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BBRF Goes Virtual for 2020 Symposium

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Clinical & ResearchFull AccessBBRF Goes Virtual for 2020 SymposiumNick ZagorskiNick ZagorskiSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:29 Nov 2020https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.pn.2020.12a23AbstractThe annual symposium, which highlights advances in psychiatric research, included videos by eight leaders in the fields of neuroscience and psychiatry. Videos of the presentations are freely accessible on the BBRF website.The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) in October hosted its annual International Mental Health Research Symposium virtually. During the symposium, scientists who have made exemplary contributions to the fields of neuroscience and psychiatry were recognized.The seven recipients of BBRF’s 2020 Outstanding Achievement Prizes, along with 2020 Pardes Humanitarian Prize co-winner Myrna Weissman, Ph.D. (see story), all recorded videos discussing their research. In keeping with the tradition that the Research Symposium is for the public, the videos are freely accessible on the BBRF website.The 2020 Outstanding Achievement Prize winners were the following:Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia ResearchAnne S. Bassett, M.D., University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, for her efforts at characterizing 22q12 deletion syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that produces a schizophrenia-like syndrome.Maltz Prize for Innovative and Promising Schizophrenia ResearchMelissa Gymrek, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, Institute for Genomic Medicine, for her work exploring the role of repetitive genome segments in autism and schizophrenia.Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorder ResearchMartin Alda, M.D., Dalhousie University, for his decades of research exploring the development and trajectory of bipolar disorder in order to identify optimal treatments.Gustavo Turecki, M.D., Ph.D., Douglas Institute, McGill University, for his studies of how early life abuse and trauma contribute to increased suicide risk.Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience ResearchAngela C. Roberts, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, for her studies mapping out the neural circuits that regulate pleasure and fear—both of which play significant roles in depressive symptoms.Robert Desimone, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for mapping out brain circuits related to attention and how their dysfunction leads to a variety of brain disorders.Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child & Adolescent Psychiatric ResearchJoan L. Luby, M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, for her studies into how early life experiences shape the developing brain and how this knowledge can improve pediatric public health.“While I wish we could have been together as we have for the past 30 years, I am thrilled at the number of people from across the world who tuned in to our virtual symposium,” said Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., BBRF president and CEO and editor-in-chief of Psychiatric News. “I hope that everyone found the presentations as inspiring and informative as I did.” ■Watch the 2020 BBRF Research Symposium presentations here. ISSUES NewArchived

Design creativity and the semantic analysis of conversations in the design studio

ABSTRACT The analysis of conversations during design activity can facilitate deeper insights into design thinking and its relation to creativity. A semantic analysis approach was employed to explore the semantic content of communication and information exchange between students and instructors. The goal was to examine design conversations in terms of abstraction, Polysemy, Information Content, and Semantic Similarity measures, and analyze their relation to the creativity of final solutions. These design outcomes were assessed according to their Originality, Usability, Feasibility, Overall Value, and Overall Creativity. Consequently, 35 design conversations from the 10th Design Thinking Research Symposium (DTRS10) dataset were analyzed. The main results showed that Information Content and Semantic Similarity predicted Originality, and Information Content alone predicted Overall Creativity. Likewise, ion predicted Feasibility, while Semantic Similarity, Information Content, and Polysemy predicted Overall Value. In context of instructors, Semantic Similarity predicted Usability, and Polysemy predicted Feasibility. For students, Semantic Similarity predicted Overall Value. On the whole, Semantic Similarity and Information Content were the most prolific measures, and therefore could be considered for promoting creativity in the design studio. The implications of using support tools such as automated systems are also discussed.

What causes hidradenitis suppurativa ?-15 years after.

The 14 authors of the first review article on hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) pathogenesis published 2008 in EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY cumulating from the 1st International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Research Symposium held March 30-April 2, 2006 in Dessau, Germany with 33 participants were prophetic when they wrote "Hopefully, this heralds a welcome new tradition: to get to the molecular heart of HS pathogenesis, which can only be achieved by a renaissance of solid basic HS research, as the key to developing more effective HS therapy." (Kurzen et al. What causes hidradenitis suppurativa? Exp Dermatol 2008;17:455). Fifteen years later, there is no doubt that the desired renaissance of solid basic HS research is progressing with rapid steps and that HS has developed deep roots among inflammatory diseases in Dermatology and beyond, recognized as "the only inflammatory skin disease than can be healed". This anniversary article of 43 research-performing authors from all around the globe in the official journal of the European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation e.V. (EHSF e.V.) and the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, Inc (HSF USA) summarizes the evidence of the intense HS clinical and experimental research during the last 15years in all aspects of the disease and provides information of the developments to come in the near future.

Engineering serendipity: When does knowledge sharing lead to knowledge production?

Research SummaryWe investigate how knowledge similarity between two individuals is systematically related to the likelihood that a serendipitous encounter results in knowledge production. We conduct a field experiment at a medical research symposium, where we exogenously varied opportunities for face‐to‐face encounters among 15,817 scientist‐pairs. Our data include direct observations of interaction patterns collected using sociometric badges, and detailed, longitudinal data of the scientists' postsymposium publication records over 6 years. We find that interacting scientists acquire more knowledge and coauthor 1.2 more papers when they share some overlapping interests, but cite each other's work between three and seven times less when they are from the same field. Our findings reveal both collaborative and competitive effects of knowledge similarity on knowledge production outcomes.Managerial SummaryManagers often try to stimulate innovation by encouraging serendipitous interactions between employees, for example by using office space redesigns, conferences and similar events. Are such interventions effective? This article proposes that an effective encounter depends on the degree of common knowledge shared by the individuals. We find that scientists who attend the same conference are more likely to learn from each other and collaborate effectively when they have some common interests, but may view each other competitively when they work in the same field. Hence, when designing opportunities for face‐to‐face interactions, managers should consider knowledge similarity as a criteria for fostering more productive exchanges.

Developing a Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium in Response to COVID-19 Disruptions: Building a Canvas-Based Shared Platform and Pondering Lessons Learned

Oregon State University (OSU) partnered with OSU Ecampus, its online degree-granting unit, to develop a Canvas studio site to host a spring research symposium. Easy-to-navigate college-level pages with discussion boards for each student presenter were created. Students were asked to (1) pre-record a three-minute lightning talk by capturing a voice narrative over a PowerPoint slide deck and (2) upload their talks, along with a written narrative, into a pre-made discussion board.

The most important things I learnt in practice

From the Māori Social Work Practice and Research Symposium 2019.

The most important things I have learnt in practice, advice for social work students

From the Māori Social Work Practice and Research Symposium 2019.

The most important thing I learned in practice

From the Māori Social Work Practice and Research Symposium 2019

Preface

This proceeding compiles all papers presented in the 11th Asian Raptor Research and Conservation Network (ARRCN) International Symposium, which was held at the Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia on 10-11 October 2019. The symposium was aimed to exchange information among ARRCN members, in order to compile a database on raptors, including their distribution, population, habitat, ecology, breeding and all other aspects important to their conservation, especially on the status of native Asian raptors. There were several parties collaborated with ARRCN to organize this international symposium, namely the Udayana University, the Directorate General of Natural Resource Conservation and Ecosystem Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Republic Indonesia, the Indonesian Ornithologist Union, and the Pertamina Geothermal Energy.Almost 250 persons from 15 countries participated in the 11th ARRCN International Symposium. Ninety research abstracts were presented in this symposium via oral and poster presentation. There were six plenary presentations, as well as six countries presented their country reports in the event. The whole abstracts presented in the symposium can be accessed in the abstract book that was circulated during the event. After passed the reviewing process, twelve papers then selected to be published in this proceeding.Special thanks should go to all those who had been involved in the committee of the 11th ARRCN International Symposium, for their tremendous supports and works to make the event was possible to be conducted. We do hope that all papers presented in this proceeding will provide useful information for further studies in raptors and their habitats.The EditorsDra. Luh Putu Eswaryanti Kusuma Yuni, M.Sc., Ph.D.Dr. Iriani Setyawati, SSi., MSi.I Made Saka Wijaya, SSi., MSc.

2020 Hunter Cancer Research Symposium, 6 November 2020, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

2020 Hunter Cancer Research Symposium, 6 November 2020, Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Advances in Specific Language Impairment Research and Intervention: An Overview of Five Research Symposium Papers.

PurposeThis article provides an overview of five papers appearing together on the topic of “Advances in Specific Language Impairment Research and Intervention,” which was the 2019 program in an ongoing series of research symposia presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.MethodThe article provides a historical context for the set of papers, then a short summation of each paper's content, followed by the identification of overarching themes and working conclusions.ResultsEach paper provides summations of empirical results, and some papers provide new empirical evidence.ConclusionThe papers collectively highlight six points: (a) Children with specific language impairment (SLI) are likely to be unidentified among their age peers. (b) There is great need for better identification of children with SLI across developmental levels. (c) Progress is evident toward a better understanding of causal pathways, as examined across different research designs involving comparison of children with typical language acquisition to children with SLI and other possibly co-occurring atypical conditions. (d) Measuring multiple dimensions of language brings enhanced informativeness, with differing outcomes for differing dimensions. (e) Replicated research findings require precision of methods in order to reduce unexplained error variance especially when defining groups. (f) Accurate identification of children with SLI is the first step toward a sound treatment plan for SLI and reading disorders as well.Presentation Video https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13063721

Clinical Intersections Among Idiopathic Language Disorder, Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

PurposeEstimates of the expected co-occurrence rates of idiopathic language disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) provide a confusing and inconsistent picture. Potential sources for discrepancies considered so far include measurement and ascertainment biases (Redmond, 2016a, 2016b). In this research symposium forum article, the potential impact of applying different criteria to the observed co-occurrence rate is examined through an appraisal of the literature and an empirical demonstration.MethodEighty-five cases were selected from the Redmond, Ash, et al. (2019) study sample. Standard scores from clinical measures collected on K–3rd grade students were used to assign language impairment status, nonverbal impairment status, social (pragmatic) communication disorder status, and ADHD status. Criteria extrapolated from the specific language impairment (Stark & Tallal, 1981), developmental language disorder (Bishop et al., 2017), and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition language disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) designations were applied.ResultsThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition language disorder designation and its separation of language disorder from the social (pragmatic) communication disorder designation provided the clearest segregation of idiopathic language deficits from elevated ADHD symptoms, showing only a 2% co-occurrence rate. In contrast, applying the broader developmental language disorder designation raised the observed co-occurrence rate to 22.3%. The specific language impairment designation yielded an intermediate value of 16.9%.ConclusionsCo-occurrence rates varied as a function of designation adopted. The presence of pragmatic symptoms exerted a stronger influence on observed co-occurrence rates than low nonverbal abilities. Impacts on clinical management and research priorities are discussed.Presentation Video https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13063751

Where is the Love in Environmental Education Research? A Diffractive Analysis of Steiner, Ecosomaesthetics and Biophilia

AbstractIn environmental education research (EER), love is revered as a way to heal or mend the human relationship with nature. However, this interpretation of love rests in a humanist paradigm that considers nonhuman nature as external to the human being. To this end, love has generally been considered as an outward emotion,towards nature,and is less considered an inner movement,towards the human as nature. We were interested in exploring this conceptualisation of nature and love of/as nature and question: Is there potential to locate the concept of love in EER through different theoretical positions to explore the possibilities for its (re)conceptualisation? We aim to stretch academic thinking to (re)consider love through identifying where our own research in environmental education has involved love through the intersection of our journeys at the Australian Association of Environmental Education Research Symposium workshop. In response to the context of this workshop, which explored the concept of diffraction as described by Barad, we have chosen to adopt a diffractive analysis as the methodology to analyse our theoretical perspectives of love in EER. We explore the wordlovein this article using diffraction to understand the relationality of human and nonhuman nature through our research interests in Steiner, ecosomaesthetics and biophilia. This process cracked our theoretical silos to more openly consider: Where is the love in EER?

Abstracts of the 20th AAVN Clinical Nutrition & Research Symposium

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal NutritionVolume 104, Issue 5 p. 1585-1594 ABSTRACT Abstracts of the 20th AAVN Clinical Nutrition & Research Symposium First published: 13 September 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.13421Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume104, Issue5September 2020Pages 1585-1594 RelatedInformation

Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Orchestrating a Highly Interactive Virtual Student Research Symposium

The New Haven Local Section of the American Chemical Society held a virtual version of its annual Student Research Symposium prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A combination of YouTube, Google Drive, Open Broadcaster Software, and Zoom was utilized to hold the symposium which included juried oral and poster presentations. While our aim was to preserve as much of the in-person experience as possible despite the crisis, we found some very encouraging advantages to the virtual format as we designed it. These included reduced presenter fatigue, more substantive one-on-one interactions between student and senior researchers, expanded accessibility for students, faculty, and the general public, and the virtual symposium being a fraction of the cost of an in-person symposium. The details of this experience and advice for its application in the wider educational community are reported.

Effect of gamma irradiation and subsequent cold storage on the development and predatory potential of seven spotted ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus (Coleoptera; Coccinellidae) larvae

Seven spot ladybird beetle, (Coccinella septempunctata) is a widely distributed natural enemy of soft-bodied insect pests especially aphids worldwide. Both the adult and larvae of this coccinellid beetle are voracious feeders and serve as a commercially available biological control agent around the globe. Different techniques are adopted to enhance the mass rearing and storage of this natural enemy by taking advantage of its natural ability to withstand under extremely low temperatures and entering diapause under unfavorable low temperature conditions. The key objective of this study was to develop a cost effective technique for enhancing the storage life and predatory potential of the larvae of C. septempunctata through cold storage in conjunction with the use of nuclear techniques, gamma radiations. Results showed that the host eating potential of larvae was enhanced as the cold storage duration was increased. Gamma irradiation further enhanced the feeding potential of larvae that were kept under cold storage. Different irradiation doses also affected the development time of C. septempuntata larvae significantly. Without cold storage, the lower radiation doses (10 and 25 GY) prolonged the developmental time as compared to un-irradiated larvae. Furthermore, the higher dose of radiation (50GY) increased the developmental time after removal from cold storage. This study first time paves the way to use radiation in conjunction with cold storage as an effective technique in implementation of different biological control approaches as a part of any IPM programs

2018 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium: Advancing worker safety in the 21st century through research and practice

Abstract About NOIRS 2018: The National Occupational Injury Research Symposium (NOIRS) is the only regularly held research forum in the United States dedicated to occupational injury research and prevention. The 7th NOIRS, sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and several partners, was held October 16–18, 2018 in Morgantown, West Virginia. The symposium theme was “Advancing Worker Safety in the 21st Century through Research and Practice.” Article selection: This special issue of the Journal of Safety Research highlights exemplary research presented at the symposium, making it available to those who did not attend. The articles included in this issue address leading causes of occupational injury, cross-cutting issues such as organization-based prevention, and emerging issues associated with advancements in technology. The articles draw from public health, the social sciences, and engineering disciplines. Concluding remarks: Research presented at NOIRS over the years has expanded beyond describing occupational injuries and developing and evaluating intervention approaches, to studying how to ensure that research is put into practice. While there has been progress in advancing the prevention of occupational injuries, there is more to be done, and attention is needed to projected transformations in workplaces, work and the workforce. NIOSH looks forward to working with partners to co-sponsor the 8th NOIRS, tentatively planned for the fall of 2021, to present state-of-the art research to advance worker safety.

Novel Graduate Medical Education in the Era of a Novel Virus.

Novel Graduate Medical Education in the Era of a Novel Virus.

From research desk to policy makers and community: MUHAS research symposia and policy briefs targeting the stakeholders

All too frequent, valuable research output and scholarly materials from expensively conducted research work in different parts of the world end up in research desks, academic libraries, and scientific journals. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS) through the Directorate of Research and Publications initiated a series of symposia that aim to disseminate the evidence generated by the researchers to the policy makers and the community. In two of the six conducted University-wide symposia in the last one year, MUHAS produced two important policy briefs summarizing the impact of MUHAS research in two important—though distinct areas of local and global health impact—Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, and Diarrhea diseases.