scholarly journals Facilitating Technology Transfer in Offsite Construction Between India and the UK: Drivers and Challenges

2015 ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
Mohammed Arif ◽  
Aman Gupta ◽  
Isabela de Oliveira Bastos
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Traditional Construction ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Developed Nations

The increasing demand for affordable housing in developing countries such as India which mainly uses traditional construction technologies begs the need of technologies that are efficient, low cost, and at the same time high quality. Technologies used by developed nations can meet that need if the transfer could be accomplished efficiently. The purpose of this research is to present findings of a survey and follow-up interviews of senior managers from UK and India to explore the drivers and challenges to facilitate technology transfer in offsite construction between the two countries.

scholarly journals Socrates in the schools: Gains at three-year follow-up

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Fair ◽  
Lory E Haas ◽  
Carol Gardosik ◽  
Daphne Johnson ◽  
Debra Price ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Philosophy For Children ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Cognitive Abilities Test ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Three recent research reports by Topping and Trickey (2007a; 2007b), by Fair and colleagues (2015), and by Gorard, Siddiqui and Huat See (2015) have produced data that support the conclusion that a Philosophy for Children (P4C) program of one-hour-per-week structured discussions has a marked positive impact on students. This article presents data from a follow up study done three years after the completion of the study reported in Fair et al. (2015). The data show that the positive gains in scores on the Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT in the USA and CAT in the UK) were still present and had not faded after three years. Given the strength of these confirmations of the positive durable impact of the P4C program of structured discussions and given the relatively low cost of implementing the P4C program, it is recommended that it become a standard part of the school curriculum.

PbS QD-based photodetectors: future-oriented near-infrared detection technology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingtian Yin ◽  
Cong Zhang ◽  
Yuxiao Guo ◽  
Yawei Yang ◽  
Yonglei Xing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Infrared Detection ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Military Industry ◽  
Detection Technology ◽  
Medical Health ◽  
Increasing Demand

With the increasing demand for near-infrared (NIR) detection in the fields of automation, military industry, communications and medical health, how to develop novel high quality and low cost NIR photodetectors has become a research hotspot in recent years.

scholarly journals Service innovations

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (09) ◽  
pp. 346-348
Author(s):  
Chris Simpson ◽  
Prasanna De Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Multi Disciplinary Team

The increase in older people in the UK will increase the need for mental health services to run efficient, high-quality services. Multi-disciplinary team assessments, although not new, provide a method of increasing the capacity to see referrals. Two similar systems of multi-disciplinary team assessments from North Yorkshire are reported with evidence of improvement in quality.

scholarly journals Synthesis, Structure and Diffusion Pathways of Fast Lithium-Ion Conductors in the Polymorphs α- and β-Li8SnP4

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F Fässler ◽  
Stefan Strangmüller ◽  
Henrik Eickkhoff ◽  
Wilhelm Klein ◽  
Gabriele Raudaschl-Sieber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Conducting Materials ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Battery Technology ◽  
Lithium Ion Conductors ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Ion Conductors

The increasing demand for a high-performance and low-cost battery technology promotes the search for Li+-conducting materials. Recently, phosphidotetrelates and aluminates were introduced as an innovative class of phosphide-based Li+-conducting materials...

scholarly journals I’m No Superman: fostering physician resilience through guided group discussion of Scrubs

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Holtzclaw ◽  
Jack Ellis ◽  
Christopher Colombo
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Internal Medicine Residency ◽  
Resiliency Training ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Burn Out

Abstract Background Almost half of trainees experience burnout during their career. Despite the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recommendation that training programs enact well-being curricula, there is no proven method of addressing this difficult topic. Methods We created a curriculum addressing physician resiliency and well-being, designed for an Internal Medicine Residency Program. This curriculum utilized episodes from a medical television series, Scrubs, to facilitate a monthly, 1-h faculty guided discussion group. We collected informal feedback and abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventories (aMBI) monthly and conducted a formal focus group after 6 months to gauge its effectiveness. Results The curriculum was successfully conducted for 12 months with each session averaging 18–20 residents. Residents reported high satisfaction, stating it was more enjoyable and helpful than traditional resiliency training. 19 of 24 residents (79 %) completed a baseline aMBI, and 17 of 20 residents (85 %) who attended the most recent session completed the 6-month follow-up, showing a non-significant 1-point improvement in all subsets of the aMBI. Conclusions This novel, low-cost, easily implemented curriculum addressed resiliency and burn-out in an Internal Medicine Residency. It was extremely well received and can easily be expanded to other training programs or to providers outside of training.

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