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Determining the acceptability and preliminary impact of a digital resource hub among people living with chronic pain
No full textThe Power Over Pain Portal (POP) is a digital platform which provides people living with pain (PLWP) flexible access to chronic pain self-management resources. Using a mixed-methods design, the present study aimed to evaluate patient perceptions of acceptability and usability of POP, and patient outcomes among PLWP awaiting a first visit at a tertiary care pain clinic. Measures assessing acceptability, usability, and impact of POP included validated surveys completed at baseline and 3-months after using POP, and information gathered through interviews. Forty-one participants completed follow-up surveys. Nine participants completed interviews. There was a reduction in pain interference (Mdiff = -.66, SD = 1.78; p = .024) and belief in a medical cure (Mdiff = -.49, SD = 1.42, p = .033) after using POP for 3-months. POP was accepted among PLWP (M = 21.68, SD = 5.07; Ninterview = 5) and met expectations of usability (M = 70.56, SD = 20.95; Ninterview = 4). Participants also endorsed the use of POP among PLWP (Ninterview = 4). Some participants indicated POP was overwhelming (Ninterview = 4) and some resources were difficult to find (Ninterview = 3), indicating that changes could be made to improve ease of use. Finally, participants’ impression of change during the three month period was a slight deterioration in their condition (M = 3.53, SD = 1.36).Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-73
Implementing one-at-a-time therapy services as one core component of a provincial stepped care model within Prince Edward Island's community mental health and addictions services: an implementation process synthesis
No full textProviders within Health PEI's Community Mental Health and Addictions Services completed online asynchronous courses in one-at-a-time (OAAT) therapy and Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0) as part of an initiative to implement a provincial stepped care model. This thesis: 1) mapped the OAAT therapy implementation process using three frameworks: the Active Implementation Frameworks, Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change, and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research; 2) measured provider attitude and knowledge; 3) explored providers� implementation experiences; and 4) quantified OAAT therapy delivery. The study used a mixed-methods, single-cohort, observational design with two interventions. Surveys were distributed to providers at five time points over four months, and researchers interviewed seven program champions. Implementation data was abstracted from Health PEI, stakeholder, and research team documentation. Providers (N = 72) demonstrated an increase in SC2.0 knowledge and endorsed agreement for the acceptance, appropriateness, and feasibility of SC2.0/OAAT therapy, including organizational readiness (e.g., compatibility, knowledge and skills, leadership, and program champions). Interview themes aligned with existing implementation strategies (e.g., co-design, communication, and mentorship), which were considered factors for implementation sustainability. Providers delivered 3,746 OAAT therapy sessions from 2023 to 2024, showcasing the cumulative efforts made by Health PEI, providers, and stakeholders
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
Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia During Episodes of Relived Sadness: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Affect Intensity.
Full text linkThe study investigated respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) during relived episodes of sadness as a function of emotional intelligence (EI) and affect intensity. RSA was hypothesized: 1) to be reduced during experienced sadness evidencing vagal withdrawal, 2) to show an inverse association with EI, particularly the managing emotions dimension, affect intensity, and depressive symptomatology. Fifty-six participants were recruited to fill out questionnaires and undergo three phases of psychophysiological recording (baseline, experiential sadness, recovery). Consistent with hypotheses, RSA amplitude was reduced during experiential sadness and magnitude of RSA reduction was inversely associated with both EI and affect intensity. However, magnitude of RSA response was not associated with the emotion management dimension of EI but rather the perceiving emotions dimension and was not associated with depressive symptomatology. Overall, the findings suggest that RSA (cardiac vagal tone) is more indicative of flexible responding to environmental demands rather than explicitly indexing emotion regulation. --P.ii.The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b173649
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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