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The Bibliometrics Profession:Evidence from two global surveys, 2020 and 2022
No full textBibliometrics has been embedded in higher education since the 1960s and now plays a central role in research evaluation and institutional visibility. Despite its strategic importance, many practitioners enter the field without formal training. This study presents an updated version of the 2019 bibliometrics competencies model, developed through an iterative, evidence-based process grounded primarily in a global survey conducted in 2020. The first survey (2020; n = 130) gathered community feedback on the original framework and informed a revised model released in 2021. A second survey (2022; n = 64) subsequently assessed awareness and use of the updated framework and identified emerging competencies. Across both surveys, a substantial proportion of respondents (76% in 2020; 72% in 2022) reported having no formal bibliometrics education, despite holding high levels of responsibility for bibliometric analyses. Respondents also reported gaps between competencies required in practice and those addressed in formal education. Overall, the findings reveal a persistent mismatch between professional demands and structured training opportunities, underscoring the need for higher education programmes to embed bibliometrics systematically within their curricula
The Weight of being:Vulnerability, Resilience and Mental Health
No full textCurated by Angela Thomas, this new exhibition will explore artistic expression and mental health. Through depictions of deeply personal and collective experiences, it examines the powerful ways in which artists capture vulnerability, resilience, and their search for solace.Including the work of a diverse range of twentieth century and contemporary artists and their varying perspectives, The Weight of Being will showcase how artists have captured the psychological and emotional impact of societal pressures, resilience in the face of adversity, and existential uncertainty.Alongside dozens of artworks drawn from galleries and collections across the UK, the portraits, landscapes, and figurative studies of the lesser-known artist John Wilson McCracken (1936–1982) are woven throughout. Denied the opportunity to return to the Slade School of Art following a period of hospitalisation for mental health reasons, McCracken spent much of his career in Hartlepool, producing work that reflects a profound sensitivity to the emotional and social pressures of his time. Shaped by personal and collective struggles, his art offers a deeply human perspective on the exhibition’s themes, revealing how external forces imprint themselves on the mind, body, and creative spirit.Through the wide range of artists, mediums, and represented demographics, The Weight of Being is intended to spark meaningful conversations about resilience, identity, and emotional well-being, offering a profound reflection on the toll of existence and the strength found in shared experiences, ultimately fostering hope and deepening understanding.The exhibition will be accompanied by a wide-ranging programme of cultural events for adults and children including talks, conversations, workshops, music and Wednesday Late openings until 9pm, as well as our acclaimed programme for state sector primary schools.The Weight of Being is a Two Temple Place exhibition, conceived and curated by Angela Thomas, as part of our cultural programme. Angela Thomas has been curator at Hartlepool Art Gallery for four years, where she leads a varied exhibition programme featuring contemporary art, photography, and the historic collection of Hartlepool Borough Council
Characteristics of mental health awareness programmes for workplace well-being in low-income and middle-income countries:a scoping review
No full textObjectives: Workplace-based mental health awareness programmes are increasingly promoted to support employee well-being; however, evidence from low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains fragmented. This scoping review aimed to map and synthesise the characteristics of workplace-based mental health awareness programmes implemented in LMICs. Design: Scoping review. Data sources: Peer-reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2024 were identified through systematic searches of major electronic databases. Eligibility criteria: Studies were eligible if they described or evaluated mental health awareness programmes delivered in workplace settings among adult workers in LMICs. Data extraction and synthesis: Data were charted and synthesised descriptively, focusing on programme characteristics, delivery modalities, study designs and outcome domains. Results: 66 studies were included, with most published between 2020 and 2024 (n=52). Programmes were implemented across Asia (n=26), the Middle East (n=27), Africa (n=12) and North America (Dominican Republic; n=1). Interventions were delivered both online and in person and employed quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods designs. Outcome domains assessed included emotional, psychological, physical, social and work-related well-being, with commonly measured outcomes such as anxiety, stress, depression and burnout. Conclusions: Mental health awareness programmes in LMIC workplace settings are implemented unevenly and evaluated using heterogeneous outcome measures. More rigorous evaluation designs and culturally tailored approaches are needed to strengthen the evidence base and support effective workplace mental health interventions in LMIC contexts
Self-with-other schemata, depression, and life satisfaction in lesbian, gay, and bisexual people:The protective effects of identity resilience and social support
No full textSelf-with-other schemata, such as attachment style, partner rejection sensitivity, and intolerance of uncertainty in relationships, shape how people relate to intimate partners as well as mental health. The effects of these self-with-other schemata upon depression and life satisfaction, as well as the potential protective effects of identity resilience and social support were examined in a cross-sectional correlational survey study of 257 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people. Participants provided demographic information, and completed measures of attachment style, partner rejection sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty in relationships, identity resilience, social support, depression, and life satisfaction. Data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression. Depression was associated positively with uncertainty intolerance, and negatively with income, identity resilience, and social support. Life satisfaction was associated positively with income, being partnered, identity resilience, and social support. When identity resilience and social support were inserted in the models, avoidant attachment ceased to be a significant predictor of depression, and anxious and avoidant attachment and partner rejection sensitivity ceased to be significant predictors of life satisfaction. Insecure attachment, partner rejection sensitivity, and uncertainty intolerance are risk factors for poor mental health but identity resilience and social support may have protective effects
The Bibliometrics Profession:Evidence from two global surveys, 2020 and 2022
No full textBibliometrics has been embedded in higher education since the 1960s and now plays a central role in research evaluation and institutional visibility. Despite its strategic importance, many practitioners enter the field without formal training. This study presents an updated version of the 2019 bibliometrics competencies model, developed through an iterative, evidence-based process grounded primarily in a global survey conducted in 2020. The first survey (2020; n = 130) gathered community feedback on the original framework and informed a revised model released in 2021. A second survey (2022; n = 64) subsequently assessed awareness and use of the updated framework and identified emerging competencies. Across both surveys, a substantial proportion of respondents (76% in 2020; 72% in 2022) reported having no formal bibliometrics education, despite holding high levels of responsibility for bibliometric analyses. Respondents also reported gaps between competencies required in practice and those addressed in formal education. Overall, the findings reveal a persistent mismatch between professional demands and structured training opportunities, underscoring the need for higher education programmes to embed bibliometrics systematically within their curricula
LLM-Generated Samples for Android Malware Detection
No full textAndroid malware continues to evolve through obfuscation and polymorphism, posing challenges for both signature-based defenses and machine learning models trained on limited and imbalanced datasets. Synthetic data has been proposed as a remedy for scarcity, yet the role of Large Language Models (LLMs) in generating effective malware data for detection tasks remains underexplored. In this study, we fine-tune GPT-4.1-mini to produce structured records for three malware families: BankBot, Locker/SLocker, and Airpush/StopSMS, using the KronoDroid dataset. After addressing generation inconsistencies with prompt engineering and post-processing, we evaluate multiple classifiers under three settings: training with real data only, real-plus-synthetic data, and synthetic data alone. Results show that real-only training achieves near-perfect detection, while augmentation with synthetic data preserves high performance with only minor degradations. In contrast, synthetic-only training produces mixed outcomes, with effectiveness varying across malware families and fine-tuning strategies. These findings suggest that LLM-generated tabular malware feature records can enhance scarce datasets without compromising detection accuracy, but remain insufficient as a standalone training source
Lingua, linguaggio, genere e inclusività: conceptualising language and gender in Italian.
No full textIn this chapter, I explain how terminology has been used in Italian to study: a. gendered language, i.e., feminisation of job-titles in traditionally masculine spaces, and b. gender-inclusive language, i.e. strategies used to refer to non-binary people or to address genericity. The terminology is first seen through the existing work done since the 1980s, covering the two conceptualisation of gender – binary and non-binary. Subsequently, I conduct a thorough a quanti-tative investigation, examining the corpus Italian Trends (2014-today) avail-able through SketchEngine; results show that some terms are stable through-out the 10 years investigated while others emerge later, e.g. schwa. Schwa is used as a metonym for gender-inclusive language, being the strategy that cap-tured the attention of speakers, critics and linguists. Because of this, schwa has also become a political tool that far-right newspapers use to attack the left and more specifically, Elly Schlein, the first female secretary of Partito Demo-cratico. This is investigated in the second part of the analysis