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Laser Excitation Spectra and Lifetime Measurements of the CO d(³Δi) State
No full textCO in a supersonic pulsed beam is excited to the d³Δi state by VUV photons generated in a nonlinearfour-wave mixing scheme. An excitation spectrum of the CO d³Δi (ν′ = 20, J′ = 1–3) is obtained at aresolution of 0.8 cm⁻¹ for the first time. The radiative lifetimes of the rotational states are measured as1.70 ± 0.08 μs, which are similar to but shorter than the lifetimes associated with lower vibrational levels
Influencing Factors of Online Health Information Seeking in Selected European Countries
Full text linkPatients’ participation in healthcare requires comprehensive health knowledge and can benefit from online health information seeking behaviours (O-HISB). The internet is a particularly vital source for seeking health-related information in many regions of the world. Therefore, we take a European cross-country comparative perspective on O-HISB. We aim to compare the importance of personal, health(care)-related, and cognitive determinants of using the internet for health-related purposes in four European countries. We conducted online surveys among the German, Swiss, Dutch, and Austrian public and described patterns of health information seeking online.
The internet seemed to be a widely used source of health information in the four selected European countries. The explanation patterns of personal, health(care)-related, and cognitive factors differ by country and between selecting the internet as a source of health information and the frequency of online use. Using online media appeared to be more common for women and for current health problems. Respondents’ willingness and competencies are essential for online health information seeking. To prevent the increase of social and health-related disparities, there is an urgent need to support underprivileged population groups and increase motivations and eHealth literacy to use the internet for health-related purposes
Trierer Inventar zum Chronischen Stress (TICS) [Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS)]
No full textTrierer Inventar zur Erfassung von chronischem Streß (TICS): Skalenkonstruktion, teststatistische Überprüfung und Validierung der Skala Arbeitsüberlastung [The Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS): scale construction, statistical testing and validation of the scale work overload]
No full textAbstract in English .
Stimulated by research findings on stress which indicate that chronic, rather than acute, stress is associated with clinically relevant health impairment, the Trierer Inventar zur Erfassung von chronischem Streß (TICS) was developed. The questionnaire measures six aspects of chronic stress: Work overload, worries, social stress, lack of social recognition, work discontent, and intrusive memories. The chronicity of stress is measured by the frequency of stress events perceived retrospectively in the areas mentioned above. The answers are given on a five-point rating scale. The present study investigated N = 157 participants to evaluate the TICS. The results confirm the factorial structure of the TICS. The six scales show satisfactory reliability coefficients. Initial results concerning the validity of the questionnaire are reported. Two studies resulted in significant correlations between the scale work overload and (a) several scales of the Gießener Beschwerdebogen (GBB; a questionnaire used for assessing health-related symptoms) and (b) the concentration of free cortisol in saliva. The scale also differentiated 19 patients with tinnitus from 16 healthy subjects
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
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