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Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change
Innovation is nowadays a question of life and death for many of the economies of the western world. Yet, due to our generally reductionist scientific paradigm, invention and innovation are rarely studied scientifically. Most work prefers to study its context and its consequences. As a result, we are as a society, lacking the scientific tools to understand, improve or otherwise impact on the processes of invention and innovation. This book delves deeply into that topic, taking the position that the complex systems approach, with its emphasis on ‘emergence’, is better suited than our traditional approach to the phenomenon. In a collection of very coherent papers, which are the result of an...
Willingness to Use Functional Breads
The present study focused on the role of the Health Belief Model (HBM) in predicting willingness to use functional breads, across four European countries: UK (N = 552), Italy (N = 504), Germany (N = 525) and Finland (N = 513). The behavioural evaluation components of the HBM (the perceived benefits and barriers conceptualized respectively as perceived healthiness and pleasantness) and the health motivation component were good predictors of willingness to use functional breads whereas threat perception components (perceived susceptibility and perceived anticipated severity) failed as predictors. This result was common in all four countries and across products. The role of 'cue to action' was ...
Communicating the Benefits of Wholegrain and Functional Grain Products to European Consumers
In order to increase the consumption of wholegrain products or grain products with functional properties, it is important to understand consumer beliefs about such products and the impact of health claims. In a series of consumer studies several differences were found between countries. While consumers in Finland, Italy and the UK saw wholegrain products as having positive attributes, those in Finland had more negative beliefs about refined grain products. Health claims and wholegrain labels increased perceived healthiness but had a less positive impact on likelihood of buying, and in Italy both health claims and wholegrain labels even decreased the likelihood of buying.
Energy Solutions for Smart Cities and Communities
This publication provides contributions and recommendations for the development of proposals for future policies at EU, national and local level regarding energy efficiency and use of renewable energy in buildings, urban development and sustainable communities in general. It is designed as a reference manual on key findings from CONCERTO, an EU-funding programme supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy projects at neighbourhood level within 58 sites in 23 countries. The projects have been analysed regarding their CO2-reduction, energy efficiency and use of renewable energy. Resulting policy recommendations have been put into the context of six topical issues of the sustainable energy debate and related to building regulations and energy performance. These issues are the challenge posed by Europe's inefficient building stock, the special role of public buildings as role models, funding and business models for such projects, planning and social aspects. -- EU Bookshop.
Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating Habits
Although in several EU Member States many public interventions have been running for the prevention and/or management of obesity and other nutritionrelated health conditions, few have yet been formally evaluated. The multidisciplinary team of the EATWELL project will gather benchmark data on healthy eating interventions in EU Member States and review existing information on the effectiveness of interventions using a three-stage procedure (i) Assessment of the intervention's impact on consumer attitudes, consumer behaviour and diets; (ii) The impact of the change in diets on obesity and health and (iii) The value attached by society to these changes, measured in life years gained, cost saving...
Pharmacogenomics
This work represents the first comprehensive publication in the innovative field of pharmacogenomics, a field which is set to revolutionize pharmaceutical research. In addition to renowned editors, the list of contributors is a "who-is-who" in the field. Broad coverage of all aspects of pharmacogenomics with a full presentation of applications to disease conditions is featured. Anyone involved in pharmaceutical research and drug development needs this book to keep up with this new and revolutionary approach
Transdisziplinär forschen - zwischen Ideal und gelebter Praxis
Die gelebte Praxis transdisziplinärer Forschung steht im Mittelpunkt der Analysen und Reflexionen dieses Buches. Den Erfahrungshintergrund bilden Projekte, in denen die Kooperation zwischen den Partnern aus Forschung und Praxis aus Sicht aller Beteiligten erfolgreich verlief. Dabei zeigt sich, dass es unterschiedliche Wege zum Erfolg gibt, die nicht alle »lehrbuchkonform« sind und sein müssen. Das Buch ermuntert dazu, transdisziplinäre Prozesse pragmatisch-kreativ anzugehen, ohne dabei den Qualitätsanspruch an transdisziplinäre Forschung aufzugeben. Das Buch entstand im Rahmen des Themenschwerpunkts »Vom Wissen zum Handeln – Neue Wege zum nachhaltigen Konsum«, der vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) 2008 – 2013 gefördert wurde. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.de
