E-Science is a tool that helps scientists to store, interpret, analyze and make a network of their data, and it can play a critical role in different aspects of the scientific goals and research. This commentary, under the topic of Cross Border E-Science and Research Partnership: Bridging the Gap between Science and Media,[1] attempts to shed light on E-Science with emphasis on three importa...

Published by the IBMC Associate Laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology involving two nonprofit Associations of public interest namely: • Associação do Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular • Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica They include: Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências Faculdade de Engenharia Faculdade de Farmácia Faculdade de Medicina Instituto de Ciência Biomédi...

The renewed actuality of the theme of entrepreneurship and self-employment training is due to increasing problems in transition from VET to working life at a time where access to paid employment can no longer be taken for granted and where entrepreneurship and selfemployment have, consequently, become more important as potential sources of livelihood. The paper examines this situation through a...

The material Education, Art and ICTs: Integration for the Development of One's Personality i s devoted to the expert meeting of the same name. State-of-the-art and evolution of education, ICT usage in the development of visual perception and skills associated with investigation and creation in art and design education, as well as visual literacy and knowledge were the subjects of the meeting. T...

In 1946, the British biochemist Joseph Needham returned from a four-year stay in China. Needham scholars have considered this visit as a revelatory period that paved the way for his famous book series Science and Civilization in China (SCC). Surprisingly, however, Needham's actual time in China has remained largely unstudied over the last seventy years. As director of the Sino-British Scientifi...

It is argued that the ambitious programme ‘Education for All’, launched by UNESCO, could be seriously undermined by its reliance upon the achievement of numerical ‘targets’. Evidence from existing attempts by countries to impose educational targets reveals undesirable side effects and distortions of educational systems. The paper explores some of the possible consequences of UNESCO’s adherence ...

The author is responsible for the choice and the presentation of facts in this concept paper and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization 1 Summary This research paper deals with the issue of defining and measuring the diversity of cultural expressions. Firstly, it proposes a three-dimensional definition based on a review o...

a vision a conceptual platform a pool of ideas for implementation a new paradigm Cultural Diversity Series No. 1