Some scholarly communication guidelines

Scholarly communication describes the process of sharing and publishing of research findings. This report provides some useful guidelines for improving a key scholarly communication aspect: the writing of scientific documents (e.g. journal articles, conference papers, Doctor of Philosophy thesis). The goal is to have a written text to complement both a two hour seminar, given under the same subject and that was presented to Computer Science students, and the ``Scholarly Communication'' course unit, lectured for Information Systems students. For further reading purposes, this report includes an additional list of references related with other aspects of scholarly communication (e.g. designing scientific presentations)

Enriching Conference Participation Using Social Media at #macmla2013

Objectives: Social media\u27s growing presence in personal interactions, news reporting, and education are just some of the ways this technology is changing our in-person and virtual interactions. While social media has been used in conjunction with the past few annual Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) meetings, understanding who is participating and how they participate can help identify other patterns for year-round networking. Methods: The meeting planning team created an outline identifying all key communication channels and groups, including the MAC Messages blog and Twitter, to promote the annual conference. The author used several quantitative methods to track social media posts related to the conference: (1) The WordPress web analytics of the MAC Messages blog track how many people read the conference posts and how many responded; (2) Storify captured and archived the tweets sent to the #macmla2013 conference hashtag; and (3) tweet archivist provided additional analytics regarding distribution of messages across Twitter participants and their larger social impact based on the number of followers. Thematic analysis of tweets will identify patterns of content or talking points among participants and the virtual narrative that occurs during conference sessions. Results: A total of 243 tweets matched the #macmla2013 hashtag for the MACMLA 2013 conference, and 675 viewed WordPress blog posts regarding conference content. In-person conference attendance was 174 people. Comparatively, 19 people tweeted during the conference. While the Twitter-ers were significantly smaller in number, their combined followers list indicates a possible impact network of approximately 6,900. Ten items were re-tweeted, and 8 items were favorited. Among the tweets, 34 different Twitter accounts were specifically identified or connected through @ identification. Fifteen other hashtags were also used to bridge content to other conversations. Common themes identified in the tweets were social interactions, keynotes, continuing education courses, MAC Business Meeting, and conference commentary. Conclusions: Hashtag usage, apart from specific conference hashtag, was less used to effectively bridge communication on a topic; instead, it was misused to highlight commentary on an event. Instead, @name inclusion better identified other key constituencies. Most items re-tweeted were re-tweeted by other participants already at the meeting, while those who favorited tweets were mostly not in attendance. Comparing Twitter content and blog post views, both had content-specific items such as posters, paper presentations, and keynotes as most viewed and commented. Based on these behaviors, future annual meeting groups can understand the larger reach of scholarship beyond the conference center

Recommended reading list of early publications on atomic layer deposition-Outcome of the "Virtual Project on the History of ALD"

Atomic layer deposition (ALD), a gas-phase thin film deposition technique based on repeated, self-terminating gas-solid reactions, has become the method of choice in semiconductor manufacturing and many other technological areas for depositing thin conformal inorganic material layers for various applications. ALD has been discovered and developed independently, at least twice, under different names: atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) and molecular layering. ALE, dating back to 1974 in Finland, has been commonly known as the origin of ALD, while work done since the 1960s in the Soviet Union under the name "molecular layering" (and sometimes other names) has remained much less known. The virtual project on the history of ALD (VPHA) is a volunteer-based effort with open participation, set up to make the early days of ALD more transparent. In VPHA, started in July 2013, the target is to list, read and comment on all early ALD academic and patent literature up to 1986. VPHA has resulted in two essays and several presentations at international conferences. This paper, based on a poster presentation at the 16th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition in Dublin, Ireland, 2016, presents a recommended reading list of early ALD publications, created collectively by the VPHA participants through voting. The list contains 22 publications from Finland, Japan, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States. Up to now, a balanced overview regarding the early history of ALD has been missing; the current list is an attempt to remedy this deficiency. (C) 2016 Author(s).Peer reviewe

Electronic and total energy properties of ternary and quaternary semiconductor compounds, alloys and superlattices

This proposal was mainly concerned with the theoretical study of semiconductor compounds, alloys, and superlattices of interest for photovoltaic applications. In the last year (1991) a study was devoted to metal/graphite bonding in relation to use of graphite fiber reinforcement of Cu for high thermal conductivity applications. The main research topics addressed during the full period of the grant are briefly described: studies of the In-Ga-As ternary system; band-offsets at common anion and InAs/GaSb/AlSb heterojunctions; alloy theory (cluster variation method); and Cu/graphite bonding. Most of the work was described more extensively in previous yearly reports and renewal applications and in publications. The last topic is described more fully in a separate report attached. A list of publications resulting directly from this grant or from other grants but related to this work and of conference presentations is given at the end

Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin– Vol. 1 No. 20; May, 1934

Table of Contents – Vol. 1 No. 20; May, 1934 A Conference Extraordinary, Page 1 Class of 1934 Contributes to Alumni Fund, Page 7 Alumni Fund, Page 7 John Chalmers Da Costa: 1863-1933, Page 8 The William Potter Memorial Lecture and Other Presentations, Page 9 The Jefferson Society for Clinical Investigation, Page 10 Jefferson dean Honored by the Association of American Medical Colleges, Page 11 President of the Pennsylvania State College Commencement Speaker, Page 11 Tablet Commemorates the Services of Dr. E. Quin Thornton, Page 11 Program of Commencement Season, Page 12 Ex-Intern’s Day, Page 13 Medical Service at the Jefferson Hospital, Page 13 The President of the Alumni Association, Page 14 The Alumni Dinner, Page 15 Class Luncheons on Alumni Day, Page 15 The Mid-Winter Smoker, Page 15 J. Torrance Rugh, Page 16 Branch Chapter Meetings of the Alumni Association, Page 17 Necrology List of the Alumni for the Year 1933, Page 17 Alumni Association of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia Officers for 1934, Page 1

Human Resource Management in Emergency Situations

The dissertation examines the issues related to the human resource management in emergency situations and introduces the measures helping to solve these issues. The prime aim is to analyse complexly a human resource management, built environment resilience management life cycle and its stages for the purpose of creating an effective Human Resource Management in Emergency Situations Model and Intelligent System. This would help in accelerating resilience in every stage, managing personal stress and reducing disaster-related losses. The dissertation consists of an Introduction, three Chapters, the Conclusions, References, List of Author’s Publications and nine Appendices. The introduction discusses the research problem and the research relevance, outlines the research object, states the research aim and objectives, overviews the research methodology and the original contribution of the research, presents the practical value of the research results, and lists the defended propositions. The introduction concludes with an overview of the author’s publications and conference presentations on the topic of this dissertation. Chapter 1 introduces best practice in the field of disaster and resilience management in the built environment. It also analyses disaster and resilience management life cycle ant its stages, reviews different intelligent decision support systems, and investigates researches on application of physiological parameters and their dependence on stress. The chapter ends with conclusions and the explicit objectives of the dissertation. Chapter 2 of the dissertation introduces the conceptual model of human resource management in emergency situations. To implement multiple criteria analysis of the research object the methods of multiple criteria analysis and mahematics are proposed. They should be integrated with intelligent technologies. In Chapter 3 the model developed by the author and the methods of multiple criteria analysis are adopted by developing the Intelligent Decision Support System for a Human Resource Management in Emergency Situations consisting of four subsystems: Physiological Advisory Subsystem to Analyse a User’s Post-Disaster Stress Management; Text Analytics Subsystem; Recommender Thermometer for Measuring the Preparedness for Resilience and Subsystem of Integrated Virtual and Intelligent Technologies. The main statements of the thesis were published in eleven scientific articles: two in journals listed in the Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science, one in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, four in peer-reviewed conference proceedings referenced in the Thomson Reuters ISI database, and three in peer-reviewed conference proceedings in Lithuania. Five presentations were given on the topic of the dissertation at conferences in Lithuania and other countries

ALT-C 2011 call for proposals (abstracts)

This is the detailed call and guidelines document for the submission of abstracts of Short Papers, Short Presentations (ePosters), Symposia, Workshops and Demonstrations for inclusion in the programme of the September 6-8 2011 ALT Conference. The conference "Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate" will be co-chaired by John Cook (Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning at the Learning Technology Research Institute, London Metropolitan University), and Sugata Mitra (Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University)

Identifying priority questions regarding rapid systematic reviews’ methods: protocol for an eDelphi study

Introduction: Rapid systematic reviews (RRs) have the potential to provide timely information to decision-makers, thus directly impacting healthcare. However, consensus regarding the most efficient approaches to performing RRs and the presence of several unaddressed methodological issues pose challenges. With such a large potential research agenda for RRs, it is unclear what should be prioritised.// Objective: To elicit a consensus from RR experts and interested parties on what are the most important methodological questions (from the generation of the question to the writing of the report) for the field to address in order to guide the effective and efficient development of RRs.// Methods and analysis: An eDelphi study will be conducted. Researchers with experience in evidence synthesis and other interested parties (eg, knowledge users, patients, community members, policymaker, industry, journal editors and healthcare providers) will be invited to participate. The following steps will be taken: (1) a core group of experts in evidence synthesis will generate the first list of items based on the available literature; (2) using LimeSurvey, participants will be invited to rate and rank the importance of suggested RR methodological questions. Questions with open format responses will allow for modifications to the wording of items or the addition of new items; (3) three survey rounds will be performed asking participants to re-rate items, with items deemed of low importance being removed at each round; (4) a list of items will be generated with items believed to be of high importance by ≥75% of participants being included and (5) this list will be discussed at an online consensus meeting that will generate a summary document containing the final priority list. Data analysis will be performed using raw numbers, means and frequencies.// Ethics and dissemination: This study was approved by the Concordia University Human Research Ethics Committee (#30015229). Both traditional, for example, scientific conference presentations and publication in scientific journals, and non-traditional, for example, lay summaries and infographics, knowledge translation products will be created

Banff Digital Pathology Working Group: Going digital in transplant pathology.

The Banff Digital Pathology Working Group (DPWG) was formed in the time leading up to and during the joint American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics/Banff Meeting, September 23-27, 2019, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the meeting, the 14th Banff Conference, presentations directly and peripherally related to the topic of "digital pathology" were presented; and discussions before, during, and after the meeting have resulted in a list of issues to address for the DPWG. Included are practice standardization, integrative approaches for study classification, scoring of histologic parameters (eg, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy and inflammation), algorithm classification, and precision diagnosis (eg, molecular pathways and therapeutics). Since the meeting, a survey with international participation of mostly pathologists (81%) was conducted, showing that whole slide imaging is available at the majority of centers (71%) but that artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning was only used in ≈12% of centers, with a wide variety of programs/algorithms employed. Digitalization is not just an end in itself. It also is a necessary precondition for AI and other approaches. Discussions at the meeting and the survey highlight the unmet need for a Banff DPWG and point the way toward future contributions that can be made