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Cultural Heritage Recognition through Protection of Historical Value and Urban Regeneration: CSOA Forte Prenestino

The conformation and dynamics of metropolitanisation act as propulsive elements of territorial transformations. The deficiency of infrastructural equipment, the heterogeneity of urban fabric and the lack of services and public spaces contribute to severing the identity ties between settled communities and territories. In light of this, within the more general reflection concerning urban regeneration, we recall the role that cultural heritage plays in the physical and functional organisation of the city, as a reflection of the interaction between community and context. The contribution is contextualized in the research work on the activities related to Thematic Line 4 of the Extended Partnership 5—CHANGES (NRRP). The thematic line activities follow three phases: 1. contextualization; 2. operational phase; 3. experimentation. The research work presented here is part of the ‘operational phase’, to identify strategies and projects for heritage-led regeneration. The article analyses the pilot case of CSOA Forte Prenestino as a starting point for thinking about expanding the research activity to other similar cases. It is a self-managed community centre in Rome (Italy) located in the nineteenth-century Forte, which has become a symbol of collective identity. The case study was identified following three levels of investigation: 1. identification of the municipality, first-level administrative subdivision of the city of Rome (Italy); 2. identification of the main historical, archaeological and architectural emergencies of the municipality; 3. identification of an asset to be analysed as “Heritage by designation” (involvement of experts) and “Heritage by appropriation” (involvement of communities). The research results show the “Recognition Path” of Forte Prenestina: according to what has been ‘designated’ by urban planning instruments, project instruments, legislative instruments and authors of scientific publications and conferences; and on the basis of the bottom-up ‘appropriation’ process of the asset that has allowed its management, assessment of its cultural and social potential and its development. The research results allow us to reflect on heritage-led urban regeneration as a strategy capable of capturing and promoting the links between social integration and cultural–historical identity.

CURRENT ISSUES IN RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF SALIVARY STONE DISEASE: REVIEW ARTICLE

Relevance. Salivary stones, also known as sialoliths, pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge due to the lack of a definitive etiology and the limitations in preventive measures. Numerous studies have presented diverse and often conflicting explanations for the formation of salivary stones, hindering the development of effective preventive strategies.
 Objective of this study is to synthesize existing literature on the etiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of salivary stone disease.
 Materials and methods. A systematic review of the available literature was conducted to explore current perspectives on salivary stone disease. The review synthesized and systematized contemporary views on the etiology of the disease, its pathogenesis, preventive strategies, and treatment approaches.
 Results. Most of the authors, analyzing the main causes and accompanying factors of the occurrence of salivary stone disease, suggest to use various radiological diagnostic methods for its diagnosis.
 Radiological methods of research are key in the plan of carrying out differential diagnosis of salivary stone disease with other diseases and determining an adequate method of treatment.
 Conclusion. The review of scientific publications allows us to state that currently there are a large number of diverse and contradictory opinions about the etiology of the occurrence of salivary stone disease, and its pathogenesis is poorly studied. The methods of diagnosis of salivary stone disease proposed by the authors of scientific publications are based on the desire to find optimal and minimally invasive methods of early and accurate diagnosis of the disease.

Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitude of Researchers Towards Using ChatGPT in Research.

ChatGPT, a recently released chatbot from OpenAI, has found applications in various aspects of life, including academic research. This study investigated the knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of researchers towards using ChatGPT and other chatbots in academic research. A pre-designed, self-administered survey using Google Forms was employed to conduct the study. The questionnaire assessed participants' knowledge of ChatGPT and other chatbots, their awareness of current chatbot and artificial intelligence (AI) applications, and their attitudes towards ChatGPT and its potential research uses. Two hundred researchers participated in the survey. A majority were female (57.5%), and over two-thirds belonged to the medical field (68%). While 67% had heard of ChatGPT, only 11.5% had employed it in their research, primarily for rephrasing paragraphs and finding references. Interestingly, over one-third supported the notion of listing ChatGPT as an author in scientific publications. Concerns emerged regarding AI's potential to automate researcher tasks, particularly in language editing, statistics, and data analysis. Additionally, roughly half expressed ethical concerns about using AI applications in scientific research. The increasing use of chatbots in academic research necessitates thoughtful regulation that balances potential benefits with inherent limitations and potential risks. Chatbots should not be considered authors of scientific publications but rather assistants to researchers during manuscript preparation and review. Researchers should be equipped with proper training to utilize chatbots and other AI tools effectively and ethically.

Selective list of VIR’s methodological recommendations (guidelines) for 2000–2022

The N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) releases almost all types of publications traditional for research institutions. Since the 1920s, VIR has been regularly publishing methodological recommendations, or guidelines.This kind of publications has won its own specialized audience and retained it for over a hundred years. All recommendations (guidelines) are an assemblage of documents dedicated to the study, conservation, and replenishment of the unique global plant genetic resources collection held by VIR; plant breeding; seed production; cultivation; resistance of individual crops to diseases and pests; herbarization; long-term seed storage; biochemical, mycological, phytopathological, genetic, and biotechnological research methods; and many other issues. Such publications are widely used by the staff of VIR and the network of its branches in their practical work, and are also in demand with various scientists, experts, lecturers and teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate students all over Russia.Keeping in mind the ever increasing interest in such information, the Editorial Board of the journal Proceedings on Applied Botany, Genetics and Breeding decided to publish a selective list of VIR’s methodological recommendations (guidelines) for 2000–2022. For the sake of convenience, the material is arranged in chronological order. This list partially includes recommendations and guidelines published by other research institutions where VIR’s staff members were among the authors. It is our hope that the list will be found useful by our readers and authors of scientific publications. The list was compiled by the staff of the Library and Publishing Department of VIR.

Bibliometric Analysis of Waqf Education on Google Scholar from 2019 to 2022 using VOSviewer

Bibliometric analysis using data on the number and authors of scientific publications as well as articles and citations in them aims to measure the outcomes of researchers, institutions, and countries, in order to identify national and international networks and map the development of new (multidisciplinary) fields of science and technology, this is also known as known as Scientometrics. While, VOSviewer is software for analyzing bibliometrics in order to find research novelties that have not yet appeared in the realm of science and knowledge. This study aims to analyze waqf education on Google Scholar from 2019 to 2022. This study aims to analyze the bibliometrics of waqf education on the Google Scholar data research. The research method used is using the publish and perish application to collect reference data for the last four years from 2019 to 2022. Then use the VOSviewer application to analyze the bibliometrics by referring to the results generated from the publish and perish application in the form of *.ris and *.xls files. The research findings show that there were 494 publications during the last four years for the 2019-2022 period in the field of waqf education with a total of 734 citations. As for the number of interconnection relationships between terminology in the existing research, it was found that the strongest number of relationships was term waqf of 356, cash waqf of 114, asset of 96, waqf of fund 75, and manager of 73. While the number of frequencies that frequently appeared was term waqf as much as 252 times, Cash waqf 71 times, asset 55 times, land waqf 41 times, and manager 36 times.

BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NEURAL BASIS EXPANSION ANALYSIS FOR INTERPRETABLE TIME SERIES (N-BEATS) FOR RESEARCH TREND MAPPING

Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of articles, books, and other forms of publication. The bibliometrics analysis is performed with data on the number and authorship of scientific publications and articles, and citations to measure the work of individuals or groups of researchers, organizations, and countries to identify national and international networks and map developments in new multidisciplinary fields of science and technology. In addition, bibliometrics assesses and maps the research, organization, and country of researchers at a given time period. The Bibliometric analysis also has advantages which include mapping relationships between concepts, mapping research directions or trends, mapping state of the art (the novelty of the results of research conducted), and providing insights related to fields, topics, and research problems for future works. This study aims to determine the growth and development of N-BEATS publications, their distribution, variable keywords, and author collaboration using a bibliometric network. The research method used in this paper, through screening of articles obtained from the Scopus database page in 2008-2022, is used for citations in the form of metrics. At the same time, they are visualizing the metadata with VOSviewer. Data was collected from the direct science database with the keyword N-BEATS. The results show that 2022 has the highest number of publications, reaching 310 publications (14.90%). The distribution of research publications on N-BEATS shows a perfect distribution. Terms in the N-BEATS variable that often appear and are associated with other variables.

A Qualitative Study on the Use of the Hospital Safety Index and the Formulation of Recommendations for Future Adaptations

The Hospital Safety Index is a tool developed by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization in 2008 and updated in 2015. Although it is the most widely used instrument of its kind to assess the level of hospital preparedness, scientific literature on its application in real life is scarce. This study aimed to investigate the use of the Hospital Safety Index to assess disaster preparedness in healthcare facilities. A retrospective, qualitative study employing semi-structured online interviews was conducted to gather the opinions and perspectives of professionals who have experience in applying the Hospital Safety Index. Authors of scientific publications using the Hospital Safety Index were recruited. A semi-structured interview guide was developed. It addressed different phases of data collection with the Hospital Safety Index, the challenges and facilitators of using it, and recommendations for future adaptations. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. Nine participants who were from three countries (Serbia, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia) and had different professional backgrounds (medical doctors, engineers, spatial planners, etc.) participated in this study. A total of 5 themes and 15 subthemes emerged during data analysis. Most of the participants reported their reasons for choosing the Hospital Safety Index as being its comprehensiveness and the fact that it was issued by the World Health Organization. The tool appears to be very specific and allows investigators to spot details in hospitals; however, it is not easy to use, and training is highly encouraged to learn how to navigate the different components of the tool. Governmental support is a crucial facilitator for investigators to be able to enter hospitals and conduct their evaluations. Overall, the tool has a lot of potential, and it should be used to reach a broader audience, such as community members, and assess the preparedness of other facilities that can take part in the response to disasters (hotels, stadiums, schools, etc.). Nevertheless, it still needs more adaptations to be tailored to different contexts and settings.

Female Dynamics in Authorship of Scientific Publications in the Public Library of Science: A 10-year Bibliometric Analysis of Biomedical Research

Women are generally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). As scientific production reflects scholarly impact and participation in the scientific process, the number of journal publications forms a pertinent measure of academic productivity. This study examined the prevalence and evolution of female representation in prominent author positions across multidisciplinary biomedical research. Publications from seven exemplar cross-specialty journals of the Public Library of Science (PLoS Medicine, PLoS Biology, PLoS One, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases) between January 2010 and December 2020 were extracted from Web of Science. Using Genderize.io, the gender of authors from their first names was estimated using a 75% threshold. The association between female prevalence in first and last authorship and journal was evaluated using a binary logistic regression, and odds ratios were estimated against a 50:50 reference on gender. In 266,739 publications, 43.3% of first authors and 26.7% of last authors were females. Across the ten-year period, female first authorship increased by 19.6% and last authorship by 3.2%. Among all journals, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases had the greatest total proportion of female first authors (45.7%) and PLoS Medicine of female last authors (32%), while PLoS Computational Biology had the lowest proportion in these categories (23.7% and 17.2%). First authors were less likely to be females in all PLoS journals (p < 0.05) except for PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (odds ratio: 0.84, 95% confidence interval: 0.71-1.00), where the odds of female authorship were not significantly different (p = 0.054). Last authors were not more likely to be females in all PLoS journals (p < 0.001). Overall, women still appear underrepresented as first authors in biomedical publications and their representation as last authors has severely lagged. Efforts towards gender equality in scholarly authorship will contribute to the representation of women in biomedical research and ensure that their potential is not lost.

Work Incentives for Sectoral Research Institute Researchers

The article considers issues of researchers’ work assessment of sectoral research institutes in the Russian Federation. The authors investigate the advantages and disadvantages of the existing system of scientometric indicators with relation to the researchers’ publication activity increase. Practical solutions are proposed to harmonize the internal and external motivation of the researchers’ work of the sectoral research institute in order to ensure the effectiveness of their scientific activities, the implementation of key indicators of the effectiveness of scientific work and to promote the economic and innovative effect of the institute activities. The authors proposed a conceptual system for stimulating the work of researchers through authorship in scientific publications and evaluated its effectiveness. The scientific novelty lies in the development of a system of incentives for authorship in scientific publications to employees of the Railway Research Institute. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of applying the incentive system in many sectors of the modern economy.

The moral significance of intellectual property regulation

Fundamental ethical principles provide guidance for the protection and wider use of intellectual achievements. As regarding established rules for claims of authorship in scientific publications, use of intellectual property is not a matter of providing an open unregulated access but to honor the intellectual achievements while providing an avenue to wide application for promotion of innovation to the benefit of society. This is done through a balancing of different interests. In this article I examine some of the basic principles for this balancing task. A special concern in the discussion about intellectual property regulation has been the need to fit new scientific and technical innovations within the changing moral landscapes of different countries. Innovations must not offend what is considered "public order". I put this claim into perspective by demonstrating that this value laden concept needs to be adjusted in accordance to changing moral landscapes that often follow when new innovations become part of main stream technology and provide significant benefits.

Serum neuromodulin content in preterm infants with perinatal lesions of the central nervous system in the first day of life

Presently, authors of scientific publications pay much attention to the study of individual neuromarkers of damage to the central nervous system in newborns. One such marker is the growth protein neuromodulin.The aim of the study is to estimate the concentration of neuromodulin in the first day of life in preterm infants with perinatal damage to the central nervous system and compare it with the clinical indicators of newborns in the early neonatal period.Characteristics of children and research methods. 81 extremely preterm newborns were examined, which were divided into groups depending on the presence of intraventricular hemorrhages: Group 1 — 48 preterm infants in whom intraventricular hemorrhage was verified during the observation in the early neonatal period; Group 2 — 33 preterm infants without intraventricular hemorrhage. Determination of the concentration of the GAP-43 protein in the blood serum was carried out by enzyme immunoassay. The groups were comparable in terms of weight and height parameters, gestational age, the degree of respiratory failure at birth, and the need for mechanical ventilation (p&lt;0,05).Results. Group 1 had a significantly lower Apgar score at the end of the 1st (p=0,034) and 5th minutes of life (p=0,037) compared to Group 2. A comparative analysis of the concentration of neuromodulin revealed that in preterm infants of Group 1, the values of neuromodulin were significantly higher than in preterm infants of Group 2 (1,469 [1,284; 1;966] and 0,541 [0,461; 0,595] ng/mL, respectively; p&lt;0,001). The degree of intraventricular hemorrhage (r=0,771; p&lt;0,001), the minimum amplitude of the amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (r=–0,404, p=0,004), the Ballard score (r=–0,614, p=0,019) were statistically significantly correlated with serum neuromodulin concentration.Conclusions. Characteristics of the concentration of GAP-43 in preterm infants with perinatal lesions of the central nervous system are given depending on the presence of intraventricular hemorrhage and the gestational age on the first day of life, significant correlations between clinical data and the level of the studied protein are revealed.

Original Abstracts from the 18th Annual Meeting of ISMPP

Objective To gather impressions from patients/caregivers/advocates with acute leukemia regarding preferences for accessing scientific information, the value of patients as authors of scientific publications, and the format of plain language summaries (PLS). In addition, use of an asynchronous virtual advisory board (VAB) was piloted with this group.

Honorary authorship in health sciences: a protocol for a systematic review of survey research

BackgroundHonorary authorship refers to the practice of naming an individual who has made little or no contribution to a publication as an author. Honorary authorship inflates the output estimates of honorary authors and deflates the value of the work by authors who truly merit authorship. This manuscript presents the protocol for a systematic review that will assess the prevalence of five honorary authorship issues in health sciences.MethodsSurveys of authors of scientific publications in health sciences that assess prevalence estimates will be eligible. No selection criteria will be set for the time point for measuring outcomes, the setting, the language of the publication, and the publication status. Eligible manuscripts are searched from inception onwards in PubMed, Lens.org, and Dimensions.ai. Two calibrated authors will independently search, determine eligibility of manuscripts, and conduct data extraction. The quality of each review outcome for each eligible manuscript will be assessed with a 14-item checklist developed and piloted for this review. Data will be qualitatively synthesized and quantitative syntheses will be performed where feasible. Criteria for precluding quantitative syntheses were defined a priori. The pooled random effects double arcsine transformed summary event rates of five outcomes on honorary authorship issues with the pertinent 95% confidence intervals will be calculated if these criteria are met. Summary estimates will be displayed after back-transformation. Stata software (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA) version 16 will be used for all statistical analyses. Statistical heterogeneity will be assessed using Tau2 and Chi2 tests and I2 to quantify inconsistency.DiscussionThe outcomes of the planned systematic review will give insights in the magnitude of honorary authorship in health sciences and could direct new research studies to develop and implement strategies to address this problem. However, the validity of the outcomes could be influenced by low response rates, inadequate research design, weighting issues, and recall bias in the eligible surveys.Systematic review registrationThis protocol was registered a priori in the Open Science Framework (OSF) link: https://osf.io/5nvar/.

Methodology for solving problems of classification of appeals/requests of citizens to the “hotline” of the President of the Russian Federation

The use of neural networks for the classification of text data is an important area of digital transformation of socio-economic systems. The article is devoted to the description of the methodology for classifying citizens' appeals. The proposed technique involves the use of a convolutional neural network. The stages of processing citizens' appeals in the amount of 7000 appeals are described. In order to reduce the dimension of the problem, methods of filtering and removing stop words were applied. The resulting data set allows you to choose the best classifier in terms of accuracy, specificity, sensitivity. Training and test samples were used, as well as cross-validation. The article shows the effectiveness of using this method to distribute requests on 15 topics of citizens' appeals to the “hotline” of the President of the Russian Federation. Automating the classification of received appeals by topic allows them to be processed quickly for further study by the relevant departments. The purpose of the study is automation of the distribution of citizens' appeals to the President's hotline by category based on the use of modern machine learning methods. Materials and methods. The development of software that automates the process of distributing citizens into categories is carried out using a convolutional neural network written in the Python programming language. Results. With the help of the prepared data set, the pre-trained model of NL BERT and sciBERT was trained by the deep learning method. The model shows an accuracy of 86% in the estimates of quality metrics. Conclusion. A pre-trained model was trained using a convolutional neural model using a prepared data set. Even if the forecast does not match the real category, the model gives a minor error, correctly determines the category of the appeal. The results obtained can be recommended for practical application by authors of scientific publications, scientific institutions, editors and reviewers of publishing houses.

Peer Review Declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.This document contains detailed information on the procedure for reviewing the materials of the I International Scientific Conference «Volga Region Farmland 2021», organized on the basis of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Penza State Agrarian University», Penza.• The organization of the conference included: informing about the conference, invitations for publication, work with applications and materials for reports and publications, correspondence with the authors, organization of the process of review, proofreading, selection and preparation of articles for their inclusion in the proceedings.• Type of review: double-blind peer review.• Number of submissions received: 58, number of submissions sent for review: 49, number of accepted submissions: 48.• The acceptance rate (number of accepted submissions/number of submissions received × 100) is 82.7.• The average number of reviews per paper is 1.• The total number of involved reviewers is 34.• Further information on the peer review process:- All articles submitted for review have undergone a peer review process in accordance with the standards of editorial ethics, the international practice of editing, review, publication and authorship of scientific publications and the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics;- Authors should only submit original work. When using textual or graphic information obtained from the work of others, reference to the publication or written permission of the author is necessary. Plagiarism of any kind is regarded as unethical behaviour and is unacceptable;- The materials received were reviewed by the members of the editorial board, the invited editor and the head of the research department of Penza State Agrarian University;- Each reviewer has a scientific degree and is a recognised expert in the field;- Based on the results of the review process, a decision is made as to whether the article will be published or not;- Upon completion of the review process, materials prepared for publication in accordance with the requirements of the journal are submitted to the publisher. All articles will be published in an open access international journal.• Coordinator of the conference, Head of the Research Department of Penza State Agrarian University, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Assistant Professor, S.V. Bogomazov. (bogomazov.s.v@pgau.ru).

Прагматичні особливості заголовків наукових статей (на матеріалі фахового видання "Ефективна економіка")

The article proves that the success of a scientific article is not only ensured by high-quality material, properly and logically structured according to the requirements of scientific publications and standards of scientific writing, but also by a well-chosen title, which has pragmatic potential. The article considers the experience of Ukrainian linguists, who studied a title in the structural, semantic and stylistic, pragmatic perspectives on the material of English and German-language scientific articles. It was found that the pragmatic potential of Ukrainian-language titles of scientific publications requires careful and comprehensive study. 162 titles of scientific articles published in the professional journal "Effective Economics" were analyzed. It was identified that the authors’ intensions to update the theoretical aspects of the study of scientific phenomena are few, but the desire to focus the attention of recipients on the ways of applying theoretical knowledge in order to solve practical problems in various branches of the economy is evident. The authors use pragmatic markers of the modern approaches, tools, strategies, assessment, opportunities, perspectives, improvement, effectiveness, optimization to focus on significant aspects of the problem, on specific ways and means of its solution, on the prospects of further science problem research. The research results showed that the authors of scientific publications implement different pragmatic intentions depending on the object, subject, research material as well as the theme of scientific publications.

How to quote Ethiopian authors in linguistic publications

As the patronymic Ethiopian names do not match the widespread GIVEN NAME – FAMILY NAME pattern of the Western world, the names of Ethiopian authors are often quoted inconsistently and inappropriately by scholars in the field of linguistic typology and historical-comparative linguistics. After a brief introduction into the Ethiopian naming conventions and a summary of recurrent issues in quoting Ethiopian authors in scientific publications, we propose a number of general citation rules that would help overcome these issues and do justice to the Ethiopian naming conventions. The rules are offered as an addendum to the Generic Style Rules for Linguistics. Finally, the article demonstrates how reference management software can be manipulated so that it correctly applies the Ethiopian naming conventions.

Risks and opportunities of assisted colonization: the perspectives of experts

Owing to climate change and other anthropogenic environmental changes, the suitability of locations is changing for many biota that consequently have to adapt in situ or to move to other areas. To mitigate the effects of such pressures, assisted colonization is a conservation tool developed to reduce extinction risks by intentionally moving and releasing an organism outside its native range, and thus, to facilitate tracking changing environmental conditions. This conservation tool has been proposed for threatened animals or plants that presumably cannot adapt in situ or follow environmental changes by dispersal or migration. However, there have been contentious debates about the shortcomings and risks of implementing assisted colonization. For this reason, we evaluated the specific opinions of global experts for assisted colonization on potential risks and opportunities that this approach offers. For this purpose, we used an online survey targeted at authors of scientific publications on assisted colonization. The majority (82%) of the 48 respondents were in favor of applying assisted colonization for species that are at risk of global extinction due to anthropogenic environmental change. Most respondents agreed that assisted colonization should be considered only when other conservation tools are not available and that certain preconditions must be met. Some of these were already highlighted in the IUCN guidelines for assisted colonization and include a completed risk assessment, clearly defined management plans and secured political as well as financial support. The advocacy of assisted colonization in response to anthropogenic global environmental changes was only weakly dependent on the geographic origin of the experts and their working background. Regarding possible risks, most of the respondents were concerned about consequences like failure of the long-term establishment of the translocated species and the transmission of diseases and invasiveness potentially endangering native biota. To keep these risks as low as possible most of the experts agreed that a target area must have a reasonable carrying capacity to sustain a minimum viable population and that adaptive management should be implemented. Careful evaluation of assisted colonization projects is required to generate further evidence that needs to be considered for further developing conservation tools for the Anthropocene.

Woman authorship in pre-print versus peer-reviewed oral health-related publications: A two-year observational study.

Women in oral health science face similar societal issues and challenges as those in other STEMM careers, and gender disparities continue to exist as evidenced by fewer women represented as first and last authors in scientific publications. Pre-prints may serve as a conduit to immediately disseminating one's work, bypassing the arduous peer review process and its associated inherent biases. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to 1] compare the gender of first and last authors in pre-print versus peer reviewed publications, 2] examine the composition of first and last author pairs as stratified by publication type, and 3] examine the correlation between woman authorship and institutional geographic location and publication metrics stratified by publication type. The keyword "oral health" was used to search for publications in BioRxiv and Pubmed in the years 2018 and 2019. Gender of first and last authors were determined, and its frequency was considered as the primary outcome. Additionally, the geographic location of the author's associated institution and publication metrics measured by Altmetrics score were extracted. Data was descriptively summarized by frequencies and percentages. Chi-square analysis was conducted for categorical variables which included the relationship between gender and publication type as well as gender and region of author's associated institution. Binomial regression analysis was conducted to analyze the relationship between gender and Altmetrics. Woman first authors comprised 40.3% of pre-prints and 64.5% of peer reviewed publications [p<0.05]. Woman last authors comprised 31.3% of pre-prints and 61.5% of peer reviewed publications [p<0.05]. When analyzing the relationships between first and last author, the Man-Man pairing represented 47.7% of the pre-print publications and the Woman-Woman pairing comprised a majority of the of the peer review publications at 47.5%. All results were statistically significant with a p-value <0.05. No significant correlation was found between region of institution or Altmetrics and gender of first or last authors [p>0.05]. For the first time in oral health science, it was found that women show higher representation as first and last author positions in peer reviewed publications versus pre-prints.

What is the future of lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devices? Assessing changes in experts’ expectations over time

PurposeLab on-a-chip (LOC) may lead to low-cost point-of-care devices for the diagnosis of human diseases, possibly making laboratories dispensable. However, as it is still an emerging technology, very little is known about its future impact on the diagnosis of human diseases, and on the laboratory industry. Hence, the purpose of this study is to foresee possible developments of this technology through a consultation with researchers in the field in two distinct time periods.Design/methodology/approachBased on Technology Foresight, this study addresses this gap by assessing the opinions of over five hundred LOC researchers and tracking changes in their views on the future of LOC diagnostic devices. These researchers participated in a two-wave global survey with an interval of two and a half yearsFindingsAlthough second-wave (2020) respondents are less optimistic than those of the first wave (2017), the results of both surveys show that LOC diagnostic devices are expected to: move from proof-of-concept demonstrations to industrial development, becoming commercially feasible worldwide; integrate all laboratory processes, delivering cheaper, faster and more reliable diagnoses than laboratories; and provide low-cost point-of-care solutions, improving access to healthcare.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough it would be desirable to collect and explore the views of different sets of stakeholders, the method of generating lists of survey respondents shows a bias toward academic/scientific circles because the respondents are authors of scientific publications. These publications may as well be authored by stakeholders from other fields but it is reasonable to assume that most of them are researchers affiliated with universities and research and development organizations. Therefore, this study lacks in providing an image of the future based on a more diverse set of respondents.Social implicationsThe results show that these devices are expected to radically change the diagnostic testing market and the way laboratories are organized, perhaps moving to a non-laboratory-based model. In conclusion, in the coming decades, these devices may promote substantial changes in the way human diseases are diagnosed.Originality/valueOnly a few studies have attempted to foresee the future of LOC devices, and most are based on literature reviews. Thus, this study goes beyond the existing research by providing a broad understanding of what the future will look like from the views of researchers who are contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field. The researchers invited to take part in this study are authors of LOC-related scientific publications indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection.