Between Basic Science and Basic Research: Basic Science Development Policy andthe Emergence of Basic Science Research Promotion Act

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-273
Author(s):  
Hyangsuk SHIN ◽  
Manyong MOON
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Basic Science Research ◽  
Research Promotion

Sustainability in Higher Education through Basic Science Research

2012 ◽  
pp. 56-66
Author(s):  
P. Yogeeswari ◽  
D. Sriram
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Basic Science Research ◽  
Recent Developments

Basic research in Universities is essential for a sustainable development. Recent developments in higher education have seen the inclusion of curiculum redesigned to serve the concept of developming young minds in the intrepretation, execution, and use of basic science research. The challenge for educators is to “demystify” research and teach in ways that are professionally meaningful as well as intellectually acceptable. The objective of this chapter is to bring in various case studies to prove the essentiality of basic research in higher education with specific concern over pharmaceutical industrial growth plans. Data on R&D in higher education can be broken down by field of science (natural sciences, engineering, medical sciences, agricultural sciences, social sciences, and humanities), by type of costs (current expenditures, capital expenditures), and by source of funds (business enterprise, government, higher education, private non-profit, and funds from abroad). Measures of R&D performance in the higher education sector are often estimated by national authorities, and evaluation methods are periodically revised. It is necessary to review the design and conduct of higher education R&D surveys to improve the comparability of these indicators.

Sustainability in Higher Education through Basic Science Research

2015 ◽  
pp. 666-676
Author(s):  
P. Yogeeswari ◽  
D. Sriram
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Basic Science Research ◽  
Recent Developments

Basic research in Universities is essential for a sustainable development. Recent developments in higher education have seen the inclusion of curiculum redesigned to serve the concept of developming young minds in the intrepretation, execution, and use of basic science research. The challenge for educators is to “demystify” research and teach in ways that are professionally meaningful as well as intellectually acceptable. The objective of this chapter is to bring in various case studies to prove the essentiality of basic research in higher education with specific concern over pharmaceutical industrial growth plans. Data on R&D in higher education can be broken down by field of science (natural sciences, engineering, medical sciences, agricultural sciences, social sciences, and humanities), by type of costs (current expenditures, capital expenditures), and by source of funds (business enterprise, government, higher education, private non-profit, and funds from abroad). Measures of R&D performance in the higher education sector are often estimated by national authorities, and evaluation methods are periodically revised. It is necessary to review the design and conduct of higher education R&D surveys to improve the comparability of these indicators.

scholarly journals Deposition of Bacteria and Bacterial Spores by Bathroom Hot-Air Hand Dryers

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (8) ◽  
pp. e00044-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz del Carmen Huesca-Espitia ◽  
Jaber Aslanzadeh ◽  
Richard Feinn ◽  
Gabrielle Joseph ◽  
Thomas S. Murray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Bacterial Spores ◽  
Human Pathogens ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Basic Science Research

ABSTRACTHot-air hand dryers in multiple men's and women's bathrooms in three basic science research areas in an academic health center were screened for their deposition on plates of (i) total bacteria, some of which were identified, and (ii) a kanamycin-resistantBacillus subtilisstrain, PS533, spores of which are produced in large amounts in one basic science research laboratory. Plates exposed to hand dryer air for 30 s averaged 18 to 60 colonies/plate; but interior hand dryer nozzle surfaces had minimal bacterial levels, plates exposed to bathroom air for 2 min with hand dryers off averaged ≤1 colony, and plates exposed to bathroom air moved by a small fan for 20 min had averages of 15 and 12 colonies/plate in two buildings tested. Retrofitting hand dryers with HEPA filters reduced bacterial deposition by hand dryers ∼4-fold, and potential human pathogens were recovered from plates exposed to hand dryer air whether or not a HEPA filter was present and from bathroom air moved by a small fan. Spore-forming colonies, identified asB. subtilisPS533, averaged ∼2.5 to 5% of bacteria deposited by hand dryers throughout the basic research areas examined regardless of distance from the spore-forming laboratory, and these were almost certainly deposited as spores. Comparable results were obtained when bathroom air was sampled for spores. These results indicate that many kinds of bacteria, including potential pathogens and spores, can be deposited on hands exposed to bathroom hand dryers and that spores could be dispersed throughout buildings and deposited on hands by hand dryers.IMPORTANCEWhile there is evidence that bathroom hand dryers can disperse bacteria from hands or deposit bacteria on surfaces, including recently washed hands, there is less information on (i) the organisms dispersed by hand dryers, (ii) whether hand dryers provide a reservoir of bacteria or simply blow large amounts of bacterially contaminated air, and (iii) whether bacterial spores are deposited on surfaces by hand dryers. Consequently, this study has implications for the control of opportunistic bacterial pathogens and spores in public environments including health care settings. Within a large building, potentially pathogenic bacteria, including bacterial spores, may travel between rooms, and subsequent bacterial/spore deposition by hand dryers is a possible mechanism for spread of infectious bacteria, including spores of potential pathogens if present.

A Perspective On The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Basic Science Research and its Future implications

Coronaviruses ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yam Nath Paudel ◽  
Efthalia Angelopoulou ◽  
Bhupendra Raj Giri ◽  
Christina Piperi ◽  
Iekhsan Othman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Preventive Measure ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Basic Science Research ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
The Impact

: COVID-19 has emerged as a devastating pandemic of the century that the current generations have ever experienced. The COVID-19 pandemic has infected more than 12 million people around the globe and 0.5 million people have succumbed to death. Due to the lack of effective vaccines against the COVID-19, several nations throughout the globe has imposed a lock-down as a preventive measure to lower the spread of COVID-19 infection. As a result of lock-down most of the universities and research institutes has witnessed a long pause in basic science research ever. Much has been talked about the long-term impact of COVID-19 in economy, tourism, public health, small and large-scale business of several kind. However, the long-term implication of these research lab shutdown and its impact in the basic science research has not been much focused. Herein, we provide a perspective that portrays a common problem of all the basic science researchers throughout the globe and its long-term consequences.

Setting Up for Success: Strategies to Foster Surgeons’ Pursuit of Basic Science Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 268 ◽  
pp. 71-78
Author(s):  
Devon Livingston-Rosanoff ◽  
Keon Young Park ◽  
Esra Alagoz ◽  
Susan Thibeault ◽  
Angela Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Success Strategies ◽  
Basic Science Research

scholarly journals Research Productivity and Citation Impact of Indian institutes of Science Education and Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 455-462
Author(s):  
Jyotshna Sahoo ◽  
Sudam Charan Sahu ◽  
Basudev Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Citation Impact ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Basic Science Research ◽  
Research Publications

The paper’s main objective is to investigate the trends of basic science research in India using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. It examines the publication patterns and impact of research productivity of five basic science institutions, i.e., “Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research” (IISER), namely IISER Kolkata, IISER Pune, IISER Mohali, IISER Bhopal, and IISER Thiruvananthapuram. The research output indexed in the SCOPUS bibliographic database of these five established IISERs was obtained from 2015 to 2019. A total number of 7329 research publications were analysed using various scientometric dimensions. This paper makes a concerted effort to present a comprehensive picture of the assessment of research outcomes at the five older IISERs, which are ostensibly India’s most active and prominent basic science research institutions. The findings reveal that these institutions are accountable for important research outcomes, such as a high number of citations, preferences towards open access (OA) publications, a rise in research publication year over year, a strong author network, a high degree of collaboration, and a high impact in terms of other scientometrics indicators. This paper discusses the findings of the research publications on the position of IISERs in basic sciences research and draws some conclusions about their effects.

scholarly journals Basic science research in medicine

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-293
Author(s):  
A S Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Basic Science Research

No abstract availableDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v8i3.6214 Kathmandu Univ Med J 2010;8(3):292-3 

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