Information-analytical support of priority fields in science and technology: Branch and differentiated approaches

This paper considers the urgent problems of information-analytical support of Russian scientific technological and innovation policy, as well as modern tasks of information-analytical support of the innovation activities of scientific and educational organizations, and proposes methodical approaches that have potential for improving the Russian system of patent searches and analytics. It is shown to be expedient to build complex information-retrieval systems with maximum access to relevant arrays of branch information and multi-service analytical components, which make it possible to implement the differentiated approach to consumers and a diversity of scenarios of scientific information activities, which are particular to different groups of consumers.     

Tasks of information support of innovative economic development and the role of engineering

The determining factors of the pattern of innovative development of Russia’s economy are considered. The structural functional insufficiency of the current interactions between basic science and industry is shown. The steady upward trend in exports of software and IT services of Russian companies is analyzed. The role and potential of innovation engineering companies in the field of information technologies is emphasized. The current relevant tasks of information support of innovative research, development, and technology transfer are discussed. Prospective areas for improving the efficiency of the national information structure are presented.     

Aspects of Analytical Information Support of the Social Assessment of Technical and Technology Risks

The tendencies towards the increasing relevance of studying the negative effects of research, technology, and industrial development are analyzed. The methodological aspects of social assessment of technical and technology risks are considered. The prognostication, computer-aided modeling, and minimization of harmful effects of hi-tech industrial development and adoption of new technologies are discussed. The tasks of analytical information support of interdisciplinary studies aimed at technology assessment are considered from a system perspective. The relevance of developing the conceptual form of the national system of social assessment of equipment and new technologies and the need for the structural and substantial organization of this system are shown.     

Children's adaptive behavior scale: A new measure of adaptive functioning

This article describes a new instrument for the measurement of adaptive behavior that is administered directly to the child. It was designed for brief administration, to be educationally relevant, and to measure these five domains of adaptive behavior: Language Development, Independent Functioning, Family Role Performance and Economic-Vocational Activity, and Socialization. An initial study of test-retest reliability indicates the instrument has high reliability.     

Displaced Workers Successfully Reenter the Workforce: Postgraduation from a Community College

The purpose of this study was to determine how well former employees at a television glass manufacturing plant were able to find employment in a new field of study following graduation from a local community college. The majority of participants were able to find reemployment, albeit at a lower salary. In addition, information was obtained regarding the level of satisfaction with participants' new jobs and perceived barriers faced while looking for employment.     

Deploying a Corporate Learning System at the Innovative Startup

The article discusses an empirical study that was conducted by the authors, in which they surveyed focus groups of young innovative entrepreneurs who are at different stages of creating their own projects. The authors devote particular attention to how training programs for the founders and staff should be implemented as the startup develops from its early phases into a sustainable-growth business.