Acest apel-petitie este deschis oricarui cetatean roman (semnaturi sunt colectate la www.petitieonline.ro/petitie-p09977063.html) si este adresat rectorilor universitatilor Romaniei. Domnilor si Doamnelor Rectori va rugam sa faceti publice cat mai rapid posibil cv-urile dumneavoastra stiintifice actualizate, care sa cuprinda printre altele numarul total de publicatii in jurnalele din fluxul principal (indexate de baza de date ISI-Thomson), numar

Great expectations Date published: (16 December 2010) To win a national bid to host a new European research facility is, for academics, akin to being chosen to hold the Olympic Games. The warm glow of prestige is matched by the flow of hard cash to regenerate land and communities, while the rush of the best scientific minds to the new equipment can give a major boost to national research performance. So the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania are

De pe Hotnews: "Aceasta este explicatia grevelor, manifestatiilor, boicotului, inclusiv prin manipularea studentilor, impotriva proiectului Legii Educatiei Nationale. Autonomia universitara si alte prevederi ale actualei Legi au fost interpretate si folosite pentru apararea intereselor oligarhiei academice si a profesorilor, nu si ale elevilor, studentilor si economiei tarii." http://www.campusnews.ro/stiri-opinii-7154295-profitorii-sistemului-educational-isi-apara-averile-salariile-ilegale.htm

Organizatia EduCer denunta cumulul de salarii de la buget in universitati si academii: "Nu intamplator, cei peste 70 de rectori din Consiliul National al Rectorilor s-au opus in unanimitate noului proiect al Legii Educatiei Nationale, pentru ca le afecteaza singurele interese care conteaza cu adevarat pentru domniile lor, puterea si banii. Cei care se opun noului proiect de lege a Educatiei Nationale sunt exact profitorii “sistemului” academic

O scrisoare deschisa initiata de Prof. Dr. Corina Ionescu (UBB) catre Prim-Ministrul Romaniei, Emil Boc si Ministrul Educatiei, Daniel Funeriu, referitoare la finantarea proiectelor IDEI 2007 si IDEI 2008 pentru anul 2010. Scrisoarea poate fi accesata si semnata la: http://bioge.ubbcluj.ro/~corina.ionescu/MEMORIU/SCRISOARE%20DESCHISA%20DLUI%20PRIM-MINISTRU.pdf Contact: corina.ionescu@ubbcluj.ro

Bogdan Onac from University of South Florida and UBB-Cluj (Romania) is part of a team discussing novel findings about rapid sea level changes in the journal Science. "ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2010) -- Theories about the rates of ice accumulation and melting during the Quaternary Period -- the time interval ranging from 2.6 million years ago to the present -- may need to be revised, thanks to research findings published by a University of Iowa researcher

Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their land to open ocean. The vulnerability is a result of sediment compaction from the removal of oil, gas and water from the delta's underlying sediments, the trapping of sediment in reservoirs upstream and floodplain engineering in combination with rising global sea level.

Previous studies suggest that the coccolithophorid haptophyte Emiliania huxleyi entered the Black Sea ~3400 yrs ago and since then a coccolith ooze defined asUnit I has developed.Unit I sediments contain long-chain alkenones derived fromE. huxleyi whereas the alkenone distribution of the deeper coccolith-free sapropel (Unit II) is rather unusual. Alkenone-derived past sea surface temperature (SST) estimates suggest a large difference between Unit

Angajarea unor evaluatori de calitate si obiectivi pentru cercetarea din Romania este cel mai important pas pentru reforma sistemului de cercetare. Revista Nature descrie solutia italiana la o problema similara: Italy outsources peer review to NIH http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090617/full/459900a.html

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