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Clift and Say review existing models of collaborative teacher education and propose a new model that encourages joint responsibility for curriculum de velopment, knowledge dissemination, knowledge production, and continuous evaluation of the effects of the collabora tive program.

Examines the usual difficulties faced by the implementation of information and knowledge dissemination systems in developing countries and explores the possible use of CD-ROM technology to overcome them. A pilot project of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) for the production of a CD-ROM containing Latin American bibliographic references on public health is also described.

Models are useful heuristic constructs that are frequently employed in the social sciences for explanatory purposes … [but] we can best use them … only if we are alive to their limitations …

This study examines the role of servant leadership in absorptive capacity. Data from manufacturing and service sector organizations found that: a) there was moderation of servant leadership influence on knowledge identification through POS by high need for cognition, b) there was moderation of servant leadership influence on knowledge application through POS by low time pressure, and c) POS mediated relationship between servant leadership and knowledge dissemination. The findings illustrate and support the importance of a comprehensive model integrating servant leadership, POS, and epistemic motivation in determining absorptive capacity.

have become pivotal concerns in the work of a growing number of educational researchers and practitioners during the past decade. This activity has generated a rich literature describing the characteristics of effective schools (Benbow, 1980; Berliner, 1982; Clark, Lotto & McCarthy, 1980; Cohen, 1982; MacKenzie, 1982; Madaus, Airasian, & Kellaghan, 1980; Purkey & Smith, 1983). It has also stimulated the development of a wide variety of state and local school improvement programs designed to disseminate characteristics of effectiveness to schools in

The first experimental study in the world on the phenomenon of generation of Acoustic Emission dates back to the 1950’s when Josef Kaiser heard these emissions during metal failure. But unfortunately, the work could not get impetus because of the limited means of sensing high frequency waves and the lack of knowledge dissemination. In the 1970’s, the electronic instrumentation improved resulting in the increased activity centers of AE. At that time, Rao initiated work in this area at the Indian Institute of Science, Banglore for the first time in India. With the pioneering efforts of his group at IISc, new vistas were opened in this field. As a consequence of it, the first paper from India on this phenomenon was published in 1977 by Eshwar, et al. [1], The paper dealt with the study of the form of AE observed on the cracking/breaking of plywood with prepared defects.

This issue's articles include a portion of an O. V. C. lecture regarding nervous system diseases, the Better Farming Special train used for agricultural education, a Macdonald College student's impression of the O. A. C., and an alumnus' reminiscence of living in Western Canada. Agricultural articles pertain to innovations in dairy marketing and evaluating a wheat grain standard of performance. The Experimental Union articles outline clover and corn production in Manitoba, and fanning grain seed to remove impurities. The Poultry column features articles on the poultry industry in British Columbia and the profitability of turkey production in Ontario. Campus news reports on the Cosmopolitan Club dance, the oratorical contest, mock parliament, the Athletic Concert, the men and women's hockey games, and visiting athletes from Macdonald College, Quebec. The Schools' and Teachers' Department column features grain studies for elementary students to experiment with No. 21 Barley. The Macdonald column features an article on the problem with Western Canada, and reports on the St. Valentine's promenade and Cosmopolitan Club dance. Alumni news provides an update on members of the 1909 O. A. C. basketball team. Neuroses in the lower animals The Better Farming Special A three-day impression of the O. A. C. through Macdonald College eyes Western reminiscences Agriculture Some of the newer phases of dairying Have we reached a standard in wheat Experimental Clover and corn in Manitoba Why seed grain should be fanned and graded Poultry Poultry raising in British Columbia Turkeys for the Ontario farmers Editorial College Life First year oratorical contest Alumni Athletics Macdonald College visits us Macdonald The problems of Western Canada Among ourselves Much ado about nothing Schools' and Teachers' Department Locals advertising

A theory is presented to account for some aspects of information and knowledge dissemination. Information and knowledge phenomena seem to involve the transmission of many factors which may be linked, may compete for the attention of the receivers, and may be subject to different environmental pressures. Furthermore, it is apparent that new knowledge and information may be introduced into a population quite independently of the processes of dissemination. These features of information processes suggest that techniques similar to those employed in genetics may be adaptable to the study of information processes and in particular to the growth of science. Analysis is performed by the application of suitably designed PL/1 programs that identify the analogues of two factor crosses among stable markers of the scientific literature. The hypothesis to be tested is whether there exists maps of the literature which have the salient properties of genetic maps.

"The objective of this article is to present the Creative Commons licenses within the intellectual property system as an alternative to copyright and show how they can be used as a knowledge dissemination tool." The methodology is qualitative at the relational and explanatory levels.A documentary review was made on four categories: copyright, Creative Commons licenses, open access and scientific research in Colombian higher education. It was found that this type of licenses are not the most used, however, with the opportunity of open access forpublication in scientific journals, there is a tendency to greater dissemination; the open access efforts function as openness of knowledge towards the world but not the other way around. It is concluded that research in Colombia depends on accessible knowledge, which only reaches ten percent of theglobal knowledge Efforts must be made for access to bases and resources of a proprietary nature, which require investment and government policies. "

Peripheral areas such as Indonesia are in necessity to have more understanding of hadith content (matn) than on knowledge of hadith in its complexity. The long distance of knowledge dissemination, development and codification of hadith period in Indonesia, than in the Arabian Peninsula, caused many scholars to prioritize hadith studies in its understandable form, which is more practical, than in its theoretical one. Based on the study of hadith of maulid nabi (prophet’s birthday) in Indonesia, it strongly suggests that understanding and practicing hadith are more important than studying of hadith knowledge. Popular hadith of maulid consists of several hadiths and several comments (sharh}). Those hadiths are then compiled and summarized to be one simple sentence. This sentence is then considered as hadith, and people could be easily understand and memorize it. The same method is also applied in the writing and teaching of hadith books. This compilation and summary seem to be an inverted proof of isnâd-cum-matn, which argues that the transmission of hadith is an ongoing process of oral words along the times.

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) is not a novel intervention in the trauma literature. However, the incorporation of this intervention into the Canadian emergency department setting is recent in onset. This healthcare setting is dynamic and the nurses who practice in the emergency setting must be efficient care providers for an infinitely diverse set of potential patient presentations. The introduction of this complex procedure was accompanied by a variety of educational strategies to enhance the uptake of this new knowledge. The usage of small groups, didactic teaching, hands-on practice, establishing unit champions, coordinating in-situ simulations, and creating workflow documents were strategies used by the education team at this academic center for this particular knowledge dissemination exercise.

The increase in the number of spin-offs has led to the growth of the research to understand the performance of these companies and to assess their impact. The literature shows that RBSO are characterized by the science-based nature of the knowledge being exploited, the close relationship with the parent organisation, and specific firms' internal features. Given the particular characteristics of these firms measuring their impact by traditional indicators, such as employment and turnover, are insufficient. The various empirical studies focus on the one hand on the impact of spin-offs firms on research organizations, in particular on Parent institution and on the other hand on its economic and regional impact It is considered that the RBSOs impact is more clearly expressed through the value they create in knowledge and innovation networks, as agents of knowledge acquisition, transformation and diffusion. However the potential role of RBSOs as an intermediary between academia and industry is much less discussed. The objective of this paper is to address this gap, contributing to understand whether RBSOs are effectively acting as knowledge dissemination mechanisms, through their position in innovation networks. For this purpose, the paper investigates the innovation networks established by RBSOs, at national and European level. In order to address this question, we conduct an analysis of the formal innovation networks established by Portuguese RBSOs in the context of collaborative research, technology and product development (RTD) projects, between 1992 and 2014, drawing on two sets of data: collaborative RTD projects funded by national support programmes and conducted in Portugal (Innovation Agency database) and joint RTD projects conducted in the context European Framework Programmes (CORDIS database). All the projects with spin-off involvement were identified; totalling 453 projects identified which represent 504 participations by RBSOs, (278 participations in Portuguese projects and 226 participations in European projects). The analysis addresses the formal innovation networks formed in the context of these projects, focusing on partner composition. It compares the composition of the national and European knowledge innovation networks (overall and for specific industries) in order to understand: i) whether they differ and along which dimensions; ii) whether it is possible to discern specific patterns of behaviour among RBSOs that suggest the presence of different strategies and roles. The results provide some indications towards the extent and nature of RBSOs role as knowledge conveyors and the forms this role assumes in national and international innovation partnerships.

The huge power for social influence of digital media may come with the risk of intensifying common societal biases, such as gender and age stereotypes. Speaker’s gender and age also behaviorally manifest in language use, and language may be a powerful tool to shape impact. The present study took the example of TED, a highly successful knowledge dissemination platform, to study online influence. Our goal was to investigate how gender- and age-linked language styles–beyond chronological age and identified gender–link to talk impact and whether this reflects gender and age stereotypes. In a pre-registered study, we collected transcripts of TED Talks along with their impact measures, i.e., views and ratios of positive and negative talk ratings, from the TED website. We scored TED Speakers’ (N= 1,095) language with gender- and age-morphed language metrics to obtain measures of female versus male, and younger versus more senior language styles. Contrary to our expectations and to the literature on gender stereotypes, more female language was linked to higher impact in terms of quantity, i.e., more talk views, and this was particularly the case among talks with a lot of views. Regarding quality of impact, language signatures of gender and age predicted different types of positive and negative ratings above and beyond main effects of speaker’s gender and age. The differences in ratings seem to reflect common stereotype contents of warmth (e.g., “beautiful” for female, “courageous” for female and senior language) versus competence (e.g., “ingenious”, “informative” for male language). The results shed light on how verbal behavior may contribute to stereotypical evaluations. They also illuminate how, within new digital social contexts, female language might be uniquely rewarded and, thereby, an underappreciated but highly effective tool for social influence.WC = 286 (max.300 words).

Depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la diffusion des connaissances dans les disciplines des sciences naturelles et médicales est dominée par l’anglais. Toutefois, dans les sciences sociales et humaines, on considère généralement les langues nationales comme étant beaucoup plus importantes, compte tenu de l’aspect plus localisé de leurs objets. Afin de mieux comprendre l’évolution de la place de l’anglais dans ces disciplines, cet article analyse, pour les chercheurs québécois, français et allemands, la langue de diffusion des revues et articles, l’effet de la langue sur la réception des travaux et, enfin, la relation entre le pays d’origine de la revue et l’aspect national des objets d’étude. Nos résultats montrent la montée de l’anglais pour chacun des trois pays et dans tous les domaines, et même dans les revues nationales, la plus grande visibilité des travaux en anglais, ainsi que la forte relation qui existe entre les revues nationales et les objets nationaux, particulièrement au Québec. L’article conclut avec une discussion des causes et conséquences du phénomène., Since the end of the Second World War, the spread of knowledge in the disciplines of the natural and medical sciences has been dominated by English. However, in the social sciences and humanities, national languages are generally considered to be much more determining, given the more localized focus of the subjects of these disciplines. To better understand the evolution of the place of English in these disciplines, this article analyzes, for Quebec, French and German researchers, the language in which the journals and articles of these disciplines are disseminated, the effect of the language on the reception of works and, finally, the relationship between the journal’s country of origin and the national aspect of the objects of study. Our results show the rise of English for each of the three countries, in all domains and even in national journals, greatest visibility for works published in English, and a strong relationship between national journals and national subjects, particularly in Quebec. The article concludes with a discussion of the causes and consequences of the phenomenon.

The paper addresses the role played by research-based spin-offs (RBSOs) as knowledge dissemination mechanisms, through their position in knowledge networks. For this purpose the paper analyses the formal networks established by Portuguese RBSOs, in the context of publicly funded research, technology and precommercial product development projects, and investigates their configuration along two levels. At organisational level, in order to understand whether RBSOs extend their reach beyond the academic sphere; and if they do, whether they connect to organisations located downstream in the knowledge value chain, and which is their position in networks involving both research organisations and other firms. At spatial level, in order to understand whether RBSOs extend their reach beyond the region where they are created, thus potentially acting as connectors between diverse regions. The analysis starts from the population of RBSOs created in Portugal until 2007 (327 firms) and identifies those that have established formal technological relationships, as part of projects funded by all the relevant programmes launched in the period 1993-2012. As a result, the analysis encompasses 192 collaborative projects and involves 82 spin-offs and 281 partners, of which only 20% are research organisations, the remaining being other firms and a variety of other downstream organisations. The results, although still preliminary, provide some insights into the knowledge networking behaviour of the RBSOs. As expected, research organisations are a central actor in spin-offs’ networks, being the sole partner for some of them. But half of the RBSOs have moved beyond the academic sphere, being frequently a central element in tripartite technological relationships between research and other organisations, and occupying an intermediation position in the network, thus potentially acting as facilitators in knowledge circulation and transformation. Also as expected, RBSOs are predominantly located in the main metropolitan areas and tend to relate with organisations similarly located. But while geographical proximity emerges as important in the choice of partners, in about half of the cases, RBSOs knowledge networks have extended beyond regional boundaries. Given their central position in the network, this suggests a role as connectors across regions that will be explored in subsequent research. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Background Assessing the impact of new technologies or newly developed substances on our environment is a challenge, even more so if the applied test methods - both toxicological and analytical - are often found to be inadequate and need amendments or even new developments as it is in the case of nanotechnology. This is illustrated by numerous publications in the field of nano-ecotoxicology which although they have been investigating the impact of a number of nanomaterials on several organisms almost never allow for explicit statements on potential hazards of these nanomaterials. This fact not only hampers the knowledge communication to all non-scientists (e.g. consumers) but it also complicates the transfer of the obtained results for other scientists. Results Risk communication is an essential and thus integral part of risk management. For this purpose, the project DaNa2.0 (Data and knowledge on nanomaterials - processing of socially relevant scientific facts) provides processed and hence easy accessible information on the potential safety issues of nanomaterials, mainly via the project website http://www.nanoobjects.info. This will allow various stakeholder groups to get impartial information on potential effects of nanomaterials and help consumers to make informed decisions. DaNa2.0 is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and supported by the Swiss government as well as by the European InterReg IVb programme. The DaNa2.0 team is an interdisciplinary group of scientists from different areas such as materials science, chemistry, biology and human and environmental toxicology. Extending the project team in DaNa2.0 with European experts allows for broadening of the existing knowledge portfolio by adding further cross-cutting topics and increasing our expertise, e.g. in the field of environmental exposure and fate. Conclusions On the project website http://www.nanoobjects.info, a unique link between nanomaterials in practical applications (e.g. environmental remediation) and their potential impacts is provided. The focus of this publication will be on all issues with environmental relevance, which are addressed in the ‘Knowledge Base Nanomaterials’ on the project website. These issues include environmental exposure and behaviour of nanomaterials and nano-ecotoxicology.

The indiscriminate use of new technologies can compromise a correct and harmonic physical development of children because of inadequate workstations and maintenance of wrong postures, and moreover because of the immoderate time dedicated to sedentary activities instead of physical ones. The paper examines the children's excessive use of computer, TV and playstation at home, and the physical problems they feel after their use. Furthermore it analyses the ergonomic suitability of students' workplaces and environment. It emphasizes also the importance of knowledge dissemination of ergonomic principles among teachers and families, in order to reduce children's risk of musculoskeletal disorders and damages to their visual system.

Les données ouvertes liées peuvent produire un environnement scientifique plus interconnecté et plus navigable qui permet : une meilleure intégration des matériaux de recherche ; la possibilité d’aborder les spécificités de la nomenclature, des discours et des méthodologies ; et la capacité de respecter les investissements institutionnels et individuels. Cet article propose une écologie de la publication des données liées basée sur la mise en place de collaborations entre les communautés des chercheurs, des éditeurs et des bibliothèques. Cette vision est tempérée par l’état des pratiques de publication des données liées et les lacunes infrastructurelles en ce qui concerne la possibilité de telles collaborations, en particulier dans le domaine des sciences humaines et sociales. Addendum : Cet article a été publié à l’origine dans Scholarly and Research Communication en 2015. Bien que certaines des informations ne soient plus aussi pertinentes, l’article présente une problématique qui a depuis été abordée par un certain nombre d’initiatives, notamment les projects Linked Infrastrucutre for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS), Revue 2.0, et Information Economy Meta-Language (IEML)., Linked open data can produce a more interconnected and navigable scientific environment that enables: better integration of research materials; the ability to address the specifics of nomenclature, discourse, and methodologies; and the ability to respect institutional and individual investments. This paper proposes an ecology of linked data publication based on the establishment of collaborations between the communities of researchers, publishers, and libraries. This view is tempered by the state of practice in publishing linked data and infrastructural gaps in the potential for such collaborations, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Addendum: This article was originally published in Scholarly and Research Communication in 2015. While some of the information therein may not be as pertinent today, it presents a challenge that has since been undertaken by a number of initiatives, most notably the Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS) project, Revue 2.0, and the Information Economy Meta-Language (IEML).

This article presents the work being done by La Plata National University (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP) to ensure both the preservation and dissemination of its academic and scientific output. To this end, the university has established a combination of institutional policies, workflows among departments, and services and sofware developments for its programs and projects. Developments focused on importing and exporting metadata between DSpace – the sofware used by the UNLP main repository – and OJS/OCS – used by its Journals Portal and Conferences Portal – and integrating repository assets into the most common content management systems (CMSs) used by institution parties, such as WordPress and Joomla! Te first results of four years of back-and-forth collaboration show an important growth in size, rankings, usage, and the online visibility of the whole university., Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual (SEDICI)

A Spanish version of the article is provided (see section before annex). This article proposes a 4-step model for scientific dissemination that aims to promote evidence-based professional practice in Operations Management or Human Resource Management as well as research with a more transparent and reproducible process. These 4 steps include:1 social network announcements,2 dissemination to scientific journals, 3 dissemination to social networks, and 4 scientific dissemination to professional journals. Central to the 4-step model is a three-stage publication process within the second step, which adds an additional stage to the two previously proposed (Marin-Garcia, 2015). These three publication stages begin with a protocol paper, are followed by a data paper, and finish with a traditional article. Each stage promotes research with merit which is citable and recognizable as such before the scientific evaluation bodies. As two of these stages are largely unknown within the fields of Business and Management, I define the details of a protocol paper and a data paper including their contents. In addition, I provide examples of both papers as well as the other steps of the science dissemination model. This model can be adopted by researchers as a means of achieving greater impact and transfer of research results. This work intends to help researchers to understand, to evaluate, and to make better decisions about how their research reaches society at large outside of academia. In this way, WPOM aligns with the recommendations of several leading journals in the field of business management on the need to promote transparent, accessible, and replicable science (Beugelsdijk et al., 2020). WPOM goes one step further in compliance with this direction by having relevant journals that not only accept, but also actively encourage the publication of protocol papers and data papers. WPOM strives to pioneer in this field of Business and Management. This article also explores the potential prevalence of protocol papers and data papers within the set of all articles published in journals indexed in Clarivate Web of Science and Scopus. With this editorial, WPOM is committed to promoting this model by accepting for review any of the three types of scientific contributions including protocol papers, data papers, and traditional papers.

In deregulated forest management systems, social norms, knowledge dissemination and communication are pivotal for guiding forest owners' actions. This presents a challenge to national forest agencies charged with the task of translating forest policy into practice. Drawing on interviews with forest consultants employed by the Swedish Forest Agency, this paper discusses the challenges present in everyday advisory practice, how they are dealt with, and possible implications for forest policy. Four main challenges are identified: climate change; the heterogeneity of forest owners; resource constraints and funding cutbacks; and competing and conflicting advice. The analysis finds that the forest consultants have developed the following professional capacities to meet these challenges: articulating uncertainties, advocating risk diversification, and using historical references to handle the long-term risk associated with climate change; contextualizing the advice to meet the needs of a heterogeneous group of forest owners; and organizational decoupling, whereby consultants prioritize advisory activities at the expense of other tasks. The study concludes by discussing the implications of these strategies for the forest consultants and forest policy but also what can be learned from the Swedish experience.

The aim of this paper was to explore the determining constituents of absorptive capacity and their influence on the overall absorptive capacity level in the organizations from knowledge-intensive industries in the Republic of Serbia. The research was conducted in order to analyze how does the capability of the organizations from Serbian knowledge-intensive industries to acquire external knowledge, develop their knowledge base, communicate and exploit the absorbed knowledge affect their absorptive capacity. The methodology included quantitative and qualitative research method based on a questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed with the absorptive capacity evaluation model and by applying discriminant function analysis as a statistical method. The basic result shows that the absorptive capacity of organizations from knowledge-intensive industries in Serbia is clearly dependent on the scope of the available relevant knowledge. The fundamental conclusion as the result of this research indicates that the enrichment of the organizational knowledge bases with the relevant new content strongly enhances the absorptive capacity of organizations from knowledge-intensive industries in Serbia. Further research on this topic should be directed towards investigating the relationship between the existing knowledge base and the innovation capability in organizations from knowledge-intensive industries.