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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
La prospettiva biopsicosociale nell'inclusione scolastica delle persone con disabilità
No full textL’ottica con cui oggi guardiamo alle persone con disabilità si è notevolmente modificata rispetto al passato, anche recente. L’inclusione risulta attualmente un’opzione culturale imprescindibile, che rappresenta la scelta, di tipo etico, entro cui possono essere collocate e interpretate diverse questioni che riguardano la società umana. Nel capitolo si affronta il tema “l’inclusione e la musicoterapia”, e si approfondisce in cosa consiste la novità rappresentata dalla concezione inclusiva per l’educazione, al fine di comprenderne appieno la portata, anche per un’istituzione storica di alta cultura come il conservatorio, per poi analizzare in cosa consiste l’apporto della prospettiva biopsicosociale per l’inclusione, in quanto la prospettiva biopsicosociale rappresenta un metodo attraverso cui è possibile praticare l’inclusione scolastica e sociale delle persone con disabilità. Infine, con riferimento specifico alla musicoterapia, si evidenzia l’attitudine inclusiva della musicoterapia, propria dell’universalità del linguaggio musicale, perché la musicoterapia non rappresenta solo un modo attraverso cui prendersi cura delle persone con disabilità, ma anche una via attraverso la quale rendere fruibile a tutti il valore dell’esperienza musicale
Cognitive and emotional processing in brothers of individuals with anorexia nervosa: exploring familial cognitive vulnerability
Full text linkBackground: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with altered cognitive and emotional traits, including deficits in empathy, theory of mind (ToM), and increased alexithymia. While these traits are well-documented in affected individuals, little is known about their presence in unaffected male siblings, who share genetic and environmental risk factors. This study investigates whether male siblings of women with AN (bAN) exhibit intermediate cognitive-emotional traits compared to both their affected sisters and general population (GP) controls. Methods: We assessed 31 bAN, 31 GP, and 31 affected sisters. Participants completed self-report questionnaires (Empathy Quotient, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire) and two computerized tasks evaluating theory of mind (Story-based Empathy Task (SET), Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task). Between-group differences were assessed using non-parametric tests due to the non-normality of the data. A binary logistic regression was then conducted to evaluate whether specific socio-cognitive variables predicted group membership. Results: bAN showed significantly lower scores than the GP on measures of cognitive empathy and theory of mind, particularly Causal Inference (SET-CI; r = 0.594, p < 0.001), Emotional Attribution (SET-EA; r = 0.520, p < 0.001), and Intention Attribution (SET-IA; r = 0.463, p = 0.001). Logistic regression identified SET-CI as the strongest predictor of bAN status. Other empathy and alexithymia measures showed no significant group differences. Conclusion: These findings suggest that domain-general inferential difficulties-particularly in causal reasoning-may be associated with familial vulnerability to anorexia nervosa in male siblings. Further research is needed to clarify the role of such cognitive traits in the broader context of risk and to inform early identification and intervention strategies
Variations on the Author
Full text link“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
One year of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with eating disorders, healthy sisters, and community women: evidence of psychological vulnerabilities
Full text linkPurpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a psychological burden worldwide, especially for individuals with eating disorders (EDs). In addition, the healthy sisters of patients with EDs are known to present specific psychological vulnerabilities. This study evaluates differences between the general population, patients with EDs, and their healthy sisters. Method: A group of 233 participants (91 patients with EDs, 57 of their healthy sisters and 85 community women) was enrolled in an online survey on general and specific psychopathology 1 year after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey examined associations between posttraumatic symptoms and depression, anxiety, obsessive–compulsiveness, interpersonal sensitivity, and eating-related concerns. Results: Clinically relevant scores for posttraumatic disorders were found in patients with EDs. Healthy sisters scored similarly to patients for avoidance. Regression analysis showed specific associations between interpersonal sensitivity and posttraumatic symptomatology in patients and healthy sisters, but not in community women. Conclusion: The psychological burden in patients with EDs is clinically relevant and linked to interpersonal sensitivity, obsessive–compulsiveness, and global symptom severity. Differences between patients, healthy sisters, and community women are discussed regarding vulnerability factors for EDs. Level of evidence: Level III: evidence obtained from well-designed cohort or case–control analytic studies
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe 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
Full text linkWe 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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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