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Showing 1 to 20 of 169 for “"Research team"”.
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Scientists in the principal investigator role
… since they are the motor for their progress. Research can be implemented by companies, but it can also be implemented in universities and research centres. The research process is more and more often conducted in teams and these are increasingly multidisciplinary. This is a double-edge sword …
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Understanding Multiple Layers of Practice: A Study on Academic Discourse Socialization in Engineering Research Teams
… into academic discourse by examining small group team discussions (e.g., Ho 2011; Vickers 2007), academic presentations, (e.g., Kobayashi, 2016; Morton, 2009; Tracy, 1997; Yang, 2010), one-to-one conferences (e.g., Gilliland, 2014), and students’ out-of-class collaborations and interactions (e.g., …
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MITeams : quick organizational mapping by combining email and survey data
Organizational maps can help teams and organizations improve how they manage their human and social capital. Yet, keeping track of the relationships in an organization is a complex, labor-intensive, and time-consuming task. Here I present MITeams: an automated visualization tool for quick …
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A case study of the action research process in a school for at-risk students
This case study described how a team of teachers, students, a parent, and a principal applied action research to study issues in an alternative school for at-risk students. The literature review indicated that action research could be used for school renewal, school reform, and educational change. …
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The organization of research activities in industry and academia : implications for the commercialization of university research
… entry into commercial activities by an academic research team, and analyze the returns and costs of these activities. I compare the behavior and performance of the academic team to an industrial research team. The two teams are assumed to differ in their objectives, governance modes, and …
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The importance of soft skills-cooperation,problem solving,and adptability in the development of the speaking skill of first year high school students of Bachillerato Industrial at Centro Escolar INSA
In this study, the research team aimed to the importance of the soft skills-cooperation, problem solving and adaptability in the development of the English speaking skill of first year high school students of Bachillerato Tecnico Industrial during the year 2019. In this research study, the …
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Ready to Write: Exploring the Student Perspective on the Transition to College
… <p>By taking a Participatory Action Research approach, this study explored the skills, habits, and behaviors used in the transition to college and college writing from the student perspective. The research team included 20 first-time freshmen college students and one …
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Growing up with HIV in Kisumu, Kenya: Participatory Action Research with Young People Living with HIV
… of the study was to use a participatory action research (PAR) approach to answer the question: What is the experience of HIV positive youth living in Kisumu, Kenya? The goal of the study was to engage and empower a small research team of young adults in Kisumu to critically examine the needs and …
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Improving inglés técnico I group 6 students’ competence through the implementation of literal and free translation approaches at the Economics Department on The Western Multidisciplinary Campus of the University of El Salvador, during the year 2016-2017-
The present research contains notable information about one of the less observed but not less important subjects at the Foreign Language Department, Ingles Técnico (Translation). Through an observation and a diagnosis study conducted inside classes of “Ingles Técnico I” at the Economics Department …
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Development of an evidence-based medicine mobile application for the use in medical education
… help reinforce the EBM principles. METHODS: The research team in collaboration with the designers of the Finding Information Framework, a custom-made EBM finding information tool, worked to develop a mobile application to help reinforce the framework for medical students. The app was designed …
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Exploring Readiness to Convene an Equity-Driven Collaborative that HelpsHighly Mobile Tennesseans Thrive
<p dir="ltr">Researchers often act as conveners, helping bring together diverse partners to address public health issues. For one research team, their work has centered on understanding and addressing the relationships between personal/residential mobility and HIV care. However, without explicit …
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Past And Present Hydrogeology Of The Atacama Desert, Northern Chile: Human And Natural System Interactions
… to 23[MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR]S and on the research processes itself. Chapter 2 is a study of the landscape evolution and paleohydrology of the northern portion of the Chilean forearc basin. During the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene, before the forearc basin was deeply incised, a lake …
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Perceptions of Sexual Activity from Staff and Youth in a State Juvenile Facility
… a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The grant research team conducted a survey in a juvenile facility of a mid-western state asking staff and juvenile participants to given their perceptions of the occurrences, on a scale from never to very often, of a range of sexual activity including …
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Security and the Offshore Nuclear Plant (ONP) : security simulation testing and analysis of the multi-layer security system
The ONP research team from the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at MIT has been researching and developing the possibility of a nuclear reactor deployed on an offshore platform out to sea. Such a reactor deployed up to twelve nautical miles offshore poses a significant security risk that …
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Closing the summer learning gap for vulnerable junior kindergarten students
… English as a second language. In general, research illustrated clearly that the summer learning gap can be particularly problematic for vulnerable children and furthermore, that literacy skills may be the area of achievement that is most affected. A foundational pillar to this research …
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Perceptions of Fidelity and Adaptation in Evidence-Informed Interventions by Women of Color Sexuality Health Educators
… (EBI), as the best way to incorporate research in applied settings. EBIs are solely guided by recommendations from current evidence, whereas EIIs recognize and incorporate the practitioner’s judgment and professional expertise in the context of program implementation.</p> <p>This …
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The Potential Impact of Dance for Disabled Young Adults
Research has shown that dance may greatly benefit the disabled community. Regular participation in dance classes has been shown to have a positive effect on participants mood (Barnstaple & DeSouza, 2017; Houston & McGill, 2012) while participation in community and leisure activities is linked to …
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Smart Grid Technologies for Efficiency Improvement of Integrated Industrial Electric System
<p>The purpose of this research is to identify the need of Smart Grid Technologies in communication between industrial plants with co-generation capability and the electric utilities in providing the most optimum scheme for buying and selling of electricity in such a way that the fuel consumption …
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Enabling a Speculative EcoGothic? Blood Moss, an Original Novella and a Critical Reflection
… notebooks of Prof. Ngceni, a scientist whose research team is documenting field experiments in the same forest, leading him to hypothesise that the forest is sentient and agentive. Beyond mere setting, the forest emerges as a vital character in the novella, influencing my treatment of …
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Plague of absence : insect declines and the fate of ecosystems
In November of 2017, a group of researchers published a paper showing that since the 1980s, insect populations in protected areas in Germany have decreased by over 75 percent. The decline, dubbed by one reporter the "insect armageddon," was widespread, affecting sites on nature reserves across the …
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