The Control of Foreigners as Researchers in Thailand

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary J. Ditton ◽  
Leigh Lehane
Keyword(s):  
Research Performance ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Field Site ◽  
Regulatory Authorities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Burmese Migrants ◽  
Permit System

An important aspect of ethical conduct of field research is for the researcher to have an appropriate relationship with the legitimate gatekeepers of the field site. This paper describes our experiences of obtaining approval from regulatory authorities in Thailand for field research on Burmese migrants, and discusses the nature and rationale of such government control in Asia and Western countries. It is intended to guide future humanitarian researchers who are planning to study oppressed groups at politically sensitive research sites where regulatory authorities monitor both research sites and research performance. Thailand, like several other Southeast Asian countries, operates a permit system for foreign researchers. This permit system is designed to promote research activities in Thailand so that the results can be used to further the country's development, and to enhance the cooperation and collaboration between Thai and foreign researchers providing opportunities for the exchange of knowledge, technical expertise, and experience. This control of foreign researchers is not prohibitive; foreign humanitarian researchers can organize research and advance the welfare of targeted oppressed populations in cooperation with government agencies.

scholarly journals The Effect of TUBITAK’s R&D and Project Fundings on Academic Research Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
emine beyza satoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Technological Research Council ◽  
The Impact

Universities, through providing research, publications and innovations in the scientific field, provide significant contributions to the national research and development (R&D) system. That is why most governments are keen to support scientific research activities directly or indirectly. In this regard, this paper aims to analyze the impact of R&D supports of TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) on the research performance of universities in Turkey. The study comparatively investigates the efficiency of the research fundings in different university types, public and private. As an empirical model, a panel data analysis spanning 2013 to 2018 period has been used for the top 10 public and top 11 private universities. Our findings prove that national research grants of TUBITAK have a significant and positive impact on academic research only when the highest-ranking universities are analyzed; otherwise, the impact is insignificant. Secondly, for the large sample analysis, we found that public universities used research funds more efficiently compared to private universities. Furthermore, our findings prove that teaching load does not necessarily risk the research capacity of a university.

Analysis of Secular Variations of Geomagnetic Field in Lithuania Based on the Survey in 2016

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunas Buga ◽  
Simona Einorytė ◽  
Romuald Obuchovski ◽  
Vytautas Puškorius ◽  
Petras Petroškevicius
Keyword(s):  
Geomagnetic Field ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Geomagnetic Observatory ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Secular Variations ◽  
Geomagnetic Data ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Magnetic Field Variations

Lithuania is successfully integrated in the European geomagnetic field research activities. Six secular variation research stations were established in 1999 and precise geomagnetic field measurements were performed there in 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2016. Obtained diurnal magnetic field variations at measuring station and neighbouring observatories were analysed. All measurements are reduced to the mean of the year using data from geomagnetic observatory of Belsk. Based on the measured data the analysis of geomagnetic field parameter secular changes was performed. Results of the presented research are useful for updating the old geomagnetic data as well as for estimation of accuracy of declination model.

scholarly journals A metodologia do percurso de estudo e pesquisa adaptada à formação inicial e continuada de professores de matemáticaMethodology of the study and research performance adapted to initial and continued training of mathematics teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Cardoso de Matos ◽  
José Carlos de Souza Pereira ◽  
José Messildo Viana Nunes ◽  
Renato Borges Guerra ◽  
Saddo Ag Almouloud
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Formation Process ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
French Language ◽  
Work Study ◽  
Continuous Formation ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Methodological Aspects

Neste artigo objetivamos explicitar alguns aspectos metodológicos das noções originais do Percurso de Estudo e Pesquisa (parcours d’étude et de recherche, em francês), que os dois primeiros autores adaptaram como parte da metodologia de suas pesquisas de teses doutorais. As discussões teóricas são as que constam nos textos originais, na Língua Francesa, dos quais traduzimos alguns trechos. As noções teóricas dos dispositivos didáticos de Trabalho Pessoais orientados, Atividades de Estudo e Pesquisa e Percurso de Estudo e Pesquisa norteiam o corpo textual das duas sessões do artigo. Na segunda sessão expomos as adaptações metodológicas do PER, que conduziram as pesquisas doutorais dos dois primeiros autores. As conclusões indicam que a metodologia do PER, com as devidas adaptações, possibilita um processo de formação inicial e continuada de professores de matemática intermediado pela pedagogia do questionamento, conforme prever esse dispositivo didático e metodológico.   In this article we aim to explain some methodological aspects of the original notions of the Study and Research Path (PER), which the first two authors adapted as part of their thesis research methodology. The theoretical discussions are those that appear in the original texts, in the French language, of which we translate some sections. The theoretical notions of didactic devices of Guided Personal Work, Study and Research Activities and Study and Research Path guide the textual body of the article. we present the methodological adaptations of the PER that led the researches of the two doctoral theses. The conclusions indicated that the methodology of the PER, with the appropriate adaptations, allows an initial and continuous formation process of teachers of mathematics intermediated by the pedagogy of questioning, as predicted by this didactic and methodological device.

scholarly journals Bibliometric analysis of adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance research activities in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 204209862092248
Author(s):  
Sunil Shrestha ◽  
Krisha Danekhu ◽  
Bhuvan KC ◽  
Subish Palaian ◽  
Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Drug Induced ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Research Activities

Background: Bibliometric analyses have been used previously to study the measures of quality and impact of research performed in several health-related areas such as adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and pharmacovigilance (PV), etc. This method can assess the research performance of publications quantitatively and statistically. There is no evidence of bibilometric studies analyzing ADRs and PV from Nepal. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess scientific output on ADRs and PV-related research activities in Nepal using a bibliometric analysis of publications from 2004 January to December 2018, that is, 15 years. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Scopus and Nepal Journal Online (NepJOL) databases. ‘Adverse Drug Reactions‘ or ‘ADRs‘ or ‘ADR‘ or ‘Adverse drug reaction‘ or ‘AE‘ or ‘Adverse Event‘ or ‘Drug-Induced Reaction‘ or ‘Pharmacovigilance‘ or ‘PV‘ and ‘Nepal‘. The search covered 15 years (January 2004 to December 2018) of study on ADRs and PV in Nepal. Only articles retrieved from databases were included, whereas published/unpublished drug bulletins, pharmacy newsletters and thesis were excluded. The articles thus retrieved were recorded, and thereafter analyzed. Word count code was used for the analysis of keywords used in the retrieved articles. Results: A total of 124 articles were retrieved, with the highest rate of publications in 2006 and 2007, with 16 papers each. Among the articles, 10 (8.1%) were published in Kathmandu University Medical Journal (KUMJ). Single papers were published in 38 different journals. Brief reports (1.6%), case reports (31.2%), case series (0.8%), education forums (0.8%), letters to the editor (5.6%), original research articles (41.9%), review articles (9.7%), short communications and short reports (8.1%) on ADRs and PV were recorded. Out of 124 papers, 52 (41.9%) were original research publications. The majority (74.1%) of research was done in the category of ADR incidence, types, prevention, and management, followed by policy and suggestions for strengthening national and regional pharmacovigilance centers of Nepal (14.5%). Conclusions: During the study years, there was an increase in scientific publications on drug safety. A total of 124 published articles were found during bibliometric analysis of ADRs and PV research activities in Nepal.

scholarly journals Ressurgência das margens: o projeto Beiras D’Água e os povos e comunidades tradicionais da bacia do rio São Francisco | The resurgence of margins: the Beiras d'Água (Shores) project and the traditional peoples and communities of the San Francisco River basin

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Vaz ◽  
André Monteiro ◽  
Anderson Camargo Rodrigues Brito
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
Complex Situation ◽  
Local Identities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Territorial Conflicts ◽  
Lively Debate ◽  
Water Issues

RESUMO O relato de experiência se propõe a identificar e a descrever o projeto Beiras d’Água, idealizado ao final de 2015 em meio aos processos de pesquisa de campo do Laboratório de Saúde, Ambiente e Trabalho (Lasat) da Fiocruz Pernambuco. O Beiras d’Água busca significar, compreender e visibilizar o complexo contexto atual da bacia do rio São Francisco, que está presente em momentos cruciais da formação do país e continua suscitando discursos que encontram prolongamentos bastante vivos. O contexto analisado está ainda relacionado à complexidade da transposição do rio São Francisco e suas novas configurações sociais e ambientais. O foco da organização do conhecimento tecida no projeto tem como materialidade a coleta de dados audiovisuais, sua classificação e disponibilização do portal “Beiras d’água – memória audiovisual do rio São Francisco”. Do ponto de vista sociocrítico, as práticas de organização dos saberes desenvolvidas no Beiras d’Água permitem a discussão sobre a questão da água no país, os povos e comunidades tradicionais, a injustiça ambiental e os conflitos territoriais, dando visibilidade às identidades locais e permitindo outras potencialidades de dados para políticas públicas.Palavras-chave: Projeto Beiras d’Água; Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais; Bacia do Rio São Francisco; Organização dos Saberes; Documento Audiovisual.ABSTRACT The present account describes the Beiras d'Água (Shores) Project, created at the end of 2015 in the context of field research activities carried out by the Health, Environment and Work Laboratory of the Pernambuco regional Fiocruz branch. The Shores Project aims to apprehend, understand and give visibility to the complex situation prevailing in the San Francisco River basin, which is at the heart of crucial discussions for the country's formation and continues to inspire lively debate. Part of the context under analysis is the complex situation regarding the interbasin transfer of the San Francisco River and its new social and environmental configurations. The project has organized relevant knowledge and materialized it through audiovisual data, which is classified and published at the portal http://beirasdagua.org.br/. From a socio-critical perspective, the knowledge organization practices developed in the Shores Project facilitate the discussion of water issues in the country, in addition to traditional peoples and communities, environmental injustice and territorial conflicts. In this way, it provides visibility to local identities and potential for such data to be used in the formation of public policies.Keywords: Shores Project; Traditional Peoples and Communities; San Francisco River Basin; Knowledge Organization; Audiovisual Document.

scholarly journals Analysis of Internal Control in the Distribution of Agricultural Business Credit

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Sulfiani Sulfiani
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Agricultural Business

Library research, namely the authors collect data related to the theory of financing or lending to economically weak entrepreneurs. Field research, namely field research activities, in which the author looks for data that is the object of research, to obtain data the author conducts local observations and direct interviews with the leadership. Observation techniques were carried out by conducting direct observations in the process of distributing credit to economically weak entrepreneurs. Based on the description above, so the authors chose the title "Analysis of Internal Control in Distribution of Farmers Business Credit"

scholarly journals AUDD: Audio Urdu Digits Dataset for Automatic Audio Urdu Digit Recognition

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 8842
Author(s):  
Aisha Aiman ◽  
Yao Shen ◽  
Malika Bendechache ◽  
Irum Inayat ◽  
Teerath Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Speech Recognition ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
National Language ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Digit Recognition ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Recognition Systems ◽  
Ongoing Development

The ongoing development of audio datasets for numerous languages has spurred research activities towards designing smart speech recognition systems. A typical speech recognition system can be applied in many emerging applications, such as smartphone dialing, airline reservations, and automatic wheelchairs, among others. Urdu is a national language of Pakistan and is also widely spoken in many other South Asian countries (e.g., India, Afghanistan). Therefore, we present a comprehensive dataset of spoken Urdu digits ranging from 0 to 9. Our dataset has 25,518 sound samples that are collected from 740 participants. To test the proposed dataset, we apply different existing classification algorithms on the datasets including Support Vector Machine (SVM), Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), and flavors of the EfficientNet. These algorithms serve as a baseline. Furthermore, we propose a convolutional neural network (CNN) for audio digit classification. We conduct the experiment using these networks, and the results show that the proposed CNN is efficient and outperforms the baseline algorithms in terms of classification accuracy.

scholarly journals Status mutu air Waduk Jatiluhur dan ancaman terhadap proses bisnis vital

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamzah Hamzah ◽  
M Syamsul Maarif ◽  
Marimin Marimin ◽  
Etty Riani
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Quality Standard ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Reservoir Water ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Status ◽  
Analytical Tools

The Jatiluhur Reservoir is the largest and multipurpose. Indonesia, currently faced with problems regarding the quality and quantity of water resource especially pollution problems. Inthis research has been conducted an analysis of the status of water quality and analysis of their impact on the threat to vital business process, especially with regard to management of water resources. The location research carried out at PerumJasaTirta II as the authority of Jatiluhur Reservoir. The data used in this research is primary data from the obtained field research activities throughthe sampling conducted at Jatiluhur reservoir water and the waters of river basin (DAS) after the Jatiluhur Reservoir outlet with reference to size the parameters of water quality using laboratory quality standard. The Analytical tools used are the method Business Impact Analysis and Storet. Chemical parameters above the quality standard limits are: dissolved oxygen, ferro (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), nitrite (NO2-N), nitrate (NO3-N), sulphate (SO4), chloride (Cl), sulfide(H2S), BOD5, and COD.Condition of water quality can be said to have been classified as heavily polluted (categoryD) byanthropogenic activities that are in the upper reaches of the riverCitarum and around JatiluhurReservoir waters. These conditions can threat and negatively impact vital business of the infrastructure, reservoirs, the availability of drinking water and irrigation water and other water biota.

scholarly journals Substantiality: A Construct Indicating Research Excellence to Measure University Research Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masashi Shirabe ◽  
Amane Koizumi
Keyword(s):  
Research Universities ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Performance ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
University Reputation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Simple Statistical Analysis ◽  
Research Reputation

Abstract Purpose The adequacy of research performance of universities or research institutes have often been evaluated and understood in two axes: “quantity” (i.e. size or volume) and “quality” (i.e. what we define here as a measure of excellence that is considered theoretically independent of size or volume, such as clarity in diamond grading). The purpose of this article is, however, to introduce a third construct named “substantiality” (“ATSUMI” in Japanese) of research performance and to demonstrate its importance in evaluating/understanding research universities. Design/methodology/approach We take a two-step approach to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed construct by showing that (1) some characteristics of research universities are not well captured by the conventional constructs (“quantity” and “quality”)-based indicators, and (2) the “substantiality” indicators can capture them. Furthermore, by suggesting that “substantiality” indicators appear linked to the reputation that appeared in university reputation rankings by simple statistical analysis, we reveal additional benefits of the construct. Findings We propose a new construct named “substantiality” for measuring research performance. We show that indicators based on “substantiality” can capture important characteristics of research institutes. “Substantiality” indicators demonstrate their “predictive powers” on research reputation. Research limitations The concept of “substantiality” originated from IGO game; therefore the ease/difficulty of accepting the concept is culturally dependent. In other words, while it is easily accepted by people from Japan and other East Asian countries and regions, it might be difficult for researchers from other cultural regions to accept it. Practical implications There is no simple solution to the challenge of evaluating research universities’ research performance. It is vital to combine different types of indicators to understand the excellence of research institutes. Substantiality indicators could be part of such a combination of indicators. Originality/value The authors propose a new construct named substantiality for measuring research performance. They show that indicators based on this construct can capture the important characteristics of research institutes.

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