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Replication Data for: What Kind of Democracy Do We All Support?: How Partisan Interest Impacts a Citizen’s Conceptualization of Democracy
No full textDespite waves of democratic backsliding over the last decade, most global citizens still claim to support democracy. On the other hand, many citizens become more supportive of specific anti-democratic actions when their preferred political side can benefit. How, then, do citizens justify their consistent “explicit support for democracy” with their more malleable support for the implementation of liberal democracy? This paper uses cross-national survey data from 66 countries and two methods—a standard cross-sectional analysis and a with-in country variation design—to show that a citizen’s conceptualization of democracy, or what democracy means to them, is subject to partisan-motivated reasoning. In other words, citizens are more likely to conceptualize democracy in illiberal terms, like emphasizing the need for obeying authority, when their preferred political party is in power. The findings suggest one’s conception of democracy can be a fluid attitude that citizens mold to match their partisan self-interest
Solid phase synthesis of lysobactin analogues and reaction monitoring by SPIMS
No full textLysobactin is an eleven residue cyclic depsi-peptide antibiotic with a two to four fold greater potency than vancomycin against Gram-positive bacteria. This thesis describes a solid phase synthetic strategy to Lysobactin and its analogues. The strategy involves non-traditional solid phase reactions which require an efficient monitoring technique. Current methods of solid phase reaction analysis are discussed with reference to both the monitoring of Lysobactin synthesis and the synthesis of solid phase libraries. A new methodology is described utilising matrix assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry(MALDI-TOF MS) to allow the rapid optimisation of non-traditional solid phase reactions in a time and material efficient manner. This technique, which has been termed Solid Phase in situ Mass Spectrometry (SPIMS), is demonstrated with the use of a range of linkage agents to monitor various solid phase chemistries for application in the synthesis of compound libraries. The technology is utilised in the monitoring of the synthesis of Depsipeptide I, an analogue of Lysobactin. Finally, the synthesis and appropriate protection of the unnatural β-hydroxy amino acids of Lysobactin are described.</p
Understanding Hospital Nurse Experiences in Coping with Stress Associated with Work-Family Conflict
No full textWork-family conflict is a pervasive issue in contemporary society. The healthcare arena is a context where lack of focus due to elevated stress deriving from work-family conflict could lead to detrimental outcomes for the healthcare organization. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore how hospital nurses who work in a Midwestern U.S. urban healthcare system form the capacity to cope and deal with stress associated with work-family conflict. The aim of this study was to create an evidence-based approach for better understanding how to assist hospital nurses develop the capacity to cope with stress associated with work-family conflict. Semi-structured interviews with 19 nurses representing a cross-section of nursing units within multiple hospitals in a single healthcare network provided the foundation for the data collected within this study. The data analysis process of open, axial, and selective coding presented a vivid picture of the context and process relevant to nurses experiencing work-family conflict. Two models deriving from the findings established the framework for determining and assessing the solutions presented within the study. These solutions include strategies such as, a) enhancing team-building activities; b) providing training and guidance to increase the capacity for nurse supervisors to engage in relationship development conversations; c) integrating a check-in dialogue process within the prep time prior to the shift; and d) formalizing the role of the nurse partner as a support structure. Although the role pressure and role demands typically leading to work-family conflict will not disappear, the solutions proposed in this study will allow leaders to strengthen the informal and formal networks available to support nurses through times of escalated work-family conflict.|Keywords: Work-family conflict, coping, stress, nurses, healthcare, leadershipProQuest Traditional Publishing Optio
Bryan, James R. : Confederate Service Record, 1902.
No full textThis service record is an account of military actions during the American Civil War by veteran James R. Bryan, 1826-1904.1 leaf ; 2 pdf pages.All descriptive lists and service records in this United Confederate (Civil War) Veterans manuscript collection believed to be based out of Robert E. Lee Camp #158 of the United Confederate Veterans (Fort Worth, Tex.).
United Confederate Veterans. R.E. Lee Camp No. 158 (Fort Worth, Tex.)The Southwest Collection Manuscript Record can be accessed at the following URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00119/tsw-00119.htm
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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