Informe semestral del Programa de Frijol para la Zona Andina: Enero-Junio 1990

The main administrative activities (changes, meetings, agreements, visits of CIAT staff, evaluating committee of PROFRIZA, and publications) of the Regional Bean Program for the Andean Zone (PROFRIZA) during the 1st semester of 1990 are reported. The most important technical activities regarding technology generation (breeding, agronomy, microbiology, anthropology, and economy) and training (in-service at CIAT-Cali, in-country courses, and workshops) are also detailed, and the activities of the steering committee of the CIAT Bean Program and the 1st meeting of the Grain Legume Program of the Andean Zone (RELEZA) are summarized. (CIAT

Annual report 2007 - North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). Sixteenth meeting, Victoria, Canada, October 26-November 5, 2007

Report of Opening Session (p. 1). Report of Governing Council (p. 15). Report of the Finance and Administration Committee (p. 65). Reports of Science Board and Committees: Science Board Inter-Sessional Meeting (p. 83); Science Board (p. 93); Biological Oceanography Committee (p. 105); Fishery Science Committee (p. 117); Marine Environmental Quality Committee (p. 129); Physical Oceanography and Climate Committee (p. 139); Technical Committee on Data Exchange (p. 145); Technical Committee on Monitoring (p. 153). Reports of Sections, Working and Study Groups: Section on Carbon and Climate (p. 161); Section on Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms in the North Pacific (p. 167); Working Group 19 on Ecosystem-based Management Science and its Application to the North Pacific (p. 173); Working Group 20 on Evaluations of Climate Change Projections (p. 179); Working Group 21 on Non-indigenous Aquatic Species (p. 183); Study Group to Develop a Strategy for GOOS (p. 193); Study Group on Ecosystem Status Reporting (p. 203); Study Group on Marine Aquaculture and Ranching in the PICES Region (p. 213); Study Group on Scientific Cooperation between PICES and Non-member Countries (p. 225). Reports of the Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Program: Implementation Panel on the CCCC Program (p. 229); CFAME Task Team (p. 235); MODEL Task Team (p. 241). Reports of Advisory Panels: Advisory Panel for a CREAMS/PICES Program in East Asian Marginal Seas (p. 249); Advisory Panel on Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey in the North Pacific (p. 253); Advisory Panel on Iron Fertilization Experiment in the Subarctic Pacific Ocean (p. 255); Advisory Panel on Marine Birds and Mammals (p. 261); Advisory Panel on Micronekton Sampling Inter-calibration Experiment (p. 265). 2007 Review of PICES Publication Program (p. 269). Guidelines for PICES Temporary Expert Groups (p. 297). Summary of Scientific Sessions and Workshops (p. 313). Report of the ICES/PICES Conference for Early Career Scientists (p. 355). Membership (p. 367). Participants (p. 387). PICES Acronyms (p. 413). Acronyms (p. 415)

Working with Complexity: a Participatory Systems-Based Process for Planning and Evaluating Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services

Individuals working within the water, sanitation and hygiene for development (WASH) sector grapple daily with complex technical, social, economic, and environmental issues that often produce unexpected outcomes that are difficult to plan for and resolve. Here we propose a method we are calling the ‘Participatory Systems-based Planning and Evaluation Process’ (PS-PEP) that combines structural factor analysis and collaborative modeling to guide teams of practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders through a process of modeling and interpreting how factors systemically and dynamically influence sustained access to WASH services. The use and utility of the PS-PEP is demonstrated with a regional team of water committee members in the municipality of Jalapa, Nicaragua who participated in a two-day modeling workshop. Water committee members left the workshop with a clear set of action items for water service planning and management in Jalapa, informed by the analysis of systemic influences and dependencies between key service factors. In so doing, we find that the PS-PEP provides a powerful tool for WASH project or program planning, evaluation, management and policy, the continued use of which could offer unprecedented growth in understanding of WASH service complexity for a broad spectrum of service contexts

Self evaluation report

Overview -- The NSF SIIUCRC program -- Capsule Pipeline Research Center (CPRC) at the University of Missouri-Columbia -- Most significant technical achievements -- Economic impacts -- Educational achievements -- Plan for commercialization of CLP -- Outside evaluation of CPRC -- Overall assessment -- Future plan -- Conclusion -- Appendices. ASCE task committee ; Coal log pipeline pilot plant ; CPRC publication list ; Article on coal log compaction machine design in ASME journal, Mechanical engineering ; Paper on pipeline education

From the Continuing Education Coordinator [September 2012]

At last year’s meeting in Dallas, I had conversations with many of you about the implementation of RDA and its implications for the MOUG 2013 program in San Jose, CA, February 26-27. Even more of you made it clear in your meeting evaluation comments that continuing education on RDA is currently your top priority. Taking this as our point of departure, the Program Committee has spent the spring and summer in lively discussion of range of sessions and speakers we believe will engage both our technical and public services members