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Predictors of employment for people with mental illness : results of a multicenter randomized trial on the effectiveness of placement budgets for supported employment
Get PDFBackground: Individual placement and support (IPS) has proven to be effective for vocational outcomes in people with mental illness. The original concept of IPS requires temporally unlimited provision of support. Using limited placement budgets and investigating factors that predict their effectiveness may inform decisions about resource allocation.
Methods: A range of patient characteristics were tested as predictors of employment outcomes in participants who attended six outpatient psychiatric clinics in Switzerland between June 2010 and May 2011. Overall, 116 patients with the full spectrum of psychiatric conditions were randomly assigned and started an IPS intervention, which was provided by three different placement budgets. Support lasted 2 years for those who found a job, and outcomes were repeatedly assessed over 3 years. The intervention ended for those who failed to find competitive employment by the time their placement budget had run out.
Results: Of the 15 variables tested, only Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scores were predictors for obtaining work (for ≥1 day) and for maintaining it over a longer period (>3 months). Higher GAF and lower CGI scores increased the odds of obtaining employment and keeping it for at least 3 months. Functional role impairment, quality of life, self-esteem, or education level did not predict employment.
Conclusion: Our data suggest that, if time-restricted budgets are offered to a wide range of patients, such as those included in this study, better functioning and lower symptom severity at baseline are predictive of better employment outcomes (finding and maintaining work) on the first (competitive) labor market in Switzerland. It remains to be investigated whether this holds true under different environmental factors.
Clinical Trial Registration: ISRCTN, trial number: ISRCTN89670872
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
Come appare il mondo ai tuoi occhi?: Verso il superamento dell’isolamento causato da disturbi dello spettro autistico
No full textIch bin gebeten, in diesem Sonderheft zum Thema «Einsamkeit» einen Artikel zum Thema «Autismus-Spektrum-Störung bei Erwachsenen» zu schreiben. Autismus und Einsamkeit scheinen eng zusammen zu gehören. Das Bedürfnis nach Beziehung ist bei Menschen mit Autismus nicht primär reduziert, Verbindung zu finden jedoch schwierig. Gern werde ich hier eine Beschreibung des Phänomens Autismus formulieren. Keine Beschreibung der Oberfläche, wie sie in der diagnostischen Klassifikation oder in jedem klinischen Lehrbuch zu finden ist, sondern eine Beschreibung aus der Sicht der neueren, mechanistischen neurowissenschaftlichen Erklärungsmodelle. Wie entstehen die eigenen geistigen Welten Betroffener, die so schwer mit den geistigen Welten anderer Menschen zur Deckung zu bringen sind? Vor allem aber sollen Sie hier einen Artikel lesen dürfen über Möglichkeiten, der Einsamkeit zu entkommen; über die Fähigkeit, mit Menschen in Beziehung zu treten. Er ist geschrieben aus der Perspektive von Menschen mit einer Autismus-Spektrum-Störung, die den langen Weg aus der eigenen Welt hinaus in die fremde Welt der anderen Menschen gewagt und sich erarbeitet haben. Menschen, die in Einsamkeit leben, können etwas von autistischen Menschen lernen, die trotz ihrer angeborenen Erschwernis, mit anderen Menschen in Kontakt zu kommen, Beziehungen gefunden haben. Ihr Weg dorthin ist ein besonderer; die Qualität der entstehenden Verbindungen ebenfalls; nicht selten ist sie von besonderer Tiefe und Schönheit. Möglich ist es für uns alle, wenn wir offen sind, in der Andersartigkeit jedes Einzelnen das Verbindende zu suchen.I have been asked to write an article on «Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults» in this special issue on «Loneliness». Autism and loneliness seem to go hand in hand. The desire for relationship is not primarily reduced in people with autism, but finding a connection is difficult. I will formulate a description of the phenomenon of autism. Not a description of the surface, as it can be found in the diagnostic classification or in every clinical textbook, but a description from the perspective of the newer, mechanistic neuroscientific explanations. How do the idiosyncratic mental worlds of affected individuals develop, which are so difficult to reconcile with the mental worlds of others? Above all, however, you should be able to read an article here about ways to escape loneliness; about the ability to enter into relationships with people. It is written from the perspective of people with an autism spectrum disorder who have travelled the long and stony way out of their own world into the strange world of other people. People who live in loneliness can learn something from people with autism who have found relationships despite their innate difficulty in socialising with others. The path they take this is a special one, as is the quality of the resulting connections, which are often of particular depth and beauty. It is possible for all of us if we are open to finding what connects us in the differences of each other.Mi è stato chiesto di scrivere un articolo sul tema del «disturbo dello spettro autistico negli adulti» in questo numero speciale dedicato alla «solitudine». Autismo e solitudine sembrano andare di pari passo. Nelle persone affette da autismo, il bisogno di relazioni non è ridotto in via primaria, ma instaurare legami è difficile. Desidero soffermarmi a tale proposito sulla descrizione del fenomeno dell’autismo. Tuttavia non fornirò una descrizione superficiale, come la si può trovare nella classificazione diagnostica o in un testo clinico, del fenomeno quanto piuttosto una descrizione basata sui modelli esplicativi neuroscientifici più recenti e meccanicistici. Come si sviluppano i mondi mentali delle persone colpite, che sono così difficili da conciliare con quelli degli altri? Tuttavia in tale contesto, si dovrebbe poter leggere un articolo incentrato sulle opzioni che portano ad evitare la solitudine, sulla capacità di entrare in relazione con gli altri. È stato scritto dal punto di vista di persone con un disturbo dello spettro autistico che sono riuscite ad addentrarsi nello strano mondo delle persone che le circondano abbondonando il proprio. Chi vive in solitudine può imparare dalle persone autistiche che sono riuscite a instaurare relazioni interpersonali nonostante la loro innata difficoltà a socializzare con altre persone. Il loro percorso verso tale obiettivo è speciale, così come la qualità dei legami che ne derivano, spesso di particolare profondità e bellezza. Tutti noi possiamo farcela se siamo aperti a trovare ciò che ci lega nella diversità di ogni individuo.reviewedpublishedVersio
Come appare il mondo ai tuoi occhi? Verso il superamento dell’isolamento causato da disturbi dello spettro autistico
No full textIch bin gebeten, in diesem Sonderheft zum Thema «Einsamkeit» einen Artikel zum Thema «Autismus-Spektrum-Störung bei Erwachsenen» zu schreiben. Autismus und Einsamkeit scheinen eng zusammen zu gehören. Das Bedürfnis nach Beziehung ist bei Menschen mit Autismus nicht primär reduziert, Verbindung zu finden jedoch schwierig. Gern werde ich hier eine Beschreibung des Phänomens Autismus formulieren. Keine Beschreibung der Oberfläche, wie sie in der diagnostischen Klassifikation oder in jedem klinischen Lehrbuch zu finden ist, sondern eine Beschreibung aus der Sicht der neueren, mechanistischen neurowissenschaftlichen Erklärungsmodelle. Wie entstehen die eigenen geistigen Welten Betroffener, die so schwer mit den geistigen Welten anderer Menschen zur Deckung zu bringen sind? Vor allem aber sollen Sie hier einen Artikel lesen dürfen über Möglichkeiten, der Einsamkeit zu entkommen; über die Fähigkeit, mit Menschen in Beziehung zu treten. Er ist geschrieben aus der Perspektive von Menschen mit einer Autismus-Spektrum-Störung, die den langen Weg aus der eigenen Welt hinaus in die fremde Welt der anderen Menschen gewagt und sich erarbeitet haben. Menschen, die in Einsamkeit leben, können etwas von autistischen Menschen lernen, die trotz ihrer angeborenen Erschwernis, mit anderen Menschen in Kontakt zu kommen, Beziehungen gefunden haben. Ihr Weg dorthin ist ein besonderer; die Qualität der entstehenden Verbindungen ebenfalls; nicht selten ist sie von besonderer Tiefe und Schönheit. Möglich ist es für uns alle, wenn wir offen sind, in der Andersartigkeit jedes Einzelnen das Verbindende zu suchen.I have been asked to write an article on «Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults» in this special issue on «Loneliness». Autism and loneliness seem to go hand in hand. The desire for relationship is not primarily reduced in people with autism, but finding a connection is difficult. I will formulate a description of the phenomenon of autism. Not a description of the surface, as it can be found in the diagnostic classification or in every clinical textbook, but a description from the perspective of the newer, mechanistic neuroscientific explanations. How do the idiosyncratic mental worlds of affected individuals develop, which are so difficult to reconcile with the mental worlds of others? Above all, however, you should be able to read an article here about ways to escape loneliness; about the ability to enter into relationships with people. It is written from the perspective of people with an autism spectrum disorder who have travelled the long and stony way out of their own world into the strange world of other people. People who live in loneliness can learn something from people with autism who have found relationships despite their innate difficulty in socialising with others. The path they take this is a special one, as is the quality of the resulting connections, which are often of particular depth and beauty. It is possible for all of us if we are open to finding what connects us in the differences of each other.Mi è stato chiesto di scrivere un articolo sul tema del «disturbo dello spettro autistico negli adulti» in questo numero speciale dedicato alla «solitudine». Autismo e solitudine sembrano andare di pari passo. Nelle persone affette da autismo, il bisogno di relazioni non è ridotto in via primaria, ma instaurare legami è difficile. Desidero soffermarmi a tale proposito sulla descrizione del fenomeno dell’autismo. Tuttavia non fornirò una descrizione superficiale, come la si può trovare nella classificazione diagnostica o in un testo clinico, del fenomeno quanto piuttosto una descrizione basata sui modelli esplicativi neuroscientifici più recenti e meccanicistici. Come si sviluppano i mondi mentali delle persone colpite, che sono così difficili da conciliare con quelli degli altri? Tuttavia in tale contesto, si dovrebbe poter leggere un articolo incentrato sulle opzioni che portano ad evitare la solitudine, sulla capacità di entrare in relazione con gli altri. È stato scritto dal punto di vista di persone con un disturbo dello spettro autistico che sono riuscite ad addentrarsi nello strano mondo delle persone che le circondano abbondonando il proprio. Chi vive in solitudine può imparare dalle persone autistiche che sono riuscite a instaurare relazioni interpersonali nonostante la loro innata difficoltà a socializzare con altre persone. Il loro percorso verso tale obiettivo è speciale, così come la qualità dei legami che ne derivano, spesso di particolare profondità e bellezza. Tutti noi possiamo farcela se siamo aperti a trovare ciò che ci lega nella diversità di ogni individuo
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
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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