scholarly journals Establishment of data centre at Mzuzu University: A survey of anticipations and aspirations of key project stakeholders

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Majawa ◽  
Ralph P. Hall
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Virginia Tech ◽  
Data Centre ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Final Design ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
The University ◽  
New Facility

Mzuzu University lost its Library as a result of a fire that took place on December 18, 2015. In response, the university established two processes to ensure the library services were not interrupted. The first process was to restore information services within six months by creating an interim Library. The second was to design a new library in collaboration with Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture and Design in the United States. A total of three conceptual designs were developed, from which Mzuzu University selected a final design. One key aspect of each conceptual design was a dedicated space for a data centre. The initial concept was that the data centre would support research activities at the University, within Malawi, and with international partners outside Malawi, such as Virginia Tech. This paper captures the anticipations and aspirations of the key stakeholders involved with the library design project at Mzuzu University in Malawi and Virginia Tech in the USA. Data were captured by a survey that was shared via email with 29 stakeholders. A total of 10 responded at Mzuzu University, and 12 responded at Virginia Tech. A key finding from the survey was the need to create clear plans for each aspect of the project to ensure the effective implementation of the data centre. Critical aspects to the project include staffing, equipment procurement, the management of the data centre, data literacy programming, and the long-term sustainability of the data centre. Developing a policy/process to guide the operations of the data centre was also found to be critical. The library construction began in February 2021 and is expected to end in February 2023. Having a clear plan for how the data centre could be operationalized will be essential to ensuring the centre is successful. The data centre will be a new facility for the university and this paper is a first step towards shaping the requirements of, and potential for, this new facility.

Front-line Healthcare Workers in COVID-19: The Way from Elbow-Bump Greeting to Closing Body Bags

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Bittmann
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Angiotensin Ii Receptor ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa

COVID-19 is a serious coronavirus disease that is spreading all over the world. As of the date of this publication, 2.834.134 people have been infected with COVID-19 and 197.924 deaths have been recorded in 185 countries (John Hopkins Corona Resource Center, 25th April 2020) [1]. This overwhelming mortality rate requires intensive research activities around the world. To date, the number of deaths per day in the United States is still killing, indicating an uncontrollable state of infection spread. SARS-CoV-2 binds to the angiotensin II receptor in various tissues of the human body, particularly in the oral cavity and tongue. SARS-CoV-2 requires the cheerful TMPRSS2 to activate this inertia. SARS-CoV-2 uses the ACE2 receptor as a gateway to the lungs. The SARS-CoV-2 virus binds with the spike protein to the ACE2 receptor. COVID-19 is more common among African Americans in the USA (Science 10th April 2020). The comfort and the emotional loading capacity of the employees in the health service are key components for the maintenance of the essential health services during the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus (Coronavirus) [2,3]. Hence, it will be important to anticipate the charges linked with this work and to release support for employees in the health service. The supervision and assessment of the psychic health and the well-being of the employees in the health service will be important, just as the efforts to guarantee a successful reunion with colleagues if they are infected.

Canada’s changing innovation landscape

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Razib Alam ◽  
Bonwoo Koo ◽  
Brian Paul Cozzarin
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Destination Country ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Patent Classification ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Our objective is to study Canada’s patenting activity over time in aggregate terms by destination country, by assignee and destination country, and by diversification by country of destination. We collect bibliographic patent data from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. We identify 19,957 matched Canada–US patents, 34,032 Canada-only patents, and 43,656 US-only patents from 1980 to 2014. Telecommunications dominates in terms of International Patent Classification technologies for US-only and Canada–US patents. At the firm level, the greatest number of matched Canada–US patents were granted in the field of telecommunications, at the university level in pharmaceuticals, at the government level in control and instrumentation technology, and at the individual level in civil engineering. We use entropy to quantify technological diversification and find that diversification indices decline over time for Canada and the USA; however, all US indices decline at a faster rate.

scholarly journals Bullying in university between peers and by personnel: cultural variation in prevalence, forms, and gender differences in four countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maili Pörhölä ◽  
Kristen Cvancara ◽  
Esta Kaal ◽  
Kristina Kunttu ◽  
Kaja Tampere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Cultural Variation ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
University Personnel ◽  
The Usa ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Bullying Experiences ◽  
The University ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract This study reports results from cross-cultural comparisons of (a) the frequency of university students’ experiences of bullying victimization and perpetration between students, (b) students’ experiences of bullying victimization by university personnel, and (c) the breakdown of victimization by the forms of bullying students have experienced. Gender breakdowns are offered. Survey data were collected from undergraduates in a total of 47 universities, using large sample sizes, similar measures and assessment methods in four countries: Argentina (N = 969), Estonia (N = 1053), Finland (N = 4403), and the United States (N = 2072). The results confirmed previous findings which suggest that a notable number of students experience bullying during university studies by fellow students and/or staff members, and a smaller number of students admit to bully their fellow students. The results add to previous knowledge by demonstrating remarkable cultural differences in the prevalence and forms of bullying and suggesting that bullying at the university level starts to transform similar to bullying in the workplace. The overall rates of bullying victimization and perpetration between students were the highest in Argentina, followed by the USA, Finland, and finally Estonia. However, victimization by university personnel was reported the most in Estonia, followed by Argentina, the USA, and Finland. Gender breakdowns in bullying experiences varied between countries. Verbal forms of bullying were common experiences. The most often reported form in all countries was unjustified criticism, belittling or humiliation related to academic performance. Students in the USA reported the highest frequencies in most forms of victimization. The results are discussed by reflecting on higher education features and comparing cultural characteristics of the countries. Practical implications are provided.

The 2009 Rotman-telus Joint Study on IT Security Best Practices

2011 ◽  
pp. 228-265
Author(s):  
Walid Hejazi ◽  
Alan Lefort ◽  
Rafael Etges ◽  
Ben Sapiro
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
It Security ◽  
Patriot Act ◽  
Usa Patriot Act ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The University ◽  
Telecommunications Companies

This chapter describes the 2009 study findings in a series of annual studies that the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto in Ontario and TELUS, one of Canada’s major Telecommunications companies, are committed to undertake to develop a better understanding of the state of IT Security in Canada and its relevance to other jurisdictions, including the United States. This 2009 study was based on a pre-test involving nine focus groups conducted across Canada with over 50 participants. As a result of sound marketing of the 2009 survey and the critical need for these study results, the authors focus on how 500 Canadian organizations with over 100 employees are faring in effectively coping with network breaches. In 2009, as in their 2008 study version, the research team found that organizations maintain that they have an ongoing commitment to IT Security Best Practices. However, with the 2009 financial crisis in North America and elsewhere, the threat appears to be amplified, both from outside the organization and from within. Study implications regarding the USA PATRIOT Act are discussed at the end of this chapter.

scholarly journals Augmenting the educational curriculum with the Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge: Opportunities and pitfalls

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Rohrdantz ◽  
Florian Mansmann ◽  
Chris North ◽  
Daniel A Keim
Keyword(s):  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Virginia Tech ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Educational Curriculum ◽  
The Core ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The University

With its mission to move science into practice, the Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge has become an integrated part of the annual Visual Analytics Science and Technology Conference since its inception in 2006. In this article, we discuss how we can transfer this objective into a classroom setting by using the Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge datasets and by encouraging student submissions to the challenge. By means of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives for Knowledge-Based Goals, we show how the Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge enables the integration of additional learning objectives into two types of courses: a dedicated course that focuses on the contest participation and an integrated course that uses the contest data to emphasize practical course elements. The core contribution of this article is that we assess the opportunities and pitfalls that we experienced at the University of Konstanz in Germany and Virginia Tech in the United States when augmenting the educational curriculum with the Visual Analytics Science and Technology Challenge.

American Studies in Indonesia: Global or Local Content?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 00017
Author(s):  
Riani E. Inkiriwang ◽  
Alfred F.I Inkiriwang
Keyword(s):  
American Studies ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Media Culture ◽  
Global Studies ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
American Philosophy ◽  
American Media ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The University

The curriculum of the American Studies Program at The School of Strategic and Global Studies of the University of Indonesia comprises among others conversations on American Philosophy, American Democracy, American Culture, American Politics, American Media and American Foreign Policy. An overall perspective of the discourse is to obtain the knowledge and the competence to critically analyze and abstract the role and influence of the United States in contemporary global as well as local affairs. However, in today’s multi-media culture, concerns arise whether the curriculum is still appropriate to fulfill the above goals. Our paper discusses these issues in looking at what to include in an American Studies curriculum that would address its local stakeholders needs and wants, including Indonesia’s vision of Higher Education, which is “to support the competitiveness of the nation.” (DIKTI,2015) In the American Studies context, a tension though might arise when the issues important to American Studies scholars in the USA, which we content are reflected in the themes of the American Studies Association’s 2017 and 2018 Annual Meetings, “Pedagogies of Dissent” and “State of Emergence” respectively, are blended into one local, i.e. Indonesian curriculum. We will explore the global, the main issues in the two above ASA conference themes reflecting “the contemporary theorization of American Studies scholars” and the local, American Studies curriculum’s stakeholders’ concerns. The results it is hoped will provide a discourse to be discussed among stakeholders of the American Studies curriculum in general, and this conference in particular.

Some thoughts on cultural resource management archaeology in the United States

Antiquity ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (234) ◽  
pp. 72-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Adovasio ◽  
Ronald C. Carlisle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Salvage Archaeology ◽  
The University

The relations between rescue and research have been a lively issue in those many countries where salvage work has become the context for much, or most, funding for archaeological fieldwork. Nowhere has the debate been livelier than in the USA, where the last decade has seen the growth of cultural resource management (CRM), in part ‘as a rebellion against the connotations of the term “salvage archaeology”’ (Knudson 1986:400).The University of Pittsburgh is one of the most active anthropology departments in the field; here the CRM issues are explored, with examples from the Pittsburgh programme.

scholarly journals Reviving a Dormant Collection: Updating the Invertebrate Zoology Collection at the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute for Future Use and Accessibility

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e26716
Author(s):  
Vanessa Delnavaz ◽  
Kirsten Jensen ◽  
Kaylee Herzog
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
University Of Kansas ◽  
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ◽  
Label Data ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The University ◽  
Biodiversity Information ◽  
Invertebrate Zoology

The Invertebrate Zoology Collection at the University of Kansas (KU) Biodiversity Institute is one of KU’s smaller collections, with just over 2,000 lots. Its taxonomic strength are hexacorallians (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from across the globe. Holdings also include earthworms primarily from Southeast Asia and the Caribbean, as well as crayfish and molluscs from the United States, notably from Kansas. The collection has seen little loan activity over the past decade, in part due to the fact that collection records are not digitally available. Moreover, the collection has been virtually untouched for several years as research activities on hexacorallians has ceased following curator retirement. In an initial inventory, physical holdings were checked against original catalog data, while simultaneously re-curating to ensure proper storage containers and maximal levels of either ethanol or formalin. Preliminary comparison of the catalogued data with original and secondary label data housed with the specimens suggest that across these sources, the captured and entered data is somewhat inconsistent and incomplete. In an attempt to remedy such issues, the next phase of the project will involve digitally capturing label data to verify collection information. Once the data has been validated, the working data in spreadsheet format will be imported into Specify, and published to a list of aggregators including Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio), Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON), and Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), for visibility and use outside of KU. The hope through such efforts is an accessible and easily searchable collection that is properly preserved for future research.

scholarly journals International Students Dictionary

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 325-328
Author(s):  
Karen Johnson ◽  
Lisa Wells
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
International Student ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The University

According to Study Destination USA's website, The Ultimate International Student Dictionary for International Students Studying in the USA was created to give transferring international students help with the unique terminology used in universities and colleges in the United States. From experience, the staff at Study Destination USA understands the challenges future or current international students will experience, such as adapting to a new academic culture to understanding the nuances of the university language.

Flexural Capacity of Compact and Noncompact High-Performance Steel Plate Girders

2000 ◽  
Vol 1712 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atorod Azizinamini ◽  
Richard Sause
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cooperative Research ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Lehigh University ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
University Of Nebraska Lincoln ◽  
The University

As a result of a cooperative research program between FHWA, the U.S. Navy, and the American Iron and Steel Institute, high-performance steels (HPSs) with yield strengths of 485 MPa [70 kips/in.2 (ksi)] (HPS-70W) and 690 MPa (100 ksi) (HPS-100W) were developed. During the past 2 years, several bridges in the United States have used these new grades of steel. Because of a lack of test data, AASHTO specifications placed several limitations that prevent bridge designers from taking full advantage of HPSs. In response to AASHTO limitations, which preclude full use of the advantages that the HPS-70W and HPS-100W steels have to offer, research investigations were initiated at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lehigh University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Partial results of research activities under way at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Lehigh University to remove design limitations related to the use of HPSs are presented.

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