Research Project Assistance
The British Sub Aqua Club is increasingly asked to support Research Projects through communication with it's members.
Academic research projects are increasingly incorporating aspects of diving related research within them and requesting information by the completion of specific diving questionaires or other quantitative data. The constraints of the data protection act and the need to preserve our members identity means that we are unable to contact all members direct. However, through this Section of the Website we aim to provide an avenue whereby researchers can outline their projects and invite interested members to contact them to participate.
This section does not aim to report on the outcome of any research or to sanction, verify or underwrite the research in any way but merely strives to act as a vehicle to allow the research to proceed. Members wishing to know the outcome of any research should contact the original researcher for information.
Current Research requiring assistance :
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Topic |
Long term diving study |
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Outline |
This study aims to investigate whether there are any discernible differences in how divers carry out simple and complex tasks depending upon their dive experience. Divers with all levels of qualifications are invited to visit http://www.scubastudy.org to register their interest and take part in an online survey. Click on your relevant dive experience, in years, to be taken to your confidential questionnaire. |
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Researcher |
Graham Samson |
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Organisation |
Diving Diseases Research Centre (DDRC) and University of Plymouth |
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Assistance Required |
Complete a short ‘diver history’ information section and a questionnaire. You can also register your interest for upcoming chamber research dives if you are within travelling distance of the DDRC, Plymouth. |
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Closing date |
Ongoing |
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Topic |
Scubatext Dive Data analysing |
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Outline |
To develop techniques for automatically summarising numerical data. In the ScubaText project http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/research/scubatext/ we are developing techniques for summarising dive computer data. Our summaries describe in English safety related issues by analysing dive profile data obtained from a dive computer. |
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Researcher |
Dr Yaji Sripada |
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Organisation |
Aberdeen University |
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Assistance Required |
Complete a questionnaire for evaluating the appropriateness of different forms of presentation of dive profile data obtained from a dive computer |
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Closing date |
December 2006 |
Launched by the family of Penny Glover in her memory, a prize of £5,000 will be awarded to the winning design for a simple, easy to use and inexpensive device that ensures divers and others who have gone missing can easily be found. 
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