Talented Researchers Research Articles

Влодзимеж Дзедушицький и его вклад в развитие естественных исследований в Украине в XIX в.

On the basis of the analysis of literary sources the contribution of the Polish scientist Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki (1825-1899) to the development of natural sciences research was considered. His role in the making of the local lore movement in Ukraine was found out. The biographical data and creative achievement of the Polish researcher were analyzed. The scientific achievement of the Polish scientist is noted for its scientific quality and purposefulness.
 The article is noted for topicality for the needs of modern historiography, it returns to the present society the forgotten figure of the Polish scientist V. Dzieduszycki and rejects the inherent ideological obsession of Soviet historiography in describing of this figure. The mastering of the creative heritage of Polish historiography will undoubtedly contribute to the advancement of Ukrainian historical science, as the scientist has shown himself as an outstanding personality of Ukrainian natural science and its history.
 The main attention is paid to the creative and social activities of the Polish scientist, the value of his natural, museum, and journalistic works for the development of science and Ukrainian studies.
 The preconditions of creation of the first private natural museum by the Polish researcher in Lviv are examined, the exhibits and library stocks, their nomenclature and condition, the correspondence of the development of contemporary scientific natural opinion, and also the influence of the museum on the social life of the region are outlined. He was one of the first who was able to express the unbreakable link between man and nature through the museum expedition and guessed the coming era of biosphere thinking without mistakes.
 The Polish scientist was also engaged in organization of local and international exhibitions. In addition to his natural activities, he was a patron. He sponsored the talented scholars and researchers from small Galician towns and villages. V. Dzieduszycki admired the hunting. It was revealed in his participation in many societies, whose activities were associated with the preservation and increase of the Galician fauna. He becomes the main founder of the Galician Hunting Society, which in 1876 began its activity in Lviv.

Сибирская научная школа изучения первобытного искусства академика А. П. Окладникова

Purpose. One of the most important research areas studied by A. P. Okladnikov was prehistoric art, in particular its origin and correlation with the concept of “aesthetic beginning”, as well as issues of ancient art development and a number of other related aspects. Siberian scientific school of prehistoric art founded by academician A. P. Okladnikov has already made a significant contribution to the study of prehistoric art on a worldwide scale. Results. A. P. Okladnilov’s scientific interest in prehistoric art issues formed at the beginning of the 1960s, when he moved to Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk. The scientific school was formed on the basis of the Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy of SB RAS. A group of scientists from the institute organized a team which started to develop projects in several aspects: a) studied specific issues of the research program based on the leader’s ideas; b) provided training for specialists; c) organized and coordinated efforts of different research groups studying prehistoric art issues. Conclusion. Academician A. P. Okladnikov is an outstanding Soviet archaeologist, historian and anthropologist, an initiator and the first Director of the Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy of the AS in the USSR (currently the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of SB RAS), which was founded in 1966. Ancient history aspects under investigation at those times included the study of initial human settlements and the spread of Paleolithic traditions on the Asian continent, old cultural ties between Asia and America, ethnogenesis and early history of indigenous Siberian and Far Eastern peoples and their inclusion into the Russian state, the formation of Russian culture in Siberia and many others. A. P. Okladnikov organized a series of archaeological expeditions, and the geography of his Siberian expeditions covered a vast region from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, from the Arctic Ocean in the north to Central Asia in the south. Dozens of talented researchers followed A. P. Okladnikov and made important archaeological discoveries. Their research areas cover a wide range of topical issues. Today it is the students of this researcher who largely determine the vector of archaeological development.

A Decade of Catalysis, a Mere Moment in Research, but an Exciting Challenge and Success for ChemCatChem and ChemPubSoc Europe

A Decade of Catalysis, a Mere Moment in Research, but an Exciting Challenge and Success for <i>ChemCatChem</i> and ChemPubSoc Europe

Practice and Innovation of the Construction of Special Geotechnical Application Technology Collaborative Innovation Center in Higher Vocational Colleges

On the basis of practice, the innovation of collaborative innovation center is carried out in five directions. The research on the innovation of institutional mechanism is conducive to the establishment of the model of cooperation and innovation cooperation between the government colleges and universities of countries along the belt and road under the background of "silk road economic belt". The innovative research on the construction of talent team explores the new mode of the construction of practical and scientific research talents in higher vocational colleges. Collaborative innovation way of study, the use of economic belt "silk road" of the opportunity, in scientific research and innovation, promote innovation and service innovation of social model, based on the countries along the expanding innovation achievement to Xinxiang, boost the construction of economic zone "silk road".

A Research on Application Technology Collaborative Innovation Center of XinJiang Vocational Colleges under the New Situation

The definition of application technology collaborative innovation in higher vocational colleges is defined and its characteristics and main contents are expounded. Create open application technology collaborative innovation platform, with the help of education, the cooperation model of collaborative innovation center of Xinjiang University and the research and development institutions, to form a kind of Xinjiang management system innovation. This paper explores the new mode of the construction of practical and scientific research talents in higher vocational colleges.

Examination of Students' Academic Motivation, Research Concerns and Research Competency Levels during the Education Period

Nowadays, manpower, science and technology produced and innovation competence determine the development level of a society. Thus, abilities such as research curiosity, research talent, defining, analyzing and solving questions come to the forefront. The purpose of the study is analyzing the relations between students' academic motivation, research concerns and research competency levels in terms of various variables in the sample of Erciyes University. Screening model was used in the study. 727 senior class students from 13 faculties and 1 vocational high school participated in the study. Personal information form, academic motivation scale, research concern scale and research competency scale were used in the study as data collection tools. In data analysis, descriptive technics such as percentage, frequency and mean were used. Also, Pearson correlation coefficient was used to define relations between variables and T-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to reveal differentiations. Differences between groups were defined by Tukey test. Multiple regression analysis was used to define to what extent students' academic motivation and research concerns affect their research competency. In short, results of the study as follows: 1. Students feel themselves ready for scientific studies with regard to academic motivation. However, proportion of the ones who are indecisive and do not feel ready is quite high; 2. Students state that they are not sure whether they have sufficient research concerns or not; 3. Students state that they have sufficient research competency; 4. It was found out that students' academic motivation, research concern and competency scores did not differ according to their gender but they differed according to their faculties, departments, grade-point average and their level of satisfaction from departments; 5. It was found out that students' academic motivation, research concern and competency scores differed according to their status of taking scientific research methods course before. The ones taking the course before had significantly higher scores; 6. It was found out that 13 % of students' academic competency was determined by academic motivation and research concern. Following suggestions can be made according to results: 1. Events such as symposiums, panels and congresses can be organized to increase students' interest in doing scientific researches; 2. Studies should be done to define reasons of differentiation of students' academic motivation, research concerns and research competency levels according to their academic success, faculties and departments; 3. Courses such as scientific research, assessment and evaluation and statistics should be varied and put in the curriculums.

Overview of Phase-Change Electrical Probe Memory.

Phase-change electrical probe memory has recently attained considerable attention owing to its profound potential for next-generation mass and archival storage devices. To encourage more talented researchers to enter this field and thereby advance this technology, this paper first introduces approaches to induce the phase transformation of chalcogenide alloy by probe tip, considered as the root of phase-change electrical probe memory. Subsequently the design rule of an optimized architecture of phase-change electrical probe memory is proposed based on a previously developed electrothermal and phase kinetic model, followed by a summary of the state-of-the-art phase-change electrical probe memory and an outlook for its future prospects.

Puberty Status Modifies the Effects of Genetic Variants, Lifestyle Factors and Their Interactions on Adiponectin: The BCAMS Study

Background Hypoadiponectinemia is associated with various cardiometabolic diseases. Both genetic and lifestyle factors have been reported to regulate adiponectin levels in adults. However, little is known about the influence of these factors in children. Additionally, the best time window for lifestyle interventions remains unknown. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study based on information of 3,402 children, aged 6-18 years, from Beijing Child and Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome study (BCAMS). We analyzed the differences among associations of adiponectin levels with genetic variants, lifestyle and gene-by-environment interactions in three puberty stages (prepuberty: Tanner stage I; midpuberty: Tanner stage II-III; postpuberty: Tanner stage≥IV). Findings After adjustment for age and gender, the associations between adiponectin and diet factors were statistical significant at prepuberty or postpuberty; Exercise was more effective at midpuberty and postpuberty; Walking to school increased adiponectin levels throughout puberty. For genetic variants, the effect of WDR11-FGFR2-rs3943077 was only statistically significant at midpuberty; ADIPOQ-rs6773957 was more effective at postpuberty; CDH13-rs4783244 showed the strongest association with adiponectin levels at all pubertal stages. Effects of diet score and exercise were stronger in children with higher genetic risk of hypoadiponectinemia. Interpretation Our findings indicate that lifestyle interventions are more effective to increase adiponectin levels in children who are genetically predisposed to hypoadiponectinemia. Diet control is less effective during puberty, while activities are more effective after puberty. Funding: This work was supported by National Key RD Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, D111100000611001 and D111100000611002; Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 7172169; National Key Program of Clinical Science of China, WBYZ2011-873; Novo Nordisk Union Diabetes Research Talent Fund, 2011A002; Beijing Science & Technology Star Program, 2004A027 and Jingxi Scientific Program of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, JXPY201606. Declaration of Interest: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Ethical Approval: The BCAMS study was approved by the ethics committee of the Capital Institute of Pediatrics and is registered at www.clinicaltrails.gov (NCT03421444). All study procedures were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Signed informed consent forms were obtained from all participants and/or their parents or guardians before the study process.

Design of hospital scientific research talent management information software system

Based on ASP.Net technology, this paper designs a scientific research talent management system based on hospital LAN, and introduces the design idea and main features of the system. The application of this system can further improve the management level of scientific research talents in hospitals

Stairways to Denmark: Does the Sequence of State-Building and Democratization Matter for Economic Development?

The research was funded by the Research Council Norway, Young Research Talent grant, pnr 240505. PI: Carl Henrik Knutsen, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, and was also supported by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Grant M13-0559:1, PI: Staff an I. Lindberg, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Exploration on the status quo and development trend of talent construction in acupuncture and tuina industry

The author summarizes the current situation of the development of the talent team in the acupuncture and tuina industry, discusses the trend of talent development, analyzes the exist problems, and proposes relevant suggestions. The author considers that the overall size of the talent team, and the scale of clinical and scientific research talent in the acupuncture and tuina industry have increased significantly, especially in the development of high-end talents among the Chinese medicine talents. The characteristics of the training scale of acupuncture and tuina in the education of TCM colleges and universities are as follows: the growth rate at the specialist level is higher than that of undergraduates, the scale of professional masters declined, and the scale of doctoral levels remain stable. In order to meet the growing demands of the industry for talented people and the requirements for the rapid development of the industry itself, efforts should be made to further increase the construction of acupuncture and moxibustion talents, and to strengthen the training of basic clinical talents and the construction of high-end scientific research talents.

Academic Response to Storm-Related Natural Disasters-Lessons Learned.

On 30 October 2017, selected faculty and administrators from Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) grantee institutions gathered to share first-hand accounts of the devastating impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, which had interrupted academic activities, including research, education, and training in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Texas. The presenters reviewed emergency response measures taken by their institutions to maintain community health care access and delivery, the storm-related impact on clinical and research infrastructure, and strategies to retain locally grown clinical expertise and translational science research talent in the aftermath of natural disasters. A longer-term perspective was provided through a comparative review of lessons learned by one New Orleans-based institution (now more than a decade post-storm) in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Caring for the internal and external communities associated with each institution and addressing the health disparities exacerbated by storm-related events is one key strategy that will pay long-term dividends in the survival of the academic institutions and the communities they serve.

Meet the Editors: Dietrich A. Volmer

Meet the Editors: Dietrich A. Volmer

Novel Organic CT Salts Employing 1,3-Bis(Dicyanomethylidene)Indan Anion As a Donor

[Introduction] Organic charge transfer crystals (CTCs) can be interesting candidates as light absorbers of solar cells to eliminate large voltage loss inherent in dye-sensitized and bulk hetero junction types, in which carrier generation relies on the energy cascades. We have synthesized novel CTCs by forming salts between 1,3-bis(dicyanomethylidene)indan anion (TCNIH-) as a donor and viologen cations as acceptors, namely, N,N’-alkyl substituted 4,4’-bipyridiniums (Fig. 1, methyl = MV2+, ethyl = EV2+, heptyl = HV2+ and octyl = OV2+). [Experimental] Mixed salts of TCNIH- and viologens were obtained by slowly evaporating solvent at room temperature from their 2 : 1 mixed solution in ethanol. While their crystal structures were examined on powder samples and single crystals, their optical properties were studied by measuring UV-Vis and PL spectra between 77 and 298 K on a Horiba Fluorolog-3 equipped with a liq. N2 cryostat. [Results and Discussion] Colorless TCNIH2 turns into deep blue in ethanol due to deprotonation from its methylene carbon to become TCNIH- anion (Fig. 1). While its salt with Na+ was purplish black, having similar absorption features as the solution of TCNIH- with its onset around 800 nm, co-crystals with MV2+ and EV2+ were black with metallic shine to exhibit extended CT absorption in NIR up to ca. 1,000 nm (Fig. 2). On the other hand, those with HV2+ and OV2+ are quite similar to the Na+ salt with only small extension. All of the mixed crystals exhibited XRD patterns different from those of original TCNIH2 and viologen halides, indicating formation of their salts. Single crystal XRD structural analysis performed on large grains revealed monoclinic structure for MV2+ salt, while triclinic for the rest, in which TCNIH- and viologen cations are alternately stacked in 2 : 1 ratio. On increasing the length of the alkyl substituents, expansion and distortion of lattice occurs as seen from their lattice constants summarized in Table 1. The close packing of TCNIH- and MV2+/EV2+ by coulombic interaction obviously contributed to the enhancement of CT, whereas bulky HV2+ and OV2+ prohibited their intimate interaction. PL spectra were measured for the salts (Fig. 3). The Na+ salt indicates a spectrum very similar to that of the TCNIH- solution with not much enhancement and peak shift between 77 and 298 K, indicating emission from the exciton localized in a single TCNIH-. The salts with MV2+ and EV2+ exhibit broad emissions in the NIR range, which are greatly enhanced and resolved into two peaks at 77 K. Exciton-phonon coupling to delocalize exciton within CTCs explains these observations. PL spectra of HV2+ and OV2+ salts are unique, with their energy clearly smaller than that of the Na+ salt, despite of their very similar energy of excitation. Also, clear enhancement and resolution into two peaks at 77 K in case of OV2+ salt suggest relaxation of the TCNIH- localized exciton down to the CT states within these crystals. Acknowledgment The present work was supported by Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers, “Advanced Next Generation Energy Leadership (R2601, FY2014-2016)” of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Figure 1

A SWOT analysis and development thinking on the status of scientific research in county level public hospitals

Objective This thesis analyze the current situation of scientific research and the proposals of development of the county level public hospitals. Methods Questionnaires were used to collect the data of the scientific research situation of county-level public hospitals, and SWOT analysis was employed to develop a better understanding of the situation and development of scientific research of county-level public hospitals. Results The number of papers published by hospitals is bound up with the number of scientific and technical staff in the county-level public hospitals, the number of laboratories, tissue banks and the proportion of the postgraduate students to the public hospitals. The achievements above municipal level in scientific research are also strongly linked with the professional scientific and management personnel, the number of laboratories and tissue banks and the proportion of postgraduate students to the hospital. There are distinct features of the advantages, disadvantages, plans and challenges of the scientific research work of county-level public hospitals. Conclusions The most important ways of improving the ability of scientific research and the quality of service in country level public hospitals are that: attach great importance to scientific research, intensify the efforts for the introduction and cultivation of scientific research talents, formulate a reasonable reward system, enable professional scientific research management for its delicacy research etc. Key words: County-level public hospitals; Scientific research; SWOT; Development strategy

The European Research Council @ 10: Whither hopes and fears?

While 10 years is too short a time to draw broad conclusions, the ERC does seem to have succeeded in promoting excellent and basic research in Europe, both through its own projects and by affecting standards and aspirations more broadly. It has affected widely shared conceptions of scholarly excellence and introduced new measures of academic esteem, with more attention to rigorous peer review—in the social sciences and the humanities as well as in the natural sciences. One concern is that the portability of grants may have fuelled the clustering of research talent and reputation towards some institutions and some states, away from others. The benefits of the ERC in promoting research quality across Europe in the longer term may be at risk unless some parties take steps to correct this imbalance.

Valentín Fuster: From Platelets to Preschoolers, Always With Scientific Rigor.

Why did Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster cut his consumption of the sweet treat from daily to once a week? The credit (or blame, depending on your perspective) goes to Valentin Fuster, who was asked to consult on the Spanish version of the show and eventually became Dr Ruster, a muppet sharing health advice with its young and avid audience. “Our behavior as adults depends greatly on the environment we are in between ages 3 and 6, and Sesame Street wasn’t taking advantage of this to focus on prevention and heart health,” says Fuster. Fuster, a renowned physician scientist with a daunting schedule and a decades-long record of bench and translational science and clinical trials, sees no discontinuity between the work that made him famous and his recent focus on preschoolers. “I became convinced that the same scientific tools I used to understand disease could be used to understand and promote health and prevent disease,” Fuster says. Fuster received his undergraduate and medical degrees in his hometown, Barcelona, and did clinical training and completed his doctorate in pathology at the University of Edinburgh. While at the Mayo Clinic between 1971 and 1982, starting as a medical resident and ending as professor of medicine and cardiovascular diseases, he showed in a dog model that platelets were important in the occlusion of bypass grafts and that aspirin could prevent it. Then, in the first clinical trial of aspirin in cardiac disease,1 the team demonstrated that aspirin prevented the occlusion of bypass grafts, leading to clinical guidelines calling for its use. In 1982, Fuster was recruited to become head of cardiology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. After 10 years there, he spent 3 years in Boston at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he began work on using magnetic …

Professor KC Nicolaou expanded the world of synthetic organic chemistry by total synthesis and his laboratories have fostered many talented researchers.

Professor KC Nicolaou expanded the world of synthetic organic chemistry by total synthesis and his laboratories have fostered many talented researchers

Generative growth with ‘thin’ globalization: Cambridge’s crossover model of innovation

ABSTRACTChanges in leading-edge urban and regional development processes and policies signify the rise of the ‘Quaternary’ or 4.0 Era of economic growth. Few such spaces exist yet, but they have prodigious global reach from locations like Cambridge (as the exemplar here), Israel and Silicon Valley. Their surface spread has led to the designation ‘thin globalization’ compared with ‘thick’ antecedents based on manufacturing and routine services. Each displays ‘post-cluster’ or ‘platform’ inter-connectivity and even early signs of ‘de-globalization’ via on-shoring of suppliers. Pioneers in ‘crossover’ innovation 4.0 platform evolution include ‘flagship’ corporations like FAGAMi (Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft). These and other flagships acquire and site labs in proximity to Cambridge’s and other university research institutes and talent. They work to what seems like a neoliberal ‘Plan for the Future’ in at least three cases embedded in futuristic urban design utopias. This further advantages innovation ‘microsystems’ like Cambridge and innovation ‘macrosystems’ like Silicon Valley that evolve diversified ‘platform-clusters’ of ‘crossover’ innovations flowing from interactions among microelectronic systems, advanced mobility, machine learning, AI, robotics be mitigated healthcare. The research problem is how can such extreme uneven growth polarization and

Evidence-based Chinese medicine：theory and practice

The introduction and popularization of evidence-based medicine has opened up a new research field of clinical efficacy evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM), produced new research ideas and methods, and promoted the progress of clinical research of TCM. After about 20 years assiduous study and earnest practice, the evidence based evaluation method and technique, which conforms to the characteristics of TCM theory and practice, has been developing continuously. Evidence-based Chinese medicine (EBCM) has gradually formed and become an important branch of evidence-based medicine. The basic concept of evidence-based Chinese medicine: EBCM is an applied discipline, following the theory and methodology of evidence-based medicine, to collect, evaluate, produce, transform the evidence of effectiveness, safety and economy of TCM, to reveal the feature and regular pattern of TCM taking effect, and to guide the development of clinical guidelines, clinical pathways and health decisions. The effects and achievements of EBCM development: secondary studies mainly based on systematic review/Meta-analysis were extensively carried out; clinical efficacy studies mainly relying on randomized controlled trials grew rapidly; clinical safety evaluations based on real world study have been conducted; methodological researches mainly focused on study quality control deepened gradually; internationalization researches mainly on report specifications have got some breakthroughs; standardization researches based on treatment specification were strengthened gradually; the research team and talents with the characteristics of inter-disciplinary have been steadily increased. A number of high-quality research findings have been published at international well-known journals; the clinical efficacy and safety evidence of TCM has been increased; the level of clinical rational use of TCM has been improved; a large number of Chinese patent medicines with big market have been cultured. The future missions of EBCM mainly consist of four categories (scientific research, methodology and standard, platform construction and personnel training) with nine tasks. ①Carry out systematic reviews to systematically collect clinical trial reports of TCM and establish database of clinical evidence of TCM; ②Carry out evidence transformation research to lay the foundation for the development of clinical diagnosis and treatment guidelines, clinical pathways of TCM, and for the screening of basic drug list and medical insurance list, and for the policy-making relevant to TCM; ③Conduct researches to evaluate the advantages and effective regular patterns of TCM and form the evidence chain of TCM efficacy; ④Carry out researches for the safety evaluation of TCM, and provide evidence supporting the rational and safe use of TCM in clinical practice; ⑤Conduct researches on methodology of EBCM and provide method for developing high quality evidence; ⑥Carry out researches to develop standards and norms of TCM, and to form methods, standards, specifications and technical systems; ⑦Establish data management platform for evidence-based evaluation of TCM, and promote data sharing; ⑧Build international academic exchange platform to promote international cooperation and mutual recognition of EBCM research; ⑨Carry out education and popularization activities of evidence-based evaluation methods, and train undergraduate students, graduate students, clinical healthcare providers and practitioners of TCM. The development of EBCM, as it was, not only promoted the transformation of clinical research and decision-making mode of TCM, contributed to the modernization and internationalization of TCM, but also enriched the connotation of Evidence-based Medicine.