LIFE evaluation report: baseline bibliometric analysis

Issued as final reportArizona State Universit

Impact of Technology and Innovation Advisory Services

This report identifies and reviews literature that evaluates the impacts of technology and innovation advisory services. These services provide information, technical assistance, consulting, mentoring, and other services to support enterprises in adopting and deploying new technologies and in commercialising innovations. Examples include the: Manufacturing Advisory Service (UK), the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (USA), and the Industrial Research Assistance Program (Canada). Technology and innovation advisory services are also provided by technology centres and other business assistance programmes. Such services are typically targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises. A defining capability of technology and innovation advisory services is the offer of expert one-on-one guidance to individual companies through extension staff, field offices, or dispersed technology centres. The available studies generally find that technology and innovation advisory services provide positive benefits for participating firms. The types of benefits achieved include reductions in costs, improved quality, reduced waste and improved environmental performance, higher productivity, and new product development and innovation. Net benefits achieved are typically relatively modest, although commensurate with the relatively small amounts of public funding usually invested in technology and innovation advisory services. More intense and customised services can improve results. Applying best practices in the operation and delivery of technology and innovation services, including attention to outreach, staff capability, long-term engagement, flexibility, organisational stability, and linkage with other services, increases the likelihood of programme effectiveness and impact

Erawatch (European research area support)

Issued as final reportErawatch Network ASB

Analisis Komposisi Musik Karya Piano Solo The Lord Is In His Holy Temple Karya William Bay Aransemen Darrell Archer Pada Panggilan Berbakti Dalam Ibadah Gereja Baptis Iman Manado

Melalui penelitian ini, penulis ingin mengetahui dengan lebih dalam komposisi piano The Lord is in His Holy Temple dan teknik-teknik permainan piano yang dibutuhkan agar dapat dimainkan dengan baik. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif analitik pada tahun 2022. Data dikumpulkan melalui studi literatur. Data disusun menjadi komponen-komponen untuk dianalisa struktur melodi, irama, dan harmoninya.  Teknik permainan piano yang dibutuhkan juga dijabarkan dan diinterpretasi. Karya The Lord is in His Holy Temple karya William Bay untuk Trumpet dan Gitar dan diaransir untuk Piano Solo oleh Darrel Archer ini terdiri dari 66 birama dengan dua tema utama yang diulang dengan teknik tema dan variasi.  Terdapat Intro sebanyak 6 birama berupa overture dan diakhiri dengan coda satu birama.  Terjadi empat kali modulasi dan diselingi interlude untuk berpindah ke tangga nada berikutnya.  Tema pertama dibuat 2 variasi sedangkan tema kedua dibuat 2 variasi. Dari hasil analisis dan interpretasi data diperoleh indikasi bahwa: (1) karya piano ini cocok untuk dimainkan pada awal ibadah khususnya di panggilan berbakti. (2) ada beberapa kesulitan dalam memainkan karya ini khususnya untuk jangkauan tangan pada beberapa bagian.  Dari hasil temuan tersebut maka direkomendasikan untuk memainkan karya ini dengan teknik bermain p   iano intermediate

Comparisons & analyses of U.S. & global economic data & trends

Issued as final reportSRI Internationa

Is there a shift to "active nanostructures"?

It has been suggested that an important transition in the long-run trajectory of nanotechnology development is a shift from passive to active nanostructures. Such a shift could present different or increased societal impacts and require new approaches for risk assessment. An active nanostructure “changes or evolves its state during its operation,” according to the National Science Foundation’s (2006) Active Nanostructures and Nanosystems grant solicitation. Active nanostructure examples include nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), nanomachines, self-healing materials, targeted drugs and chemicals, energy storage devices, and sensors. This article considers two questions: (a) Is there a “shift” to active nanostructures? (b) How can we characterize the prototypical areas into which active nanostructures may emerge? We build upon the NSF definition of active nanostructures to develop a research publication search strategy, with a particular intent to distinguish between passive and active nanotechnologies. We perform bibliometric analyses and describe the main publication trends from 1995 to 2008. We then describe the prototypes of research that emerge based on reading the abstracts and review papers encountered in our search. Preliminary results suggest that there is a sharp rise in active nanostructures publications in 2006, and this rise is maintained in 2007 and through to early 2008. We present a typology that can be used to describe the kind of active nanostructures that may be commercialized and regulated in the future