Materials Research Council Summer Conference

Mode of access: Internet.

W. P. A. technical series: research and records bibliography.

Issued by the Work Projects Administration (nos. 1-4, by the Division of Professional and Service Projects; no. 5, by the Division of Community Service Programs; no. 6-8, by the Division of Service Projects)

Occupational therapy and clinical research in mental health rehabilitation

Practitioners working in Australian mental health services are faced with the challenge of providing appropriate evidence-based interventions that lead to measurable improvement and good outcomes. Current government policy is committed to the development of strategic mental health research. One focus has been on under-researched practice areas, which include the development of psychosocial rehabilitation systems and models that facilitate recovery. To meet this challenge, an Australian rehabilitation service formed a collaborative partnership with a university. The purposes of the collaboration were to implement new forms of service delivery based on consumer need and evidence and to design research projects to evaluate components of the rehabilitation programme. This article examines the process of developing the collaboration and provides examples of how research projects have been used to inform practice and improve the effectiveness of service delivery. Challenges to the sustainability of this kind of collaboration are considered.

Finding common ground in team-based qualitative research using the convergent interviewing method

Research councils, agencies, and researchers recognize the benefits of team-based health research. However, researchers involved in large-scale team-based research projects face multiple challenges as they seek to identify epistemological and ontological common ground. Typically, these challenges occur between quantitative and qualitative researchers but can occur between qualitative researchers, particularly when the project involves multiple disciplinary perspectives. The authors use the convergent interviewing technique in their multidisciplinary research project to overcome these challenges. This technique assists them in developing common epistemological and ontological ground while enabling swift and detailed data collection and analysis. Although convergent interviewing is a relatively new method described primarily in marketing research, it compares and contrasts well with grounded theory and other techniques. The authors argue that this process provides a rigorous method to structure and refine research projects and requires researchers to identify and be accountable for developing a common epistemological and ontological position.