Applied outcomes or applied outputs ?

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Hello,my question is a rather 'technical' one, but maybe someone could help. I'm translating a Czech article dealing with a research into children's autism, and I'm stumped on a good English equivalent of what I believe to be 'practical benefits' of the research. I'm considering 'applied outcomes' or 'applied outputs' but I am not able to choose between these two, and maybe there's an even better word.I will be very happy for all plausible suggestions.Best to you allLenny

Avangi · Accepted Answer

I think "practical benefits" is the best of the three.

The problem with "outcomes" in a medical context is that it traditionally refers to the the specific results seen in the patient(s) when a particular course is taken.
I don't think they speak of "the outcomes of the research."

Futurist · Answer

I would use 'practical applications'. Burrow down amongst the google results for this phrase and you will see that it is frequently used in the context you describe.

'Practical outcomes', 'Practical benefits' and 'applied outcomes' are all OK, but each implies that the research has already been applied; I doubt this is true of all the benefits you'll be talking about. 'Applied outcomes' also has the whiff of bureaucratese about it.

Don't use 'applied outputs'. The word 'output' (in its most relevant sense) is usually reserved for the direct outcome of a process, e.g. a computer read-out, a factory's products, the energy produced by a power plant. The phrase 'research output' is idiomatic, but it has similar connotations. You'd use it to refer to the published documents produced by a research group, not the practical ramifications of their research.

I am not a practising researcher, but I do have a degree in medical microbiology.

Futurist · Answer

AvangiI think "practical benefits" is the best of the three.

I agree, but I think 'practical applications' is better still.

Avangi"the outcomes of the research."

This is reasonably common idiom.

Avangi · Answer

Futurist"the outcomes of the research."

This is reasonably common idiom.I guess you're right. I'm thinking of medical practice rather than medical research.
You frequently see the use of "outcome" in reports on patients, describing the results of a treatment.
Seems like I also see it in clinical trials, referring to the final status(es) of the subjects.

I guess where patients are not involved, it would not have that implication.

Thanks. - A.

Dipsik · Answer

Great thanks!

I guess I should have included some context...

The Department of Paediatric Neurology cooperates with the Department of Paediatric Psychiatry on an interdisciplinary project focused on the issue of childhood autism.

The focus of the project is on different aspects of the pathology of autism from the point of view of a range of medical branches. In addition to considering genetic, morphological, biochemical and electrophysiological perspectives, the project is largely devoted to the psychological and psychiatric point of view. It is the most extensive research into childhood autism that has ever been carried out in the Czech Republic. Among the most significant benefits of the research are its ??; these include: methods of comprehensive diagnostic assessment for autism (including differential diagnosis), methods of assessing the severity of autistic impairment, introduction into practice of autism assessment scales (which have not yet been used in the Czech Republic) and structure of comprehensive psychological assessment.

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