Making learning objects available is critical to reuse learning resources. Making content transparently available and providing added value to different stakeholders is among the goals of the European Commission's eContentPlus programme. This article analyses standards and protocols relevant for making learning objects accessible in distributed data provider networks. Types of metadata associat...

Nutrition across the lifespan encompasses both preventative and treatment options to maintain health and vitality. This review will focus on the challenge of overconsumption of energy relative to energy expenditure and the consequent development of overweight and obesity, since they are responsible for much of the burden of chronic disease in the developed world. Understanding the mechanisms of...

This article investigates the role of European Union Cohesion Policy in development identity, drawing on an original and representative survey 17 regions across 12 member states. We advance a theoretical model which distinguishes cognitive, instrumental communicative drivers identity formation. Contrary to existing scholarship, we find that EU does contribute identity. Citizens perceive benefit...

The European-funded ESCAPE project (Horizon 2020) aims to address computing challenges in the context of European Open Science Cloud. targets Particle Physics and Astronomy facilities research infrastructures, focusing on development solutions handle Exabyte-scale datasets. science projects are different phases evolution count a variety specific use cases be addressed. This contribution describ...

BACKGROUND Previous analyses concerning health components of European Union (EU)-funded research have shown low project participation levels of the 12 newest member states (EU-12). Additionally, there has been a lack of subject-area analysis. In the Health Research for Europe project, we screened all projects of the EU's Framework Programmes for research FP5 and FP6 (1998-2006) to identify heal...

BACKGROUND All European health systems face several common challenges related to increases in lifestyle and chronic diseases, a decreasing future workforce, inequalities in health and the consequences of societal changes. Primary care, which has the potential to help meet these challenges, would benefit from the contribution of health services research (HSR) on a wide range of topics. As fundin...

BACKGROUND Neurological patients after stroke usually present cognitive deficits that cause dependencies in their daily living. These deficits mainly affect the performance of some of their daily activities. For that reason, stroke patients need long-term processes for their cognitive rehabilitation. Considering that classical techniques are focused on acting as guides and are dependent on help...

This paper explores the funding trends, topical themes, and notable gaps in global public research across areas of energy, climate change, transport, industrial decarbonisation from 1990 to 2020. The organizes its analysis along themes financial spatial patterns funding, disciplinary temporality (and shifting priorities) within patterns. It finds that for energy remains concentrated European Co...

European Commission has obliged Horizon 2020 and Europe beneficiaries to specify the dissemination exploitation of their funded activities’ outcomes. In this way, research results can be extended benefit wider society. However, have difficulties meeting these goals due overlap between uncertainty how translate activities outputs into socio-economic benefits for This paper developed a framework ...