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Indicatori o analisi di performance? Implicazioni del'esperienza statunitense di performance measurement
No full textIsolation and identification of Legionella spp. from non-hospital facilities: a preliminary one-year surveillance study in the urban area of Pesaro-Urbino (Central Italy)
No full textBackground: Legionella is considered one of the most important causes of potentially preventable morbid-ity and mortality. These microorganisms are ubiquitous, but incomplete information is available on the geographic distribution of Legionella species in our region. Study design: For the mentioned reasons, in this work the distribution of Legionella spp. in non-hospital facilities of the urban area of Pesaro-Urbino (Central Italy), including public fountains, residential build-ings, public and private offices and retirement homes, was investigated. Methods: A total of 298 water samples were collected from the different facilities and subjected to standard Legionella isolation and identification protocols. Results: As reported, 17.8% of the collected water samples resulted positive for Legionella spp. (28.6% from retirement homes, 21.3% from residential buildings, 15.3% from private and public offices). The highest per-centage of positive samples (14.4%) was found in hot water from retirements homes (58.8%) and residential buildings (31.8%); the most frequent isolated serogroups were L. pneumophila 2-14 (71.7%). Conclusions: This work is the first describing the distribution of Legionella spp. in non-hospital facilities in the province of Pesaro-Urbino, and highlights a condition of potential risk for susceptible categories. From our data, we can point that a regular and constant control to prevent microbiological risk from legionellosis, particularly in facilities housing the elderly, is recommended
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
Non suicidal self-injury in adolescence (NSSI). From the descriptive perspective to the motivational dimension
No full textSummary. Non suicidal self-injury (NSSI) – a largely diffused problem among adolescents – can be defined as a repetitive behaviour that damages the surface of the body without suicidal intent. In the last few years, the large diffusion of this practice required an increased attention of the psychiatric community and it led to the inclusion of the NSSI in the DSM-5 as a condition in need of further studies. This paper is located in the direction of this comprehension process. Specifically, through a review of the literature, the focus of the study is intentionally extended from the descriptive dimension to the motivational dimension, in order to deepen some of the meanings underlying the self-injury behavior
Preliminary adjustment of family alliance assessment scales to adolescence phase.
Full text linkIntroduction: we present the first qualitative steps in the adaptation and validation of an observational tool for father-mother-infant interactions in adolescence. It develops from the Lausanne Trilogue Play application (Fivaz-Depeursinge and Corboz-Warnery, 1999) to adolescent patients in a Neuropsychiatric Unit for Children and Adolescents project: ―LTP used as a psychodiagnostic and therapeutic tool for psychiatric children and adolescents‖. Our aim is to find out relevant changes to the LTP and to the Family Alliance Assessment Scales (FAAS 6.3, Favez, Lavanchy Scaiola, Tissot, Darwiche, Frascarolo, 2011) in order to fit families with adolescents interactive peculiarities. Methods: 66 families with pre-adolescents (n = 34, 11-14 years old) and adolescents (n = 32, 15-18 years old). Observation and study of relevant communication skills, non verbal language and interactive dynamics in adolescence. Adjustment of setting, activity and scoring system. Results: setting change only for the presence of the table between the family partners. Concerning to the activity it seems that a conversational theme as weekend organization or birthday party involve all the families partners. Analysing each LTP variables we have noticed that for some of these it seems to be important to insert some additional declaration in the coding system. In particular for ―postures and looks‖ both for the presence of the table and in line with adolescent communication and non- verbal signals; for ―roles‖ in line with the more active contribution of the adolescent to the activity and to the family system than the infant do; ―co-construction and scaffolding‖ variables characteristics are modulated to adolescents peculiarities focusing both on verbal and non-verbal language. Finally a deep discussion is emerged about the modulation of affective variables concerning to the high level of conflict, a central characteristic of individuation-separation process in adolescence. Conclusions: preliminary statistical analysis for the validation of this scoring system are in process
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