Journal articles: 'Collaborative Research Centre'

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Steiner, Karl V., and Diane S. Kukich. "The Academic Research Centre." Industry and Higher Education 9, no. 3 (1995): 135–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229500900302.

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The authors argue that the academic research centre can perform an invaluable function in coordinating the flow of information and knowledge between academic departments in a university and between the university and industry. To illustrate their argument, they offer a case analysis of the Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware and show that the Center not only opens up new sources of funding and collaborative research opportunities, but also enhances the skills of the students who collaborate in its programmes. They also describe new federal funding initiatives and point out that recent US government programmes are continuing to integrate research centres to solve real-world problems in close cooperation with industry.

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McCay, Elizabeth, Kristin Cleverley, Audrey Danaher, and Naomi Mudachi. "Collaborative partnerships: bridging the knowledge practice gap in client-centred care in mental health." Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice 10, no. 1 (2015): 51–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmhtep-07-2014-0018.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a partnership, the Ryerson-Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Collaborative for Client-Centred and Family Sensitive Care Collaborative, between an urban university and tertiary care mental health facility to build capacity in using research evidence to support client-centred care. A cornerstone of the partnership was a study exploring the connection between effective interprofessional collaboration and the capacity to provide exemplary client-centred care in mental health. Design/methodology/approach – The Collaborative brings together organizations with shared values and a commitment to client-centred interprofessional care. It is a strategic approach in amplifying opportunities for the uptake of research evidence and knowledge transfer. One of the principal deliverables for the Collaborative was a multi-phased study exploring the relationship between team collaboration and client-centred care. Findings – Research findings identified a significant association between the level of team effectiveness and collaboration and the staffs’ perceived capacity to deliver client-centred care. Client and family member perspectives highlighted the importance of interprofessional team functioning and collaboration. The work of the Collaborative helped narrow the knowledge practice gap through: a research practicum to mentor graduate students; knowledge exchange and dissemination; and working with advanced practice staff to support change within the organization. Originality/value – Inter-organizational relationships, such as the Collaborative, support initiatives that accelerate the use of clinically relevant research and bridge the knowledge practice gap. A university/tertiary care teaching facility partnership represents a promising model for advancing and disseminating evidenced-based knowledge.

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Emery, Alan E. H. "The European Neuromuscular Centre (ENMC): importance of collaborative research." Neuromuscular Disorders 7, no. 2 (1997): 135–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0960-8966(97)00442-2.

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Hang, C. C. "Research collaboration in Singapore Promoting growth in a newly industrializing country." Industry and Higher Education 2, no. 3 (1988): 169–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042228800200307.

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This paper examines research conducted by the Faculty of Engineering that is relevant to a newly industrializing country like Singapore. It encourages the transfer of university research results through research collaboration with industry. The experience of Singapore in setting up an innovation centre to stimulate innovation and promote collaborative research with industry is presented. Its success depends greatly on the commitment of the management, and this includes devising various measures to encourage staff participation in collaborative research.

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Togher, Leanne. "Improving Communication for People with Brain Injury in the 21st Century: The Value of Collaboration." Brain Impairment 14, no. 1 (2013): 130–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/brimp.2013.3.

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This paper describes the value of collaboration from two perspectives. The first perspective highlights the benefit of teaching communication partners collaborative communication strategies to facilitate the interactions of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Collaborative strategies encompass the provision of collaborative intent, emotional and cognitive support, positive questioning styles and collaborative turn taking. Translating research outcomes into accessible resources is described with reference to the TBI Express website which has video demonstrations of conversation strategies for communication partners of people with TBI. The broader meaning of collaboration is also discussed, with particular focus on the advantages collaboration can provide in advancing rehabilitation outcomes for people with acquired brain injury, their families and social networks. Collaboration is described in terms of encompassing all relevant contributors to the development of research advances, including people with acquired brain injury, their families and social networks, stakeholders, clinicians, peak bodies, students and researchers. Two examples of large-scale research collaborations occurring within Australia are described, including the NHMRC Clinical Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation and the NHMRC Moving Ahead Centre for Research Excellence in Brain Recovery, also known as Moving Ahead.

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Girgensohn, Katrin, Íde O'Sullivan, Ann-Marie Eriksson, and Gina Henry. "A Cross‐national View on the Organisational Perspective of Writing Centre Work: the Writing Centre Exchange Project (WCEP)." Journal of Academic Writing 10, no. 1 (2020): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.18552/joaw.v10i1.603.

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This paper gives insights into research conducted within the Writing Centre Exchange Project (WCEP), a research collaboration among three university writing centres in Sweden, Germany and Ireland, which focuses on organisational perspectives on writing centre work. WCEP rests on the theoretical framework of institutional work. Previous research, conducted in US writing centres, developed a model of institutional work in writing centres that includes specific Strategic Action Fields (SAFs) and collaborative learning as a means to interact with stakeholders. By using this model, WCEP has targeted ongoing institutional work intended to establish and sustain missions, goals and activities in and around writing centres. Drawing on participatory action research, WCEP explores the extent to which the institutional work at the three European writing centres correlates with the model. The main findings show that indeed the same strategic action fields are relevant, but furthermore, different subcategories emerge depending on the local context. This paper explores some of the subcategories that differ and draws conclusions for the institutional work of writing centre directors.

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Thomson, Alan J., and Al Mitchell. "Collaborative knowledge management for long-term research sites." Forestry Chronicle 75, no. 3 (1999): 491–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc75491-3.

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Collaboration is a feature of all stages in the development and implementation of long-term research sites, and has traditionally occurred through the medium of face-to-face meetings. However, the recent development of Groupware software products permits collaboration and knowledge management over the Internet. A range of World Wide Web-based systems currently in operational use at the Pacific Forestry Centre are reviewed in terms of their capacity for knowledge management and their ability to facilitate collaboration. The manner in which the systems integrate World Wide Web and database technologies is described. We present a description of a prototype knowledge management system to facilitate dynamic, web-based collaborative construction of concept graphs and relationships. These will help researchers reach consensus on concepts and assumptions, make differences explicit to facilitate experimental resolution, and elicit knowledge from researchers external to the project. Key words: World Wide Web, java applets, perl, database

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Meichsner, Juergen. "Transregional Collaborative Research Centre “Fundamentals of Complex Plasmas” Greifswald - Kiel." Plasma Processes and Polymers 2, no. 9 (2005): 715. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.200500101.

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Day-Duro, Emma, Guy Lubitsh, and Gillian Smith. "Understanding and investing in healthcare innovation and collaboration." Journal of Health Organization and Management 34, no. 4 (2020): 469–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhom-07-2019-0206.

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PurposeTo understand the partnership between clinicians and academics who come together to provide high-quality care alongside research and innovation, identifying challenges and productive conditions for innovation and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams.Design/methodology/approachAn explorative action research methodology was adopted. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 clinical, academic and executive leads at a large metropolitan tertiary care hospital with an academic health services portfolio in the UK.FindingsClinical leaders recognise the division of limited resource, restrictive employment contracts and the divergent priorities of each organisation as challenges hindering the collaborative process and derailing innovation. Developing a culture of respect, valuing and investing in individuals and allowing time and space for interaction help facilitate successful innovation and collaboration. Successfully leading collaborative innovation requires a combination of kindness, conviction and empowerment, alongside the articulation of a vision and accountability.Research limitations/implicationsAction research continues at this site, and further enquiry into the experiences, challenges and solutions of non-leaders when collaborating and innovating will be captured to present views across the organisation.Practical implicationsClinical and academic collaboration and innovation are essential to the continued success of healthcare. To ensure hospitals can continue to facilitate this in increasingly challenging circumstances, they must ensure longevity and stability of teams, devote time and resource to research and innovation, nurture interpersonal skills and develop kind and empowering leaders.Originality/valueThis work uniquely focuses on a real-time collaborative and innovative development. By employing action research while this development was happening, we were able to access the real time views of those at the centre of that collaboration. We offer insight into the challenges and effective solutions that consultant-level clinical leaders encounter when attempting to innovate and collaborate in practice.

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Curdt, Constanze, and Dirk Hoffmeister. "Research data management services for a multidisciplinary, collaborative research project." Program: electronic library and information systems 49, no. 4 (2015): 494–512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/prog-02-2015-0016.

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Purpose – Research data management (RDM) comprises all processes, which ensure that research data are well-organized, documented, stored, backed up, accessible, and reusable. RDM systems form the technical framework. The purpose of this paper is to present the design and implementation of a RDM system for an interdisciplinary, collaborative, long-term research project with focus on Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere data. Design/methodology/approach – The presented RDM system is based on a three-tier (client-server) architecture. This includes a file-based data storage, a database-based metadata storage, and a self-designed user-friendly web-interface. The system is designed in cooperation with the local computing centre, where it is also hosted. A self-designed interoperable, project-specific metadata schema ensures the accurate documentation of all data. Findings – A RDM system has to be designed and implemented according to requirements of the project participants. General challenges and problems of RDM should be considered. Thus, a close cooperation with the scientists obtains the acceptance and usage of the system. Originality/value – This paper provides evidence that the implementation of a RDM system in the provided and maintained infrastructure of a computing centre offers many advantages. Consequently, the designed system is independent of the project funding. In addition, access and re-use of all involved project data is ensured. A transferability of the presented approach to another interdisciplinary research project was already successful. Furthermore, the designed metadata schema can be expanded according to changing project requirements.

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van der Graaf, Peter, Mandy Cheetham, Amelia Lake, et al. "Mobilising knowledge in public health: reflections on ten years of collaborative working in Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health." Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice 16, no. 4 (2020): 673–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204080519x15619879036817.

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Background: Fuse was established in 2008 as one of five public health research centres of excellence in the UK funded by the UK Clinical Research Centres collaboration. The centre works across five universities in the North East of England. This is an innovative collaboration and enables the pooling of research expertise. A prime focus of the centre is not just the production of excellent research, but also its translation into usable evidence, a dual focus that remains uncommon.Aims/objectives: This practice paper outlines Fuse’s approach to knowledge exchange (KE) by reflecting on ten years of collaborative research between academics and policy and practice partners in the North East of England. We will describe the principles and assumption underlying our approach and outline a conceptual model of four steps in Fuse’s KE process to develop collaborative research and achieve meaningful impact on policy and practice.Key conclusions: Our model describes a fluid and dynamic approach to knowledge exchange broken down in four steps in the KE process that are concurrent, iterative and vary in intensity over time: awareness raising; knowledge sharing; making evidence fit for purpose; and supporting uptake and implementation of evidence. These steps support the relational context of KE. Relationship building and maintenance is essential for all stages of KE to develop trust and explore the meaning and usefulness of evidence in a multi-directional information flow that supports the co-creating and application of evidence.

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Cavadas, Ana. "Visualising the Collaboration Network of a European Marine Research Infrastructure." U.Porto Journal of Engineering 6, no. 2 (2020): 98–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.24840/2183-6493_006.002_0009.

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Collaboration has been recognised as an effective mean to foster the performance of research organisations. Throughout the years, numerous initiatives and investments have been made towards building research capacity and promoting collaborative research. With a focus on the effects of the implementation of a distributed Research Infrastructure on Marine Sciences – the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), this study applies bibliometric approaches and social network theory to examine the structure, characteristics and trends in the collaboration network of the European Marine Sciences research community over the last 20 years.

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Kurdve, Martin, Anna Bird, and Jens Laage-Hellman. "Establishing SME–university collaboration through innovation support programmes." Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 31, no. 8 (2020): 1583–604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmtm-09-2018-0309.

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PurposeThe research purpose is to analyse when and how innovation support programmes (ISPs) can affect collaboration between universities and established small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The paper specifically considers SME’s absorptive capacity.Design/methodology/approachA Swedish research centre is studied in the context of innovation support and two of its SME-ISPs are examined with regards to industry–university collaboration and impact on firm innovation capabilities. Data collection and analysis are performed, using interviews, survey answers, document search and reflectional analysis to evaluate processes and effects of the centre and the programmes.FindingsA developed research centre, integrated into both academia and industry, can support translational collaboration and promote SME innovation absorptive capacity. The action learning elements and the organisational development approaches used when coaching in the ISPs contribute to the SMEs internal absorption capacity and collaborational skills. Organising collaboration into ISPs can provide a relational path to future collaboration with universities, which, for example start with student projects.Research limitations/implicationsThe study, though limited to one Swedish region, adds to empirical innovation research as it connects industry–university collaboration and absorptive capacity to organisational learning.Practical implicationsThe empirical results indicate possible long-term gains for industry and universities in building collaborative innovation into SME-ISPs.Originality/valueThe contribution of this study pertains to the practice of innovation support for established SMEs with the inclusion of absorption capacity and collaborative innovation development.

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Smith, David Anthony, Tingyan Wang, Oliver Freeman, et al. "National Institute for Health Research Health Informatics Collaborative: development of a pipeline to collate electronic clinical data for viral hepatitis research." BMJ Health & Care Informatics 27, no. 3 (2020): e100145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2020-100145.

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ObjectiveThe National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Informatics Collaborative (HIC) is a programme of infrastructure development across NIHR Biomedical Research Centres. The aim of the NIHR HIC is to improve the quality and availability of routinely collected data for collaborative, cross-centre research. This is demonstrated through research collaborations in selected therapeutic areas, one of which is viral hepatitis.DesignThe collaboration in viral hepatitis identified a rich set of datapoints, including information on clinical assessment, antiviral treatment, laboratory test results and health outcomes. Clinical data from different centres were standardised and combined to produce a research-ready dataset; this was used to generate insights regarding disease prevalence and treatment response.ResultsA comprehensive database has been developed for potential viral hepatitis research interests, with a corresponding data dictionary for researchers across the centres. An initial cohort of 960 patients with chronic hepatitis B infections and 1404 patients with chronic hepatitis C infections has been collected.ConclusionFor the first time, large prospective cohorts are being formed within National Health Service (NHS) secondary care services that will allow research questions to be rapidly addressed using real-world data. Interactions with industry partners will help to shape future research and will inform patient-stratified clinical practice. An emphasis on NHS-wide systems interoperability, and the increased utilisation of structured data solutions for electronic patient records, is improving access to data for research, service improvement and the reduction of clinical data gaps.

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Tso, MK, M. Bigder, A. Dakson, et al. "C.05 Canadian neurosurgery operative landscape." Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques 43, S2 (2016): S12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2016.71.

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Background: The Canadian Neurosurgery Research Collaborative (CNRC) is a trainee-led multi-centre collaboration made up of representatives from 12 of 14 neurosurgical centres with residency programs. To demonstrate the potential of this collaborative network, we gathered administrative operative data from each centre in order to provide a snapshot of the operative landscape in Canadian neurosurgery. Methods: Residents from each training program provided adult neurosurgical operative data for the 2014 calendar year, including the number of surgeries in the subcategories cranial, spinal, and peripheral nerve. Because some residency programs have surgeries distributed among more than one hospital, we calculated mean case load per residency program and per hospital. Results: Interim results from 6 neurosurgery residency programs are presented (with data from other programs forthcoming). Overall, there were on average 2,352 operative cases per residency program (n=6) and 1,176 operative cases per adult hospital (n=12). Among 5 programs with more detailed operative data, the mean numbers of cranial, spinal, peripheral nerve, and miscellaneous surgeries per residency program were 757 (47%), 487 (30%), 47 (3%), and 319 (20%) respectively. Conclusions: We show as a proof-of-concept that a trainee-led nation-wide research collaborative can generate meaningful data in a Canadian context.

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Bryant, Katie, Codie Fortin Lalonde, Rachel Robinson, and Trixie G. Smith. "Writing and Research Across the Globe: An Innovative North-North-South-South Collaboration." Canadian Journal for Studies in Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie 30 (August 26, 2020): 200–222. http://dx.doi.org/10.31468/cjsdwr.809.

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This article is based on various versions of a panel presented at multiple writing centre and writing studies conferences as well as conversations across partners. Our perspectives come from discussions between our four universities before, during, and after an initial global North/global South writing support partnership meeting in the summer of 2018. During that summer, four universities (two in southern Africa and two in North America) partnered to begin a collaborative project of capacity building in the areas of writing centres and writing support across all levels of these universities, offering writing support to undergraduate and graduate students as well as early-career researchers/faculty. In this article, we share some of our ongoing concerns and considerations for ensuring this partnership moves forward in a collaborative, egalitarian, decolonial way that avoids both Western colonial and neo-colonial approaches to capacity building and program development. Reflections in this article can perhaps inform others working in the field of writing centre scholarship wanting to build similar global collaborations.

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Kirkpatrick, Andy. "Research into language education at The Research Centre for Language Education and Acquisition in Multilingual Societies (RCLEAMS) at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, China." Language Teaching 44, no. 3 (2011): 394–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0261444811000139.

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The Research Centre for Language Education and Acquisition in Multilingual Societies (RCLEAMS) is one of four Institute-level Research Centres at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). The principal aim of RCLEAMS is to study multilingual acquisition, language contact and the respective roles of different languages of education in contexts where the languages are not cognate (and where the scripts are often different), in order to be able to better understand the processes and issues involved and to inform governments and language policy-makers. Our particular focus is on Asian languages, including, of course, Chinese, and English. Further details about RCLEAMS, including our specific objectives and international partners, can be found at the website (www.ied.edu.hk/rcleams/). While RCLEAMS itself is relatively small, with only four full-time researchers, we conduct collaborative research with colleagues from the Institute itself, other universities in Hong Kong and with a number of international partners. There are also some thirty doctoral students in the field of language education who work closely with the Centre. We invite anyone who might be interested in working collaboratively with us to get in touch. This report will summarise current and recently completed research projects.

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Calle, Elio Pérez. "LeaRN: A Collaborative Learning-Research Network for a WLCG Tier-3 Centre." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 331, no. 8 (2011): 082012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/331/8/082012.

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Angelow, A., K. Weitmann, M. Schmidt, et al. "The German Transregional Collaborative Research Centre ‘Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy – Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapy’." Cardiology 113, no. 3 (2009): 222–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000203404.

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Rickheit, G., and I. Wachsmuth. "Collaborative Research Centre ?Situated Artificial Communicators? at the University of Bielefeld, Germany." Artificial Intelligence Review 10, no. 3-4 (1996): 165–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00127677.

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Preuss, Nils, Georg Staudter, Moritz Weber, Reiner Anderl, and Peter F. Pelz. "Methods and Technologies for Research- and Metadata Management in Collaborative Experimental Research." Applied Mechanics and Materials 885 (November 2018): 170–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.885.170.

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Newly developed technologies and methods for the purpose of controlling uncertainty in technical systems must be proven and validated against reliable experimental studies. The availability of descriptive metadata is mandatory to enable long term usability and sharing of such experimental research data. This article introduces a concept for a software independent solution for managing data in collaborative research environments. The proposed approach leverages the advantages of capturing metadata in a uniform, modular data structure and providing software independent access to a centralized data repository as well as its contents by means of a web-application. The article presents a prototype implementation of the proposed approach and discusses its application on the demonstrator test rig of a collaborative research centre in the field of mechanical engineering.

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White, Jonathan. "Report on ACIS Conference, ‘The Importance of Italy’, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, September 2001." Modern Italy 7, no. 2 (2002): 201–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1353294022000012989.

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Italian programmes can now be taken in fteen of Australia's thirty-nine universities-a contraction from their offer in twenty-six universities in 1990. In order to promote collaboration among Italianists and Italian scholars in both Australia and New Zealand, the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) was established in 2000, under a management representing seven universities. ACIS’ work includes the organization of conferences (the next to be held at the University of Western Australia in July 2003), sponsorship of collaborative research projects and the award of annual scholarships for Honours and postgraduate students to work in Italy.

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Worsley, Marcelo, Khalil Anderson, Natalie Melo, and JooYoung Jang. "Designing Analytics for Collaboration Literacy and Student Empowerment." Journal of Learning Analytics 8, no. 1 (2021): 30–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.18608/jla.2021.7242.

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Collaboration has garnered global attention as an important skill for the 21st century. While researchers have been doing work on collaboration for nearly a century, many of the questions that the field is investigating overlook the need for students to learn how to read and respond to different collaborative settings. Existing research focuses on chronicling the various factors that predict the effectiveness of a collaborative experience, or on changing user behaviour in the moment. These are worthwhile research endeavours for developing our theoretical understanding of collaboration. However, there is also a need to centre student perceptions and experiences with collaboration as an important area of inquiry. Based on a survey of 131 university students, we find that student collaboration-related concerns can be represented across seven different categories or dimensions: Climate, Compatibility, Communication, Conflict, Context, Contribution, and Constructive. These categories extend prior research on collaboration and can help the field ensure that future collaboration analytics tools are designed to support the ways that students think about and utilize collaboration. Finally, we describe our instantiation of many of these dimensions in our collaborative analytics tool, BLINC, and suggest that these seven dimensions can be instructive for re-orienting the Multimodal Learning Analytics (MMLA) and collaboration analytics communities.

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Klaus, Alexander, and Matthias Kleiner. "Research for a Flexible Production of Lightweight Space Frame Structures." Advanced Materials Research 10 (February 2006): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.10.1.

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This paper presents the focus of research and the structure of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TR10 „Integration of Forming, Cutting, and Joining for the Flexible Production of Lightweight Structures” funded in 2003 by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Driven by the demands of low volume production. The aim of the Research Centre is to investigate the scientific basis and methods to design integrated process chains for the flexible manufacture of space frame structures.

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Stevenson, Brian. "Collaborative practice re-energises bioscience teaching in schools." Microbiology Australia 31, no. 1 (2010): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ma10027.

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This year marks the first decade of operations for the Gene Technology Access Centre (GTAC). The decade has seen a grassroots initiative by a small group of eminent research scientists and dedicated personnel from the University High School in Melbourne grow into a specialist education centre in cell and molecular biology that attracts over 6000 students and their teachers each year. GTAC has not only refocused student and teacher attention on the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary biology, but has also highlighted how a ?centre model for learning?, based upon collaboration and partnerships, can exist within ?the school system? and meet the needs of students and teachers from across Victoria and beyond.

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Amann, Markus C. "Collaborative Research Centre of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Semiconductor Nanometer Devices Fundamentals– Concepts– Realisations." physica status solidi (c) 1, no. 8 (2004): 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.200490014.

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Gaudet, Janice Cindy, and Carmen Chilton. "Milo Pimatisiwin Project." International Journal of Indigenous Health 13, no. 1 (2018): 20–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v13i1.30264.

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The Milo Pimatisiwin Project is a community-centred initiative of John Delaney Youth Centre in the Moose Cree First Nation community in the James Bay region, Ontario, Canada. This article describes the creation of this collaborative youth-centred project and how it re-centres Indigenous values and conception of health and wellbeing. The article begins with an overview of the Cree philosophy of milo pimatisiwin, “good and healthy living.” This sets the background for the focus of the article, namely the significance of sharing pimatisiwin teachings over the local youth radio station and within land-based initiatives. The study includes the project results and feedback from the youth engaged in the project. It also describes the Youth Services Director’s vision and leadership efforts to enhance culturally relevant programming at the Youth Centre. Finally, it discusses lessons learned in the project and suggests best ways to enhance wellbeing in community-engaged research initiatives. The aim is to privilege Indigenous people, their knowledge and experiences, and their critical role in decolonizing notions of health and wellbeing within research practices and community-centred initiatives.

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Burvill, C. R., and A. E. Samuel. "Engineering Centres as Targets for Industrial Innovation." Industry and Higher Education 13, no. 1 (1999): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229901300108.

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The Engineering Design Group (EDG) at the University of Melbourne has forged an ongoing teaching, research, design and development liaison programme with industrial partners, in particular with small and medium-sized enterprises. A government-sponsored centre, the Advanced Engineering Centre for Manufacturing has provided the necessary financial and human resources to facilitate this collaborative work. The EDG collaborative programme incorporates a staged liaison model: short-horizon senior undergraduate industrial projects and medium-horizon product design and development opportunities that can include training for industry clients, leading to long-horizon collaborative projects that attempt to enhance the technologies used in Australian industry.

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Hosein Mardani, Amir, and Shahram Abdiazar. "Global research status in leading nuclear science and technology journals during 2001-2010." Library Review 63, no. 4/5 (2014): 324–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lr-02-2013-0014.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to make an assessment of the global status of research in nuclear science and technology (NST) publications. Design/methodology/approach – The present bibliometric study is based on bibliographic data that were retrieved from the Web of Science during 2001-2010. In all, 85,198 records published by the 35 journals under the category of NST in the database of Journal Citation Reports were assessed in terms of many aspects. A further assessment has been made using advanced bibliometric indicators such as field citation scores and collaboration network analysis using the NetDraw software. Findings – Unlike research-prolific countries, the annual growth rates of publications for most developing countries have experienced an evident leap. The highest scientific impact and productivity among the publications belonged to the International Journal of Radiation Biology (10.46). A limited group of prolific authors produced a considerable portion of the publications, among whom, Japanese authors had the most contributions. The USA is in the centre of the international collaborative network illustration and is also the main partner of most of the research-prolific countries. Nuclear physics has the greatest field normalised measured impact ratios (CPP/FCSm = 4.2) among the publications, which signifies its inherent impact on NST research. In general, like the inter-institutional collaborative publications, the internationally collaborative publications are more frequently cited and therefore have a higher scientific impact. Originality/value – The paper could aid to show collaborative research in the NST journals and assess the research performance of the NST.

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Damm, Oliver, and Willie du Preez. "Progress Made by the South African Light Metals Development Network." Materials Science Forum 618-619 (April 2009): 147–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.618-619.147.

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Through focused investment by the CSIR, the South African Innovation Fund, the Automotive Industry Development Centre and the Department of Science and Technology over the past eight years, the national Light Metals Development Network has been established and grown into a well aligned collaborative research and development programme. The research and development focus has been primarily on aluminium and titanium technologies as applied in the automotive and aerospace industry sectors, with the latter growing in prominence over the past three years. Since 2009 the titanium-related research and development activities have been consolidated in a Titanium Centre of Competence. This paper provides an overview of the current status of the programme, the R&D focus areas, the collaborating entities and the industry involvement. It also highlights some of the significant achievements of the network and notable outputs produced. The Titanium Centre of Competence as a vehicle for strengthening industrial research and innovation capabilities in specific fields of technology is discussed and some initial experiences are shared.

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Weckenmann, Albert, Lorenz-Peter Schmidt, and Martin Bookjans. "Collaborative Research Centre 694 “Integration of electronic components into mobile systems”–Motivation and survey." Physics Procedia 5 (2010): 719–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2010.08.104.

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Nevill, Alexander. "Cinematography and filmmaking research." Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, no. 17 (July 1, 2019): 188–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.33178/alpha.17.13.

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This paper offers an overview of a recent practice-led doctoral enquiry which examined lighting techniques used by cinematographers and more widely amongst practitioners working with moving imagery. This research was completed in the Digital Cultures Research Centre at UWE Bristol and funded by the AHRC 3d3 Centre for Doctoral Training. The paper specifically reflects on three strands of enquiry which existed in dialogue with one another, showing how the mutual interaction and reinforcement between scholarly activity, collaborative film production and independent creative experimentation were fundamental to the approach and direction of the research. Amongst a wider contribution, this doctoral research can be seen as methodologically innovative, providing a more detailed first-hand investigation into lighting processes than is currently available by using autoethnographic methods to capture practical knowledge that is deployed in situ during moving image production. The paper discusses this novel use of autoethnography within practice-research and also explains how the resulting evidence was incorporated in the thesis through a layered approach to writing.

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Tur, Simone Ulalka, Faye Rosas Blanch, and Christopher Wilson. "Developing a Collaborative Approach to Standpoint in Indigenous Australian Research." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 39, S1 (2010): 58–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/s1326011100001149.

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AbstractThe notion of Indigenous epistemologies and “ways of knowing” continues to be undervalued within various academic disciplines, particularly those who continue to draw upon “scientific” approaches that colonise Indigenous peoples today. This paper will examine the politics of contested knowledge from the perspective of three Indigenous researchers who work within Yunggorendi First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research at Flinders University in South Australia. In particular, the authors outline a collective process that has emerged from conversations regarding their research projects and responding to what Ladson-Billings and Donnor (2008, p. 371) refer to as the “call”. In developing an Indigenous standpoint specific to their own disciplines and their research context, the authors demonstrate how these collective conversations between each other and their communities in which they work have informed their research practices and provided a common framework which underpins their research methodologies.

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Palkowski, Heinz, and Kai Michael Rudolph. "Research for Creation of High-Strength Structures and Joints by Setting up Local Material Properties." Advanced Materials Research 22 (August 2007): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.22.1.

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This paper presents the focus of research and the structure of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 675 “Creation of High-Strength Structures and Joints by setting up local material properties” funded in 2006 by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

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Slaughter, Yvette, Julie Choi, David Nunan, Hayley Black, Rebecca Grimaud, and Hân Trinh. "The affordances and limitations of collaborative research in the TESOL classroom." TESOL in Context 29, no. 2 (2020): 35–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/tesol2020vol29no2art1433.

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   The diversity of learning needs within the TESOL field creates inherent tensions between the need for targeted professional learning for TESOL teachers, the more generalist nature of tertiary TESOL courses, and the varied research interests of teacher educators. This article describes a collaborative research project between university-based teacher educators and TESOL teachers working in an adult education centre. With a range of aims amongst the research participants, this article reports on the ‘fluid’ and ‘messy’ process of collaborative research (Burns & Edwards, 2014, p. 67) as we investigate the use of identity texts (Cummins & Early, 2011) as a mediating tool for professional learning. In acknowledging the practice of teaching as highly situated, the data presented focuses on the individual experience of each teacher, voiced through an action research frame, before we discuss the achievements and challenges which emerged through this collaborative research process. In the findings, we argue for the importance of championing the case for the messy processes of collaborative research within the broader research academy.  

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Kaliki, Swathi, Xunda Ji, Yihua Zou, et al. "Lag Time between Onset of First Symptom and Treatment of Retinoblastoma: An International Collaborative Study of 692 Patients from 10 Countries." Cancers 13, no. 8 (2021): 1956. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13081956.

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Background: The relationship between lag time and outcomes in retinoblastoma (RB) is unclear. In this study, we aimed to study the effect of lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis of retinoblastoma (RB) in countries based on their national-income and analyse its effect on the outcomes. Methods: We performed a prospective study of 692 patients from 11 RB centres in 10 countries from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. Results: The following factors were significantly different among different countries based on national-income level: age at diagnosis of RB (p = 0.001), distance from home to nearest primary healthcare centre (p = 0.03) and mean lag time between detection of first symptom to visit to RB treatment centre (p = 0.0007). After adjusting for country income, increased lag time between onset of symptoms and diagnosis of RB was associated with higher chances of an advanced tumour at presentation (p < 0.001), higher chances of high-risk histopathology features (p = 0.003), regional lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001), systemic metastasis (p < 0.001) and death (p < 0.001). Conclusions: There is a significant difference in the lag time between onset of signs and symptoms and referral to an RB treatment centre among countries based on national income resulting in significant differences in the presenting features and clinical outcomes.

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Thong, Christine, and Simon Jackson. "Microwave Modified Timber: Collaborative Research Integrating Product Design for New Materials Development." Advanced Materials Research 284-286 (July 2011): 615–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.284-286.615.

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The process of new materials development traditionally employs science and engineering based inquiry in the initial phases. This paper explores how product design can help determine the feasibility of new materials for commercial application earlier and provide benefits of reduced timeframes, cost and risk factors. It discusses a case study of new materials development based on Microwave Modified Timber Technology, set in the context of an Australian Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) for Wood Innovations. The study supports benefits in early integration of product design research into new materials development processes.

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Zhu, Yan, and Dingfang Shu. "The Haitong Project: Exploring a collaborative approach to implement TBLT in primary classrooms in China." Language Teaching 50, no. 4 (2017): 579–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0261444817000180.

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As one of the two ‘educational special zones’ in China, Shanghai is launching a new round of curriculum reforms centring on lide shuren, viz. ‘fostering integrity and promoting rounded development of people’ (Hu 2012). Apart from piloting a new plan for Gaokao, the national college entrance examination in 2014, a ground-breaking endeavour by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission was to establish 17 key research centres at higher institutions for 16 basic education subjects in an effort to push forward city-wide curriculum innovations through in-depth university-school collaborations. Founded in 2016, the Shanghai Centre for Research in English Language Education (SCRELE) is one of these key research platforms.

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Chao, Ining Tracy, Tami Saj, and Doug Hamilton. "Using collaborative course development to achieve online course quality standards." International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning 11, no. 3 (2010): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v11i3.912.

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The issue of quality is becoming front and centre as online distance education moves into the mainstream of higher education. Many believe collaborative course development is the best way to design quality online courses. This research uses a case study approach to probe into the collaborative course development process and the implementation of quality standards at a Canadian university. Four cases are presented to discuss the effects of the faculty member/instructional designer relationship on course quality, as well as the issues surrounding the use of quality standards as a development tool. Findings from the study indicate that the extent of collaboration depends on the degree of course development and revision required, the nature of the established relationship between the faculty member and designer, and the level of experience of the faculty member. Recommendations for the effective use of quality standards using collaborative development processes are provided.

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Melles, Gavin. "Co-design in the Context of Collaborative Research Centre Projects: Homeowner DIY Renovation Design Fictions." International Journal of Architectonic, Spatial, and Environmental Design 12, no. 1 (2018): 11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2325-1662/cgp/v12i01/11-26.

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Santos, Manuel, and Kevin Morgan. "Developing creative team games players: From jazz to sport coaching." International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 14, no. 2 (2019): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747954119834397.

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Traditional coaching methods position coaches at the centre of the learning process and do not encourage players to think creatively. This study challenged this assertion, through the application of pedagogical principles reported in jazz-related literature, which argue that creativity is best developed through collaboration. As such, the study aimed to develop players’ creativity, through the application of pedagogical principles reported in jazz-related literature. An action research design was implemented, during a 14-weeks period, with a youth volleyball squad. Results demonstrated an impact upon match play; players showed their enhanced appreciation of the game’s complexity, by experimenting, collaborating, and generating creative solutions to challenges emerging within matches. In addition, the implementation of collaborative practices positively impacted upon the players’ communication habits, which were both more frequent and effective. Although players demonstrated a similar modus operandi to jazz musicians, this study represents the first step in what coaches can learn from jazz creativity, and therefore further research is required to corroborate or challenge the results attained.

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Procter, Simon. "Parents, Children and Their Therapists. A Collaborative Research Project Examining Therapist-Parent Interactions in a Music Therapy Clinic." British Journal of Music Therapy 19, no. 2 (2005): 45–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135945750501900203.

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This paper reports on a collaborative research project, conducted at the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, London, which investigated parental involvement (including therapist-parent interactions) in their children's music therapy. It observes a tension between therapists' dual concerns on the one hand to preserve confidentiality and on the other to inform and support parents in relation to their child's music therapy. It suggests a reformulation of confidentiality based on the development of relationships founded on trust and the supported exercise of informed judgement. The collaborative research process, although unusual in music therapy, is considered to have much to offer.

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McCann, Brendan, Riccardo Muhr, Noelle O’Rourke, et al. "ADVANCE-1: An adapted collaborative benchmarking approach in centre-based lung cancer care." Lung Cancer 151 (January 2021): 44–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2020.11.019.

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Gibson, Megan, and Nadine McAllister. "Big Art Small Viewer: A Collaborative Community Project." Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 6, no. 2 (2005): 204–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2005.6.2.9.

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Campus Kindergarten is a community-based centre for early childhood education and care located on campus at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane, Australia. Being located within this diverse community has presented many opportunities for Campus Kindergarten. It is creating and embracing possibilities that has formed the basis for ongoing projects for children and teachers involving research and investigation. In 2002 Campus Kindergarten embarked on a collaborative project with the Art Museum bringing together these two departments within the university community.

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Sorensen, Jarle Lowe, Eric D. Carlström, Leif Inge Magnussen, Tae-eun Kim, Atle Martin Christiansen, and Glenn-Egil Torgersen. "Old dogs, new tricks? A Norwegian study on whether previous collaboration exercise experience impacted participant’s perceived exercise effect." International Journal of Emergency Services 8, no. 2 (2019): 122–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijes-04-2018-0025.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceived effects of a maritime cross-sector collaboration exercise. More specifically, this study aims to examine whether past exercise experience had an impact on the operative exercise participant’s perceived levels of collaboration, learning and usefulness. Design/methodology/approach This was a non-experimental quantitative survey-based study. A quantitative methodology was chosen over qualitative or mixed-methods methodologies as it was considered more suitable for data extraction from larger population groups, and allowed for the measurement and testing of variables using statistical methods and procedures (McCusker and Gunaydin, 2015). Data were collected from a two-day 2017 Norwegian full-scale maritime chemical oil-spill pollution exercise with partners from Norway, Germany, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden. The exercise included international public emergency response organizations and Norwegian non-governmental organizations. The study was approved by the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (ref. 44815) and the exercise planning organization. Data were collected using the collaboration, learning and utility (CLU) scale, which is a validated instrument designed to measure exercise participant’s perceived levels of collaboration, learning and usefulness (Berlin and Carlström, 2015). Findings The perceived focus on collaboration, learning and usefulness changed with the number of previous exercises attended. All CLU dimensions experienced decreases and increases, but while perceived levels of collaboration and utility reached their somewhat modest peaks among those with the most exercise experience, perceived learning was at its highest among those with none or little exercise experience, and at its lowest among those with most. These findings indicated that collaboration exercises in their current form have too little focus on collaborative learning. Research limitations/implications Several limitations of the current study deserve to be mentioned. First, this study was limited in scope as data were collected from a limited number of participants belonging to only one organization and during one exercise. Second, demographical variables such as age and gender were not taken into consideration. Third, limitation in performing a face-to-face data collection may have resulted in missing capturing of cues, verbal and non-verbal signs, which could have resulted in a more accurate screening. Moreover, the measurements were based on the predefined CLU-items, which left room for individual interpretation and, in turn, may cause somewhat lower term validity. As the number of international and national studies on exercise effects is scarce, it is important to increase further knowledge and to learn more about the causes as to why the perceived effects of collaboration exercises are considered somewhat limited. Practical implications Exercise designers may be stimulated to have a stronger emphasis on collaborative learning during exercise planning, hence continuously work to develop scripts and scenarios in a way that leads to continuous participant perceived learning and utility. Social implications Collaboration is established as a Norwegian national emergency preparedness principle. These findings may stimulate politicians and top crisis managers to develop national collaboration exercise script guidelines that emphasize collaborative learning and development. Originality/value This study shows how exercise experience impacted participant’s perceived levels of collaboration, learning and usefulness. Findings indicated that collaboration exercises in their current form have too little focus on collaborative learning.

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Merkley, Cari. "The Launch of a Joint Library/Writing Centre Online Course on Academic Integrity." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8, no. 2 (2013): 258. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8b619.

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Objective – To outline the collaborative development of an online course addressing academic integrity by a university’s library system and writing centre.  Design – Case study.  Setting – A public research university in the Midwestern United States.  Subjects – 1650 students who completed the online module.  Methods – Oakland University (OU) Libraries and the Writing Centre began to collaborate on the development of a new online course on academic integrity in 2011. It was felt that an existing online library tutorial on plagiarism no longer met the needs of students and faculty. The development of the course was informed by the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (2000) as well as a research study investigating students’ use of sources in their scholarly writing across several institutions. Moodle, the institution’s learning management system (LMS), was used to develop the learning object.  Main Results – OU Libraries and the Writing Centre launched the six-part online course entitled “Using and Citing Sources” in January 2012. They developed modules around learning outcomes in five broad categories: defining academic integrity and plagiarism; the use of sources in academic writing; paraphrasing; quoting; and citation. The final module provided students with an opportunity to practise lessons learned in the first five modules. The use of the LMS to design and host the course limited the tutorial to registered students, but provided developers with access to additional course functionality without labour-intensive coding. It also allowed Writing Centre staff to access students’ performance data on the modules prior to their appointments. Improvements over the previous online tutorial included expanded content on academic ethics and referencing, more active learning elements, video content, and the opportunity for students to choose discipline-specific examples. In the first four months of its availability, 1650 students completed the course, with 3330 attempts overall.  Conclusion – The diverse perspectives and expertise that individuals from OU Libraries and the Writing Center brought to their collaboration greatly informed the development of the course. The time and effort saved by using the university’s existing LMS to develop interactive content and the focus on providing students with opportunities for active learning within the course contributed to the project’s success.

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Mendlewicz, Julien, and Myriam Kerkhofs. "Sleep Electroencephalography in Depressive Illness a Collaborative Study by the World Health Organization." British Journal of Psychiatry 159, no. 4 (1991): 505–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.159.4.505.

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Eight WHO research centres from Europe, North America and Asia took part in a WHO study aimed at assessing the reliability and consistency of sleep-EEG abnormalities in major depression. Each centre was asked to include in the study ten depressed patients aged 20–65 years meeting the Research Diagnostic Criteria for a major depressive disorder, and to match them by age and gender with ten controls. There were 67 patients and 66 controls included in the study. Compared with controls, depressed patients showed sleep-continuity disturbances such as increase in sleep-onset latency, and decrease in total sleep time and in sleep efficiency. Stages 2 and 3, as percentages of total sleep time, were reduced in depressed patients, REM latency was shortened and REM density increased. These findings confirm the presence of specific sleep-EEG abnormalities in major depression.

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Epp, J., and T. Hirsch. "Characterisation of the carrier of distortion potential “residual stresses” in the collaborative research centre “distortion engineering”." Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 43, no. 1-2 (2012): 112–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mawe.201100897.

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Briggs, Robert J. S., Michael Tykocinski, Roland Lazsig, et al. "Development and evaluation of the modiolar research array – multi-centre collaborative study in human temporal bones." Cochlear Implants International 12, no. 3 (2011): 129–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1754762811y0000000007.

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REYNOLDS, M. P., and N. E. BORLAUG. "Impacts of breeding on international collaborative wheat improvement." Journal of Agricultural Science 144, no. 1 (2006): 3–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021859606005867.

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For over 40 years a collaborative network of publicly funded international wheat scientists has made a significant contribution to food security in the developing world. Thousands of modern wheat varieties (MVs) have been released for use in both favourable and marginal environments on well over 50 million hectares. The yield increases associated with genetic improvement in yield potential and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses are well documented. Millions of small-scale farmers in the developing world have benefited. While this so-called ‘Green Revolution’ displaced landraces in favour of more productive MVs, these and other genetic resources, held in trust by international organizations, have been utilized to improve the inherent genetic diversity of modern varieties. Furthermore, the result of increased yields reduced the need to bring natural ecosystems under cultivation, by as much as a billion hectares.Although international wheat breeding has its origins in the 1940s, recognition of a common scientific basis of agricultural problems worldwide was highlighted by the creation of International Agricultural Research Centres (IARCs) which included the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) established in 1965. This grew into a larger network called the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) now comprising 15 IARCs, including the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) established in Syria in 1977, another key player in the international wheat and barley breeding network. Two of the major coordination responsibilities of CIMMYT are maintaining the world collection of wheat genetic resources – a public good protected by international treaty – and the facilitation of the International Wheat Nurseries.After the initial impact of the Green Revolution in high production zones through exploitation of Rht-B1 and Rht-D1 dwarfing genes in conjunction with disease resistance, international breeding encompassed more challenging environments through, for example, international shuttle breeding between Brazil and Mexico to overcome problems associated with acid soils that restricted adoption of MVs. Another example is drought, which affects at least 30 million ha of wheat in the developing world. The approach focused initially on exploiting the inherent yield potential and disease resistance of MVs and later combined this with new stress-adaptive traits from wild wheat ancestors through wide crossing techniques. Adoption of modern varieties has increased substantially in drier areas between 1990 and 1997. In all environments, possibly the greatest threat to productivity is disease, especially those caused by fungal pathogens. International wheat breeding has placed great emphasis on genetic control of disease since resource-poor farmers generally lack the means to control diseases chemically.

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