A survey of the European Open Science Cloud services for expanding the capacity and capabilities of multidisciplinary scientific applications

Open Science is a paradigm in which scientific data, procedures, tools and results are shared transparently and reused by society as a whole. The initiative known as the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is an effort in Europe to provide an open, trusted, virtual and federated computing environment to execute scientific applications, and to store, share and re-use research data across borders and scientific disciplines. Additionally, scientific services are becoming increasingly data-intensive, not only in terms of computationally intensive tasks but also in terms of storage resources. Computing paradigms such as High Performance Computing (HPC) and Cloud Computing are applied to e-science applications to meet these demands. However, adapting applications and services to these paradigms is not a trivial task, commonly requiring a deep knowledge of the underlying technologies, which often constitutes a barrier for its uptake by scientists in general. In this context, EOSC-SYNERGY, a collaborative project involving more than 20 institutions from eight European countries pooling their knowledge and experience to enhance EOSC\u27s capabilities and capacities, aims to bring EOSC closer to the scientific communities. This article provides a summary analysis of the adaptations made in the ten thematic services of EOSC-SYNERGY to embrace this paradigm. These services are grouped into four categories: Earth Observation, Environment, Biomedicine, and Astrophysics. The analysis will lead to the identification of commonalities, best practices and common requirements, regardless of the thematic area of the service. Experience gained from the thematic services could be transferred to new services for the adoption of the EOSC ecosystem framework

Prevalencia y factores asociados de la automonitorización glucémica en pacientes diabéticos tipo 2 no tratados con insulina en la Comunidad Valenciana

Background: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in noninsulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients (T2DM) is a controversial topic. We aimed to describe the SMBG prevalence in noninsulin-treated (NIT) T2DM patients in the Valencia Community (VC) and to analyze factors associated with their use. Method: Cross-sectional study with 573 NIT-T2DM patients from 83 primary care surgeries. Electronic medical records and patient interview were used. We examine associations among patient, doctors and organizational characteristics, and the SMBG indication. Results: 289 (50.4%) of the 573 NIT-T2DM patients used SMBG. In the multivariable analysis SMBG use was associated with age (OR:2.3 for 65-84 and 6.0 for 8, vs 8, vs <7), número de antidiabéticos oralesprescritos (ADO) (OR:2,5, 4,1 y 5,7 para 1, 2 ó 3+ ADO vs no tratamiento farmacológico), tipo de ADO (mayor en sulfonilureas y glitazonas) y enfermedad respiratoria crónica (OR:0,5). Controlando el efecto de estos factores, el uso de AMGS se asoció adicionalmente a los años de ejercicio profesional del médico y a la asistencia en algunos departamentos sanitarios. Conclusiones: La mitad de los pacientes con DM-NTI utilizan AMGS. Su uso se asoció fuertemente a las características clínicas de los pacientes, aunque algunos factores no clínicos explican parte de la variabilidad en su utilización