Research News
Rescheduled Host Meeting Dedicated to Traditional Chinese Medicine
The COVID-19 pandemic is presenting significant challenges for the world. We are reviewing developments and their impact on our event daily. The 8th Annual Meeting of Good Practice In Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Association (GP-TCM RA) is rescheduled to 2021.
Prof. Robert van Voren. Getting Ready for the Next One
It might seem premature to start a discussion about future pandemics, but in fact it is already overdue. Three months into the lock-down which has gripped the majority of people on the planet and has already had unprecedented effects on the global community, we can already see where many things have gone wrong and how at least some of the consequences could have been averted.
Prof. Robert van Voren. Lithuania Takes the Lead
When a month and a half ago I wrote a brief op-ed in 15min calling on people not to use the term “social distancing”, I did not expect such an overwhelming reaction. My “crie de couer” was the result of the feeling that the notion was a damaging one and only increased the isolation in which a significant portion of the population was already living due to psychosocial or physical disability or because of old age.
DeuS Project is Researching the Cultural and Creative Sector
DeuS, a regional Vocational Educational Training (VET) project that aims to unlock the potential of the cultural and creative sector in Europe, is organising four surveys for representatives of this sector.
Prof. Robert van Voren. Questionable Decisions
The COVID-19 pandemic has found the world completely unprepared, in spite of multiple warnings. It has given huge possibilities to authoritarian regimes and rulers who exploited the panic to introduce supervisory or restrictive measures that will be hard to undo. In my view, a key mistake in many if not most countries is the fact that advisory bodies did not include psychologists or psychiatrists.
VMU Scientists Created a Tool for Predictions of Coronavirus Spread
The number of infected people in Lithuania could exceed 3,000, while the spread of the virus will only be contained if quarantine restrictions are not significantly loosened for at least two more months. This is indicated by a new interactive mathematical model: a tool which can be used to conduct analysis and make decisions related to COVID-19. The model was created by researchers from Vytautas Magnus University (VMU): Prof. Juozas Augutis from the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, who is also the university’s rector, and PhD student Justinas Dainauskas from the Dept. of Applied Informatics.
