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Supporting equitable and responsible highway safety improvement funding allocation strategies - Why AI prediction biases matter
Accid Anal Prev. 2024 Apr 16;202:107585. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107585. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe existing methodologies for allocating highway safety improvement funding closely rely on the utilization of crash prediction models. Specifically, these models produce predictions that estimate future crash hazard levels in different geographical areas, which subsequently support the future funding allocation strategies. In recent years, there is a burgeoning interest in applying artificial intelligence (AI)-based models to perform crash prediction tasks. Despite the remarkable accuracy of these AI-based crash predict...
Source: Accident; Analysis and Prevention. - April 17, 2024 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Zihang Wei Yang Zhou Zihao Li Mihir Kulkarni Yunlong Zhang Source Type: research

Historical technology transfer activities and productivity of NIDLRR grantees
Assist Technol. 2024 Apr 17:1-13. doi: 10.1080/10400435.2024.2324051. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper analyzes the technology-related outputs from The National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). We seek to answer the questions: What are the types and frequency of assistive technology (AT) technology transfer (ATTT) outputs from NIDILRR grants? How does NIDILRR's ATTT generation compare to other granting organizations? What types of ATTT outputs occur, how, and what is the relative productivity of the most frequently funded universities and small businesses performin...
Source: Assistive Technology - April 17, 2024 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Erin Higgins Michelle Zorrilla Megan D'Innocenzo Mary R Goldberg Susan K Cohen Nancy Augustine Julie Faieta Kathleen Murphy Jonathan L Pearlman Source Type: research

Jiaoyi Ning
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Apr 16:e202406154. doi: 10.1002/anie.202406154. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACT"The most important future applications of my research are flexible/wearable electronic devices… The biggest challenge facing my generation of scientists is the intense pressure to secure tenure and research funding within limited timelines, while most groundbreaking discoveries requires long-term experience and knowledge accumulation…" Find out more about Jiaoyi Ning in her Introducing… Profile.PMID:38627973 | DOI:10.1002/anie.202406154 (Source: Angewandte Chemie)
Source: Angewandte Chemie - April 17, 2024 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research

Plans to expand African vaccine production face steep hurdles
In March 2022, when the pandemic was still raging, the messenger RNA (mRNA) company Moderna announced it would build a $500 million plant in Kenya to manufacture half a billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine annually. “ This is major ,” Kenyan President William Ruto said at the time. The plant would help reduce Africa’s dependence on vaccines produced elsewhere, Ruto said—a situation that had turned disastrous during the pandemic—and bring economic benefits as well. But Moderna may never break ground on the Kenya factory. On 11 April, the company said it had “paused its efforts” becau...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 16, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

Community engagement and power dynamics in conservation philanthropy grant making
Conserv Biol. 2024 Apr 15:e14272. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14272. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFunding decisions influence where, how, and by whom conservation is pursued globally. In the context of growing calls for more participatory, Indigenous-led, and socially just conservation, we undertook the first empirical investigation of how philanthropic foundations working in marine conservation globally engage communities in grant-making decisions. We paid particular attention to whether and how community engagement practices reinforce or disrupt existing power dynamics. We conducted semistructured remote interviews with 46 indivi...
Source: Conservation Biology - April 16, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Michele M Betsill Rebecca L Gruby Jeffrey Blackwatters Ash Enrici Elodie Le Cornu Xavier Basurto Chad English Charlotte Hudson Leah Meth Imani Fairweather-Morrison Dana Okano David Secord Source Type: research

Researchers need ‘open’ bibliographic databases, new declaration says
When universities are deciding whom to hire and promote, or grant organizations are selecting projects to fund, there’s a good chance they’re referencing more than just the application materials. Many organizations rely on databases that compile publication information including authors, affiliations, citations, and funding sources to create metrics meant to quantify a researcher’s productivity and the quality of their work. Some of the best known databases, such as the Web of Science and Scopus, are proprietary and offer pay-to-access data and services supporting these and other metrics, including university r...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 16, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

The Role of School-based Interventions and Communities for Mental Health Prevention, Tiered Levels of Care, and Access to Care
This article highlights the key role of schools in addressing rising mental health disorders among youth. It champions collaboration between health and educational sectors, emphasizing child and adolescent psychiatrists ’ significant contribution to school-based mental health literacy and interventions. This article encourages for child and adolescent psychiatrists’ involvement in policy advocacy for accessible and inclusive mental health care, championing sustainable mental health services through advocating f or funding, training, and policy support. (Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America)
Source: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America - April 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kristie Ladegard, Shirley Alleyne, Jeylan Close, Maura Dunfey Hwang Source Type: research

How India can become a science powerhouse
Nature, Published online: 16 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01088-3As the world’s largest election kicks off this week, India has an opportunity to reimagine science funding. (Source: Nature AOP)
Source: Nature AOP - April 16, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: research

ChatGPT and Corporations of Mega-journals Jeopardize the Norms That Underpin Academic Publishing
Arch Iran Med. 2024 Feb 1;27(2):110-112. doi: 10.34172/aim.2024.17.ABSTRACTThose who participate in and contribute to academic publishing are affected by its evolution. Funding bodies, academic institutions, researchers and peer-reviewers, junior scholars, freelance language editors, language-editing services, and journal editors are to enforce and uphold the ethical norms on which academic publishing is founded. Deviating from such norms will challenge and threaten the scholarly reputation, academic careers, and institutional standing; reduce the publishers' true impacts; squander public funding; and erode the public trus...
Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - April 15, 2024 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Farid Rahimi Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi Source Type: research