Defining the technical and scientific "information package of the future"

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bigman ◽  
W. Peter
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Information ◽  
The Future

The Counselling by CNT for the Exportation of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells for Autologous Use

Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (11) ◽  
pp. 2371-2371
Author(s):  
Francesca D’Alessandro ◽  
Antonella Tancredi ◽  
Letizia Lombardini ◽  
Silvia Pisanu ◽  
Elisa Faraci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cord Blood ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Foreign Bank ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Italian Law ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cord Blood Unit

Abstract The Italian law does not currently offer the service of collecting and preserving a cord blood unit for autologous use within Italy if there are no indications that these cells can be used for familiar use; whilst it allows for the exportation of these units to be stored in banks outside Italy. The authorisation for exportation is issued by the Ministry of Health, after counselling with the Centre National Transplantation. The counselling provides a telephone number for the user of this service (usually future mothers) to contact experienced personnel (medic and non) and it was intended to help make decisions based on accurate and complete information, with the appropriate support, including psychological support. From 2005 to July 2008, 13,400 counsels were made. The number of contacts has increased greatly over the years and they have increased from 58 in the first year to 6858 during 2007. During 2008 (January-July period) there were on average 31 contacts per day, for a total of 3760. During the interviews information was gathered on: personal data of the future mother, education qualifications, date of birth, name of the structure where the the birth was to take place and the name of foreign bank where the collected sample was to be exported to. The future mothers were also asked for their reasons to want the collection and autologous preservation. The average age of women who requested counselling was 34 years with a range from 18 to 58 years. 70% of women were primipare and here the demand for autologous conservation came from a desire to ensure a “biological insurance” for their child. The same reason was reported by the multiparous women, but often in this case the autologous conservation was motivated both by a voluntary donation to the previous pregnancy (30%) and by a disease present in their first or another child (15%). At the beginning of the exportation request, a clear prevalence of women with academic qualifications (degree) was revealed, whilst further into the procedure the female graduates accounted for 53%, those with diploma of higher education averaged at 42% and lower education at 40%. Most women liked the interview for the additional information that was provided further to that received from the private bank, not least because the information was supported by scientific data. This has meant that a small but significant number of women decided not to continue with the exportation procedure (53 women), whilst 63 decided to donate. One of the reasons for exportation was linked to the limitations of the opening hours of the structures where the cord blood units can be stored. However 37% of women who have given birth in structures equipped for donation, said they definitely did not take this hypothesis into account. In all cases where the pregnancy came about after artificial insemination, the parents opted for exportation. Most pregnant women were informed of the possibility of exportation by their gynecologist or by the test laboratory, without being given any scientific information and there were a few cases where parents were also informed of the possibility of donation. It is necessary that in the future Italy enhances collection and donation and that the scientists and institutions make an effort to improve the quality of information along with the greater dissemination of the idea of donation, in contrast to the now growing tendency on the part of private companies to encourage a “biological insurance” where purely economic interests often come before any scientific aim or health protection.

Mutable Matter: Using Sensory Methods in Public Engagement with Nanotechnology

Leonardo ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Last
Keyword(s):  
Public Engagement ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Art Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Future

Mutable Matter is an experimental public engagement pilot program that seeks to enable non-scientists to explore and co-imagine the future of nanotechnology. Located at the intersection of geography, science communication and art practice, Mutable Matter is intended as a starting point for examining playful sensory engagement methods bridging tangible public and intangible scientific spaces. The project both challenges the role of non-scientists as mere commentators on pre-decided innovation trajectories and draws attention to the way scientific information is creatively encountered in the public realm.

scholarly journals Futures Study in Health: A Review Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behrooz Pouragha ◽  
Najmeh Baghian ◽  
Marziye Najafi
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Information ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Hospital Wards ◽  
The Impact

Background: Future is being continuously created at any moment and never stops. By reviewing the future, it can be discovered, evaluated and assessed to create desirable future. The health sector is daily faced with a variety of threats at different environmental, social, cultural, economic and political scales. To deal efficiently with these threats, it is necessary to use the future as an opportunity to promote people's health by investigating, anticipating and building it, and managing it properly. Therefore, this review was conducted with the aim of determining the domains and methods of future studies in the health sector. Methods: In this review article, searching was performed by terms futures study or forecasting or fore sighting and health sector in four  databases consisting of Two Persian databases Magiran and the Scientific Information Database and Two English ones Google Scholar and PubMed. In the first search, 531 articles were selected and retrieved. After the titles and abstracts were read and duplicate articles were excluded, and then the full texts of the remaining articles were reviewed, seven articles were included in the final analysis. Results: The results of studies in the health sector show that future studies is an important tool and evidence for policy makers in almost all areas of the health system's functions, such as determining the amount and types of services needed, training specialists and other health sector’s staff, allocating funds, the number of beds and other facilities, developing and constructing of hospital wards, etc. Conclusion: The results of studies in the health sector indicate that futures study provide important tools and evidence for policymakers in almost all areas of the health system's functions, such as determining the amount and types of services needed, allocating funds, number of beds, expansion of hospital departments, technology requirements, the impact of policies and programs.   Keyword: Futures Study, Foresight, forecasting, Health

scholarly journals Bats of the Philippine Islands –a review of research directions and relevance to national-level priorities and targets

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krizler C Tanalgo ◽  
Alice C Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Threatened Species ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
National Level ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Future ◽  
Bat Conservation

Effective science-based conservation priorities and policies are crucially important to effectively maintain biodiversity into the future. For many threatened species and systems insufficient information exists to generate priorities, or the mechanisms needed to effectively conserve species into the future, and this is especially important in megadiversity countries like the Philippines, threatened by rapid rates of development and with few overarching strategies to maintain their biodiversity. Here, using a bibliographic approach to indicate research strengths and priorities, we summarised scientific information on Philippine bats from 2000-2017. We examine relationships between thematic areas and effort allocated for each species bat guild, and conservation status. We found that an average of 7.9 studies was published annually with the majority focused on diversity and community surveys. However, research effort is not even between taxonomic groups, thematic areas or species, with disproportionate effort focusing on ‘taxonomy and systematics’ and ‘ecology’. Species effort allocation between threatened and less threatened species does not show a significant difference, though this may be because generalist species are found in many studies, whereas rarer species have single species studies devoted to them. A growing collaborative effort in bat conservation initiatives in the Philippines has focused on the protection of many endemic and threatened species (e.g., flying foxes) and their habitats. The implementation of conservation relevant policies, outreach programs, capacity building, and mainstreaming of evidence-based conservation are encouraged to strengthen bat conservation in the Philippines.

scholarly journals The four pillars of scholarly publishing: The future and a foundation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrett E.K. Byrnes ◽  
Edward Baskerville ◽  
Bruce Caron ◽  
Cameron Neylon ◽  
Carol Tenopir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
The Future

With the rise of electronic publishing and the inherent paradigm shifts for so many other scientific endeavours, it is time to consider a change in the practices of scholarly publication in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. To facilitate the speed and quality of science, the future of scholarly communication will rest on four pillars - an ecosystem of scholarly products, immediate and open access, open peer review, and full recognition for participating in the process. These four pillars enable us to build better tools to facilitate the discovery of new relevant work for individual scientists, one of the greatest challenges of our time as we cope with the current deluge of scientific information. By incorporating these principles into future publication platforms, we argue that science and society will be better served than by remaining locked into a publication formula that arose in the 1600s. It has served its purpose admirably and well, but it is time to move forward. With the rise of the Internet, scholarly publishing has embraced electronic distribution. But the tools afforded by the Internet and other advancing technologies have profound implications for scholarly communication beyond just distribution. We argue that, to best serve science, the process of scholarly communication must embrace these advances and evolve. Here we consider the current state of the process in ecology and evolutionary biology and propose directions for change. We identify four pillars for the future of scientific communication: (1) an ecosystem of scholarly products; (2) immediate and open access; (3) open peer review; and (4) full recognition for participating in the process. These four pillars will guide the development of better tools and practices for discovering and sharing scientific knowledge in a modern networked world. Things were far different when the existing system arose in the 1600s, and though it has served its purpose admirably and well, it is time to move forward.

scholarly journals Envisioning the scientific paper of the future

FACETS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Natalie M. Sopinka ◽  
Laura E. Coristine ◽  
Maria C. DeRosa ◽  
Chelsea M. Rochman ◽  
Brian L. Owens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Double Helix ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Plain Language ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Future ◽  
Generation Sequencing ◽  
Improve Representation

Consider for a moment the rate of advancement in the scientific understanding of DNA. It is formidable; from Fredrich Miescher’s nuclein extraction in the 1860s to Rosalind Franklin’s double helix X-ray in the 1950s to revolutionary next-generation sequencing in the late 2000s. Now consider the scientific paper, the medium used to describe and publish these advances. How is the scientific paper advancing to meet the needs of those who generate and use scientific information? We review four essential qualities for the scientific paper of the future: ( i) a robust source of trustworthy information that remains peer reviewed and is ( ii) communicated to diverse users in diverse ways, ( iii) open access, and ( iv) has a measurable impact beyond Impact Factor. Since its inception, scientific literature has proliferated. We discuss the continuation and expansion of practices already in place including: freely accessible data and analytical code, living research and reviews, changes to peer review to improve representation of under-represented groups, plain language summaries, preprint servers, evidence-informed decision-making, and altmetrics.

scholarly journals The four pillars of scholarly publishing: The future and a foundation

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarrett E.K. Byrnes ◽  
Edward Baskerville ◽  
Bruce Caron ◽  
Cameron Neylon ◽  
Carol Tenopir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
The Future

With the rise of electronic publishing and the inherent paradigm shifts for so many other scientific endeavours, it is time to consider a change in the practices of scholarly publication in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. To facilitate the speed and quality of science, the future of scholarly communication will rest on four pillars - an ecosystem of scholarly products, immediate and open access, open peer review, and full recognition for participating in the process. These four pillars enable us to build better tools to facilitate the discovery of new relevant work for individual scientists, one of the greatest challenges of our time as we cope with the current deluge of scientific information. By incorporating these principles into future publication platforms, we argue that science and society will be better served than by remaining locked into a publication formula that arose in the 1600s. It has served its purpose admirably and well, but it is time to move forward. With the rise of the Internet, scholarly publishing has embraced electronic distribution. But the tools afforded by the Internet and other advancing technologies have profound implications for scholarly communication beyond just distribution. We argue that, to best serve science, the process of scholarly communication must embrace these advances and evolve. Here we consider the current state of the process in ecology and evolutionary biology and propose directions for change. We identify four pillars for the future of scientific communication: (1) an ecosystem of scholarly products; (2) immediate and open access; (3) open peer review; and (4) full recognition for participating in the process. These four pillars will guide the development of better tools and practices for discovering and sharing scientific knowledge in a modern networked world. Things were far different when the existing system arose in the 1600s, and though it has served its purpose admirably and well, it is time to move forward.

scholarly journals Psychological and Pedagogical Characteristics and Functions of the Future Junior Bachelors-Journalists’ Image

2021 ◽  
pp. 291-302
Author(s):  
Y Yueyuan
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Information ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Theoretical Substantiation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Professional Image ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Individual

The author summarizes the views of scientists on the essence of the scientific definition of the «image» in the context of pedagogical imageology. The purpose of the article is aimed at the theoretical substantiation of the essence of the scientific definition of "image" and the disclosure of the feasibility of its formation and coverage of the semantic characteristics and functional spectrum of the image. A set of theoretical methods was used to achieve this goal, namely: system-structural analysis and systematization of psychological and pedagogical developments; comparative pedagogical analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction, classification and generalization. The results. It is found that from the psychological and pedagogical point of view, the study of the professional and personal image is carried out during: analysis of political image; determination of psychological mechanisms of its formation; research of socio-cultural aspect of the image of the future specialist; the analysis of the practical principles of an image. Based on the generalization of the positions of scientists, it is established that an image plays an important role in the professional activities of future junior bachelors-journalists. The article presents that the professional image has a psychotherapeutic effect for a future journalist. It provides sociability, responsibility, professional confidence, social activity, diplomacy, reflectivity. The article contains a list of contradictions that are resolved during the formation of students majoring in 061 Image Journalism. The author interprets the image as a complex socio-psychological-pedagogical phenomenon, that the individual forms purposefully with the view to emotional and psychological influence and creating others’ impressions and opinions about the bearer of this image. The main semantic characteristics of the image are analyzed, namely: it is formed purposefully and has a specific addressee and the ultimate goal; it is recognized as an image-stereotype used as a «business» image of the individual. It is behavioral by nature and is formed in the process of practical activities. It covers the external component and elements of self-presentation and presentation. It involves a close relationship and interaction between an individual and a group image. It covers the emphasis on specific features that are characteristic of the representative of a particular profession. It depends on the characteristics of a particular society (its values, norms, traditions, attitudes). Conclusions. Based on the generalization of scientific information, the main functions of the image are characterized, which include the following: firstly, the image must have a certain expression, which is subject to a specific goal and corresponds to the real strategy; secondly, it must position a particular organization or leader in front of the target audience; thirdly, the image should motivate the individual to take an active action. In the psychological and pedagogical fields, the practical activities of college teachers in the formation of future journalists' professional image are focused on the development of the flexibility of thinking, creativity, originality and intuition.

scholarly journals Bats of the Philippine Islands –a review of research directions and relevance to national-level priorities and targets

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krizler C Tanalgo ◽  
Alice C Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Threatened Species ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
National Level ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Future ◽  
Bat Conservation

Effective science-based conservation priorities and policies are crucially important to effectively maintain biodiversity into the future. For many threatened species and systems insufficient information exists to generate priorities, or the mechanisms needed to effectively conserve species into the future, and this is especially important in megadiversity countries like the Philippines, threatened by rapid rates of development and with few overarching strategies to maintain their biodiversity. Here, using a bibliographic approach to indicate research strengths and priorities, we summarised scientific information on Philippine bats from 2000-2017. We examine relationships between thematic areas and effort allocated for each species bat guild, and conservation status. We found that an average of 7.9 studies was published annually with the majority focused on diversity and community surveys. However, research effort is not even between taxonomic groups, thematic areas or species, with disproportionate effort focusing on ‘taxonomy and systematics’ and ‘ecology’. Species effort allocation between threatened and less threatened species does not show a significant difference, though this may be because generalist species are found in many studies, whereas rarer species have single species studies devoted to them. A growing collaborative effort in bat conservation initiatives in the Philippines has focused on the protection of many endemic and threatened species (e.g., flying foxes) and their habitats. The implementation of conservation relevant policies, outreach programs, capacity building, and mainstreaming of evidence-based conservation are encouraged to strengthen bat conservation in the Philippines.

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