126,232 research outputs found
Communicating with terminal patients: Lessons from wit and students
No full text[No abstract available]Deloney LA, 2003, TEACH LEARN MED, V15, P247, DOI 10.1207-S15328015TLM1504_06; Ellershaw J, 2003, BRIT MED J, V326, P30, DOI 10.1136-bmj.326.7379.30; Garg A, 1997, CAN MED ASSOC J, V156, P1159; Kirk P, 2004, BRIT MED J, V328, P1343, DOI 10.1136-bmj.38103.423576.55; Lloyd-Williams M, 2003, BRIT MED J, V327, P221, DOI 10.1136-bmj.327.7408.221-b; Saab BR, 2005, FAM MED, V37, P9032
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Medical care: Elitismor social commitment?
No full text[No abstract available]Central Intelligence Agency, WORLD FACTBOOK; Hall JJ, 2003, MED J AUSTRALIA, V178, P17; UN (United Nations), WE CAN END POV 20150
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Resultados perinatais de transfusões intra-uterinas realizadas por doença hemolítica perinatal na maternidade Carmela Dutra - Florianópolis
No full textTrabalho de Conclusão de Curso - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Curso de Medicina. Departamento de Tocoginecologia
Pragmatic Case Studies as a Source of Unity in Applied Psychology
No full textTo unify or not to unify applied psychology: that is the question. In this article we review pendulum swings in the historical efforts to answer this question—from a comprehensive, positivist, “top-down,” deductive yes between the 1930s and the early 60s, to a postmodern no since then. A rationale and proposal for a limited, “bottom-up,” inductive yes in applied psychology is then presented, employing a case-based paradigm that integrates both positivist and postmodern themes and components. This paradigm is labeled “pragmatic psychology” and, its specific use of case studies, the “Pragmatic Case Study Method” (“PCS Method”). We call for the creation of peer-reviewed journal-databases of pragmatic case studies as a foundational source of unifying applied knowledge in our discipline. As one example, the potential of the PCS Method for unifying different angles of theoretical regard is illustrated in an area of applied psychology, psychotherapy, via the case of Mrs. B. The article then turns to the broader historical and epistemological arguments for the unifying nature of the PCS Method in both applied and basic psychology.Peer reviewe
Dr. Edwin Wright Collection: Author Unknown
No full textNotes - The author relates several short stories about his neighbours including Alex McDonell, homesteading and life around Meanook and Athabasca (1 page
Strategy, Control and Competitive advantage : A longitudinal study of Saab AB
No full textAtt skapa sammanhängande koncern-, affärs- och funktionsstrategier (strategisk kongruens), samt ett styrsystem med ett samstämmigt informationsflöde i och mellan de centrala styrverktygen (integrerad styrning), har sedan länge hävdats vara centralt för koncerners konkurrenskraft. I den mängd empiriska studier som legat till grund för detta har främst en eller två organisatoriska nivåer fokuserats när relationerna mellan strategier, styrning och konkurrenskraft diskuterats. Studier som tar ett helhetsgrepp om dessa samband efterfrågas därför för att öka kunskapen om och förståelsen av sambanden. Föreliggande avhandling svarar mot den efterfrågan. En longitudinell fallstudie för perioden 1995–2007 har genomförts. Strategier, ekonomistyrning och produktionsstyrning på koncern-, affärs- och funktionsnivå har studerats inom försvars- och säkerhetskoncernen Saab AB. Tre affärsenheter har studerats i detalj: Saab Aerosystems, Saab Bofors Dynamics och Saab Systems. Det empiriska materialet har samlats in genom 74 intervjuer med totalt 54 respondenter samt via både internt och publikt skriftligt material. Avhandlingen visar att strategisk kongruens och integrerad styrning skapas genom ömsesidig anpassning av strategier och styrning på koncern-, affärs- och funktionsnivå. Genom en sådan ömsesidighet anpassas styrningen till koncernens kritiska framgångsfaktorer och ett integrerat informationsflöde skapas. Inom Saab har detta i sin tur påverkat beteendet på alla nivåer och bidragit till att det förändrats i enlighet med strategierna. De senare har därmed implementerats. Samtidigt som dessa beteendeförändringar skett har Saabs konkurrenskraft varit god. Då implementerade strategier, anpassade utifrån omgivningen, kan antas vara en viktig del i ett företags framgång har Saabs strategiska kongruens och integrerade styrning rimligen haft en väsentlig betydelse för koncernens konkurrenskraft.For companies, consistency between strategies on corporate, business and functional levels (strategic congruence), in combination with alignment among control systems (integrated control) is considered vital for gaining competitive advantage. Numerous empirical studies have examined these relationships. However, most of them only take one or two organizational levels into consideration. Therefore, there is a need for studies with a holistic approach to further increase the knowledge and understanding about the relationships between strategy, control and competitive advantage. This dissertation sets out to fill that gap. A longitudinal case study was carried out covering the period 1995–2007. Strategies, the management control system and the production control system were studied for the corporate, business and functional levels within the Swedish defense and security company Saab AB. Three business units were studied in detail: Saab Aerosystems, Saab Bofors Dynamics and Saab Systems. In order to collect empirical data, 74 interviews with 54 respondents were conducted. In addition, annual reports and other written material about the company were used. The main findings in this study suggest that strategic congruence and integrated control is created through mutual adjustment of strategy and control on the corporate, business and functional levels. Such adjustment aligns the control systems with the company’s critical success factors, thereby creating an integrated information flow that stimulates a behavior consonant with strategies on all organizational levels. Within Saab, this has led to extensive behavioral changes and implementation of new strategies. Simultaneously, the competitive advantage has been fairly high. Since implemented strategies, adjusted to the environment, can be seen as an important part of a company’s success, Saab’s strategic congruence and integrated control can be considered a significant factor for the company’s competitive advantage
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