Convergence of Data and Scholarship: Open Access and Reproducibility

Please find our proposal for the upcoming 2018 Online Northwest conference below. We would like to propose this topic to be part of a panel or as its own presentation. As librarians who work in scholarly communications and research data management, we support researchers in their current workflows but are also called upon to promote and often impose change at our institutions. Some researchers adapt to the requirements of open science early and understand the new landscape of publishers, funders and institutions, yet others resist change. We will consider how the norms of a research community influence practice, and how norms of openness and sharing can be shaped to encourage researchers who share in one aspect of their research cycle to share in another. We will explore past examples of change in academic research workflows, suggest emerging trends, and discuss the intersections of open data and open access publishing

Open Science and Data Management: Introducing Graduate Students to Research Workflows in a Local Context

The Engineering & Physical Sciences Division of the UC Berkeley Library partners with researchers to support the entire research life cycle. Since 2016, the division’s Science Data Librarian has offered Research Data Management training that covers data management, storage, documentation, and sharing. Based on this established work, division librarians piloted a series of open science workshops in 2019. The Earth & Planetary Sciences (EPS) Department was chosen as the target department for this work. Librarians began by replacing their traditional orientation session, focused on library procedures and resources, with an approach that highlighted local support for open research workflows

Personalized computational models of deep brain stimulation

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2016. Major: Biomedical Engineering. Advisor: Matthew Johnson. 1 computer file (PDF); xii, 138 pages.Deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy is used for managing symptoms associated with a growing number of neurological disorders. One of the primary challenges with delivering this therapy, however, continues to be accurate neurosurgical targeting of the DBS lead electrodes and post-operative programming of the stimulation settings. Two approaches for addressing targeting have been advanced in recent years. These include novel DBS lead designs with more electrodes and computational models that can predict cellular modulation during DBS. Here, we developed a personalized computational modeling framework to (1) thoroughly investigate the electrode design parameter space for current and future DBS array designs, (2) generate and evaluate machine learning feature sets for semi-automated programming of DBS arrays, (3) study the influence of model parameters in predicting behavioral and electrophysiological outcomes of DBS in a preclinical animal model of Parkinson’s disease, and (4) evaluate feasibility of a novel endovascular targeting approach to delivering DBS therapy in humans. These studies show how independent current controlled stimulation with advanced machine learning algorithms can negate the need for highly dense electrode arrays to shift, steer, and sculpt regions of modulation within the brain. Additionally, these studies show that while advanced and personalized computational models of DBS can predict many of the behavioral and electrophysiological outcomes of DBS, there are remaining inconsistencies that suggest there are additional physiological mechanisms of DBS that are not yet well understood. Finally, the results show how computational models can be beneficial for prospective development of novel approaches to neuromodulation prior to large-scale preclinical and clinical studies

Working Class-ical Music: Exploring the Creative Potential of Embodying Working-Classness in a Folio of New Interdisciplinary Compositions

Social class has not received as much of a consideration within the current artistic landscape of contemporary classical music. While matters such as racial (Andre, 2018) and gender disparity (Kouvaras, Williams, and Grenfell, 2023) and their impact on creative practice have been researched, class has received less scrutiny. Other artistic fields have made some progress in considering class within their artistic cultures, such as in film (Adler-Bell, 2023; Thorpe, 2022), television (see Benedictus, Allen and Jensen, 2017; Harrison, Rainsborough, and Taylor, 2020), and pop music (Hall, 2021; Bloom, 2021). Such research has examined the limited and often stereotypical representations of working-class identity within these fields. Examples include the documentary series Benefits Street (Benedictus, Allen and Jensen, 2017; Harrison, Rainsborough, and Taylor, 2020) and the use of working-class aesthetics in Models: Street to Catwalk (Brown, 2019; Jeffries, 2020). General analysis of working-class presence within the arts has also seen a recent boon in outputs, both in contemporary analysis of working-class persons in artistic fields and examining intergenerational trends (Carey, O’Brien, and Gable, 2021; Brook, Miles, O’Brien, and Taylor, 2023). Working-classness within classical music has had a limited representation within contemporary research, focussing primarily on the performance of classical music and questions of access (see Bull, 2019; Born, 2010). In considering the creation of new musical compositions, working-classness has received an over-simplified representation of working-classness that I believe perpetuate working-class stereotypes (e.g. Rough Voices by Higgins (Higgins, 2020) and Greek by Turnage (Turnage, 1988)). In my practice-based research I have developed a portfolio of new interdisciplinary compositions that explore working-classness in a greater level of depth. The compositions within my portfolio explore working-class identity within classical music by considering class as the ways of being that are developed due to the relationships between yourself and larger society because of the quality and quantity of capitals you possess (see Bourdieu, 1984: p. 95, Skeggs, 2004a). Working-classness can be understood as the struggle for value due to having both a quantitative and qualitative lack of capitals. Capitals can refer to either one or a mixture of economic capital, cultural capital, symbolic capital, and social capital. Economic capital refers to your income and property, cultural capital as hobbies and interests perceived to be of a high cultural status (such as opera or fine dining), symbolic capital as the representation of abstract knowledge (such as a degree or a corporate brand) and social capital as the network of personnel and/or organisations you can access. In approaching class 6 through both the cause and effect of its establishment and emphasising the socio-economic relationships that are created within society, I can effectively provide a more nuanced consideration towards class through my research outputs and better address my own positionality through considerations of geographical difference, intergenerational difference, and intersectionality with other cultural identities. My methodology is informed by Bourdieu’s theory of Habitus (Bourdieu, 1984: p. 95), Skeggs’ concept of ‘person value’ (Skeggs, 2011), the work of other working-class artists (e.g. Grayson Perry and Tony Harrison), and auto-ethnographical research methods. This methodology enables working-classness to be imbedded in both the sonic/non-sonic elements used and their construction to create original interdisciplinary compositions. The impact of my research is the production of a portfolio of compositions that effectively provide new considerations to various aspects of classical music’s culture, including: • Performance Environment (Holding, The Damned, and The Weight of History and Background Etudes) • Instrumentation (It’s Hard to Make an Oboe Sound Working-Class) • Musical forms (Budget Cuts to Faure’s Piano Trio in D Minor and Theme With Variations Forced by Expectations) • The experience of those working in/engaging with classical music’s culture (Budget Cuts to Faure’s Piano Trio in D Minor and The Weight of History and Background Etudes) • Musical language (Seven Working-Class Time Pieces, Baguette Baton and Escapism). The portfolio and the following critical commentary also provide a resource to address the stereotyping of working-classness in contemporary creative outputs, a methodology for how working-classness can be embodied in artistic practice, a display of how interdisciplinary methods can be used to express the working-class experience, and a resource in aiding other working-class artists to express their class through classical music

Lucha por la memoria popular: la experiencia de asociatividad obrera en el Cordón Industrial Santa Rosa-Gran Avenida (1972-1973)

Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en HistoriaSeminario de grado: Historia reciente y memoria en América Latin

Introducing Reproducibility to Citation Analysis: a Case Study in the Earth Sciences

Objectives: Replicate methods from a 2019 study of Earth Science researcher citation practices. Calculate programmatically whether researchers in Earth Science rely on a smaller subset of literature than estimated by the 80/20 rule. Determine whether these reproducible citation analysis methods can be used to analyze open access uptake. Methods: Replicated methods of a prior citation study provide an updated transparent, reproducible citation analysis protocol that can be replicated with Jupyter Notebooks. Results: This study replicated the prior citation study’s conclusions, and also adapted the author’s methods to analyze the citation practices of Earth Scientists at four institutions. We found that 80% of the citations could be accounted for by only 7.88% of journals, a key metric to help identify a core collection of titles in this discipline. We then demonstrated programmatically that 36% of these cited references were available as open access. Conclusions: Jupyter Notebooks are a viable platform for disseminating replicable processes for citation analysis. A completely open methodology is emerging and we consider this a step forward. Adherence to the 80/20 rule aligned with institutional research output, but citation preferences are evident. Reproducible citation analysis methods may be used to analyze open access uptake, however, results are inconclusive. It is difficult to determine whether an article was open access at the time of citation, or became open access after an embargo

Inyección de memoria en el aula: prácticas docentes democratizadoras en la zona sur de Santiago

Seminario de grado: Prácticas docentes: contextos, biografía y movimientosEl presente informe fue realizado con el objetivo de recuperar alguna de las genealogías de las transformaciones educativas democratizadoras asociadas a las estrategias pedagógicas que ha habido en Chile. El problema que se ha planteado busca dilucidar, desde la proyección histórica de mi relato biográfico, cuáles fueron las prácticas docentes de democratización que transformaron los espacios educativos y el vínculo pedagógico, entre principios de la década de 1950 hasta iniciada la década de 1970. Adicionalmente, se presenta un análisis respecto a si existía un poder popular docente, desde las bases, cuando se desarrollaban los últimos años de esta época, donde podía observarse un ascenso del movimiento popular. Este análisis fue hecho, en primer lugar, a partir del relato biográfico del autor, el que está marcado por un profesor que se hizo presente en su escolaridad, en cuanto a que es una experiencia que da ciertas luces de prácticas docentes democráticas en el presente, y, en segundo lugar, se utiliza un testimonio de un profesor de la época ya mencionada, Lautaro Videla, partícipe del movimiento pedagógico de Escuelas Consolidadas, puesto que, se presenta como ejemplo de estrategias pedagógicas transformadoras que son esenciales para plantearse qué tipos de organización y sistema educativo queremos hoy. Finalmente, se realiza un repaso de la experiencia en la práctica pedagógica 2020-2021 del autor, para localizar los desafíos que el contexto actual nos plantea en torno a estas categorías. Es importante mencionar, que, todas las experiencias analizadas, incluyendo mi práctica profesional, se presentan en la zona sur de Santiago, en las actuales comunas de Pedro Aguirre Cerda y San Miguel.Versión original del auto

O sentido interno de coerência em mulheres com mais de 74 anos com e sem diagnóstico de cancro da mama

Dissertação de Mestrado em Psicologia da SaúdeO envelhecimento engloba diversas perdas na dimensão biológica, psicológica e social, mas também inúmeros ganhos a ser enfatizados. Dado que o cancro da mama é o mais frequente no sexo feminino, o seu diagnóstico e tratamento apresentam um potencial de impacto significativo na estrutura psicológica e no Sentido Interno de Coerência (SIC) do indivíduo. Os objetivos desta investigação são os seguintes: (a) Analisar se existem diferenças significativas no SIC das idosas com cancro da mama, (b) Aferir a existência de relação entre o cancro de mama e o SIC de idosas e (c) Averiguar se idosas com cancro da mama apresentam diferenças significativas nas dimensões compreensibilidade, significância e gestão do SIC. A amostra é constituída por 124 idosas (74-96 anos), sendo que 62 participantes apresentam cancro de mama. Os instrumentos utilizados são i) o Questionário de caracterização socio-demográfico, ii) a Escala de Sentido Interno de Coerência e iii) o Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM). O grupo com diagnóstico de cancro da mama em remissão não apresentou diferenças significativas comparativamente ao grupo sem cancro da mama. A correlação entre o ‘SIC’ e o ‘Estatuto profissional’ (r = 0.827; p = 0.02) foi positiva e bastante elevada, a correlação entre o SIC e os ‘Rendimentos’ foi positiva e reduzida (r = 0.219; p= 0.02) e associação entre o SIC e os ‘Anos de escolaridade’ foi moderada (r = 0.391; p < 0.01). Apesar de o SIC não ter apresentado diferenças significativas nas mulheres idosas com e sem cancro da mama, este constructo parece estar associado a um elevado estatuto profissional e uma elevada escolaridade, mesmo em mulheres com cancro da mama com mais de 74 anos de idade. ------- ABSTRACT ------ Aging encompasses several losses in biological, psychological and social dimensions. Yet, innumerous gains should be emphasized. Since breast cancer is the most frequent cancer above feminine gender, its diagnosis and treatment presents a potential and significant impact on individual’s psychological structure and his Sense of Coherence (SOC). This research aims at: (a) Analyzing whether there are significant differences in elderly women’s SOC within breast cancer, (b) Assessing the relation between breast cancer and older women’s SOC and (c) Determining whether older women with breast cancer have significant differences in SOC’s dimensions (comprehensibility, significance and management). The sample consists of 124 older women (74-96 years-old), from which, 62 with breast cancer. The instruments utilized are: ii) the Sense of Coherence Scale, ii) the Mini- Mental Sate Examination (MMSE) and iii) demographics. There were no statistical significant differences between both groups (Group with breast cancer in remission and group without breast cancer). Correlation between ‘SOC’s total value’ and ‘professional status’ (r = 0.827; p = 0.02) was positive and very high, correlation between ‘SOC’s total value’ and ‘Income’ was positive and reduced (r = 0.219; p= 0.02) and correlation between SOC’s total value’ and ‘years of schooling’ was moderate (r = 0.391; p < 0.01). Although SOC’s value didn’t have significant differences between older women with and without breast cancer this construct seems to be associated to individual’s higher professional status and individual’s higher schooling even on women with breast cancer and with more than 74 years old

Construct-related validity of the strengths and difficulties questionnaires with three and five dimensions: A multitrait-multimethod analysis

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one of the most broadly used questionnaires to evaluate children’s psychological adjustment, however its internal structure has been a target of ongoing controversy. Recent studies suggested a three-factor structure of the SDQ, however data is still scarce. The present study used the Multitrait-Multimethod analysis to examine SDQ construct related-validity with three and five dimensions, provided by children, their parents and teachers. A total of 415 participants were recruited from a Portuguese community sample. Both SDQ versions presented good convergence-related validity, with higher values for the five version. Findings from this study suggest that the SDQ with three dimensions could be more suitable as a screening measure of children’s psychological adjustment in a community low-risk sample. Nevertheless, the SDQ still needs further psychometric improvements in order to properly collect information from multi-source samples about the prevalence of children’s psychological adjustment.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - FCTinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio