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Edghiem, Farag, and Yusra Mouzughi. "Knowledge-advanced innovative behaviour: a hospitality service perspective." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 30, no. 1 (2018): 197–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-04-2016-0200.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and implications of knowledge advanced through service employees’ innovative behaviour and leading to initiating innovation within the hotel service subsector. Design/methodology/approach A case study research method was applied to achieve the research objectives, which investigated two hotel properties resembling two personal–interactive service systems. In total, 52 semi-structured interviews were conducted along with other qualitative research methods, including the direct observation of employees, review of management archives/literature and the assessment of “micro cases”. Findings The research outcome highlights the role of knowledge as supplementary to the interlinked process of idea generation and development. A novel classification of two types of knowledge is revealed as pre-encounter and encounter-dependent knowledge, implicating four patterns of service employees’ innovative behaviour. Practical implications This paper recommends practical measures to nurture service employees’ innovative behaviour, leading to innovation. Originality/value This study contributes to service innovation research by providing an in-depth assessment at the micro level, overlooked to date, of the nature of knowledge and the service employees’ role in initiating innovation within the hotel service subsector.
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Yastochkina , Irina. "INNOVATIVE SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AT WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH." Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod University. Series: «Pedagogy. Social Work», no. 2(49) (December 18, 2021): 245–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/2524-0609.2021.49.245-248.
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The article disclosed the content of the concepts «innovation», «social innovation», «social technology», «innovative social technology». It is indicated that one of the features of modern social technology is its innovative nature. The purpose of the article is to define the essence of the concept of «innovative social technologies», substantiate and analyze the possibilities of their application in work with children and youth. Innovation is increasingly becoming the subject of scientific research in the social sphere. The main attention of researchers is focused on innovative technologies in social work, innovative processes, innovative methods, types and subjects of social innovation, innovative practices of social work with vulnerable groups in Ukraine. It is noted that the emergence of innovative technology is determined by the needs and social problems of society, requires accurate planning, serious training and qualified personnel. For social pedagogy, the term «innovation» currently remains new and poorly researched. This term is interpreted in two meanings: innovation as a process and innovation as a product. The characteristics, functions and sources of social innovation are considered. It is emphasized that innovations actively influence the surrounding social environment. For social work, social pedagogy, an essential characteristic of innovation is its social consequences. The social processes that determine the growth of innovative activity in the social sphere are indicated. Innovative technologies exist in two forms: in the form of programs and documents and in the form of social processes. It was also noted that children and youth are quite often the most vulnerable social categories and need qualified assistance and support. The presence of social problems prompts the development and implementation of innovative technologies for social work with children and youth. The innovative social technologies in working with children are listed. The innovative forms of the implementation of youth work in Ukraine have been identified. The promising directions of innovative activity in the social sphere, including in the social and pedagogical work with children and youth, are indicated.
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Odinokova, Tatyana, Mariyana Bozhinova, and Mariana Petrova. "Promotion of Innovative Entrepreneurship Under Sustainable Development." E3S Web of Conferences 41 (2018): 04015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184104015.
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The subject matter of this article is incentives for innovations in entrepreneurship. There are two models of entrepreneurship which exist in developed market economies – traditional and innovative. Innovations have never been so important as they are now, which holds particularly true for small and medium-sized businesses. As Peter F.Drucker formulated it, “Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service.” The methods by which innovations are encouraged change from country to country. The choice of such methods depends on economic, political and other conditions for a country&s development. By encouraging innovative activities, governments enhance the effectiveness of innovative systems and create favorable conditions for enterprises to engage in science and technology. For the EU, which falls behind the USA and Japan in so far as innovation technologies are concerned, it is a highpriority task to implement the innovation development strategy and to transform its economy in accordance with the up-to-date model by 2020. The aim of such strategy is to achieve industrial leadership as well as to support business, including small and medium-sized businesses.
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Sirola, Miki, and Jaakko Talonen. "Combining Neural Methods and Knowledge-Based Methods in Accident Management." Advances in Artificial Neural Systems 2012 (July 30, 2012): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/534683.
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Accident management became a popular research issue in the early 1990s. Computerized decision support was studied from many points of view. Early fault detection and information visualization are important key issues in accident management also today. In this paper we make a brief review on this research history mostly from the last two decades including the severe accident management. The author’s studies are reflected to the state of the art. The self-organizing map method is combined with other more or less traditional methods. Neural methods used together with knowledge-based methods constitute a methodological base for the presented decision support prototypes. Two application examples with modern decision support visualizations are introduced more in detail. A case example of detecting a pressure drift on the boiling water reactor by multivariate methods including innovative visualizations is studied in detail. Promising results in early fault detection are achieved. The operators are provided by added information value to be able to detect anomalies in an early stage already. We provide the plant staff with a methodological tool set, which can be combined in various ways depending on the special needs in each case.
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Trofymenko, Olena O. "Conceptual Foundations of Innovative Development of National Economy in the Context of Technological Ways and Power Innovations." Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University Series “Economics” 8, no. 1 (2021): 105–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.52566/msu-econ.8(1).2021.105-119.
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The relevance of the study is conditioned by changing approaches to the development of the national economy based on energy innovation in the context of aspects of greening the economy, energy independence, energy conservation and synergy of innovation. The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual model of innovative development of the national economy in the energy sector in the context of established trends of increasing energy consumption. The study was conducted in two stages based on a systematic approach involving general scientific theoretical methods, namely analysis, synthesis, systematisation, generalisation, and structural method. The paper substantiates the need to study innovative national economic development within the energy sector based on the works of foreign scientists. The study considered the main approaches to the definition of the term “innovation” in the context of economic space, including process-oriented and functionally effective ones. The paper established the relationship between the stages of the life cycle of innovation and the development level of the national economy. The study also provides the characteristic of change of technological ways of social and economic relations within the limits of historical retrospect. The structural and functional features of the category “development” are determined in order to study the conceptual foundations of innovative development of the national economy. The study highlights the main models of innovative development in world practice. The author identified the specific features the basic concepts of innovative development of the national economy in the energy sector, including “cluster concept”, “alternative energy”, “Smart Grid”, “concept of sustainable development”, based on which the author created the conceptual model for the innovative economic development in the energy sector. Prospects for further research involve the study of the practical application of the model created for the innovative economic development in the energy sector
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Lapunka, Iwona, Dominika Jagoda-Sobalak, and Katarzyna Marek-Kolodziej. "INNOVATION PROJECT MACHINE IN A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT." CBU International Conference Proceedings 5 (September 22, 2017): 261–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.12955/cbup.v5.936.
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: In recent years, the project approach has become an increasingly popular tool for achieving operational and strategic goals and to generally advance the business activity of organizations in fields such as innovation management. We demonstrate the need of including the project approach in the processes of creating innovative solutions. We posit that these two work methods can be combined into a coherent approach known as the innovation project machine. As part of this approach, innovations are implemented and developed more effectively, while agile project management and consolidated research for project managers, amongst others, are the source of inspiration. A systems approach to this concept could constitute a coherent synthesis of solutions available for engineering management. A proposition to integrate the project approach with innovative processes will enable expedient execution of business strategies in contemporary companies.
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Whitelaw, Sandy, Isla Gibson, Annie Wild, Heather Hall, and Heather Molloy. "The Dumfries Arts Award Project: towards building a programme theory of innovation transfer across two social organisations." Social Enterprise Journal 17, no. 2 (2021): 183–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sej-11-2019-0081.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically understand a programme theory of the “transfer” of work in one social organisation and sector (an innovative and successful social enterprise community café, The Usual Place that seeks to enhance the employability of young people with additional support needs in “hospitality”) to another (Dumfries Theatre Royal, a regional theatre and registered charity, specifically the “Dumfries Arts Award Project” and more generally, “the arts”). Design/methodology/approach By means of gaining insight into the complexity of the transfer of innovative practices between two socially oriented organisations and theoretical insights into associated conducive contexts and optimal processes, the work used realist evaluation resources within a longitudinal ethnographic approach. Within this, a series of specific methods were deployed, including semi structured key stakeholder interviews, non-participant observation and “walking” and “paired” interviews with service users in each organisation. Findings The principle finding is that with attention being paid to the context and intervention processes associated with transfer processes and having sufficient capacity and strong partnership working, it is possible to take an innovative idea from one context, transfer it to another setting and have relatively immediate “success” in terms of achieving a degree of sustainability. The authors propose a provisional programme theory that illuminates this transfer. They were also able to show that, whilst working with the potentially conservative concept of “employability”; both organisations were able to maintain a progressive ethos associated with social innovation. Originality/value The work offers theoretical and methodological originality. The significance of “scaling up” social innovation is recognised as under-researched and under-theorised and the use of a realistic evaluation approach and the associated development of provisional programme theory address this.
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Hampton, Nan Zhang, and Marjorie F. Olney. "Analysis of an Innovative Blended International Psychiatric Rehabilitation Course." Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education 22, no. 3 (2008): 203–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/2168-6653.22.3.203.
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In 2007, we offered an innovative blended graduate level rehabilitation counseling course. The course was delivered online and in Hong Kong. It included readings, PowerPoint presentations and discussion board features on Blackboard, as well as face-to-face lectures and guest speakers in a classroom context at the City University of Hong Kong. Additionally, students were required to visit various psychiatric rehabilitation and mental health programs throughout Hong Kong, and participation in the 2007 World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health. Two faculty members and 13 students spenta total of 10 days in Hong Kong. The authors discuss the development and delivery of the course including course design, content, delivery methods and logistics. Implications are explored for teaching innovation in rehabilitation education.
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Liljenström, Carolina, Anna Björklund, and Susanna Toller. "Including maintenance in life cycle assessment of road and rail infrastructure—a literature review." International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 27, no. 2 (2022): 316–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-021-02012-x.
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Abstract Purpose LCA is increasingly used in infrastructure policy and planning. This study maps approaches used in comparative LCA of road and rail infrastructure to (1) determine the length of the analysis period, (2) estimate the maintenance frequency, and (3) include the effects of climate change on infrastructure performance. A LCA may need to fulfil different requirements in different decision-contexts. The relevance of the approaches for decision-making in policy and procurement is therefore discussed. Methods Ninety-two comparative LCAs of road and rail infrastructure published in peer-reviewed journals January 2016–July 2020 were reviewed. Papers were found through a systematic process of searching electronic databases, applying inclusion criteria, and conducting backward and forward snowballing. Results and discussion The analysis period was commonly determined based on infrastructure service life. The maintenance frequency was estimated based on current practice, laboratory tests, modelling, or scenarios. The effects of climate change were considered in two papers by comparing results in a control case and in a changed climate. In policy and procurement, current practice approaches are not adapted to innovative solutions or to climate change. Modelling and laboratory tests could improve calculations of the maintenance phase but might have some limitations related to innovative solutions. Scenarios could be readily applied in a policy context; however, in procurement, consistent and generic scenarios should be used. Conclusions Results suggest what approaches could be used to account for maintenance in infrastructure LCA depending on the decision-context. The LCA community is suggested to research other approaches than current practice to account for long analysis periods, climate change, and innovative solutions. Additionally, literature not covered here could be reviewed for additional approaches and perspectives. Examples include stand-alone LCAs, method development papers, papers on the individual approaches and decision-contexts, certification systems, standards, and guidelines.
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Gutierrez, Alexa, Farzan Sasangohar, Mark Lawley, et al. "Investigating the HbA1c Assessment Methods for a Smart and Connected Diabetes System." Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care 7, no. 1 (2018): 161–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2327857918071040.
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Texas A&M University at Qatar has partnered with two local Qatari hospitals, Hamad Hospital and Sidra Hospital, to design an insulin pump that will transfer patients’ data to an online server in real time. HbA1c is one of the most common forms of measurement for diagnosing diabetes. The fact that there are variations of the formula to be found was considered unusual. This poster is intended to evaluate different methods of calculating A1c and propose improvements. Using a mixed method including literature review and stakeholder interviews we document the challenges involved in utilizing the new assessment in an innovative testbed.
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Зотикова, Ольга, Olga Zotikova, Алла Барышева, and Alla Baryshyeva. "Modern infrastructure of innovative-cultural environment." Services in Russia and abroad 8, no. 9 (2014): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/10794.
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 The need for science to master the new reality inevitably involves a radical change of philosophical, methodological patterns and mechanisms of cognition. This poses a number of problems that are difficult to solve only on the basis of sound scientific methods. Required is also the use of new cognitive mechanisms, including psychological protection of man and his ability to influence the processing of the incoming information on the merits. Traditional scientific mechanisms are limited in their capabilities and therefore require an intuitive getting into the known and innovative thinking. Development of innovative thinking requires the society, which is radiating energy of creative environment, aimed at innovative transformations. Within this single concept formed a very important process, automatically pushing superconscious to the fore. The ratio of the rational and the intuitive turns a new paradigm of scientific knowledge in practice of creative noosphere, the sphere of synergy. The two systems can operate simultaneously in the operation of market institutions, providing a synergistic effect. The results of the analysis associated with the formation of innovation and cultural environment necessary for the formation and development of innovative processes in the countries and at the international level. It is noted that the combination of traditional culture and innovation and cultural environment should be assessed as the competitive advantages of the country. In the interests of achieving the unity of the individual, the people and the state play a positive role in adherence to the principles of national traditions of collectivism and catholicity.
 In the transition to the path of innovative development the main component affecting the internal and external transformation of society, according to the authors, is represented by perfectly formed innovation infrastructure in innovation-cultural environment. The innovative active person should be recognized as a priority. Progressive system, that takes into account the interests of the majority rather than a particular group, increases its positive potential. This is crucial, as without it cannot be implemented models of modernization of the real sector of the Russian economy and its integration into the modern international economy. The article examines the key issues of this economic development.
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Gundasheva, Zhenya, Lyubomira Spasova, Olga Dvorska, and Monika Petrillova. "Designing an Innovative EAP/ESPP Course for Students of Veterinary Medicine Based on a Comparative Needs Analysis Survey." Педагогически форум 4, no. 4 (2016): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.15547/10.15547/pf.2015.066.
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The article examines and compares the results of a cross-sectional needs analysis survey for the purposes of designing an innovative EAP/ESPP course for students in Veterinary Medicine. Students from two European universities responded to a nominal polytomous survey which probed their range of preferences, expectations and motivation. We analyzed students’ selections using criteria such as language level, course content, teaching methods and forms, including the use of internet-based and ICT tools. Depending on their language level, students opted mostly for ESPP/EAP-specific activities, whereas preferences for general English skills improvement were higher in lower level students. Cultural differences were accounted for and explained to illustrate the traditional practices and the need for introducing more effective methods, including cooperation between the students and faculty of the two universities. We have also proposed directions for designing an innovative ESPP/EAP course, which will be implemented next semester at Trakia University.
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Gundasheva, Zhenya, Lyubomira Spasova, Olga Dvorska, and Monika Petrillova. "Designing an Innovative EAP/ESPP Course for Students of Veterinary Medicine Based on a Comparative Needs Analysis Survey." Педагогически форум 4, no. 4 (2016): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.15547/pf.2015.066.
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The article examines and compares the results of a cross-sectional needs analysis survey for the purposes of designing an innovative EAP/ESPP course for students in Veterinary Medicine. Students from two European universities responded to a nominal polytomous survey which probed their range of preferences, expectations and motivation. We analyzed students’ selections using criteria such as language level, course content, teaching methods and forms, including the use of internet-based and ICT tools. Depending on their language level, students opted mostly for ESPP/EAP-specific activities, whereas preferences for general English skills improvement were higher in lower level students. Cultural differences were accounted for and explained to illustrate the traditional practices and the need for introducing more effective methods, including cooperation between the students and faculty of the two universities. We have also proposed directions for designing an innovative ESPP/EAP course, which will be implemented next semester at Trakia University.
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Sirisubtawee, Sekson, Sanoe Koonprasert, and Surattana Sungnul. "New Exact Solutions of the Conformable Space-Time Sharma–Tasso–Olver Equation Using Two Reliable Methods." Symmetry 12, no. 4 (2020): 644. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sym12040644.
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The major purpose of this article is to seek for exact traveling wave solutions of the nonlinear space-time Sharma–Tasso–Olver equation in the sense of conformable derivatives. The novel ( G ′ G ) -expansion method and the generalized Kudryashov method, which are analytical, powerful, and reliable methods, are used to solve the equation via a fractional complex transformation. The exact solutions of the equation, obtained using the novel ( G ′ G ) -expansion method, can be classified in terms of hyperbolic, trigonometric, and rational function solutions. Applying the generalized Kudryashov method to the equation, we obtain explicit exact solutions expressed as fractional solutions of the exponential functions. The exact solutions obtained using the two methods represent some physical behaviors such as a singularly periodic traveling wave solution and a singular multiple-soliton solution. Some selected solutions of the equation are graphically portrayed including 3-D, 2-D, and contour plots. As a result, some innovative exact solutions of the equation are produced via the methods, and they are not the same as the ones obtained using other techniques utilized previously.
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Fuoco, Alessio, Marcello Monteleone, Elisa Esposito, et al. "Gas Transport in Mixed Matrix Membranes: Two Methods for Time Lag Determination." Computation 8, no. 2 (2020): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/computation8020028.
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The most widely used method to measure the transport properties of dense polymeric membranes is the time lag method in a constant volume/pressure increase instrument. Although simple and quick, this method provides only relatively superficial, averaged data of the permeability, diffusivity, and solubility of gas or vapor species in the membrane. The present manuscript discusses a more sophisticated computational method to determine the transport properties on the basis of a fit of the entire permeation curve, including the transient period. The traditional tangent method and the fitting procedure were compared for the transport of six light gases (H2, He, O2, N2, CH4, and CO2) and ethane and ethylene in mixed matrix membranes (MMM) based on Pebax®1657 and the metal–organic framework (MOF) CuII2(S,S)-hismox·5H2O. Deviations of the experimental data from the theoretical curve could be attributed to the particular MOF structure, with cavities of different sizes. The fitting procedure revealed two different effective diffusion coefficients for the same gas in the case of methane and ethylene, due to the unusual void morphology in the MOFs. The method was furthermore applied to mixed gas permeation in an innovative constant-pressure/variable-volume setup with continuous analysis of the permeate composition by an on-line mass-spectrometric residual gas analyzer. This method can provide the diffusion coefficient of individual gas species in a mixture, during mixed gas permeation experiments. Such information was previously inaccessible, and it will greatly enhance insight into the mixed gas transport in polymeric or mixed matrix membranes.
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Hsieh, Long-Chang, and Hsiu-Chen Tang. "THE INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES." Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering 37, no. 3 (2013): 741–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2013-0062.
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Due to the reason of pollution-free, electric motorcycle become more and more popular in city traffic. The purpose of this work is to propose a design methodology for the invention of planetary gear automatic transmissions for electric motorcycles. First, applying the check list method (combining and extending methods), the design concepts are proposed. Then, based on the train value equation of planetary gear train, we derive reduction-ratio equations of these planetary gear automatic transmissions. In this paper, five new design concepts including three 3-speed and two 4-speed are synthesized. Three examples of the kinematic design of planetary gear automatic transmissions are accomplished to illustrate the design methodology.
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Al-Ramahi, Nidal, and Mahmoud Odeh. "The Impact of Innovative Technology on the Quality Assurance at Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Jordan." International Journal of Information and Education Technology 10, no. 11 (2020): 826–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18178/ijiet.2020.10.11.1465.
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Quality assurance consider as one of the most important concerns in higher education institutions, which may influence the overall rank of universities. Innovation technology may play an important role in improving such quality of higher education institutions. Innovation technology provides several benefits, which are seen immediately, for instant, allowing students to share information easily and to discover new experiences within the education system. This study aims to find out the key factors of innovative technology affecting the quality assurance at higher education institutions in Jordan. By adopting the diffusion of innovation theory, this study sheds light on several factors that extended from this theory. Fieldwork including five universities in Jordan was conducted to specify the actual technological factors that may influence quality assurance at higher education institutions. An interpretive paradigm using triangulation methods was applied to collect data, conducting sixteen semi-structured interviews with major stakeholders in Jordanian universities, including professors, university vice-chancellors, IT managers, heads of departments, and deans of schools. The researchers also held two focus groups and distributed 232 surveys to Jordanian students.
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Hayashi, Teruaki, and Yukio Ohsawa. "Processing Combinatorial Thinking." International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science 4, no. 3 (2013): 14–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijkss.2013070102.
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Innovators Market Game is a method for facilitating innovation by helping to create new ideas by combining existent ideas. In this game, participants play roles, think of new ideas and evaluate them. The roles are selected from the real world, e.g., police officers, transportation authority, government and so on. The Role-based Innovators Market Game proposed in this study is designed to lead innovative ideas, based on the defined factors. Its rules, acting roles, and the communication in the Role-based IMG make players more creative and imaginative rather than sheer freedom. This study proposes not only the way of creating new ideas, but also the process for making them practical, by including the step of Action Planning, where players further cultivate ideas to make practical scenario of actions. These two methods form the refined process of Innovators Marketplace, and help in contriving innovative ideas for the human society in discovering and solving practical problems.
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Paumard, Victorien, Julien Bourget, Benjamin Durot, et al. "Full-volume 3D seismic interpretation methods: A new step towards high-resolution seismic stratigraphy." Interpretation 7, no. 3 (2019): B33—B47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/int-2018-0184.1.
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Following decades of technological innovation, geologists now have access to extensive 3D seismic surveys across sedimentary basins. Using these voluminous data sets to better understand subsurface complexity relies on developing seismic stratigraphic workflows that allow very high-resolution interpretation within a cost-effective timeframe. We have developed an innovative 3D seismic interpretation workflow that combines full-volume and semi-automated horizon tracking with high-resolution 3D seismic stratigraphic analysis. The workflow consists of converting data from seismic (two-way traveltime) to a relative geological time (RGT) volume, in which a relative geological age is assigned to each point of the volume. The generation of a horizon stack is used to extract an unlimited number of chronostratigraphic surfaces (i.e., seismic horizons). Integrated stratigraphic tools may be used to navigate throughout the 3D seismic data to pick seismic unconformities using standard seismic stratigraphic principles in combination with geometric attributes. Here, we applied this workflow to a high-quality 3D seismic data set located in the Northern Carnarvon Basin (North West Shelf, Australia) and provided an example of high-resolution seismic stratigraphic interpretation from an Early Cretaceous shelf-margin system (Lower Barrow Group). This approach is used to identify 73 seismic sequences (i.e., clinothems) bounded by 74 seismic unconformities. Each clinothem presents an average duration of approximately 63,000 years (fifth stratigraphic order), which represents an unprecedented scale of observation for a Cretaceous depositional system on seismic data. This level of interpretation has a variety of applications, including high-resolution paleogeographical reconstructions and quantitative analysis of subsurface data. This innovative workflow constitutes a new step in seismic stratigraphy because it enables interpreters to map seismic sequences in a true 3D environment by taking into account the full variability of depositional systems at high frequency through time and space.
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Trofholz, Amanda, and Jerica !Berge. "Describing Ecological Momentary Assessment Methods for Collecting Dietary Intake in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample." Current Developments in Nutrition 5, Supplement_2 (2021): 886. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzab048_021.
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Abstract Objectives Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is an innovative tool being used in the obesity field to capture real-time information about people's health. A recent systematic review regarding the use of EMA to assess dietary intake and physical activity in youth found the need for standardized reporting of EMA measures and methods. This presentation will discuss EMA methods used in the NIH-funded Family Matters study, including survey design, registration/technology, EMA protocols, implementation, and lessons learned for future EMA studies. Methods Family Matters is an incremental, two-phased (Phase I = 150 participants; Phase II = 627 participants), mixed-methods study conducted with a racially/ethnically diverse and immigrant/refugee sample from largely low-income households. Across two phases, the Family Matters research team designed and administered EMA surveys to parents of 5–9 year olds to measure momentary factors of importance to child weight and weight-related behaviors including parent feeding practices, child eating behaviors, meal preparation, and foods served at family meals. Results EMA data allowed for many cutting-edge research questions to be addressed, innovative analyses to be run, and methodological approaches to be advanced. Many diet-related topics were investigated, including 1) the investigation of both within-and across-day relationships between transient and chronic stress and parent feeding practices; 2) parental stress and mood earlier in the day and its association with parent feeding practices later in the day; and 3) family meal characteristics by meal type and day of the week. Additionally, concordance between diet-related EMA measures and objectively collected 24-hour dietary recalls was examined. Family Matters EMA diet-related measures will be presented and related results discussed. Conclusions This presentation will be valuable for researchers interested in using EMA for collecting obesity-related measures, such as dietary intake, physical activity, parent feeding practices, and stress/mood. Funding Sources Research is supported by grant number R01HL126171 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (PI: Berge).
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Wang, Ju Rong, and Jin He Zhou. "A Two-Way Relay Channel Estimation Method Based on Sparsity Adaptive Matching Pursuit Algorithm." Applied Mechanics and Materials 263-266 (December 2012): 1037–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.263-266.1037.
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To solve the problem that many existing two-way relay channel (TWRC) estimation methods require the sparse degree of the channel as prior information, we introduced a novel iterative greedy reconstruction algorithm based on compressed sensing (CS), called the sparisty adaptive matching pursuit (SAMP) to reconstruct the channel impulse response under orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. The most innovative feature of SAMP is its capability of channel reconstruction without prior information of the sparse degree. Under the same condition we compared the algorithm with the other channel estimation methods including conventional least square (LS) algorithm, minimum mean square error (MMSE) algorithm and a orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) algorithm based on CS. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm has a better estimation performance and the algorithm improves the utilization of communication resources such as spectrum and energy. Thus it is suitable for real application.
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Padilla, Javier, Carlos Toledo, Rodolfo López-Vicente, et al. "Passive Heating and Cooling of Photovoltaic Greenhouses Including Thermochromic Materials." Energies 14, no. 2 (2021): 438. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14020438.
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The integration of photovoltaic technologies into greenhouse envelopes appears to be an innovative and environmentally-friendly way to supply their various energy demands. However, the effect on the inner growing conditions, especially on the temperature, must be assessed in order to effectively implement this solution. In this study, experimental temperature data were obtained over two years for four structures built with different photovoltaic technologies (mono-crystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, cadmium telluride, and an organic polymeric technology) and fitted to a thermal model in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of their potential utilization as a cover material in greenhouses. Additionally, the thermal effect of color in structures composed of several common construction materials (brick, wood, plasterboard and glass) was quantified and modelled, supplementing the thermal analysis of passive solutions for this application. In all cases, inner and ambient temperature differences of up to +20 °C, created by a passive heating effect during the day, and −5 °C, created by a passive cooling effect during the night, have been observed, suggesting the use of the photovoltaic modules with different degrees of structure coverage, complemented with the color tuning of the modules themselves as passive methods to control the temperature and light spectrum of greenhouses.
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Schultz, Gregory M., Joe Keranen, Stephen Billings, John Foley, Raul Fonda, and Jerry Hodgson. "Integrated Methods for Marine Munitions Site Characterization: Technical Approaches and Recent Site Investigations." Marine Technology Society Journal 45, no. 6 (2011): 47–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.45.6.7.
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AbstractInvestigation and remediation of munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) at marine sites are both time consuming and expensive. MEC assessment in marine environments has additional challenges compared to terrestrial sites, including the high cost of marine operations, the general absence of surface sweeps prior to geophysical assessments, the difficulty of quick or effective site reconnaissance activities, and high levels of clutter in ports, harbors, and bays. Consequently, a high payoff exists for effective methods of feature extraction and data fusion for improved assessment in marine settings. Recent site investigations have pointed to the potential of utilizing innovative geophysical sensing and new methods that directly link MEC experts to enabling technologies. We present two case studies to highlight the benefits of combining various technologies to provide the information needed for comprehensive munitions site characterization. This approach has been successful for both time-critical response activities and longer-term remedial investigations.
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Burroughs, Dan, James Lockwood, and Kenneth Price. "Innovative Prestressed Steel Composite Short-to Medium-Span Bridges." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1594, no. 1 (1997): 21–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1594-02.
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Methods for combining both prestressing, high-performance steel and composite concrete decks to improve bridge performance, construe-tibility, aesthetics, and economy are reviewed. The designs are part of a study sponsored by the American Iron and Steel Institute. Five bridge concepts have been developed to the preliminary design phase, including plan details and cost comparisons. Single- and two-span bridges with span lengths of between 24.4 and 54.9 m (80 and 180 ft) have been studied. The alternates developed use prestressing both longitudinally in the main structural components and transversely in the deck. Alternates include a modular space truss, a twin warren truss, a composite steel box, and steel girders. All alternates have either a cast-in-place or a precast concrete deck. Advantages include improved durability and reduced maintenance with the use of prestressing in the deck, which eliminates deck cracking. The use of corrosion-resistant steel eliminates painting requirements. Elimination of deck joints and use of integral piers and abutments also improve durability. Economy can be improved with the combined efficient use of steel, prestressing, and concrete; with the use of jointless bridges and integral abutments and piers; and by increasing shipping lengths, reducing the number of splices, and optimizing construction methods, which are integrated into the design. Construction issues are reviewed to reduce fabrication costs and to simplify bridge erection.
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Aguado, Roberto, Dina Murtinho, and Artur J. M. Valente. "A broad overview on innovative functionalized paper solutions." Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal 34, no. 4 (2019): 395–416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/npprj-2019-0036.
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Abstract Functionalized paper solutions have attracted the attention of many research groups in the 21st century, given the low cost, availability, flexibility and biodegradability of paper. Despite this material has been manufactured for more than two thousand years, its traditional uses hardly go beyond writing, printing, cleaning and packaging. This overview covers fascinating advances in the functionalization of paper that have taken place this century. This century, test strips for glucose and pH have evolved towards microfluidic paper analytical devices that allow for accurate quantitative determinations. In another context, paper electronics started with the first paper-based transistors and followed with more sophisticated electronic devices. Also, cheap paper-based membranes and adsorbents have been proposed for water treatment, and researchers have found innovative ways to confer antimicrobial and anti-counterfeiting properties to paper. Furthermore, numberless ways to functionalize paper are reported here. Fibers can be modified by chemical reactions, nanofibrillation or supramolecular interactions with certain reagents. The surface can be coated by diverse methods, including size press coating, sputtering, e-beam evaporation and the sol-gel process. Special inks can be printed onto paper to make hydrophobic, conductive or luminescent patterns. Brief opinions about future outlooks are given at the end.
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Momin, Behnoosh, Antonio Neri, Lei Zhang, et al. "Mixed-Methods for Comparing Tobacco Cessation Interventions." Journal of Smoking Cessation 12, no. 1 (2015): 15–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jsc.2015.7.
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Introduction: The National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) and National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) are both well-positioned to promote the use of population-based tobacco cessation interventions, such as state quitlines and Web-based interventions.Aims: This paper outlines the methodology used to conduct a comparative effectiveness research (CER) study of traditional and Web-based tobacco cessation and quitline promotion approaches.Methods: A mixed-methods study with three components was designed to address the effect of promotional activities on service usage and the comparative effectiveness of population-based smoking cessation activities across multiple states.Results/Findings: The cessation intervention component followed 7,902 smokers (4,307 quitline users and 3,595 Web intervention users) to ascertain prevalence of 30-day abstinence rates seven months after registering for smoking cessation services. User characteristics and quit success was compared across the two modalities. In the promotions component, reach and use of traditional and innovative promotion strategies were assessed for 24 states, including online advertising, state Web sites, social media, mobile applications, and their effects on quitline call volume. The partnership intervention component studied the extent of collaboration among six selected NCCCPs and NTCPs.Conclusions: This study will guide program staff and clinicians with evidence-based recommendations and best practices for implementation of tobacco cessation within their patient and community populations and establish an evidence base that can be used for decision making.
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Pang, Bing, Qiang Zhou, Tian-Yu Zhao, et al. "Innovative Thoughts on Treating Diabetes from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2015 (2015): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/905432.
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The rapidly increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming a major public health issue. As one of the important parts in complementary and alternative therapies, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is promising in treating DM. In this review, we summarize new thoughts on treating DM that aim to improve the clinical efficacy of TCM from the perspectives of principle, methods, formula, herbs, and doses. Our approach is as follows: principle: we use a combination of symptoms, syndromes, and diseases as a new mode for treating diabetes; methods: emphasizing heat-clearing in the early and middle stage of T2DM and invigorating blood circulation throughout the whole process of T2DM are two innovative methods to treat T2DM; formulas and herbs: choosing formulas and herbs based on the combination of TCM theory and current medicine. We will emphasize four strategies to help doctors choose formulas and herbs, including treatment based on syndrome differentiation, choosing herbs of bitter and sour flavors to counteract sweet flavor, choosing formulas and herbs aimed at main symptoms, and using modern pharmacological achievements in clinical practice; dose: reasonable drug dose plays an important role in the treatment of DM and a close relationship exists between dose and clinical efficacy.
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Shehab, E. M., and H. S. Abdalla. "A design to cost system for innovative product development." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 216, no. 7 (2002): 999–1019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544050260174201.
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This research paper presents a prototype object-oriented and rule-based system for product cost modelling and design for automation at an early design stage. The developed system comprises a computer aided design (CAD) solid modelling system, a material selection module, a knowledge-based system (KBS), a process optimization module, a design for assembly module, a cost estimation module and a user interface. The system development process has passed through four major steps: constructing the knowledge-based and process optimization system; developing a design for assembly module; integrating the KBS with both a material selection database and the CAD system; developing and implementing a fuzzy logic approach to generate reliable estimation of cost and to handle the uncertainty in the cost estimation model that cannot be addressed by traditional analytical methods. Two manufacturing processes, namely machining and injection moulding processes, were considered in the developed system. The main function of the system, besides estimating the product cost, is to generate initial process planning, including the generation and selection of machining processes, their sequence and their machining parameters, and to recommend the most economical assembly technique for a product and provide design improvement suggestions based on a design feasibility technique. In addition, a feature-by-feature cost estimation report is generated using the proposed system to highlight the features of high manufacturing cost. Two case studies were used to validate the developed system.
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Koptseva, Natalia P., Alexandra A. Sitnikova, and Maria A. Kolesnik. "Study of the innovative potential of the personality of modern students (on the example of the Siberian Federal University)." Perspectives of Science and Education 49, no. 1 (2021): 141–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.32744/pse.2021.1.10.
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Problem and purpose. The relevance of the study is due to the need for new pedagogical technologies that contribute to an increase in the innovative potential of the personality of students of modern Russian universities. The purpose of the hereof is to analyze the innovative potential of students' personality based on the example of students of the Siberian Federal University and to determine the possible effectiveness of specific methods for scientific and methodological research of innovative thinking of modern Russian students. Methods. The methods of critical analysis of modern pedagogical concepts aimed at increasing the innovative potential of students are used, the methodology developed by M. Basadur and P. Hausdorf is applied to identify the attitude of the individual to innovation. The study involved 135 respondents, including 25 residents of the Krasnoyarsk City Innovation and Technology Business Incubator and 100 students of the humanities bachelor's degree, studying at the Siberian Federal University. Results. The study program for the innovative potential of students' personality has been clarified, for which the use of the Russian-language version of the methodology of M. Basadur and P. Hausdorf was proposed. The course of application of this technique for each of the two groups of respondents is described according to 4 parameters: understanding the value of new ideas (1), individual stereotypes about innovativeness (2), the value of new ideas for business (3), employment for the application of innovations (4). The comparison of the coefficients of these groups of respondents was carried out: according to parameter 1, the value of the coefficient is 0.6 for the residents of the business incubator and 0.64 for the students specialized in the humanities; according to parameter 2, the value of the coefficient is 0.28 for the residents of the business incubator and 0.26 for the students specialized in the humanities; according to parameter 3, the value of the coefficient is 0.74 for the residents of the business incubator and 0.77 for the students specialized in the humanities; according to parameter 4 the values of the coefficients are 0.27 for both groups of respondents. Quite high levels of the innovative potential of the personality of each group of respondents, the values of the coefficients of which are not less than 0.7are revealed. The similarity of the levels of the innovative personality potential of the residents of the business incubator and the students specialized in the humanities is shown: the difference in the values of the coefficients for parameter 3 is on average 0.025, the values of the coefficients for parameter 4 are equal. At the same time, according to parameters 1, 2, 3, the values of the coefficients of the students specialized in the humanities are 0.02-0.03 higher. Conclusion. Recommendations for teachers are generalized: the use of the proposed methodology for scientific and methodological research of the innovative potential of students' personality; the development of the competencies of students in the humanities, such as the ability for critical and creative thinking, the openness to communication in a complex socio-cultural space, the development of visual and auditory thinking through reliance on the content potential of the relevant educational programs.
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Duan, Weining, Jian Cai, Xu-Lin Tang, Qing-Jun Chen, Chun Yang, and An He. "Axial Compressive Behaviour of Square Through-Beam Joints between CFST Columns and RC Beams with Multi-Layers of Steel Meshes." Materials 13, no. 11 (2020): 2482. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13112482.
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The axial compressive behaviour of an innovative type of square concrete filled steel tube (CFST) column to reinforced concrete (RC) beam joint was experimentally investigated in this paper. The innovative joint was designed such that (i) the steel tubes of the CFST columns were completely interrupted in the joint region, (ii) the longitudinal reinforcements from the RC beams could easily pass through the joint area and (iii) a reinforcement cage, including a series of reinforcement meshes and radial stirrups, was arranged in the joint area to strengthen the mechanical performance of the joint. A two-stage experimental study was conducted to investigate the behaviour of the innovative joint under axial compression loads, where the first stage of the tests included three full-scale innovative joint specimens subjected to axial compression to assess the feasibility of the joint detailing and propose measures to further improve its axial compressive behaviour, and the second stage of the tests involved 14 innovative joint specimens with the improved detailing to study the effect of the geometric size of the joint, concrete strength and volume ratio of the steel meshes on the bearing strengths of the joints. It was generally found from the experiments that (i) the innovative joint is capable of achieving the design criterion of the ‘strong joint-weak member’ with appropriate designs, and (ii) by decreasing the height factor and increasing the volume ratio of the steel meshes, the axial compressive strengths of the joints significantly increased, while the increase of the length factor is advantageous but limited to the resistances of the joint specimens. Because of the lack of existing design methods for the innovative joints, new design expressions were proposed to calculate the axial compression resistances of the innovative joints subjected to bearing loads, with the local compression effect, the confinement effect provided by the multi-layers of steel meshes and the height effect of concrete considered. It was found that the proposed design methods were capable of providing accurate and safe resistance predictions for the innovative joints.
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Ji, Ai Guo, and De Shui Liu. "Application of Matlab to write a Script for HFSS’s Eigenmode Solution of Circular Cavity." Applied Mechanics and Materials 385-386 (August 2013): 1240–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.385-386.1240.
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With the rapid development of modern electromagnetics, a lot of electromagnetic field numerical methods are maturing. 3D electromagnetic simulation software HFSS has two solutions including incentive solving and eigenmode solving. When solving the calculation of the structure of eigenmodes or resonant type can use eigenmode solver. Using matlab generate HFSS scripting language-based program to set eigenmode solution is a very convenient and very innovative approach. The program on a circular cavity modeling and eigenmode solution set simulation results meet the design requirements.
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Babich, Lyubov V., and Galina V. Leonidova. "Innovative Activity Factors in the Estimates of Population in Russia and Belarus." World of Economics and Management 19, no. 2 (2019): 76–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.25205/2542-0429-2019-19-2-76-88.
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People and their creative activity is an important factor of innovative development. However, innovative behavior of the Russians and the Belarusians at the present stage is constrained not only by economic barriers but by various other factors, i.e. qualitative characteristics of the countries’ population, social and cultural conditions, etc. In this regard, the article is aimed at analyzing the factors of innovative activity of the population of Russia and Belarus. Scientific significance is determined by summarizing the results of the joint study carried out by the Russian and Belorussian academic institutions, identifying the common features and differences in the innovative activity of countries’ citizens, and defining the factors hindering people’s creative activity. The obtained results are of practical importance for determining priority management actions to encourage population creative activity both at the territorial and the micro levels (enterprises / organizations). The study uses sociological methods (sociological surveys), statistical analysis (including statistical indicators related to the innovative development of Russia and Belarus as well as information resources of Rosstat, Belstat and Eurostat), and general scientific methods (comparison, observation, analysis, generalization, synthesis, etc.). The materials of two sociological surveys are used as an information base of the research, e.g. monitoring of the quality of population’s labor potential conducted by the Vologda Research Center of the RAS in the Vologda Oblast in 1997–2017, and the sociological survey of the Mogilev Oblast of the Republic of Belarus conducted in 2016. The study results reveal new ways to encourage the countries’ population to increase creative activity.
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Lopez, Melissa S., Sonia Parra, Mila Salcedo, et al. "Measuring Knowledge Change and Skills Improvement in Participants of a Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Prevention Training Program in Low-Resource Areas in Texas and Mozambique." Journal of Global Oncology 4, Supplement 1 (2018): 9S—10S. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.20000.
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Abstract 5 Purpose There are more than 530,000 new cases of cervical cancer and 275,000 related deaths annually worldwide. More than 85% of cases and deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries and some areas of the United States. There is a shortage of medical specialists to provide prevention, screening, and treatment services in these regions. Needed are programs that are focused on increasing the clinical capacity to improve cancer prevention services via innovative, locally held, hands-on training courses in conjunction with regular telementoring. Locally held, hands-on training courses for colposcopy, cervical biopsy, and loop electrosurgical excisional procedures using innovative training models and theoretical practical lectures were held in conjunction with telementoring using Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes). Methods We initiated a cervical cancer prevention education program with two complementary components: locally held, hands-on training courses using innovative teaching aids that were developed by Rice University, and Project ECHO telementoring using regularly held videoconferences to ensure regular mentoring. These innovative training models are low cost (< $80 USD) and allow course participants to simulate different cervical cancer screening and early treatment techniques, including VIA, colposcopy, cervical biopsies, cryotherapy, and loop electrosurgical excisional procedures. Results To date, four hands-on training programs have been held in Mozambique (n = 2) and underserved areas of Texas, including the Rio Grande Valley (n = 1) and Laredo (n = 1). In addition, since 2014, 99 ECHO telementoring sessions have been held with providers in the Rio Grande Valley and Laredo (average, n = 23 providers) as well as Mozambique (average, n = 11 providers). Conclusion Through this cervical cancer prevention education program, we have found that locally held, hands-on training courses using innovative models, complemented with Project ECHO telementoring, is an innovative way to improve cervical cancer screening and prevention efforts in low-resource settings. Evaluation is ongoing to determine the efficacy of these programs compared with traditional training methods. Funding: The Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, The University of Texas MD Anderson Sister Institution Network Fund, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Moon Shots program, and The Prevent Cancer Foundation. AUTHORS' DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST No COIs from the authors.
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Kovalenko, Olha, та Liudmyla Yashchenko. "Ефективність інноваційної діяльності харчової промисловості в системі цілей сталого розвитку країни". Ekonomika APK 319, № 5 (2021): 46–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.32317/2221-1055.202105046.
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The purpose of the article is to improve approaches to assessing the effectiveness of innovative activities of the food industry and its individual subsectors to identify prospects for development and problems that can hinder the sustainable development of this area of production and the country as a whole. Research methods. The article uses the methods of theoretical generalizations and comparisons, which made it possible to comprehensively consider and generalize methodological approaches to assessing the effectiveness of innovation in industries. When systematizing the calculated data by the intensity of innovation costs, the methods of statistical classification and grouping were used. To achieve the goal of the study, the methodology for assessing the level of manufacturability of industries has been improved (the OECD methodology is taken as a basis), which made it possible to re-evaluate the effectiveness of innovative activities in sub-sectors of the food industry with an emphasis on the computerization of production. Research results. The article presents a methodical approach to assessing the effectiveness of innovation in the food industry. The study is based on the OECD methodology for assessing the manufacturability of industries, which is to calculate the weighted average cost intensity of R & D. The application of this approach to the food industry has confirmed the too low level of its innovative manufacturability. It was found that due to the lack of relevant statistics on R&D expenditures, it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of innovation in certain sectors of the food industry. It is proposed to solve this problem with the help of capital investment indicators, which are invested in the software of industries and are directly related to the level of computerization of technological processes. The obtained indicators of the intensity of software costs are ranked in descending order and divided into three groups according to the level of computerization, which characterizes the efficiency of innovation, as its level increases profits and profitability in industries. This will contribute to the goals of sustainable development of the country (including goals 2 and 9) and increase the competitiveness of the food industry. Scientific novelty. A methodological approach to assessing the effectiveness of innovative activities of sub-sectors of the food industry in Ukraine is proposed, which will contribute to the formation of a new look at the research methodology of this area of knowledge. Practical significance. Designed for professionals in the field of food industry economics, scientists, teachers, graduate students and students of higher educational institutions. The results of the study can be used by experts to assess the level of manufacturability of industries. Tabl.: 3. Refs.: 30.
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Garnier, Elodie M., Nastasia Fouret, and Médéric Descoins. "ViSiElse: an innovative R-package to visualize raw behavioral data over time." PeerJ 8 (February 3, 2020): e8341. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8341.
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The scientific community encourages the use of raw data graphs to improve the reliability and transparency of the results presented in articles. However, the current methods used to visualize raw data are limited to one or two numerical variables per graph and/or small sample sizes. In the behavioral sciences, numerous variables must be plotted together in order to gain insight into the behavior in question. In this article, we present ViSiElse, an R-package offering a new approach in the visualization of raw data. ViSiElse was developed with the open-source software R to visualize behavioral observations over time based on raw time data extracted from visually recorded sessions of experimental observations. ViSiElse gives a global overview of a process by creating a visualization of the timestamps for multiple actions and all participants into a single graph; individual or group behavior can then be easily assessed. Additional features allow users to further inspect their data by including summary statistics and time constraints.
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Mandil, Ahmed, Ruth Mabry, Barbara Milani, Mohamed Nour, Mohamed Afifi, and Karim Abdel-Ghani. "Mapping of health innovations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Mediterranean and selected Arab Countries." Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 28, no. 2 (2022): 130–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/emhj.22.028.
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Background: COVID-19 is the first pandemic during which innovative technologies are being used to keep people connected, safe, and productive while being physically and socially apart. Aims: This study aimed to map health innovations in response to the pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Methods: Health innovations are defined as novel methods, models, processes, products, services, or a combination that produce notable public health impact in people, families, and communities at large. We used two approaches: an online survey using a specially designed data collection tool and a review of publicly available literature using PubMed, IMEMR, Google Scholar, Google, and INSERM search engines. Data collection was conducted between September 2020 and February 2021. Results: We describe 80 innovations in this region, of which 13 were identified through the online survey and 76 via literature review. For the purposes of this paper, we subclassified two-thirds of these innovations (n = 52; 65%) as “digital health innovations”, including telehealth and telemedicine, surveillance, and contact tracing. The rest were classified as “non-digital health innovations”, including prevention and clinical management. Conclusion: This mapping exercise provides baseline information on response to the pandemic by the public and private sectors, innovation hubs within and outside the region, as well as by entrepreneurs and innovators. In-depth studies measuring the impact of health innovations will likely only become available when the pandemic is under better control and experts are able to assess the replicability, sustainability and scalability of the health innovations introduced.
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Shepetko, E. N., P. D. Fomin, D. А. Garmash, A. B. Belskiy, Y. S. Kozak, and I. S. Koshman. "RECONSTRUCTIVE ONE- AND TWO STEP JEJUNOGASTROPLASTY AFTER TOTAL GASTRECTOMY IN BLEEDING GASTRIC CANCER." Medical Science of Ukraine (MSU) 13, no. 1-2 (2017): 55–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.32345/2664-4738.1-2.2017.08.
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Relevance. Modern and topical questions of surgical treatment of acute bleeding gastric cancer are considered with the use of innovative hardware technologies of operative interventions with the formation of an artificial ventricle (jejunogastroplasty) after total gastrectomy (GE).
 Objective. Development and introduction of new technologies and methods of one-stage and two-stage reconstructive jejunogastroplasty (JGP), which can improve the functional results of total gastrectomy for acute bleeding gastric cancer.
 Materials and methods. Are analyzed 30 patients after the GE in conjunction with jejunogastroplasty (JGP) for bleeding gastric cancer. Men were 22 (73 %), women – 8 (27 %). In 68 % of patients who underwent JGP verified III st. and IV st. neoplastic process. When forming an artificial stomach (reconstructive JGP) used a variety of options and technologies: JGP manually performed in 3 (10 %), hardware – in 27 (90 %).
 Results. JGP by Roux loop applied in 6 (20 %), Ω-loop JGP with Brownian anastomosis – in 16 (53 %), and in 8 (27 %) performed reconstructive hardware JGP in a functionally advantageous embodiment including of the duodenum. In 28 patients lymph node dissection performed in the amount of D2, two – D1 using an ultrasonic scalpel and the machine welding of biological tissues. Deaths were not. Developed and implemented the concept two-step JGP after total GE at bleeding gastric cancer. In the first phase, the GE with lymph node dissection. In developing dumping syndrome, nongastric fatigue, weight loss, violation digestiv tract function in the postoperative period and in the absence of data on the progression of the tumor process in the second phase after 4-6 months (sometimes 1-1,5 years) after total GE undertaken reconstructive JGP with the creation of artificial jejunum reservoir. Developed sixteen variants hardware reconstructive JGP without including and with the including of the duodenum in the digestive transit. The best functional results obtained after reconstructive JGP including of the duodenum.
 Conclusions. In patients young and middle age after total GE at bleeding gastric cancer it is advisable to complement perfoming JGP including of the duodenum. The use of one- and two step JGP after total GE improves the quality of life of the patients in the late postoperative period.
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Shang, Yan-Jun, Chang-Gen Yang, Wei-Jun Jin, et al. "Application of Integrated Geophysical Methods for Site Suitability of Research Infrastructures (RIs) in China." Applied Sciences 11, no. 18 (2021): 8666. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11188666.
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Research Infrastructures (RIs) are essential to achieve excellence in innovative scientific research. However, because of limited land availability and specific geological requirements, evaluating the viability of a site for a new RI can be a challenging task. Stringent safety construction requirements include developing site-specific architectural and geoengineering solutions, minimizing construction disturbances, and reinforcing rock and soil in a timely fashion. For successful development of the RIs in China, such as the Daya Bay Neutrino Laboratory (DBNL) and the China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS), an integrated approach of joint geophysical methods including the electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), controlled-source audio-frequency magneto telluric (CSAMT)), gravity and seismic refraction methods, and geological mapping and surveys were carried out. Geophysical parameters, such as electrical resistivity, density, and seismic velocity, show inverse proportion to the degree of rock fracturing or weathering. The results show that the low values of geophysical parameters suggest the weathered/fractured rock, while high values reveal the fresh bedrock. The Engineering Geological Suitability Index (EGSI) value can represent the individual EGSI values at a constant and summed over varying depths. EGSI methodology is an improvement on the existing siting process and has been applied to CSNS. Our integrated approach provides clearer insight into the subsurface for site suitability of RIs in challenging geological engineering conditions and removes any ambiguity caused by a single geophysical parameter. The obtained geological knowledge of the area not only provides engineers with much-needed information about the construction conditions of a potential site but also gives scientists the opportunity to explore the local geology. In this study, we demonstrate our innovative approach for siting RIs, as demonstrated by the synthetic evaluation of the site location and utilization for two established RIs (DBNL and CSNS).
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Bakhtiarizadeh, Ehsan, Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad, Mani Poshdar, Malik Khalfan, and James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi. "Blockchain and Information Integration: Applications in New Zealand’s Prefabrication Supply Chain." Buildings 11, no. 12 (2021): 608. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11120608.
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New Zealand’s rising demand for new and affordable homes is driving innovative and effective methods for project delivery. Prefabrication or off-site construction is considered an innovative approach to project delivery that eliminates the limitations of traditional construction methods. However, the prefabrication industry struggles with several challenges, including poor coordination and low supply chain integration amongst its partner organisations. There has been previous literature on improving the prefabrication supply chain integration, but few studies about the role of technology in this sector. Therefore, this article provides intuitions into the applicability and benefits of advanced technologies, namely blockchain, for improving supply chain integration in the context of prefabrication in New Zealand. A questionnaire survey was used to identify the channels used for information exchange between clients and contractors. Moreover, the questionnaire ascertained the positive effects of blockchain on enhancing supply chain integration between the two partners. Blockchain has proven to be a secure information integration instrument that can improve the integration of the prefabrication supply chain by fostering collaboration between organisations.
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Qiang, Yi, Seyed H. Chavoshi, Steven Logghe, Philippe De Maeyer, and Nico Van de Weghe. "Multi-scale analysis of linear data in a two-dimensional space." Information Visualization 13, no. 3 (2013): 248–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473871613477853.
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Many disciplines are faced with the problem of handling time-series data. This study introduces an innovative visual representation for time series, namely the continuous triangular model. In the continuous triangular model, all subintervals of a time series can be represented in a two-dimensional continuous field, where every point represents a subinterval of the time series, and the value at the point is derived through a certain function (e.g. average or summation) of the time series within the subinterval. The continuous triangular model thus provides an explicit overview of time series at all different scales. In addition to time series, the continuous triangular model can be applied to a broader sense of linear data, such as traffic along a road. This study shows how the continuous triangular model can facilitate the visual analysis of different types of linear data. We also show how the coordinate interval space in the continuous triangular model can support the analysis of multiple time series through spatial analysis methods, including map algebra and cartographic modelling. Real-world datasets and scenarios are employed to demonstrate the usefulness of this approach.
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Wang, Wenpeng, Yuelong Zhu, Bo Liu, Yuanfang Chen, and Xu Zhao. "Innovative Variance Corrected Sen’s Trend Test on Persistent Hydrometeorological Data." Water 11, no. 10 (2019): 2119. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11102119.
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Trend detection in observations helps one to identify anthropogenic forces on natural hydrological and climatic systems. Hydrometeorological data are often persistent over time that deviates from the assumption of independence used by many statistical methods. A recently proposed Sen’s trend test claimed to be free of this problem and thereby received widespread attention. However, both theoretical derivation and stochastic simulation of the current study implies that persistence inflates the trend significance, leading to false trends. To tackle this problem, we incorporate the feature of persistence into the variance of the trend test statistic, whereby an innovative variance-corrected Sen’s trend test is developed. Two theoretical variances of the trend test statistic are newly derived to account for short-term and long-term persistent behavior. The original variance for independent data is also corrected because of its negative bias. A stepwise procedure, including steps to specify the underlying persistent behavior and to test trend with new statistic, is outlined for performing the new test on factual data. Variance-corrected Sen’s trend test can effectively restore the inflated trend significance back to its nominal state. This study may call for the reassessment of published results of the original Sen’s trend test on data with persistence.
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Gavrilko, Tetiana, and Lesya Pobochenko. "RESEARCH ON TRANSNATIONALISATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY INNOVATIVE COMPONENT INFLUENCED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC." Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 7, no. 5 (2021): 59–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2021-7-5-59-66.
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The purpose of this article is to examine the innovative component of the transnationalisation of economic activity under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistical and analytical systems analysis methods make it possible to determine the trend of research and development (R&D) expenditures in the world over five years (2017-2021). Methodology. Research methods: theoretical generalization, analysis and synthesis, logical, system-structural analysis of economic processes and relations, statistical, comparative, sectoral and dialectical approaches. Results. In accordance with the theoretical study of the process of investment in innovation by TNCs under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we conclude that innovation for multinational corporations is the realization of innovative and creative ideas, which are the basis of progress and profit. The balance of power in the global innovation space before and during the COVID-19 pandemic is demonstrated by examining the dynamics of innovation in countries and regions. Under the COVID-19 pandemic, companies' R&D spending has fluctuated slightly, while global R&D spending has increased. According to the Global R&D Finance Forecast 2021, Asian countries, including China, will act as the engine of innovation in the coming years. Countries in the Americas and Europe will continue to lose their leadership in R&D, even though their spending will rise as the overall global economy recovers. One of the key indicators of innovation development is the quota of expenditure on research and development in GDP in the world. The leaders in this indicator are South Korea, Israel, Japan, Finland, and Sweden. Practical implications. Innovation is recognized as a central factor in economic growth and development. Interest not only in the promotion but also in the evaluation of the results of innovation activities is growing not only in developed but also in developing countries. According to The Future of Post-COVID Innovation Finance GII (Global Innovation Index 2020/2021), the pandemic crisis had a short-term impact on innovation spending. Research and development (R&D) spending in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic has always been high. In contrast to previous fears, the crisis has had only a minor impact on overall investment in innovation, as well as on the main consumers of innovation. At the company level, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the industry distribution of innovation, but costs and access to innovation financing in developing countries and more volatile companies are at risk. Disparities in access to innovation finance are likely to intensify. Value/originality. The main international research units of TNCs are concentrated mainly in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. But according to recent global trends, there is a possibility of creating new research units of transnational corporations in China and India, which will allow these two countries to become part of the "innovation core" of the world economy in the future.
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Rudenko, Viktoriia, Ruslan Voloshchuk, Viktor Melnyk, and Oksana Tsiupa. "The Impact of Consolidated Value Added Taxation on Innovation and Investment Processes: European Experience and Prospects for Ukraine." WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 17 (April 15, 2021): 321–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.37394/232015.2021.17.32.
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Today Ukraine is on the path to European integration, which requires the introduction of the best practices of European countries, including in terms of taxation of consolidated groups of enterprises. At present, in European countries, consolidated value added taxation is one of the ways to solve the problem of reducing the tax burden on business, providing enterprises with additional investment resources and stimulating their innovative development. In addition, the consolidated tax system reduces the cost of tax administration for both the state and business. Therefore, the issue of introducing value added tax is relevant for Ukrainian practice. The purpose of the research is to study the content and determine the specifics of consolidated value added taxation in European countries and to consider the possibilities of its application in Ukraine for innovation and investment processes intensifying. The specifics of the scientific tasks that are the subject of the study required the use of a set of special methods, the application of which helped to analyze the impact of consolidated value added taxation on innovation and investment processes in European countries. The study was conducted using quantitative methods, including comparative analysis, and qualitative methods, including case study. The study identified the essence and basic principles of consolidated value added taxation. Two types of consolidated VAT taxation in European countries are analyzed: the regime of full consolidation and the regime of partial consolidation. The advantages and disadvantages of consolidated VAT taxation for the state and taxpayers are substantiated. It was found out that in European countries, consolidated value added tax is aimed at improving the conditions of doing business and providing taxpayers with additional opportunities to apply special tax rules. As a result of the study, it was proved that the introduction of approaches in Ukraine that correspond to the European experience of consolidated VAT taxation will help to solve important tasks of bringing its tax system closer to foreign standards and intensifying innovation and investment processes at the micro- and macro levels.
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Tsetsiarynets, Tat'iana. "Investments into the human capital as a factor of innovative economy formation." University Economic Bulletin, no. 41 (March 30, 2019): 75–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.31470/2306-546x-2019-41-75-82.
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Article is devoted to the current problems characteristic not only for Belarus, but practically to all countries of the former Soviet Union which main essence consists in the analysis of investment ensuring formation of the human capital. Purpose: the analysis and assessment of the key macroeconomic indicators, socio-economic factors and institutional conditions of investment ensuring formation of the human capital in Republic of Belarus. Methods – are used the main methods of scientific knowledge, such as analysis, synthesis, comparisons, tabular, etc. Results of work: The paradigm of innovative and technological development which is based on such progressive factors as digitalization of economy, scientific and technical progress, the intellectual capital, industrialization, etc. has the dominating impact on formation of modern society. It is aggregated them it is possible to divide into two big groups: the investment, including structure and structure of fixed assets and intangible assets of the industry, volumes of investment resources, innovative activity, and the human, including quantities of human resources, labor productivity level, degree of qualification of workers, scientific and innovative potential, etc. Their influence is defining and does not raise doubts in scientific and practical community. Formation of innovative economy assumes active introduction of achievements of scientific and technical progress, modernization of the production technology of products, improvement of organizational and economic mechanisms of management. The economy of knowledge is produced directly by the people generating the new ideas, knowledge, technologies. Progressive rates of technological progress are caused not only by existence of certain material and technical resources, but also quantitative structure and a qualitative condition of human resources. In this regard the special relevance is acquired by questions of investment of human development for the purpose of transformation of human resources of society in the most valuable capital – human. In article the main theoretical approaches to definition of the concept «human capital» are considered. The analysis of the key macroeconomic indicators reflecting trends in the sphere of investment ensuring formation and development of the human capital is carried out. An assessment of an intellectual and innovative component of the human capital in Republic of Belarus is given. Conclusions: The main directions of increase in efficiency of investment ensuring formation and development of the human capital are defined.
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Li, Zeng. "Study of Impacts on Students’ Comprehensive Developments by College Physical Education." Advanced Materials Research 187 (February 2011): 809–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.187.809.
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As a multi-dimensional open culture and an organic composition of higher education, compared with other forms of education, college physical education has a unique advantage in the promotion of college students to form and develop good personalities. The factors of college physical education that impact college students’ personality developments are divided into two parts of promoting factors and impeding factors. Among them, promoting factors including teaching factors, management factors, and personnel support, etc., play an active role in promoting the process of college students’ personality developments; impeding factors including behind ideas and concepts, various course contents, monotonous teaching mode, rigid management mode and teachers to be improved, etc., seriously impede the progress of college students’ personality developments. College physical education has its impacts on the process of college students’ personality developments in its unique forms and methods, the roles of which are mainly represented in: promoting physical and mental healthy developments; coordinating interpersonal relationships to enhance adaptive capacities to the society; developing firm volitional qualities and magnificent moral sentiments; enhancing the struggling consciousness to participate in competitions and cooperation; and culturing innovative consciousnesses and innovative capacities, etc. aspects.
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Wu, Yuping. "Preface." Pure and Applied Chemistry 80, no. 11 (2008): iv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac20088011iv.
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Novelty and creativity make life more beautiful and enjoyable! As a result, the International Symposium on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS) was initiated in 2005 [1]. This is the 3rd serial symposium (NMS-III) together with the 17th International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers (FCFP-XVII), which was organized by Fudan University in Shanghai 17-21 October 2007. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Shanghai Society of Chemistry and Chemical Industry,and the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB209700) provided valuable financial support.The symposium was carried out under the auspices of IUPAC.The main objectives of the symposium were to present state-of-the-art preparation of novel materials, and to discuss their performance and application potentials. The wide scope of the symposium provided a valuable multidisciplinary academic exchange on new ideas and the latest findings for the scientific community. At the same time, the forum gave young scientists the opportunity to meet with the international authorities in their specialized areas and to quickly increase their knowledge. The symposium also opened other doors for the participants to learn something more about Fudan University, Shanghai, and China.The symposium was joined by 212 overseas participants from 34 countries and areas and some local distinguished delegates. The scientific program comprised 206 lectures and 90 posters, including one plenary lecture and one public lecture delivered by Prof. J. M. Lehn from France, the 1987 Nobel laureate in chemistry. Detailed, active, and lively discussions were covered by the following five themes:- innovative catalytic and other synthetic methods, including chiral and asymmetrical synthesis- innovative polymer materials, including supramolecular (supermolecular, dynamers), conducting, semiconducting, optoelecronic, and biobased polymers, their properties, and characteristics- innovative energy materials, including fuel cells, solar cells, lithium batteries, Ni-MH batteries, and supercapacitors- innovative nanomaterials and their preparation, characteristics, and applications- other novel materials, including drugs, perfumes, agricultural chemicals, electrical materials, photosensitive materials, displaying materials, and fine ceramics and their preparationThe program emphasized that novel materials and their preparation are dynamic research areas that are attracting growing interest from researchers, engineers, industries, and policy-makers. Furthermore, novel materials continue to find applications that serve the needs and interests of producers and consumers. Among these, energy and nanotechnologies are two urgent and important themes. A selection of 23 papers based on specially invited presentations to NMS-III/FCFP-XVII is published in this issue to demonstrate the quality and scope of the two themes of this symposium.During the symposium, the role and contributions of this academic platform to novel materialsand their synthesis are well realized by the participants and sponsors. Holding this symposium inOctober of every odd year in Shanghai is strongly recommended by the advisory board and adopted bythe organization committee.Yuping WuConference editor1. Y. P. Wu. Pure Appl. Chem.78, iii (2006).
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Grittner, Alison, and Kathleen C. Sitter. "The Role of Place in the Lives of Sex Workers: A Sociospatial Analysis of Two International Case Studies." Affilia 35, no. 2 (2019): 274–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109919872965.
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This article conceptualizes how place-based analysis can generate innovative understandings of sex work and spatial justice, including ways in which stigma, well-being, and marginality are embodied in sex work places. Focusing on three interconnected dimensions of place—geographic location, material environment, and sociopower structures—this article examines the unexplored realm of place and sex work. Beginning with an analysis of existing sex work literature and knowledge relating to dimensions of place, we explicate the role of feminist ideologies, juridical contexts, and the built environment as the conceptual and analytic groundwork for a place-based understanding of sex work. Architectural spatial methods then generate a place-based analysis of two case study exemplars: the Residence in Western Canada and the Strichtplatz in Zurich, Switzerland. We conclude by considering avenues to incorporate place theory into sex work research and the social work discipline, ultimately advocating for research, policy, and practice that concomitantly address sex workers’ social and spatial oppression.
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Lin, Haoyu, Yunkai Deng, Heng Zhang, et al. "On the Processing of Dual-Channel Receiving Signals of the LuTan-1 SAR System." Remote Sensing 14, no. 3 (2022): 515. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14030515.
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LuTan-1 (LT-1) is an innovative spaceborne radar Earth observation mission including two satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) which will be launched in 2022. Active phased array antennas that can be divided into two physical channels are equipped on each satellite. The signal can be transmitted through the full antenna without broadening and recorded by each channel. Therefore, two methods can be used to preprocess the dual-channel receiving signals, referred to as dual-channel echo reconstruction and dual-channel echo synthesis. The former is inherited from the traditional high-resolution wide-swath mode and the latter is a method that takes coherent superposition as the reference. This paper researches the impacts of the two methods in system performance and imaging quality. Principles and theoretical models are firstly given. Furthermore, the system performance under the “L1A_SM_S” working mode of the LT-1 is simulated to compare the differences between the two methods, which mainly focuses on azimuth ambiguity-to-signal ratio, noise equivalent sigma zero, and the performance of block adaptive quantization. Afterwards, the test data acquired by the ground validation system of the LT-1 are used for the hardware-in-the-loop simulation to demonstrate the imaging quality between the two methods. Finally, a quantitative comparison is given.
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Martirosyan, Irina, Elena Pakholiuk, Vira Lubenets, et al. "Innovative Approach to the Creation of Textile Materials with Antimicrobial Properties." Science and Innovation 17, no. 3 (2021): 56–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/scine17.03.056.
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Introduction. In recent years, there has been a constant search for more advanced and environmentally friendlymeans for antimicrobial treatment of cellulose-containing tissues of various intended uses in the textile industry.Problem Statement. The problem of protection of textile materials and products from microbiological destruction is complex and multifaceted and needs to be solved. Today, one of the methods of protection is to provide textile materials with biocidal properties, which not only prevents the growth of bacteria, but can also ensure a high level of tissue safety. Therefore, we are faced with the task of finding new safe biocidal products.Purpose. The research has been made to determine the level of safety of textile materials treated by biocidalsubstances with the thiosulfonate structure including Ethylthiosulfanilate, Methylthiosulfanilate and Allylthiosulfanilate.Materials and Methods. The fabrics of different chemical composition were used in the study, designed for themanufacture of overalls. New preparations of thiosulfonate structure were chosen for impregnation: ethylthiosulfanilate (ETS), methylthiosulfanilate (MTS) and allylthiosulfanilate (ATS). The presence of heavy metals and pesticides was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry with the use of a ZEENIT 650P spectrometer (Germany).Results. It has been established that the detected level of heavy metals and pesticides in the studied textile materials is insignificant and is within the regulatory requirements. It has been confirmed that the studied biocidal substances are low-toxic and environmentally friendly, because before and after treatment they did not change the hygienic parameters of tissues. A method for imparting biocidal properties to textile materials for the manufacture of overalls, in particular by impregnating textile materials with an alcoholic solution of biocidal products, has been developed. Also due to this treatment, the water absorption of materials decreases by an average of 40%.Conclusions. The treatment of textile materials with biocidal preparations of the thiosulfonate structure allowsobtaining simultaneously two desired effects for these fabrics: the appropriate bioresistance and water resistance.
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Dugheri, Stefano, Daniela Massi, Nicola Mucci, Nicola Berti, Giovanni Cappelli, and Giulio Arcangeli. "How improvements in monitoring and safety practices lowered airborne formaldehyde concentrations at an Italian university hospital: a summary of 20 years of experience." Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 71, no. 3 (2020): 178–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2020-71-3406.
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AbstractThe last two decades have been crucial for the assessment of airborne formaldehyde (FA) exposure in healthcare environments due to changes in limits and reference values, definition of carcinogenicity, and new monitoring methods. The aim of this study was to analyse twenty years (1999–2019) of experience in automatic, continuous airborne FA monitoring in the Pathology Laboratory and operating rooms at the Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. These 20 years saw gradual improvements in FA monitoring of exposed employees considered at maximum risk, including improvements in analytical methods of detection and sampling strategies, which came with changes in procedures and workflow operations. In 2019, after the adoption of safe practices, including a closed-circuit system using pre-loaded containers and a vacuum sealing, 94 % of the total measurements (FA concentrations) were lower than 16 μg/m3, and only 6 % ranged from 21 to 75 μg/m3. In the studied work units, the ratio between area and personal readings ranged from 0.9 to 1.0, both for long and short-term sampling. Personal sampling was simplified with a new workstation, which integrated different monitoring systems into an innovative ergonomic armchair equipped with personal sampling devices. Area monitoring was also improved with a real-time, continuous photoacoustic instrument. Over these 20 years, FA exposure significantly dropped, which coincided with optimised histology workflow and implementation of safety practices. For high-throughput screening and cost savings we propose an innovative ergonomic armchair station which allows remote continuous monitoring.