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Gasification of South Australian lignite / by Dong-Ping Ye.
No full textIncludes an addendum.Bibliography : leaves 217-233.iii, 284 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 199
Tackling Global Shipping Disruptions: Lessons Learnt from COVID-19
Full text linkDong-Ping Song and Chung-Yee Lee recommend that, if they want to weather severe disruptions in the future, shippers and ocean carriers must turn toward more collaborative and committed relationships. Digital technologies and appropriate regulations will help them to do so.</jats:p
Perspectives on school-to-work transition services for youth with autism in China: insights from key constituents
No full textSchool-to-work transition is a crucial phase for youth with autism, requiring a comprehensive understanding of helpful practices and the challenges encountered during the process. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews to explore the school-to-work transition experiences of six youth with autism in China, focusing on the perspectives of the youth themselves and other constituents who are involved in their transition processes (i.e., parents, teachers, and employers). The findings identified four key practices that facilitate transition (school-based transition program, parental involvement, work modifications, and stakeholder partnerships), two significant challenges in current transition services (conflict in employment expectations and gaps in autism-focused supports), and two main recommendations for improvement (developing individualized transition plans and strengthening government support). These findings reveal similarities with Western practices and challenges, while reflecting the unique cultural and political contexts of China. The study provides insights for enhancing school-to-work transition services for youth with autism and offers a distinctly Chinese perspective to the discussion on autism transition services
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
Parents’ and teachers’ perceptions of the transportation experiences of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities
No full textEnhancing transportation skills is crucial in promoting quality of life for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). To learn about transportation skill development and improve the transportation experiences of youth with IDD in China, we conducted in-depth interviews with special education teachers and parents of transition-age youth with IDD (i.e., 23 teachers and 19 parents) from five major cities in China. The purpose of this study was to explore the transportation experiences of youth with IDD through parents’ and teachers’ perspectives. Adopting the constructivist grounded theory method, three main themes were identified: (1) the need to develop transportation skills, (2) the practices for supporting transportation, and (3) the challenges of transportation for youth with IDD in China. The findings ascertain the importance of travel training to promote community inclusion of transition-age youth with IDD and disclose the helpful practices and existing barriers for improving youth’s transportation skills. Limitations and implications for research, policy, and practice are also described
Acceptance of disability, attitudes toward disability, and coping in adolescents with visual impairments: a cross-lagged study
No full textPurpose/objective: this study aims to understand the reciprocal relationships among acceptance of disability, attitudes toward disability, and coping among Chinese adolescents with visual impairments.Research design: adolescents with visual impairments (NT1 = 311, NT2 = 170) from four Chinese special education schools completed three questionnaires twice over 1 year. Cross-lagged panel modeling was carried out to analyze the questionnaire data.Results: the findings revealed that attitudes toward disability and self-directed coping at Time 1 (T1) positively predicted acceptance of disability at Time 2 (T2). Self-directed coping at T1 positively predicted attitudes toward disability at T2, and attitudes toward disability at T1 negatively predicted relinquished-control coping at T2.Conclusion/implications: visually impaired adolescents' attitudes toward disability and coping serve as antecedents of their acceptance of disability. There is a positive reciprocal relationship between coping and attitudes toward disability. Psychological interventions aimed at optimizing psychosocial adjustment among students with visual impairments may benefit from targeting coping strategies and attitudes toward disability. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Linking perceived social support to self-esteem and social integration among adolescents with visual impairment: A cross-lagged study
No full textThis study examines the relationship between perceived social support and self-esteem and between perceived social support and social integration among adolescents with visual impairments. Adolescents with visual impairments (N(time1) = 311, N(time2) = 170) from four special education schools in eastern China participated in this study within a 1-year interval. The Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale, Rosenberg Self-esteem Questionnaire, and Interpersonal Adaptation Scale were used to collect data. The results from cross-lagged panel modeling showed reciprocal positive relationships between parental support and self-esteem. Self-esteem at T1 positively predicted three other sources of perceived social support at T2: teacher support, classmate support, and close-friend support. Social integration at T1 positively predicted close-friend support at T2. This study extends understanding of the relationships among perceived social support, self-esteem, and social integration, and provides practical implications for parents, schools, and communities to improve psychosocial outcomes in adolescents with visual impairment
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
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