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Online Information-Seeking Behaviours of Men Experiencing Fertility Difficulties
Get PDFThis thesis aims to understand the online information-seeking behaviours of men and how they make sense of and find meaning during their fertility journeys. This research contributes to understanding how online digital tools can support men to fulfil their sense-making and meaning-making needs when they experience fertility difficulties.
Research that explores support for pregnancy planning and fertility has predominantly focused on women, and men’s views and experiences are often excluded. A review of existing literature revealed that men were likely to seek digital sources of health-related information for ease and privacy. However, it is yet to be understood how digital tools can best support this population or the opportunities where digital tools would be preferred and used by men. Therefore, this thesis used a qualitative approach to investigate men’s needs when they experienced fertility difficulties and how these needs could be fulfilled using digital tools.
Men were found to mainly want information and both practical and emotional support during this time, which led to an instantiation of the ‘finding a new normal’ model based on the analysis of online forum data. Further analysis revealed that this model is also relevant for men outside online forums. Findings from the interview study led to the development of a novel presentation of the fertility journey represented by 9 stages from trying to conceive to conception, through interactions with health services as experienced by men. I highlight how men’s information needs evolve along their fertility journey and how they make sense of and find meaning in information to support the acceptance of a new normal. Participants identified their preference for information to be presented and made available through digital means; therefore, men’s needs were translated into requirements for a digital tool. An evaluation study found that existing digital tools do not completely fulfil men’s evolving requirements for information and support and there is an opportunity for digital tools to be better designed to support men to make sense of, and find meaning in, online information when they experience fertility difficulties
Consultation guide to inform the development of Dignity Kits customised for women and girls with disabilities
Get PDFThe Asia Pacific is one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions, experiencing frequent and intense natural hazards, from typhoons and floods to earthquakes and tsunamis. Indeed, the average number of fatalities from disasters (calculated as percentage of the total population) is highest in South and South-west Asia, followed by South-East Asia and the Pacific1.
In addition to sudden-onset disasters, the region also faces various protracted crises, with accumulating humanitarian needs in countries such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Bangladesh. During crises, women and girls face heightened risks, particularly in relation to their health, safety, and access to essential services. Disruptions to healthcare systems limit access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including maternal care and family planning, while displacement and overcrowding in shelters increase the risk of gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation and abuse. Additionally, inadequate access to menstrual hygiene supplies and private sanitation facilities can compromise dignity, mobility, and overall well-being.
Dignity Kits are a vital component of UNFPA’s humanitarian response, designed to promote the mobility, wellbeing and safety of women and girls during emergencies by providing age, gender, and culturally appropriate garments, sanitary supplies, basic hygiene items, and other items such as whistles and torches to promote safety. They are often prepositioned to ensure rapid distribution within 72 hours after a disaster strikes, enabling timely support for those in need.
Dignity Kits play a critical role in restoring dignity and autonomy in crisis situations by enabling women and girls to maintain their personal hygiene and enabling them to move freely and safely and to participate in daily life and the rebuilding of communities.
Dignity Kits also enable affected women and girls to leave their homes, evacuation centres or camps to access humanitarian aid and life-saving services. Recognising the diverse needs of different communities, Dignity Kits can be adapted to local contexts, with their contents varying from country to country. Customised Dignity Kits may include culturally-appropriate items such as a long-sleeved shirt, sarong, or headscarves.
To ensure true inclusivity, it is essential to consult with persons with disabilities when designing and distributing Dignity Kits. Worldwide, persons with disabilities constitute 16 percent of the world’s population, with around 750 million persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific
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
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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