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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
Key performance indicators in claims management: definition of a set of indicators for the evaluation of the medico-legal activity
Full text linkBackground: In recent decades, in the field of healthcare, awareness of the problems inherent to the quality has steadily increased. Currently, the evaluation of healthcare activities is one of the ways in which health systems regulate internal relationships and define strategic decisions.
Objective: The study aims to describe in detail the entire process of developing a group of Key Performance Indicators for monitoring and implementing the management of litigation due to medical liability. Particularly, the objective is to centralize and standardize the indicators to provide scientifically reliable data on claims management to hospital professionals responsible for strategic choices.
Methods: The study was conducted to analyze data relating to the claims management at Umberto I General Hospital in Rome from 2012 to 2018. All claims reported were classified according to a selection of the categories coded in the International Classification for Patient Safety system, the economic features, and the chronological references of the main management extrajudicial and judicial phases. The Process Analysis Method was followed to develop significant indicators for measuring the performance and the quality of claims management.
Results and conclusion: The results obtained demonstrate how the assessment of performance in claims management can potentially lead to greater risk control with significant repercussions in terms of reduction of disputes, speed in settling claims, reduction of management times, planning of loss prevention measures, and implementation of quality of care
Information, Sharing, and Self-Determination: Understanding the Current Challenges for the Improvement of Pediatric Care Pathways
Full text linkDespite the considerable progress of medical science over the years, pediatric patients can still be affected by serious illnesses that, regardless of age, lead to experiencing all the clinical, psychological, ethical and spiritual problems related to incurable diseases and death. The interaction between the peculiarities of individuals, and the clinical conditions presented define a changing and complex profile of health needs, which requires organized, dynamic and multidimensional responses. The approach to the pediatric patient must consider its biological, psychological, relational and clinical characteristics. Such aspects in fact determine and modulate the type and quantity of the needs presented, conditioning the actions to be taken and the organizational models to be implemented. In accordance with some international regulations, it is essential that healthcare professionals provide adequate information to the patient’s understanding in order to enhance participation in the decision-making process regardless of the possibility of expressing consent or dissent to the treatment. Frequently, the sharing of decisions on the care path not only fails to involve children, but often lacks rigorously designed interventions for parental involvement. Therefore, the development of care models that focus on the needs of the pediatric population is crucial. The present paper aims to analyze the problems of information quality and sharing in pediatric care pathways in order to promote shared decision-making and improve the knowledge of the professionals involved. As a secondary objective, the study will provide useful insights for the prevention of decision-making conflicts frequently at the basis of the dispute in the pediatric field
Supporting Decision Making in Intensive Care: Ethical Principles for Managing Access to Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Full text linkThe pandemic from Covid-19 causes a health threat for many countries and requires an internationally coordinated response due to the high spread of the infection. the current local and international situation gives rise to logistical and ethical considerations regarding the imbalance between needs for assistance and availability of health resources in the continuation of the emergency. a shortage condition will require healthcare professionals to choose between patients who will have access to respiratory support and those who will have to continue without. the sharing of criterie for the introduction of patients to the different therapeutic paths is fundamental to prevent the onset of ethical issues. the present paper analyzes the critical issues related to the scarcity of healthcare resources and the limitation of access to intensive care with the aim of proposing ethically sustainable principles for the management of the current pandemic situatio
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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