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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
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
What Influences Women with Sexual Assault PTSD to Disengage from Therapy?
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Approximately 20% of clients disengage from mental health psychological therapies for PTSD in the UK, irrespective of mental health providers in primary care, secondary care or third sector mental health services. Regardless of treatment approach, therapeutic model and developments in specialist psychological therapy approaches, high rates of client disengagement remain across all mental health services for PTSD therapy. It will be seen that no one modality is optimal for the treatment of PTSD. Research and development of trauma-focused models of psychotherapy indicates that client disengagement remains problematic even in these recommended therapeutic approaches. Furthermore, research to reduce rates of disengagement from PTSD psychotherapy predominantly focuses on the client, that maintains a negative view by placing the burden of disengagement on the client.
Aim
The practical aim of the research is to inform and discover those influences for women who received psychotherapy for PTSD from sexual assault, and who disengaged. This research attempted to address this by asking clients directly why they disengaged from psychotherapy before completing the recommended number of sessions assessed.
Methods
The methods for this thesis question was addressed by qualitative exploration of the experiences of four participants who had received psychotherapy at a UK based counselling charity for women, for sexual assault PTSD. The charity offers psychotherapy sessions for PTSD that is focused on the specialism of sexual violence. Participants were aware from the outset the number of psychotherapy sessions offered, established at assessment. Participants were interviewed using a semi structured audio-recorded interview covering ten questions about the participants experience of therapy and the reasons they disengaged. Interview data were qualitatively analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to learn about the participants experience, from their perspective.
Results
The findings revealed potential influences that persuade participants to disengage from therapy for sexual assault PTSD, before any noticeable improvement in their mental health and wellbeing. The findings of this research calls attention to: 1) the paucity of research for client disengagement that uses actual client accounts 2) the paucity of research for psychotherapy models that are effective for the treatment of sexual assault PTSD beyond that of symptom reduction, that emphasises quality of life and wellbeing 3) the ubiquitous and prolific presence of medical model approaches that dominates research for psychotherapy treatment modalities for PTSD 4) the paucity of delineation of differential trauma types and psychotherapy research for PTSD 5) the impact of the therapeutic relationship on disengagement from psychotherapy for sexual assault PTSD, and finally, 6) therapist effect and impact on disengagement.
Conclusion
Each of the four women in this study shared their experience of a therapy that failed them. Future research for effective therapy models for PTSD without attending to therapist effects and the centrality of the therapeutic relationship will likely bring the same results for disengagement, from across all therapeutic modalities. Research for non-trauma focus treatment approaches for PTSD, though scant, continues a long-held focus on client deficits for disengagement. Therapeutic outcomes from qualitative research that measure for example, therapist effect, therapeutic relationship, and successful rupture resolution, is the next imperative in research, to redress the balance of research available for disengagement from sexual assault PTSD in non-trauma focus treatment approaches.
Further research into those therapeutic process influences that induce clients to disengage from therapy is crucial for advancing our understanding of client-therapist patterns of relating, the interpersonal and attachment patterns of the therapist, and the skills and experience the therapists bring to therapy that sustains a client to completion of therapy treatment. The therapeutic relationship is a collaborative dyad: two individuals working towards the same goals for the client's wellbeing
Self assessment techniques for business excellence: identifying improvement opportunities
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