BACKGROUND Conflicts of interest pose a threat to the integrity of scientific research. The current regulations of the U.S. Public Health Service and the National Science Foundation require that medical schools and other research institutions report the existence of conflicts of interest to the funding agency but allow the institutions to manage conflicts internally. The regulations do not spec...

I? the last two years, the research group Olibal has been collaborating with different Museums and institutions in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands (Spain) in order to introduce new technologies in Cultural Heritage Management. Most Spanish Cultural institutions have not introduced yet those technologies in their everyday life due to the lack of public funding as well as their scant experienc...

The hepatitis C virus, formerly classified as ‘non-A non-B’ hepatitis virus, was identified in 1989. This blood-borne virus is endemic worldwide, with an estimated 170 million persons chronically infected, representing approximately 3% of the world population. Long-term morbidity associated with persistent hepatitis C virus infection includes the development of cirrhosis and primary liver cance...

This article is about Lifelong Learning Networks in England that are groups of higher education institutions and further education colleges covering a city, area or region. These networks have been established through funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England and their policy objective is to improve the coherence, clarity and certainty of progression opportunities for vocati...

With the recent flow of funding to support instructional technology and interactive learning environments through the E-Rate, Technology Innovation Challenge Grants (TICG), Technology Literacy Grants, Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to use Technology (PT3) grants, and grants from various foundations, there is an increased emphasis on exploring the sustainability of these innovations once the gran...

Funding agencies and institutions are creating initiatives to encourage interdisciplinary research that can be more easily translated into community initiatives to enhance health. Therefore, the current research environment calls for interdisciplinary education and skills to create sustained partnerships with community institutions. However, formalized opportunities in both of these areas are l...

In this report we assess who pays for cooperation in global health through an analysis of the financial flows of WHO, the World Bank, the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The past few decades have seen the consolidation of influence in the disproportionate roles the USA, UK, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have had in financing three of thes...

In real world, financial institutions make decisions of their funding and lending structure on the daily basis. The exchange of credits among the financial institute is so frequent and sensible to the economic environment that an increase on the reference interest rate could modify the inter-banking funding network. It results important to central authorities to be aware of the network structur...

One way to interpret this last finding would be to assume that when people become more familiar with nanotechnology, they like it more. This so-called familiarity hypothesis is attractive because it supposedly shows an easy path to achieving public support and government funding for nanotechnology. As more information is disseminated, funding will become more politically acceptable. However, th...

Abstract Integration is often considered the core challenge and defining characteristic of inter- trans-disciplinary (ITD) research. Given its importance, it surprising that current system higher education does not provide permanent positions for integration experts; i.e., experts who lead, administer, manage, monitor, assess, accompany, and/or advise others on within ITD projects or programs. ...