Communication Of Research Results Research Articles

Questões éticas na pesquisa com famílias

Este artigo tem como objetivos apresentar e discutir alguns princípios éticos relacionados às condutas adotadas na pesquisa em Psicologia, enfatizando questões relativas às realizadas com famílias. Para isto, são apresentadas, inicialmente, algumas reflexões sobre as éticas filosófica e normativa e, também, regras gerais a serem seguidas por profissionais e pesquisadores da área de Psicologia. Questões relativas à coleta e arquivamento de dados, bem como à comunicação dos resultados obtidos são temas discutidos na sequência e delas decorre a necessidade de olhar para a ética específica a cada projeto, antes de que sua implementação aconteça, condição fundamental para minimizar os riscos de se proceder de maneira não ética ao trabalhar visando a construção de um conhecimento científico.

Bibliometric evaluation of agricultural literature published in Malaysia

A bibliometric analysis of agricultural literature published in Malaysia between 1981–1990 was undertaken. The analysis shed light on the key journals that published agricultural literature; on the forms of publications which are resorted to in the communication of research results; on the subject areas which are well written on and those that have been neglected; on the nature of contributions made by Malaysian authors; on the publishing practice of corporate bodies and on the number of publications produced each year.

How far does research influence policy?

This paper argues that there are ways of making research more amenable to the needs of policy makers and policy makers more sympathetic to the needs of researchers by investing in greater analysis of the links between research and policy. It shows how many in public health hold contradictory conceptual pictures of the research process, assuming a rational ratherthan enlightenment model of the policy process. By acknowledging the barriers to research affecting policy it becomes easier to build strategies around the dissemination of research so that it becomes more accessible to policy makers. Thus, researchers need to take into account the extent to which politics may affect how much notice policy makers take of research findings, they need to consider how far scientific uncertainty leads to distortion or inaction in policy making and they need to consider issues around timing and communication of research results, recognizing policy makers' short-term horizons and the need for clear presentation of scientific findings. The paper ends by arguing that those in public health need to pay far more attention to the policy environment, looking not just at policy content, but also at the processes of policy. By using a policy analysis framework it is possible to identify and overcome the barriers to research influencing policy.

Bibliography on communicating technical research information

The technical communication literature contains many articles and books providing advice on how scientists and engineers can improve their skills at communicating research results. The journal articles and book chapters the authors felt offered sound advice on fifteen topics relevant to writing original research results for publication are briefly discussed.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

Medical Uses of Statistics

Health care personnel are often placed in the uncomfortable position of being thoroughly knowledgeable about a journal article's content but confused about the statistical techniques used. Sometimes the reader is even unsure as to whether the author's conclusion can be drawn from the data shown: "What are these eponymous techniques, and are they completely unimpeachable?" The time-honored solution of busy professionals is to purchase an appropriate book. A good choice is the second edition of<i>Medical Uses of Statistics</i>, a collection of articles reviewing statistics from a practical point of view. The book has 23 chapters in five sections covering broad concepts of statistics, experimental design, techniques of data analysis, guidelines for communicating research results, and reviews and meta-studies. Eighteen of the 23 chapters have been published previously, 14 in<i>The New England Journal of Medicine</i>. Some readers might be reluctant to buy a book when 78% of it (18/23)

Impurities: Curse and blessing for crystal growers

The indespensability of high-quality source materials research and development has been established for many years. However, because contributors to this field are diverse and communication of research results is often fragmented, transfer of the new knowledge is very slow. This paper describes how increasing source purity has improved the quality of several crystals, and how the addition of controlled impurities has decreased the defect density in these crystals. Experimental evidence is presented in this paper.

Differing Methodological Perspectives in Artificial Intelligence Research

A variety of proposals for preferred methodological approaches has been advanced in the recent artificial intelligence (AI) literature. Rather than advocating a particular approach, this article attempts to explain the apparent confusion of efforts in the field in terms of differences among underlying methodological perspectives held by practicing researchers. The article presents a review of such perspectives discussed in the existing literature and then considers a descriptive and relatively specific typology of these differing research perspectives. It is argued that researchers should make their methodological orientations explicit when communicating research results, to increase both the quality of research reports and their comprehensibility for other participants in the field. For a reader of the AI literature, an understanding of the various methodological perspectives will be of immediate benefit, giving a framework for understanding and evaluating research reports. In addition, explicit attention to methodological commitments might be a step towards providing a coherent intellectual structure that can be more easily assimilated by newcomers to the field.

Effectiveness of research on fly ash in concrete

Energy crises and availability have for a decade funded extensive research and numerous conferences regarding uses of fly ash in concrete. The returns of these investments can be improved by more systematic characterisation of fly ashes and of cements used with them, and by more conceptual approaches to further development of testing methods, incorporating exploration of the energetics of fly ash hydration with cement and of the ways in which fly ash may improve the microstructure of cement paste, whether hydrated or as “micro-aggregate”. Suggestions are presented for desirable changes of the planning of research and communication of research results.

Scientometric analysis of attendance at International Scientific Meetings

International scientific meetings represent important channels for communicating research results. Based on data from more than 500 proceedings of scientific meetings, organization and participation patterns of several countries (or geopolitical regions) were analyzed. Some new indicators were derived and proved to be useful in characterizing the scientific activity of the countries. Particularly, the “open” and “closed” nature of national scientific communities, as well as “attraction” and “repulsion” between certain pairs of countries could be revealed by this method.

Observations on forest nutrition research in Australia

Summary The status of forest soils and nutrition research and practice in Australia is reviewed from the point of view of a visitor to the Australian continent who has much expertise in these fields. Pertinent observations are made of the state of the art of forest nutrition, together with searching comments on such topics as soil fertility research, the need for soil classification, soil and plant analyses, the use of phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers, second rotation research, micro element nutrition, and the communication of research results.

Co‐operating for economy: international co‐ordination of information services

Scientific and technical information (STI) systems, in the wider sense of the term, have a long history of internationalism. The communication of research results has, from the earliest days, necessitated some form of international co‐ordination through, for example, learned societies and international publishing enterprises. However, it would be impracticable here to try to review the whole process of scientific communication, ranging from primary publication to alerting services and the like; instead, it is proposed to concentrate on a sample of secondary services for the creation of machine‐readable and printed versions of STI data bases on the one hand, and some of the more general aspects of the economics of use of such data bases on the other.

Managing research in the diversified company

A discussion of how PurOlator Products manages its R and D functions is the core of the paper. Research management in the diversified company is broken down into four central areas: project selection; project administration; research personnel; and, communication of research results. Suggestions for an efficient research operation are included.

Symbolic and Substantive Evaluative Research

A study of professional employees in two large treatment-oriented organizations reveals a contradiction between the avowed objectives of program research and the acceptance of its by those engaged in the program.1 The ideology of science, which favors the interpretation and communication of research results, often conflicts with organizational mores. These mores favor symbolic research-the ritualistic avowal of the worthwhileness of research about agency problems, coupled with objections to its substance-the advancement of knowledge. Even those expressing a high priority for the use of agency funds or staff time to do research were reluctant to interpret or publish research Interpretation readiness was greater for encouraging findings than for discouraging findings. Only a minority expressed an attitude favorable to taking the risks which are believed to exist when information with evaluative implications is widely disseminated. Joseph W. Eaton is professor of social work research and sociology, University of Pittsburgh.

The Need for Research on the Communication of Research Results

Research on problems of human relations differs from research in most other fields of science in a very important respect. In most fields of science it is not necessary for administrators or executives to have a comprehensive understanding of the research in order to utilize the results. All that has to be known is that the research has yielded a better method or a better product. Approval to substitute the new for the old can then be given. But in the field of human relations, effective use of the research findings cannot be obtained merely by an executive issuing an order.