Achieving innovative science

Objectives: India’s National Education Policy 2020 has a mandate to nurture the excellence of gifted students. Mentoring of gifted is the most important aspect of this program. This article reports innovative science pedagogical practices developed for mentoring potentially gifted students in the Indian educational school setup. Methods: For mentoring, DIMP (Developmental Identification and Mentoring Program) tools were used to identify the potentially gifted students from various parts of India. The students were from age group 11-15 years corresponding to class sixth to tenth. In workshop mode, more than ten mentoring sessions following innovative science practices were organized at the University of Delhi with around 50 participants in each session. These innovative science practices were also discussed with teachers during their orientation programs. Findings: Gifted students show unmatched interest and capabilities in a particular subject. These students can do wonders if their talent is discovered at an early stage and nurtured well. The pedagogical needs of gifted students are very different and have to be tackled differently. Mentoring such students is a challenging task. As the gifted children are keen observers, exceptionally curious, very focused and highly imaginative, their pedagogical needs cannot be met with regular and usually practised mentoring methods. This article reports four innovative science pedagogical practices implemented for mentoring potentially gifted students. These pedagogical innovations helped in generating academic interest and curiosity for new and independent learning among students. If every teacher during his tenure of teaching develops one or two or more such innovative pedagogical methodologies a compilation of these can act as a good resource for mentoring gifted students. Novelty: The innovative mentoring practices provided gifted students with the opportunities to reflect on their ideas, brush up on their analytical skills, strengthen their critical and creative thinking capacities, and demonstrate initiatives. Keywords: Gifted students; Pedagogical Innovations; Mentoring; Mentoring practices; Hands-on learning

The development of the learning process by utilizing current technological developments needs to adapt to the character of 21st-century learning. The fact that 21st-century learning is still not implemented optimally and well enough in schools has encouraged several studies that integrate Augmented Reality technology into science learning. AR Learning Media can visualize science learning concepts for understanding and structure of an object model, making AR a more effective, innovative, and fun media. Where the research objective is to examine Augmented Reality for Interactive, Innovative, and Fun Science Learning: Systematic Literature Review. The review was conducted based on state-of-the-art methods using the preferred reporting items for reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The results of this research explain that there are 3 types of Augmented Reality Methods, namely image recognition, Markerless Augmented Reality, Projection Augmented Reality, and Superimposition Augmented Reality; There are 4 things to use Augmented Reality, namely the use of augmented reality (AR) as a learning medium, the use of augmented reality (AR) to train skills, Abstract Thinking Skills, Creative Thinking Skills, Interactive, Innovative and fun. Some fields use AR, namely: entertainment, military training, robotics and telerobotics, consumer design, and medicine.

We assessed the relative contributions of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NTBNP) and high sensitivity cardiac troponin (hsTnT) to the prediction of death and cardiovascular (CV) events in 5597 (with complete data) of 8561 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and CV disease (CVD) and/or chronic kidney disease (CKD) enrolled in the Aliskiren Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Using Cardiorenal Endpoints (ALTITUDE). We analysed Harrell’s C-statistics (Cs) to estimate Cox model performance to predict death (n= 473) and a CV composite outcome (CVCO: CV death, resuscitated cardiac arrest, nonfatal myocardial infarction, stroke or heart failure hospitalization, n= 1129) after a median follow-up of 2.6 years, using a base model (BM) of 19 clinical baseline variables. The Cs for predicting death in the BM (0.724) was augmented by adding hsTnT (0.744, p= 0.002) which was further improved by NTBNP (0.779, p <0.001). Similarly, the BM for predicting CVCO Cs (0.716) was improved by hsTnT (0.732, p= 0.001) and enhanced further by including NTBNP in the model (0.763, p <0.001). Notably, NTBNP by itself was as predictive as BM plus hsTNT for predicting death (both 0.744, p= 1.0) and the CVCO (0.732 vs. 0.721, p= 0.27). In patients with T2DM and CVD or/and CKD, NTBNP was the major prognostic factor and should be considered for risk stratification. Disclosure M.V.B. Malachias: Speaker’s Bureau; Self; Biolab Sanus Farmaceutica, Libbs Farmaceutica. P. Jhund: Advisory Panel; Self; Cytokinetics Inc. Research Support; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH. Speaker’s Bureau; Self; Novartis AG. Other Relationship; Self; AstraZeneca. B. Claggett: None. M.O. Wijkman: None. R. Bentley-Lewis: Consultant; Self; Novo Nordisk Inc. Research Support; Self; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. P.C. Brunel: Consultant; Self; Novartis AG. N. Chaturvedi: Consultant; Self; AstraZeneca. A.S. Desai: Consultant; Self; Abbott, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Biofourmis, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Boston Scientific, DalCor Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Inc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Relypsa, Inc. Research Support; Self; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. S.M. Haffner: None. H.D. Parving: None. M.F. Prescott: Employee; Self; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. S. Solomon: Consultant; Self; AstraZeneca, Theracos, Inc. Research Support; Self; AstraZeneca, Theracos, Inc. D. de Zeeuw: Advisory Panel; Self; AbbVie Inc., Bayer AG, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Fresenius Medical Care, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation. J.J. McMurray: Other Relationship; Self; AbbVie Inc., Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cardurion, GlaxoSmithKline plc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Theracos, Inc. M.A. Pfeffer: Consultant; Self; AstraZeneca, CinCor, Correvio, Corvidia, DalCor Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline plc., Innovative Science, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, MyoKardia, Inc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Novo Nordisk Inc., PharmaScience, Sanofi US, Servier, Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. Research Support; Self; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Funding Novartis Pharmaceuticals (NCT00549757)

A fully operational demonstrator for the next generation of radio telescopes is presented. EMBRACE is a phased array telescope with enormous potential for the astronomical community. New and innovative science can be performed using these type of telescopes, ultimately for SKA. We will give an overview of EMBRACE, its system architecture and components with its advantages, necessary compromises between performance and cost when building this demonstrator.

The advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) provide several chances to develop a variety of innovations supporting smart home users in several industries including healthcare, energy management, etc. Ubiquitous support by intelligent appliances at modern homes, which constantly work to gather information can help us to solve everyday issues. In this article, we present a comparative study of recent advances in smart home development. The study aims to present the main trends in this field. During the analysis of the research reports and patents, we identify the propositions that constitute the main research streams. Through extensive analysis, we provide an outlook on the wide spectrum of the proposed solutions. We also analyze the main market to present which publishers are leading with the innovative science in this field. We also show the leaders of science and technology in the World. Finally, we define the ratio of the developments and outline the next stage of the development in the smart home industry.

ABSTRACTTraditional science classroom activities rely on topics and experiments that are distant from the forefront of scientific research. As a result, students view science as stagnant and far removed from real life. Through a National Science Foundation-funded Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program, we at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) work with secondary teachers to transform cutting-edge research in nanoscale science and engineering into curriculum that is appropriate for middle- and high-school classrooms. This benefits everyone involved: teachers learn about innovative science and the process of research; UW MRSEC personnel learn about science education and the state of today's schools; and students get to test and engage with new curriculum about breakthrough research. This past summer our RET participants conducted research on and developed curriculum about “smart” papers with microencapsulation technology, fuel cells, nano biosensors and liquid crystals, glassy metals, and Wells models.

Over the past 60 years, revolutionary discoveries made by epidemiologists have contributed to marked declines in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. Now, in an era of increasingly constrained resources, researchers in cardiovascular epidemiology face a number of challenges that call for novel, paradigm-shifting approaches. In this paper, the authors pose to the community 4 critical questions: 1) How can we avoid wasting resources on studies that provide little incremental knowledge? 2) How can we assure that we direct our resources as economically as possible towards innovative science? 3) How can we be nimble, responding quickly to new opportunities? 4) How can we identify prospectively the most meritorious research questions? Senior program staff at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute invite the epidemiology community to join them in an ongoing Web-based blog conversation so that together we might develop novel approaches that will facilitate the next generation of high-impact discoveries.

The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) has been the world’s most successful single-dish telescope at submillimetre wavelengths since it began operations in 1987. From the pioneering days of single-element photometers and mixers, through to the state-of-the-art imaging and spectroscopic cameras, the JCMT has been associated with a number of major scientific discoveries. Famous for the discovery of ‘SCUBA’ galaxies, which are responsible for a large fraction of the far-infrared background, the JCMT has pushed the sensitivity limits arguably more than any other facility in this most difficult of wavebands in which to observe. Closer to home, the first images of huge discs of cool debris around nearby stars gave us clues to the evolution of planetary systems, further evidence of the importance of studying astrophysics in the submillimetre region. Now approaching the 30th anniversary of the first observations, the telescope continues to carry out unique and innovative science. In this review article, we look back on some of the major scientific highlights from the past 30 years.

Free AccessCall for PapersExperimental PsychologyChristoph StahlChristoph Stahl Department of Psychology, University of Cologne, GermanySearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:July 12, 2016https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000330PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit SectionsMoreDrawing on over 50 years of experience and tradition in publishing high-quality, innovative science as the Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie, the journal Experimental Psychology publishes innovative, original, high quality experimental research. The scope of the journal is defined by experimental methodology and thus papers based on experiments from all areas of psychology are welcome. To name just a few fields and domains of research, Experimental Psychology considers manuscripts reporting experimental work on human learning, memory, perception, action, language, thinking, problem-solving, judgment and decision making, social cognition, and neuropsychological aspects of these topics.Apart from the use of experimental methodology, a primary criterion for publication is that research papers make a substantial contribution to theoretical research questions.An internationally renowned team of editors and reviewers from all the relevant areas of psychology ensure that the highest international standards are maintained.The journal invites you to submit papers on all aspects of the field!Experimental Psychology publishes four types of articles:•Research Articles•Short Research Articles•Theoretical Articles•Registered ReportsTo ensure short turn-around cycles for manuscript review and fast publication, Experimental Psychology’s editorial decisions are made, on average, within 6 weeks after submission, and articles are published within 3 months after acceptance.All manuscripts are to be submitted via the online submission system: http://www.editorialmanager.com/exppsy/Detailed guidelines for manuscript standards, format, and submission can be found at www.hogrefe.com/j/exppsy/Experimental Psychology appears bimonthly, in 6 issues per year, in print as well as online at http://econtent.hogrefe.com and in PsycARTICLES, where the journal is available to up to 44 million institutional users per year!For additional information, please contact the Editor-in-Chief:Christoph StahlDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of CologneHerbert-Lewin-Str. 250931 CologneGermanyexp-psy@uni-koeln.deFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 63Issue 3June 2016ISSN: 1618-3169eISSN: 2190-5142 InformationExperimental Psychology (2016), 63, pp. 196-196 https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000330.© 2016Hogrefe PublishingPDF download

The prevailing vision for undergraduate science education includes increased collaboration among teachers of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and an overhaul of introductory courses [1]–[4]. But by staying within the borders of STEM, are we overlooking connections between the arts and innovative science? Likewise, are we missing an important opportunity to inspire and inform nonscientists? Here we explore how weaving the visual arts into a science curriculum can both help develop scientific imagination and engage nonscientists. As an example, we describe a recent collaboration between artists and scientists to create a series of science-inspired sculptures.

The Carpathian Mountains are considered to be one of Europe’s last “wilderness” areas, but are nevertheless under heavy pressure from human activities. Examples range from large-scale activities (e.g. metal and coal mining) and ecological disasters (e.g. tailing dam failures in the Toroiaga and Baia Mare areas) to cross-border pollution (e.g. Chernobyl nuclear accident). The current political thrust for economic development is accelerating the pace of industrial activities, exploitation of natural resources and tourism. Romania has just recently been integrated into the European Union and many community-based projects were initiated to evaluate problems related to climatic and anthropogenic impacts. The diversity of landforms that characterize the Carpathian region encompassing mountain ranges and large spans of adjacent lowlands and the dynamic interplay between North Atlantic, continental, and Mediterranean atmospheric circulation patterns in southeastern Europe, have resulted in extremely fragmented habitats and exceptional biodiversity (Veres and Mindrescu, 2013). However, the Carpathian Mountains remain the least studied mountain environment in Europe, as reflected for example by the low number of well-dated and high-resolution paleorecords (e.g. Buczkó et al. 2009). Rose et al. (2009) published a pollution history study from a lake in the Retezat Mountains at the western extremity of the Southern Carpathians, but no paleoenvironmental studies exist for the rest of the mountain range, despite the abundance of suitable sites (Akinyemi et al., 2013). An interdisciplinary approach to geoscience is particularly important in this vast research field (geosciences), as innovative science is increasingly stimulated by studies that cross disciplinary boundaries and thus benefit from multiple research methods and viewpoints. Grasping this concept has led us to encourage interdisciplinary cooperation by creating “meeting places” where geoscience researchers and scholars can find common grounds for discussion and collaboration (Hutchinson and Mindrescu, 2012). In this regard an international meeting was organized at the Geography Department, University of Suceava, Romania, and was cosponsored by the University of Suceava, the Applied Geography Association (GEOCONCEPT), Past Global Changes (PAGES) and the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI). The purpose of the workshop was to bring together an international group of scientists interested in the Carpathian-Balkan region to discuss research results and promote opportunities for interdisciplinary and international collaboration. The entire workshop was webcast. The program centered on 36 oral and 15 poster presentations as well as open discussions on the climatic and environmental dynamics during the Pleistocene and Holocene. The 70 participants were from Romania, Hungary, Germany, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Greece and Belgium. For many young researchers and students the workshop offered an educational opportunity to present their results to an international audience and discuss their research in a multidisciplinary community. To promote follow-up activities in the region, the “Suceava working group” was created under the lead of Marcel Mindrescu, Angelica Feurdean, Eniko Magyari and Daniel Veres. A group website is currently being set up (http://atlas.usv.ro/www/climatechange/) and grant proposals will be prepared. The group will also coordinate the organization of a second regional workshop in 2014 in Romania. Further activities, such as summer camps or meetings in the field are also considered.

Inspired by the growing cries from young climate crisis activists, and noting that net-zero emission legislation is growing in frequency across Europe and globally, this paper briefly discuses some ways in which marine science might respond. Marine science can provide governments support and advice for emission-reducing policies and actions, as well as tackling our own emissions. Supporting government actions will require new and innovative science. While implementing this science, as a community, we can lead by example in bringing about change in the way professionals do business and hence reducing business’s overall carbon footprint. After all, if environmental science cannot change, why should the rest of society?

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On 24–26 June, hundreds of leading scientists, policy makers, industry professionals, and other interested stakeholders will join together at AGU's second annual Science Policy Conference in Washington, D. C. The theme for the 2013 conference, “Preparing for Our Future,” serves as a discussion point on how the Earth and space sciences can better prepare communities for a changing climate, support the national economy through innovative science, and protect the health and safety of humans and the environment around the globe.

Materials in the nanometer size range may possess unique and beneficial properties, which are very useful for different medical applications including stomatology, pharmacy, and implantology tissue engineering. The application of nanotechnology to medicine, known as nanomedicine, concerns the use of precisely engineered materials at this length scale to develop novel therapeutic and diagnostic modalities. Nanomaterials have unique physicochemical properties, such as small size, large surface area to mass ratio, and high reactivity, which are different from bulk materials of the same composition. Polymeric and ceramic nanoparticles have been extensively studied as particulate carriers in the pharmaceutical and medical fields, because they show promise as drug delivery systems as a result of their controlled- and sustained-release properties, subcellular size, and biocompatibility with tissue and cells. These properties can be used to overcome some of the limitations found in traditional therapeutic and diagnostic agents. Nanotechnology is showing promising developments in many areas and may benefit our health and welfare. However, a wide range of ethical issues has been raised by this innovative science. Many authorities believe that these advancements could lead to irreversible disasters if not limited by ethical guidelines.