2010 | Action Number: 866

Green Care: A Conceptual Framework; A report of the Working Group on the Health Benefits of Green Care

• Pages: 119
• Author(s): J. Sempik, R. Hine and D. Wilcox (eds)
• Publisher(s): Loughborough University
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-907382-23-9

‘Green Care’ is a range of activities that promotes physical and mental health and well-being through contact with nature. It utilises farms, gardens and other outdoor spaces as a therapeutic intervention for vulnerable adults and children. Green care includes care farming, therapeutic horticulture, animal assisted therapy and other nature-based approaches. These are now the subject of investigation by researchers from many different countries across the world.

This book is the result of cooperation by scientists brought together under the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) programme. It seeks to describe and define green care and to set it within the context of a number of theoretical and practical frameworks including those of psychology, psychotherapy, health promotion, social inclusion and others. The aim is to provide a guide which will help researchers and others to understand the principles of green care and its links with other disciplines and approaches.

2010 | Action Number: TU0602

New Models for Innovative Management and Urban Dynamics

• Author(s): T. Panagopoulos (Ed)
• Publisher(s): Research Center for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-972-9341-85-4

This book collects the contribution of speakers and participants (reviewed papers) at the COST Action TU0602 Conference, 12-14 October 2009, Faro, Portugal.

2010 | Action Number: C24

The Future for Sustainable Built Environments with High Performance Energy Systems

• Author(s): D. Schmidt (Ed)

Proceedings of the Conference held on 19th to 21st October 2010 in Munich, Germany

2010 | Action Number: 534

New Materials, Systems, Methods and Concepts for Prestressed Concrete Structures

• Pages: 368
• Author(s): R.B. Polder, M.C. Alonso, D.J. Cleland, B. Elsener, E. Proverbio, Ø. Vennesland and A. Raharinaivo

2010 | Action Number: C25

Sustainable Construction A Life Cycle Approach in Engineering: Proceedings International Training School Malta, 26 July – 1 August 2010

• Author(s): L. Bragança, H. Koukkari, M. Veljkovic and R. P. Borg (Ed)
• Publisher(s): Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-99932-0-918-8

2010 | Action Number: C25

Sustainable Construction A Life Cycle Approach in Engineering: Proceedings International Symposium Malta, 23-25 July 2010

• Author(s): L. Bragança, H. Koukkari, M. Veljkovic and R. P. Borg (Ed)
• Publisher(s): Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-99932-0-917-1

2010 | Action Number: 858

Methodologies and Results in Grapevine Research

• Author(s): S. Delrot, H. Medrano, E. Or, L. Bavaresco and S. Grando (Ed)
• Publisher(s): Springer
• http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/agriculture/book/978-90-481-9282-3
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-481-9282-3

Grapevine is one of the most widely cultivated fruit crop worldwide, encompassing 8 million hectares of arable land. Grapevine is also a crop of major economical interest which is grown since several milleniums in Europe, and is part of its culture. Worldwide, viticulture is presently facing two major challenges: climatic change, which may alter wine quality and typicity, and the need for alternative strategies avoiding the use of massive amounts of phytochemicals. COST 858. Viticulture (2003-2009) gathered scientists from 17 european labs, Australia and New Zealand around 5 work groups in order to promote networking on grapevine research.
The Action was interdisciplinary since expertises ranging from ecophysiology, epidemiology, physiology, genetics, cell biology and molecular biology were involved. In this context, the book illustrates various techniques that may contribute to a better characterization of the physiological status of the grapevine plant, and to develop molecular and genetic tools. The genome of grapevine has been sequenced in 2007, which opens many possibilities for genetic improvement through breeding and selection, and for the understanding of the plant response to climatic changes and to fungal, viral and insect diseases.

2010 | Action Number: B35

Free Radical Research: Special Issue on Lipid Peroxidation: Measurement, Consequences and Prevention

• Author(s): M. Davies, H. Sies and T. Grune (Ed)
• Publisher(s): Informa
• http://informahealthcare.com/toc/fra/44/10
• ISBN/ISSN: 1071-5762

2010 | Action Number: C26

Urban Habitat Constructions Under Catastrophic Events

• Author(s): F.M. Mazzolani et al. (Ed)
• Publisher(s): University of Malta
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-99909-44-40-2

2010 | Action Number: TU0701

Improving the quality of Suburban Building Stock

• Author(s): Roberto Di Guilio (Ed)
• Publisher(s): Faculty for the Built Environment, University of Malta
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-99932-0-880-8

2010 | Action Number: B26

European Consensus Document on OSA and Hypertension

• Author(s): G. Parati, C.Lombardi, J. Hedner, M.R. Bonsignore, L. Grote, R. Tkacova, P. Levy, R. Riha, C. Bassetti, M. Siccoli, K. Narkiewicz, V. Somers, G. Mancia and W. McNicholas
• Publisher(s): Momento Medico
• ISBN/ISSN: 88-8160-214-8

Consensus document on the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension. Joint recommendations by The European COST Action B26, The European Society of Hypertension and The European Respiratory Society.

2010 | Action Number: 298

Interacting with Broadband Society: Participation in Broadband Society Volume 1

• Author(s): L. Fortunati, J. Vincent, J. Gebhardt, A. Petrovcic and O. Vershinskaya (eds.)
• Publisher(s): Peter Lang
• http://www.peterlang.de/index.cfm?vID=58393&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=3&vUUR=4
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-631-58393-7

This book discusses the personal and social lives of e-actors interacting within the socio-technical structures of the evolving broadband society by exploring the different ways in which individuals, social groups, institutions, operators, manufactures, policy makers, designers and other parties contribute to human communication and social interaction in contemporary media societies. The volume covers four theoretical and empirical areas of research: the conceptual perspectives of e-actors, the emergence of new forms of agency, subjectivity, and mediated interpersonal communication, the everyday life experiences of e-actors, and finally the shaping policies and regulations in the broadband society.

2010 | Action Number: 298

Experiencing Broadband Society: Participation in Broadband Society Volume 2

• Author(s): J. Gebhardt, H. Greif, L. Raycheva, C. Lobet-Maris and A. Lasen (eds.)
• Publisher(s): Peter Lang
• http://www.peterlang.de/index.cfm?vID=58406&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-631-58406-4

This volume represents a collection of recent thinking and research on the social and cultural aspects of contemporary broadband societies by exploring the social experiences and practices of using new information and communication technologies (ICT) within different contexts and domains of the emerging broadband society. It offers a compendium of the latest thoughts and questions on digitally mediated citizenship, networked identity, and sociality in the 21st Century and covers four main themes and empirical areas of research: uses and practices of new media, with particular focus on underprivileged groups, new media and the social differentiation of their use, ICT use and sustainable development, and finally new technologies, new challenges.

2010 | Action Number: 924

Proceedings of the Third International Conference Postharvest Unlimited 2008

• Author(s): W.B. Herppich (ed)
• Publisher(s): ISHS
• http://www.actahort.org/books/858/
• ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-6605-206-2

The third international conference, Postharvest Unlimited 2008, organized by the Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering Postdam-Bornim, ATB under the auspices of COST Action 924 “Enhancement and Preservation of Quality and Health Promoting Components in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables” and ISHS was held at Humboldt Universät zu Berlin on 4-7 November 2008. Keynote speakers and authors of selected contributed oral presentations were given the opportunity to submit a manuscript for publication.