Scientific Research Capacity Research Articles

Some Solutions for Developing Scientific Research Capacity For lecturers at University of Education - Thai Nguyen University

Some Solutions for Developing Scientific Research Capacity For lecturers at University of Education - Thai Nguyen University

Creating sustainable capacity for river science in the Congo basin through the CRuHM project.

In this article, we examine the scientific and sustainable research capacity outcomes of the 'Congo River: user Hydraulics and Morphology' or CRuHM project, a six-year effort supported by the Royal Society's Africa Capacity Building Initiative. This project brought together a consortium of African and UK universities to undertake the first large-scale scientific expeditions to the Congo basin of the modern era in order to better understand the hydraulics and geomorphology of this understudied but globally important river. The river is essential for navigation, irrigation, drinking water and hydroelectric power generation for the 10 basin countries and is critically important for biodiversity and global nutrient, carbon and climatological cycles. This article summarizes the new scientific understanding contributed by the project and the steps taken to ensure a meaningful legacy that would continue long beyond the finite lifetime of available funding. Actions taken to achieve this include establishing a new hydrology research centre at the University of Kinshasa as well as steps to build a wider international community of Congo basin researchers. In this way, we hope to build momentum for future funding initiatives and collaboration.

Teaching effects of the online and offline flipped classroom model (FCM) in the post-epidemic era: Development and feasibility study.

With the rapid development of multimedia technology, the student centered flipped classroom model (FCM) and massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been increasingly introduced and implemented in higher medical education. However, comparative analyses of the offline face-to-face FCM and completely online FCM have been rarely reported. In this study, we focused specifically on a set of flipped classrooms in which prerecorded videos were provided before class. Using the Zhihuishu platform as the major online course platform, our team built a MOOC and evaluated the teaching effectiveness of the FCM in both the offline face-to-face class and the online electronic live class for medical genetics education. Questionnaires, paper-based and oral exams were used to collect data on the teaching effects of the different teaching methods. We found that student satisfaction and overall student performance in the offline FCM group was significantly higher than that in the completely online teaching group. Although online FCM allowed students to play back and review anywhere and anytime after class, students taught in offline FCM had a significantly higher degree of knowledge mastery, had a deeper understanding of theoretical knowledge, and were better at knowledge comprehensive application. The effects of their training on genetic disease clinical diagnosis and treatment skills were significantly better, and their capacity for scientific research was also significantly improved. Our research discussed the advantages of the online courses and the problems brought about by using these technologies, and it provided insight into online teaching practices in the era of internet-based medical education.

Competencies and training needs among postgraduate students at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University

Background: Postgraduate training is an urgent task, which needs to be improved in quality, internationally accessible and in line with the new requirements of society and profession. Therefore, the research was carried out to describe the competencies, training needs and to find out some factors related to the training needs of postgraduate students at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University. Materials and method: A cross-sectional study was implemented in 367 graduate students at University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Hue University from July to December 2023. Data were collected by direct interviewing based on a structured questionnaire, including demographic, scientific research skills and training needs in scientific research. Results: 65.1% of graduate students have a need for scientific research training. Some factors related to the need for scientific research training include university diplomas, postgraduate training subjects, and assessment of scientific research capacity. Conclusion: The demand for postgraduate scientific research training is relatively high. Therefore, it is necessary to encourage students to participate in advanced courses in scientific research. Key words: research competencies, training needs, scientific research, postgraduate students.

The impact of R&D investment on the new orders received by the shipbuilding enterprises under the background of innovation-driven development

ABSTRACT Using the panel data of listed shipbuilding enterprises from 2010 to 2021 all over the world, this paper empirically studies the impact of Research & Development investment on new orders received by shipbuilding enterprises using the panel fixed effect model and the threshold regression model. The results show that R&D investment has a positive impact on the new order of high-tech and high-value-added ships in shipbuilding enterprises. R&D investment has a time lag effect on the new orders and a non-linear relationship with the newly received orders. The 1-year lagged R&D investment has a single threshold effect on the newly received orders of liquid tankers. When the R&D investment intensity exceeds the threshold, the positive impact on the newly received orders is weakened. To be specific, when the excessive R&D investment intensity does not match the scientific research capacity of shipbuilding enterprises, enterprise resources will be mismatched. Therefore, shipbuilding enterprises should increase their investment in R&D if they want to build more high-tech and high-value-added ships. At the same time, enterprises should also pay attention not to blindly strengthen the R&D investment, but to keep it within a reasonable range, so that resources can be allocated appropriately.

Factors Affecting the Scientific Capacity of Lecturers at Hanoi University

The purpose of this paper is to find out the factors affecting the scientific capacity of lecturers (scientific research capacity and scientific guidance capacity) of Hanoi University lecturers. The study collected opinions from 113 lecturers using a quantitative questionnaire with 16 variables, of which 07 measures research capacity, 02 measures instruct capacity and 07 variables measures influencing factors. The study applied statistical methods of mean value and correlation analysis. Research results show that the scientific performance capacity of lecturers is correlated with each other and with influencing factors at different levels, but mainly the correlation is medium and strongly correlated. The study found that Student Feedback and Legal Regulations may be the most influential factors on scientific capacity of Hanoi University lecturers.

Evaluation of Scientific Research in Universities Based on the Theories for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Under the background of insufficient scientific research funding, evaluating the level of scientific research from the perspective of sustainable development is necessary. The study aims to develop an evaluation index system based on the theories for sustainable competitive advantage (SCA), which could be used to evaluate the sustainable development trend of scientific research in universities. In this study, 42 world-class universities in China are used as examples to calculate their SCA performance in scientific research using the entropy and equal weights methods. The scores of scientific research in different universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in 2021 are used to verify the effectiveness of the evaluation index system. The results show that the evaluation index system can effectively predict the scientific research performance of universities in the future. It could be deduced from the results that universities with better scientific research performance meet the needs of the external market better and have more valuable, rare, imitable, and ambiguous resources but a lower level of scientific research dynamic ability. The evaluation index system makes up for the lack of emphasis on the potential scientific research capacity of the university in the current evaluation methods. It can help university administrators formulate relevant scientific research management regulations.

Nâng cao năng lực thực nghiệm cho học sinh trung học phổ thông ở việt nam

Improving experimental competence for students is an essential mission in general education nowadays, helping students initially establish scientific research capacity and is a part of cognitive capacity of scientific knowledge, especially in the study of natural sciences such as biology, physics and chemistry. In this article, theoretical and practical research methods have been used in combination with pedagogical experiment on 85 students, of which 43 students and control over 42 tenth grade students at a high school in Vietnam. The data processed by SPSS 20.0 software shows that using empirical exercises in teaching will significantly improve the students’ experimental competence. The level of students' experimental capacity increased in the experimental class compared to the control class, the results before and after the experiment of the experimental class also changed positively. The initial research result indicates the role of empirical exercises in enhancing the experimental capacity of students, the study also suggested the process of using experimental exercises in teaching to improve students’ experimental capacity. The findings of the research could be important in proposing solutions to improve the academic performance of students in high schools, not only in the area of teaching biology but also extending into other subjects.

Corporate key labs: Breakthrough or white elephant?

Based on manually collected data from Chinese listed firms' key laboratories at the state and provincial levels, this study shows that key laboratories improve firms' innovation output. Corporations with key laboratories at the state or provincial level produce more patents and citations than their counterparts. A series of endogenous treatment effects, including the Heckman two-step sample selection model, instrumental variable estimation, policy shock analysis, and propensity score matching, indicate that this study's main conclusion is robust and consistent. We also observe that key laboratories' beneficial impact on innovation output becomes more prominent for firms belonging to high-tech industries, those led by an inventor or scientist CEO, and those located in cities that enforce the protection of intellectual property. Further, key laboratories foster innovation mainly by developing scientific research capacity, increasing human capital, and improving R&D subsidies. Our findings demonstrate that key laboratories can benefit firms, their stakeholders, and the public in an emerging market such as China.

Assessment of research capacity of nursing students and factors related to access to the capacity of scientific research activities of nursing students

Introduction: Nowadays, one of the important criteria to evaluate the educational quality of the university is the results of scientific research on students. Scientific research activities become one of the important tasks of lecturers in order to improve the quality of training with the goal of approaching students’ competence in scientific research. The nursing profession is initially interested in the issue of access to research capacity, so there are very few studies on this issue. Objectives: 1) To assess the research capacity of nursing students through the RCS-N scale; (2) To describe the groups of factors affecting the motivation of nursing students to do scientific research; (3) To identify the factors related to the scientific research capacity of nursing students. Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study with 317 third and fourth-year nursing students at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University from 06/2021 to 04/2022. Results: The group of students in the group familiar with scientific research (Knowing many/all/everything criteria about scientific research) accounted for the lowest percentage with 8.5%. The average score of the groups of factors affecting the motivation of scientific research with the group of student factors (21.19 ± 3.59); a group of lecturers factors (17.03 ± 4.01); a group of the policy of the University factors (15.92 ± 3.08); a group of facilities of the University factors (12.37 ± 2.75); a group of practice station factors (12.20 ± 2.70). There is a relationship between the mean score of the group of facilities of the University factors and the student’s research capacity score (p<0.05). Conclusion: Assessing the research capacity of nursing students is a necessity to review, analyze and evaluate nursing science research courses in order to determine the appropriate level of scientific research curriculum for nursing students. nurses and is also the first step to determining their ability to do scientific research to prepare them for future professional nurses. Key words: Assessment of Research Competency, nursing students, RCS-N Questionnaire.

Development of China's health care system in the time of COVID‐19: Challenges, opportunities, and call for actions

Development of China's health care system in the time of COVID‐19: Challenges, opportunities, and call for actions

The Impact of Undergraduate Tutor System in Chinese 8-Year Medical Students in Scientific Research.

PurposeThis study aimed to evaluate the effect and influence of the undergraduate tutor system on the undergraduate stage of Chinese 8-year medical program students in scientific research.MethodsWe collected related data from 194 medical students in the Xiangya Medical School of Central South University. The questionnaire was composed of three parts, namely, eight questions for basic information about individual and undergraduate tutor system, five questions for the subjective feeling impact of the undergraduate tutor system, and 22 questions for accessing the scientific research ability and academic results. The students were mainly divided into three groups to compare different kinds of undergraduate tutor systems, namely, single tutor for multiple students' system (group A), multiple tutors for multiple students' system (group B), and no tutor system for comparison (group C).ResultsThe type of tutorial system, the frequency of guidance, and the way of guidance were independent influence factors of the view of 8-year medical students on scientific research. Group B behaved better than group C in literature processing (P = 0.012), experimental operation (P < 0.001), statistical analysis (P < 0.001), and manuscript producing (P = 0.019). Group A and B joined in more National college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training programs (P = 0.003, P < 0.001). The most popular types of articles published by students were bioinformatics, meta-analysis, and reviews.ConclusionUndergraduate tutor system has made tremendous achievements in cultivating students' scientific research capacity; however, implement improvement should be considered to better educate students.

Sustainable competitive advantage in maternal and child health institutions: a dynamic capability approach.

China’s government has always attached great importance to protecting women and children’s rights and has made a consistent effort to promote their all-round health. The on-going medical reforms in the country have resulted in a falling birth rate and rising demand for increasingly diversified, multi-level healthcare services. Maternal and child health (MCH) institutions have had to implement more extensive changes and deal with greater challenges in order to survive and develop. MCH organizations thus need to find ways to improve their competitiveness. This study integrates qualitative and quantitative business analytics methods by conducting empirical research using varied techniques, namely the Delphi method and analytic hierarchy process (AHP). A panel of experts were consulted in three rounds of surveys, and the results were processed with AHP in order to develop an evaluation indicator model of MCH institutions’ competitive advantages. Ten hospitals were selected to verify the model’s applicability. Sensitivity analysis confirmed that the model has good stability. The proposed model highlights that human resources have the greatest weight as a determinant of competitive advantage. The findings, therefore, concentrate on people as the core resource, suggesting that MCH institutions can acquire and maintain competitive advantages based on three dimensions: department leader development, improved scientific research capacity, and a more flexible hospital culture.

Factors affecting scientific research capacity of lecturers at non-public universities in Ho Chi Minh City

In the current context, the scientific research capacity of lecturers is an important measurement to evaluate the training quality of educational institutions. Researching the faculty's scientific research capacity is an urgent need, helping the school to rapidly develop training quality. This assessment helps to improve the quality, contributes to strengthen the reputation and attracts more students in the future. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of these factors on the scientific research capacity of lecturers at non-public universities in Ho Chi Minh City. The study was conducted based on a combination of qualitative research methods (table research, expert interviews and group discussions) and quantitative research methods (based on SPSS statistical software to analyze data) together with the survey method as a convenient method. The result from 252 lecturers shows that there are four factors that strongly influence research capacity including (1) Working environment, (2) Perception, (3) Motivation, (4) Personal capacity. Thereby, this study presents the implications for university leaders to have more policies to promote the scientific research capacity of lecturers. Besides, the limitations of the topic and orientation for further research are also indicated.

Research capacity and training needs of nurses' in Shanghai, China: A multicenter, cross-sectional survey

Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate nurses' research capacity and related training needs in Shanghai to provide evidence to further nursing research training.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional design with a convenience sample of 1226 clinical registered nurses, including the Nursing Research Capacity of Self-Evaluation Questionnaire and Research Training Needs Form, was recruited from 14 public hospitals in Shanghai, China. And the influencing factors of nurses' research capacity were analyzed.Results: The mean score of nurses' research capacity was (46.25 ± 22.90) in Shanghai, that was at a low-to-medium level. The influencing factors of nurses' research capacity including age (F = 15.983, P < 0.001), education (F = 20.738, P < 0.001), professional title (F = 6.993, P = 0.001), working years (F = 7.803, P < 0.001), department (F = 8.545, P < 0.001), and position (F = −3.354, P = 0.001). The most critical factor is the time to participate a study (P < 0.001). And what the nurses demanded were writing skills, special lectures, and participating in colleagues' projects mostly.Conclusion: Nurse's scientific research capacity still needs to be improved in Shanghai. The key to improving this situation is the individualized scientific research training and education for nurses and the practice of more participation in scientific research projects.

Evaluation Index System of China's Digital Economy Development Level-Based on Factor Analysis

In order to comply with the 14th Five-Year Plan for the development of digital economy, to better help China grasp new opportunities and challenges, and to seize the important node of the changing global competitive landscape, this paper applies factor analysis, based on three dimensions of infrastructure construction, scientific research and innovation capacity, and the current economic development, and selects the volume of goods turnover, domestic invention patent. The paper applies factor analysis to empirically analyze the level of digital economy development of 31 Chinese provinces in 2020 based on 3 dimensions: infrastructure construction, research and innovation capacity, and current economic development, and 11 secondary indicators such as the number of domestic invention patent applications granted. The research results show that regions with high overall scores generally have higher public factor scores in the three dimensions, and there is a decreasing level of China's digital economy development from the east to the west, with the northwestern region lagging behind in particular. Finally, this paper puts forward policy recommendations on ways to promote the development of digital economy according to the characteristics of different regions.

Solutions for Improving Scientific Research Capacity of Officials of Vietnam Academy for Ethnic Minorities

The great advances of science and technology have changed people's lives in all aspects. Many countries and organizations have spent a great deal of investment in scientific research (scientific research). Educational institutions, research institutes are the environments in which scientific research activities are the most exciting. For an educational institution in general and higher education in particular, scientific research is an extremely important task, along with training activities. These two activities have an organic relationship, complement each other and are the two key factors to assess the quality of an educational institution. The issue of improving scientific research capacity is mentioned by many people and finding their own solutions suitable to their organizations. In the end, they all think that improving scientific research capacity is very necessary in the context of a constantly developing society.

An intersectional gender analysis of familial and socio-cultural drivers of inequitable scientific career progression of researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa

BackgroundSub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suffers from a dearth of concrete information on the causes of women’s under-representation in scientific research workforce particularly at higher levels compared with the wealth of information that exists in the global north. The goal of this study was to illuminate familial and socio-cultural drivers that contribute to intersectional gender inequities in scientific career progression in SSA to inform strategies that could promote career equity for African scientific researchers.MethodsThis study was nested within the context of ‘Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science in Africa’ (DELTAS Africa)—a health-based scientific research capacity strengthening initiative. It adopted an exploratory qualitative cross-sectional study design. In-depth interviews were conducted among 58 (32 Female and 26 Male) trainees/research fellows at various career stages, affiliated to three purposively selected African Research Consortia. The interviews were conducted between May and December 2018 in English. The data were analysed inductively based on emergent themes.ResultsThe study participants were nationals of thirteen SSA countries. More female than male participants had young children. Four themes were identified. They illustrate women’s and men’s characterisation of the normative career pathway and progression requirements which calls for significant ‘time’ commitments (theme 1), and how social power relations of gender within the family and wider society shapes their participation in scientific research activities (theme 2). This culminates in researchers'' differential experiences of navigating between the ‘two different lives’—family and career, and the resultant implications for their career progression and personal well-being (theme 3). Women researchers made different and conscious trade-offs for navigating the ‘two different lives’ by utilising various metaphors such as the ‘biological clock and career clock’, the ‘glass ball and rubber ball’, and the concept of ‘sacrifice’ (theme 4).ConclusionsThis study is the first of its kind to demonstrate how intersectional gender analysis through use of qualitative research methods may provide novel insights into the hidden familial and socio-cultural drivers of gender inequitable scientific research career progression. It offers important policy and practice measures and approaches for fostering career equity for women and men scientists within research capacity strengthening initiatives in SSA.

Enablers of gender equitable scientific career progression in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the DELTAS Africa Initiative

Background: This paper present findings on current strategies utilised within selected Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science in Africa’ (DELTAS Africa) consortia to promote gender equitable scientific career progression for researchers, as well as participants’ recommendations for change. Findings are drawn from a wider research study nested within this health-based scientific research capacity strengthening initiative that was aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of the barriers and enablers of gender equitable scientific career progression for researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: We adopted an exploratory qualitative cross-sectional study design. The main method of data collection was in-depth interviews (IDIs) with trainees/research fellows at various career stages affiliated to three purposively selected DELTAS Africa Research Consortia. In addition, key informant interviews (KIIs) with consortia research leaders/directors, co-investigators, and management team were also conducted to corroborate information gathered from the IDIs, and to provide additional insights on the enabling factors/actions and policy processes that were currently in place or proposed to enhance gender equitable career progression. In total, fifty-eight IDIs (32 female and 26 male) and twenty KIIs (4 female and 16 male) were conducted. Interviews were carried out between May and December 2018 in English. Data were analysed inductively based on emergent themes, and aligned to the developed integrated conceptual framework. Results: Three overarching themes were identified. First: micro level efforts - individual coping mechanisms and familial level support. Second: Meso level efforts -existing enabling mechanisms at the institutional level. Third: proposed solutions for positive change towards enhancing gender equitable career progression at micro, meso and macro levels. Conclusions: These findings have implications for future research capacity strengthening programming, including DELTAS Africa II initiative (2021-2025); they provide valuable insights on potential strategies and actions aiming to narrow gender inequities in scientific career progression in the context of sub-Saharan African research institutions.

Individual characteristics that may influence UEL staffs’ research roductivity

Promting research has always been identified as a focus in the activities of the University of Economics and Law (UEL), which has been oriented as a research-oriented university. This article aims to examine the relationship between UEL staffs' individual characteristics and their research productivity, as regards publications on international and domestic journals. This study helps to gain un understanding of the correlation between these individual characteristics and research productivity. The study was conducted through quantitative analysis with descriptive and inferential statistics with 96 observations (i.e., 96 UEL staffs). The data from the questionnaire was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics including exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Poisson regression analysis. The results show that research skills and orientation, autonomy, and commitment in research as individual characteristics were positively correlated with research productivity. Therefore, promoting UEL staffs' research productivity requires the enhancement of their research skills as well as facilitaing their research orientation, autonomy and commitment. The findings from the study offer implications to institutional leadership on the strategies to increase the their staffs' research productivity, focusing on developing scientific research capacity and professional development, and paying attention to individual characteristics and publications as research outputs, one of the key components for the university to be considered as a research-oriented university.