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The Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education (JARE) was started in 2014 by the then KAD International (now Centre for Behaviour and Wellness Advocacy, Ghana) to promote free Open Access publishing opportunities. In 2024, the JARE will be celebrating a decade of publishing quality peer-reviewed scholarly papers across the globe. Today, the JARE has evolved as one of the fastest-growing journals in Ghana, Africa, with an international outlook. The JARE boasts of distinguished authors from 24 countries across five continents. So far, we celebrate authors from Africa (44.26 %), Asia (8.28), Europe (16.26 %), North America (4.84 %), and the Middle East (0.35 %). With a commendable track record of consistent publications, we have committed to promoting open access and securing comprehensive funding to aid all our contributors. As we commemorate our 10th anniversary of disseminating scientific knowledge without financial, geopolitical, or institutional constraints in 2024, we reflect on the accomplishments of our journal and editorial team. We appreciate all regulatory bodies and funding partners for their unwavering support. Collaboratively, we aspire to elevate the JARE to the pinnacle, making it the leading choice for researchers, academics, students, practitioners, policymakers, and anyone engaged in creating or consuming research outputs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A succession of breakthrough discoveries at the nanoscale and the transforming vision formulated in 1999, which inspired the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in the US and other research programs around the world, set in motion a global scientific, technological, and societal endeavor. NNI was announced by President Clinton in January 2000 and formalized as a long-term national initiative by the US Congress in December 2003. Over thirty US research and regulatory agencies participate with a cumulative public R&D investment of about $40 billion by 2023. The initiative aims to establish a general-purpose science and technology field for matter, energy, and life systems, with anticipatory governance of societal implications. The revenues from products where nanotechnology is a condition for competitiveness have been estimated to increase by about 25% annually on average from 2000 to 2020 reaching about $3 trillion worldwide, of which about one-fourth is in the US. This paper presents an overview of research investments and governance of NNI, its outcomes, and lessons learned. The unifying concepts and the convergence of nanoscale science and engineering with modern biology, information, cognition, and artificial intelligence (AI) have opened new horizons in knowledge and technology. Emerging technologies include platforms for quantum information systems, AI systems, advanced semiconductors, wireless communication, modern bioeconomy, and advanced manufacturing. New knowledge and solutions are created to address sustainable society, nanomedicine, cognition, personalized learning, augmenting human capabilities, and independent aging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A surge in successful Information Security (IS) breaches targeting Research and Education (R&E) institutions highlights a pressing need for enhanced protection. Addressing this, a consortium of European National Research and Education Network (NREN) organizations has developed a unified IS framework. This paper aims to introduce the Security Baseline for NRENs and a security maturity model tailored for R&E entities, derived from established security best practices to meet the specific needs of NRENs, universities, and various research institutions. The models currently in existence do not possess a system to smoothly correlate varying requirement tiers with distinct user groups or scenarios, baseline standards, and existing legislative actions. This segmentation poses a significant hurdle to the community's capacity to guarantee consistency, congruency, and thorough compliance with a cohesive array of security standards and regulations. By employing taxonomical engineering principles, a mapping of baseline requirements to other security frameworks and regulations has been established. This reveals a correlation across most regulations impacting R&E institutions and uncovers an overlap in the high-level requirements, which is beneficial for the implementation of multiple standards. Consequently, organizations can systematically compare diverse security requirements, pinpoint gaps in their strategy, and formulate a roadmap to bolster their security initiatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A surge in successful Information Security (IS) breaches targeting Research and Education (R&E) institutions highlights a pressing need for enhanced protection. Addressing this, a consortium of European National Research and Education Network (NREN) organizations has developed a unified IS framework. This paper aims to introduce the Security Baseline for NRENs and a security maturity model tailored for R&E entities, derived from established security best practices to meet the specific needs of NRENs, universities, and various research institutions. The models currently in existence do not possess a system to smoothly correlate varying requirement tiers with distinct user groups or scenarios, baseline standards, and existing legislative actions. This segmentation poses a significant hurdle to the community’s capacity to guarantee consistency, congruency, and thorough compliance with a cohesive array of security standards and regulations. By employing taxonomical engineering principles, a mapping of baseline requirements to other security frameworks and regulations has been established. This reveals a correlation across most regulations impacting R&E institutions and uncovers an overlap in the high-level requirements, which is beneficial for the implementation of multiple standards. Consequently, organizations can systematically compare diverse security requirements, pinpoint gaps in their strategy, and formulate a roadmap to bolster their security initiatives.

This year, Finance and Stochastics celebrates its 25th anniversary. The journal provides a platform for the community of researchers on which they can publish their ideas and results. Publication is an outcome of research which may be conducted for a number of years before it reaches the required maturity. I find this research process to be very important. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to decode it from reading the research publications. This special issue of Finance and Stochastics gives me an opportunity to focus on it. I am grateful I can present my personal memory of this process. Understanding why questions are asked and how the answers are found is critical. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human body dissection is the traditional instructional method for anatomy education worldwide, providing a kinaesthetic learning experience that is often challenging to achieve with other teaching techniques. However, due to lack of body donation programs in Middle Eastern medical schools, dead bodies are imported from abroad.Since literature suggests that the body shortage is influenced by reluctance to donate one's body, this study aimed to determine the perceptions of faculty, staff, and students regarding body donation for educational purposes at a new Dubai-based medical school.An online dually translated questionnaire was administered to the target population (322), of which 150 participants representative of faculty, staff, and students, responded.Although 111 (74.0 %) of participants considered body donation to be appropriate for educational and research purposes, only 44 (29.3 %) of participants expressed willingness to donate their bodies. Reluctance to donate 106 (70.7 %) appeared to be mostly influenced by religion, psychological barrier, and familial reasons. The emergence of four themes (i.e., resource, barrier, humanitarian, and awareness) and the identification of a potential donor group within the group that was willing to donate provided insight into the level of awareness within the university community. Furthermore, such findings may assist to establish future body donation programs and strategize recruitment approaches, especially when there is an ensuing dearth of anatomical donations.

Aims: This commentary contends that research by higher degree research training is a sustainable strategy for capacity building the rural and remote health research workforce, provided they have equitable opportunity for access, participation and attainment. Context: The path for health professionals into academic roles, particularly in rural and remote areas, can be fraught. A strong research skill set might not form a significant component of a clinician's prior experience. Concurrently, university academic positions usually include the PhD as an essential qualification which is misaligned with the experience and skills of rural and remote applicants who are otherwise well‐qualified. Approach: Higher degree researches are one mechanism for extending the research expertise and capabilities. However, non‐traditional and remotely located cohorts such as the rural and remote health research workforce can face barriers to accessing, participating in and successfully completing formal research training. Barriers include the prevalence of the apprenticeship model of research training grounded in assumptions of colocation and face‐to‐face learning and supervision and a focus on the binary relationship between supervisors and students. In this commentary, the authors call for greater flexibility and equity in the higher degree research training system to cater for health professionals located in rural and remote practice contexts. Conclusion: Institutional investment in, and commitment to, a truly distributed higher degree research model would ensure a stronger rural and remote workforce who can aspire to a range of career options and thereby positively impacting on the health and research outcomes for rural and remote Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Clinical placements in rural locations provide student health professionals with diverse learning opportunities. Engaging in clinical work and learning from role models and peers in the workplace are primary ways students develop professional skills, behaviour and identities as a health professional. The purpose of this study was to examine the influences supporting allied health students undertaking clinical placements in a rural health service to think, feel and act as a health professional from the perspective of allied health staff. Design: A qualitative study comprising focus group discussions was conducted. Setting: The study was conducted in a rural health service in Queensland, Australia. Participants: Seventeen allied health staff whose roles support clinical placement education in the health service Main outcome measures: This study identified clinical placement factors which can support allied health students thinking, feeling and acting as a health professional. Results: Thematic analysis was used to understand staff perceptions of how rural placements support students to think, feel and act as a health professional. Key placement actions included taking advantage of the diverse learning experiences in a rural area, facilitating student connectedness in the workplace and grading learning to support independence and autonomy for practice. Conclusions: Findings from this study show that the diverse work environment and experiences in a rural setting provide unique opportunities for students to begin to think, feel, and act as a health professional. Strategies identified might be applied in other similar contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hong Kong is a densely populated city with high-rise developments, and as in other metropolitan cities, the amount of waste generated from construction projects in the city is increasing annually. The capacity of existing landfills is expected to be saturated by the 2020s. Construction waste management has been implemented for years but the performance is still not satisfactory. The aim of this research paper is to explore and formulate strategies and measures for effective construction waste management and reduction in highly urbanized cities such as Hong Kong. A desktop study on construction waste management practices was carried out for a preliminary understanding of the current situation in Hong Kong. Semistructured interviews and focus group meetings were further conducted to shed light on how to improve construction waste reduction and management in Hong Kong. The main contributions of this research study are the potential short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategies, which are related to the design stage, tender stage, construction stage, and government support. The five major strategies recommended are financial benefits to stakeholders, public policies in facilitating waste sorting, government supports for the green building industry, development of a mature recycling market, and education and research in construction waste minimization and management.

The Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education started in October 2014 in Ghana, Africa and has grown into international recognition and indexing. Today, we can boast of authors from 23 countries across the globe. With a consistent publishing record, we have stood strong in promoting open access and securing full funding to support all our authors. As we celebrate our 8th year in sharing scientific knowledge without boarders and barriers, we share our achievements as a journal and editorial team. We acknowledge all our regulators and funders for their continuous support. Together, we hope to make the Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education the best and most preferred home to researchers, academics, students, practitioners, policymakers, and all who share or read research outputs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past 50 years, annual killifishes arose as alternative model organisms for studies of vertebrate biology. The annual fish offers exceptional advantages for studies of genetics, genomics, developmental biology, population dynamics, ecology, biogeography, and evolution. They inhabit extremely variable freshwater environments in Africa and South America, have a short lifespan and a set of unique and fascinating developmental characteristics. Embryos survive within the dry substrate during the dry season, whereas the adult population dies. Thus, the survival of the populations is entirely dependent on the buried embryos that hatch the next rainy season. Although Old and New World species share similarities in their life cycle, they also have different adaptive responses associated with climate-related selective pressures. Therefore, contrasting different species from these areas is essential to understand unique adaptations to heterogeneous environment. A network of laboratories (United States, Czech Republic, Italy, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay) is working and collaborating on many aspects of the biology of annual fishes. Participating researchers share projects and cross-training undergraduate and graduate students. These efforts resulted in two International Symposia (2010 and 2015) that took place in Montevideo and an international book. Herein, we summarize the progress made by this global community of scientists. Developmental Dynamics 246:807-811, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In regions of the so-called Third Italy, economy was long based on industrial manufacturing, spread in countless small and medium sized units (SMEs), within industrial districts scattered in rural areas. The Marche region pertains to this area and culture of both entrepreneurs and laborers maintains distinctive know-how, skills and craft abilities, coming from a farming culture fit for the production of consumption goods, such as shoes, cloths, furniture, household appliances. Incumbent competitors, due to the effect of globalization, jeopardize many SMEs, stressing on new market strategies both for single companies and territories. National and local policymakers envisage tourism as a leverage to create effectual alternatives to redirect the economy. In such a context, university is called to provide education and governance. The paper reports the authors' experience in teaching and researching on tourism for ten years in a medium sized University located in the Marche, in Central Italy. The work explores how research and education on sustainable tourism may empower local communities and economies not to lose their identity, fostering traditional know-how, intercepting possible international opportunities. Results show how the University can effectively participate in the governance process designed by national and local public agencies--the National Ministry of Research and the Regional Government--by helping territories to customize new visions for local development. Feedbacks are forecast in the medium-long period, given the sticky adaptation of entrepreneurial culture to interact with tourism sector. University students coming from other regions will be able to disseminate benefits also out of the Marche region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientific development – theory and practice – in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is in it´s early stage both in international context as in condition of Slovakia or the Czech Republic. In doing so, these three letters urgently develop and shape our future, where the responsible behaviour of economic actors should be the norm. University environment and its influence are decisive for this period of integration of CSR among to the other academic disciplines. Universities located and educated current and future actors and creators of economic life. This article aims to describe the main features of CSR with a link to the role of universities and their research and education process. The key to CSR is located in thinking, attitudes and conducts of all economic actors who can be appropriately affected by universities.

India, being a developing nation, has more than one and a half billion population. With the increase in population, health facility is required and radiology has become the backbone in disease diagnosis. So, the demand of well trained and skilled professionals is on the rise. Teaching methodology of an academic book is different from teaching a skill which requires an active learning with various factors. A multicentred study was conducted on undergraduate students of radiography using questionnaires related to anatomy, pathophysiology, clinical correlation of disease, understanding subject depth and utilising it during imaging, image interpretation, using android and iOS, applications for learning, daily quiz, minimum hours of training required, whether student is able to scan independently, use of inter-institutional common web based classes, guidance from faculty audience response technique, participant observation rather than simply observing from a distance. Students to apply tailored techniques for individual patients. Traditional method of reading textbooks and one-way lecture teaching is ineffective. Nowadays, various educational formats are being used in teaching, cost-effective education so as to improve learning outcomes we need to implement technological advancements in teaching methodology. The research and literature in the field of teaching methodology in Medical Imaging till date is less in the developing nations with the fact that there is no dearth of medical imaging professionals worldwide. The objective of the present study is to explore the best teaching methodology and to bring out the technique by which an undergraduate student can learn easily the art of radiography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective There is an increased risk of physical health comorbidities in people with a mental illness. This paper examines the metabolic syndrome parameters for the general population, indigenous Australians and people with a mental illness, and compares them to a sample of predominantly indigenous adults with mental health problems. Design A longitudinal (24 month) audit of patient medical records was conducted between February 2011 and March 2013. Setting The Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Service in Broome, Western Australia. Participants Largely indigenous adults with a mental illness. Sample numbers increased from 56 at baseline (80% indigenous) to 136 at 18 months (70% indigenous). Main outcome measures Waist circumference, blood pressure, fasting lipids, and fasting blood glucose. Results Preliminary assessment of the data indicates a high percentage of abnormalities at baseline and at the 18 month period on all four parameters, yet not all patients were assessed on a regular basis. Conclusions Abnormalities in metabolic profiles consistent with the non-Indigenous mental health population were found. There are considerable challenges to implementing regular monitoring of physical and metabolic profiles of indigenous people in rural and remote communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Technological Forecasting & Social Change is the property of Elsevier B.V. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The study is the first attempt to systematically gather information about what is happening in research and education in the ICT field in the Baltic countries and Northwest Russia, so it is mostly a general investigation and fact-finding project, leading to possible future research and activities in the field. The study will estimate how well the supply of eSkills, that is, educated ICT graduates, meets the requirements of the ICT industry and the needs of the market in Northwest Russia, Kaliningrad, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The main objective of this study can be divided into three tasks: • Surveying educational organisations providing ICT education and training in the region. The main technical universities, high schools and other public and private institutions, as well as research centres, will be examined with the goal of charting what specialists are being produced and what research is being carried out in the universities and research institutions of the region. • Identifying the market needs for ICT competence with the focus on the ICT industry and SMEs. • Highlighting discrepancies between the supply of ICT educated graduates and the demand of the digital economy.

Hypothesis: Good patient care, research and education should be so inextricably linked that each should drive the other towards improvements in quality of care, innovation and discovery. Discussion: Each element of good clinical cancer care, including specialisation, multidisciplinary management, audit and systematic organisation, provides a powerful stimulus to research. The qualities required for good research inevitably enhance educational activity. High quality in education and training are essential in improving cancer care. Obstacles to good medical care are identified and the importance of supporting doctors is emphasised. The question of permanent staff-grade medical appointments or the grade of physician assistants is raised. Challenges to university-based and hospital-based research are outlined. Attention is drawn to issues concerning the training of cancer specialists, particularly in surgical oncology. Conclusion: Good patient care stimulates research, research drives educational activity and education improves care. Interaction of these elements of medicine and science constitutes an interdependent upward spiral towards excellence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Safety and security have always been indispensable condition for travel and tourism. Research and education also has to face the issues of security and safety in tourism in order to prepare future specialists of the industry by incorporating new results of research to academic curricula.

Safety and security have always been indispensable condition for travel and tourism. Research and education also has to face the issues of security and safety in tourism in order to prepare future specialists of the industry by incorporating new results of research to academic curricula.

Objective This study compared rural location identified through the National Registration ( AHPRA) registry with location obtained through labour-intensive personal contact. Design Longitudinal cohort study with two methods to identify the work locations of medical graduates from The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia ( RCSWA). Participants Consenting alumni from the University of Western Australia and the University of Notre Dame Fremantle participating in RCSWA between 2002 and 2009 inclusive and available to contact in 2011. Main outcome measure Percentage location matches between two contact methods. Results There was 80% agreement for principal suburb, 92% agreement for principal city and 94% agreement for principal state between RCSWA personal contact and the AHPRA registry. AHPRA identified nearly two times as many graduate locations. However, there was only 31% agreement for a rural placement location (of any length). In more detail, for year-long rural placement, personal contact was 88% concordant with AHPRA; work six months or more were less concordant (44% agreement); work less than six months were not concordant (4% agreement). Conclusions AHPRA data matched RCSWA alumni data only for graduates in full-time rural work. Since medical alumni spend up to 10 years in pre-vocational and vocational training, which includes many rural options, personal contact was able to pick up the myriad of rural choices, whereas the AHPRA database was not sensitive enough to identify them. Until graduates have stably finished training, the optimal method to identify rural work is through personal contact but statistical correction for missing data needs to be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Summary: The perceptions of stakeholders towards objectives and zoning of marine-protected areas (MPAs) in southern Europe were studied through face-to-face interviews to identify areas of agreement and disagreement. Views were sought about the main objectives of marine protection, ideal zonation of MPAs and the ways to manage stakeholders’ competing interests in MPAs. There was good agreement on the objectives of marine protection; conservation and fisheries management scored highly, while research, education and tourism had lower scores. However, there was disagreement on which objective was most important, with most stakeholders listing conservation, while fishers listed fisheries management. Most stakeholders considered MPAs that had been established for longer periods of time to offer more conservation than fisheries benefits. Analysis of the perceptions shows strong preference for having MPAs with different use zonations, including designated areas for recreational fishing, diving and the full protection of species and ecosystems. The results point to a need for increased dialogue between scientists, managers and fishers to improve the disparity in understanding the fisheries benefits of marine protection between these groups. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Hong Kong is a densely populated city with high-rise developments, and as in other metropolitan cities, the amount of waste generated from construction projects in the city is increasing annually. The capacity of existing landfills is expected to be saturated by the 2020s. Construction waste management has been implemented for years but the performance is still not satisfactory. The aim of this research paper is to explore and formulate strategies and measures for effective construction waste management and reduction in highly urbanized cities such as Hong Kong. A desktop study on construction waste management practices was carried out for a preliminary understanding of the current situation in Hong Kong. Semistructured interviews and focus group meetings were further conducted to shed light on how to improve construction waste reduction and management in Hong Kong. The main contributions of this research study are the potential short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategies, which are related to the design stage, tender stage, construction stage, and government support. The five major strategies recommended are financial benefits to stakeholders, public policies in facilitating waste sorting, government supports for the green building industry, development of a mature recycling market, and education and research in construction waste minimization and management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human body dissection is the traditional instructional method for anatomy education worldwide, providing a kinaesthetic learning experience that is often challenging to achieve with other teaching techniques. However, due to lack of body donation programs in Middle Eastern medical schools, dead bodies are imported from abroad. Since literature suggests that the body shortage is influenced by reluctance to donate one's body, this study aimed to determine the perceptions of faculty, staff, and students regarding body donation for educational purposes at a new Dubai-based medical school. An online dually translated questionnaire was administered to the target population (322), of which 150 participants representative of faculty, staff, and students, responded. Although 111 (74.0 %) of participants considered body donation to be appropriate for educational and research purposes, only 44 (29.3 %) of participants expressed willingness to donate their bodies. Reluctance to donate 106 (70.7 %) appeared to be mostly influenced by religion, psychological barrier, and familial reasons. The emergence of four themes (i.e., resource, barrier, humanitarian, and awareness) and the identification of a potential donor group within the group that was willing to donate provided insight into the level of awareness within the university community. Furthermore, such findings may assist to establish future body donation programs and strategize recruitment approaches, especially when there is an ensuing dearth of anatomical donations., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (© 2021 The Author(s).)

Widespread use of microarray technology that led to highly complex datasets often is addressing similar or related biological questions. In translational medicine research is often based on measurements that have been obtained at different points in time. However, the researcher looks at them as a progression over time. If a biological stimulus shows an effect on a particular gene that is reversed over time, this would show, for instance, as a peak in the gene's temporal expression profile. Our program SPOT helps researchers find these patterns in large sets of microarray data. We created the software tool using open-source platforms and the Semantic Web tool Protégé-OWL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discute a necessidade de introduzir uma nova concepção de ensinar e aprender na universidade, pautada pela articulação entre ensino e pesquisa. Considera que essa concepção pode ser viabilizada no âmbito do ensino de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação. Para tanto, apresenta uma nova proposta deformação para o profissional da informação.