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Swift, Tim. "PhD scientists in the boardroom: the innovation impact." Journal of Strategy and Management 11, no. 2 (2018): 184–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsma-06-2017-0040.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact that PhD scientists serving on the board of directors of firms conducting hard science have on the R&D-based innovative performance of the firm.Design/methodology/approachThe research hypotheses are built upon extant theory, and they are tested using two-stage least squared regression that control for the endogenous nature of board composition. Results are robust to alternative specifications.FindingsThis analysis shows that firms with higher numbers of PhD scientists on the board generate superior innovative output and more efficient monitoring; PhD board members with denser professional networks are more valuable as board members.Practical implicationsThis paper provides practical advice to innovative firms on how to create a governance process that simultaneously improves monitoring and boosts the innovative performance.Originality/valueThis study is the first one to suggest that innovative firms can improve R&D monitoring and boost innovative output at the same time, and the first to investigate the role that PhD scientists can serve on the board of firms engaging in hard science.
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El Lawindi, Mona I., Yasmine S. Galal, and Walaa A. Khairy. "Health Research and Millennium Development Goals: Identifying the Gap From Public Health Perspective." Global Journal of Health Science 8, no. 5 (2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v8n5p1.
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<p>Assessing the research output within the universities could provide an effective means for tracking the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) progress. This analytical database study was designed to assess the trend of research theses conducted by the Public Health Department (PHD), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University during the period 1990 to 2014 as related to the: MDGS, Faculty and department research priority plans and to identify the discrepancies between researchers’ priorities versus national and international research priorities. A manual search of the theses was done at the Postgraduate Library using a specially designed checklist to chart adherence of each thesis to: MDGs, Faculty and department research plans (RPs). The theses’ profile showed that the highest research output was for addressing the MDGS followed by the PHD and Faculty RPs. Compliance to MDGs 5 and 6 was obvious, whereas; MDGs 2, 3, and 7 were not represented at all after year 2000. No significant difference was found between PH theses addressing the Faculty RPs and those which were not before and after 2010. A significantly lower percent of PH theses was fulfilling the PHD research priorities compared to those which were not after 2010. This study showed a<strong> </strong>definite decline in research output tackling the MDGS and PHD research priorities, with a non-significant increase in the production of theses addressing the Faculty RPs. The present study is a practical model for policy makers within the universities to develop and implement a reliable monitoring and evaluation system for assessment of research output.</p>
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Woolderink, Marla, Katarina Putnik, Hannerieke van der Boom, and Gonnie Klabbers. "The Voice of PhD Candidates and PhD Supervisors. A Qualitative Exploratory Study amongst PhD Candidates and Supervisors to Evaluate the Relational Aspects of PhD Supervision in the Netherlands." International Journal of Doctoral Studies 10 (2015): 217–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/2276.
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PhD trajectories are important to universities, as these contribute to the increase in knowledge and output. Therefore, they aim to decrease the completion time and dropout. This article reports on our survey amongst PhD candidates and supervisors of the Graduate School CAPHRI, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. We investigated interpersonal aspects of coaching and (implicit) assumptions on skills and competences. Both groups consider personality, knowledge, skills, communication and coaching the major factors contributing to a successful PhD trajectory. PhD candidates consider responsiveness and respectful, good-quality feedback by supervisors important and suggest regular assessment of their performance. Supervisors consider flexibility, openness for feedback, taking initiative and being a team-player as good qualities for PhDs. Supervisors indicate struggling with offering support versus independence during different stages of the PhD trajectory. The study shows that a good match between PhDs and supervisors is essential for a successful PhD trajectory, and we advise that both discuss and formally agree upon mutual expectations and responsibilities within the project. We advocate that Graduate Schools foster an open and safe learning environment, organise meetings where supervisors can share experiences to learn from one another, provide contacts for advice and support and involvement of HR during the selection process.
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Fisher, Monica, Violet Nyabaro, Ruth Mendum, and Moses Osiru. "Making it to the PhD: Gender and student performance in sub-Saharan Africa." PLOS ONE 15, no. 12 (2020): e0241915. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241915.
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Women’s underrepresentation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) impedes progress in solving Africa’s complex development problems. As in other regions, women’s participation in STEM drops progressively moving up the education and career ladder, with women currently constituting 30% of Africa’s STEM researchers. This study elucidates gender-based differences in PhD performance using new survey data from 227 alumni of STEM PhD programs in 17 African countries. We find that, compared to their male counterparts, sampled women had about one less paper accepted for publication during their doctoral studies and took about half a year longer to finish their PhD training. Negative binomial regression models provide insights on the observed differences in women’s and men’s PhD performance. Results indicate that the correlates of publication productivity and time to PhD completion are very similar for women and men, but some gender-based differences are observed. For publication output, we find that good supervision had a stronger impact for men than women; and getting married during the PhD reduced women’s publication productivity but increased that of men. Becoming a parent during the PhD training was a key reason that women took longer to complete the PhD, according to our results. Findings suggest that having a female supervisor, attending an institution with gender policies in place, and pursuing the PhD in a department where sexual harassment by faculty was perceived as uncommon were enabling factors for women’s timely completion of their doctoral studies. Two priority interventions emerge from this study: (1) family-friendly policies and facilities that are supportive of women’s roles as wives and mothers and (2) fostering broader linkages and networks for women in STEM, including ensuring mentoring and supervisory support that is tailored to their specific needs and circumstances.
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Perlin, Marcelo Scherer, and André Portela Santos. "Os pesquisadores, as publicações e os periódicos da área de Finanças no Brasil: Uma análise com base em currículos da plataforma Lattes." Brazilian Review of Finance 13, no. 2 (2015): 162. http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/rbfin.v13n2.2015.47157.
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This paper analyzes the scientific output of Finance researchers in Brazil. Using a proprietary software to download information directly from the Lattes platform it was possible to verify the profile and the tendencies of research in the area of Finance in the national territory. The main results of the study show that most of the researchers of Finance are relatively young with respect to their career, with PhD finished in between the years of 2005 and 2014, and located in the southeastern part of the country. The scientific output of Brazilian researchers in international journals is small in comparison to the total of publications. The number of published papers has risen exponentially, however the quality of the papers, measured by Qualis, has decreased. An analysis of the productivity of the researchers show that the most productive authors have two common attributes: PhD degree obtained in a foreign institution and the productivity scholarship from CNPQ.
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Stasiewicz, Piotr. "Wiesław Stec – czterdzieści lat w służbie białostockiej polonistyki." Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne 49, no. 4 (2021): 13–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.36770/bp.542.
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The article is an attempt to describe over forty years of professional career of one of the most distinguished employees of the Institute of Polish Philology at the University of Bialystok, PhD Wiesław Stec. The text describes the most important scientific achievements of the researcher, his publications and editorial output. It also presents a detailed discussion on his organizational activity as deputy director of the Institute, a function he held in the 1990s, i.e. a key period for Bialystok’s Polish Philology. The final part of the article includes the author’s personal reflections on the unique character of the didactic work of PhD Wiesław Stec.
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Colì, L., G. La Manna, V. Dalmastri, et al. "Evidence of Profiled Hemodialysis Efficacy in the Treatment of Intradialytic Hypotension." International Journal of Artificial Organs 21, no. 7 (1998): 398–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/039139889802100703.
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In the last 10 years the percentage of dialysis patients suffering from clinical intradialytic intolerance has greatly increased. Profiled hemodialysis (PHD) is a new technical approach, alternative to standard hemodialysis (SHD) for the treatment of intradialytic symptomatic hypotension. It is based on intradialytic modulation of the dialysate sodium concentration, using a dialysate sodium concentration profile elaborated by a new mathematical kinetic model. The aim of PHD is to reduce the intradialytic blood volume decrease, thanks to a dialysate sodium profile, which allows a reduction in the plasma osmolarity decrease, thereby boosting intravascular fluid refilling. This work aims at clinically validating the PHD technique, by testing its ability, against SHD, to maintain a more stable intradialytic blood volume; this evaluation was supported by monitoring some hemodynamic parameters. Twelve dialysis patients on SHD treatment were selected because of their intradialytic symptomatic hypotension. Twelve SHD (one per patient) and 12 PHD sessions (one per patient) were performed to achieve the same sodium mass removal and body weight decrease on both PHD and SHD. During these sessions we monitored the blood volume variation % by the critline (a non invasive blood volume monitoring device), the mean blood pressure and heart rate directly and, finally, the stroke volume and cardiac output indirectly by bidimensional doppler-echocardiography. Comparison of the results obtained with the two techniques shows PHD to achieve a significantly more stable blood volume, blood pressure and cardiovascular function than SHD, in particular during the second and the third hour of the dialysis session.
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Samkin, Grant, and Annika Schneider. "Using university websites to profile accounting academics and their research output." Meditari Accountancy Research 22, no. 1 (2014): 77–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/medar-05-2014-0038.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the profiles of Australian, New Zealand and South African accounting faculty members. Additionally, the study investigates whether there are any differences in research productivity of the accounting faculty between countries as measured by peer-reviewed academic journal output. Design/methodology/approach – This archival study uses details obtained from webpages of Departments of Accounting in the three countries to construct a profile of accounting academics. Findings – Significant differences in the profiles of accounting academics were found that can be attributed to the institutional factors that exist in each country. Staffs at the junior lecturer and lecturer levels are more likely to be female, while senior lecturers and professors in all three countries were more likely to be male. While Australia and New Zealand had a similar percentage of staff holding PhD or equivalent academic qualifications, only a small proportion of the South African faculty held PhD or equivalent qualifications. A greater proportion of the South African faculty was professionally qualified compared to their Australian and New Zealand counterparts. New Zealand accounting faculty was more productive than their Australian colleagues, with South African academics being the least productive. Academics holding a doctoral qualification or equivalent were more productive than those that did not. Research limitations/implications – The research limitations relate to the use of websites as the primary data source. Incompleteness of information, inconsistencies in the type of information presented and a lack of comparability of information across institutions and countries may have led to some errors and omissions. However, given the relatively large sample size of 2,049 academics, this was not deemed to materially affect the final analysis. Originality/value – The paper provides an important contribution to the literature on accounting academics. It is the first of its kind to present a comprehensive “snapshot” of the profiles of accounting academics at the universities in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
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García-Suaza, Andrés, Jesús Otero, and Rainer Winkelmann. "Predicting early career productivity of PhD economists: Does advisor-match matter?" Scientometrics 122, no. 1 (2019): 429–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-019-03277-8.
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AbstractWe assess the role played by department rank and advisor-match on the early stage productivity of recent PhDs in economics using a tailor-made data set based on RePEc. After allowing for the potential influence of other factors, including gender and field of specialisation, we find as expected that both advisory quality and rank of the graduation institution are positively related to the academic productivity of graduates. However, in top institutions, students working with the most productive academics do not outperform others unless they co-author with their advisor. For students in non-top institutions, being advised by the best academics is always associated with a higher research output. Possible explanations for this difference are pointed out, including selection and differences in advising styles.
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Arts, Sam, and Reinhilde Veugelers. "Taste for science, academic boundary spanning, and inventive performance of scientists and engineers in industry." Industrial and Corporate Change 29, no. 4 (2020): 917–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtaa013.
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Abstract Matching survey data on PhD scientists and engineers currently working in an R&D job in industry with publications and patents, we study the relation between their individual motives and the rate and nature of their inventive output. We find that individuals with a strong taste for science, that is motivated by intellectual challenge, autonomy, and contribution to society, create more novel and impactful patents in industry. These individuals are also more involved in academic boundary spanning, proxied by scientific publications co-authored with academic scientists, and this boundary spanning partially mediates the effect of taste for science on impactful inventive output. In contrast, individuals with a strong taste for salary and career collaborate less with academic scientists, fully mediating the negative effect of taste for salary and career on impactful inventive output.
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Pagel, Paul S., and Judith A. Hudetz. "Scholarly Productivity and National Institutes of Health Funding of Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Grant Recipients." Anesthesiology 123, no. 3 (2015): 683–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000000737.
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Abstract Background: The Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) grant program provides fellows and junior faculty members with grant support to stimulate their careers. The authors conducted a bibliometric analysis of recipients of FAER grants since 1987. Methods: Recipients were identified in the FAER alumni database. Each recipient’s affiliation was identified using an Internet search (keyword “anesthesiology”). The duration of activity, publications, publication rate, citations, citation rate, h-index, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for each recipient were obtained using the Scopus® (Elsevier, USA) and NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools® (National Institutes of Health, USA) databases. Results: Three hundred ninety-seven individuals who received 430 FAER grants were analyzed, 79.1% of whom currently hold full-time academic appointments. Recipients published 19,647 papers with 548,563 citations and received 391 NIH grants totaling $448.44 million. Publications, citations, h-index, the number of NIH grants, and amount of support were dependent on academic rank and years of activity (P &lt; 0.0001). Recipients who acquired NIH grants (40.3%) had greater scholarly output than those who did not. Recipients with more publications were also more likely to secure NIH grants. Women had fewer publications and lower h-index than men, but there were no gender-based differences in NIH funding. Scholarly output was similar in recipients with MD and PhD degrees versus those with MD degrees alone, but recipients with MD and PhD degrees were more likely to receive NIH funding than those with MDs alone. Conclusion: Most FAER alumni remain in academic anesthesiology and have established a consistent record of scholarly output that appears to exceed reported productivity for average faculty members identified in previous studies.
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Lyall, Mark. "Method emerging: a statement of poetics for a project-based PhD." Qualitative Research Journal 14, no. 2 (2014): 134–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrj-05-2013-0035.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give an account of the methods used for the author's project-based doctoral thesis, Hatred and History. The methodology is offered not as an exemplar, but rather as a case study of an integrated approach where exegesis and creative work are conceived as intertwining explorations of the same research materials. Design/methodology/approach – Hatred and History creatively explores the idea that science and intuition frame our experience of the world in distinct ways, and is expressed across an audio production and a written exegesis. The dyad of scientific and intuitive knowledge is embedded deeply within the production, from the initial choice of subject through the structuring and writing of the script to the techniques employed to write the music. This paper traces the transformation of the dyad from academic construct to creative construct, and should therefore be considered a statement of poetics. Findings – The creative exploration of science and intuition encouraged me to consider the “double articulation” of theory and practice, where poetics ceases to be merely a theory of rhetorical design and is assimilated into a theory of self-knowledge. Originality/value – This paper is offered in the hope that it will be of value to commencing PhD candidates in the creative arts who must navigate the waters between exegesis and creative output for themselves.
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Liaw, Winston, Stephen Petterson, Vivian Jiang, et al. "The Scholarly Output of Faculty in Family Medicine Departments." Family Medicine 51, no. 2 (2019): 103–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2019.536135.
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Background and Objectives: While prior efforts have assessed the scope of family medicine research, the methods have differed, and the efforts have not been routinely repeated. The purpose of this analysis was to quantify publications, journals, citations, and funding of US family medicine faculty and identify factors associated with these outcomes. Methods: We identified faculty in US departments of family medicine through website searches and performed a cross-sectional study. We included 2015 publications in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Web of Science (a database that aggregates a wide range of catalogs). We calculated descriptive statistics assessing the publications, journals, and citations for family medicine faculty. We conducted bivariate analyses by department region, department size, public/private status, faculty title, and faculty degree. Results: We identified 6,738 faculty at 134 departments, with 15% of faculty having any publications. Family medicine faculty published 3,002 times (mean of 2.9 among those with any publications). The mean number of publications was highest for faculty in departments in the West (3.7), in the third quartile for size (3.6), with a professor title (4.0), and with combined MD or DO/PhD degrees (4.3). Faculty published 84% of the time in non-family medicine journals and were cited 13,548 times. Faculty listed federal funding for over half (52%) of the times they published. Conclusions: Publications from family medicine faculty are not concentrated in family medicine journals and are being referenced by others. These figures are larger than prior estimates and should be tracked over time.
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Tran, Dominic M. D., and Aaron Veldre. "How to find the right postdoctoral position for you." Neuroanatomy and Behaviour 1 (June 20, 2019): e6. http://dx.doi.org/10.35430/nab.2019.e6.
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The increasingly competitive academic job market has forced PhD graduates in psychology, neuroscience, and related fields to maximize their research output and secure grant funding during the early postdoctoral period of their careers. In the present article, based on a Q&A session presented at a research retreat (Brain and Behaviour Lab, University of Sydney) in February 2018, we draw on our firsthand experiences of navigating the transition from graduate student to postdoc. We offer practical advice to students who may be nearing the end of their PhDs and planning their first steps toward an academic career. Although the postdoc experience is varied, it is important for early-career researchers to make optimal choices to increase their chances of securing a continuing academic position. Ultimately, the goal of a postdoctoral position should be to develop all the facets of an academic career, but with a strong focus on the quantity and quality of research outputs.
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Krasnyak, Olga. "Gender Representation in Russian Academic Journals." Journal of Social Policy Studies 15, no. 4 (2017): 617–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.17323/727-0634-2017-15-4-617-628.
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Olga Krasnyak – PhD in History, a Lecturer in International Studies, Underwood International College, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Еmail: olga.k@yonsei.ac.kr
 DOI: 10.17323/727-0634-2017-15-4-617-628
 Representation of women in academic outputs is an important indicator of a country’s gender equality. Starting in the 1950s, extensive scientific growth in the Soviet Union came with the establishment of a large number of academic institutions and journals. However, this massive rise in academic production has not been accompanied by an increase in equality between women and men in terms of publications; the sciences and the humanities remain dominated by men. This study focuses on gender disparity in domestic academic productivity. The availability of online archives and a long history of publications were crucial factors in choosing specific journals for this study. Collected data include the output statistics of the following journals: for humanities, Questions of History (1955–2013) and Russian Literature (1958–2014); for sciences, Acoustical Physics (1955–2014), Mathematical Notes (1967–2014), and Biomedical Chemistry (1956–2014). In addition, a list of publications of the journal Questions of Psychology available in the period between 1980 and 1999 was also taken into account. The data show the percentage of female academic outputs and its changes through the decades, taking into account the socioeconomic, political, and historical background. A brief analysis of the scientific productivity reveals underrepresentation of women authored publications in mathematics (7 %), physics (11 %), and history (15 %). On the other hand, psychology (40 %), biochemistry (39 %), and literature (28 %) show better rates of gender equality. The article provides an explanation of this phenomena. During decades, a slight increase of women authored outputs gradually occurred in every scientific discipline, although this share was still low overall. The outcomes were compared with gender representation in sciences and humanities in other countries, which allows the conclusion that gender disparity in terms of the academic output in analysed Russian journals is not unique but follows global trends.
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Rajapakse, Jagath C., and Minh N. Aguyen. "General Framework for Two-stage Approaches to Protein Secondary Structure Prediction." Asia-Pacific Biotech News 07, no. 03 (2003): 122–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219030303000302.
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Bioinformatics techniques to protein secondary structure prediction, such as Support Vector Machine (SVM) and GOR approaches, are mostly single-stage approaches; they predict secondary structures of the protein by taking into account only the information available in amino acid sequences. On the other hand, PHD (Profile network from HeiDelberg) method is a two-stage technique where two Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) are cascaded; the second neural network receives the output of the first neural network captures any contextual relationships among the secondary structure elements predicted by the first neural network. In this paper, we argue that it is feasible to extend the current single-stage approaches by adding a second-stage prediction scheme to capture the contextual information among secondary structural elements and thereby improving their accuracies. We demonstrate that two-stage SVMs perform better than present techniques for protein secondary structure prediction.
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Graber, Michael, and Klaus Wälde. "Publish or Perish? The Increasing Importance of Publications for Prospective Economics Professors in Austria, Germany and Switzerland." German Economic Review 9, no. 4 (2008): 457–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00448.x.
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Abstract Tenure decisions depend, among other factors, on a candidate’s career age and publication record.We associate publications with journal articles indexed in EconLit and measure publication output in equivalents of both top-five journal articles and European Economic Review (EER) articles. We find that the average age of a professor in the year of his/her first appointment is 38, i.e. he or she is appointed approximately eight years after completing the PhD. Between 1970 and 2006, the average publication record at the time of the first appointment is equivalent to 1.5 standardized top-five articles or 2.3 standardized EER articles. Publication records vary across subfields and have become more substantial over time.We predict that someone aspiring to a tenured position after 2011 should aim at an equivalent of four standardized top-five articles or six standardized EER articles.
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Mansour, Toufik, Howard Skogman, and Rebecca Smith. "Passing through a stack k times." Discrete Mathematics, Algorithms and Applications 11, no. 01 (2019): 1950003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793830919500034.
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We consider the number of passes a permutation needs to take through a stack if we only pop the appropriate output values and start over with the remaining entries in their original order. We define a permutation [Formula: see text] to be [Formula: see text]-pass sortable if [Formula: see text] is sortable using [Formula: see text] passes through the stack. Permutations that are [Formula: see text]-pass sortable are simply the stack sortable permutations as defined by Knuth. We define the permutation class of [Formula: see text]-pass sortable permutations in terms of their basis. We also show all [Formula: see text]-pass sortable classes have finite bases by giving bounds on the length of a basis element of the permutation class for any positive integer [Formula: see text]. Finally, we define the notion of tier of a permutation [Formula: see text] to be the minimum number of passes after the first pass required to sort [Formula: see text]. We then give a bijection between the class of permutations of tier [Formula: see text] and a collection of integer sequences studied by Parker [The combinatorics of functional composition and inversion, PhD thesis, Brandeis University (1993)]. This gives an exact enumeration of tier [Formula: see text] permutations of a given length and thus an exact enumeration for the class of [Formula: see text]-pass sortable permutations. Finally, we give a new derivation for the generating function in [S. Parker, The combinatorics of functional composition and inversion, PhD thesis, Brandeis University (1993)] and an explicit formula for the coefficients.
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Srdjevic, Bojan, Zorica Srdjevic, and Milena Lakicevic. "Validating the importance of criteria for assessing climate change scenarios." Journal of Water and Climate Change 9, no. 3 (2018): 570–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2018.157.
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Abstract While evaluating climate impacts within different climate change scenarios, analysts and stakeholders may have different goals and therefore it is usually difficult to define a common decision-making framework applicable for various practical uses. In this paper, we combine two different group decision-making methodologies to prioritise criteria for assessing output information from regional climate models. The first is based on use of a multi-criteria analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to determine weights of criteria as cardinal information about their importance. The second methodology uses two voting methods, namely Borda count and Approval voting, to generate ordinal information (ranks) for criteria. A set of five criteria is assessed by 16 PhD students from the field of climatology, and generated decisions about their importance in the validation of regional climate models' quality are summarised, compared, and critically discussed. The paper is closed with recommendations for further research.
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Scarr, Richard. "Alan Bennett: Political Playwright." New Theatre Quarterly 12, no. 48 (1996): 309–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x00010502.
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Alan Bennett is one of the most popular mainstream dramatists working in Britain today, his canon now a mainstay of regional and amateur theatre companies. Yet for a writer who was once compared to John Osborne as taking ‘the moral temperature of the nation’, his output is widely regarded as apolitical and, at worst, ‘safe’. In the following article, Richard Scarr suggests that this viewpoint is misleading, and argues that Bennett is not only one of the most politically contentious playwrights in dominant theatre, but that the ideological viewpoints he has supported have changed as his career has progressed. Richard Scarr is an English graduate of the University of North London, and has recently completed an MA in Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary and Westfield College. He is currently researching a PhD on the rhetoric of Renaissance comedy, with particular emphasis on the double-entendre.
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Malone, Aaron. "Migrant Communities and Participatory Research Partnerships in the Neoliberal University." Migration Letters 17, no. 2 (2020): 239–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/ml.v17i2.805.
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Participatory research holds the potential to decolonize knowledge production and put research into action to advance social justice aims and the concerns of participant communities. Participatory approaches are becoming more accepted, yet the output and impact demands researchers must fulfil remain mismatched to participatory work, driven instead by a neoliberal academic model. In this context, I see a cautionary tale in the history of participatory practices among international development institutions, where participation was brought into the mainstream but in the process hollowed out and de-radicalized. Reflecting on my experiences with two participatory research projects over the course of my PhD studies, I ask whether the incomplete opening for participatory research could similarly push research in particular directions. Specifically, I consider whether participatory work with strong organizational partners will be structurally favored over potential partnerships with non-organized or highly marginalized communities and groups.
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Fullam, James, Eithne Cusack, and Linda E. Nugent. "Research excellence across clinical healthcare: a novel research capacity building programme for nurses and midwives in a large Irish region." Journal of Research in Nursing 23, no. 8 (2018): 692–706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744987118806543.
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Background: A lack of support and research skills development has contributed to low research output by clinically based nurses and midwives in Ireland, including those in specialised and advanced roles. A novel research capacity building (RCB) programme was developed to address existing barriers. The programme was developed and implemented using Cooke’s principles of RCB. Nurses and midwives participated from acute hospital, community, public health, mental health, older adult, intellectual disability, addiction and palliative care settings. Aims: This paper provides an evaluation of the Research Excellence Across Clinical Healthcare (REACH) programme from 2013–2016. Methods: Document analysis was used to evaluate RCB activities and outputs. Data were extracted from programme reports, conference proceedings, paper references, and workshop and conference sign-in/evaluation forms. Results: Individuals ( n = 17) and small research groups ( n = 4) were supported. Increased research capacity was demonstrated through dissemination of research in peer-reviewed journals, posters and oral presentations at national and international conferences. Sustainability was demonstrated by progression of participants to PhD ( n = 3) and research projects that remain ongoing ( n = 5). Skills development was facilitated by the organisation of workshops and conferences. Conclusions: A programme that provides academic support and mentorship in the clinical environment along with skills development can build research capacity. Future research should involve follow-up to determine any long-term effects.
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Wittich, Walter, Lindsey Sikora, Donald H. Watanabe, and Maria Martinez. "Canadian research contributions to low vision rehabilitation: A quantitative systematic review." Canadian Journal of Optometry 74, no. 3 (2012): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cjo.74.558.
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Purpose: Low vision rehabilitation research is a quickly growing area, due in part to the increase in the demand for services geared at older adults with age-related vision loss. Various professions collaborate to provide such rehabilitation services; however, it is currently unclear which profession takes the leading role in advancing the frontiers of low vision rehabilitation research. A recent review article proposed that in Canada, this role is held by physicians. The present study was conducted to replicate these findings under conditions of a systematic review.
 Method: A search of seven databases and a hand-search of four vision rehabilitation journals identified articles on low vision rehabilitation whose first author had an affiliation at a Canadian institution. Data on professional credentials, funding source, and study content was tabulated.
 Results: Of the 1,870 references, data from 215 eligible articles were extracted. The top four author credentials were optometrists (with or without PhD; 56 papers, 26.0%), followed by researchers with PhDs only (48 papers, 22.3%), researchers with master’s degrees (43 papers, 20.0%), and medical doctors (with or without PhD; 39 papers, 18.1%). Vision rehabilitation journals published 38 per cent of all papers, followed by ophthalmology (27%) and optometry journals (22%). Publications in the past 11 years amounted to over 50 per cent of the output over the 64-year publication history in this field in Canada, 70 per cent of which were based in universities.
 Conclusion: The results reflect the mosaic structure of low vision rehabilitation research in Canada, highlighting collaborations among researchers, clinicians, funding sources and rehabilitation agencies. Given its multidisciplinary nature, low vision rehabilitation research seems to be driven by collaboration among the professions.
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Bartleet, Carina. "Sarah Daniels: Feminist Enque(e)ry within the Mainstream." New Theatre Quarterly 26, no. 2 (2010): 145–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x1000028x.
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Sarah Daniels is a playwright who has been closely identified with feminist theatre throughout her career. In this article, Carina Bartleet examines Daniels's plays from the early work of the 1980s through to her more recent output by exploring lesbian representation. Emphasis is placed on lesbian/queer representations through renegotiation with feminist theatre and gendered spectatorship. The work argues that Daniels's oftcriticized reluctance to stage lesbian desire can be viewed as a continuation of her feminist intervention into the gendered construction of the gaze in mainstream theatre. Carina Bartleet is a Lecturer in Drama at Oxford Brookes University. She read Biological Sciences at Oxford University, taking her PhD in Drama at Exeter on the intertextual dimension of the plays of Sarah Daniels. Her interests are science, gender, and performance in contemporary theatre. She is currently working on a book on theatre and science, and has published articles in Modern Drama and Studies in Theatre and Performance.
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Tallón-Ballesteros, Antonio J. "New training approaches for classification based on evolutionary neural networks. Application to product and sigmoidal units." Inteligencia Artificial 17, no. 54 (2014): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4114/intartif.vol17iss54pp30-34.
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This paper sums up the main contributions of the PhD Dissertation with an homonymous name to the current article. Specifically, three contributions to train feed-forward neural network models based on evolutionary computation for a classification task are described. The new methodologies have been evaluated in three-layered neural models, including one input, one hidden and one output layer. Particularly, two kind of neurons such as product and sigmoidal units have been considered in an independent fashion for the hidden layer. Experiments have been carried out in a good number of problems, including three complex real-world problems, and the overall assessment of the new algorithms is very outstanding. Statistical tests shed light on that significant improvements were achieved. The applicability of the proposals is wide in the sense that can be extended to any kind of hidden neuron, either to other kind of problems like regression or even optimization with special emphasis in the two first approaches.
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Emmenegger, J. F., D. Chable, H. A. Nour Eldin, and H. Knolle. "Sraffa and Leontief Revisited: Mathematical Methods and Models of a Circular Economy." Cybernetics and Computer Technologies, no. 2 (July 24, 2020): 86–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.34229/2707-451x.20.2.9.
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Introduction. Sometimes new results in one scientific field can help to study quite other branches. In the new book we observe application of various mathematical methods to study circular economics. The purpose of the paper is to give information about the new book “SRAFFA AND LEONTIEF REVISITED: Mathematical methods and models of a circular economy”. The academic editor Walter de Gruyter-Oldenbourg has published this monography in January 2020 in English language. Results. This book contributes to the increasing call for a comprehensive perception of economic production processes. The book is dedicated to Wassily Leontief’s concept of Input-Output Analysis and to Piero Sraffa's seminal book “Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities”. Single product and joint production industries of a circular economy are described, consequently using matrix algebra. The central role of the Perron-Frobenius Theorem for non-negative matrices, specially Perron-Frobenius eigenvalues and eigenvectors is revealed as a common basis of Sraffa’s and Leontief’s approaches and applied to clarify the basic economic assumptions which are inherent to economic production processes. Conclusions. The book addresses young researchers wishing to explore the foundations of circular economy, practitioners wishing to examine the potential of Sraffa’s price models in connection to Leontief’s Input-Output analysis. Advanced undergraduate, graduate, PhD students and their instructors in economics, political science or applied mathematics, who seek to understand Sraffa and the recent developments of the circular economy of inter industrial and national economy will find numerous examples with complete solutions, presented by a rich, formal, mathematical methodology, revealing the economic content of the results. Detailed examples and visualizing graphs are presented for applications of various mathematical methods. Keywords: Input-Output analysis, circular economy, Perron-Frobenius Theorem, non-negative matrix.
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Purboyo, Wiryawan. "Verifikasi Program Hibah Jalan Daerah (PHJD) Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan." INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (CESD) 4, no. 1 (2021): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.25105/cesd.v4i1.9506.
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<em>RPJMN 2015 – 2019 dan draft RPJMN 2020-2024 mentargetkan kemantapan jalan Provinsi sekitar 75% dan jalan Kabupaten sekitar 65%. Sampai saat ini masih terjadi </em>backlog<em> atas target kemantapan tersebut sekitar 6%.</em><em> Maksud pekerjaan ini adalah melakukan penilaian teknis sebelum pra-verifikasi yaitu diantaranya berupa Penilaian Teknis dan pengadaan/tender untuk semua kontrak di dalam PHJD serta memberikan masukan perbaikan terhadap kualitas pekerjaan fisik dan pemenuhan item tata kelola sebelum verifikasi dilakukan. Verifikasi dilakukan sebagai syarat untuk pencairan hibah. Besaran alokasi dana hibah untuk konstruksi dan dana insentif sesuai dengan yang tercantum di dalam SPPH dan PHD. Dalam pelaksanaan PHJD, pemerintah daerah melakukan pembiayaan terlebih (pre finances )dahulu atas kegiatan penanganan jalan provinsi/kabupaten dan peningkatan tata kelola penanganan jalan. Tim Teknis melakukan pendampingan teknis mulai dari tahap perencanaan sampai dengan tahap pelaksanaan, monitoring dan evaluasi serta melakukan verifikasi atas hasil pekerjaan. Adapun verifikasi dilaksanakan melalui mekanisme verifikasi tahap I, tahap II dan tahap III sesuai dengan PMM. Hasil verifikasi terhadap Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan hasil diperoleh: a.Tahap I dari 18 dokumen output institusi 3 belum terpenuhi, b. Tahap II dari 20 dokumen output institusi semua terpenuhi, c. Tahap III dari 24 dokumen output institusi 1 belum terpenuhi. Total Nilai </em>reimbursment<em> lebih besar yaitu Rp.24.289.859.998,34 dari Nilai kontrak sebesar Rp.23.336.596.000,00; persentase penggantian adalah 104,8% dari nilai kontrak. Nilai penggantian dapat melebihi nilai kontrak maupun kurang dari nilai kontrak pekerjaan tergantung hasil verifikasi pelaksanaan pekerjaan. Program PHJD juga dapat m</em><em>embantu secara teknis untuk meningkatkan kualitas tata kelola penyelenggaraan jalan daerah di wilayah penerima PHJD</em>
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Falaster, Christian, Manuel Portugal Ferreira, and Fernando Ribeiro Serra. "The research productivity of new Brazilian PhDs in management." Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management 14, no. 1 (2016): 60–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrjiam-11-2015-0619.
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Purpose Doctoral programs are primarily intended to train new professors and researchers to take positions requiring research competency. This paper aims to observe the scientific production of 734 Brazilian new PhDs in management and the possible link between the scientific output of the graduates and doctoral program rank. Design/methodology/approach Methodologically, the authors built a database collecting the journal publications of the first six years after doctoral degree of all PhDs in management graduated by Brazilian doctoral programs during the period of 1998-2008. The authors use cluster and descriptive analysis to explore PhD publication. Findings Results show a great disparity of productivity, where 10 per cent of all new PhDs account for most of the Brazilian research productivity, while most of the PhDs have a very low performance – and that the CAPES (the Brazilian institutional system) qualification of doctoral programs is not a good predictor of the performance of the future graduates. Results are discussed to understand this productivity gap among researchers in a context of a developing country where support institutions are working to improve quantity and quality of publication. Practical implications The results are useful for recruiters that need to decide between hiring new PhDs with low productivity graduated from high-ranked programs or new PhDs with high productivity from programs with more modest ranking. At least in part, the authors’ results question the real impact that the doctoral program’s prestige has on the performance of its graduates. Social implications There are implications for the future candidates to a management PhD program, for the Directors of these programs and for the institutional agencies that regulate and promote science and that establish the prevailing rules and norms that researchers and institutions follow. Originality/value The results are adamant in pointing out that there is a small group of highly productive new PhDs – that the authors called “stars”. Generally speaking, they may find these “star” new PhDs in several doctoral programs. They have also found that some of the new PhDs have a relatively higher level of international papers published, but not necessarily a larger volume of publications. Meanwhile, most PhDs present a very low level of performance. This has important contributions to the way they perceive the doctoral education in management, especially in Ibero-America, revealing insights about the quality of PhDs and PhD courses.
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Ehrlich, Simeon D. "The Health of the Classics Job Market during the Pandemic: A Long-Term Perspective." Mouseion 17, no. 3 (2021): 561–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/mous.17.3.008.
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The pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a 60% decline in the scale of the academic job market in classics in Canada and the United States. Review of online job posting data stretching back to the mid-1990s shows that the health of this market correlates closely with that of the economy at large. While minor year-to-year economic fluctuations have a minimal impact on the job market in the long term, recessions fundamentally alter its character, with the market remaining depressed for years after the economy itself has recovered. Compounding this problem is the oversupply of PhDs flooding the market at present, a consequence of the long training period of graduate school, which keeps PhD output high for many years after a wave of undergraduate enrolment peaks. A third factor is the trend in academia to short-term positions with high teaching loads, which leads to fewer openings for permanent jobs and a diminished need for faculty. Taken together, current trends bode ill for the future of our discipline and pose an existential threat for many smaller programs.
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Celeste, Roger Keller, Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz, Thiago Machado Ardenghi, Fabrício Mezzomo Collares, and Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing. "Brazilian dentistry research productivity." Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences 19 (January 28, 2020): e206977. http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/bjos.v19i0.8656977.
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Aim: To explore socioeconomic, educational and research factors associated with dental research productivity at the state level in Brazil. Methods: The authors used the Scopus database to identify dental articles published from 2006 to 2016 associated with Brazilian universities at the state level. Several social, economic, educational and research structure variables were obtained from the census and National Research Council to predict the rate of articles per 100 thousand inhabitants among the 27 Brazilian states. Rates were fitted in linear weighted least-squared regression with stepwise technique. Twenty-two variables were grouped in six blocks (social, economic, general education, dental education, research workforce and structure). Results: A total of 21189 articles were published, and the state of São Paulo accounted for 46%, followed by Rio Grande do Sul with 9.4%; four states did not publish any articles. There were an average (± standard deviation) of 2.6 (±1.98) published articles per 100 researchers and 13.4 (±9.6) articles per 100 thousand inhabitants. Research structure and workforce explained 92.4% and 87.2% of state variability, respectively, while the final model explained 94.5%. One extra PhD and one extra undergraduate researcher per 100 thousand inhabitants were associated with 11.3 more and 3.5 fewer articles, respectively, while every 10 points (range 0-100) on the Human Development Index (Education Component) was associated with 3.3 more articles. Conclusion: State scientific output has several associated factors, but research workforce and general education variables seem to be good predictors. Large disparities among state research outputs have been described and must be addressed by research and development policies.
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Flick, Catherine. "Mentorship in computer ethics." Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 13, no. 3/4 (2015): 326–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jices-10-2014-0052.
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Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the concept of ETHICOMP as “community mentor” – the role that the ETHICOMP conference plays outside the standard conference fare, in which it nurtures and supports up-and-coming researchers in the field of computer ethics. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses an auto-ethnographic methodology to reflexively explore the author’s career from PhD student to early career researcher spanning the years 2005-2013, and how the ETHICOMP community has played a significant role as a mentor in her life. The literature on mentorship is discussed, particularly focussing on the importance of mentorship for women in philosophy-related academic careers, and criteria for successful mentorship are measured against the ETHICOMP “community mentorship”. Additionally, some key philosophical concepts are introduced and reflected upon. Findings – The paper produces recommendations for other philosophical communities wishing to grow their mentorship capabilities through communities around conferences. Originality/value – This paper sheds new light on the concepts of mentorship and the practical application of mentorship within an academic community. It also provides an account of the value of the ETHICOMP conference series that is beyond the usual academic output.
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Bai, Jie, Sen Li, Han Zhang, Libo Huang, and Ping Wang. "Robust Target Detection and Tracking Algorithm Based on Roadside Radar and Camera." Sensors 21, no. 4 (2021): 1116. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21041116.
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Intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) play an increasingly important role in traffic management and traffic safety. Smart cameras are the most widely used sensors in ITSs. However, cameras suffer from a reduction in detection and positioning accuracy due to target occlusion and external environmental interference, which has become a bottleneck restricting ITS development. This work designs a stable perception system based on a millimeter-wave radar and camera to address these problems. Radar has better ranging accuracy and weather robustness, which is a better complement to camera perception. Based on an improved Gaussian mixture probability hypothesis density (GM-PHD) filter, we also propose an optimal attribute fusion algorithm for target detection and tracking. The algorithm selects the sensors’ optimal measurement attributes to improve the localization accuracy while introducing an adaptive attenuation function and loss tags to ensure the continuity of the target trajectory. The verification experiments of the algorithm and the perception system demonstrate that our scheme can steadily output the classification and high-precision localization information of the target. The proposed framework could guide the design of safer and more efficient ITSs with low costs.
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Oliveira, Maria Christina L., Daniella Reis B. Martelli, Sergio Veloso Pinheiro, et al. "Profile and scientific production of Brazilian National Council of Technological and Scientific Development researchers in Pediatrics." Revista Paulista de Pediatria 31, no. 3 (2013): 278–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0103-05822013000300002.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the profile and the scientific production of researchers in Pediatrics with scholarship from the National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development. METHODS: The Lattes curricula of 34 researchers in Pediatrics with active scholarships, from 2006 to 2008 were included in the analysis. The variables of interest were: gender, affiliation, time since PHD, tutoring of undergraduate students, mentorship of masters and doctors, scientific production and the papers' impact. RESULTS: In a total of 411 researchers in Medicine, 34 (8%) belonged to Pediatrics. Males (77%) and scholars in the category 2 of productivity (62%) prevailed. Three states of Brazil were responsible for approximately 90% of the researchers: São Paulo (53%), Minas Gerais (21%), and Rio Grande do Sul (15%). During their academic career, the Pediatrics researchers have published 3,122 articles with a median of 89 articles per researcher (interquartile range - IQ=51-119). Of the total, 40 and 59% articles were indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, respectively. The Pediatrics researchers have published papers in 599 journals with a median impact factor of 2.35 (IQ=1.37-3.73) for the 323 indexed journals. CONCLUSIONS: The Pediatrics researchers have a relevant scientific output from the quantity point of the view, but there is a need to improve quality.
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Tryuk, Małgorzata. "La traductologie polonaise en anglais ? Du « centre » et de la « périphérie » de la recherche traductologique en Pologne." Romanica Wratislaviensia 68 (July 16, 2021): 227–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/0557-2665.68.15.
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The paper focuses on the growing role of English in translation and interpreting Studies in Poland and the possible consequences on communication within the Polish academic community in the country and abroad. Since more than two decades, as a rule, English has been used as a means of communication, with a growing number of publications in Polish journals and reviews, PhD theses defended in Polish universities and conferences held exclusively in English. As in other countries, English has become the main discussion subject in translation and interpreting studies. Consequently, a significant number of researchers who have a limited knowledge of English do not belong to the community of English studies scholars or use other languages as their means of communication and subject of research, are excluded from the scientific debate.Using a sociometric methodology, the paper draws a profile of research and researchers based on the output of their writings and research on translation and interpreting in the years 2015‒2019. It covers the evolution, the characterization of the field of research, the evolution of the Polish academic community, and finally, the dissemination of the Polish scholars’ studies. The survey ends with a reflection on possible perspectives for future sociometric analysis of translation and interpreting studies in Poland.
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Nguyen, Dung N., Xiusheng Miao, Mindy Magee, Guoying Tai, Peter D. Gorycki, and Katy P. Moore. "1315. No Dose Adjustment of Metformin with Fostemsavir Coadministration Based on Mechanistic Static and Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 7, Supplement_1 (2020): S669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1497.
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Abstract Background Fostemsavir (FTR) is an oral prodrug of the first-in-class attachment inhibitor temsavir (TMR) which is being evaluated in patients with multidrug resistant HIV-1 infection. In vitro studies indicated that TMR and its 2 major metabolites are inhibitors of organic cation transporters (OCT)1, OCT2, and multidrug and toxin extrusion transporters (MATEs). To assess the clinical relevance, of OCT and MATE inhibition, mechanistic static DDI prediction with calculated Imax,u/IC50 ratios was below the cut-off limits for a DDI flag based on FDA guidelines and above the cut-off limits for MATEs based on EMA guidelines. Methods Metformin is a commonly used probe substrate for OCT1, OCT2 and MATEs. To predict the potential for a drug interaction between TMR and metformin, a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for TMR was developed based on its physicochemical properties, in vitro and in vivo data. The model was verified and validated through comparison with clinical data. The TMR PBPK model accurately described AUC and Cmax within 30% of the observed data for single and repeat dose studies with or without food. The SimCYP models for metformin and ritonavir were qualified using literature data before applications of DDI prediction for TMR Results TMR was simulated at steady state concentrations after repeated oral doses of FTR 600 mg twice daily which allowed assessment of the potential OCT1, OCT2, and MATEs inhibition by TMR and metabolites. No significant increase in metformin systemic exposure (AUC or Cmax) was predicted with FTR co-administration. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was conducted for either hepatic OCT1 Ki, or renal OCT2 and MATEs Ki values. The model output indicated that, a 10-fold more potent Ki value for TMR would be required to have a ~15% increase in metformin exposure Conclusion Based on mechanistic static models and PBPK modeling and simulation, the OCT1/2 and MATEs inhibition potential of TMR and its metabolites on metformin pharmacokinetics is not clinically significant. No dose adjustment of metformin is necessary when co-administered with FTR Disclosures Xiusheng Miao, PhD, GlaxoSmithKline (Employee) Mindy Magee, Doctor of Pharmacy, GlaxoSmithKline (Employee, Shareholder) Peter D. Gorycki, BEChe, MSc, PhD, GSK (Employee, Shareholder) Katy P. Moore, PharmD, RPh, ViiV Healthcare (Employee)
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Wei, Xing, Da-Yan Liu, Driss Boutat, Hao-Ran Liu, and Ya-Qian Li. "Modulating functions-based fractional order differentiator for fractional order linear systems with a biased output * *This work was supported by the PhD award of the Central Region of France." IFAC-PapersOnLine 50, no. 1 (2017): 12859–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1937.
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Abbas, Abbas Mustafa, and Hogar Mohammed Tawfeeq. "The Effects of Direct and Indirect Corrective Feedback on Accuracy in Second Language Writing." English Language Teaching 11, no. 6 (2018): 33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v11n6p33.
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The effectiveness of providing Corrective Feedback (CF) on L2 writing has long been a matter of considerable debate. A growing body of research has been conducted to investigate the value of various types of CF on improving grammatical accuracy in the writing of English as a second or foreign language. This article is mainly concerned with the role of Corrective Feedback (CF) in developing the L2 writers’ ability to produce an accurate text, and argues that CF is considered to be one of the fundamental techniques in teaching second language (L2) writing. Bearing this in mind, it attempts to maintain the effectiveness of CF on the L2 students’ abilities to develop the accuracy of their written output. This topic has recently produced a significant interest among both teachers and researchers in the areas of L2 writing and second language acquisition. A key issue to be addressed is the degree to which CF effectively helps the second language writers obtain long-term accuracy. Currently, the author of this paper has been conducting a PhD study on the effect of direct and indirect corrective feedback on the academic writing accuracy of Kurdish EFL university students, and the data was collected from writing testing samples (pre-test, post-test and delayed post-test) produced by105 undergraduate students of English department from two public universities. The results could be obtained from the study should have important implications for L2 writing practitioners and researchers.
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Brandt, Patrick D., Susi Sturzenegger Varvayanis, Tracey Baas, et al. "A cross-institutional analysis of the effects of broadening trainee professional development on research productivity." PLOS Biology 19, no. 7 (2021): e3000956. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000956.
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PhD-trained scientists are essential contributors to the workforce in diverse employment sectors that include academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. Hence, best practices for training the future biomedical workforce are of national concern. Complementing coursework and laboratory research training, many institutions now offer professional training that enables career exploration and develops a broad set of skills critical to various career paths. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded academic institutions to design innovative programming to enable this professional development through a mechanism known as Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST). Programming at the NIH BEST awardee institutions included career panels, skill-building workshops, job search workshops, site visits, and internships. Because doctoral training is lengthy and requires focused attention on dissertation research, an initial concern was that students participating in additional complementary training activities might exhibit an increased time to degree or diminished research productivity. Metrics were analyzed from 10 NIH BEST awardee institutions to address this concern, using time to degree and publication records as measures of efficiency and productivity. Comparing doctoral students who participated to those who did not, results revealed that across these diverse academic institutions, there were no differences in time to degree or manuscript output. Our findings support the policy that doctoral students should participate in career and professional development opportunities that are intended to prepare them for a variety of diverse and important careers in the workforce.
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Wyka, Ewa. "Jędrzej Śniadecki i jego dziedzictwo. Sesja Nadzwyczajna podczas 61. Zjazdu Naukowego Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego." Opuscula Musealia 26 (2020): 45–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/20843852.om.18.004.10997.
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Jędrzej Śniadecki and his legacy. Extraordinary Session at the 61st Scientific Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society The year 2018 marked the 250th birthday anniversary of Jędrzej Śniadecki (30 Nov 1768–11 May 1838), a renowned Polish chemist, doctor and columnist. Jędrzej, the younger brother of Jan Śniadecki, a Polish mathematician and astronomer, was born in Radlewo near Żnin in Greater Poland. His family and professional life was associated with Vilnius. From 1803, he was a professor of chemistry and medicine at the Principal School of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which then became the Imperial University of Vilnius. He was the author of the first chemistry textbook in Polish (1800) and an innovative work entitled Teoria jestestw organicznych (Theory of Organic Beings) (1804). The birthday of Jędrzej Śniadecki was celebrated in the three countries to which his fate was tied: Belarus, Lithuania and Poland. Celebrations in Poland: The year-long celebrations in Poland started on 28 January 2018 with a concert at the Main University Auditorium of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. It was organized by the PoznańSociety of Jędrzej Śniadecki, Karol Olszewski and Zygmunt Wróblewski. In March 2018, celebrations were inaugurated by the town of Żnin, with the event being attended by descendants of the Śniadecki family: Prof. Antonina Magdalena Śniadecki-‑Kotarska, Senator Piotr Łukasz Juliusz Andrzejewski and Krzysztof Śniadecki-Lempke. A lecture on Jędrzej Śniadecki and the Society of Rascals was delivered by Emilia Maria Iwaszkiewicz, PhD, from Vilnius University. The University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz (UTP) also commemorated the scholars it has chosen as its namesakes, that is Jan Śniadecki and Jędrzej Śniadecki. A report on the event and an article by Emilia M. Iwaszkiewicz, PhD, are available in Magazyn UTP Format 2.0 No. 3 from July 2018. In Kraków, during the 61st Scientific Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society, a session was organized entitled “Jędrzej Śniadecki and his legacy”. During the session, five papers were delivered which presented Jędrzej Śniadecki, his academic and journalistic output and memorabilia related to him. Celebrations in Lithuania: On 10 September 2018, Vilnius City Hall held a conference attended by Urszula Doroszewska, the Polish ambassador to Lithuania, and Edyta Tamošiūnaitė, the Deputy Mayor of Vilnius, as well as Polish and Lithuanian scholars. On 11–13 October 2018, at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences was held the 4th Oxygenalia International Conference. Belarus: The memory of Jędrzej Śniadecki is also cherished in Belarus, especially in Gorodniki where he is buried and at the nearby school in Kolchuny, which houses a small museum commemorating him and other scholars with ties to this region.
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Wyka, Ewa. "Jędrzej Śniadecki i jego dziedzictwo. Sesja Nadzwyczajna podczas 61. Zjazdu Naukowego Polskiego Towarzystwa Chemicznego." Opuscula Musealia 26 (2020): 45–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/20843852.om.18.004.10997.
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Jędrzej Śniadecki and his legacy. Extraordinary Session at the 61st Scientific Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society The year 2018 marked the 250th birthday anniversary of Jędrzej Śniadecki (30 Nov 1768–11 May 1838), a renowned Polish chemist, doctor and columnist. Jędrzej, the younger brother of Jan Śniadecki, a Polish mathematician and astronomer, was born in Radlewo near Żnin in Greater Poland. His family and professional life was associated with Vilnius. From 1803, he was a professor of chemistry and medicine at the Principal School of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which then became the Imperial University of Vilnius. He was the author of the first chemistry textbook in Polish (1800) and an innovative work entitled Teoria jestestw organicznych (Theory of Organic Beings) (1804). The birthday of Jędrzej Śniadecki was celebrated in the three countries to which his fate was tied: Belarus, Lithuania and Poland. Celebrations in Poland: The year-long celebrations in Poland started on 28 January 2018 with a concert at the Main University Auditorium of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. It was organized by the PoznańSociety of Jędrzej Śniadecki, Karol Olszewski and Zygmunt Wróblewski. In March 2018, celebrations were inaugurated by the town of Żnin, with the event being attended by descendants of the Śniadecki family: Prof. Antonina Magdalena Śniadecki-‑Kotarska, Senator Piotr Łukasz Juliusz Andrzejewski and Krzysztof Śniadecki-Lempke. A lecture on Jędrzej Śniadecki and the Society of Rascals was delivered by Emilia Maria Iwaszkiewicz, PhD, from Vilnius University. The University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz (UTP) also commemorated the scholars it has chosen as its namesakes, that is Jan Śniadecki and Jędrzej Śniadecki. A report on the event and an article by Emilia M. Iwaszkiewicz, PhD, are available in Magazyn UTP Format 2.0 No. 3 from July 2018. In Kraków, during the 61st Scientific Meeting of the Polish Chemical Society, a session was organized entitled “Jędrzej Śniadecki and his legacy”. During the session, five papers were delivered which presented Jędrzej Śniadecki, his academic and journalistic output and memorabilia related to him. Celebrations in Lithuania: On 10 September 2018, Vilnius City Hall held a conference attended by Urszula Doroszewska, the Polish ambassador to Lithuania, and Edyta Tamošiūnaitė, the Deputy Mayor of Vilnius, as well as Polish and Lithuanian scholars. On 11–13 October 2018, at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences was held the 4th Oxygenalia International Conference. Belarus: The memory of Jędrzej Śniadecki is also cherished in Belarus, especially in Gorodniki where he is buried and at the nearby school in Kolchuny, which houses a small museum commemorating him and other scholars with ties to this region.
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Celec, Peter, and Július Hodosy. "Student scientific activity at the Bratislava medical faculty 2000–2004. A scientometric study." Open Medicine 1, no. 2 (2006): 172–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11536-006-0017-8.
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AbstractStudents at the Bratislava medical faculty interested in research can participate voluntarily in a student scientific activity (SSA). Currently, the scientific activity is measured by the quantity and quality of publications and these scientometric parameters are important for grant evaluations as well as for individual careers. In this study, we evaluate the publication successes of SSA papers presented at the SSA conference (SSAC) of Faculty of medicine in Bratislava during the last five years. Names of the first authors of works presented at the SSAC in 2000–2004 were searched in PubMed/Medline and in Thomson ISI Web of Science/Current Contents (CC) in January 2005. Only titles of full text publications (not abstracts) similar to those presented at the SSAC were counted and further analyzed. Publication points were counted according to the currently valid PhD credit system at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava. A total of 141 students scientific activity works were presented during a five-year period, with a total of 4 domestic non-CC, 11 foreign non-CC and 9 foreign CC publications, with cumulative impact factor 10,6 and total publication points of 641,2. Publication points gradually increased during the years 2000–2003. In conclusion, medical student research activity can significantly influence the publication output of our medical faculty and should, thus, be further supported. The SSA will probably gain even more importance after the introduction of a mandatory diploma thesis, moreover, if we take into account the increasing significance of evaluations based on scientometric parameters.
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Sahranavard, Behnam, and Ali Asghar Kazemi. "The Constant Changes in US Strategy in Afghanistan: Achievement or Failure." Journal of Politics and Law 10, no. 2 (2017): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jpl.v10n2p41.
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The nations take various strategies in exposure to different developments and phenomena and impact on foreign and internal policies of countries in international scene proportional to their internal and external conditions and rivals and at international arena. What US implemented after September 11 Event and targeted accusation finger toward Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan is deemed as a type of strategy that has occurred in created nostalgic climate together with hasty decision making and negligence to domestic issues in Afghan Community while their output was to take different and even paradoxical strategies in this crisis-stricken region since 1980s. In this article that has been written in order to analyze US Post September- 11 Strategies in Afghanistan this basic question will be answered that how changes in US macro policies influenced in orientation of diplomacy of this country and why this country has adapted different policies in occupation of Afghanistan. Afterwards, it is deduced according to the given findings from librarian data collection method that the constant changes in US strategy in Afghanistan were due to overlooking of domestic issues and historic, ethnic, cultural, political, and ideological complexities of this country that has resulted in degradation of US position in world scene and its failure in suppression of Taliban.This article has been excerpted from my PhD treatise under title of ‘The role of United States in the regional crisis (e.g. Afghan and Iraqi crises) and the rise of revolutionary and radicalism on the emergence of international terrorism’.
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Oliveira, Maria Christina Lopes Araujo, Daniella Reis Martelli, Isabel Gomes Quirino, et al. "Profile and scientific production of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) researchers in the field of Hematology/Oncology." Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira 60, no. 6 (2014): 542–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.60.06.012.
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Objective: several studies have examined the academic production of the researchers at the CNPq, in several areas of knowledge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the scientific production of researchers in Hematology/Oncology who hold scientific productivity grants from the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Methods: the Academic CVs of 28 researchers in Hematology/Oncology with active grants in the three-year period from 2006 to 2008 were included in the analysis. The variables of interest were: institution, researchers’ time after doctorate, tutoring of undergraduate students, masters and PhD degree, scientific production and its impact. Results: from a total of 411 researchers in Medicine, 28 (7%) were identified as being in the area of Hematology/Oncology. There was a slight predominance of males (53.6%) and grant holders in category 1. Three Brazilian states are responsible for approximately 90% of the researchers: São Paulo (21,75%), Rio de Janeiro (3,11%), and Minas Gerais (2, 7%). During their academic careers, the researchers published 2,655 articles, with a median of 87 articles per researcher (IQR = 52 to 122). 65 and 78% of this total were indexed on the Web of Science and Scopus databases, respectively. The researchers received 14,247 citations on the WoS database with a median of 385 citations per researcher. The average number of citations per article was 8.2. Conclusion: in this investigation, it was noted that researchers in the field of Hematology/Oncology have a relevant scientific output from the point of view of quantity and quality compared to other medical specialties.
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Keough, Michael B., Christopher Newell, Alan R. Rheaume, and Tejas Sankar. "Association between Graduate Degrees and Publication Productivity in Academic Neurosurgery." Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques 47, no. 5 (2020): 666–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2020.103.
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ABSTRACT:Object:Many neurosurgeons pursue graduate degrees as part of their training. In some jurisdictions, graduate degrees are considered a necessary condition of employment in academic neurosurgery. However, the relationship between possession of a graduate degree and eventual research productivity is not well established. We used bibliometric methods to analyze publications from academic Canadian neurosurgeons, with an emphasis on level of graduate training.Methods:All neurosurgeons holding academic appointments at Canadian institutions from 2012–2016 were included. Over that time frame, Scopus was used to quantify the number of papers, number of citations, 5-year h-index and 5-year r-index, CiteScore, authorship position, and paper type (clinical or basic science). Publication output was compared between neurosurgeons grouped as MD-only, MD-Masters, or MD-PhD.Results:In total, 2557 abstracts from 131 Canadian neurosurgeons were analyzed. We found that MD-Masters neurosurgeons published significantly more total papers, clinical papers, and first/last author papers than MD-only neurosurgeons. MD-PhD neurosurgeons had the same findings, in addition to more basic science papers, in journals with a higher CiteScore, 5-year h-index, and 5-year r-index than both other groups. These results were preserved even with significant outliers removed. There was no difference if graduate degrees were obtained before or after starting residency. There was no correlation with career length and number of recent papers published.Conclusion:The attainment of a graduate degree has an important association with future publication productivity for academic neurosurgeons. These data should be useful for hiring committees considering the value of graduate degrees from applicants for positions in academic neurosurgery.
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Wadhwa, Harsh, Sumedh S. Shah, Judy Shan, et al. "The neurosurgery applicant’s “arms race”: analysis of medical student publication in the Neurosurgery Residency Match." Journal of Neurosurgery 133, no. 6 (2020): 1913–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2019.8.jns191256.
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OBJECTIVENeurosurgery is consistently one of the most competitive specialties for resident applicants. The emphasis on research in neurosurgery has led to an increasing number of publications by applicants seeking a successful residency match. The authors sought to produce a comprehensive analysis of research produced by neurosurgical applicants and to establish baseline data of neurosurgery applicant research productivity given the increased emphasis on research output for successful residency match.METHODSA retrospective review of publication volume for all neurosurgery interns in 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2018 was performed using PubMed and Google Scholar. Missing data rates were 11% (2009), 9% (2011), and < 5% (all others). The National Resident Matching Program report “Charting Outcomes in the Match” (ChOM) was interrogated for total research products (i.e., abstracts, presentations, and publications). The publication rates of interns at top 40 programs, students from top 20 medical schools, MD/PhD applicants, and applicants based on location of residency program and medical school were compared statistically against all others.RESULTSTotal publications per neurosurgery intern (mean ± SD) based on PubMed and Google Scholar were 5.5 ± 0.6 in 2018 (1.7 ± 0.3, 2009; 2.1 ± 0.3, 2011; 2.6 ± 0.4, 2014; 3.8 ± 0.4, 2016), compared to 18.3 research products based on ChOM. In 2018, the mean numbers of publications were as follows: neurosurgery-specific publications per intern, 4.3 ± 0.6; first/last author publications, 2.1 ± 0.3; neurosurgical first/last author publications, 1.6 ± 0.2; basic science publications, 1.5 ± 0.2; and clinical research publications, 4.0 ± 0.5. Mean publication numbers among interns at top 40 programs were significantly higher than those of all other programs in every category (p < 0.001). Except for mean number of basic science publications (p = 0.1), the mean number of publications was higher for interns who attended a top 20 medical school than for those who did not (p < 0.05). Applicants with PhD degrees produced statistically more research in all categories (p < 0.05) except neurosurgery-specific (p = 0.07) and clinical research (p = 0.3). While there was no statistical difference in publication volume based on the geographical location of the residency program, students from medical schools in the Western US produced more research than all other regions (p < 0.01). Finally, research productivity did not correlate with likelihood of medical students staying at their home institution for residency.CONCLUSIONSThe authors found that the temporal trend toward increased total research products over time in neurosurgery applicants was driven mostly by increased nonindexed research (abstracts, presentations, chapters) rather than by increased peer-reviewed publications. While we also identified applicant-specific factors (MD/PhDs and applicants from the Western US) and an outcome (matching at research-focused institutions) associated with increased applicant publications, further work will be needed to determine the emphasis that programs and applicants will need to place on these publications.
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Wilkes, Fiona A., Harith Akram, Jonathan A. Hyam, Neil D. Kitchen, Marwan I. Hariz, and Ludvic Zrinzo. "Publication productivity of neurosurgeons in Great Britain and Ireland." Journal of Neurosurgery 122, no. 4 (2015): 948–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2014.11.jns14856.
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OBJECT Bibliometrics are the methods used to quantitatively analyze scientific literature. In this study, bibliometrics were used to quantify the scientific output of neurosurgical departments throughout Great Britain and Ireland. METHODS A list of neurosurgical departments was obtained from the Society of British Neurological Surgeons website. Individual departments were contacted for an up-to-date list of consultant (attending) neurosurgeons practicing in these departments. Scopus was used to determine the h-index and m-quotient for each neurosurgeon. Indices were measured by surgeon and by departmental mean and total. Additional information was collected about the surgeon's sex, title, listed superspecialties, higher research degrees, and year of medical qualification. RESULTS Data were analyzed for 315 neurosurgeons (25 female). The median h-index and m-quotient were 6.00 and 0.41, respectively. These were significantly higher for professors (h-index 21.50; m-quotient 0.71) and for those with an additional MD or PhD (11.0; 0.57). There was no significant difference in h-index, m-quotient, or higher research degrees between the sexes. However, none of the 16 British neurosurgery professors were female. Neurosurgeons who specialized in functional/epilepsy surgery ranked highest in terms of publication productivity. The 5 top-scoring departments were those in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge; St. George's Hospital, London; Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London; and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. CONCLUSIONS The h-index is a useful bibliometric marker, particularly when comparing between studies and individuals. The m-quotient reduces bias toward established researchers. British academic neurosurgeons face considerable challenges, and women remain underrepresented in both clinical and academic neurosurgery in Britain and Ireland.
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Howlett, Richard A., Michelle L. Parolin, David J. Dyck, et al. "Regulation of skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase and PDH at varying exercise power outputs." American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 275, no. 2 (1998): R418—R425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.2.r418.
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This study investigated the transformational and posttransformational control of skeletal muscle glycogen phosphorylase and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) at three exercise power outputs [35, 65, and 90% of maximal oxygen uptake (V˙o 2 max)]. Seven untrained subjects cycled at one power output for 10 min on three separate occasions, with muscle biopsies at rest and 1 and 10 min of exercise. Glycogen phosphorylase in the more active ( a) form was not significantly different at any time across power outputs (21.4–29.6%), with the exception of 90%, where it fell significantly to 15.3% at 10 min. PDH transformation increased significantly from rest (average 0.53 mmol ⋅ kg wet muscle−1 ⋅ min−1) to 1 min of exercise as a function of power output (1.60 ± 0.26, 2.77 ± 0.29, and 3.33 ± 0.31 mmol ⋅ kg wet muscle−1 ⋅ min−1at 35, 65, and 90%, respectively) with a further significant increase at 10 min (4.45 ± 0.35) at 90%V˙o 2 max. Muscle lactate, acetyl-CoA, acetylcarnitine, and free ADP, AMP, and Pi were unchanged from rest at 35% V˙o 2 max but rose significantly at 65 and 90%, with accumulations at 90% being significantly higher than 65%. The results of this study indicate that glycogen phosphorylase transformation is independent of increasing power outputs, despite increasing glycogenolytic flux, suggesting that flux through glycogen phosphorylase is matched to the demand for energy by posttransformational factors, such as free Pi and AMP. Conversely, PDH transformation is directly related to the increasing power output and the calculated flux through the enzyme. The rise in PDH transformation is likely due to increased Ca2+concentration and/or increased pyruvate. These results demonstrate that metabolic signals related to contraction and the energy state of the cell are sensitive to the exercise intensity and coordinate the increase in carbohydrate use with increasing power output.
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Al-Zamel, Khaled, and Mukkai S. Krishnamoorthy. "Input/Output Pad Placement Problem." VLSI Design 3, no. 1 (1995): 53–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/73197.
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We propose efficient heuristics for placing input/output (I/O) pads around the VLSI chip boundary. The heuristics are based on the circuit connectivity and do not require the placement of cells. This is useful for cell placement methods that require the knowledge of I/O pad placement. Using these heuristics, several pad placement candidates can be generated as input to cell placement algorithms.
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Simkins, Aron, Michael Lee, Wencesley A. Paez, et al. "Impact of advanced clinical and translational research educational programs on oncology specialties and career development." Journal of Clinical Oncology 39, no. 15_suppl (2021): 11026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.11026.
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11026 Background: The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program currently supports more than 50 leading medical research institutions in the U.S. with the aims of training, promoting and developing future translational science researchers, with particular emphasis on advanced Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) education. No prior studies have evaluated career development in oncologists who have completed CTR training. The objective of this study is to examine the impact of advanced CTR training on career development, return-on-investment and research productivity in Oncology specialties. Methods: With IRB approval, we conducted a survey study of U.S.-based Hematology/Oncology (H/O), Radiation Oncology (RO), and Surgical Oncology (SO) members of the American Society of Clinical Oncology who completed CTR training. Data was anonymized and collected through Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap). Outcomes were compared using Chi-square test for frequency data. Results: We received 225 survey responses (62.1% H/O, 23.3% RO, 13.2% SO, 1.4% others). About 28.4% (n = 64) of the respondents had a PhD or Master's degree in CTR (Group A) compared to 71.6% (n = 161) with graduate certificates or non-degree granting courses in CTR (Group B). Specialty ratio was equally distributed between both groups. Overall, 79.7% vs 57.5%; P < 0.001 of respondents worked in academia, of which 55.2% had tenure track positions. Over 49 different CTSA Programs throughout the U.S. were represented. In terms of impact with new research projects, the ability to secure funding and opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration, satisfaction with CTR training was higher among Group A compared with Group B (P < 0.001; P < 0.01; P < 0.01 respectively). In terms of research output, higher satisfaction was seen in Group A (67.2% vs 47.4%; P < 0.01), however total publications per year were not statistically significant (P = 0.135). Usefulness of a CTR degree on career advancement, a difference of 50.0% vs 19.1%; P < 0.001 was noted. Similarly, usefulness regarding new job opportunities and return-on-investment also favored Group A (P < 0.001). Overall satisfaction with training was significantly higher in Group A (73.4% vs 48.7%; P = 0.004). Conclusions: This study is the first to report satisfaction ratings for CTR training among oncology specialties. Although no significant difference was observed in terms of publication output, those with higher levels of advanced degrees were more satisfied with their CTR training, and viewed it as more impactful to career advancement and research productivity. The evidence presented is useful for informing career development for oncology residents and fellows offered CTR degrees during their training.
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Cooper, Laura, Rodney K. Chan, Phillip Kemp Bohan, Anders H. Carlsson, and Tyler Everett. "642 The Use of Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging in Assessing Depth and Progression of Burn Wounds." Journal of Burn Care & Research 41, Supplement_1 (2020): S166—S167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/iraa024.262.
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Abstract Introduction The ability of laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) to provide real-time images of blood flow makes this modality appealing in the assessment of burn wounds, particularly for clinicians making treatment decisions based on burn wound depth and presumed progression. Here we present 2 preclinical studies that used LSCI to assess wound progress, both immediately and months after injury. Methods LSCI images were taken 10-40cm away from the wound and captured with a 1388x1038-pixel CCD camera. In the first study, LSCI images were captured prior to and immediately following creation of superficial partial-thickness (SPTB, 10s), deep partial-thickness (DPTB, 15s), and full-thickness burns (FTB, 20s), and on post-burn day (PBD) 1, 2, and 3. In the second study, LSCI images were obtained before and after DPTB creation and on PBD 7, 14, 21, 28, 60, 90, and 120. Results 92 wounds from 9 swine were included. Speckle data was normalized to control sites and converted to percentages ([speckle wound/speckle control] x 100), producing speckle percentage of control (SPOC) which quantifies the relative decrease or increase in speckle output (vascularity). SPOC was significantly decreased for all burn times on PBD 0, 1, and 2. By PBD 3, only DPTB and FTB remained diminished (p=0.028 and p=0.005, respectively), and FTB SPOC was significantly less than the SPTB (p=0.015). In the second study, SPOC showed an increase post-debridement on PBD 7, noted as post-debridement day (PDD) 0. SPOC continued to increase significantly to a peak at PDD 7 (p&lt; 0.0001) and remained elevated until PDD 28. By PDD 60, SPOC was no longer significantly increased. Conclusions LSCI is a reliable method for analyzing burn depth and wound progression in the preclinical setting. LSCI data shows an immediate decrease in vascularity at all burn depths immediately following burn creation, followed by a peak in vascularity on PDD 7, with a trend back to normal by PDD 60. Applicability of Research to Practice The correlation of wound bed vascularity based on LSCI to known data on burn depth and progression suggests that LSCI could be a useful measurement tool in the clinical setting for the provider determining wound viability.