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Exploring the relationship between technology adoption orientation, capabilities, service offering and patient satisfaction in general practice : a study of 21 surgeries in the West Midlands
Get PDFGeneral Practices (GPs) surgeries are the first point of call when it comes to medical care and the gatekeeping of secondary care (hospitals). Therefore, difficulties in accessing GPs services and obtaining appropriate appointments do apply pressure on the whole healthcare system. With the emergence of Covid-19, the global pandemic raises particular challenges for GPs, where the service has to be delivered to patients when physical contact is not possible.
The adoption of technology is associated with the introduction of new service offerings to meet the new market needs in the volatile market, as discussed in the strategic management literature. The importance of renewal and reconfiguration of firms’ resources and capabilities in order to implement a new service offering has been emphasised in the theories of dynamic capabilities view and resource-based view (RBV).
In line with the abductive research logic, which was underlined by the author’s critical realism, the research design developed to address two phases: theoretical and empirical. The former aims to explore underpinning theory and applied literature related to develop a conceptual framework to serve as a guide for empirical study. The latter is a case-based research method which is adopted to empirically test the conceptual framework and emerge the new findings.
The research findings concluded that there are three types of surgeries which have different associated characteristics in regard service offering. This research highlights the understandings of the transformation process from service offering (state 1) to (state 2) during Covid-19. Subsequently, the thesis provides the theoretical and practical contributions by developing a conceptual framework that can be used by academic research and practitioners in healthcare sector. Finally, the limitations and future research opportunities are highlighted
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
Advanced approaches and practices for rail training and education to innovate Rail study programmes and Improve rail higher education provision
Get PDFThe railway industry is transnational and one of the fastest growing industries in the world, necessitating a skilled workforce able to: master new technologies, ensure and facilitate the effective implementation of innovative practices and handle rail system complexity with ease in the era of digitatlisation. To build and retain such a workforce that responds adequately to new technological developments, innovative practices, and the intricacies of local markets, creation, promotion and application of in-depth knowledge need to be promoted and ensured through multi-national / cultural / sectorial joint ventures to establish a contact, promote innovation, facilitate implementation and ensure the fullest open exchange of good / best practice at all management levels: operational, tactical and strategic. The main objective of this paper is to introduce a rail education focussed strategic partnership established with the purpose of working towards innovation in rail higher education. Specific outputs of this strategic partnership include the development of a portfolio (toolkit) of innovative methods, approaches and professional practices for rail skills development, and an educational standard for rail higher education provision in Europe. Through the activities of the strategic partnership current gaps and mismatches between industry requirements as well as expectations and the current higher education provision for rail knowledge and skills development will be tackled and addressed
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
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