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Creighton University Magazine Spring 2017
No full textUNIVERSITY NEWS
Horwitz Named Mutual of Omaha Endowed Executive Director. Level-up: Get caught playing a cellphone video game in a college classroom and chances are the consequences could be dire. Bishop’s ‘Extraordinary Life’ Subject of O’Keefe’s Latest Film. Researchers to Benefit from New Computer Cluster. Rare Bone Cancer Steels Resolve of Business Student By Eugene Curtin. ‘There are No Borders for Science’ : Students bring global perspective to research aimed at combating disease. By Adam Klinker. Rock On! First-year law student pursues her educational dreams while continuing to work with major musical acts. By Rick Davis. Page 6-.
EXPANDING HEARTS AND MINDS.
More than 4,300 Creighton students have traveled to the Dominican Republic over the decades through the University’s service-learning immersion and health care programs. Students, and the faculty and staff who accompany them, are forever changed through the relationships they form with the Dominican people. As Creighton celebrates these programs, it also looks to expand their reach.
FATIGUE IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE: EXPLORING THE UNEXPLORED
An interprofessional team of Creighton researchers is studying one of the most debilitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease — fatigue. They are examining this unexplored aspect of the disease through the wide lens of physical therapy, exercise science, pharmacy, neurology and biomechanics. Page 26
HISTORICAL PATTERNS IN AMERICAN IMMIGRATION.
Our nation’s collective struggle between the notion of being a “great melting pot” and anxiety about “foreign invasion” has been a source of tension throughout our country’s history, dating back to the original American colonies. Heather Fryer, PhD, director of the American Studies Program and associate professor of history, says there are some surprising patterns in the immigration story in the U.S., which can help us better understand our current debate. Page 32.
BUILDING A BETTER WORKPLACE.
Most employers (and employees) want to know the secret to building a better workplace. Creighton faculty share their insights on how to do this, addressing creativity, generational issues, psychological safety and trust, and work-life
balance. Page 38
ALUMNI NEWS Page 4413
Creighton University Magazine Fall 2017
No full textCREIGHTON CONNECTIONS. Page 6
JESUIT GARDENS
The Rev. Thomas Simonds, SJ, EdD, shares insights on how to more fully appreciate the gifts of the season. Page 11.
BY THE NUMBERS Page 15.
HEALTH BRIEFS. Page 16.
DIALOGUE.
The 500th anniversary of the Reformation is discussed from Lutheran and Catholic perspectives by a Creighton professor and administrator. Page 18.
LESSON PLAN
Alumni and Creighton’s sustainability coordinator offer real-world advice on living a greener life. Page 20.
IS DEMOCR ACY IN CRISIS?
Political scientists, including two at Creighton, are concerned about signs that democracy may be in danger worldwide. Page 24.
AN EQUATION FOR SUCCESS
A recent $10 million gift to the College of Arts and Sciences from alumnus George Haddix, PhD, MA’66, and his wife, Susan, will enhance research and stoke the passions of the next generation of Creighton scientists. Page 30
THE L AST FRONTIER
Through twists and turns, a Creighton alumna falls in love with Homer, Alaska, and a unique form of therapy. Page 38.
A SHINING LIGHT
A professor and professor emerita play key roles in furthering the cause for sainthood of the founder of Boys Town, the famed organization for at-risk youth based in Nebraska. Page 44.
THE MINIMALIST MANAGER
A Creighton business professor says minimalism can bring more meaning to the workplace. Page 46.
IMPACT
From South Korea to Omaha, a nursing scholarship recipient finds Creighton is where she is meant to be. Page 54.
ALUMNI NOTES. Page 55
CREIGHTON CONVERSATIONS
The University’s vice president for University Relations says his is a “dream job.” Page 64.33
Creighton University Magazine Summer 2017
No full textUNIVERSITY NEWS. Page 6
Creighton’s Fulbright and Goldwater Scholars. Nursing Expands into Arizona. Harper Chair’s Focus on Business Leadership. Catching the Writing Bug. Creighton Welcomes New Board Members, Honors Trustees Emeriti. Saintly Work. Professor compiles biography for sainthood. ‘Latin in the Wild’ : Professor Works to Share, Preserve Ancient Graff
BEYOND TRAUMA.
Professor and trauma surgeon Juan Asensio, MD, has tackled the most complex surgeries under some of the most harrowing circumstances. After escaping Cuba as a teen and losing his brother in a carjacking, he has dedicated his life and career to ending the nightmare of violence. Page 18.
MONEY ON MY MIND.
To truly understand our relationship to money, one needs to travel across millennia and deep into the human psyche. Father and son researchers, experts in the emerging field of financial psychology, are breaking down taboos as they explore what makes us tick when it comes to financial decisions. Page 24.
OUT OF THE DARKNESS.
People who think slavery doesn’t exist today in the U.S. are wrong. Creighton researchers are documenting the sad truth that human trafficking in the commercial sex industry happens every day across the country. Page 28.
FARM FRESH.
Forget about shortcuts, artificial colors, preservatives, additives, hormones and anything else that doesn’t come from Mother Nature. Talented alumni and faculty are putting a fresh spin on bringing wholesome food and drink to the American table. Page 34.
VITAMIN D AND CANCER.
A largely Creighton research team conducted the first randomized clinical trial of the effects of vitamin D supplementation on all types of cancer combined. The team discovered not only that vitamin D. Page 40.23
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
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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