scholarly journals Identifying Priorities for Communicating a Large Body of Research for Impact

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Alison L Palmer ◽  
Joanne M Telfer ◽  
Cheryl E Peters ◽  
Anne-Marie Nicol
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Base De Données ◽  
Application Des Connaissances ◽  
Carcinogen Exposure ◽  
La Modification ◽  
Risk Of Cancer

Background  CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) Canada’s mandate is to communicate a body of academic research and expertise on Canadians’ exposures to carcinogens, to inform efforts to reduce exposures and ultimately reduce the risk of cancer. With 80 known and suspected carcinogens in its database and over 800 estimates of how and where Canadians are exposed, CAREX’s challenge has been to focus its efforts to achieve impact. Analysis  A process model for identifying and prioritizing opportunities for knowledge translation was developed. From 2012-2017 that model was used to identify exposure priorities, select and engage knowledge users with readiness to collaborate, and explore opportunities to apply CAREX’s knowledge and expertise. Conclusion and implications  A total of 54 impacts were tracked, including priority setting, cancer prevention research, implementation research, and policy and practice change.RésuméContexte  CAREX Canada (CARcinogen EXposure) a pour mandat de communiquer la recherche et l’expertise académiques sur l’exposition des Canadiens aux carcinogènes, de soutenir les efforts pour réduire cette exposition, et en fin de compte de réduire les incidences du cancer. Dans sa base de données, CAREX recense quatre-vingts cancérogènes connus et soupçonnés et plus de huit cents estimations sur comment et où les Canadiens y sont exposés. Son défi principal a été de focaliser ses efforts afin d’avoir un meilleur impact. Analyse  Un modèle de processus a été développé pour identifier et prioriser les occasions d’effectuer une application des connaissances. Entre 2012 et 2017, ce modèle a servi à identifier les priorités pour l’exposition aux cancérigènes, à sélectionner et intéresser des utilisateurs des connaissances prêts à collaborer, et à explorer les occasions pour appliquer le savoir et l’expertise de CAREX. Conclusion et implications  On a relevé un total de 54 impacts, y compris l’établissement des priorités, la recherche sur la prévention du cancer, la recherche sur la mise en oeuvre, et la modification de politiques et de pratiques.

scholarly journals The Association between Ranitidine Use and Gastrointestinal Cancers

Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Gerald McGwin
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Event ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Gastrointestinal System ◽  
Gastrointestinal Cancers ◽  
H2 Antagonists ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Risk Of Cancer

N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a carcinogen in experimental animals. It has been classified a probable human carcinogen and has been found in ranitidine. This study sought to evaluate the association between ranitidine use and cancer of the gastrointestinal system. Events reported to the FDA Adverse Events Reporting System that were associated with the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and H2 antagonists were selected. Proportionate reporting ratios (PRRs) and associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to compare the proportion of all reported adverse events that were for gastrointestinal system cancers among adverse event reports for ranitidine to adverse event reports for other H2 antagonists. The proportion of adverse events for any gastrointestinal system cancer relative to all other events was elevated for ranitidine compared to PPIs and other H2 antagonists (PRR 3.66, 95% CI 3.19–4.20). Elevated and significant PRRs were observed for pharyngeal (PRR 9.24), esophageal (PRR 3.56), stomach (PRR 1.48), colorectal (PRR 16.31), liver (PRR 2.64), and pancreatic (PRR 2.18) cancers. The PRRs for anal (PRR 4.62) and gallbladder (PRR 4.62) cancer were also elevated though not statistically significant. In conjunction with a large body of epidemiologic and human and animal basic science research, the study results support the hypothesis that NDMA-contaminated ranitidine increases the risk of cancer and supports the withdrawal of these medications from the market.

scholarly journals Older Adults as Citizen Scientists and Policy and Planning Voices in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 547-547
Author(s):  
Lenard Kaye ◽  
Sarah Burby
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Retirement Communities ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Adult Participation ◽  
Life Education ◽  
Older Citizens

Abstract The University of Maine is embarking on achieving AFU status. In addition to maximizing older adult participation in all facets of campus life (education, recreation, culture, etc.), their presence in nontraditional sectors of university activity will be emphasized. Building on the principles of community-based, participatory research, focal points of UMaine’s AFU strategy will be to ensure that age-specific, engagement mechanisms are created and maintained that ensure older citizens play an influential role in guiding and interpreting academic research and development and curricula innovation across multiple professions and disciplines. Using a state-wide, older adult research registry, and co-design, community test-beds in partnership with continuing care retirement communities, older adults will serve as citizen scientists. Other empowerment strategies for maximizing elder voice include expanding the number of departments that incorporate life span perspectives in their mission statements and expanding the number of older adult advisory bodies that inform university policy and practice.

scholarly journals Transforming Teaching and Learning for Quality Teacher Education in Ghana: Perspectives from Selected Teacher Trainees and Stakeholders in Teacher Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Kwabena Ntim
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Teacher Trainees ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Education In Ghana

This survey measured the perspectives of teacher trainees, classrooms teachers and stakeholders in teacher education regarding factors that could enhance teaching and quality teacher education in Ghana. Findings from the survey indicate that teachers’ content knowledge was considered appreciable, but more emphasis needed to be paid to cultivating critical and inquiry skills among Ghanaian teachers. Additionally, efforts were to be made in teacher education towards a more constructivists approach to teaching, with focus on student-centered teaching and attention to student diversity, as well as enhancing teacher professional development, especially in the area of academic research. Implications for policy and practice suggested among others, are that teacher education in Ghana needs a more professional development that is both data-based and standard driven, as well as collaboratively developed, as criteria to assess teacher quality and possible certification.

scholarly journals Business Process Models in the Context of Predictive Process Monitoring

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46
Author(s):  
Florian Spree
Keyword(s):  
Process Monitoring ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Business Process Models ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Predictive Process

Predictive process monitoring is a subject of growing interest in academic research. As a result, an increased number of papers on this topic have been published. Due to the high complexity in this research area a wide range of different experimental setups and methods have been applied which makes it very difficult to reliably compare research results. This paper's objective is to investigate how business process models and their characteristics are used during experimental setups and how they can contribute to academic research. First, a literature review is conducted to analyze and discuss the awareness of business process models in experimental setups. Secondly, the paper discusses identified research problems and proposes the concept of a web-based business process model metric suite and the idea of ranked metrics. Through a metric suite researchers and practitioners can automatically evaluate business process model characteristics in their future work. Further, a contextualization of metrics by introducing a ranking of characteristics can potentially indicate how the outcome of experimental setups will be. Hence, the paper's work demonstrates the importance of business process models and their characteristics in the context of predictive process monitoring and proposes the concept of a tool approach and ranking to reliably evaluate business process models characteristics.

scholarly journals Opportunities and Challenges of Data Migration in Cloud

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Ruhul Amin ◽  
Siddhartha Vadlamudi
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Data Migration ◽  
Cloud Provider ◽  
Computing Environment ◽  
Cloud Computing Environment ◽  
Cloud Data ◽  
Cloud Migration

Cloud data migration is the process of moving data, localhost applications, services, and data to the distributed cloud processing framework. The success of this data migration measure is relying upon a few viewpoints like planning and impact analysis of existing enterprise systems. Quite possibly the most widely recognized process is moving locally stored data in a public cloud computing environment. Cloud migration comes along with both challenges and advantages, so there are different academic research and technical applications on data migration to the cloud that will be discussed throughout this paper. By breaking down the research achievement and application status, we divide the existing migration techniques into three strategies as indicated by the cloud service models essentially. Various processes should be considered for different migration techniques, and various tasks will be included accordingly. The similarities and differences between the migration strategies are examined, and the challenges and future work about data migration to the cloud are proposed. This paper, through a research survey, recognizes the key benefits and challenges of migrating data into the cloud. There are different cloud migration procedures and models recommended to assess the presentation, identifying security requirements, choosing a cloud provider, calculating the expense, and making any essential organizational changes. The results of this research paper can give a roadmap for data migration and can help decision-makers towards a secure and productive migration to a cloud computing environment.

MoDSEL

2012 ◽  
pp. 572-594
Author(s):  
Ersin Er ◽  
Bedir Tekinerdogan
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Software Evolution ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Model Driven ◽  
Model Driven Software Development ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Development And Evolution

Model-Driven Software Development (MDSD) aims to support the development and evolution of software intensive systems using the basic concepts of model, metamodel, and model transformation. In parallel with the ongoing academic research, MDSD is more and more applied in industrial practices. Like conventional non-MDSD practices, MDSD systems are also subject to changing requirements and have to cope with evolution. In this chapter, the authors provide a scenario-based approach for documenting and analyzing the impact of changes that apply to model-driven development systems. To model the composition and evolution of an MDSD system, they developed the so-called Model-Driven Software Evolution Language (MoDSEL) which is based on a megamodel for MDSD. MoDSEL includes explicit language abstractions to specify both the model elements of an MDSD system and the evolution scenarios that might apply to model elements. Based on MoDSEL specifications, an impact analysis is performed to assess the impact of evolution scenarios and the sensitivity of model elements. A case study is provided to show different kind of evolution scenarios and the required adaptations to model elements.

General and specific perceptions of procedural justice: Factors associated with perceptions of police and court responses to domestic and family violence

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-351
Author(s):  
Silke Meyer ◽  
Harley Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Protection Orders ◽  
Perceptions Of Police

Improving criminal justice responses to domestic and family violence is a key focus within many policy and practice reforms. The efficacy of police and court responses to domestic and family violence is central because of the role of police as first responders and courts in issuing protection orders, imposing sanctions and ensuring perpetrator cooperation and accountability. To promote compliance and satisfaction with criminal justice outcomes, a large body of research points to the role of procedural justice. This study draws on survey and administrative data from an Australian jurisdiction to examine perceptions of procedural justice in specific domestic and family violence-related encounters. Findings and implications for policy and practice are discussed.

Participatory action research with refugee and asylum-seeking women

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Greenfields
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Practice Change ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
And Training

This chapter discusses the methods, processes, and outcomes of a Comic Relief-funded three-year community development and advocacy programme undertaken with Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women (RASW) in London. It focuses on how the use of participatory action research and training delivered by RASW can challenge and inform the way in which ‘professionals’ deliver health and legal services to vulnerable communities. The project, undertaken during 2012–15 by Independent Academic Research Services, a London-based charity, was co-designed with participant beneficiaries with the explicit aim of generating institutional change and increased gender sensitivity in the treatment of RASW, both through harnessing research findings to drive policy and practice change and by allowing women themselves to articulate the problems they currently face in terms of accessing appropriate support.

scholarly journals Student Pathways in South Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
Rebecca Schendel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Institutional Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Student Protests ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
The World ◽  
A Priority

The recent student protests in South Africa highlight a disconnect between academic research on higher education and institutional policy and practice. One reason for this impasse may be the “siloing” of research focused on different “moments” along a student’s pathway through higher education; another is the relative lack of research focused on less-resourced institutions. Addressing these challenges is a priority, not only in South Africa but also around the world.

scholarly journals Working out What Works: The Role of Tacit Knowledge Where Urban Greenspace Research, Policy and Practice Intersect

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 5029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Dobson ◽  
Nicola Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Urban Nature ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Urban Greenspace

Policymakers and practitioners working in urban greenspace management want to know what kind of interventions are effective in promoting mental wellbeing. In practice, however, they rely on multiple forms of knowledge, often in unwritten form. This paper considers how such knowledge is interpreted and used by a range of stakeholders to identify greenspace interventions to support residents’ health and wellbeing in one UK city. It examines the interface between academic research, policy and practice, drawing on the findings of a three-year study in Sheffield, UK. The Improving Wellbeing through the Urban Nature project investigated the links between ‘urban nature’ and mental health. One strand of the research sought to influence policy and practice, and this article presents findings and reflects on some of the processes of this exercise. It highlights the role of tacit knowledge in practice and its influence on practitioners’ choice of greenspace interventions and the challenges in drawing on such knowledge to influence policy. The findings affirm practice-based knowledge as socially situated, interpretively fashioned and politically weighted. This paper concludes by demonstrating the importance of considering the local context when devising policy prescriptions for greenspace provision and management.

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