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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
Gestão de risco em farmácia hospitalar
No full textTrabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, 2018Gestão de risco define-se como o processo de minimização ou eliminação de riscos através do desenvolvimento de sistemas que permitam identificar e analisar danos potenciais na prevenção de acidentes ou outros eventos adversos, de forma a que os seus efeitos e custos sejam minimizados. Estes princípios têm sido aplicados na área hospitalar, tendo em vista a segurança do doente e melhoria de cuidados prestados. Um dos aspetos mais visíveis da gestão de risco a nível hospitalar é a notificação de incidentes. Neste contexto, procurou-se analisar os eventos adversos notificados numa plataforma de reporte de incidentes de um hospital particular da região de Lisboa, de modo a determinar de que forma este sistema pode contribuir para a gestão de risco da instituição. A realização do presente trabalho permitiu identificar que os enfermeiros são os profissionais com maior número de incidências reportadas (78,4%) e os tipos de eventos mais notificados são as reações adversas a medicamentos (39,7%), omissão de medicamento (12,1%) e dose e/ou medicamento errado (16,3%). O evento mais reportado foram as reações adversas a meios de contraste, pelo que foram analisados individualmente e elaborado um manual de utilização segura destes medicamentos na unidade hospitalar. No que diz respeito ao circuito do medicamento, a fase com maior número de reportes foi a monitorização (39,7%), seguida da prescrição (25,9%). Os serviços com maior volume de notificações foram os de internamento (43,9%) e ambulatório (38,6%). Não foi reportado nenhum evento com dano severo para o doente. Foram identificadas oportunidades de melhoria, para as quais foram elaboradas sugestões, nomeadamente, formação aos profissionais e atualizações do sistema informático. Concluiu-se que, embora com algumas limitações, o sistema de reporte de incidências deve ser encarado como parte fundamental do processo de gestão de risco, devendo ser incentivado o seu uso por parte dos profissionais, através de ações de formação/consciencialização e feedback frequente da equipa de gestão de risco.Abstract
Risk management is defined as the process of minimization or elimination of risks, it allows to identify and analyze potential damages in the prevention of accidents or other adverse events, so that their effects and costs are minimized. These principles have been applied in the Healthcare services, in view of patient safety and improve care. One of the most visible aspects of hospital risk management is incident reporting. In this context, we attempted to analyze the adverse events reported in an incident reporting platform of a private hospital in the Lisbon region, to determine how this system can contribute to the institution's risk management. The present study allowed us to identify that nurses are the professionals with the highest number of reported incidences (78,4%) and the most reported types of events are adverse drug reactions (39,7%), omission of medication (12,1%) and wrong dose and / or drug (16,3%). The most reported event were adverse reactions to contrast media, so they were individually analyzed and a manual on the safe use of these drugs was prepared. Regarding the medication circuit, the phase with the highest number of reports was monitoring (39,7%), followed by prescription (25,9%). The services with the highest number of reports were inpatient (43,9%) and outpatient (38,6%). No event was reported with severe damage to the patient. Opportunities for improvement were identified, for which suggestions were made, namely training for professionals and updating of the computer system. It was concluded that, although with some limitations, the incidence reporting system should be considered as a fundamental part of the risk management process, and its use should be encouraged by professionals through training / awareness-raising and frequent feedback of the risk management team
Gestão de risco em farmácia hospitalar
No full textTrabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, 2018Gestão de risco define-se como o processo de minimização ou eliminação de riscos através do desenvolvimento de sistemas que permitam identificar e analisar danos potenciais na prevenção de acidentes ou outros eventos adversos, de forma a que os seus efeitos e custos sejam minimizados. Estes princípios têm sido aplicados na área hospitalar, tendo em vista a segurança do doente e melhoria de cuidados prestados. Um dos aspetos mais visíveis da gestão de risco a nível hospitalar é a notificação de incidentes. Neste contexto, procurou-se analisar os eventos adversos notificados numa plataforma de reporte de incidentes de um hospital particular da região de Lisboa, de modo a determinar de que forma este sistema pode contribuir para a gestão de risco da instituição. A realização do presente trabalho permitiu identificar que os enfermeiros são os profissionais com maior número de incidências reportadas (78,4%) e os tipos de eventos mais notificados são as reações adversas a medicamentos (39,7%), omissão de medicamento (12,1%) e dose e/ou medicamento errado (16,3%). O evento mais reportado foram as reações adversas a meios de contraste, pelo que foram analisados individualmente e elaborado um manual de utilização segura destes medicamentos na unidade hospitalar. No que diz respeito ao circuito do medicamento, a fase com maior número de reportes foi a monitorização (39,7%), seguida da prescrição (25,9%). Os serviços com maior volume de notificações foram os de internamento (43,9%) e ambulatório (38,6%). Não foi reportado nenhum evento com dano severo para o doente. Foram identificadas oportunidades de melhoria, para as quais foram elaboradas sugestões, nomeadamente, formação aos profissionais e atualizações do sistema informático. Concluiu-se que, embora com algumas limitações, o sistema de reporte de incidências deve ser encarado como parte fundamental do processo de gestão de risco, devendo ser incentivado o seu uso por parte dos profissionais, através de ações de formação/consciencialização e feedback frequente da equipa de gestão de risco.Abstract
Risk management is defined as the process of minimization or elimination of risks, it allows to identify and analyze potential damages in the prevention of accidents or other adverse events, so that their effects and costs are minimized. These principles have been applied in the Healthcare services, in view of patient safety and improve care. One of the most visible aspects of hospital risk management is incident reporting. In this context, we attempted to analyze the adverse events reported in an incident reporting platform of a private hospital in the Lisbon region, to determine how this system can contribute to the institution's risk management. The present study allowed us to identify that nurses are the professionals with the highest number of reported incidences (78,4%) and the most reported types of events are adverse drug reactions (39,7%), omission of medication (12,1%) and wrong dose and / or drug (16,3%). The most reported event were adverse reactions to contrast media, so they were individually analyzed and a manual on the safe use of these drugs was prepared. Regarding the medication circuit, the phase with the highest number of reports was monitoring (39,7%), followed by prescription (25,9%). The services with the highest number of reports were inpatient (43,9%) and outpatient (38,6%). No event was reported with severe damage to the patient. Opportunities for improvement were identified, for which suggestions were made, namely training for professionals and updating of the computer system. It was concluded that, although with some limitations, the incidence reporting system should be considered as a fundamental part of the risk management process, and its use should be encouraged by professionals through training / awareness-raising and frequent feedback of the risk management team
Gestão de risco em farmácia hospitalar
No full textTrabalho Final de Mestrado Integrado, Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, 2018Gestão de risco define-se como o processo de minimização ou eliminação de riscos através do desenvolvimento de sistemas que permitam identificar e analisar danos potenciais na prevenção de acidentes ou outros eventos adversos, de forma a que os seus efeitos e custos sejam minimizados. Estes princípios têm sido aplicados na área hospitalar, tendo em vista a segurança do doente e melhoria de cuidados prestados. Um dos aspetos mais visíveis da gestão de risco a nível hospitalar é a notificação de incidentes. Neste contexto, procurou-se analisar os eventos adversos notificados numa plataforma de reporte de incidentes de um hospital particular da região de Lisboa, de modo a determinar de que forma este sistema pode contribuir para a gestão de risco da instituição. A realização do presente trabalho permitiu identificar que os enfermeiros são os profissionais com maior número de incidências reportadas (78,4%) e os tipos de eventos mais notificados são as reações adversas a medicamentos (39,7%), omissão de medicamento (12,1%) e dose e/ou medicamento errado (16,3%). O evento mais reportado foram as reações adversas a meios de contraste, pelo que foram analisados individualmente e elaborado um manual de utilização segura destes medicamentos na unidade hospitalar. No que diz respeito ao circuito do medicamento, a fase com maior número de reportes foi a monitorização (39,7%), seguida da prescrição (25,9%). Os serviços com maior volume de notificações foram os de internamento (43,9%) e ambulatório (38,6%). Não foi reportado nenhum evento com dano severo para o doente. Foram identificadas oportunidades de melhoria, para as quais foram elaboradas sugestões, nomeadamente, formação aos profissionais e atualizações do sistema informático. Concluiu-se que, embora com algumas limitações, o sistema de reporte de incidências deve ser encarado como parte fundamental do processo de gestão de risco, devendo ser incentivado o seu uso por parte dos profissionais, através de ações de formação/consciencialização e feedback frequente da equipa de gestão de risco.Abstract
Risk management is defined as the process of minimization or elimination of risks, it allows to identify and analyze potential damages in the prevention of accidents or other adverse events, so that their effects and costs are minimized. These principles have been applied in the Healthcare services, in view of patient safety and improve care. One of the most visible aspects of hospital risk management is incident reporting. In this context, we attempted to analyze the adverse events reported in an incident reporting platform of a private hospital in the Lisbon region, to determine how this system can contribute to the institution's risk management. The present study allowed us to identify that nurses are the professionals with the highest number of reported incidences (78,4%) and the most reported types of events are adverse drug reactions (39,7%), omission of medication (12,1%) and wrong dose and / or drug (16,3%). The most reported event were adverse reactions to contrast media, so they were individually analyzed and a manual on the safe use of these drugs was prepared. Regarding the medication circuit, the phase with the highest number of reports was monitoring (39,7%), followed by prescription (25,9%). The services with the highest number of reports were inpatient (43,9%) and outpatient (38,6%). No event was reported with severe damage to the patient. Opportunities for improvement were identified, for which suggestions were made, namely training for professionals and updating of the computer system. It was concluded that, although with some limitations, the incidence reporting system should be considered as a fundamental part of the risk management process, and its use should be encouraged by professionals through training / awareness-raising and frequent feedback of the risk management team
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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