FROM BASIC SCIENCES TO CLINICAL APPLICATIONS WITH A SYMPOSIA SERIES: A GLOBAL OUTREACH

Dissemination of research results between scientists usually happens via publications of original papers & review articles published in strictly controlled, peer-reviewed scientific journals. This is certainly a beneficial and useful way of communication, but it does not cover all the needs in scientific interactions. This manuscript aims to highlight the unmet need for effective creative communication among scientists during international conferences and congresses. A brief history of the 35-years symposia series “International Symposia on Cell/Tissue Injury & Cytoprotection/Organoprotection” (ISCTICO) are presented

Room Borrowing Information System Website Based using PHP and MySQL with Waterfall Model

Research by developing an information system is a research that aims to produce and develop an information service system design in the form of website-based rooms lending using PHP as a programming language and MySQL as a database that will be used at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University in-room management as room loan, room loan schedule, room loan data, and room information. This study uses the waterfall development model, with 5 (five) stages of development including the stages of communication, planning, modelling, construction and deployment. This research used Alpha and Beta testing to 3 (three) media experts and 31 (thirty-one) users including 1 (one) admin and 30 (thirty) students. Data collection techniques using interview techniques, observation and dissemination of research instruments. With data analysis in the form of a feasibility test using a Likert scale instrument of 4 (four) assessment scores to media experts and respondents. The final product produced is a website for rooms loaning information system, by average score by media experts (Alpha Testing) of 71.6 with the "very feasible" category. The results of the feasibility test by users (Beta Testing) were 34.32 with the "very feasible" category. Therefore, it can be concluded that the website-based room loan information system is very feasible to use.

Disruption to Transformation: Engaged Research

With changes in funders’ requirements, engagement of persons with “lived experience” in the planning, conduct, and dissemination of research is increasingly common. Although patient and stakeholder engagement is expected, the body of literature describing necessary structures and processes is severely limited. Therefore, the purpose of this symposium is to aid in the movement of engaged research from disruption to translation. To do so, we will describe gaps in researcher knowledge and skills associated with patient and stakeholder engagement; structures and processes in current use with older adults, and outcomes associated with engagement. We will begin by sharing findings within advisory board models of engagement. Dr. Lessem will describe the Sage Resource Project researcher needs assessment. Researchers (N=103) shared both their engagement interests and their perceived knowledge and capability gaps. Dr. Berman will describe training developed within the same project to overcome researchers’ perceived gaps. Then, Dr. Roes will describe a qualitative evaluation of persons with dementia perspectives on rewards and benefits of advisory board involvement. Our final two presenters will describe engagement using a variety of engagement approaches. Dr. Douglas will share experiences with adapting Montessori philosophies and processes to engage CNAs in development of innovative programming for dementia care within a long term care environment. Finally, Dr. Geary will share her team’s findings from interviews completed using appreciative inquiry with sites with over five-years’ experience engaging patients in research. Each site has developed unique infrastructures and processes to most effectively achieve desired outcomes.

Sustainable learning design in large transformational teaching and learning initiatives

Ensuring lasting impact of transformational teaching and learning initiatives in higher education can prove challenging. The sustainability of such initiatives may hinge on capacity building of teachers, balancing innovation and sustainability during the design process and ensuring that the story of change is shared beyond those involved in the initial transformation. Using a case study example, this concise paper discusses how a transformational teaching and learning initiative in a large Australian Business School is approaching sustainable learning design through co-design, capacity building and the dissemination of research.

Who is managing the bowels? A survey of clinical practice patterns in spina bifida clinics

PURPOSE: Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) affects 80% of individuals with spina bifida. Performing and disseminating research on NBD to reach the appropriate audience is difficult given the variability among medical specialties managing NBD. This study aimed to identify which medical specialties and types of providers are currently managing NBD in the United States. METHODS: A survey was developed and sent to 75 spina bifida clinics. Surveys queried which specialty was primarily responsible for medical and surgical management of NBD and any others that assist in NBD care. The license and certification level of the providers were collected. Descriptive statistics were performed to describe the results. RESULTS: Response rate was 68%. Urology was the leading specialty primarily responsible for NBD management (39%) followed by rehabilitation medicine and developmental pediatrics (22% and 20%, respectively). Physicians were the primary providers of care followed by nurse practitioners (54% vs 31%). Urology performs 65% of NBD surgeries. CONCLUSION: Multiple specialties and providers are involved in NBD management with variation among clinics. Development of improved NBD care should include a spectrum of specialties and providers. Dissemination of research should be aimed at multiple specialty groups.

Pendampingan Perencanaan, Pengelolaan dan Evaluasi Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek Bagi Guru Matematika SMK Kota Mataram

This community service activity aims to provide assistance to SMK teachers in Mataram City in developing project-based learning to design, implement, and evaluate project-based mathematics learning. The specific target to be produced from this service activity is the optimal understanding of SMK teachers throughout the city of Mataram related to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of project-based mathematics learning. To achieve this target, mentoring was carried out for SMK teachers in Mataram City, each represented by 2 teachers in each partner school. Mentoring activities are carried out with a series of activities, namely (1) Seminars related to the general description of project-based learning and dissemination of research results that are still related to the need for project-based learning to be implemented in schools, (2) Workshop on project-based learning design, (3) Workshop on implementation project-based learning, (4) project-based learning evaluation workshops, (5) forum group discussion results from the implementation of activities in each school. The results of the service activities showed a positive response from the training participants and an increase in participants' understanding of project-based learning in mathematics learning.

Anonymiced Shareable Data: Using mice to Create and Analyze Multiply Imputed Synthetic Datasets

Synthetic datasets simultaneously allow for the dissemination of research data while protecting the privacy and confidentiality of respondents. Generating and analyzing synthetic datasets is straightforward, yet, a synthetic data analysis pipeline is seldom adopted by applied researchers. We outline a simple procedure for generating and analyzing synthetic datasets with the multiple imputation software mice (Version 3.13.15) in R. We demonstrate through simulations that the analysis results obtained on synthetic data yield unbiased and valid inferences and lead to synthetic records that cannot be distinguished from the true data records. The ease of use when synthesizing data with mice along with the validity of inferences obtained through this procedure opens up a wealth of possibilities for data dissemination and further research on initially private data.

Personal observations on COVID-19 and the conduct and application of biomedical science

We begin by describing our observations of the ways in which the conduct of research has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic and go on to comment on the quality of the scientific advice that is provided to UK citizens, and especially to schools. Researchers, like many, have suffered from the effects of the pandemic. Those hardships notwithstanding, we suggest that research into COVID-19 has benefitted from a ‘seed corn’ of discovery science that has provided the basis for routine diagnostic PCR and antibody tests; for structural analyses of the way in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus interacts with cells; for the development of new treatments (and the debunking of ineffective ones); for studies of the genetics of susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2; and for the development of vaccines. The speed of dissemination of research has benefitted from the widespread use of pre-prints, and researchers and funders have become more nimble in their approaches to research and more willing to change their priorities in the face of the pandemic. In our experience, the advice provided to schools on the basis of this research was, however, often published at the last minute and was frequently flawed or inconsistent. This has led to a widening of the attainment gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers and it has exacerbated the digital divide and holiday hunger. The consequences will be felt for many years to come and will jeopardize diversity in research and other careers.

Disrupting the Systems: Opportunities to Enhance Methodological Approaches to Address Socio-Structural Determinants of HIV and End the Epidemic Through Effective Community Engagement

A world without HIV is only possible by addressing the socio-structural determinants of health. Our understanding of socio-structural determinants is constantly changing, and parallel changes must occur with the methodologies used to explain the drivers of the HIV epidemic. We argue for the need to engage communities in the planning, implementation, and dissemination of research on the socio-structural determinants of HIV. Community engagement should cross-cut various types of research including rigorous measurement development of socio-structural determinants and novel analytic techniques to model their role in the trajectory of the epidemic and the impact of interventions. Considering the role of place, we recommend collaboration between scientists and communities in the interpretation of results from studies that map HIV-related behaviors and movement. As we collectively delve into historically oppressive systems with colonial antecedents, we must be ready to challenge these systems and replace them with collaborative models. The success of research-driven HIV policy and programming will best be evaluated with methodologies derived from the insights of the very individuals that these policies and programs aim to serve.

The Fifth World Congress on Resilience

The Fifth World Congress on Resilience, held May 26 to 28, 2021, at the Yaoundé Convention Centre (Cameroon), was devoted to “Human development, sustainable development, and resilience.” Co-chaired by Étienne Kimessoukié-Omolomo and Colette Jourdan-Ionescu, the Congress was organized by the School of Health Sciences of the Catholic University of Central Africa under the aegis of Resilio, the International Association for promotion and dissemination of research on resilience. Due to health restrictions, the Congress was held in a hybrid format, online and with 120 in-person participants.