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In the University of the Salvador, the Vice-Chancellorship of Research and Development dictates the politicians referred to the investigation and conceives to the investigation like a service to the community, considering that the new knowledge are the base of the productive and social change.
Objectives of the Research Department Within the scope of the Vice-Chancellorship Research and Development, the Research Department pursues the following objectives:
Research Institutes and Laboratories Within the scope of the Vice-Chancellorship of Research and Development are Research Institutes which form part of the Vice-Chancellorship itself such as the Institute for Drug Addiction Prevention, The Environment and Ecology, the International Institute for Complex Thought ; the International Institute of Scientific Research with its Virtual Scientific Centre, the Institute of Corporation and Economy Law of the Mercosur and the International Institute of Studies and Formation on Government and Society. Taking these institutes into account, there are within the USAL: 26 Institutes, 4 Centres, 10 Areas and 1 Extension Chair that perform research activities. Similarly, the USAL has 52 laboratories, 1 room for Sylvan Prommetric Examination, 1 AATP room, 3 Weather Stations, 2 Hydrologic Stations, 4 Hydrometric Stations, 1 biotherium, 3 workshops and 1 astronomic observatory.
Annual Survey of the research activities According to the annual survey report of the Secretary for Technology, Science and Productive Innovation (SeTCIP) "Survey of the bodies carrying out scientific and technologic activites", 270 researchers were registered in our data base sponsored by the USAL (20 full- time, 102 part-time,27 technical staff, 95 support staff, 26 staff in other activities of S and T) for the period March 2002- March 2003; 46 researchers from the CONICET, 10 at our premises; 168 ad honorem researchers and 268 outside researchers belonging to national and international institutions who developed 122 research projects. As a result, 344 publications were issued, including books, chapters of books and articles in bulletins and in academic and scientific journals; and 172 reports and communications to congresses (14 international congresses and 32 national congresses).
Data Base and statistical information The main tool for the whole survey and processing of the research activities in the USAL is an operating data base. which covers information about researchers, examiners, projects, publications, communications and awards of the whole University. This constitutes reference material for doing statistical reports, designing different tables and relational graphs according to the required indicators, specific listings per year, unit, researchers and disciplines as well as for the acquisition of the scientific production indicators for decision making. Until the present time, the applications functional prototypes have been concluded in order to link the Researchers and Projects modules, with the data supporting them. At the same time reports have been done as well as surveys for the daily reports carried out by the Research Department. The whole list of researchers 1995-2002 has also been loaded on the data base.
Distance Learning Course on the Introduction to Scientific Research The course Distance Learning Course on the Introduction to Scientific Research is currently given at the International Institute of Scientific Research. The course involves delivering higher education that demands the interrelationship between classic knowledge and that derived from a permanent update which bring about a society undergoing constant transformation through the development of new information and communication technologies. The course is meant to provide tools for the introduction to scientific research that contributes to developing in the teacher skills to teach and understand scientific phenomena. The course begins in August 2004 and at present has 60 participants enrolled, with 48 students attending on a regular basis and 4 graduated students. Similarly, the course has been submitted to the Government of the City of Buenos Aires together with the Distance Learning programme according to the requirements requested by the Education Department -GCBA. The same material was presented to the following provinces: Córdoba, Entre Ríos, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan. Similarly, the province of Buenos Aires was asked for the sponsorship and declaration of interest.
Research at the USAL: Thematic Areas The USAL does research on several thematic areas such as: the environment and sustainable development, health, history, geography, linguistics and literature, psychology, psychopedagogy, psychoanthropology, Eastern studies, agronomy, food technology, biodiversity, the use of the energies, Environmental Law philosophy, complexity, social networks, sociology, social management, local development, volunteer work, territory distribution, urban planning, heritage, leisure, tourism, informatic development, Mercosur, law, distance learning, mathematics, social communication.
Multidisciplinary Research Programmes Within the Research Department ("VRID") multidisciplinary research programmes are coordinated by network with other institutions. At present, there are nine ongoing multidisciplinary programmes being developed; foreign institutions participate in three of them:Geo Cities; Globalization; Circumpole Studies Programme; International University Laboratory of Social Studies. Ethics and Globalized Economy: Volunteer Work and Social Networks; Society and Culture in the Globalization Processes; Legislation Harmonization; District, City and Local Community; Environmental Intergenerational Volunteer Work; Research Management and Administration at the USAL (Argentina).
International research Network and Programmes, teaching and cooperation The international research network and programmmes aim at generating interinstitutional room and links that contribute to training, updating, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary work together and knowledge transfer from a scientific, humanistic and comprehensive point of view . Some of the nets related with research in which the USAL participates are:
How USAL research becomes known The result of this research is shown in publications belonging to USAL, as well as in outside publications; besides, the abstracts of both the ongoing and finished research projects are published on the webpage: www.salvador.edu.ar/vrid/di/result.htm Here it is possible to refer to the virtual publication "Research at the USAL", containing: research Units at the USAL, Laboratories, Areas of the Research Department, Managemant Indicators (on researchers, projects and publications), USAL Support Areas to Research, Data Base and submittance to competitive selection processes.
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