Forward Thinking Research Articles

Data Sharing Goals for Nonprofit Funders of Clinical Trials.

Sharing clinical trial data can provide value to research participants and communities by accelerating the development of new knowledge and therapies as investigators merge data sets to conduct new analyses, reproduce published findings to raise standards for original research, and learn from the work of others to generate new research questions. Nonprofit funders, including disease advocacy and patient-focused organizations, play a pivotal role in the promotion and implementation of data sharing policies. Funders are uniquely positioned to promote and support a culture of data sharing by serving as trusted liaisons between potential research participants and investigators who wish to access these participants’ networks for clinical trial recruitment. In short, nonprofit funders can drive policies and influence research culture. The purpose of this paper is to detail a set of aspirational goals and forward thinking, collaborative data sharing solutions for nonprofit funders to fold into existing funding policies. The goals of this paper convey the complexity of the opportunities and challenges facing nonprofit funders and the appropriate prioritization of data sharing within their organizations and may serve as a starting point for a data sharing toolkit for nonprofit funders of clinical trials to provide the clarity of mission and mechanisms to enforce the data sharing practices their communities already expect are happening.

An informed thought experiment exploring the potential for a paradigm shift in aquatic food production

The Neolithic Revolution began approximately 10,000 years ago and is characterized by the ultimate, nearly complete transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural food production on land. The Neolithic Revolution is thought to have been catalyzed by a combination of local population pressure, cultural diffusion, property rights and climate change. We undertake a thought experiment that examines trends in these key hypothesized catalysts of the Neolithic Revolution and patterns of today to explore whether society could be on a path towards another paradigm shift in food production: away from hunting of wild fish towards a transition to mostly fish farming. We find similar environmental and cultural pressures have driven the rapid rise of aquaculture, during a period that has now been coined the Blue Revolution, providing impetus for such a transition in coming decades to centuries (as opposed to millennia). However, we also highlight the interacting and often mutually reinforcing impacts of 1) technological and scientific advancements, 2) environmental awareness and collective action and 3) globalization and trade influencing the trajectory and momentum of the Blue Revolution from patterns and processes of the Neolithic Revolution. We present two qualitative narratives that broadly fall within two future trajectories of seafood production: 1) a ubiquitous aquaculture transition and 2) commercial aquaculture and fisheries coexistence. Each narrative contains two sub-narratives based on differing management and regulatory strategies for aquaculture and fisheries. This scenarios approach aims to encourage logical, forward thinking, and innovative solutions to complex systems’ dynamics. Scenario-based thought experiments are useful to explore large scale questions, increase the accessibility to a wider readership, and ideally catalyze discussion around proactive governance mechanisms. We argue the future is not fixed and society now has greater foresight and capacity to choose the workable balance between fisheries and aquaculture that supports economic, environmental, cultural and social objectives through combined planning, policies, and management.

Taking the Long View for Oceans and Human Health Connection through Community Driven Science.

The most proactive approach to resolving current health and climate crises will require a long view, focused on establishing and fostering partnerships to identify and eliminate root causes of the disconnect between humans and nature. We describe the lessons learned through a unique scientific partnership that addresses a specific crisis, harmful algal blooms (HABs), along the northeast Pacific Ocean coast, that blends current-day technology with observational knowledge of Indigenous communities. This integrative scientific strategy resulted in creative solutions for forecasting and managing HAB risk in the Pacific Northwest as a part of the US Ocean and Human Health (OHH) program. Specific OHH projects focused on: (1) understanding genetic responses of tribal members to toxins in the marine environment, (2) knowledge sharing by elders during youth camps; (3) establishing an early warning program to alert resource managers of HABs are explicit examples of proactive strategies used to address environmental problems. The research and monitoring projects with tribal communities taught the collaborating non-Indigenous scientists the value of reciprocity, highlighting both the benefits from and protection of oceans that promote our well-being. Effective global oceans and human health initiatives require a collective action that gives equal respect to all voices to promote forward thinking solutions for ocean health.

Forward thinking on backward tracing

SARS, MERS and now SARS-CoV-2 are unlikely to be the last emerging infections we face during our lifetimes. Tracing contacts both forward and backward through our heterogeneous populations will prove essential to future response strategies.

Why Latino Vendor Markets Matter

Problem, research strategy, and findings Markets have been central to civilization, fostering trade and social life. Although markets take a variety of forms and sizes, existing planning research does not engage with flea markets and swap meets. In this study we explore four Latino vendor markets (LVMs), classified as flea markets or swap meets, in two predominantly Latino states, California and Texas. We analyze Latino vendor markets through the lens of place attachment from three perspectives: basic economic activity, social and human interactions, and their physical setting. We draw our results from 198 surveys with vendors and customers, interviews with key informants, and detailed on-site observations. We find that LVMs are vibrant and lively places where attachment and feelings of belonging manifest; we identify them as one-stop shops and places of purposeful interactions. Our findings are limited by the scope of the geographic focus of the research. Takeaway for practice Forward thinking in planning pushes away from a legacy of exclusionary practices and into an inclusive approach. Our study gives planners a better understanding of how LVMs work and their capacity to create place attachment in the process of providing for basic needs. Planners should embrace the presence of a critical mass of people as an opportunity to support community development at the markets and reach out to and support hard-to-reach populations.

Psychological features of the relationship of personality resilience and subjective feelings of loneliness

The article focuses on identifying and describing some aspects of the psychological characteristics of the relationship between personality resilience and the subjective feeling of loneliness in adolescence. Resilience is understood as a person’s ability to adapt and be effective, to function successfully despite the influence of any external factors, to survive and develop. Resilience is presented as the ability to recover from setbacks, to rely on the gained life experience for your personal growth and self-realization. An empirical study has shown that there is a strong inverse statistically significant relationship between the phenomenon of vitality and the subjective feeling of loneliness in adolescents. The experimental (correctional and developmental) work carried out was effective, as it influenced the development of the participants’ resilience. The emphasis in correctional and developmental work was placed on the discovery and activation of the development of resources for self-care, a positive self-concept, positive self-attitude, forward thinking, and the ability for long-term planning, the ability to cope, reflexive and communication skills and abilities, the ability to establish and develop connections with other people. The experimental work can be considered quite effective, since, according to the research participants, they began to cope with the negative aspects of loneliness, difficult life situations, became more positive and stable better.

Diversity and Inclusion Working Group: Raising the Profile of Diversity and Inclusion in IFAC

Abstract With the establishment within IFAC of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group in TECIS in Sozopol, Bulgaria in September 2019 the issue of Diversity and Inclusion within the discipline of engineering has been strengthened with both a new platform and a voice (Doyle-Kent et al, 2019:2020). It captures the themes already live in IFAC and is a very positive and forward thinking initiative. IFAC is a worldwide organization with over 20,000 individual members. This paper shows the core values at the heart of the new Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. It is precisely because of the establishment of this group that this “Statement of Values” has emerged in order to crystalize the strongly held beliefs and values that are at the core - the group’s “raison d’etre” so to speak. This statement of values has been accepted by the members of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group. Going forward it will be proposed as a companion document to the IFAC “Code of Conduct” and it is hoped that it will be included on the IFAC website and at conferences. This paper shows the journey to date and acts as a discussion document in which inputs are sought rather like a green paper.

A Survey of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping with an Envision in 6G Wireless Networks

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) achieves the purpose of simultaneous positioning and map construction based on self-perception. The paper makes an overview in SLAM including Lidar SLAM, visual SLAM, and their fusion. For Lidar or visual SLAM, the survey illustrates the basic type and product of sensors, open source system in sort and history, deep learning embedded, the challenge and future. Additionally, visual inertial odometry is supplemented. For Lidar and visual fused SLAM, the paper highlights the multi-sensors calibration, the fusion in hardware, data, task layer. The open question and forward thinking end the paper. The contributions of this paper can be summarized as follows: the paper provides a high quality and full-scale overview in SLAM. It's very friendly for new researchers to hold the development of SLAM and learn it very obviously. Also, the paper can be considered as dictionary for experienced researchers to search and find new interested orientation.

A Crowdsourcing Effort about Mobilizing Students to Forward Thinking of Their Studies

The paper presents some preliminary research results, obtained within the framework of the project Multiparticipant cooperative decision-making: consensus building vs crowdsourcingbased decisions, concerning the introduction to a crowdsourcing effort meant to mobilize students to forward thinking of their studies A study was conducted by Bucharest University of Economic Studies and by Warsaw School of Information Technology under the auspices of the Polish Academy of Sciences and relevant data were collected using a questionnaire delivered to Romanian and Polish students The results were interpreted in order to extract relevant information about expected nature of work after graduating, based on gender, nationality and university Crowdsourcing solutions are presented in order to reveal their advantages applicable in collaborative environments

No Green without More Green: The Importance of Protecting FDI through International Investment Law to Meet the Climate Change Challenge

The growing climate change crisis requires significant development in and implementation of sustainable and renewable energies. To bring about that development, greater foreign direct investment is needed. Investment treaty arbitration contributes to encouraging greater levels of foreign direct investment, including in the context of investment in climate-friendly energies, by giving foreign private investors that knowledge that they can have recourse to a neutral dispute forum, which can, in turn, help shape regulatory frameworks, resulting in attractive investment conditions for foreign private investors. In this article, the authors argue that the European Union’s forward thinking regulatory approach has been pivotal to the progression of a legal framework encouraging cleaner energy and more environmentally-friendly technology. Whilst enormous benefits have been derived from this approach, the authors argue that the European Union is at risk of overstepping the mark and of deterring, as opposed to encouraging, the necessary foreign direct investment, through, in part, its much publicised aversion to investment treaty arbitration.

Dual Edge-Fed Left Hand and Right Hand Circularly Polarized Rectangular Micro-Strip Patch Antenna for Wireless Communication Applications

Presently a days the remote correspondence framework advancement requires the ease, low profile, insignificant weight radio wire improvement which is cultivated of proceeding with incredible introduction finished a wide recurrence range. The MSPA architecture has facilitated this forward thinking skills trend. Within this paper work a 4.85 GHz circular polarization operating frequency is planned and simulated for RMSPA. The proposed antenna is capable of designing and inducing Left Hand Loop Polarization (LHCP) and Right Hand Loop Polarization (RHCP) using a cross-coupler that is directly attached to the micro-strip antenna to polarize the circular. The proposed paper work working recurrence is 4.85 GHz which is essentially utilized for satellite interchanges, full-time satellite TV organizations. This working recurrence is the IEEE 802.11a variation C band recurrence and this C band recurrence is utilized in Wi-Fi gadgets and Radio LAN. The proposed FR-4 roundabout polarization rectangular miniature strip fix radio wire is 1.6 mm thick. The proposed rectangular micro strip fix radio wire is planned and mimicked utilizing CSTMWS (Computer Simulation Technology Micro Wave Studio) programming. The full or working recurrence of proposed radio wire presents at 4.85 GHz for remote correspondences that gives S boundaries, data transmission and radiation example of Gain and directivity.

Provider-patient communication and hospital ratings: perceived gaps and forward thinking about the effects of COVID-19.

ObjectivesTo highlight clinical and operational issues, identify factors that shape patient responses in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) and test the correlations between composite measures and overall hospital ratings.DesignResponses to HCAHPS surveys were used in a partial correlation analysis to ascertain those HCAHPS composite measures that most relate to overall hospital ratings. The linear mean scores for the composite measures and individual and global items were analyzed with descriptive analysis and correlation analysis via JMP and SPSS statistical software.SettingHCAHPS is a patient satisfaction survey required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for hospitals in the USA. The survey is for adult inpatients, excluding psychiatric patients.Participants3382 US hospitals.InterventionNone.Main Outcome MeasurePearson correlation coefficients for the six composite measures and overall hospital rating.ResultsThe partial correlations for overall hospital rating and three composite measures are positive and moderately strong for care transition (0.445) and nurse communication (0.369) and weak for doctor communication (0.066).ConclusionsFrom a health policy standpoint, it is imperative that hospital administrators stress open and clear communication between providers and patients to avoid problems ranging from misdiagnosis to incorrect treatment. Additional research is needed to determine how the coronavirus of 2019 pandemic influences patients’ perceptions of quality and willingness to recommend hospitals at a time when nurses and physicians show symptoms of burnout due to heavy workloads and inadequate personal protective equipment.

Forward thinking: When a distal external focus makes you faster.

Studies have demonstrated a benefit to performance and learning of a distal relative to a proximal external focus of attention. That is, focusing on a movement effect that occurs at a greater distance from the body has been found to be more effective than concentrating on a movement effect closer to the body. The present study examined the distance effect in skilled kayakers performing an open, continuous skill. Participants (n=27) performed a wild water racing sprint of 100m on Class 2 water. Using a within-participants design, a distal external focus ("Focus on the finish") was compared to a proximal external focus ("Focus on the paddle") as well as to a control condition. The distal focus condition (30.63s, SD=3.21) resulted in significantly shorter sprint times than did the proximal (32.07s, SD=3.27) and the control (31.96s, SD=3.58) conditions (ps<0.001). The effect size was large (ηp2=0.53). There was no significant difference between the proximal and control condition (p=1.00). The findings demonstrate the importance of adopting a distal, rather than proximal, external focus for skilled athletes performing open, continuous skills under time pressure.

Forward Thinking for Sustainable Business Value: A New Method for Impact Valuation

How can a company commit to maximizing stakeholder value while maintaining financial performance? Companies increasingly have the ambition to provide stakeholder value to their owners and shareholders, employees, consumers, suppliers, partners, the environment, and future generations. However, such companies often face difficulties in demonstrating the value they bring to stakeholders, due to the lack of universal methods for assessing their impact. Besides the practical need to develop a method for impact valuation, we researched the existing literature and discovered the lack of a holistic method to evaluate all impacts of a company using a common currency with flexible adaptations at different levels. We developed a new method called Sustainable Business Value (SBV) to address these gaps and enable companies to evaluate their impacts. We tested the SBV in two pilots. The SBV method differs from currently used methods, including sustainability reporting, sustainability rating and indices, and sustainability accounting. SBV can be used for decision-making, portfolio management, benchmarking, stakeholder communication, investor communication, and business development and also provides a comprehensive perspective of a company’s impact across six standardized dimensions. However, further development and standardization of proxies and cross-industry standards are needed.

Professional Doctorate in Clinical Exercise Physiology

Professional Doctorate in Clinical Exercise Physiology

How do we need to adapt Biomedical Engineering Education for the Health 4.0 challenges?

Abstract Novel challenges and developments require adaptations on skill set, content, and associated education. A biomedical engineer will require a broad range of skills - which to a large extent are currently not taught - in the coming years to meet the development needs of future healthcare: intensive interdisciplinary team work, advanced communication skills, team management and coaching capabilities, advanced project management, learn how to learn, visionary and forward looking thinking, understanding of health economics, entrepreneurship and leadership. But above all empathy towards the clinical user and patients is needed as well as a basic understanding of the current and future clinical workflows that can globally vary. An innovation process for a healthcare related product or service will likely only create value through the consideration and implementation of several of these points. Even though techniques for the development of innovation and enhancing creativity in individuals are widely discussed, there are relatively few reports on the practice of mainstreaming creativity in an organizational setting. We report on the setup of our Graduate School “Technology Innovation in Therapy and Imaging (T²I²)” that has implemented a structured post graduate program and focuses on interdisciplinary and application-oriented innovation generation education. The educational process starts with the observation and identification of clinical needs and an in-depth understanding of the problem and subsequently covers all steps necessary to transfer prototypes into viable solutions and further into implementing valuable products.

Poor Insight and Forward Thinking in Early Dementia: Implications for OT Practice

Abstract Date Presented 03/27/20 Veterans with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were asked to identify possible technological solutions to increase independence of those living at home with MCI or dementia. Most did not identify technology that could assist with future cognitive challenges. Understanding this poor insight and difficulty with forward thinking may inform OT practice when collaborating with families for dementia management. Primary Author and Speaker: Jaye McLaren Contributing Authors: Marlena Shin, Lauren Moo

Opportunities and Challenges: Professional Development Programming in Media and Communication Education

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) leadership charged a 13-member Presidential Task Force on Careers to obtain membership’s thoughts on preferences and needs regarding career-assistance programming and activities. This Spring 2019 report details a survey of the interest of educators, of all ranks, in current AEJMC efforts and the need for more targeted and accessible opportunities, both at annual conferences and online modules. Results included members’ thoughts on professional development, burnout, tenure and posttenure processes, academic culture, and the importance of being forward thinking regarding news and strategic communications industries outside of academia.

A Proposal to Operationalise the Concept of Compatibility in World Heritage Climate Change Policy

ABSTRACT Since Decision 29 COM 7B.a of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2005, the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies have been tackling the threats posed by climate change to cultural and natural World Heritage properties. Great attention is paid to impacts and projected risks, and hence vulnerability assessment, risk preparedness, awareness raising, monitoring, adaptation and mitigation, but very little attention is paid to development in World Heritage properties and their buffer zones. While it is important to prevent loss and damage and to protect attributes of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) identified in the past, this article argues that integrating climate action into the planning of future development is also important to implement global agendas. It proposes operationalising the concept of compatibility in World Heritage Climate Change Policy to proactively promote climate-resilient, energy-efficient and low-emissions new development projects that are compatible with their local contexts not only to engage States Parties in climate action, but also to prevent adverse effects on ‘integrity’ including attributes of OUV. This article, therefore, puts forward new thinking and proposes new directions for policy and practice.

Pedagogical challenges involving race, gender and the unwritten rules in settings of higher education

In this discussion paper, we highlight a few interesting and important concerns that have been identified in a diverse number of scholars’ work. The successive upsurges of racism and sexism in our spaces of coexistence require us to reflect and confront pedagogical challenges which remain deadlocked in the field of science education. We explore instances of how racism and sexism infiltrate spaces in higher education, specifically science education, and how race consciousness and consciousness of sexism can positively influence hierarchical systems and popular mindsets that exist in academia. The roles that “colorblindness” play as a so-called reality in academia are interrogated, as are the unwritten rules of teaching, learning, collaborating, researching, writing and serving one’s community. Pedagogical challenges posed to Black science education faculty which encompass characteristics and practices that oftentimes include, for example, experiencing a lack of respect, devaluation, the questioning of scholarly credibility and professional credentials and the authenticity of one’s work are examined critically. Finally, we juxtapose the aforementioned experiences, with examples of possibilities that can exist when future and forward thinking about race, racism and sexism takes place in science and science education.