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Hans Van Oers - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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analyzing the contributions of a government commissioned Research Project a case study
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2014Co-Authors: Ingrid Hegger, Susan W J Janssen, J F E M Keijsers, Albertine J Schuit, Hans Van OersAbstract:Background: It often remains unclear to investigators how their Research contributes to the work of the commissioner. We initiated the ‘Risk Model’ case study to gain insight into how a Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Project and its knowledge products contribute to the commissioner’s work, the commissioner being the Health Care Inspectorate. We aimed to identify the alignment efforts that influenced the Research Project contributions. Based on the literature, we expected interaction between investigators and key users to be the most determining factor for the contributions of a Research Project. Methods: In this qualitative case study, we analyzed the alignment efforts and contributions in the Risk Model Project by means of document analysis and interviews according to the evaluation method Contribution Mapping .F urthermore, a map of the Research process was drafted and a feedback session was organized. After the feedback session with stakeholders discussing the findings, we completed the case study report. Results: Both organizations had divergent views on the ownership of the Research product and the relationship between RIVM and the Inspectorate, which resulted in different expectations. The RIVM considered the use of the risk models to be problematic, but the inspectors had a positive opinion about its contributions. Investigators, inspectors, and managers were not aware of these remarkably different perceptions. In this Research Project, we identified six relevant categories of both horizontal alignment efforts (between investigators and key users) as well as vertical alignment efforts (within own organization) that influenced the contributions to the Inspectorate’ sw ork. Conclusions: Relevant alignment efforts influencing the contributions of the Project became manifest at three levels: the first level directly relates to the Project, the second to the organizational environment, and the third to the formal and historical relationship between the organizations. Both external and internal alignments influence the contributions of a Research Project. Based on the findings, we recommend that Research institutes invest in a reflective attitude towards the social aspects of Research Projects at all levels of the organization and develop alignment strategies to enhance the contributions of Research.
John Zollars - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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resilient modulus of minnesota road Research Project subgrade soil
Transportation Research Record, 2002Co-Authors: Shongtao Dai, John ZollarsAbstract:Laboratory remolded subgrade soil samples have been widely used to study subgrade resilient modulus (Mr). But physical conditions, such as moisture content and density, of such specimens may not represent in situ conditions very well. Therefore, AASHTO and the Long-Term Pavement Performance program have recommended that undisturbed, thin-walled tube samples be used to study subgrade resilient behavior. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is developing mechanistic-empirical pavement design approaches through the Minnesota Road Research Project and has realized the importance of Mr in the design approaches. Currently, MnDOT is making an effort to study the Mr of unbound pavement materials through laboratory experiments. Under a Research Project at MnDOT, several thin-walled tube samples of sub-grade soil were obtained from six different pavement sections at the Minnesota Road Research Project. Repeated loading triaxial tests were conducted on the soil specimens to determine the Mr at the MnDO...
Albertine J Schuit - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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analyzing the contributions of a government commissioned Research Project a case study
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2014Co-Authors: Ingrid Hegger, Susan W J Janssen, J F E M Keijsers, Albertine J Schuit, Hans Van OersAbstract:Background: It often remains unclear to investigators how their Research contributes to the work of the commissioner. We initiated the ‘Risk Model’ case study to gain insight into how a Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Project and its knowledge products contribute to the commissioner’s work, the commissioner being the Health Care Inspectorate. We aimed to identify the alignment efforts that influenced the Research Project contributions. Based on the literature, we expected interaction between investigators and key users to be the most determining factor for the contributions of a Research Project. Methods: In this qualitative case study, we analyzed the alignment efforts and contributions in the Risk Model Project by means of document analysis and interviews according to the evaluation method Contribution Mapping .F urthermore, a map of the Research process was drafted and a feedback session was organized. After the feedback session with stakeholders discussing the findings, we completed the case study report. Results: Both organizations had divergent views on the ownership of the Research product and the relationship between RIVM and the Inspectorate, which resulted in different expectations. The RIVM considered the use of the risk models to be problematic, but the inspectors had a positive opinion about its contributions. Investigators, inspectors, and managers were not aware of these remarkably different perceptions. In this Research Project, we identified six relevant categories of both horizontal alignment efforts (between investigators and key users) as well as vertical alignment efforts (within own organization) that influenced the contributions to the Inspectorate’ sw ork. Conclusions: Relevant alignment efforts influencing the contributions of the Project became manifest at three levels: the first level directly relates to the Project, the second to the organizational environment, and the third to the formal and historical relationship between the organizations. Both external and internal alignments influence the contributions of a Research Project. Based on the findings, we recommend that Research institutes invest in a reflective attitude towards the social aspects of Research Projects at all levels of the organization and develop alignment strategies to enhance the contributions of Research.
Martin Mills - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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managing oppositional masculinity politics the gendering of a government commissioned Research Project
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2013Co-Authors: Bob Lingard, Wayne Martino, Martin MillsAbstract:In this paper, we draw on pro-feminist, anti-essentialist espistemological and theoretical frameworks, in conjunction with adopting autoethnographic narratives, both to provide critical insight into and contextualize the particular testimony and witnessing of our own personal involvement in the gendering of a government-commissioned Research Project on boys’ education. The Research Project was undertaken in a politically volatile environment, when the ‘what about the boys?’ debate was at its zenith in Australia. As pro-feminist men attempting to ameliorate some of the negative impacts of the boys’ debate, whilst contributing to the new sociology of masculinities field, we had to negotiate a complex gender politics operating within the bureaucracy, including aligning with allies, to undertake this Research in ways that remained honest to our own politics and the Research evidence we collected. Our experiences and negotiation of the gendered and politicized relationships between the bureaucrats who commissi...
Dongpeng Wang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Research Project evaluation and selection an evidential reasoning rule based method for aggregating peer review information with reliabilities
viXra, 2017Co-Authors: Weidong Zhu, Fang Liu, Yu-wang Chen, Jian-bo Yang, Dongpeng WangAbstract:Research Project evaluation and selection is mainly concerned with evaluating a number of Research Projects and then choosing some of them for implementation. It involves a complex multiple-experts multiple-criteria decision making process.
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Research Project evaluation and selection an evidential reasoning rule based method for aggregating peer review information with reliabilities
Scientometrics, 2015Co-Authors: Weidong Zhu, Fang Liu, Yu-wang Chen, Jian-bo Yang, Dongpeng WangAbstract:Research Project evaluation and selection is mainly concerned with evaluating a number of Research Projects and then choosing some of them for implementation. It involves a complex multiple-experts multiple-criteria decision making process. Thus this paper presents an effective method for evaluating and selecting Research Projects by using the recently-developed evidential reasoning (ER) rule. The proposed ER rule based evaluation and selection method mainly includes (1) using belief structures to represent peer review information provided by multiple experts, (2) employing a confusion matrix for generating experts' reliabilities, (3) implementing utility based information transformation to handle qualitative evaluation criteria with different evaluation grades, and (4) aggregating multiple experts' evaluation information on multiple criteria using the ER rule. An experimental study on the evaluation and selection of Research proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation of China demonstrates the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method. The results show that (1) the ER rule based method can provide consistent and informative support to make informed decisions, and (2) the reliabilities of the review information provided by different experts should be taken into account in a rational Research Project evaluation and selection process, as they have a significant influence to the selection of eligible Projects for panel review.
