Modeling Clinic for Industrial Mathematics: A Collaborative Project Under Erasmus+ Program

Research in cognitive development has highlighted that early numeracy skills are associated with later math achievement, suggesting that these skills should be targeted in early math education. Here we tested whether tools used by researchers to assess mathematical thinking could be useful in the classroom. This paper describes a collaborative project between cognitive scientists and school board researchers/educators implementing numeracy screeners with kindergarten students over the course of three school years. The Give-A-Number task (Wynn, 1990) was used with first-year kindergarten students and the Numeracy Screener [BLINDED] with second-year kindergarten students. Results indicated that educators (N = 59) found the tools feasible to implement and helpful for exploring their students’ thinking and targeting instruction. The Educators’ feedback also helped inform improvements to the implementation of the tools and future directions for both the schools and the researchers. This work emphasizes the importance of transdisciplinary collaboration to address the research-practice gap.

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Direct clear juice: a summary of experiences gained in the production of clear juice in a sugarcane diffuser

Sugar Industry ◽

10.36961/si18735 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 527-533

Author(s):

Paul Jensen ◽

Steve Davis

Keyword(s):

Flow Path ◽

Full Scale ◽

Laboratory Scale ◽

Collaborative Project ◽

Laboratory Results ◽

Research Institute

The term ‘Direct Clear Juice’ (DCJ) refers to the production of clear juice (CJ) within a modified sugarcane diffuser, thus negating the need for further juice purification in a settling clarifier. The feasibility of producing CJ by filtering treated diffuser juice through a shredded cane bed was demonstrated on a laboratory scale at the Sugar Milling Research Institute NPC (SMRI) and reported at the 2013 ISSCT congress. Factory trials were subsequently conducted at Tongaat Hulett’s Maidstone factory where the promising laboratory results were replicated in a full-scale diffuser. The production of DCJ requires consideration of the juice flow path in the diffuser, the method of lime and flocculant addition, and the screening of the juice after the diffuser. This paper summarises the results and learnings from the DCJ trials between 2011 and 2015. The development of the DCJ technology has been a collaborative project between the SMRI and Tongaat Hulett Sugar.

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Intervention

10.1093/oso/9780199355914.003.0015 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Emily Payne

Keyword(s):

Collaborative Project

Collaboration is usually associated with the co-presence of those involved; but in this Intervention Emily Payne discusses a more complex and convoluted process extending over forty years, and involving different performers. Payne’s account of Antony Pay’s 2013 recording of Alexander Goehr’s Paraphrase for solo clarinet, premiered by Alan Hacker in 1969, reveals a ‘back story’ that casts new light on the network of distributed relationships that lies behind this unusual collaborative project.

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The Perspectives and Experiences of Families from Mexican Immigrant Backgrounds with Collaborative Project-based Learning in their Children’s Bilingual Classroom

Journal of Latinos and Education ◽

10.1080/15348431.2021.1935257 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Adriana Alvarez

Keyword(s):

Project Based Learning ◽

Mexican Immigrant ◽

Collaborative Project ◽

Bilingual Classroom

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Partnership among hospitals to reduce healthcare associated infections: a quasi-experimental study in Brazilian ICUs

BMC Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1186/s12879-021-05896-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ladjane Santos Wolmer de Melo ◽

Maria Verônica Monteiro de Abreu ◽

Bernuarda Roberta de Oliveira Santos ◽

Maria das Graças Washington Casimiro Carr ◽

Maria Fernanda Aparecida Moura de Souza ◽

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Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Length Of Stay ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Incidence Density ◽

Healthcare Associated Infections ◽

Collaborative Project ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

Tract Infections ◽

Healthcare Associated ◽

Over Time

Abstract Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are relevant in developing countries where frequencies can be at least 3 times higher than in developed countries. The purpose of this research was to describe the intervention implemented in intensive care units (ICUs) to reduce HAIs through collaborative project and analyze the variation over 18 months in the incidence density (ID) of the three main HAIs: ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and catheter-related urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and also the length of stay and mortality in these ICUs. Methods A quasi-experimental study in five public adult clinical-surgical ICUs, to reduce HAIs, through interventions using the BTS-IHI “Improvement Model”, during 18 months. In the project, promoted by the Ministry of Health, Brazilian philanthropic hospitals certified for excellence (HE), those mostly private, certified as excellence and exempt from security contributions, regularly trained and monitored public hospitals in diagnostics, data collection and in developing cycles to improve quality and to prevent HAIs (bundles). In the analysis regarding the length of stay, mortality, the IDs of VAP, CLABSIs and CAUTIs over time, a Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) model was applied for continuous variables, using the constant correlation (exchangeable) between assessments over time. The model estimated the average difference (β coefficient of the model) of the measures analyzed during two periods: a period in the year 2017 (prior to implementing the project) and in the years 2018 and 2019 (during the project). Result A mean monthly reduction of 0.427 in VAP ID (p = 0.002) with 33.8% decrease at the end of the period and 0.351 in CAUTI ID (p = 0.009) with 45% final decrease. The mean monthly reduction of 0.252 for CLABSIs was not significant (p = 0.068). Length of stay and mortality rates had no significant variation. Conclusions Given the success in reducing VAP and CAUTIs in a few months of interventions, the achievement of the collaborative project is evident. This partnership among public hospitals/HE may be applied to other ICUs including countries with fewer resources.

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