An Exploration of Experiences of Transdisciplinary Research in Aging and Technology

Transdisciplinary research (TDR) involves academics/scientists collaborating with stakeholders from diverse disciplinary and sectoral backgrounds. While TDR has been recognized as beneficial in generating innovative solutions to complex social problems, knowledge is limited about researchers' perceptions and experiences of TDR in the aging and technology field. We conducted a qualitative study to address this knowledge gap by exploring how members of a pan-Canadian research network on aging and technology perceived and experienced TDR. Thirty members participated in semi-structured interviews. Interview data were analyzed thematically. Participants identified benefits that can be gained from implementing TDR, including mutual learning, improved capacity to understand and solve problems, and community engagement and empowerment. Participants also identified challenges to implementing TDR: communication issues and conflicting priorities among team members; tensions between traditional and TDR approaches; and difficulties identifying partners and developing partnerships. In addition, contradictions between TDR principles and participants' understanding of them became apparent. Nevertheless, some participants described successful strategies for implementing transdisciplinary principles in their projects: stakeholder engagement; language and goal sharing; and open, respectful communication. We offer recommendations to support TDR in aging and technology that focus on education and reform of the culture and values that can constrain efforts to practice TDR.Im Rahmen transdisziplinärer Forschung (TDF) arbeiten Wissenschaftler*innen mit Stakeholdern unterschiedlicher disziplinärer und sektoraler Herkunft zusammen. Während es mittlerweile akzeptiert scheint, dass TDF hilfreich ist, um innovative Lösungen für komplexe soziale Probleme zu generieren, ist das Wissen um Wahrnehmungen und Erfahrungen transdisziplinärer Forscher*innen im Bereich Alter(n) und Technologie vergleichsweise gering. Mittels einer qualitativen Studie mit Mitgliedern eines Pan-Kanadischen Forschungsnetzwerks haben wir versucht, diese Wissenslücke zu schließen. Mit 33 Mitgliedern des Netzwerkes wurden teilstrukturierte Interviews geführt, die thematisch analysiert wurden. Zu den berichteten Benefits von TDF gehörten u.a. wechselseitiges Lernen, verbesserte Möglichkeiten zum Verstehen und Lösen von Problemen  sowie Zugehörigkeit zu und Einbettung in die jeweilige Community. Erlebte Herausforderungen betrafen insbesondere kommunikative Schwierigkeiten und Prioritätskonflikte im Team, Spannungen zwischen Vertreter*innen von traditionellen vs. TDF-Ansätzen sowie Hindernisse beim Identifizieren von potenziellen Partner*innen. Zusätzliche waren Widersprüche zwischen TDF-Prinzipien und deren Verständnis durch die Interviewten offensichtlich. Einige der Gesprächspartner*innen haben gleichwohl Strategien beschrieben, die auf eine erfolgreiche Implementierung transdisziplinärer Prinzipien verweisen, nämlich das Engagement von Stakeholdern, das Teilen von Zielen und Sprachen sowie eine offene, respektvolle Kommunikation. Hiervon ausgehend bieten wir Empfehlungen für TDF zu Alter(n) und Technologie mit einem Fokus auf Bildung und auf eine Reform von Kulturen und Werten, die in der Praxis Bemühungen um TDF entgegenstehen

Diagnosis Aerobic Component of Operational Preparedness Skill Players

Важливе значення для системи керування, відбору й орієнтації футболістів на етапах багаторічної підготовки відіграє добір ефективних методик тестування різних компонентів функціональної підготовленості спортсмена для отримання своєчасної, об'єктивної інформації про стан футболістів. Використання достовірних ефективних наукових методик контролю за станом спортсмена сприяє подальшому вдосконаленню майстерності, зростання спортивних досягнень. Метою даної статті є опис та узагальнення сучасних методів та розробок діагностики аеробного компонента функціональної підготовленості футболістів високої кваліфікації.В статті описані методики які активно та ефективно використовуються в провідних футбрльних командах Європи. Зокрема Yo-Yo тест, Човниковий тест (beep-тест), Тест Bangsbo, тест Hoff-Helgerud, тест Conconi, Wingate-тест. Дані тести мають високий рівень достовірності та надійності для оцінки аеробних механізмів енергозабезпечення футболістів.Considerable importance for the control system, selection and orientation of the players on the stage long-term preparation plays a selection of effective methods of testing the various components of functional fitness athlete for timely, objective information about the players.The use of reliable scientific methods of effective monitoring of the athlete contributes to the further improvement of skills, increase athletic achievements. The purpose of this article is to describe and summarize modern methods of diagnosis and development of aerobic component of operational preparedness players qualifications. This article describes methods that actively and effectively used in leading European football teams. Specifically Yo-Yo test, test Shuttle (beep-test), Bangsbo test, test Hoff-Helgerud, test Conconi, Wingate-test. These tests have a high level of reliability and security mechanisms for assessing aerobic power players

Defining and evaluating transdisciplinary research:implications for aging and technology

Purpose: Transdisciplinary research has the potential to enhance the real-world impact of the field of aging and technology. This is a context-driven and problem-focused approach to knowledge production that involves collaboration across scientific disciplines and academic and nonacademic sectors. To sustain broader implementation of this approach, a scoping review was conducted on the impact of this approach on research processes, outcomes and uptake.Materials and Methods: A systematic search was conducted of aging, health/medicine, and technology literatures indexed in three electronic data bases (Medline/OVID, EBSCO, ProQuest) from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2015. Search terms included three themes: (1) transdisciplinarity; (2) research outcomes and (3) social change.Results: Twenty articles met the inclusion criteria. We found that a transdisciplinary approach to research enhances integration of diverse knowledge, scientific and extra-scientific outcomes, capacity to engage in translational research and the uptake of research knowledge. We also identified a number of facilitators and barriers to successful implementation of this approach. No articles evaluating transdisciplinary research specifically in the context of aging and technology were found.Conclusions: Adoption of transdisciplinary research in aging and technology may foster greater uptake of technological innovation in the real-world by supporting integration of diverse knowledge and enhancing engagement of experiential and nonacademic stakeholders in the research and development process. However, supporting successful implementation of this approach requires investment of personal and structural resources. More research is needed to better understand the evidence base on the adoption of this approach in aging and technology projects.</p

A protocol for co-creating research project lay summaries with stakeholders:Guideline development for Canada's AGE-WELL Network

Background: Funding bodies increasingly require researchers to write lay summaries to communicate projects’ real-world relevance to the public in an accessible way. However, research proposals and findings are generally not easily readable or understandable by non-specialist readers. Many researchers find writing lay summaries difficult because they typically write for fellow subject specialists or academics rather than the general public or a non-specialist audience. The primary objective of our project is to develop guidelines for researchers in Canada’s AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence, and ultimately various other disciplines, sectors, and institutions, to co-create lay summaries of research projects with stakeholders. To begin, we produced a protocol for co-creating a lay summary based on workshops we organized and facilitated for an AGE-WELL researcher. This paper presents the lay summary co-creation protocol that AGE-WELL researchers will be invited to use.Methods: Eligible participants in this project will be 24 AgeTech project researchers who are funded by the AGE-WELL network in its Core Research Program 2020. If they agree to participate in this project, we will invite them to use our protocol to co-produce a lay summary of their respective projects with stakeholders. The protocol comprises six steps: Investigate principles of writing a good lay summary, identify the target readership, identify stakeholders to collaborate with, recruit the identified stakeholders to work on a lay summary, prepare for workshop sessions, and execute the sessions. To help participants through the process, we will provide them with a guide to developing an accessible, readable research lay summary, help them make decisions, and host, and facilitate if needed, their lay summary co-creation workshops.Discussion: Public-facing research outputs, including lay summaries, are increasingly important knowledge translation strategies to promote the impact of research on real-world issues. To produce lay summaries that include information that will interest a non-specialist readership and that are written in accessible language, stakeholder engagement is key. Furthermore, both researchers and stakeholders benefit by participating in the co-creation process. We hope the protocol helps researchers collaborate with stakeholders effectively to co-produce lay summaries that meet the needs of both the public and project funders

Торцовые фрезы для снятия большого припуска

Стаття присвячена конструкції торцевої фрези для важких умов роботи. Запропонована торцева фреза має високу жорсткість. Це забезпечується великим діаметром касети.Статья посвящена конструкции торцовой фрезы для тяжелых условий работы. Предложенная торцовая фреза имеет высокую жесткость. Это обеспечивается большим диаметром кассеты.The research is devoted to the design of face milling cutter for heavy-duty work. Proposed a face milling cutte has high rigidity. This ensures a large diameter of cartridge

Применение интеллектуальной системы криминального анализа в реальном времени (ricas) для аналитического сопровождения оперативно-розыскной деятельности и досудебного расследования

Uzlov, D.Y., Strukov, V.M., Grigorovich, A.B., Petrusenko, A.I. and Doskalenko, S.N. (2015), “Use of Real-time Intellectual criminal analytics system (RICAS) for analytical support of operative and search activities and pre-trial investigation” [“Primenenie intellektual’noj sistemy kriminal’nogo analiza v real’nom vremeni (RICAS) dlja analiticheskogo soprovozhdenija operativno-rozysknoj dejatel’nosti i dosudebnogo rassledovanija”], Pravo i Bezpeka, No. 2, pp. 132–139.Применение интеллектуальной системы криминального анализа в реальном времени (RICAS) для аналитического сопровождения оперативно-розыскной деятельности и досудебного расследования / Д. Ю. Узлов, В. М. Струков, А. Б. Григорович и др. // Право і безпека. - 2015. - № 2 (57). - С. 132–139.Досліджено проблему підвищення ефективності інформаційно-аналітичної роботи в органах внутрішніх справ шляхом створення інтелектуального технологічного інструментарію нового покоління. Проаналізовано сучасний стан інформаційно-аналітичного забезпечення органів внутрішніх справ України та сформульовано його характерні особливості. Виконано огляд зарубіжних автоматизованих засобів інформаційно-аналітичної роботи, виділено їхні переваги і недоліки. Як вирішення сформульованих проблем запропоновано використовувати геоінформаційну інтелектуальну систему кримінального аналізу в реальному часі – Real-time Intelligence crime analytics system (RICAS). Описано її призначення, функціональні можливості, методики виконання кримінального аналізу засобами системи, переваги в порівнянні з існуючими аналогами і новизну.The problem of improving the effectiveness of informational and analytical work within internal affairs agencies through the creation of intelligent technological tools of the new generation is studied in the article. The authors have analyzed the current state of informational and analytical support of Internal Affairs Agencies of Ukraine and have formulated its characteristic features. The overview of foreign automated means of information and analytical work is performed; their advantages and disadvantages are outlined. As a solution of the formulated problems the authors have offered to use geographic and information Real-time Intelligence crime analytics system (RICAS). Its purpose, functionality, methodical techniques of criminal analysis by the means of the system, advantages compared with existing analogues and novelty are described. The system has used methods and algorithms for clustering and classification of Text Mining technology to isolate criminally relevant information together with the technology of Visual Mining in real time, ensuring the ability to perform analytical work on the prevention and investigation of crimes in the automated mode on a qualitatively new level. The RICAS allows us to perform the analysis, processing and presentation of data on a new technological basis; it is designed as an add (shell) of the existing integrated information and search system of Internal Affairs Agencies of Ukraine; and that is essential, it allows while its implementation do not delete the old system or suspend its operation, but simply and painless significantly improve its functionality and efficiency. The RICAS – is the first intelligence system of criminal analysis of data, which brings together in one space the main and the most advanced methods and techniques of criminal analysis and analytical search in real time that can significantly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of solving crimes without delay and previously unsolved crimes.Исследована проблема повышения эффективности информационно-аналитической работы в органах внутренних дел путём создания интеллектуального технологического инструментария нового поколения. Проанализировано современное состояние информационноаналитического обеспечения органов внутренних дел Украины и сформулированы его характерные особенности. Выполнен обзор зарубежных автоматизированных средств информационно-аналитической работы, выделены их достоинства и недостатки. В качестве решения сформулированных проблем предложено использовать геоинформационную интеллектуальную систему криминального анализа в реальном времени – Real-time Intelligence crime analytics system (RICAS). Описаны её назначение, функциональные возможности, методики выполнения криминального анализа средствами системы, преимущества по сравнению с существующими аналогами и новизна

Influence of uncertainty in dielectric properties on the design performance of a tunable composite right/left handed leaky wave antenna

Uncertainties of the order of 8 % in the accuracy of lithography used to define co-planar waveguides on ferroelectric thin films lead to a similar uncertainty in the value of relative permittivity of the film extracted from measurements. When such films are used as the tunable elements in a tunable composite right/left handed leaky wave antenna, such variations of the capacitance of the varactors can lead to a reduction in radiation and total efficiency around of the order of 1 dB in 5 dB due to the appearance of a bandgap in the frequency response

"Sleight of hand" or "Selling our sou"?: surviving and thriving as critical qualitative health researchers in a positivist world

The commodification and corporatization of research within the academy, research institutes, and professional and political sectors has ignited much attention within the critical qualitative health field. Of particular concern is that the ascendance of neoliberal rationality is increasingly making critical qualitative research transgressive and difficult to practice. We reflect on this concern by deconstructing our experiences collaborating with large teams of interdisciplinary researchers. We offer interpretation of key events, interactions, processes, and existential and material consequences, and discuss lessons learned and productive strategies for working at the margins of the health sciences. We argue for the need to engage in a comprehensive resistance agenda in order for critical qualitative health researchers to not only survive but also thrive in the health field.Die Kommodifizierung und Verkörperschaftlichung der Hochschulen, Forschungseinrichtungen und von Praxis und Politik hat im Bereich qualitativer Gesundheitsforschung sehr viel Aufmerksamkeit erfahren. Besonders kritisch ist, dass das Überhandnehmen neoliberaler Rationalität eine kritische qualitative Forschungspraxis zunehmend erschwert. Wir reflektieren dies durch den Rückgriff auf eigene Erfahrungen im Rahmen großer interdisziplinärer Forschungsteams, indem wir Schlüsselereignisse, Interaktionen und Verläufe sowie deren existenzielle und materielle Konsequenzen interpretieren und produktive Strategien an den Rändern der Gesundheitswissenschaften diskutieren. Uns liegt am Herzen, uns für eine umfassende Widerstandsagenda zu engagieren, die nicht nur das Überleben, sondern auch die Blüte qualitativer Gesundheitsforschung zum Ziel hat

Шпиндель повышенной жесткости на комбинированных опорах

Стаття присвячена конструкції шпиндельного вузла для торцевої фрези. Запропонований шпиндель містить гідростатичний підшипник. Автоматичне регулювання товщини масляного шару дозволяє мати високу жорсткість шпинделя. Шпиндель забезпечує високу якість фрезерування площин.Статья посвящена конструкции шпиндельного узла для торцовой фрезы. Предложенный шпиндель содержит гидростатический подшипник. Автоматическое регулирование толщины масляного слоя позволяет иметь высокую жесткость шпинделя. Шпиндель обеспечивает высокое качество фрезерования плоскостей.The research is devoted to the design of the spindle for face milling cutter. Proposed spindle has a hydrostatic bearing. Automatic control of the oil layer's thickness allows to have a high rigidity of the spindle. This spindle provides high quality of milling planes