Dissemination Of Scientific Information Research Articles

Trends in managing COVID-19 from an emerging infectious disease to a common respiratory infectious disease: What are the subsequent impacts on and new challenges for healthcare systems?

Targeting the 9 countries with the highest cumulative number of newly confirmed cases in the past year, we analyzed the case fatality ratio (CFR) among newly confirmed cases and the vaccination rate (two or more doses of vaccine per 100 people) in the United States of America (USA), India, France, Germany, Brazil, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Italy, and the United Kingdom (UK) for the period of 2020-2022. Data reveal a decrease in the CFR among newly confirmed cases since the beginning of 2022, when transmission of the Omicron variant predominates, and an increase in vaccination rates. The Republic of Korea had the lowest CFR among newly confirmed cases (0.093%) in 2022 and the highest vaccination rate (86.27%). Japan had the second highest vaccination rate (83.12%) and a decrease in the CFR among newly confirmed cases of 1.478% in 2020, 1.000% in 2021, and 0.148% in 2022; while the average estimated fatality ratio for seasonal influenza from 2015-2020 was 0.020%. Currently, most countries are now easing COVID-19-related restrictions and are exploring a shift in management of COVID-19 from an emerging infectious disease to a common respiratory infectious disease that can be treated as the equivalent of seasonal or regional influenza. However, compared to influenza, infection with the Omicron variant still has a higher fatality ratio, is more transmissible, and the size of future outbreaks cannot be accurately predicted due to the uncertainty of viral mutation. More importantly, as countries shift their response strategies to COVID-19, there is an urgent need at this time to clarify what the subsequent impacts on healthcare systems and new challenges will be, including the clinical response, the dissemination of scientific information, vaccination campaigns, the creation of future surveillance and response systems, the cost of treatments and vaccinations, and the flexible use of big data in healthcare systems.

“We Write to Dismantle Prejudices, Myths and Lies”: The Role of Journalists in the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Romania

ABSTRACT In Romania, an important role in the dissemination of scientific information, decisive for increasing confidence in the vaccination against COVID-19, was played not only by official communication,, but also by media professionals who covered this subject extensively. The present research analyses the opinions of 33 Romanian journalists, from the national and local press, aiming to find out their professional attitude regarding the vaccination campaign. The opinions were collected through the structured interview, applied through electronic communication channels, between February 20, 2021 and March 1, 2021. Several research questions were the basis of this article: how professional journalists understand the role of the press in a pandemic crisis, in which disinformation, fake news, and deceptive information, decreased trust in vaccination; how journalists relate to the state of balance and what they consider to be the role of the journalistic act, also in relation to the authorities. The most important result of this study is that many of the interviewed journalists believe that, in the context of the national and global health crisis, the correct information is based on scientific evidence and the coverage of official communication, with the role of professional journalism being to combat misinformation, pseudoscience, conspiracies, and fake news.

Green Buildings as a Necessity for Sustainable Environment Development: Dilemmas and Challenges

Sustainable development encompasses numerous development goals and strategies, with green buildings (GBs) being among the implementations of this concept. The development of GBs is a topic of increasing interest due to the massive development of conventional infrastructure that has the major limitation of environmental degradation, a fact also proven by the research of the scientific literature, with publications in the field enhancing in recent times. Even if strategies applying the GBs concept have many advantages, the public acceptance is not so high due to technologies that still need to be optimized, the relatively low return on investment, and the limited dissemination of information about this concept. Therefore, the manuscript provides a comprehensive assessment in a distinctive way of GBs in the context of sustainable development, clarifying notions and principles of application while integrating green materials and circular economy into the general scientific framework provided. Moreover, a score has been proposed which is assigned to the different types of buildings described, based on the assessment of several specific parameters. This paper provides stakeholders, from designers to occupiers, with a coherent overview of the GB concept and its beneficial role for future generations in order to develop this field by increasing the dissemination of scientific information based on a technical-engineering perspective.

Meaning of science communication construct for researchers and public relations at the Indonesian Institute of sciences

Research institutions in Indonesia have an essential role in improving knowledge, skills, and the community’s economy through research results. However, until now, domestic research results have not been well disseminated. One factor that influences it is the not yet optimal collaboration between researchers and public relations as science communicators in communicating research results to the public. They work for a research institution called the Indonesian institute of sciences. This study aims to find out the meaning of science communication for researchers and public relations and how they coordinate these meanings. This study uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. The case study was the dissemination of Beyonic Startmik Biological Organic Fertilizer in Pekalongan, Central Java. The primary data of this study were the results of observations on the conversation between researchers and public relations and semi-structured interviews. The results show that the meaning of science communication for researchers is the activity of conveying scientific information to the public by involving the assistance of public relations and supported by institutional policies. In contrast, the meaning of science communication for Public Relations is the dissemination of scientific information to the public based on information from researchers as a source of information. In coordinating meaning, researchers and public relations discuss the meaning of science communication as a series of communication processes that require the support of researcher competence, public relations communication strategies, and cooperation in building strong relationships with stakeholders.

Optimalisasi Repositori Institusi IAIN Curup sebagai Sarana Komunikasi Ilmiah Kampus

The existence of institutional repository become one of strategy of institute’s tridharma. Besides accelerating the dissemination of information to both internal and external users, repository has become a necessity for the development of a scientific atmosphere in universities. The purpose of this article is to find out how to optimize the IAIN Curup institutional repository and increase scientific productivity. This article uses a qualitative method as the research method. The data collection process was carried out through 3 methods, they are observation, interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique uses 3 methods, namely data reduction, data display, and verification. This article found that Institutional repository IAIN Curup has roles such as (1) Scientific Information Preservation, (2) public visibility and improvement of webometrics, (3) ease of dissemination of scientific information. IAIN Curup Library has done many things to optimize the use of institutional repository such as (1) making e-resources guidelines, (2) Promoting Institutional repository through various media and activities, (3) coordinating with faculties

Dialogicity in Individual and Institutional Scientific Blogs

The paper focuses on variation across institutional and individual scientific blogs, i.e., blogs that are managed by journals, magazines or associations involved in the dissemination of scientific information and blogs that are managed by individual researchers. Using comparable corpora of posts from different scientific disciplines, look in particular at markers of dialogicity, i.e., the representation of participants (markers of self-reference, reader-reference, as well as representation of the scientific community and markers of attribution), markers of communicative action (organizational units and metastatements), and evaluative dialogue (evaluative lexis and dialogic contraction or expansion). Concordance analysis of keywords and key-phrases (as calculated by Wordsmith Tools 8.0) shows that blogs managed by individual scientists emphasize personal voice and interpersonal elements, while institutional blogs are comparatively more informational. Dialogicity markers are shown to contribute to defining how bloggers manage subjective and intersubjective positioning and construct their credibility, thus defining the nature of their relation to the audience and ultimately the functions of blogging.

Strategies for scientific popularization in the digital media environment

The proposed article is devoted to the analysis of the characteristic features of popular science communication in the digital media environment. The current models of scientific communication are analyzed, the key trends of modern society are identified — mediatization and digitalization, which set the specifics of scientific popularization today. The mediatized forms of science communication testify to the unfolding process of mediatization of science — the growing involvement of media communications in the implementation of scientific activities. The mediatization of science also has its own specifics, which, in particular, is manifested in the growing convergence of the spheres of science and politics. Such politicization of science sets the features of mediatization, which covers the field of scientific activity very unevenly. Those areas of scientific knowledge that are politically in demand are subjected to mediatization to a greater extent. The politicization of science, which is unfolding along with mediatization, makes it possible to identify a similarity between political and scientific communications. The digital media environment of science communications is largely built in a similar way with the space of political communications. It is characterized by polarization and differentiation of the audience. The acceptance of scientific communication is largely determined not by the quality of scientific content, but by the cognitive and value attitudes of users. The principal feature of digital media architecture is its dual nature, which allows it to be equally used both for the dissemination of scientific information and its refutation and approval of false information. Under these conditions, strategies for effective science communication may include measures aimed at increasing the media literacy of the audience, the flexible use of media framing of scientific knowledge, aimed at expanding the audience of science communication and overcoming prejudices regarding new scientific achievements.

Rancang Bangun Perpustakaan Buku Digital (E-Book) Berbasis Web

One of the efforts to improve the quality of human resources is to foster interest and reading habits. For this reason, the library is expected to become a center for activities that foster interest and reading habits. Libraries have a great responsibility to increase and develop interest and enthusiasm for reading. Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a part of human life today. Therefore, all institutions are competing in the integration of ICT to build and strengthen their knowledge-based talents, to be able to compete in the global era. The need for information technology (IT) is closely related to the role of libraries as a driving force in the preservation and dissemination of scientific information, which develops along with people's activities of writing, printing, educating, and meeting their information needs. The writing of this study uses the descriptive qualitative method and STMIK Pringsewu as the object of the study. The Web-Based Digital Book Library is designed to be easily accessible to readers. Uploaded e-books are created in PDF format. The digital library system can only be accessed locally in the STMIK Pringsewu environment.

Risk Communication and Community Engagement During the Migrant Worker COVID-19 Outbreak in Singapore.

In early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) with large, diverse communities of migrant workers living in high-density accommodation was slow to develop. By August 2020, Singapore had reported 55,661 cases of COVID-19, with migrant workers comprising 94.6% of the cases. A system of RCCE among migrant worker communities in Singapore was developed to maximize synergy in RCCE. Proactive stakeholder engagement and participatory approaches with affected communities were key to effective dissemination of scientific information about COVID-19 and its prevention.

Investigating dissemination of scientific information on Twitter: A study of topic networks in opioid publications

Abstract While previous research has mostly focused on the “number of mentions” of scientific research on social media, the current study applies “topic networks” to measure public attention to scientific research on Twitter. Topic networks are the networks of co-occurring author keywords in scholarly publications and networks of co-occurring hashtags in the tweets mentioning those publications. We investigate which topics in opioid scholarly publications have received public attention on Twitter. Additionally, we investigate whether the topic networks generated from the publications tweeted by all accounts (bot and nonbot accounts) differ from those generated by nonbot accounts. Our analysis is based on a set of opioid publications from 2011 to 2019 and the tweets associated with them. Results indicated that Twitter users have mostly used generic terms to discuss opioid publications, such as “Pain,” “Addiction,” “Analgesics,” “Abuse,” “Overdose,” and “Disorders.” A considerable amount of tweets is produced by accounts that were identified as automated social media accounts, known as bots. There was a substantial overlap between the topic networks based on the tweets by all accounts (bot and nonbot accounts). This result indicates that it might not be necessary to exclude bot accounts for generating topic networks as they have a negligible impact on the results. This study provided some preliminary evidence that scholarly publications have a network agenda-setting effect on Twitter.

Conservation Letter: Raptors and Anticoagulant Rodenticides

Conservation Letter: Raptors and Anticoagulant Rodenticides

Auditio; Revista Electrónica de Audiología

Las revistas científicas han sido el vehículo de comunicación de la ciencia desde el siglo XVII. Han servido para organizar el conocimiento en áreas de interés común y para el establecimiento de un nivel en la calidad de las publicaciones. Sin embargo y al mismo tiempo han segmentado la investigación en multitud de revistas y encarecido el acceso a las mismas. Por ejemplo, un tema de estudio como la esclerosis múltiple, puede encontrarse referenciada en más de 50 revistas distintas. Esto, para el profesional, significa una inversión en tiempo y coste en la adquisición de los artículos muchas veces desalentadoras. Las suscripciones han subido un 207% durante el período comprendido entre los años 1986 y 1999. Así mismo en ese mismo período ha habido un incremento del número de revista del 55%. Esto ha llevado a las editoriales a una inflación en los precios no justificada en la mayoría de los casos. Así, por ejemplo, la suscripción anual en Brain Research cuesta aproximadamente $15000. El desarrollo de las revistas en formato electrónico ha sido vertiginoso. Las ventajas son obvias, la reducción de los costes de producción y de distribución, la posibilidad de interaccionar entre el lector y el autor, la amplia gama de presentación y diseño que permiten rapidez para difundir la información científica. La mayoría de las publicaciones científicas tradicionales ofrecen hoy en la red su versión electrónica. Algunas incluso han llegado a desaparecer en su formato tradicional y hoy solo están disponibles electrónicamente. No cabe duda que estamos asistiendo a una revolución en la publicación científica en la que los próximos 5 años serán decisivos. En Europa existen en lengua inglesa cinco revistas dedicadas a la audiología: Audiology, Neuro Otology and Audiology, British Audiology, Journal of Audiological Medicine y Scandinavian Audiology. Las personas responsables de estas revistas se dan cuentan que mantener un alto nivel académico a la vez que reducir los costes exige plantearse la posibilidad de fusionar las publicaciones. En estos últimos meses nos consta que ha habido intentos por Scandinavian Audiology, Audiology y British Audiology de tratar de formar una sola publicación. En español, las revistas de audiología son escasas y de aparición irregular. En general los artículos son de bajo nivel académico reflejando la poca tradición que tienen este disciplina como tal en el ámbito de nuestra comunidad hispano parlante. El portal que nosotros presentamos contiene, como no podía ser de otro manera, una parte fundamental dedicada a una revista electrónica en lengua española. Bajo esta perspectiva nace Auditio, publicación dedicada a la Audiología en formato electrónico. Nuestra revista asume un papel internacionalmente importante toda vez que trata con una disciplina extraordinariamente amplia y compleja. A decir verdad, la Audiología podría seguir muy bien la definición cervantina de la caballería andante: “ una ciencia que encierra en sí todas o las más ciencias del mundo”. Efectivamente, el audiólogo debe saber anatomía para reconocer las distintas estructuras que constituyen el sistema auditivo, ha de ser fisiólogo porqué debe estar familiarizado con los mecanismos íntimos de la audición. Debe tener conocimientos de física, especialmente de acústica porqué tiene que entender los estímulos desencadenantes de la audición. Debe ser psicólogo para ayudar a sus pacientes en su rehabilitación. Tiene que conocer los distintos métodos de diagnóstico pues debe establecer la naturaleza de las distintas disfunciones audiológicas... en suma, juzguen usted “ sí es ciencia mocosa lo que aprende el audiólogo que la estudia y profesa”. Nuestro propósito es que esta revista electrónica consiga los objetivos que las revistas impresas sobre audiología escritas en español no han podido conseguir hasta el momento: (1) distribución universal (2) bajos costes (3) aparición regular y (4) nivel científico aceptable. Que duda cabe que para que estos objetivos se puedan conseguir necesitamos la colaboración de todos. Sobre todo que perdamos la suspicacia y enviemos nuestras contribuciones más relevantes a estas revistas que ahora surgen en nuestra red. Que se sometan con gusto a los revisores internacionales del consejo editorial y sobre todo que se sientan reconocidos científicamente en nuestra revista. En nombre propio y del comité editorial le agradecemos su colaboración y le damos la más calurosa bienvenida a la Revista electrónica de Audiología: Auditio.

Implementation of advance care planning amid the COVID-19 crisis: A narrative review and synthesis.

Advance care planning is considered an important issue in end‐of‐life care for older adults. The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic has interrupted the healthcare system and end‐of‐life care tremendously. This review aimed to explore available articles on advance care planning amid the pandemic and analyze qualitatively. PubMed and Google Scholar were searched on February 2021 using the relevant keywords. Retrieved articles were screened applying inclusion criteria. Any article describing advance care planning during the COVID‐19 era was included. A qualitative content analysis was conducted. In total, 20 articles incorporating 5542 participants from five countries were included. Among the articles, eight were primary studies and the rest were perspective papers or secondary analysis. From the qualitative content analysis six major themes emerged namely palliative care, lack of coordination among acute care, hospital palliative care, and long‐term care, community‐based advance care planning, real‐time dissemination of scientific information on the regional pandemic situation, online system and legislation. The COVID‐19 pandemic had decreased the uptake of advance care planning. Findings of the review suggested simplification of the procedure regarding advance care planning, implementation of community‐based advance care planning and utilization of online resources to enhance the process. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2021; 21: 779–787.

Artificial intelligence-assisted tools for redefining the communication landscape of the scholarly world

The flood of research output and increasing demands for peer reviewers have necessitated the intervention of artificial intelligence (AI) in scholarly publishing. Although human input is seen as essential for writing publications, the contribution of AI slowly and steadily moves ahead. AI may redefine the role of science communication experts in the future and transform the scholarly publishing industry into a technology-driven one. It can prospectively improve the quality of publishable content and identify errors in published content. In this article, we review various AI and other associated tools currently in use or development for a range of publishing obligations and functions that have brought about or can soon leverage much-demanded advances in scholarly communications. Several AI-assisted tools, with diverse scope and scale, have emerged in the scholarly market. AI algorithms develop summaries of scientific publications and convert them into plain-language texts, press statements, and news stories. Retrieval of accurate and sufficient information is prominent in evidence-based science publications. Semantic tools may empower transparent and proficient data extraction tactics. From detecting simple plagiarism errors to predicting the projected citation impact of an unpublished article, AI’s role in scholarly publishing is expected to be multidimensional. AI, natural language processing, and machine learning in scholarly publishing have arrived for writers, editors, authors, and publishers. They should leverage these technologies to enable the fast and accurate dissemination of scientific information to contribute to the betterment of humankind.

Factors associated with open access publishing costs in oncology journals.

11032 Background: The open access (OA) publishing model represents an exciting opportunity to facilitate dissemination of scientific information to global audiences. In contrast to many traditional models, which require readers to pay subscription fees or rely upon institutional subscriptions for article access, the OA model grants free access to all consumers. However, OA publication is often associated with significant article processing charges (APCs) for authors, which may thus serve as a barrier to publication. In this investigation, we aimed to identify journal-level factors associated with OA publication costs in oncology journals. Methods: We identified oncology journals using the SCImago Journal & Country Rank database. All journals under the “Oncology” category that offer an OA publishing option with APC data openly available were included. For all journals, we searched journal websites and tabulated journal characteristics, including APC amount (USD), OA model (hybrid vs full), journal 2-year impact factor (IF), H-index, number of citable documents, primary treatment modality (surgery, radiation, medical, non-specific), treatment site (e.g. breast, etc), and continent of origin. Pearson correlation was used to evaluate univariate linear relationships between variables; for variables with significant correlation, we generated a multiple regression model to identify journal characteristics independently associated with OA APC amount. Results: Of 367 oncology journals screened, 266 met final inclusion criteria. The median APC was 2810 USD (range 0 – 5200). On univariate linear correlation regression testing, journals with the full OA model (p < 0.001), higher journal IF (p < 0.001), higher H-index (p < 0.001), greater number of published articles (p < 0.001), and those from North America or Europe (p < 0.001) tended to have higher OA publishing costs. When these co-variates were analyzed in a multiple regression model, only full OA status (p < 0.001), higher IF (p < 0.001), and North American or European origin (p < 0.001) persisted as independently associated with greater OA APC. Conclusions: Large APCs may serve as a barrier to OA publication and therefore create or exacerbate disparities among scientific investigators seeking to share their research. In this investigation, we find that OA publication costs are greater in oncology journals that utilize the hybrid OA model, have higher IF, and are based in North America or Europe. These findings may inform targeted action to help the oncology community fully appreciate the benefits of open science.

Implementación de las guías de práctica clínica: deseo o realidad. Algoritmo de decisión

The clinical practice guidelines (CPG) have contributed to the dissemination of scientific information that supports decision-making in different clinical situations. CPGs have become more necessary as scientific information has grown, sometimes offering contradictory data, which makes it difficult for the clinician to easily make the most appropriate decision. In this context, the CPGs summarize and simplify the available scientific information, making it available to the doctor who must make the decisions. The publication of a CPG does not mean that it is applied in practice, much less that it is adopted quickly. In fact, despite the improvement in the quality of the CPGs, it is observed that they have not been fully implemented in a large number of cases, which prevents relevant information from ending up being transferred to clinical practice, with the consequent impact on the quality of care. In this article we will briefly review the strategies adopted to ensure that the scientific recommendations contained in the CPGs end up being transferred to patients and, asa consequence, achieving a reduction in the impact of cardiovascular diseases.

COVID-19, congresses and the dissemination of scientific information

COVID-19, congresses and the dissemination of scientific information

Dissemination of scientific information to fight against COVID-19: Academic journals' role

Dissemination of scientific information to fight against COVID-19: Academic journals' role

Defining and developing Delphi techniques in integrative public health research

Introduction: Integrative scientific approaches to public health are an indivisible part of the global movement in science to remove artificial boundaries between the different scientific fields. As a result, the idea of integrative medicine as a new transdisciplinary scientific and applied platform is gaining popularity. These processes include the modern combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in science, called mix-methods approaches. Aim: The aim of this report is to present the qualitative Delphi method with its historical development, different types, research experience, and future application. Materials and Methods: A documentary method was used by reviewing the available scientific literature. In the context of the research experience, the results of two own studies using Delphi techniques to reach consensus are presented in brief. The Delphi method was created in the middle of the XX century by the Rand Corporation. It is an effective qualitative method for achieving understanding and consensus, if possible, in the name of the development of a given area, concept, business. Delphi has the freedom for change according to the scope of the specific study. Three of the Delphi types are presented: Classical or Conventional Delphi, Policy Delphi, and Real-Time Delphi. Results from own Delphi studies: Two studies are synthesized: 1) In 2013, a Policy Delphi study was applied in the second phase of a representative mix-methods research of health-related quality of life at the community level (the residents of Burgas, Bulgaria); 2) In 2019, a Classical Delphi survey was conducted (online mode) with experts in higher education, sports, and choreography on the place and role of the Bulgarian folk dances as an elective discipline and alternative to sports in the academic curriculum. Conclusion: Delphi is a qualitative method with a future, due to its adaptability and applicability in cases of impossible, cost-ineffective or undesirable personal contact. The integration of Delphi into larger mixed-methods studies allows both for a comprehensive coverage and an understanding of a research topic, and for the dissemination of scientific information among professionals and policy-makers.

BioQuest: Gamified software for teaching molecular biology

Science teaching in basic education aims to provide content for individuals who can handle with new information and are able to understand, question and position themselves before ethical debates related to biotechnology and molecular biology. However, the information flow generated in the molecular biology field is not accompanied by the dissemination of scientific information into the school environment, nor is it incorporated into the teaching knowledge on a continuous basis. In addition, the teaching of molecular biology and its related concepts, which involves great abstraction capacity on the part of students, requires the elaboration and use of specific didactic resources. Thus, this work aims to present the gamified software BioQuest and its usability and interface evaluation made by 131 Brazilian high school students from the São Paulo State public school system in São Carlos region. The data show that there is no significant difference in the game evaluation made by students with previous experience with games and those without the habit of playing, except when it comes to understanding the commands proposed by the game. This implies that students with previous experience in games have greater ease in using this teaching resource. Regarding the impact on their learning, the data show that students who interacted with the game performed better on conceptual issues related to Molecular Biology when compared to students who did not. Specifically, the questions related to game phases that contained gamification elements of the narrative and extrinsic motivation types, correlated with better grades obtained by the students. The practical experience of BioQuest proposed for high school students allowed to observe a significant improvement in the quality of teaching that can contribute to became a reference in this area.