Summary Of Project Research Articles

Augmented Books: Hybrid Electronics Bring Paper to Life

In today's digital world, paper's reason of being is challenged. Yet, studies suggest that books and paper-based objects have advantages ranging from the tactile sensation to information retention and indexing. We have developed a hybrid electronic device, the “a-book,” that offers access to up-to-date and pertinent multimedia content as part of the ordinary interaction with a typical hardcover book. The device maintains the look and feel of a conventional book and is connected to the web through an adjunct smart device. Here, we provide a technical project summary of the electronic system for book augmentation. We outline the system's functionality and discuss its manufacturability, prospects, and limitations in the context of current and emerging flexible electronics technologies.

The Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholars Program: Learning healthcare system workforce development through embedded translational research.

IntroductionTexas Health Resources (THR), a large, nonprofit health care system based in the Dallas‐Fort Worth area, has collaborated with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) to develop and operate a unique, integrated approach for Learning Health System (LHS) workforce development. This training model centers on academic health system faculty members conducting later‐stage translational research within a partnering regional care delivery organization.MethodsThe THR Clinical Scholars Program engages early career UTSW faculty members to conduct studies that are likely to have an impact on care delivery at the health system level. Interested candidates submit formal applications to the program. A joint committee comprised of senior research faculty from UTSW and THR clinical leadership reviews proposals with a focus on the shared LHS needs of both institutions—developing high quality research output that can be applied to enhance care delivery. A key prioritization criterion for funding is the degree to which the research addresses a question relevant to THR as a high‐volume network with multiple channels for consumers to access care. The program emphasis is on supporting embedded research initiatives using health system data to generate knowledge that will improve the quality and efficiency of care for the patient populations served by the participant organizations.ResultsWe discuss specific strategic and tactical components of the THR Clinical Scholars Program including an overview of the academic affiliation agreement between the collaborating organizations, criteria for successful program applications, data sharing, and funding. We also share project summaries from selected clinical scholars as examples of the LHS research done in the program to date.ConclusionThis experience report provides an implementation framework for other academic health systems interested in adopting similar LHS workforce training models with community partners.

Transparency in Non-Technical Project Summaries to Promote the Three Rs in Respiratory Disease Research.

Non-Technical Project Summaries (NTS) are legal documents that were first introduced by the Directive 2010/63/EU to enhance transparency within scientific animal experimentation. Researchers intending to conduct biological research on animal models must fulfil the NTS requirements by outlining their proposed use of animals and how they plan to implement the Three Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement of animal use) in their experiments. This study outlines a novel systematic analysis approach that enables the assessment of NTS transparency based on the accuracy of reporting of certain Three Rs-specific information. This potentially customisable strategy could help toward the development of practical guidelines for use by Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Bodies (AWERBs) in establishments conducting animal research, in the process of scrutinising NTS during their pre-submission review of proposed licence applications. This could help to identify gaps in reporting of Three Rs-specific information relating to the planned animal experiments, which represents a remarkable step toward achieving greater openness in scientific communication. This study supports the concept that NTS transparency can promote the implementation of non-animal alternatives in fields where this is currently lacking, such as respiratory disease research. Although NTS were originally conceived as informative documents for a lay audience, we can conclude that data in NTS can be successfully used as a basis for systematic analysis. By reviewing the NTS, the experimental limitations of the currently available replacement strategies can also be highlighted, potentially pinpointing where there is a need for future method development.

Incorporating value-based healthcare projects in residency training: a mixed-methods study on the impact of participation on understanding and competency development

ObjectivesStimulating the active participation of residents in projects with societally relevant healthcare themes, such as value-based healthcare (VBHC), can be a strategy to enhance competency development. Canadian Medical Education Directions...

Fourth World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy Scientific Abstracts

The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy is pleased to publish abstracts from the 4th World Congress of Sports Physical Therapy, which will take place in Nyborg, Denmark, August 26-27, 2022. The theme of the Congress is “Translating Science into Actioon.” The variety of presentations during this congress are examples of the contemporary sports physical therapy research activities taking place around the world.The abstracts presented in the following pages were selected by the Scientific Committee, which included members from and from the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy. It should be noted that abstracts have not been reviewed by the Editorial Board, Associate Editors or Editor-in- Chief of the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy.After careful review by an international team of reviewers, research abstracts will be presented by authors at the World Congress.Each abstract presents only a brief summary of a research project / presentation and does not permit full assessment of the scientific rigor with which the work was conducted. While the abstracts offer only preliminary results that may require further refinement and future validation, they do serve an important role of sharing new research ideas from around the world. This sharing of ideas helps to encourage worldwide dialogue among researchers, clinicians, and educators that will ultimately contribute to the sports physical therapy body of knowledge.Notice: The abstracts below are presented as prepared by the authors. The accuracy and content of each abstract remain the responsibility of the authors.

"Notes from My Desk"

A summary of academic activities and projects produced by Dr. Anne Hickling-Hudson in recent years since retiring in 2013 from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. She continues as an adjunct Professor of Education in QUT’s Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice.

INCENTIVE EFFECT AND EMOTION REGULATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON INNOVATION BEHAVIOR

INCENTIVE EFFECT AND EMOTION REGULATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON INNOVATION BEHAVIOR

INTERNATIONALIZATION OF UNIVERSITIES THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE ERASMUS + KA2 PROJECTS

The article is devoted to highlighting the specifics of the role of the ERASMUS+ program in meeting the educational needs of modern Ukrainian students. It is concluded that the participation of Ukrainian students in such programs reflects their desire to internationalize the educational space, expand their horizons and form a system of various competencies within the European integration of Ukrainian education. The article unfolds the direction of scientific research on the effectiveness of student participation in international projects. In particular, it dwells on the issues on which modern projects within the ERASMUS+ framework are based. It also proceeds to outlining the technological professional competencies, which enable the integration of the younger generation into the world’s educational space in a timely and effective manner. The summary of topical projects in which students of Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University take part is presented in this work. In particular, it is described how international programs ‘Writing for inclusion’ 2020-1-ES01-KA201-081827, ‘Care in Education’, and ‘Horizon Europe Program’ are implemented.
 The system of functioning and integration of educational institutions in the process of participation in international projects is described. Vivid examples of the interaction of higher and secondary educational institutions are presented, aimed at implementing advanced concepts of students’ care, multicultural development, and integration into the international community. The current difficulties in the subjects of educational and professional activities related to the use of advanced technologies and means of e-learning and interaction are described. The role of participation in international projects to increase the competence and competitiveness of modern specialists is determined.
 It is concluded that the participation of students in ERASMUS + provides multicultural and international dialogue in the implementation of the latest strategies for preschool and school education, the implementation of art therapy in the educational process, and the usage of the vast potential of art for teaching students.

Bridging medical education goals and health system outcomes: An instrumental case study of pre-clerkship students' improvement projects.

IntroductionMany medical schools engage students in health system improvement (HSI) efforts. Evaluation of these efforts often focuses on students’ learning outcomes and rarely considers the impact on health systems, despite the significant commitment health systems make to these efforts. Our study identified and evaluated system-level outcomes of pre-clerkship medical students’ engagement in HSI efforts.MethodsWe used an instrumental case study approach to examine the effects of pre-clerkship medical students’ engagement in HSI projects as part of a 15-month experiential curriculum. We extracted data from 53 project summaries and posters completed during the 2017–18 academic year and follow-up survey data collected in May 2019 from physician coaches and health system professionals who mentored students, contributed to these projects, and worked in the clinical microsystems where the projects occurred.ResultsWe identified three categories and ten indicators of health system outcomes relevant to medical student engagement in HSI. Using these indicators, our evaluation found multiple benefits to the microsystems in which projects occurred. These included achievement of project aims, perceived immediate and sustained project impact on the health system, and development and implementation of projects with aims that aligned with national and health system priorities.ConclusionEvaluation of HSI curricula needs to include effects on health systems so that program design can optimize the experience for all involved. Our study offers a framework others can use to evaluate system-level effects of project-based HSI curricula and shows several ways in which students’ engagement can add value to health systems.Supplementary InformationThe online version of this article (10.1007/s40037-022-00711-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Technology Project Summaries as a Predictor of Crowdfunding Success

IntroductionCrowdfunding has become an important channel for innovators, entrepreneurs, and incumbents to raise funds for developing new technology products and business ideas (Yuan et al., 2016; Kraus et al., 2016; Dushnitsky et al., 2016; Brem et al., 2019; Popescul et al., 2020; Rrustemi & Tuchschmid, 2020; Sahaym et al., 2021).

A Novel Approach to Fostering Academic-Practice Partnerships: The DNP Project Executive Summary.

Practice partnerships are vital to academic nursing for opportunities for robust student clinical experiences. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholarly project provides benefits for both students and practice partners; however, traditional academic dissemination methods such as student posters and publications are not internal communication formats used by practice partners. An assignment was developed for DNP students to write an executive summary of the completed scholarly project for their practice-partner organization stakeholders. Students used business writing skills to develop a one-page document summarizing the implementation and results of their project for a document applicable to the business of health care. Incorporating an executive summary of the DNP scholarly project emphasizes the value of student-led initiatives to organizations and can strengthen academic-practice partnerships. This innovative approach to dissemination of outcomes delivers a practical business communications document that is valuable to practice mentors and organizational leaders. [J Nurs Educ. 2022;61(3):156-158.].

Exploration of Education for Complex Elite Medical Talents in the Department of Internal Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital: A Summary of Clinical Medical Postdoctoral Project Since 2016

Exploration of Education for Complex Elite Medical Talents in the Department of Internal Medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital: A Summary of Clinical Medical Postdoctoral Project Since 2016

Capture Codes for Better Geology

Abstract Automated core logging technology is starting to replace geologists in the core shed. Often-cited justifications for this include increased speed, multivariate sensors, and the perception that manual logging can be subjective and produces inconsistent data. An alternative is to keep the geologists and replace subjectivity with objectivity. The common practice of selecting lithology from a predetermined list of rock types can force subjective decisions. These lead to data inconsistencies that tend to increase as the rocks become progressively hydrothermally altered. A system of capture codes following the maxim, “first observe, then interpret,” is proposed as a tool to improve coding consistency and collect geologic data with greater resolution. The codes capture empirical geologic observations in a systematic and comprehensive fashion to produce a compact, computer-friendly format that facilitates data synthesis, analysis, and 3-D visualization. Capture codes do not replace any existing project or standardized company summary codes for rock types, alteration facies, or degree and style of mineralization. They capture the underlying, specific geologic observations required to make correct and consistent summary code categorizations. In other words, capture codes are empirical data, while summary codes are often subjective labels. Utilization of the codes improves the understanding of the project geology and consistency in coding between geologists, while simultaneously strengthening their field skills. After reading this article, a geologist should be able to pick up any rock and capture code the lithology and, if applicable, its alteration and mineralization as well.

Looking to the future, building on the past

Looking to the future, building on the past

Research and Development of High Temperature Superconducting Induction Synchronous Motors Aiming at Transportation Equipment Applications -ALCA Project Summary and Future Prospects-

Research and Development of High Temperature Superconducting Induction Synchronous Motors Aiming at Transportation Equipment Applications -ALCA Project Summary and Future Prospects-

Toward a Pedagogy for Consumer Anthropology: Method, Theory, Marketing

This paper focuses on teaching the application of anthropology in business to marketing students. It begins with the premise that consumer marketers have long used ethnography as a component of their qualitative market research toolkit to inform their knowledge about and empathy for consumers. A question for market research educators who include ethnography in their curricula is if and how to teach the richness of anthropologically based approaches, especially given a decoupling of ethnographic method from anthropological theory in much consumer research practice. This discussion might also resonate with anthropology educators who are interested in the ways anthropology is applied in commercial settings. As a demonstration of a teaching mode rather than a research report, this paper describes how a consumer anthropology market research project is used experientially in the classroom to help marketing students learn and appreciate the application of both anthropological method and theory for brand-building. Included is a summary of an ethnographic project on Duncan Hines cake mix and an in-class student exercise during which three conceptual ‘jumping off’ points from anthropological theory were used to generate marketing initiatives.

Characterization and qualification of neutron radiation effects – Summary of Japan-USA Joint Projects for 40 years –

The Joint Projects under the Japan-USA Fusion Cooperation Program started in 1981 and has continued for more than 40 years. In the Joint Projects, although a wide range of fusion materials and engineering issues were covered, neutron radiation effects on fusion reactor materials have always been the major research emphases, and the neutron irradiation facilities in the US were jointly used by Japanese and US researchers. Japanese test facilities including neutron and charged particle irradiation facilities were complementarily used.The initial focus of the Joint Projects was on fundamental fusion neutron radiation effects and irradiation correlation. Systematic comparison of fission and fusion radiation effects in comparable damage levels and the effects of transmutation-induced helium were investigated. The collaboration was then focused on the effect of dynamic irradiation effects in variable conditions. In addition to the relatively fundamental studies, the Joint Projects contributed largely to development of candidate materials such as RAFM steels, vanadium alloys, SiC/SiC composites, and tungsten alloys, through a mechanism-oriented approach. The Joint Projects also covered issues specific to materials application to fusion blankets and plasma-facing components, including neutron radiation effects such as tritium retention and permeation of neutron-irradiated plasma-facing materials. Various irradiation technologies were developed and applied to the irradiation experiments, including those for in-situ testing.Considering that high energy neutron sources, such as A-FNS and IFMIF-DONES, now have high viability, the research supporting the neutron source programs is essential. The knowledge obtained through the Joint Projects is valuable and should be advanced for this purpose. To this end, it is of urgent necessity to launch an international scientific program accumulating knowledge of fusion neutron radiation effects, including their fundamental aspects.

Virtual and Parallel Exhibitions in Urban Planning Teaching. Conclusions from the use of augmented and virtual reality

Presentation and project summary exhibitions in the teaching of architecture and urban planning, are an optional but integral element of the teaching process. By 2019, they constituted frequent events in the calendars of design and art-related studies. The introduction of remote technologies was unpopular and rare due to numerous limitations. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the need to work and present teaching outcomes at a distance. Many of the exhibitions in 2020 and 2021 were performed remotely. The challenge of remote exhibitions in the field of architecture and urban planning is to convey the content related to the projects, and the form of their display is very often illustrative display boards and mockups. Various technologies are used for their remote presentation, such as virtual exhibition galleries, as well as augmented and virtual reality. This paper undertakes a discussion on the methods of implementing virtual exhibitions, their advantages and disadvantages, and the techniques used. There is also a description of 3 original exhibitions organized in the field of architecture, devoted to the structure of cities, two of which were organized in a mixed (parallel, hybrid) formula, during which participants presented elements of the exhibition, including physical models, through live transmission, while simultaneously presenting previously prepared, analogous models in augmented and virtual reality.

The Inaugural IJSPT and OSET Research Symposium: 2021 Abstracts.

The International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy is pleased to publish abstracts from the 11th Orthopaedic Summit (OSET) taking place in Las Vegas, December 11-14, 2021. The IJSPT hosted the first annual research forum and reception at OSET, sponsored by ATI Physical Therapy and Hyperice.The abstracts presented in the following pages were selected by the OSET Research Committee and editorial staff of the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. After careful review, a total of 22 research abstracts were accepted and presented at OSET 2021. Awards for outstanding abstracts were presented on December 11th.The 2021 abstracts include contemporary orthopaedic and rehabilitation topics across various research designs. Each abstract presents only a brief summary of a research project / presentation and does not permit full assessment of the scientific rigor with which the work was conducted. While the abstracts offer only preliminary results that may require further refinement and future validation, they do serve an important role of sharing new research ideas and rehabilitation advancements. This sharing of ideas helps to encourage dialogue among researchers, clinicians, and educators that will ultimately contribute to the orthopaedic and rehabilitation body of knowledge. We strongly encourage authors to continue pursuing publication of their research as a full manuscript.Thank you to all submitting abstracts for consideration. We look forward to another outstanding season of submissions for OSET 2022.Phil Page PhD, PT, ATCChuck Thigpen PhD, PT, ATC OSET Research Committee Co-Chairs

Interactive care: A web‐based platform for remote caregiving and functional independence in older adults with cognitive impairment

AbstractBackgroundRemote family caregiving of cognitively impaired older adults has many challenges including lack of evidence‐based interventions that meets the needs of both stakeholders. Further, physical distance may lead to emotional distance including feelings of loneliness and depression in the care receiver as well as helplessness and burden in the caregiver. To fill this gap, our team sought to develop the Interactive‐Care (I‐Care) platform which transforms and augments the traditional whiteboard, a compensatory cognitive rehabilitation tool for dementia care, to a digital format accessible from any device. I‐Care provides 5 main functions: home page (orientation information), calendar, to‐do list, messaging hub, and brain health center. A beta version of I‐Care was developed based on usability principles from human‐computer interaction literature, caregiving needs assessments, and guidelines for creating technology for older adults with cognitive impairment. The current project focuses on the first of three rounds (1. experts, 2. caregivers, 3. individuals with mild cognitive impairment/mild dementia) of iterative interface design.MethodIndividual semi‐structured interviews were conducted with experts in dementia caregiving, gerontechnology, and digital health. Prior to each interview, experts were provided with the I‐Care weblink and a project summary for review. All interviews were conducted over live‐stream video and were audio recorded for transcription. The “share screen” function was used to demonstrate the different I‐Care components and feedback was solicited.ResultsOn a scale from 1‐10, with 1 being not at all useful and 10 being very useful, experts rated I‐Care as a useful tool both for individuals with mild cognitive impairment/mild dementia (M = 8.33, SD = 1.53) and remote caregivers (M = 9.33, SD = 1.15). Recommended improvements included minor modifications to the user interface (e.g., text contrast, reorganization of visual components), functionality (e.g., ability to add or subtract features based on level of cognitive impairment), and expansion (e.g., medication tracking with pillbox sensor).ConclusionsAlthough more data is needed, I‐Care is a promising remote caregiving tool with potential to reduce emotional distance despite physical divide. Next steps include conducting similar interviews with caregivers and individuals with cognitive impairment followed by a pilot study with 10 care dyads.