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Perception and knowledge of managerial roles. A validation of a questionnaire
Full text linkThe aim of the study was to evaluate the reliability of a questionnaire built on the perception of managerial roles and to identify the manager's knowledge in the field of management and leadership. The questionnaire revealed very good properties in terms of reliability both concerning the perception of the importance of managerial roles (Cronbach alpha = 0.971) and personal abilities regarding managerial roles (Cronbach alpha = 0.950)
Knowledge and attitudes of nurses, midwives and students on voluntary termination of pregnancy. A national survey
No full textIntroduzione. Gli infermieri e le ostetriche sono gli operatori sa- nitari che svolgono un ruolo fondamentale nell'interruzione vo- lontaria della gravidanza (IVG) in tutto il mondo. Come descritto in letteratura, gli studenti di infermieristica e di ostetricia si sono rivelati avere poche conoscenze sull'argomento. Per questo motivo, dovrebbero essere adeguatamente formati per svolgere il loro ruolo. È stato creato un questionario per in- dagare, in tutta Italia, le conoscenze e gli atteggiamenti di infer- mieri, ostetriche e studenti sull'interruzione volontaria di gravi- danza (IVG). Materiali e Metodi. È stata condotta un’indagine attraverso un questionario autosomministrato, ed è stata rivol- ta a 48 operatori sanitari e 27 studenti universitari (N=75; tasso di risposta 93,7%) che rispettivamente lavorano e studiano nel Sud, Centro e Nord Italia (59% di età inferiore ai 30 anni; 96% donne). Il questionario è composto da 26 item suddivisi in 4 se- zioni. Risultati. Lo studio ha evidenziato l'importanza del ruolo, degli atteggiamenti e delle conoscenze degli operatori sanitari e degli studenti riguardo alla IVG. I risultati di questa indagine nazionale mostrano che ancora troppo poco spazio è dato all'in- terno dei curricula universitari per l'apprendimento di tutto ciò che riguarda la salute riproduttiva delle donne, in particolare per quanto riguarda l'aborto. Questo porta ad una disinformazione dei professionisti della salute e ad ostacoli nell'accesso ai servizi per le donne. Conclusioni. Sono state trovate differenze negli atteggiamenti e nelle conoscenze tra gli studenti e gli operatori sanitari nei confronti dell'interruzione volontaria della gravidanza. Pertanto, si consiglia di aumentare il livello di conoscenza prima della laurea, includendo i corsi pertinenti all'università
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
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
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
Obstetricians' and midwives' attitudes toward cesarean section
No full textBACKGROUND: The cesarean section rate has increased worldwide over the past 20 years; in Italy, it is now more than 35 percent. Although clinical factors are important, the attitudes of health practitioners toward cesarean section need further investigation to correctly identify facilitators and barriers to changes. The objective of this study was to explore the attitudes toward cesarean section of midwives and obstetricians who worked in the same geographical area. METHODS: Face-to-face structured interviews using an adaptation of the Survey of Clinicians' Views on Caesarean Section, an anonymous questionnaire with 35 open and closed answers on practitioners' views on cesarean section, were conducted. The questionnaire was given to the entire group of midwives and obstetricians working in Modena, a northern Italian district. RESULTS: Of 262 eligible practitioners, 248 were interviewed (response rate 94.6%). The midwives' attitudes toward cesarean section differed from those of the obstetricians. Sixty-five percent of midwives considered the rates of cesarean section in their hospitals to be too high compared with 34 percent of obstetricians (p < 0.001). Midwives were also less inclined to believe that cesarean section provides benefits to the mother (p = 0.02) or that it is indicated by previous cesarean delivery (p < 0.001). No differences were observed between male and female obstetricians. CONCLUSIONS: In this survey, the attitudes toward cesarean section were correlated more with professional role than with gender. This information can help policy makers to shape interventions aimed at providing better care for pregnant and childbearing women
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
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