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The Role of Connected Health Technologies in Supporting the Psychosocial Wellbeing and Quality of Life of People Living with and Beyond Cancer
Full text linkThe number of people living with and beyond cancer (PLWBC) has been steadily increasing in recent years. This growth brings a parallel rise in the demand for ongoing care for the physical and psychosocial challenges associated with cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, access to care and support is limited. Connected Health (CH), defined as the use of technology to gather, analyse, and interpret user data to improve health outcomes, offers a promising solution for bridging healthcare gaps and expanding access to vital support services. While CH holds potential for improving cancer survivorship care, limited evidence exists on how CH interventions are experienced and adopted by PLWBC in Ireland. This thesis examines the potential of CH to support the psychosocial wellbeing and Quality of Life (QoL) of PLWBC, guided by three key objectives namely (i) to examine the role of CH in supporting psychosocial well-being and QoL of PLWBC, (ii) to identify the factors influencing the adoption and utilization of CH technologies among PLWBC and (iii) to explore the barriers and facilitators to CH implementation within the Irish context of cancer survivorship.
This research comprises six interconnected studies to achieve these objectives. Study 1, a systematic literature review and meta-analysis (n = 33 studies), establishes the positive but mixed impact of CH interventions on psychosocial outcomes, in particular anxiety and depression symptoms, and QoL in PLWBC. Study 2, a secondary data analysis of the US-based, population level Health Information National Trends Survey, focused on individuals who self-identified as having has a cancer diagnosis (n = 626). This study identified factors associated with CH use among PLWBC, offering a broad population-level snapshot of access, usage and potential digital disparities, and provided a macro-context for more focused Irish-based studies that followed. The subsequent empirical studies (studies 3a, 3b, and 4) utilised the setting of the Cancer Thriving and Surviving (CTS) programme, a nationwide cancer survivorship programme in Ireland, to explore the PLWBC’s experiences with its online delivery. Study 3a (n = 44) utilised a mixed methods cross sectional design and demonstrated high usability and user satisfaction with CH technologies to deliver the programme in its online format, while also highlighting varying motivations for CH, and the need for tailored approaches. A further analysis of this dataset (Study 3b) revealed that unmet needs may remain among PLWBC even after participating in the programme, highlighting the importance of
providing ongoing care and support to this cohort. Study 4 (n = 43) utilising a cross sectional post-test design compared post programme outcomes and experiences between participants who completed the CTS programme online versus in-person, examining modality preference and associated psychosocial outcomes. Results showed that both modalities are well received and could be utilised in supporting psychosocial wellbeing QoL in PLWBC. This study also highlighted the influence of individual, contextual and geographical factors on delivery mode selection and experience, rather than treating CH as a neutral or uniform medium. Finally, drawing upon insights from the preceding quantitative studies, the fifth study, a qualitative descriptive study, uses in-depth interviews with PLWBC (n=15) to provide richer insights into their lived experiences, challenges and enablers of CH, adding depth and personal context to the preceding studies. Findings showed that, while convenience and improved access to support are highly valued, digital divide concerns and the impersonal nature of virtual interactions are notable barriers to CH use.
Taken together, this research demonstrates the potential of CH technologies in expanding access to survivorship support while also acknowledging the limitations, complexities and contextual factors that influence their adoption and impact in practice. This research underscores the need for personalised, patient-centric CH services that directly address the identified barriers while leveraging facilitating factors. These findings offer valuable insights into improving the adoption and utilisation of CH technologies, ultimately enhancing the accessibility of care and support for PLWBC. This is particularly crucial in the Irish context, where rapid digitalization presents a significant opportunity to improve patient outcomes
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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