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VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 81, Sep-Oct 2006
Get PDFVATIS Update Biotechnology is published 4 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Biotechnology. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries.Highlights •
Completed genome set to transform the cow •
Human parasite's genes help evade host detection •
Landmark success for transdermal insulin delivery •
Allergies linked to Parkinson's disease •
Key fat and cholesterol cell regulator identified •
Water-tolerant gene transferred to commercial rice •Vol. 1 No. 81 Sep - Oct 2006
IN THE NEWS 4
Europe challenges United States in stem cell research √ India announces launch of annual Asia biotech meeting √ Malawi to formulate a national biotech policy √ Danforth Plant Science Centre gets a US1.5 billion deal with ChemoCentryx √ Stem Cells inks license pact with Canadian biotech company
GENOMICS 8
Completed genome set to transform the cow √ Scientists crack the code for DNA organization in nucleus √ Asthma susceptibility gene found
√ Gene variants may increase susceptibility to type 2 diabetes / Human parasite's genes help evade host detection √ Chemical signature of human embryonic stem cell DNA √ Sequences reveal benign origin of deadly plant pathogens
MEDICAL BIOTECH 11
New gene therapy for melanoma √ Landmark success for transdermal insulin delivery√ New findings could lead to vaccine for severe malaria
√Research scientists successfully test new anti-obesity vaccine√H5N1 and human flu 'hybrid' does not spread /Study finds potential ovariân cancer stem cells / Allergies linked to Parkinson's disease
PROTEOMICS 14
Defects in crucial brain protein implicated in memory loss √ How cells decide whether to grow or die √ Researchers discover HIV dependence on a human protein√ Key fat and cholesterol cell regulator identified
√ Evidence to show how proteins fold into their critical shapes
AGRI BIOTECH 16
Plant extracts better than synthetics as meat preservatives √ New study may help reduce the global dependence on fertilizers √ Bean gene works for CMV resistance in other plants /Water-tolerant gene transferred Iq commercial rice varieties√ Flavanoid-rich GM tomatoes could boost heart health
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VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 33, Sep-Oct 1998
No full textVATIS Update Biotechnology is published 4 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Biotechnology. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries
South-South cooperation for science, technology and innovation policies in the Asia-Pacific region
Get PDFCommissioned by the Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, ESCAPScience, technology and innovation (STI) were identified as key means of implementation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this context, ESCAP launched a 3-year project titled “SouthSouth cooperation for science, technology and innovation policies in the Asia-Pacific region” funded through the United Nations Development Account (10th tranche).
STI is a broad agenda. To provide focus - at the outset - the project aimed to develop 1) measurement frameworks and 2) strategies and policies for business model innovations - namely social enterprise, impact investment, and inclusive business - to spur private sector innovation to transition traditional economies to impact economies. The impact economy can be defined as a system in which institutions and individuals give equal priority to social impact and financial impact. An impact economy is thus a very different kind of system than a traditional capitalist economy that prioritizes only financial returns.Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................4
List of Acronyms ................................................................................................................................5
Executive Summary............................................................................................................................6
Introduction................................................................................................................................10
1.1 Background ......................................................................................................................................10
1.2 Purpose, objectives, and scope........................................................................................................10
The object and context of evaluation ...........................................................................................11
2.1 Evaluation Topics .............................................................................................................................11
2.2 Project Baseline Theory of Change ..................................................................................................11
Methodology ..............................................................................................................................14
3.1 Evaluation Matrix.............................................................................................................................14
3.2 Data Collection and Analysis............................................................................................................16
3.3 Limitations........................................................................................................................................17
Findings ......................................................................................................................................18
4.1 Relevance..........................................................................................................................................18
4.2 Effectiveness.....................................................................................................................................20
4.3 Efficiency ..........................................................................................................................................24
4.4 Sustainability & Impact.....................................................................................................................25
4.5 Cross-Cutting Issues..........................................................................................................................27
4.6 Project End-line Theory of Change ...................................................................................................28
Conclusions.................................................................................................................................31
5.1 Ranking across DAC criteria ..............................................................................................................31
5.2 Specific Conclusions..........................................................................................................................31
Recommendations ......................................................................................................................33
ANNEXES .........................................................................................................................................39
Annex 1: Terms of reference ..................................................................................................................39
Annex 2: List of document reviewed ......................................................................................................47
Annex 3: List of interviewees..................................................................................................................49
Annex 4: Data tables and analysis ..........................................................................................................50
Annex 5: Management response............................................................................................................54</p
Addressing unpaid care work in ASEAN
Get PDFThis report describes the state of the unpaid care economy in ASEAN countries. By examining the socioeconomic, political, legislative and institutional conditions in each country of ASEAN, this report highlights examples of promising policy measures undertaken either prior to the COVID-19 pandemic or as emergency measures after its onset to address women’s unpaid care and domestic work. The report proposes recommendations to introduce a care-sensitive dimension into national and regional gender policies towards building back better and more equal.</p
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 87, Sep-Oct 2007
Get PDFVATIS Update Biotechnology is published 4 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Biotechnology. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries.Highlights
Scientists discover ‘tall gene’ •
Gene for glaucoma found •
HIV drug shows cancer promise •
Research points to new stroke therapy •
Blood protein linked to pancreatic cancer •
GM potatoes with better freezing tolerance •Vol. 1 No. 87 Sep - Oct 2007
IN THE NEWS 4
European biotech industry releases policy on biofuels v European Union considers approval for GMO products GM seeds banned in Western Australia v Brazil approves Monsanto’s insect-protected corn trait
Serbia and Denmark to trial explosive-detecting GM Arabidopsis plants v Australian state passes stem cell laws
MARKET NEWS 6
ThromboGenics transfers thrombolytic agent technology to Bharat Biotech v Immunotherapeutics to invest in R&D and production v Acambis wins FDA approval for new smallpox vaccine Affymetrix and Empire Genomics enter into licensing agreement v Dow AgroSciences and Hexima collaborate on cotton seed Dako enters new collaboration on targeted NSCLC therapies Baxter signs flu vaccine deal Dyax Corp. collaborate with Bayer Schering Pharma for therapeutic antibodies
v Ablynx and Boehringer Ingelheim in global strategic alliance for nano therapeutics v ITC takes over Australian agri-biotech company
v Generex Biotech to collaborate with Rochester University on avian influenza vaccine
GENOMICS 9
Reverse genetics for herbicide-resistance detection
genome decoded Estrogen can switch on breast cancer gene New complexity found in human genome Scientists discover ‘tall gene’
Genetics of loneliness The genes involved in rheumatoid arthritis identified Gene for glaucoma found
MEDICAL BIOTECH 11
Possible Hepatitis C vaccine Cancer cell signalling pathways liked with proliferation of embryonic stem cells HIV drug shows cancer promise ✓ Scientists identify stem cells in tendons ✓ Research points to new stroke therapy More light on malarial parasite Orphan drug designation for ALS-357 in metastatic melanoma treatment
PROTEOMICS 13
New biomarker for peripheral artery disease
pancreatic cancer ✓ New mechanism discovered for DNA recombination and repair ✓ New prion protein discovery may shed light on mad cow disease Second protein that doubles muscle-building effect
AGRI BIOTECH 16
Scientists uncover plants’ vitamin C secret Sorghum may benefit from cloned toxicity-tolerant gene ✓ Genetically modified eucalyptus as carbon sink Discovery promises more nutritious cassava ✓ GM potatoes with better freezing tolerance New flood-tolerant rice variety ✓ New corn high in phytase Marker-free GM Soybean produces by gene excision
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Infrastructure corridor development series : part III : calculation results for determining the most promising scenario for infrastructure corridor development
Get PDFThe Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration (RECI) initiative of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) aims to promote integrated markets for goods, services, information and capital; infrastructure connectivity; financial cooperation; and economic and technical cooperation through a multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach. Promoting seamless connectivity in transport, energy and information and communications technology (ICT) is a central pillar of the RECI initiative.
As part of the RECI initiative, ESCAP is implementing a United Nations Development Account Project on “Addressing the Transboundary Dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through RECI in Asia and the Pacific” from 2018 to 2021. This project aims to develop knowledge products such as analysis reports, and build capacity of member States in promoting seamless regional connectivity with a focus on the co-deployment of ICT, transport and energy infrastructures.
Following the recommendations to national capacity building workshops for policymakers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and subregional workshop for countries in East and North-East Asia in October-November 2019, this analysis report is aimed to enhance understanding for planning interstate infrastructure corridors. The scope of this report covers in-depth analysis of the co-deployment of ICT infrastructure along transport and energy infrastructure corridors and support identification of key needs and the selection of the priority projects.
In response to the needs of member States and considering the complex challenges of limited national and regional infrastructures, the key objectives of this research are to: (1) provide in-depth cross-sectoral analysis of three potential interstate infrastructure corridors in the target countries of the RECI project (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan); (2) provide knowledge and capacity building in determining the most promising model for infrastructure corridor development; and (3) promote an enabling environment for infrastructure corridor development, including the co-deployment of ICT, transport and energy infrastructures.
An infrastructure corridor approach is used as an attractive smart solution to link the geographical territories, and improve regional and transboundary connectivity. An infrastructure corridor is a high-tech transportation system integrated with a wide range of ICTs to facilitate the flow of goods, services, knowledge and capital in a cost- and time-effective way towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This research paper is a part of the Infrastructure Corridor Development Series that supports decision makers and infrastructure owners in their decisions on the development of new infrastructure corridors. The Infrastructure Corridor Development Series is divided into three main parts:
Part 1: An in-depth analysis of three promising infrastructure corridors.
Almaty (Kazakhstan) – Cholpon-Ata (Kyrgyzstan)
Semey (Kazakhstan) – Rubtsovsk (Russian Federation)
Urzhar (Kazakhstan) – Chuguchak (China)
Part 2: A toolkit for determining the most promising scenario for infrastructure corridor development.
Part 3: Calculation results for determining the most promising scenario for infrastructure corridor development. </p
Producing land cover change maps and statistics : step by step guide on the use of QGIS and RStudio
Get PDFThis guide shows you step-by-step how to create land cover change maps and statistics.
The guide explains the use of open-source software, namely Quantum Geographic Information System (QGIS) to construct a map displaying land cover change over time, and RStudio to generate land cover change statistical tables. Maps and tables are generated in accordance with the land cover categories of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA).
The guide takes you through 4 steps:
How to use this guide
Step 1: Download the data you want to work with from available open sources – Data downloading
Step 2: Strip and clean the data downloaded to filter the layers relevant to your chosen geographical area – Data pre-processing
Step 3: Produce the land cover change map – Data processing
Step 4: Present the land cover change statistics in matrix and table form – Presenting the findings
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An in-depth study of broadband infrastructure in the ASEAN region, August 2013
Get PDFBetween late 2012 and mid‐2013, Terabit Consulting performed a detailed analysis of the broadband infrastructure in the nine largest member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Terabit Consulting’s analysis also included trans‐border broadband projects extending into contiguous regions such as Yunnan Province, China.
The analysis revealed that, although extensive investment has been made in fibre and other broadband infrastructure, both domestically and internationally, there is a wide chasm between markets, with a clear “broadband divide” demonstrated when richer markets are compared with poorer ones, when major metropolitan areas are compared with smaller cities and rural areas, and when coastal markets are compared with inland ones.
The analysis also shows that international connectivity and the pricing of international bandwidth varies greatly among the nine subject ASEAN countries, and that even in the markets with lower costs, bandwidth is still significantly more expensive than in Europe and North America. A limited number of international bandwidth hubs have emerged to serve the Southeast Asian region, most notably Singapore and Hong Kong, China, offering the region’s lowest international bandwidth prices and greatest overall international capacity. Much of the region’s international fibre infrastructure has developed in a hub‐and‐spoke configuration around these two hubs, although telecommunications carriers and other investors of means have constructed their own direct interregional fibre infrastructure wherever possible.Republic of Korea. Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Plannin
