INSPIRE : Vol 5, Issue 12

Message from the Chair 7th WOHC Singapore World Stroke Day PZP Hospitalist Grand Round PADCON PZP Hospitalist Grand Round International Kidney Transplant Symposium UPDATES ON COPD In-depth- featuring Assistant Prof. Dr Mehreen Arshad What are Academics Around the World Reading This Month? Publicationshttps://ecommons.aku.edu/inspire/1069/thumbnail.jp

INSPIRE : Vol 7 Issue 1

Message from the Chair Medicine at National and International Forums AKUPI-NCD Symposium A Dialogue on NCDs | A Triumph in Health Discourse By Zeerak Jarra Department of Medicine Appreciation Evening 2023 AKU Dermatology on International Fronts Developing Healthcare Leaders for Tomorrow Poem Section What Academics Are Reading Upcoming Eventshttps://ecommons.aku.edu/inspire/1083/thumbnail.jp

Message from the Chair 5th International Symposium – 2015 South Eastern University of Sri Lanka

South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, one of the national universities in the country, is in the fore front in the region in research and development, innovation and dissemination. IntSym 2015, the fifth international symposium of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka, is one of the major events organized in the Eastern Sri Lanka to facilitate dissemination of research findings. The theme of the fifth international symposium is “Emerging Trends and Challenges in Multidisciplinary Research” an important aspect in research which is focused nationally and globally. Multidisciplinary research brings different disciplines together to talk about issues from each of their perspectives where different disciples may collaborate, but maintaining a separation of their disciplines within that process. Researchers from different disciplines can initiate multidisciplinary research by simple teaming. Multidisciplinary research integrates data from different disciplines, incorporates different methodologies, and combines multiple perspectives and concepts to solve real world problems. Multidisciplinary research, therefore, requires either an individual researcher involves in two or more disciplines or two or more researchers bring together two or more different disciples or multidisciplinary teams assemble and create a platform for discovery and innovation. Multidisciplinary research not only brings expertise together but also other limited resources in many contexts such as equipment, resources, time and motivation. Hence, multidisciplinary research leads to findings that exceed the possibilities of a uni-disciplinary research. The steering committee of the international symposium has selected this timely theme in order to be on par with national and global trends and needs. This symposium allows the researchers, academics and students to share the novel findings of multidisciplinary research and development initiatives. This symposium will also provide ample opportunity to the participants to share knowledge and collaborate and network with different experts from different parts of the country and the globe. This symposium will emerge as a platform that encourages and enhances multiple disciplines to merge together to yield more and more fruitful research findings. I wish to thank the organizing committee of the fifth international symposium of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka for selecting an appropriate and timely theme for this year. I also wish to thank all others who have contributed to make this symposium a reality. I wish the fifth international symposium of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka all the success

Eagle Executive Magazine

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Evaluating tutor training for online PBL teamwork courses in first year engineering

The use of Problem-based Learning and other collaborative pedagogies in undergraduate engineering courses is recommended by a plethora of learning theory and research on educational best-practice, particularly for Applied Sciences such as Medicine and Engineering. One barrier to implementing and sustaining these curricular and pedagogical approaches lies in the development of the appropriate knowledge and skills and a consistent and appropriate approach in the teaching team. A significant change from the traditional pedagogies employed by tutors and the training of tutors is required, if PBL and similar methods are to be effective in delivering their numerous affordances, especially in asynchronous online environments for distance learning. This paper describes the development of a strategy to train engineering tutors in online PBL facilitation, and the evaluation framework used to assess the effectiveness of this training. Results of the evaluation of training and subsequent behavioural changes of the tutors are given. The evaluation revealed a variance between the message of the training and subsequent practice. Recommendations are made about the need for ongoing tutor development and support, and the necessity of evaluation in the implementation of PBL pedagogies

A survey on cyber security for smart grid communications

A smart grid is a new form of electricity network with high fidelity power-flow control, self-healing, and energy reliability and energy security using digital communications and control technology. To upgrade an existing power grid into a smart grid, it requires significant dependence on intelligent and secure communication infrastructures. It requires security frameworks for distributed communications, pervasive computing and sensing technologies in smart grid. However, as many of the communication technologies currently recommended to use by a smart grid is vulnerable in cyber security, it could lead to unreliable system operations, causing unnecessary expenditure, even consequential disaster to both utilities and consumers. In this paper, we summarize the cyber security requirements and the possible vulnerabilities in smart grid communications and survey the current solutions on cyber security for smart grid communications. © 2012 IEEE