Saturday, February 25, 2012

University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT)

Explaining your research thesis can be challenging at the best of times, so imagine having to do it in just 180 seconds to an audience who know nothing about your field.




The winner of a competition at the University of Sydney managed to do just that, convincing the audience and judges of the importance of her research on nutrition in intensive care patients.

Suzie Ferrie, from the Faculty of Science, competed against University of Sydney postgraduate research students to win the final of the University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition

Competitors in 3MT are challenged to give a three-minute rundown of their research projects. University of Sydney contestants covered topics as diverse as shark attacks, software infrastructure and meditation.
"One of the best parts of the competition was learning about all the interesting projects our researchers are working on. I was really inspired by all of the different things we're finding out and all the problems we're fixing," says Suzie.
As a dietitian in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Suzie was concerned about whether the right amount of nutrition formula was being given to patients and the inability of hospitals to accurately assess patients' nutritional progress. It was this gap in information that inspired her to take up her research project at the University of Sydney.

"I rang all 182 ICUs in Australia and New Zealand to ask how they know they're feeding patients the right amount, and found that nobody actually knows for sure. Worldwide, the best practice is to make an estimate and wait until a problem arises before making any changes."
With patients' vital statistics monitored so closely in the ICU, nutrition can tend to come as a bit of an afterthought, Suzie says. However, if patients are not given enough nutrition, their wounds don't heal and they are more likely to pick up infections. If they are given too much they may have difficulty breathing.
By using data from biochemical tests that are commonly available and already routinely performed in hospitals, Suzie is developing a way of accurately measuring patients' response to nutrition. Because the data being used is from tests that already take place, her method can be used even in small hospitals.

Suzie hopes to have developed a usable tool by 2012, when she will begin conducting controlled trials.
The two runners-up of 3MT at the University were Ben Basger, who has drawn on his experiences as a pharmacist in Bondi to develop a better understanding of how we prescribe drugs to older people, and Danielle Merrett, who is analysing whether meditation helps us to make better decisions involving risk.
Suzie was awarded a prize of $1500 to travel to the Australia and New Zealand final at the University of Western Australia on 29 September, while the two runners-up received $500 each.

Founded in 2008, 3MT is designed to help early career researchers better communicate their research to the general public, regardless of their location and discipline.

The 'less is more' approach also helps contestants to crystallise their thoughts on their research projects.





Thursday, February 23, 2012

Library Operating without Catalogue


State’s best library has been operating without a catalogue for 5 years


The State Central Library at Cubbon Park has over 2.5 lakh books. 1,500 people visit it daily, but in the absence of the catalogue, they are at the mercy of the library staff to find the books they want

The Karnataka State Central Library, standing majestically at Cubbon Park, and poised to turn 100 in a couple of years, is everything that a library should be. Only, don’t ask for the catalogue (though we agree that that’s a bit like denying an explorer a map).

Library officials say everything got messed up when the library was renovated in 2007. That was when parts of the catalogue went missing. “It was comprehensive and very reader-friendly. We launched a massive search operation, but are yet to locate it,” said a source in the state department of libraries.
Established in 1915 and housed in the Seshadri Iyer Memorial Building at Cubbon Park, the library is one of the most important and largest reference libraries in India — a treasure house of over 2.5 lakh books, including some 6,000 old and rare volumes and periodicals. It records a footfall of 1,000 to 1,500 readers every day and visitors include IAS, IPS and KAS officers, those preparing for competitive exams and research scholars.
On an average, about 2,000 books are referred to every day. The only hitch in finding what you want easily is the lack of a catalogue, a ready-reckoner of books available and where they can be found.

Inconvenience to readers

“Catalogues are like an index to the library. Non-availability of a catalogue is causing inconvenience to readers here,” deputy director of the State Central Library, R K Badigannavar, admitted to Bangalore Mirror.
However, he said they were in the process of streamlining all data on literature available in the library. “We are using a software developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and have already started the process which will take three to four months. As the library has a good number of literature available in Indian languages, officials are looking for an advanced software to upload the data,” he added. Till the catalogue is completed, visitors will have to make do with pestering the staff.
Sharath, a student and a regular visitor to library, said: “I have been visiting this library for almost three years. Even colleges and universities have digitised their library. Computerised catalogues have to be in place for readers. It is sad that the state government is not paying enough attention to this. However, the good thing is that officials here are very helpful.”

Despite the inconvenience, Badigannavar says the library is buzzing. “Every day, I receive 300 odd calls, inquiring about the books. Many IAS, IPS and KAS officials come here to express their gratitude. Hundreds of aspirants who have used the library have cleared the public service examinations. Even the older generation come here to relive the old days,” he said.



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