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Comment on "The static evolution of the new Italian code of medical ethics"
Full text linkThe manuscript by Montanari Vergallo et al. appears primarily important because it resubmits the discussion on the relationshi between law and ethica norm in medical practice, as being responsible for promoting professional conduct or slowing it down and depriving it of its meaning
Resilience and psychological impact on Italian university students during Covid-19 pandemic. Distance learning and health.
No full textCOVID-19 epidemic has been spreading in the world causing strong
psychological pressure for the global population. Quarantine has
huge impact and can cause considerable psychological stress. The
study aims to identify psychological stress, emotional changes,
approach to studies, resilience skills related to the experience of the
COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of university students. A sample of
university students from the Campus Bio Medico University of Rome
was studied. The participants responded to an online questionnaire
packet that included socio-demographic information, COVID-19
impact on emotions and on university life, perceived stress (PSS-10)
and resilience skills (RS-14). We received 955 responses. The respondents
experienced an increase in perceived stress in 89.4% of cases
(66% stress moderate and 23.4% high). Moreover, 54.4% of students
reported decrease in attention span and difficulty in studying with
consequent concern about the exam outcomes (55%). Resilience
skills positively affect stressful events and in particular the COVID-
19 impact on study and interpersonal relationships. The study shows
a psychological impact of the Covid-19 emergency on college students.
Stress significantly decreases learning and negatively affects
psychological well-being of students. Resilience skills were a protective
factor to overcome difficulties learning
[Cognitive research about the use of virtual worlds among the students enrolled to the faculty of medicine and surgery "Campus Bio-Medico University" in Rome].
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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
Protective isolation for patients with haematological malignancies: A pilot study investigating patients’ distress and use of time
No full textBackground: Patients with haematological malignancies are often hospitalized in protective isolation until full neutrophil recovery in order to prevent infections. This descriptive pilot study evaluate the level of isolation-related distress and the use of free time in a sample of Italian onco-haematological patients who were hospitalized in protective isolation. Materials and Methods: Participants were 18 patients hospitalized in hematologic ward to receive induction therapy (n=12) or autologous stem cell transplant (n=6). They completed a self-report questionnaire before discharge. Results: Participants reported a moderate level of isolation-related distress, anxiety, and boredom: the more the anxiety and the boredom, the more the distress (r=.77; P<.001), (r=.79; P<.001), respectively. The activities performed during isolation were: watching TV (72.2%), reading (55.6%), thinking (33.3%), surfing in Internet or using PC (33.3%), and playing games or making cross-words (16.7%). Participants who reported pessimistic thinking had higher isolation-related distress (P=.004) as well as anxiety (P<.001) and boredom (P=.001). Conclusion: Haematology Units should support isolated patients in spending their time in recreational activities, allowing more contacts with immediate relatives and friends, providing free TV and Wi-Fi connection inside the room. In addition, patients should have to keep themselves physically active. Isolation-related distress could also be reduced by providing psychological support
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
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