515 research outputs found
Lunch: College of Arts and Sciences 50th Anniversary: Celebrating Liberal Arts and Sciences
No full textLunch and Opening Remarks: A Historical Perspective on Liberal Arts at NEIU by Dean Katrina Bell-Jordan, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences and Sandra Beyda, Dean of Graduate College of Education. Presentation: LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION: ITS CONTINUING IMPORTANCE, by Cris Tofollo, Justice Studies and International Progra
CRIS and Institutional Repositories
No full textCRIS (Current Research Information Systems) provide researchers, research managers, innovators, and others with a view over the research activity of a domain. IRs (institutional repositories) provide a mechanism for an organisation to showcase through OA (open access) its intellectual property. Increasingly, organizations are mandating that their employed researchers deposit peer-reviewed published material in the IR. Research funders are increasingly mandating that publications be deposited in an open access repository: some mandate a central (or subject-based) repository, some an IR. In parallel, publishers are offering OA but replacing subscription-based access with author (or author institution) payment for publishing. However, many OA repositories have metadata based on DC (Dublin Core) which is inadequate; a CERIF (Common-European Research Information Format) CRIS provides metadata describing publications with formal syntax and declared semantics thus facilitating interoperation or homogeneous access over heterogeneous sources. The formality is essential for research output metrics, which are increasingly being used to determine future funding for research organizations
High-resolution tropospheric carbon monoxide profiles retrieved from CrIS and TROPOMI
No full textThe Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument is the
only satellite-borne sensor in operation that uses both thermal (TIR) and
near-infrared (NIR) channels to estimate CO profiles. With more than 15
years (2000 to present) of validated multispectral observations, MOPITT
provides the unique capability to separate CO in the lowermost troposphere (LMT, surface to 3 km (∼ 700 hPa)) from the free-tropospheric
abundance. To extend this record, a new, hyper-spectral approach is
presented here that will provide CO data products exceeding the capabilities
of MOPITT by combining the short-wavelength infrared (SWIR, equivalent to
the MOPITT NIR) channels from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument
(TROPOMI) to be launched aboard the European Sentinel 5 Precursor (S5p)
satellite in 2016 and the TIR channels from the Cross-track Infrared
Sounder (CrIS) aboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP)
satellite. We apply the MUlti-SpEctra, MUlti-SpEcies, Multi-SEnsors (MUSES)
retrieval algorithm to quantify the potential of this joint CO product. CO
profiles are retrieved from a single-footprint, full-spectral-resolution
CrIS transect over Africa on 27–28 August 2013 coincident with significant
biomass burning. Comparisons of collocated CrIS and MOPITT CO observations
for the LMT show a mean difference of 2.8 ± 24.9 ppb, which is well
within the estimated measurement uncertainty of both sensors. The estimated
degrees of freedom (DOF) for CO signals from synergistic CrIS–TROPOMI
retrievals are approximately 0.9 in the LMT and 1.3 above the LMT, which
indicates that the LMT CO can be distinguished from the free troposphere,
similar to MOPITT multispectral observations (0.8 in the LMT, and 1.1
above the LMT). In addition to increased sensitivity, the combined retrievals reduce measurement uncertainty, with ∼ 15 % error reduction
in the LMT. With a daily global coverage and a combined spatial footprint of 14 km, the joint CrIS–TROPOMI measurements have the potential to extend and
improve upon the MOPITT multispectral CO data records for the coming
decade
Lu Xun, Cris (Call to Arms)
No full textSebastian Veg pursues his translation of the fictional works of the great modern Chinese author Lu Xun (1881-1936), whom succeeding generations have put forward as the incarnation of the iconoclastic spirit of May Fourth or as a harbinger of the communist revolution. He now offers us a new French translation of the first collection of Lu Xun’s short stories entitled Cris (Nahan in Mandarin, or Call to Arms, 1923), one of the most important examples of the new Chinese literature that it went o..
Lu Xun, Cris (Call to Arms)
No full textSebastian Veg pursues his translation of the fictional works of the great modern Chinese author Lu Xun (1881-1936), whom succeeding generations have put forward as the incarnation of the iconoclastic spirit of May Fourth or as a harbinger of the communist revolution. He now offers us a new French translation of the first collection of Lu Xun’s short stories entitled Cris (Nahan in Mandarin, or Call to Arms, 1923), one of the most important examples of the new Chinese literature that it went o..
Semantic enrichment of research outputs metadata: new CRIS facilities for authors
No full textAbstract:
A CRIS system with implemented semantic linkage technique opens new opportunities for authors of research outputs. Using facilities of such a CRIS authors can essentially enrich metadata of their research outputs after the papers have been published and have become available at the CRIS. The pro-posed approach allows for authors providing some data for enrichment purpos-es. These data include their personal roles and contributions into the collective research, comments and notes for updating publication abstracts, data about motivations for citing the papers in the reference lists, research association with newer relevant publications, etc. Technically authors make such enrichment as a semantic linking of related publications’ metadata. They don’t overwrite the initial publishers’ metadata. In the paper we present this approach and its pilot implementation at the Socionet CRIS with focus on servicing the big interna-tional community of RePEc users. We expect that results of such enrichment will improve a professional recognition of “who did what” and “how research outputs were used”. Also we expect interest from research management and evaluation organizations.Note:
Proceedings of 8th Research Conference, MTSR 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 27-29, 2014
Implementarea programului Dspace-CRIS în Repozitoriul Instituțional IRMS - Nicolae Testemițanu SUMPh
No full textBackground. Institutional Repository IRMS - Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh is an archive of scientific
publications by university staff based on Dspace. For further development and expansion, new
opportunities are needed, namely, obtaining relevant information about the studies conducted and their
results. Objective of the study. The work aims to describe the experience of implementing the free
open-source extension DSpace-CRIS in the current IRMS repository - Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh.
Material and Methods. It was made an analysis of scientific publications and technical literature on
the use of the DSpace-CRIS extension, to further introduce the extension into the repository. It has been
identified the best and acceptable criteria which can be used to implement this extension. The research
was based on a comparison and analysis of the repositories of educational institutions using DSpaceCRIS. Results. Implementation of the CRIS-Dspace extension in the institutional repository IRMS
Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh will allow to monitor, systematize and keep records of the results of
research activities of Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh university employees. Create profiles of researchers,
department pages, project grants and awards, research results reports; establish the relationship between
the author, unit and the result of scientific activity. Conclusion. The implementation of the extension
DSpace-CRIS will allow to monitor and record the results of the research activities of Nicolae
Testemitanu SUMPh university employees. Will ensure the availability and improve the ranking of the
university.
Introducere. Repozitoriul instituțional IRMS Nicolae Testemițanu SUMPh reprezintă o arhivă de
publicații științifice a angajaților Universității, bazată pe platforma DSpace. Diversificarea
funcționalității Repozitoriului presupune dezvoltarea și extinderea acestuia prin implementarea unor
noi programe, cum ar fi Dspace -CRIS-ul etc. Acest fapt este confirmat de bunele practici ale
repozitoriilor instituționale de peste hotarele țarii. Scopul lucrării. Scopul lucrării este de a analiza,
descrie și a scoate în evidență specificul implementării programului DSpace-CRIS în repozitoriul IRMS
- Nicolae Testemițanu SUMPh. Material și Metode. În vederea atingerii scopului a fost realizată
analiză publicațiilor științifice și tehnice privind aplicarea sistemului DSpace-CRIS. A fost efectuată o
analiză comparativă a repozitoriilor care funcționează în baza acestei extensii în vederea identificării și
aplicării celor mai bune practici de aplicare și funcționare. Rezultate. Aplicarea sistemului DspaceCRIS- în repozitoriul instituțional IRMS - SUMPh Nicolae Testemițanu va permite o organizare și
monitorizare mai eficientă a rezultatelor activității de cercetare a angajaților USMF „Nicolae
Testemițanu”. Concluzii. Implementarea suplimentului DSpace-CRIS va avea un impact pozitiv asupra
managementului științific, vizibilității Universității și a fiecărui cercetător în parte
A compact RFQ cooler buncher for CRIS experiments
No full text© 2019, The Author(s). A compact radio frequency cooler buncher (RFQCB) is currently in development between The University of Manchester, KU Leuven, and CERN. The device will be installed as part of the Collinear Resonance Ionisation Spectroscopy (CRIS) experiment at the Isotope separator On-line device (ISOLDE) at CERN. The purpose of developing a dedicated RFQCB for the CRIS experiment is to increase data collection efficiency, and simplify the process of obtaining reference measurements with stable isotopes. The CRIS technique is outlined in addition to an overview of the proposed RFQCB, and its potential compatibility for implementation at ISOLDE.sponsorship: This work was supported by ERC Consolidator Grant No. 648381 (FNPMLS); STFC Grants No. ST/L005794/1, No. ST/L005786/1 and No. ST/S002316/1; GOA 15/010 from KU Leuven; the FWO-Vlaanderen (Belgium) and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 654002 (ENSAR 2). We acknowl- edge the financial aid from the Ed Schneiderman Fund at New York University. B.K.S. acknowledges financial support from Chinese Academy of Science through the PIFI fellowship under Project No. 2017VMB0023 and partly by the TDP project of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad. We would like to thank Andrew Mcfarlane for his technical assistance. (ERC Consolidator Grant|648381, STFC|ST/L005794/1, STFC|ST/L005786/1, STFC|ST/S002316/1, KU Leuven|GOA 15/010, FWO-Vlaanderen (Belgium), European Union|654002, Ed Schneiderman Fund at New York University, Chinese Academy of Science through the PIFI fellowship|2017VMB0023, TDP project of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, STFC|ST/J004189/1, STFC|ST/L005794/1, STFC|ST/S002316/1, STFC|2023247, STFC|ST/P004423/1, STFC|ST/L005786/1)status: Published onlin
FINAL REPORT: EUNIS – EUROCRIS JOINT SURVEY ON CRIS AND IR
No full textThe rising strategic importance of Current Research Information Systems (CRISs) and Institutional Repositories (IRs) for higher education and research institutions relates to the need to foster research and innovation and to provide a faster and broader technology transfer to industry and society. These are critical factors for global competitiveness, and the increasing competition among institutions to increase and disseminate excellence in research is another area where these systems provide a key contribution. Additional important elements with a strong impact on such strategic evolution are the new policies on Open Access, National Research Assessment and Research Funding. It is indeed from 2003 onwards that the increase in the number of repositories becomes apparent, together with the rise of the Open Access movement, as well as from 2010 on when new policies started to be implemented which affected the adoption of CRIS systems: %83 of the respondents stated that they are following Open Access policies within their own institutions. Today we see CRISs acting as repositories, repositories with extended data models, a wide range of interoperability features between co-existing CRISs and repositories and even a new species in the ecosystem that claims to be both a repository and a CRIS. The scope of this EUNIS and euroCRIS joint initiative, the CRIS/IR survey, was to collect information on CRIS and IR technological solutions that support Research and to analyse their links to other systems used at Higher Education Institutions: how they interoperate, which data and metadata are made available and how these are being used. The CRIS/IR survey, which was launched in April 2015, was based on a previous initiative to collect information on the CRIS and IR infrastructure available in Portugal. The survey was distributed by EUNIS and euroCRIS via a number of national and international mailing lists and was open until mid-September 2015. There was wide participation from the community, and we collected 84 full responses from 20 different countries. The two main questions the Survey tried to answer were: are CRISs gradually replacing IRs? Are the two systems overlapping in their functionalities? From the results we have collected, both questions seem to get a negative answer. The two systems are clearly complementary: while IRs are the preferred choice for managing research publications and dissertations and thesis, CRISs are regularly chosen for managing the institutional research information as a whole including metadata for research papers. Through the analysis of the collected results we can observe that %62 of the surveyed institutions have both a CRIS and an IR and that %18 of them use the same software application. From the answers obtained, it is also clear that the range of databases, programming languages and frameworks used is very wide, with Oracle and MySQL as preferred databases and Java as the most frequently chosen programming language CRIS systems hold a large variety of contents, the most common being metadata for research publications (%81), projects (%76) and reporting features (%75). Not surprisingly IRs mainly store both metadata and full-text for publications (%96) and dissertations and thesis (%86). Among the available repository solutions, DSpace is the most frequently adopted one, being used in %56 of the cases.
When analysing the interoperability aspects and the links between CRISs, IRs and external systems we noticed that: (i) almost %65 of the institutions have linked their CRIS and their IR, so both platforms are perceived to be closely related; (ii) when it comes to interoperability with legacy systems such as Finance and HR, CRISs are the preferred system to link to because of the data and information contained in them; (iii) there is still very little integration between Learning Management Systems and either CRISs or IRs. The analysis also showed that the most frequently adopted standards and protocols are the OAI-PMH protocol (%50), the CERIF format (%41) and ORCID (%32). Another important aspect the survey collected information on was the management of CRISs systems. This will usually vary from one institution to the next, but we observed that Libraries and the Research & Innovation or Research & Development units have a prominent role on the different aspects of CRIS management. A key conclusion of the replies we have collected to the survey is that both CRISs and IRs are considered valuable tools to support Institutions in the research assessment exercises for both university and author evaluation
The political instrumentalization of professional football in Francoist Spain 1939-1975
No full textPhDThe objective of this thesis is to be the first systematic study of the
political instrumentalization of football in Francoist Spain from 1939
to 1975.
Seven separate and contrasting aspects of this political
instrumentalization may be isolated, and, accordingly, this thesis will
consist of a chapter examining each one of these seven aspects in turn.
After a first introductory chapter, Chapter Two will examine the
application of Fascist concepts to Spanish football. In the third
chapter, the questions of whether and to what extent football was used
by the Franco regime as a political soporific will be discussed. The
theme of Chapter Four is the lack of democracy within the structures of
the game, a situation that is alleged to have been deliberately imposed
by the regime in order to not create an uncomfortable comparison for
itself with the lack of national and local political democracy. The
poor working conditions of the footballers, which mirrored those of the
great majority of Spanish workers during the Franco period, are the
subject of Chapter Five. In the sixth Chapter, the political
significance of the presence in Francoist Spain of a group of refugee
players and coaches from Europe will be examined. The diplomatic
and ambassadorial significance of football, in particular of the
spectacular international triumphs of the Real Madrid club, will be
discussed in Chapter Seven. The political significance of football as a
focus for Basque and Catalan nationalist sentiment, in opposition to the
centralist Madrid regime, is the subject of Chapter Eight
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