Consultancy - Science topic

Searching for the research grant opportunities on different ministries websites becomes cumbersome.

If there is any service provider for same, it is easier. For consultancies, there are various tender info websites.

If similar thing exists for research grants and call for proposals, it will be helpful

Any suggestions on how to pivot to policy making?

I saw that there are PhD about it, but I'm not sure to be qualified for them.

How could I increase the chances of being admitted to one without pursuing another master?

I'm finishing a double master in plant sciences and plant biotechnology at Wageningen University & Research. My specialisations are functional plant genomics and phytopathology and entomology, with a minor in nematology and one still to define (around biophysics and omics).

I did a thesis in nematology at the ETH Zurich, one in plant molecular biology at INRAE (French national institute for Agro-Environmental research) and one still to define at SLU (Swedish Agricultural University).

I'd like to pivot toward policy making, but I only have a few courses about transversal skills such as "Negotiation skills", "Communication & Persuasion", "Scientific Writing" etc. and none about policy itself.

How to find your blue ocean in research?

Kim and Mauborgne's book "Blue Ocean" is about how to stand out and find a commercial space with little or no competition. This space must be unattainable by competitors and must be accompanied by high barriers to entry (cf. Porter).

My question is the following:

How do you find your blue ocean in research? At a time when desk rejects are increasingly frequent and we are witnessing an inflation of articles submitted to good ranking journals, how can you distinguish yourself to get past this first selection barrier?

This is done through the subject, the research methods used and the field proposed.

The subject must be current. The problem is that sometimes a subject that is too new does not have a strong conceptual basis. Moreover, very managerial concepts from the business world have difficulty in breaking through the research barrier. For example, I worked very early on on social listening and had a lot of trouble getting my French colleagues to understand that it was a revolutionary method of listening to markets.

Research methods must be original. Is practising Python considered original today? That's the big question. The time it takes to learn a new language is sometimes considerable and represents a major financial sacrifice. But technology is moving faster than our ability to learn. Today, isn't it more interesting to learn "no code"?

The research field proposed must also be distinctive. I must admit that I am tired of qualitative research fields that rely on rather unreflective analysis grids and on the verbatims of a few unrepresentative consumers. I am also tired of fields based on the answers of our students! Finally, I am angry (yes angry) at the low interest of companies in academic management research. Companies and the state prefer to "pay a lot of money" to consultancies when they have our research materials at their fingertips. If we want to develop open science, we need the company or any other institution to open its doors to us. Unshareable data is the best way to kill research in the long run.

So finding your blue ocean in research is not just up to the researcher. His or her ecosystem is paramount. At the moment, the conditions are not right for virtuous research.

What do you think?

I am ready to work as a paid consultant for companies those who are in need of assistance in developing algorithms for SAR Images ie speckle noise removal, segmentation, change detection.

For example,

How does one make their marketing mix be more agile to new channels, ever changing environment. what are the models used for this analysis and their interpretation.

our paper on MMM- complex models and interpretations to discuss the advertising effects, models- simple and complex to collate it all together.

Please read, review and suggest how we can add on to enhance our research going forward

Hello,

I am currently working on my MSc. thesis on video conferencing in (management) consulting oriented SMEs. The goal is to develop a tool/model/format to support managers in making responsible choices to implement video conferencing in their company.

The idea is to first map the consultancy process (already done), then link a number of meeting types per phase in this consultancy process, and finally link these types of meetings to characteristics of video conferencing.

For this I am now looking for an existing classification/taxonomy of business meetings.

As you may have noticed, I am still struggling with what the model should look like and what the appropriate descriptive words might be.

Well my question is: Does anyone have any tips and/or ideas of existing literature where business meetings is discussed in this context?

Thanks in advance for your time and effort!

                                           Francis J Dunne , FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist 

Psychiatry is arguably the least scientific, most dogmatic and most contentious of all medical disciplines.  Many argue it is not a medical discipline at all except, and most contentiously of all in the way it employs pharmaceutical interventions.

Is it time it was re-thought and reclassified? 

I wish to know, how can we augment ourselves with further degrees or learnings after Ph.D. whhile still in the job?

Fellowship/ consultancy??

Good evening, gentlemen, could someone give me a reference (book, article, paper and others) on applied sociology, which contains methodologies, scripts or tools for the sociologist to act in individual counseling or consultancy? Thank you all for the attention.

Hello everyone,

I have to prepare a presentation in which I have to present a non-technical skill of cybersecurity consultant. In this, I have selected Teamwork means what the need for teamwork in cybersecurity consultancy is, what teamwork consists of, what it looks like and what tools are required to measure teamwork

Please, kindly share any information

Thanks & regard,

Osama Faheem

Dear friends

I hope you had a nice summer. I sometimes get the comment that academia is not relevant from business colleagues and clients in my consultancy business. For me academia has always been something I have been careful not to associate my self too much with, even if I love to teach. My question is that if there is a way to bridge this gap or conflict between academics and practitioners? I often hear highly negative and degrading comments aimed towards academia from business leaders, some of which have themselves masters or Phd.

I think in the long run this is bad because it reduces the opportunities for academics and makes the transition between one field to another more difficult. I can my self admit to having a bias, meaning I would think twice before employing someone who has been in academia for an extended period of time.I realise this is something I need to work on, prejudice and generalisation is never good!. I think there are a lot of competent people in academia but in many ways academia has become a world of its own with little or no connection to the real world, making it more difficult to move from academia to for example a managerial role or consultancy, what works in theory doesn't always work in practice. Do you have any experiences from the vantage point of an academic? My experience is mainly from the other side, that of a business owner but it would be interesting to also hear the other side. Do you have any experiences? How can this gap between academia and "the world" be bridged or should it?How can we change the view of private businesses that academia is somehow a different world inhabited by some very odd creatures?

Also note that there is no intent of disrespect or hostility on my behalf towards academia or academics. I might have deep rooted issues with the current state of academia but many of my friends are academics. .

I wish you all a wonderful day

34 Warwick Street Liverpool Hope University:

Liverpool Dept. Of Education L8 6TQ Taggart Avenue

Mobile: 07402189794 Liverpool L16 9JD

Email: 10110907@hope.ac.uk Tel: 0151 291 3635

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My current research centres on supplementary schools in slum, religious education, interfaith relations and marginalisation within educational system

EDUCATION

2017 Masters in Theology

Dissertation Title: “Saint Thomas Aquinas’ perspective on Islam in light of his book Summa Contra Gentiles - How does Aquinas’ scholarship on faith and reason help build modern inter-religious relations with Muslims?”

2001-2004 BSc. (Hons) Accounting and Finance (2:2)

University of Bradford- School of Management

2009-2010 Certificate of Teaching in Life-long Learning

City & Guilds-Blackburne House Liverpool

1996-1998 Full-Time Foundation Scheme (Trainee Accountant)

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Pakistan

1995 Sixth Form Mathematics (B), Physics (A). English (B),

Chemistry (B), Social Studies(C)

Telecom Boys Public School Pakistan

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

· Since November 2015, March 2016 and June 2017, I was part of the Near Neighbours Catalyst Program promoting community cohesion, interfaith awareness and Religious Literacy about faith communities in the UK particularly in Yorkshire and Northwest working with Faithful Neighbours Bradford and Touchstone Bradford.

· In 2006 and 2007, I worked as a Research Assistant organising annual conferences on economic and educational development in the Middle East for Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research UAE.

· In 1997, I worked as an Intern with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Germany for the promotion of social, cultural and educational rights of disadvantaged communities in Pakistan.

TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

· I have ESOL teaching experience where I used to teach English as a foreign language to young refugees at Asylum Link Merseyside through partnership with Blackburn House FE College.

· I am a Trustee/Treasurer of Hope Heritage Trust an Anglican evangelical charity helping immigrants and refugees find educational opportunities and support within local churches and communities.

· Church Urban Fund has granted funding to Hope Heritage Trust to further develop its outreach. The focus of Hope Heritage Trust is to improve educational achievement among 13-20 year old BAME youth.

· I have organized inter-religious meetings in Diocese of Blackburn for the Muslim and Christian youth.

· I have been active member of Hope Chaplaincy as volunteer under Rev. Phillip Anderson and Marie-Therese Lacey.

· I have helped organise Student Christian Movement Liberation Theology Conference at University of Sunderland under Rev. Chris Howson.

· I helped organise London conference of Church Mission Society Asia Forum with Interfaith Assistant to Archbishop of Canterbury Rev. Rana Khan.

· In June 2017 was invited to Lambeth Palace by Archbishop of Canterbury’s team at the graduation ceremony of Saint Anselm’s youth community.

· Assisting Faculty members in researching funding opportunities in accordance with their interest and current research projects.

· Managing the accounts department of a busy solicitor’s firm in Liverpool.

Admin and Case Worker

· Face to face meeting with asylum and refugee service users

· Staff and client payments and banking withdrawals

· Destitution issues and first point of contact for newly arrived immigration cases

· Liaising with UKBA, Housing Providers and NASS on issues

· Refugee Integration and Employment Service(RIES) co-ordination

· Reporting to Area Manager Liverpool

· Carried out general ledger functions, including account analysis, bank reconciliation.

· Income and Expenditure financial statements,

· Meeting financial and funding deadlines.

· Demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Headed financial management including development of monthly/quarterly financial statements, financial forecasts and budgets, bank reconciliation and cash management. Directed all financial management policy making and integrating new applications. Reporting directly to the CEO and Board of Directors.

· Managing the accounts of group of Construction and Real Estate companies

· Managing portfolio of properties on behalf of European expat clients in Abu Dhabi UAE

· Annual income of AED 21 million (approx. 4 million pounds sterling)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Belgium

· In the aftermath of a major earthquake in Pakistan in 2005, I lived and travelled in North of Pakistan alongside teams of European doctors and volunteers who came to Pakistan as part of relief mission.

· Worked as an Educational Visa Consultant on behalf of British Council for University of North London, Sheffield Hallam University and University of Hertfordshire. I also managed British universities’ overseas partnership with Inter College Larnaca, Republic Of Cyprus.

I suffer from Post-Polio Paralysis on the left side of the body which affects my mobility and normal working conditions. Despite ill-health and a number of accidents in recent years I have continued my pursuit of research and education.

Dr David Lundie

SENIOR LECTURER IN EDUCATION

Department of Education Studies

Extension: 0151 291 3783

Faculty: Education

Rev Dr Daniel Jeyaraj

PROF WORLD CHRISTIANITY/DIR. ANDREW WALLS CENTRE

Department: Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies

Extension: 0151 291 3761

Faculty: Arts and Humanities

Email:jeyarad@hope.ac.uk
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The Importance of Consultancy Project and How Can It Will Be Adopted in Universities for international recognition?

I'm currently working on a consultancy dissertation, which requires me to consult for a real world client and write an academic paper using the experiences from the client's consultancy project as data. The topic is social media marketing audits, so I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for a well recognised, industry standard methodology for conducting social media marketing audits? Any pointers, especially to peer reviewed articles, would be greatly appreciated.

This is an agency providing consultancy and publication services.

what are the best approaches to attracting consultancy jobs in one's field of study?

For my new design of Hydroelectric system that can be built and operates efficiently and reliably in oceans and seas.

We are working on different seismic studies both for research use and consultancy works. We've learned that Fukushima and Tanaka attenuation models are already outdated (model we used before). Hence, I want to ask if there is a more appropriate attenuation model which can replace the F and T model.

Life is stuck in between consultancy and research work. Consultancy gives you practical experience along with money, however, research is limited to citations, projects etc. I know both fields are different and i personally feel that these two can't be run at the same time.

Out of three major activities i.e. Teaching , Research and Consultancy, which activity gives you maximum satisfaction and the reason for the same?

I'm carrying out an academic consultancy project and the issue I've been given is regarding to managing workforce. More specifically, how can I make the staff (freelancers) aware of shifts available?

I was graduated as Master of Science in field of electronic engineer.

I have an idea about developing a measurement device (Coriolis flow meter) and I am going to realize it.

Because this project needs to use expensive tools and a multi discipline environment, how can I do that?

Is there or someone to accept me with this condition?

I am very grateful for any consultancy.

What experiences do people have with creating a repository of research outcomes from projects?

Have you done this already? If not was there any particular reason?

If so, have you used an existing product or built something custom?

I'm currently exploring how best to compile research insights from a department that works like an in-house consultancy in a very large organisation.

Projects are very varied - any contact with internal audiences would be good to get visibility on.

Thanks

Nicola

With the change in technology from transformer type DC/AC inverters to transformerless types a problem has arisen with Sunpower rear wired solar panels.

We have used Sunpower pv modules for many years without degrading (abt 12). In order to prevent a build-up of static electricity on the surface of the panels we have connected a hard earth to the positive DC side of the inverter. This has worked well.

However with the introduction of transformerless inverters that means the AC system will be grounded directly to earth - ie a direct short. After consultation with many colleagues I propose to use a 'resistive' earth.

By measuring the current on my 30kW system I find that the voltage is in the order of 17 - 30 volts at a current flow rate of 0.001 milli amp.

It is proposed to place an in-line resistor of 0.5 Watt and 10 Mega OHM resistor with a 1 amp fuse for circuit protection. The connection will be made between the DC solar positive input and the MENS ground earth.

In that way the 'drain' will continue to function but with sufficient resistance to prevent detectable ground leakage from either the grid or the inverter.

I am soliciting comments before trialing the proposal in the field (and possibly frying an inverter).

Thank you for your kind consideration.

My participants will be junior doctors as well as consultants. The aim is to understand reflection-in-action (during the action) and then see the difference particularly how and when junior doctors and consultants use material and social resources in the midst of the action.

we plan to build LPG plant in oil field from condensate, the consultant advice to make storge tank

I think we can take by pass from the pipe line

Instead of that

Indonesia has already 4 SOE manufacturing pharmaceuticals. We also have around 1,000 health centres throughout the country based on the number of the population. There is also a health insurance since 2014 to cover all population at the end of this decade.

The geography of the country necessitates people in rural area to travel as far a 10km or more to seek consultation for their health. Theoretically smaller private units located in rural areas with up-to-date information system would smoothen distribution of medicines needed for these cases. Unfortunately, such undertaking cost money with funds already limited at government budget.

I would highly appreciate your comments on this problem.

Professors are expected to devote time for teaching, research, outreach (training & consultancy), and administrative work.

To be efficient and effective, how should Professors plan their time for teaching, research, outreach (training, consultancy) & administrative work?

Could we be helpful to you? Of course I'm interested in the project and the outcomes. Talked with David Olds years ago about doing this kind of study. My email is: sharonsrising@gmail.com.

I observed this phenomenon both in vivo and in vitro via qRT PCR and immunoblot normalized by actin intensity, respectively. There was a robust decrease in RNA level but its band intensity was unchanged in immunoblotting.

I'm waiting for your generous consultation.

THANK YOU!

I want to be active partner in this project

I am Ahmed hussein

OB/GYN consultant

Lecturer- October 6th university- faculty of medicine

I have looked it up in the APA but you can never find a simple explanation.

Thanks.

Strategic Planning was introduced in Egypt in the first half of the 2000s, after decades of applying the comprehensive planning approach in the planning process throughout the 20th century. The SP was first introduced by the UNDP and the UNHABITAT, and was officially adopted by the planning authorities in Egypt in 2006. It was mainly used in the re-planning and upgrading the existing cities and villages. This was done through an ambitious initiative that is entering now its third stage. It is important to note that there are two main bodies that are responsible for the official planning activities in Egypt and are both affiliated to the Ministry of Housing and Public Utilities. The first one is General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP), which I responsible for the planning of existing settlements, as well as making regional plans. The second one is the New Urban Communities Authority, which is responsible for the planning of the new settlements.

The SP approach has been significantly applied by the GOPP in the re-planning and upgrading attempts of the existing settlements, cities and villages, since the mid-2000s. The initial reception of the SP approach among the planning consultants and the GOPP officials was of a great anticipation and hope for a better change towards fulfilling the needs of the local communities, enhancing the built environment and improving the stagnant situation of the many Egyptian settlements. The concepts of having a vision that leads to the formulation of strategic plans to be realized by implementing strategic projects within a span of five years – to be revisited and modified according to the needs afterwards- was quiet appealing, while having strong citizen participation during the SP process.

Now with more than a decade that passed since the implementation of the SP approach in Egypt, several aspects are being questioned in relation to the whole approach and its implementation.  Questions related to Visions, actors, citizen participation as well as the actual implementation of the formulated Strategic plans are raised.

I have been involved in the planning domain since 2008, where I contributed in formulating the Strategic Master Plans for four cities in the Egyptian Delta as well as the Initial Regional Strategic Plan for the Halayeb sub-region in the Soth of Egypt. I already have critical reflection that I will share as well in an article to be formulated.

In this Post, I am requesting the feedback, opinions and comments of those who were involved in the SP process since it started in Egypt in 2006 (or earlier) and would like to ask them to use the following Questions for reflections. I would say that those who would like to participate don't need to reflect on all the points, but they can select whatever they like or even add more points. The questions are as follows:

-         Are the visions formulated during the SP approach get really implemented and respected during the plan making and later its implementation or are they just consumed and produced for the sake of administrative purposes?

Visions are set at the beginning of the Strategic Planning project, with the contribution of most of the stake holders

-         Did the strategic planning approach realized its purpose in improving the planning process of planning the Egyptian cities both new and existing?

-         What kind of drawbacks were experienced by the planners and decision makers when applying the SP approach in Egypt?

-         To which extent are the SP plans implemented, especially that the initial milestone for these plans was the year 2017 and the year has already passed?

-         What kind of factors affect the implementation of the plans? And are these plans respected?

-         What are the roles of the involved actors and what kind of actors are involved both in new and existing cities, as well as the regional dimension?

-         What kind of actor networks /arenas get involved in the planning process? Or are they overshadowed and dominated by more influential actors?

-         The engagement of citizens in the planning process, is this really obvious, or is it a drawback? In terms of participation?

What qualifications do the consultants have?

Dear professor we are a new team work in Sualaimani-Iraq belong to research center of Sulaimani Polytechnic University we need your advice and collaboration can you help us as an external consultant please

best regards

Dr Abdullah A Hama

PhD. Molecular medical parasitology

Head of Biomedical team

Does anyone have experience in performing volumetric reconstructions of MRI? Which software is the most recommended? What literature is available for consultation?

I need to manipulate a variable in Survey Monkey but cannot find a work around. Do they have any help that is not texting but a phone consultant? Is it possible to create a new variable (what SPSS would call recoding) in Survey Monkey?

Thanks.

I have a working prototype producing steam that I am combining with a small scale SMR (100 to 500 kg/day). While I have a thorough understanding of SMR technology, it is not to a level of were I can design it myself. Specifically, we are looking for a SMR system that can operate between 600c to 1200c (hydrogen at 99.999). If you know of a company or consultant that can design or procure a system like this, I would appreciate any assistance you might have. This is the last component in my overall prototype and I have had great difficulty in acquiring an SMR.

Dear Gregory, Crhistine, we share the line of research, in our case, focused on teacher training. Please, would you be able to access a larger detail of the project you are working on?

Thank you very much

Guillermo

Hello to all cost engineers, estimators, quantity surveyors, cost consultants!

I am currently undertaking an MBA research project on the implementation of 5D BIM in Asia. I would really appreciate your meaningful contribution/support (anonymous) in completing this short survey (see link: https://www.esurveycreator.com/s/6e57c77 ) to understand your perceived benefits/challenges of BIM adoption.

Many thanks.

I am working on a new research about scoliosis and I have a question and I need your advice. I know there is a cut off for angle of trunk rotation (ATR) measured by scoliometer for radiographic consultation and it is accepted as 5 degree or 7 degree according to different studies. But I've searched the literature and couldn't find. Does any classification exist like mild ATR, moderate ATR and severe ATR? I need some categorizations about ATR in my study, what do you suggest me?

I`m currently a SAP Functional consultant, and my primary background (Bachelors) is Applied geophysics; so my technical IT skills is not very solid. Hope this will guide your information.

I'm writing up a grant proposal soon, but first I need to get an idea of how much I need to budget for hiring a statistician consultant. What do people normally charge per hour for this? Many thanks!

More info: The project relates to education and workplace psychology research.

I am co-editing a book about online therapy, with clusters about individual, family/couple, group therapy and organizational consultancy. If you know of articles or have written on these subjects, please write me.

I am recent graduate from lund university environmental studies and sustainability science masters program and I moved back to Accra over the summer, starting work at a start up sustainability consultancy. We involve ourselves with projects from renewable energy to waste management across the urban environ. For me personally I want to build a working and smart green economy in Accra which utilizes the resources available and finds innovative ways to bu on the system currently operating. understanding green urban projects like your own is hopefully what will be my bread and butter.

hope to hear from you soon.

Most of the time Consultants recommend companies initiate with 5S for improvements. As it give the working environment a better look at a glance, but that doesn’t mean that 5S would solve its problems or that the organization is capable of implementing it or in sustaining the system.

In Miclel Baudin's blog he say, thinking 5S solve all your problems would be like asking a school boy to clean up his messy room when he says he cannot understand a lesson or when he has a problem at school. Whether with a plant or a kid, figuring out what the problems are takes more time and effort, but it is necessary if you want to identify projects that put the organization on track to a solution, and that it has the skills and be conducted conduct successfully, while entailing the changes that will be sustained.

What is your opinion?

Now a days in all the countries of the world faculty members are very busy with accreditation and quality assurance activities. Institutions are investing large amount on consultation and documentation. Faculty members invest lot of time and energy. Do you agree that accreditation and quality assurance activities will enhance the quality of teaching, learning and assessment?

I'm from Portugal.

Independent consultant/ part time researcher in social sciences, regionalization, politics evaluation,..., in rural world.

Current participant in a EIP AGRI Focus Group.

Current member of RRN (Portugal).

Hi all

I am going to fabrication QCM sensor in our clean room, integrated to the microfluidic platform. and also, I am going to fabricate the electrode of QCM only 500 um. 

And, I am not sure about that the QCM sensor will properly operation with this dimension of the electrode. Because it is too small in comparison with the commercial QCM sensor. 

So, does anyone having experience about QCM sensor? Give me the consultants.  

Best regards

Can any inform me or is aware of any research looking into or comparing the accuracy of none medic or consultant diagnosis of dementia? I am interested to know how nursing , allied health professionals fair in comparison to consultant or psychiatric standard models of diagnosis.  Any information would be welcomed.

Do you believe or expect that AIM will contribute significantly in the near future in helping health team members and individuals (patients) for smart consultation, direction, treatment? Any vision on this regard? Thank you for your ideas in advance

I am a TUI M&C masters student, and also a technology journalist and industry consultant. I have been writing/researching about digitalization recently, for both class and work. 

What is the load distribution perfect percentages for academic staff?

Example 40% teaching, 40% research, 20% others (community service, admin, consultation, etc)? What is the best percentages?

What purpose, other than the medical information primarily gathered by it, can a physician have when he chooses the timing of the physical examination during a consultation? I'm looking into the use of the physical examination of a patient by its health care professional. Does different timing show different uses? 

What is known on this subject? I find very little on it in the scientific literature, but maybe I should use different keywords. What are your thoughts on this matter and can you advice me any literature? Thank you in advance!

Msc. consultancy based dissertation related to growth factors of a given SME 

Given the nature and scope of the research project, I'm using qualitative data and wanted to know if there are any particular/relevant interview analysis framework/method appropriate for consulting research/Action Research besides narrative strategy and content analysis?

I am a PhD student in business school of RMIT based in Melbourne, Australia. My research topic is behavioral aspects of multi-criteria decision-making especially PROMETHEE. In fact, I am very eager to go to industry after finishing my studies therefore I want to build a network of contacts from now. However, I do not know even for what should I search into Google. I kindly ask you to please tell me what kind of firms are engaged with multi criteria decision-making. If you know any special name it will be much more better.

I'm going to make an clinic expert system where it can easily detect the illness of the patient . Is it possible to make?

Any good literature about management consultancy methodologies on good practices?

If possible, focus in SME's

Currently I'm conducting a research to the added benefits and disadvantages of video consultation in a private dietitian practice. 

Recruitment can vary hugely between centres and between individuals carry out the recruitment. Clearly, the number of people recruited is the ultimate measure of success, but we wondered if  there were any measures that may be used to assess the process? For example, maintaining eye contact, the length of the consultation, etc etc 

Recruitment training is frequently delivered, but we wondered if evidence based at all? 

I wanna develop the skills in consultant, design and construction for wastewater treatment system. 

Hope experts give me some advices or instructions to improve knowledge of this field. 

Thanks!

Hi there,

I'm trying to identify psychosocial variables predicting acute admission to hospital. They have to be possible to use in telephone triage/consultation.

Do you have any good ideas, or good reference to share?

We are trying to set a goal for rate of follow-through for referrals from our behavioral medicine consultants, who are integrated in our primary care department (community outpatient) to on-going psychotherapy? Does anyone know of literature that suggests a baseline for how many patients that are referred for therapy actually follow through?

UPDATE 6/25: Note that the referral is actually to a different department. Patients would be getting referred from a primary care appointment in which they meet with a behavioral health consultant. The BH consultant will be referring the Pt. to on-going therapy with a different therapist altogether. What referral follow-through rate should we expect, based on the literature?

I am undertaking a PhD with Oxford Brookes University at the moment looking at success factors and influences on leadership in international humanitarian and development organisations in South Asia, particularly Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

For this I intend to carry out an electronic survey, and had hoped to get access to some kind of up to date country list of all the leaders of these kinds of organisations.

By 'leaders', I mean: Country Directors, CEOs, Chief of Party's, Senior Programme Directors, Resident Representatives, Principal or Chief Advisors, etc - the bigshots.

By 'these kind of organisations', I mean: INGOs (i.e. Oxfam, World Vision, Care, Tearfund, MSF etc etc), bi-laterals (i.e. SDP, GIZ etc.), philanthropic organisations and foundations (i.e. Clinton, Gates, Agha Khan etc.) multi-laterals (UN agencies, ICRC - excuse the possibly politically incorrect labelling there!), and even the well-known Consultancy firms in the sector (i.e. GOPA, GFA, Crown Agents, Adam Smith, Chemonics, Coffey, etc.) and others that I would not know where to place, i.e. DAI, MSI, PSI...

But I have come up against a brick wall, and not able to either identify a forum where these kinds of lists exist (used to be able to call in at OCHA for this kind of thing), or have found certain forums i.e. the Humanitarian Forum in Pakistan, which lists the INGOs (but not the others) but has a privacy policy that will not allow access to contact details of the leaders to non-members.

This means I need to rethink my approach strategy, and where possible target direct email addresses of leaders that I can get access to, but also place my electronic survey of perhaps a afew platforms and then request administrators of relevant forums to ask their members to access these in this way.

And for the above reasons and being a bit stumped, I have decided to seek research assistance here. Could you can shed some light, offer ideas, connect me to the people that might provide the type of access I need, or link me to updated email address lists, or even platforms that might assist in me successfully carrying out my research?

As mentioned, specific geo-focus is Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan, and only IHDOs as per the above types...

My time frame is to get the survey 'out there' early April if possible... and whatever assistance you could provide will be really appreciated.

Kind regards,

Adi

Nowadays, more and more attention is paid to the importance of assessing MI therapist/ counselor fidelity. Various instruments have been developed to assess MI fidelity, including the MITI, MISC and BECCI. In addition, Madson et al., have developed the CEMI questionnaire in order to assess the client experiences of MI.

Interestingly, I could hardly find any information about the therapist/counselor experiences with their own MI consultations. In other words, is a trained MI therapist/counselor able to correctly classify a conversation as a 'good MI conversation' or a 'bad conversation'? In addition, I could not find a self-assessment instrument to measure the experiences of the therapist/counselor with his/her own level op MI skills.

Therefore, I am wondering if somebody knows more about the possibility of trained MI therapists/counselors to assess their own MI skills correctly. And whether any research has been done on the relationship between such subjective experiences and the (more) objectively measured MI fidelity.

we performed physico chemical analysis of water for 14 parameters for 11 seasons we wish to perform PCA using MATLAB. is there any consultancy or service provider available for this?

I am planning to use narrative analysis to explore special teachers (SEN teachers) experience's on occupational therapist roles in school setting.

Are they appropriate or they are any suggestions on the methodologies.

Regards

I am working in development of consultancy methods to innovation management in clusters - regions, I am finding articles, paper and other bibliograph how reference frame. Thanks for your colaboration

There is a high burden of HPV infection in women coming to the antenatal clinic of a referral hospital I mentor. Since I do clinical consultation of HIV and STI related cases they usually keep them for me to see. However we could not provide screening services for CIN and we know that HPV contributes to 90% of cervical ca cases. However we do not provide screening services which means we could not offer the opportunity of treating early cases of CIN thereby preventing advanced ca. Recently I took an online course and exam which I passed on VIA (visual inspection of the cervix using aceton) and the screening involves treating of suspicious cases using cryo therapy which I also could administer. cryotherapy is highly effective and well tolerated. So my question here is that if there is anyone here willing and able to assist me to set up the screening and early treatment as well as prevention of advanced ca of the service in this resource poor setting. Thank you.

Our major area of research is formulation development and in vivo evaluation. We are doing consultancy for industries too for the same. We would also like to do some collaboration under various schemes of Indian governments between two country researchers. We believe that such collaboration will always strengthen the research activities due to involvement of experts. Any one interested for the same, please contact me.

I am interested in research on the emotions OD practitioners experience as they transition from internal employees to external OD consulting roles.

How do these emotions impact organizational change?

For a study on site selection in forest we applied an algorithm which finds near optimal cost-efficient, connected sites for conservation (Marxan with Zones). One could think of ways to include stakeholders at certain stages, maybe at the beginning, maybe after the results are there, to consult stakeholders and to include these results as constraints in a consecutive run of a software, model etc. Are there any good examples/references that document such a combination of top-down/bottom-up? 

Irrational prescribing of antibiotics is common occurrence and leads to bacterial resistance.