scholarly journals Teaching the scientists of tomorrow: Introduce someone to research with a Summer Vacation Studentship

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 55-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Baker
Keyword(s):  
Learning Curve ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Summer Vacation ◽  
Catch Up

The next application deadline for Summer Vacation Studentships is 28 February 2007. Forms, rules and guidelines can be found at http://www.biochemistry.org/education/vacation.htm The Learning Curve feature in the August 2006 issue of The Biochemist provided a snapshot of the Society's Summer Vacation Studentship Awards and the expectations of the ten students about to embark upon 8-week research projects at institutions across the globe. In this followup article, I catch up with the undergraduates and their supervisors to find out how they each benefited from a summer in the laboratory.

scholarly journals A view from practice - What audit firm leaders expect from audit research and how they see their role in strengthening the bridge between practice and science

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (9) ◽  
pp. 363-367
Author(s):  
Olof Bik
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Learning Curve ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Firm Data

The eight largest audit firms in the Netherlands (Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC and Baker Tilly Berk, BDO, Grant Thornton and Mazars jointly) have taken the initiative to establish the Foundation for Auditing Research (FAR) by providing the necessary research funds and research data. Stichting Accountantsfonds has recenty joint them. Affiliation with FAR is furthermore open for all audit firms and departments, both large and small, public audit firms as well as internal audit functions and government audit departments. With that, FAR provides for a unique collaboration between practice and science, strengthening the learning curve of the audit industry and its stakeholders, feeding accountancy education, and bolstering the accountancy research community in the Netherlands and abroad. The affiliated firms will arrange access to relevant audit firm data for well-defined research projects. Audit firms have agreed to open up the “black box” of the audit in order to make significant steps forward.

scholarly journals Economic and industrial espionage at the start of the 21st century – Status quaestionis

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Solberg Søilen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Industrial Espionage ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Positive Results

This article is a literature review where the aim is to define a status quaestionisfor the field of economic and industrial espionage. History shows how those who engage in theseactivities often are the scientifically and industrially weaker party, the party that is learning ortrying to catch up. On a global scale economic and industrial espionage can be seen as a form ofinvoluntarily sharing that has a series of positive results for economic development. On thescale of the individual businesses attacked, and for tax authorities in those countries, it is atroublesome phenomenon that must be regulated and punished. Governments must preparesociety for systematic and frequent cyberattacks. Private companies are wise to move to strictersecurity controls, which must include encryption. A number of specific research projects aresuggested throughout the article. In the literature we have identified the following agentmotives: the employee who needs money, has split loyalties, leaves angry, the occasional thieveand the professional spy.

scholarly journals Teaching the scientists of tomorrow: Summer Vacation Studentships 2006 -- following the biochemical researchers of the 21st Century

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
Hannah Baker
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Summer Vacation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Experimental Skills

The Biochemical Society awarded 10 studentships to second- or third-year undergraduate biochemistry students in February 2006. These young, keen researchers are due to spend between 6 and 8 weeks over the summer vacation working on cutting-edge research projects in laboratories across the UK, USA, Canada and Sweden. They all hope to broaden their scientific knowledge, improve their experimental skills and gain a deeper insight into life in the lab and where to take their careers after a BSc.

1591: Direct Comparison of 250 Pure Extraperitoneal Robotic Prostatectomies vs. 250 Transperitoneal Robotic Prostatectomies after Overcoming the Learning Curve

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 526-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Esposito ◽  
George Dakwar ◽  
Mutahar Ahmed ◽  
Vincent Lanteri
Keyword(s):  
Learning Curve

1082: Learning Curve for Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Comparison between an open and Laparoscopic Trained Surgeon

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 348-348
Author(s):  
Edward M. Gong ◽  
Albert A. Mikhail ◽  
Alvaro Lucioni ◽  
Marcelo A. Orvieto ◽  
Arieh L. Shalhav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radical Prostatectomy ◽  
Learning Curve ◽  
Robotic Assisted ◽  
Robotic Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

191: The Learning Curve in Hypospadias Surgery

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 50-51
Author(s):  
Elan W. Salzhauer ◽  
Mark Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Learning Curve ◽  
Hypospadias Surgery

How to speed up to be in time: Action-judgment dissociations in children and adults

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friedrich Wilkening ◽  
Claudia Martin
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Constant Speed ◽  
Linear Condition ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Nonlinear Condition ◽  
Speed Change ◽  
Catch Up ◽  
Normative Rule ◽  
Judgment Condition ◽  
Time Linear

Children 6 and 10 years of age and adults were asked how fast a toy car had to be to catch up with another car, the latter moving with a constant speed throughout. The speed change was required either after half of the time (linear condition) or half of the distance (nonlinear condition), and responses were given either on a rating scale (judgment condition) or by actually producing the motion (action condition). In the linear condition, the data patterns for both judgments and actions were in accordance with the normative rule at all ages. This was not true for the nonlinear condition, where children’s and adults’ judgment and also children’s action patterns were linear, and only adults’ action patterns were in line with the nonlinearity principle. Discussing the reasons for the misconceptions and for the action-judgment dissociations, a claim is made for a new view on the development of children’s concepts of time and speed.

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