Future Roadmap Research Articles

Strengthening a research-rich teaching profession: an Australian study

ABSTRACT This paper reports on the background, context, design, and findings of a collaborative research project designed to develop a future roadmap for strengthening an Australian research-rich and self-improving education system. Building on the BERA-RSA Inquiry into the role of research in the teaching profession in the UK (Furlong, 2013), the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA), Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) initiated a national study across education systems and jurisdictions to identify ideas, issues, challenges and opportunities to strengthen teacher education and education policy development through research. The mixed-method study, inclusive of focus groups and an on-line survey collected data from pre-service teachers, teachers, academics and leaders across schools, universities and education departments. A set of recommendations highlight the need for research literacies to be embedded at all stages of a teachers’ career and that the profession would benefit from professional learning strategies where teachers are positioned as both critical and discerning consumers and active producers of research. The importance of teachers being able to respond to data within their own set of contextual factors was a key message.

Palliative Care in the Health System of Iran: A Review of the Present Status and the Future Challenges.

Objectives:In the near future, the health system of Iran will face serious public health challenges means increase in the elderly population and the rate of chronic diseases. Therefore, it is anticipated that providing palliative care for chronic diseases will be one of the priorities of the country’s health system. The purpose of the present study was to explain the present status and the future challenges of providing palliative care in the health system of Iran and help policy-makers to create a future roadmap by presenting a picture of the present status. Methods:In this qualitative study, 17 semi-structured interviews were conducted with policy-makers, researchers, and managers of the centers providing palliative care in 2018-2019. Interviews were analyzed using directed content analysis based on the Public Health Strategy and framework analysis. Results:According to the WHO Public Health Strategy, palliative care challenges categorized in 13 subcategory and four main category include policy-making, program implementation, comprehensive education and drug availability. Conclusion:Providing palliative care that is currently dispersed in some centers does not meet the needs of chronic diseases. Establishing the palliative care system as one of the major goals of the health system of Iran is possible through reforming the fourfold structure of policy-making, implementation, education and drug availability. Therefore, it is suggested that authorities perform comprehensive and systematic management of challenges using foresight methods.

Report on the 38th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD 2019)

Jointly sponsored by ACM and IEEE, the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) is the premier forum to explore emerging technology challenges in electronic design automation (EDA), to present leading-edge research and development solutions, and to identify future roadmaps for the design automation research areas.

Health technology assessment in India: Reflection & future roadmap.

Health technology assessment in India: Reflection & future roadmap.

Statistical Energy Information and Analysis of Pakistan Economic Corridor Based on Strengths, Availabilities, and Future Roadmap

In Pakistan, the performance of conventional electrical grids is inefficient, resulting in severe energy crises. To overcome the alarming challenges persisting in the energy grids, Pakistan must focus on system protection, grid reliability, distribution and transmission, and power quality. The inefficiencies in grid protection and management signify an overall problematic energy scenario. The solutions to these problems include the improvement of domestic, commercial, and industrial demand-side management and the reduction in distribution network losses. A smart grid (SG) is a critical requirement as it can overcome the shortcomings of the existing grid owing to its promising features, enhanced consumer empowerment, utmost security; efficient and optimized energy flow; and demand-supply management. Thus, the SG is essential to overcome the energy crisis in Pakistan and achieve the standards of other developed nations in the energy sector. This study aims to highlight the significant prospects of SGs within Pakistan with the key objectives of its availability requirements. We compare the energy scenario in Pakistan with that of other countries and recommend various aspects that require improvement through SG implementation. Additionally, we discuss the incorporation of renewable energy resources and present a market analysis regarding SGs to illustrate the SG scenario and its implementation in Pakistan. Moreover, we analyze and evaluate detailed taxonomies of energy generation, energy projects, renewable energy assessment, power market trends in Pakistan, and the basic requirements of SGs. Furthermore, a critical analysis of the energy sector in Pakistan is elaborated, which describes the possibilities, requirements, and strengths pertaining to the transformation of the modern electric grid with respect to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Thus, we believe that our work is more versatile in improving the energy system of Pakistan for the implementation of the SG.

IoT Security Evolution: Challenges and Countermeasures Review

Internet of Things (IoT) architecture, technologies, applications and security have been recently addressed by a number of researchers. Basically, IoT adds internet connectivity to a system of intelligent devices, machines, objects and/or people. Devices are allowed to automatically collect and transmit data over the Internet, which exposes them to serious attacks and threats. This paper provides an intensive review of IoT evolution with primary focusing on security issues together with the proposed countermeasures. Thus, it outlines the IoT security challenges as a future roadmap of research for new researchers in this domain.

PROBLEMS ISSUES OF REGULATORY PROVISION OF PRODUCTION ACTIVITY OF NATURAL GAS MARKETS

The formation of the modern Ukrainian natural gas market is accompanied by profound transformations of the national gas infrastructure: the creation and operation of new market operators, the redistribution of infrastructure facilities, the development and implementation of new requirements for the effective functioning of the entire system. At the same time, this requires from all parties a verified and balances strategy for the optimal implementation of all the obligations that Ukraine has undertaken to fully implement the requirements of the EU Third Energy Package, which aims to create an effective natural gas market based on the principles of free competition, proper consumer protection and security of supply. Despite the fact that the capacity of the Ukrainian gas transmission system and gas storages is one of the largest in Europe, the unbanding process has caused a number of threats in the area of regulatory support for production activities, requiring the consolidation of specialists' efforts to form optimal solutions to the problems that have arisen. In addition, the lengthy process of reforming and reorganizing the Ukrainian gas distribution system has led to a situation where the work of a natural gas distribution operator is facing a risk of imbalance in terms of inefficient standardization of the main areas of operation to meet the EU legislation requirements implemented in Ukraine. Therefore, to develop basic directions for the future work of gas infrastructure operators, it is necessary to take into account the acting capabilities of existing system for transportation, underground storage and gas distribution (taking into account the significant number of standardized indicators defined by the existing normative documents of the former USSR) and in accordance with the trends in the development of the European gas infrastructure introduce economically and technically feasible measures to standardize performance activities. Such works have to be incorporated into integrated research programs, during which regional and international trends are to be taken into account and adapted, the results of which will be the basis for future roadmaps and programs for the development of natural gas supply and distribution systems.

Present state and future prospect of autonomous control technology for industrial drones

AbstractThis article includes of a technical and general discussion about a future prospective of flying robot. Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) should be evolving to real and bio‐inspired flying robots. The concept of guidance, navigation and control is first explained and defined. Next, the autonomy (safety) class of drones, future roadmaps, and a correlation diagram between the flight level of drone and autonomy (safety) will be described, and a fault‐tolerant control system is introduced. Finally, the ideal state of autonomous control in the near future and realization of autonomy, as well as top‐level autonomy as Class A by a supervisor (guidance system), will be defined. © 2019 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Community Participation for Access to Justice to Children: a Road Map for Future

Right to access to justice signifies creating an environment where people are aware of their rights and an effective remedy is available to them if any of their rights are violated. Access to justice does not merely refer to the formal mechanisms but also involve informal mechanisms which are available.Children enjoy special status under the constitution and hence are given different treatment. This is the groups which keeps on demanding new rights but are unable to claim them on their own because of immaturity in terms of their age and mental growth. For this reason right to access to justice becomes extremely important for the children. In absence of this their grievances will remain unheard and no effective remedy will be given to them. Children are responsibility of all and therefore it is all of us who should work towards protection of their rights and overall development. The present paper is built -up on the conviction that community can participate in protecting best interest of the child and make justice accessible to them. It focuses on the concept of access to justice, the normative structure for it in India and suggests few ways in which the community can participate in making access to justice reality for them

Community Participation for Access to Justice to Children: a Road Map for Future

Right to access to justice signifies creating an environment where people are aware of their rights and an effective remedy is available to them if any of their rights are violated. Access to justice does not merely refer to the formal mechanisms but also involve informal mechanisms which are available.Children enjoy special status under the constitution and hence are given different treatment. This is the groups which keeps on demanding new rights but are unable to claim them on their own because of immaturity in terms of their age and mental growth. For this reason right to access to justice becomes extremely important for the children. In absence of this their grievances will remain unheard and no effective remedy will be given to them. Children are responsibility of all and therefore it is all of us who should work towards protection of their rights and overall development. The present paper is built -up on the conviction that community can participate in protecting best interest of the child and make justice accessible to them. It focuses on the concept of access to justice, the normative structure for it in India and suggests few ways in which the community can participate in making access to justice reality for them

Feasible roadmap for CCS retrofit of coal-based power plants to reduce Chinese carbon emissions by 2050

In the medium to long term, China must conduct deep emission reduction actions to transform the country’s economy and meet the conditions of the Paris Agreement. As an advanced emission reduction technology, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is undoubtedly an important means of achieving this goal. China must consider how to retrofit existing thermal power plants to install CCS technology. Thus, the expected future roadmap for power plants with CO2 capture is of significant interest. To achieve this aim, we propose a new CCS project investment model, which helps design the CCS development roadmap for achieving the emission targets for 2050. Reductions in the cost of technologies as a result of learning-by-doing is considered to enrich the model to describe the reality more sensibly. Through some mathematical skills, we transform the original continuous problem into a nonlinear integer programming problem. By solving the model, we are trying to answer questions about when to adopt CCS technology and the cost. The results reveal that early large-scale CCS demonstrations are not necessary. The peak investment period of CCS is around 2035. Operating costs account for 80% of the overall cost of CCS, and thus, policymakers must fully motivate the development and investment of operating technologies, especially capture technologies. The results also show that when the scale of CCS technology is promoted, flexible installation levels can be considered to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Blockchain in IoT: Current Trends, Challenges, and Future Roadmap

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most promising technologies in the era of information technology. IoT enables ubiquitous data collections and network communications to bring significant and indispensable convenience and intelligence both to daily life and industrial operations. However, IoT is still confronting a number of challenges and manifesting a series of issues that need to be addressed urgently. Counterfeit hardware, software faults, security issues during communication, system management difficulties, and data privacy issues are significant issues for current IoT infrastructure. Meanwhile, blockchain, as an emerging information technology, has attracted huge public interest and has shown significant promise because of its decentralization, transparency, and security. The features of blockchain seem to be an ideal match for IoT, and by applying blockchain to an IoT environment, some of the aforementioned weaknesses can be addressed. This paper’s purpose is to introduce the use of blockchain in IoT applications. We present various challenges facing an IoT system and summarize the benefits of adopting blockchain into IoT infrastructure. We primarily focus on illustrating the blockchain applications in IoT with refined capabilities and enhanced security. To shed light on blockchain in IoT research, we also discuss limitations and future directions.

Sustainable Policy Dynamics—A Study on the Recent “Bust” of Foreign Residential Real Estate Investment in Sydney

We undertook an autopsy of the drivers of individual foreign real estate investment ‘bust’ in Australia through a new theoretical lens of ‘habitus’. Our autopsy data drew contours around the individual foreign real estate capital ‘boom and bust’ cycle, as well as the long-term commitment of professionals in the real estate sector to Australia’s real estate market. More specifically, we showed that the foreign capital ‘boom and bust’ cycle began in earnest in about 2010 (starting at A$8.7 billion), grew to A$72.4 billion in 2016–2017, and then declined to A$12.5 billion in 2017–2018. This decline in foreign capital into Australian real estate occurred within a domestic real estate market in Sydney that also started to slow in 2017. Based on 20 semi-structured interviews with real estate professionals in Sydney and public material culture data, we found out that the off-the-plan apartment sales and global policy landscape changes contributed to the decline of foreign real estate investment in Australia. The three possible implications for Sydney’s future residential real estate development: (1) The loss of investors, (2) the evolution of the labor force, and (3) the diversification of housing products, have been raised as part of a future research road map.

Uncertainties and challenges in surgical and transcatheter tricuspid valve therapy: a state-of-the-art expert review.

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a frequent and complex problem, commonly combined with left-sided heart disease, such as mitral regurgitation. Significant TR is associated with increased mortality if left untreated or recurrent after therapy. Tricuspid regurgitation was historically often disregarded and remained undertreated. Surgery is currently the only Class I Guideline recommended therapy for TR, in the form of annuloplasty, leaflet repair, or valve replacement. As growing experience of transcatheter therapy in structural heart disease, many dedicated transcatheter tricuspid repair or replacement devices, which mimic well-established surgical techniques, are currently under development. Nevertheless, many aspects of TR are little understood, including the disease process, surgical or interventional risk stratification, and predictors of successful therapy. The optimal treatment timing and the choice of proper surgical or interventional technique for significant TR remain to be elucidated. In this context, we aim to highlight the current evidence, underline major controversial issues in this field and present a future roadmap for TR therapy.

Balancing personal wishes and caring capacity in future planning for adults with an intellectual disability living with family carers.

Most people with intellectual disabilities (IDs) live at home with family, and most carers and care recipients wish to continue this arrangement. However, despite worry about what will happen when carers are unable to continue caring, most families do not plan for the future. The Future Care Road Map (FCRM) pilot study sought to enhance future care planning for families of adults with ID. Twelve families were facilitated through the FCRM process to establish future care plans, including future living and care arrangements. The pilot successfully improved future planning, but readiness of families and facilitation were important to outcomes. Continued care within the family was the most common future wish of care recipients. However, caring capacity emerged as a pervasive theme. Ultimately, it may be the capacity of the family, services or individual with ID themselves to provide future care which determines how feasibly future wishes translate into future plans.

Analysis of Papers Published in the Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences from 1984 to 2018

This paper presents at the characteristics of publications in the Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences from 1984 to 2018. Since its first publication, a total of 1,113 papers (~35 volumes) have been published up to December 2018. While the space astronomy field has made up a large portion of the total number of papers, the number of annually published papers in this field is decreasing. In contrast, the number of papers in the space environment field has been showing an increasing trend since 2013, accounting for more than 30% of the annual publications. The participation rate of foreign researchers has been maintained at greater than 20% since 2012. Despite the decrease in the number of paper per year, there are positive developments including sustained foreign researcher participation at greater than 20% and improvements in the impact factor. We believe that JASS has the potential to enter the distinguished level of international academic journals following a welldeveloped future road map.

Adaptive co-management model for the East Kolkata wetlands: A sustainable solution to manage the rapid ecological transformation of a peri-urban landscape

Human-induced land use changes like agriculture and urban development occur commonly at the cost of natural wetlands, which require immediate attention and sustained efforts from urban planners and concerned governments. In view of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), India, this paper has examined the trend, causes, extent and impacts of landscape transformation during the last few decades. Hence we aim to present a review of several studies in and around EKW and suggests a sustainable model for EKW. This ‘Ramsar site of International Importance’ is one of the world's largest wastewater-fed aquaculture systems where the city sewage is recycled for pisciculture and agriculture, and acts as flood resistance for the city of Kolkata. Rapid encroachment in the EKW due to unplanned development has caused various environmental, social and economic impacts. The key ecological impacts found in the study included loss of faunal and floral diversity, eco-toxicological impacts, etc. In terms of biodiversity loss, while the number of bird species in the EKW decreased from 248 in 1960s to 72 in 2005, about 59% fish species are near threats, vulnerable and endangered. Reported persistent organic pollutants (POPs) around the EKW region were found to pose deleterious impact on environment and ambient biota. Several studies have evidenced that the open burning of solid waste in the dumping ground of Dhapa is a potential source of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated dibenzo dioxin/furans (PCDD/Fs). Further the ecological transformation of the EKW focussing on policy development and regulatory compliance issues has been studied in this paper. The aspects of encroachment and wetland shrinkage triggered by economic drivers like urban sprawl have been analyzed. The paper presents adaptive co-management as the future roadmap for action to curb further degradation of the wetlands, and adopt an integrated approach of environmental, political, physical, economic and institutional aspects. It is envisaged that the adaptive co-management model will contribute to long-term sustainable sustenance of this precious ecosystem.

Functionalization with MXene (Ti3C2) Enhances the Wettability and Shear Strength of Carbon Fiber-Epoxy Composites

MXene is a two-dimensional transition metal carbide or carbonitride with graphene-like 2D morphology and high surface activity, which are useful features in energy storage, catalysis, and adsorption. However, only a handful of structural applications have so far been reported. In this study, functionalization of a carbon fiber (CF) was achieved by MXene (Ti3C2) to improve the CF surface wettability. The results showed that functionalization of MXene not only changed the CF surface topography and increased the mechanical engagement effect during debonding but also enhanced the surface activity of carbon fibers. The interfacial shear strength increased by 186% when compared with nonfunctionalized specimens. A possible interfacial enhancement mechanism was proposed to provide a future roadmap for surface modification of carbon fibers.

Human Activity Recognition for Production and Logistics—A Systematic Literature Review

This contribution provides a systematic literature review of Human Activity Recognition for Production and Logistics. An initial list of 1243 publications that complies with predefined Inclusion Criteria was surveyed by three reviewers. Fifty-two publications that comply with the Content Criteria were analysed regarding the observed activities, sensor attachment, utilised datasets, sensor technology and the applied methods of HAR. This review is focused on applications that use marker-based Motion Capturing or Inertial Measurement Units. The analysed methods can be deployed in industrial application of Production and Logistics or transferred from related domains into this field. The findings provide an overview of the specifications of state-of-the-art HAR approaches, statistical pattern recognition and deep architectures and they outline a future road map for further research from a practitioner’s perspective.

Towards empowerment of the renewable energy sector in Pakistan for sustainable energy evolution: SWOT analysis

The present study performs an analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) as a reference point that diagnoses the feasibility of current status and future roadmap to nurture the renewable energy sector in Pakistan. The results identify the social, economic and environmental impacts on the sustainable development of the renewable energy sector through explicit and categorical investigation of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in local perspective. Hence, strengths of the renewable sector in terms of available renewable energy potential, validated resource maps, environment friendliness, and the growing private investors are explored, whereas inefficient technologies, huge capital investment, immature institutional framework, and technology-related environmental hazards are found to be the internal weaknesses that need to be fixed. Main opportunities that are found mandatory to be capitalized for the sustainable development are: untapped potential, micro and mini-installations, off-grid energy systems and efficiency improvements, whereas associated threats to be defended for the sustainability of the renewable energy sector are: policy implications, lack of grid connection, and the competitive energy resources. Furthermore, to cope with the energy crisis under the current scenario, policy-based strategies are suggested to ensure the retainability of the renewable energy sector towards secure and sustainable Pakistan.