The Adoption Challenge: An Analysis of Research Methods in JIBS

This study introduces the concepts of translational distance and complexity distance to explain challenges to adoption of research methods in JIBS. We examine three analytical techniques and data collection approaches: (1) Heckman models, (2) ethnographic studies, and (3) data collection equivalence procedures in survey-based research. We note that progress has been made to reduce translational and complexity distance for analytical techniques. However, concerns remain for data collection equivalence and ethnography as IB scholars are using increasingly advanced analytical techniques on less credible data

Modelling the effects of glucagon during glucose tolerance testing.

From Europe PMC via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: ppub 2019-12-01, epub 2019-12-12Publication status: PublishedBACKGROUND:Glucose tolerance testing is a tool used to estimate glucose effectiveness and insulin sensitivity in diabetic patients. The importance of such tests has prompted the development and utilisation of mathematical models that describe glucose kinetics as a function of insulin activity. The hormone glucagon, also plays a fundamental role in systemic plasma glucose regulation and is secreted reciprocally to insulin, stimulating catabolic glucose utilisation. However, regulation of glucagon secretion by α-cells is impaired in type-1 and type-2 diabetes through pancreatic islet dysfunction. Despite this, inclusion of glucagon activity when modelling the glucose kinetics during glucose tolerance testing is often overlooked. This study presents two mathematical models of a glucose tolerance test that incorporate glucose-insulin-glucagon dynamics. The first model describes a non-linear relationship between glucagon and glucose, whereas the second model assumes a linear relationship. RESULTS:Both models are validated against insulin-modified and glucose infusion intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT) data, as well as insulin infusion data, and are capable of estimating patient glucose effectiveness (sG) and insulin sensitivity (sI). Inclusion of glucagon dynamics proves to provide a more detailed representation of the metabolic portrait, enabling estimation of two new diagnostic parameters: glucagon effectiveness (sE) and glucagon sensitivity (δ). CONCLUSIONS:The models are used to investigate how different degrees of pax'tient glucagon sensitivity and effectiveness affect the concentration of blood glucose and plasma glucagon during IVGTT and insulin infusion tests, providing a platform from which the role of glucagon dynamics during a glucose tolerance test may be investigated and predicted

On topographical wave scattering in stratified fluids

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What would a more holistic model for supporting students with disabilities look like?

Students with disabilities at LJMU may receive support from many different services, as well as from academic staff that support learning in their specific subject area. However, the different services and staff that are involved in providing support rarely speak to each other and may not even know of each other’s involvement.      In this lightning talk, we explore some of the potential benefits that a more holistic model of support may bring to students with disabilities. We have some ideas of what such a model should look like, but the primary purpose of this talk will be to open a dialogue with interested members of staff and discuss how such a model could be brought to life.   &nbsp

Lessons from a pandemic: how can we make online learning more inclusive?

In the academic year 2018/19, 16.2% of home students declared a disability of some kind. This is an increase of 36% on the number of students who declared a disability in the academic year 2014/15 (Hubble and Bolton, 2020a). A survey conducted in 2018 also found that 21.5% of students had a current mental health diagnosis (Hubble and Bolton, 2020b). As many students with a disability do not feel able to disclose it due to the perceived stigma of doing so and because of difficulties in proving their disability (Toutain, 2016), the true number of students with a disability, particularly a hidden disability, studying at UK universities may be significantly higher.      In this talk, we discuss the outcome of a curriculum enhancement project that sought to investigate students with hidden disabilities’ experience of online learning during the ongoing pandemic. Many research papers in the current literature point to the benefits and barriers that online learning can bring, and the project represented a first step in determining best practice in teaching and facilitating online learning. As many students with hidden disabilities, and indeed many students in general, find it hard to attend classes on a regular basis for a variety of reasons, this project also can inform how best to utilise VLEs, such as Canvas, to ensure that studying from a distance is a viable option for students when the need arises.      In sharing this student-focused research, we will outline insights on what disabled students consider to be the key aspects of inclusive teaching and learning, to enable them to succeed and achieve their potential at this university

Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research:Trends, Analysis and Recommendations

This paper examines trends, challenges, and opportunities for qualitative IB research. We examine how the reliance on positivism has influenced the use of alternative paradigms (e.g., social constructivism, critical realism and interpretivism) and, consequently, the use of qualitative methods. Using mixed methods to collect and analyze data on qualitative articles published in International Business Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, and Management International Review, we examine differences between the dominant positivist paradigm and the alternative ones and use comparative content analysis to investigate how alternative paradigm papers are conceptualized and presented. Moreover, we interview authors who used alternative paradigms to gain an in-depth understanding of the challenges and opportunities they faced when conducting research using alternative paradigms. We argue that alternative paradigms can help IB innovate and generate groundbreaking research while providing social impact, managerial and practical relevance, and promoting diversity. We, therefore, encourage paradigmatic diversity and awareness. Lastly, we provide prescriptions for IB scholars to understand methodology and examine complex IB phenomena vis-a-vis paradigmatic diversity