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Effective strategies that enhance the social impact of social sciences and humanities research
Authors: Aiello Emilia , Donovan Claire , Duque Elena , Fabrizio Serena , Flecha Ramon , Holm Poul , Molina Silvia , Oliver Esther , Reale Emanuela 
Published: March 2020

Background
We are witnessing increasing demand from governments and society for all sciences to have relevant social impact and to show the returns they provide to society.

Aims and objectives
This paper reports strategies that promote social impact by Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research projects.

Methods
An in-depth analysis of six Social Sciences and Humanities research projects that achieved social impact was carried out to identify those strategies. For each case study, project documents were analysed and qualitative fieldwork was conducted with diverse agents, including researchers, stakeholders and end-users, with a communicative orientation.

Findings
The strategies that were identified as contributing to achieving social impact include a clear focus of the project on social impact and the definition of an active strategy for achieving it; a meaningful involvement of stakeholders and end-users throughout the project lifespan, including local organisations, underprivileged end-users, and policy makers who not only are recipients of knowledge generated by the research projects but participate in the co-creation of knowledge; coordination between projects’ and stakeholders’ activities; and dissemination activities that show useful evidence and are oriented toward creating space for public deliberation with a diverse public.

Discussion and conclusions
The strategies identified can enhance the social impact of Social Sciences and Humanities research. Furthermore, gathering related data, such as collaboration with stakeholders, use of projects’ findings and the effects of their implementation, could allow researchers to track the social impact of the projects and enhance the evaluation of research impact.
Overseas students coordinating committees – the origins of student support in Australia?1
Authors: Kent Anna 
Published: March 2020

Student support in contemporary educational settings is vastly different from what it was when international education became a visible presence on Australian campuses in the 1950s. At that time, community organizations, businesses and the government cooperated to provide support to students in Australia, with little support being offered formally through universities and colleges. These Co-ordinating Committees survived for decades, into the 1990s. It could be argued that these Co-ordinating Committees facilitated a community engagement in international education that has not continued as the number of students has multiplied. Using archival and other primary source documents, this article will look at the beginnings of the Australian Organisations’ Co-ordinating Committee for Overseas Students (AOCCOS), and other similar organizations. It will analyse how the Committees changed over the decades of their existence, and what role they played in influencing government policies.
The article will also investigate when and why these Committees ended, and what, if anything, has taken their place. The huge expansion of the international education sector, with more than half a million students now studying in Australia as international students, has impacted the quantity and quality of engagement with the Australian community for many of these students.
Finally, the article will look at efforts to engage the community in the support of, and engagement with, international students in Australia in a more contemporary setting. This includes support provided by institutions, community and sporting organizations and state government and municipal councils.
Extrahepatic Malignancy Among Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C After Antiviral Therapy: A Real-World Nationwide Study on Taiwanese Chronic Hepatitis C Cohort (T-COACH)
Authors: Huang Chung-Feng , Lai Hsueh-Chou , Chen Chi-Yi , Tseng Kuo-Chih , Kuo Hsing-Tao , Hung Chao-Hung , Wang Jing-Houng , Chen Jyh-Jou , Lee Pei-Lun , Chien Rong-Nan , Yang Chi-Chieh , Lo Gin-Ho , Tai Chi-Ming , Lin Chih-Wen , Kao Jia-Horng , Liu Chun-Jen , Liu Chen-Hua , Yan Sheng-Lei , Bair Ming-Jong , Lin Chun-Yen , Su Wei-Wen , Chu Cheng-Hsin , Chen Chih-Jen , Tung Shui-Yi , Lo Ching-Chu , Cheng Pin-Nan , Chiu Yen-Cheng , Wang Chia-Chi , Cheng Jin-Shiung , Tsai Wei-Lun , Lin Han-Chieh , Huang Yi-Hsiang , Yeh Ming-Lun , Huang Jee-Fu , Dai Chia-Yen , Chuang Wan-Long , Tsai Pei-Chien , Peng Cheng-Yuan , Yu Ming-Lung 
Published: March 2020

INTRODUCTION:
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with nonhepatocellular carcinoma malignancies. We aimed to evaluate whether achieving a sustained virological response (SVR, defined as HCV RNA seronegativity throughout posttreatment 24-week follow-up) could reduce the risk of non–hepatocellular carcinoma malignancy in a real-world nationwide Taiwanese Chronic Hepatitis C Cohort (T-COACH).

METHODS:
A total of 10,714 patients with chronic hepatitis C who had received interferon-based therapy (8,186 SVR and 2,528 non-SVR) enrolled in T-COACH and were linked to the National Cancer Registry database for the development of 12 extrahepatic malignancies, including those with potential associations with HCV and with the top-ranking incidence in Taiwan, over a median follow-up period was 3.79 years (range, 0–16.44 years).

RESULTS:
During the 44,354 person-years of follow-up, 324 (3.02%) patients developed extrahepatic malignancies, without a difference between patients with and without SVR (annual incidence: 0.69% vs 0.87%, respectively). Compared with patients with SVR, patients without SVR had a significantly higher risk of gastric cancer (0.10% vs 0.03% per person-year, P = 0.004) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) (0.08% vs 0.03% per person-year, respectively, P = 0.03). When considering death as a competing risk, non-SVR was independently associated with gastric cancer (hazard ratio [HR]/95% confidence intervals [CIs]: 3.29/1.37–7.93, P = 0.008). When patients were stratified by age, the effect of SVR in reducing gastric cancer (HR/CI: 0.30/0.11–0.83) and NHL (HR/CI: 0.28/0.09–0.85) was noted only in patients aged <65 years but not those aged >65 years.

DISCUSSION:
HCV eradication reduced the risk of gastric cancer and NHL, in particular among younger patients, indicating that patients with chronic hepatitis C should be treated as early as possible.
Homologous Recombination Repair Truncations Predict Hypermutation in Microsatellite Stable Colorectal and Endometrial Tumors
Authors: Lee Minyi , Eng George , Barbari Stephanie R. , Deshpande Vikram , Shcherbakova Polina V. , Gala Manish K. 
Published: March 2020

INTRODUCTION:
Somatic mutations in BRCA1/2 and other homologous recombination repair (HRR) genes have been associated with sensitivity to PARP inhibitors and/or platinum agents in several cancers, whereas hypermutant tumors caused by alterations in POLE or mismatch repair genes have demonstrated robust responses to immunotherapy. We investigated the relationship between somatic truncations in HRR genes and hypermutation in colorectal cancer (CRC) and endometrial cancer (EC).

METHODS:
We analyzed the mutational spectra associated with somatic BRCA1/2 truncations in multiple genomic cohorts (N = 2,335). From these results, we devised a classifier incorporating HRR genes to predict hypermutator status among microsatellite stable (MSS) tumors. Using additional genomic cohorts (N = 1,439) and functional in vivo assays, we tested the classifier to disambiguate POLE variants of unknown significance and identify MSS hypermutators without somatic POLE exonuclease domain mutations.

RESULTS:
Hypermutator phenotypes were prevalent among CRCs with somatic BRCA1/2 truncations (50/62, 80.6%) and ECs with such mutations (44/47, 93.6%). The classifier predicted MSS hypermutators with a cumulative true-positive rate of 100% in CRC and 98.0% in EC and a false-positive rate of 0.07% and 0.63%. Validated by signature analyses of tumor exomes and in vivo assays, the classifier accurately reassigned multiple POLE variants of unknown significance as pathogenic and identified MSS hypermutant samples without POLE exonuclease domain mutations.

DISCUSSION:
Somatic truncations in HRR can accurately fingerprint MSS hypermutators with or without known pathogenic exonuclease domain mutations in POLE and may serve as a low-cost biomarker for immunotherapy decisions in MSS CRC and EC.
On Cohesive Soil Damping Estimation by Free Vibration Method in Resonant Column Test
Authors: Facciorusso Johann , Madiai Claudia 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
Measurement of soil properties under cyclic and dynamic loading conditions is a critical task in the solution of most geotechnical earthquake engineering problems. The main dynamic properties of soils are usually expressed in terms of shear modulus and damping ratio that are generally obtained from laboratory tests. To date, the resonant column test is considered one of the most accurate ways to determine dynamic soil properties at low to medium-strain levels. Because it allows for investigation of a wide range of strain amplitudes, it is a valuable tool for characterizing the shear soil behavior for a large number of practical geotechnical problems. One of the approaches followed in estimating the damping ratio from the resonant column test is the free vibration method (also called logarithmic decrement or amplitude decay method). It consists of analyzing the time history of the damped free vibrations of the specimen once harmonic loading is cut off after reaching the resonant conditions. The soil damping ratio is determined measuring the logarithmic ratio of the amplitude of any two successive peaks of the system damped motion (logarithmic decrement). In this article, the influence on the damping ratio of the shear strain level, the plasticity index, the confining pressure, and the time interval between the peaks selected in calculating the logarithmic decrement is evaluated from the results of resonant column tests performed on 51 undisturbed isotropically consolidated fine-grained soil specimens.
Closure to “Discussion of ‘Verification of an Internal Close-Range Photogrammetry Approach for Volume Determination during Triaxial Testing’ by S. E. Salazar, L. D. Miramontes, A. Barnes, M. L. Bernhardt-Barry, and R. A. Coffman”
Authors: Salazar Sean E. , Miramontes Leah D. , Barnes Adam , Bernhardt-Barry Michelle L. , Coffman Richard A. 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
A detailed discussion of the technical manuscript entitled “Verification of an Internal Close-Range Photogrammetry Approach for Volume Determination during Triaxial Testing” was presented by Li and Li. The closure herein addresses the issues raised by the discussers and provides further clarification of the information provided in the original publication.
Phase equilibria in the SnBi2Te4MnBi2Te4 system and characterization of the Sn1-xMnxBi2Te4 solid solutions
Authors: Orujlu E. 
Published: March 2020

The phase diagram of the SnBi2Te4-MnBi2Te4 system was established over the entire concentration range by means of differential thermal analysis and powder X-ray diffraction techniques. It was shown that the system is non-quasi-binary due to the incongruent melting character of SnBi2Te4 and MnBi2Te4 compounds, but it is stable below solidus. The formation of a continuous series of solid solutions with the tetradymite-like layered structure was observed. Due to ionic radius differences of Mn2+ and Sn2+, both unit cell parameters of solid solutions increase linearly with the increasing amount of Sn. Phase equilibria above the solidus curve cannot be completed until the SnTe-MnTe-Bi2Te3 system fully studied.
Electron-beam recording of surface structures on As-S-Se chalcogenide thin films
Authors: Revutska L. , Shylenko O. , Stronski A. , Komanicky V. , Bilanych V. 
Published: March 2020

The effect of electron beam irradiation on the amorphous chalcogenide film As38S36Se26 was studied. The formation of cones with a Gaussian profile on the surfaces of the films was found after local electron irradiation. Exposition dependent evolution of height surface nanostructures has been detected. The dependence of the height of surface nanostructures on the dose of irradiation is analyzed. Charge accumulation model into interaction region between the film and the electron beam was used to explain the electron-induced phenomena of the surface structure of amorphous As38S36Se26 films. Charges relaxation times, and electron beam penetration depth into film, and the initial and inverse doses are determined.
Accumulation charge mechanisms in electrochemical systems formed based on activated carbon and manganese oxide
Authors: Ostafiychuk B. K. , Kolkovskyi M. I. , Rachiy B. I. , Kolkovskyi P. I. , Ivanichok N. Ya. , Ilnitsky R. V. 
Published: March 2020

In this work, the porous structure of the carbon material and the crystalline structure of manganese oxide α - modification (α - MnO2) have been investigated. The electrochemical performance of symmetric and asymmetric supercapacitors (α - MnO2 / Activated carbon) was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic cycling methods. The processes occur mainly at the electrode – electrolyte interface have been analyzed. It was determined that at discharge currents of 0.5 - 5 mA, the specific capacitance value for the α - MnO2 / Activated carbon hybrid capacitor exceeds the value of the symmetric capacitor by 45 - 55 % under the same conditions.
Influence of laser radiation on optical properties of high resistivity crystals CdTe and solid solutions Cd1-xZnxTe
Authors: Gentsar P. O. , Levytskyi S. M. 
Published: March 2020

In this paper, the transmission and reflection spectra of single crystals р-CdTe(111) are measured; solid solutions of Cd1-хZnхTe (х=0.1) in the range (0.2 – 1.7)·10-6 m before and after laser irradiation at the wavelength λ = 532 nm in the energy range 66 - 164 mJ/cm2 for CdTe(111) and in the energy range 46.6 mJ/cm2 - 163.5 mJ/cm2 for Cd1-хZnxTe (x = 0.1). It is established that the main mechanism of influence of pulsed laser irradiation on the optical properties of thin surface layers of the investigated crystals is structural gettering, that is, the absorption due to the presence of sections of semiconductors that have a defective structure and have the ability to actively absorb defects and points.
Modern polymers in prolonged release tablet technology
Authors: Kotsur Julia M. , Flisyuk Elena V. 
Published: March 2020

Currently, the delivery systems of second and third generation are of particular interest among pharmaceutical forms. Second generation pharmaceutical forms include systems with prolonged release of the active substance, third generation pharmaceutical forms include systems with controlled release. A slow continuous release of a medicinal substance may be achieved by using special excipients or by using special technologies.
For the production of tablets with prolonged release, the most common are special excipients, namely, polymers and their compositions.
The use of polymers as carriers of pharmaceutical substances used to program the kinetic frequency and location of the release is known since the middle of XX century [9]. To date, significant progress has been made in the use of polymers to prolong the release: the influence and interaction of polymers and drugs have been studied, the mechanisms of drug release have been studied, ways of programming release kinetics using various properties of polymers, etc.
In the article the modern state in the field of technology of tablets with prolonged release is considered. Advantages of prolonged release, mathematical models for description of drug forms with prolonged release are described. Technologies of tablets with prolonged release, types of delivery systems and mechanisms of release of an active pharmaceutical ingredient are considered.
The article presents modern polymers that are used in the technology of tablets with prolonged release. The classification of polymers in relation to water and to physiological liquids is presented.
University Students’ Changing Library Needs and Use: A Comparison of 2016 and 2018 Student Surveys
Authors: Scoulas Jung Mi , De Groote Sandra L. 
Published: March 2020

Abstract
Objective – This study examines differences in university students’ library use and satisfaction (e.g., in-person library visits, online and print resource use, space satisfaction, and library website use) between 2016 and 2018 based on local survey data. It also discusses how these findings provided guidance for future planning and action.
Methods – The academic university library developed the surveys for undergraduate and graduate students and distributed them in Spring 2016 and 2018. Both student surveys focused on examining students’ needs relative to library resources and services, although the 2018 student survey also attempted to quantify students’ library visits and their use of library resources. While the surveys were not identical, the four questions that appeared in both surveys (i.e., library visits, resource use, library space satisfaction, and library website use) were recoded, rescaled, and analyzed to measure the differences in both surveys.
Results – The survey results reveal that students’ library visits and use of library resources in 2018 were higher than in 2016. In particular, undergraduate students’ use of library resources in 2016 were lower than those in 2018, whereas graduate students’ use of library resources remained similar in both years. Another key finding indicates that the mean score of students’ library quiet study space satisfaction in 2018 was higher than in 2016. However, when compared to the 2016 survey, there was a decrease in students’ ease of library website use in the 2018 survey.
Conclusion – Assessing students’ behavior and satisfaction associated with their use of library physical spaces, resources, and services should be conducted on an ongoing basis. Over time, the survey findings can be used as evidence based data to communicate patterns of users’ behavior and satisfaction with various stakeholders, identify areas for improvement or engagement, and demonstrate the library’s impact. Survey results can also inform further strategic and assessment planning.
Differences in Faculty Approaches to Plagiarism Deterrence are an Opportunity for Increased Collaboration in Information Literacy Instruction
Authors: Schroeder Sarah 
Published: March 2020

A Review of:
Michalak, R., Rysavy, M., Hunt, K., Worden, J., & Smith, B. (2018). Faculty perceptions of plagiarism: Insight for librarians’ information literacy programs. College and Research Libraries, 79(6), 747-767. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.79.6.747
Abstract
Objective – To learn how faculty members define plagiarism and what actions (if any) they are taking in their classes to educate students about plagiarism.
Design – Online survey.
Setting – A small private college in the Northeastern United States of America.
Subjects – A total of 79 full-time and adjunct faculty members in arts and business.
Methods – Participants completed an online survey, modified from a survey in The Plagiarism Handbook, in which they provided their definition of plagiarism. They then answered yes/no questions regarding their knowledge levels and methods of plagiarism instruction used in class. The authors collected data on the faculty members’ age, discipline, years of experience, and their status as either adjunct or full-time faculty. After analyzing the results independently, the authors later collaborated to discuss codes and identify clear themes in the list of definitions.
Main Results – An analysis of faculty members’ plagiarism definitions determined that most define plagiarism in a way that roughly aligns with the university’s definition, but identified inconsistencies regarding severity, student knowledge, the role of intent, and the necessity of a source attribution when determining what constitutes plagiarism. The themes in their responses clearly illustrate the major differences in approaches to plagiarism.
The authors also found that while 87% of respondents reported discussing plagiarism in their classes, they usually did so only “a little” or “a moderate amount.” Furthermore, just over 53% of respondents did not provide their students with materials on plagiarism, though 55% reported including a definition of plagiarism in their course syllabi. Researchers also asked whether or not faculty members had invited a librarian to speak to their class about plagiarism, to which 74% of faculty members responded no.
Conclusion – This study suggested that librarians should consider differing perspectives on plagiarism when collaborating with faculty members and that librarian-faculty collaboration on information literacy instruction can help to mitigate the effects of inconsistent practices regarding plagiarism. The study’s authors are integrating their research findings into anti-plagiarism training modules for students at the institution where this study was conducted. Future studies based on this research are planned to further explore the intersections of plagiarism and information literacy.