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Dialogical functions of metaphors in medical interactions
Full text linkThis paper proposes a method for analyzing the dialogical functions of metaphors in communicative interactions, and more specifically in the context of medical interviews. The dialogical goals proposed and pursued by the interlocutors are coded using a coding scheme that captures seven mutually exclusive categories of dialogical moves. The functions of the moves, including metaphors, can be identified and correlated with other variables relevant to the type of communication under analysis. The coding scheme is used to analyze a corpus of 39 interactions between healthcare providers and patients affected by Type 2 diabetes. The exploratory quantitative analysis, for the purpose of determining the different distributions of metaphor uses between patients and providers, is combined with qualitative analysis in which the thematic areas of the metaphors are considered. The findings show how patients and providers use metaphors for pursuing different dialogical goals and meeting distinct communicative needs
Discrete fracture network model of the vapor zone leakages at the Copahue geothermal field
No full textThe volcano-hosted geothermal system of Copahue is one of the most promising resources of renewable energy in Argentina. It is driven by a layered reservoir composed of a steam cap above a deep liquid-dominated reservoir. We study the surficial leakages of the shallow steam zone by performing a discrete fracture network model and a 3D forward strain-stress model of the upper caprock unit. The hydrothermal zones linked to steam cap leakages are subordinated to deep-rooted N60-striking faults. Associated damage zones exhibit higher values of fracture intensity, vertical and anisotropy of permeability than the host rocks. Joints and cross-joints likely control leakage zones, where the formers are subject to high dilation tendency. The Anfiteatro monocline might constitute the northwestern boundary of the shallow steam zone. Variations of H2O–CO2 ratio, helium isotopic signature, and CO2 between hydrothermal zones are explained in terms of petrophysical properties of the upper ignimbrites and changes in their structural control. Our results suggest that the upper caprock ignimbrite avoids the decompression of the reservoir because it provides the low fractured and low permeability layer that seals the geothermal system; conversely, ignimbrites affected by the extensional faults system enhance the shallow vapor zone given its high fracture density and permeability.Fil: Barcelona, Hernan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Maffucci, R.. Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; ItaliaFil: Yagupsky, Daniel Leonardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Senger, Martín Hugo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Bigi, S.. Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; Itali
Sardignaite, a new mineral, the second known bismuth molybdate: description and crystal structure
No full textThe new mineral sardignaite, a bismuth molybdate with formula BiMo2O7(OH)·2H2O, occurs in quartz veins within a granitic rock at Su Senargiu, near Sarroch, Sardegna, Italy. The name is after the locality. Sardignaite occurs a thin prismatic crystals up to 1 mmin length, with pale yellow color and a white streak. It is transparent with adamantine lustre, non fluorescent, and brittle with a conchoidal fracture. It is associated with bismuthinite, bismoclite, molybdenite, ferrimolybdite, koechlinite, wulfenite, and the new mineral IMA 2009–022. Mohs hardness is ca. 3. Dcalc is 4.82 g/cm3. The mineral is monoclinic, space group P21/m, with a 5.7797(7), b 11.567(1), c 6.3344(8) Å, β 113.360(9)°, V 388.8(1) Å3. The strongest lines in the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are d(I)(hkl): 3.206(100)(031), 5.03(80)(−101), 1.992(45)(221), 3.120(32)(130). The crystal structure of sardignaite was solved to R(F) 0.056 using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, and is characterized by edge-sharing dimers of [MoO5(H2O)] octahedra, linked to each other through corner-sharing to give rise to corrugated columns running along b. Such columns are held together by Bi3+ cations, eight-fold coordinated by 7 O + 1 (OH). Both the mineral and its name were approved by the IMA-CNMNC
Time of structuring and tectonic style of the Central Apennines thrust belt from the Gran Sasso to the Adriatic Sea
No full textUpscaling communication skills training – lessons learned from international initiatives
No full textObjective: To collect experiences and to identify the main facilitators and barriers for the implementation process of large scale communication training programs. Methods: Using a multiple case study design, data was collected from leaders of the individual programs in Australia, Ireland, Austria and Denmark. The RE-AIM framework was used to evaluate the components: Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance of the programs. Results: The programs, all based on the Calgary-Cambridge Guide, succeeded in reaching the intended target groups corresponding to between 446 and 3000 healthcare workers. New courses are planned and so far the outcome of the intervention has been investigated in two countries. The fact that implementation, including educating trainers, relies on a few individuals was identified as the main challenge. Conclusion: Large scale communication training programs based on the Calgary-Cambridge Guide can be implemented and adopted in multiple different healthcare settings across a national health system culture. The importance of standardized trainer education and adaption of the programs to clinical practice was highlighted. Practice Implications: In order to address the sustainability of the programs and to allow the intervention to scale up, it is important to prioritise and allocate resources at the political and organizational level
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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