The need for co-ordinated research

The need for co-ordinated studies for obesity-related problems like diabetes mellitus in Libyan population

O besity is one of the major risk factors of type 2 diabetes and is associated with many metabolic derangements that impair insulin sensitivity (1, 2). These abnormalities include excess lipolysis causing increased concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids and triglycerides in blood and skeletal muscle. Muscle glucose uptake is suppressed. Figure 1 gives the possible biochemical mechanisms i...

The need for a co-ordinated scientific approach to the investigation of dog bite injuries.

Unemployment in an underserviced specialty?: The need for co-ordinated workforce planning in Canadian neurosurgery.

BACKGROUND A recent report suggested that newly trained Canadian neurosurgeons are experiencing difficulty finding employment in Canada. Such occurrences, in combination with recent certification restrictions imposed in the US, have resulted in increasing concern that we will shortly be seeing a surplus of graduating neurosurgeons in Canada. The purpose of this study was to develop a better und...

Optimal Co-ordinated Control of Hydropower Plants

River hydropower plants must accomplish several tasks. They have to generate electric energy, guarantee the navigation and reduce the extent of a flood if possible. If there is a cascade of hydropower stations in a river, then it is not possible to solve these tasks with a decentralized control strategy optimally. One is faced with a multiple criteria optimization problem. This contribution pre...

The Research Data Alliance: globally co-ordinated action against barriers to data publishing and sharing

This article discusses the drivers behind the formation of the Research Data Alliance (RDA), its current state, the lessons learned from its fi rst full year of operation, and its anticipated impact on data publishing and sharing. One of the pressing challenges in data infrastructure (taken here to include issues relating to hardware, software and content format, as well as human actors) is how...