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COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS' SELF-PERCEIVED COMPETENCY, AND ENABLERS, AND BARRIERS TOWARDS THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMON MINOR AILMENTS IN QATAR
Get PDFThe study aimed to assess community pharmacists' self-perceived competency, and enablers and barriers towards managing common minor ailments in Qatar, and its predictors. A cross-sectional study, with pretested questionnaires, was conducted among a purposive sample of 307 community pharmacists working in independent and chain community pharmacies in Qatar. Self-perceived competency was assessed with nine condition-specific and three non-condition specific elements on a scale of 1-10. Data analysis was done with Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and binary logistic regression tests. In conclusion, self-perceived competency was highest for constipation and cold / catarrh, while the competency elements with the highest scores were the ability to recommend OTC medications and counsel on usage. Female gender, working in chain pharmacies, and counselling practice were the significant predictors of self perceived competency. Some of the self-perceived enablers identified were the availability of tailored training programs and access to drug information resources, while lack of private counselling space; and opportunity to participate in pharmacy practice research were some of the self-perceived barriers identified. Female gender, age ? 40 years, and counseling practice were the predictors of self-perceived enablers
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Extent of extemporaneous compounding and pattern of prescribing and use of extemporaneous medicines in a developing setting
No full textObjectives: To determine the extent of extemporaneous compounding, the prescribing pattern and use of extemporaneous medicines in a developing setting like Nigeria. Methods: A cross-sectional assessment was conducted at the Pharmacy Department of the premier teaching hospital in Nigeria. A pretested data collection form and direct inspection of packaging and labelling information were used for data extraction. Key findings: About 100% (678) of the extemporaneous products were liquid dosage form made with trituration using crushed tablets (76.5%, 519), opened capsules (17.6%, 119) and broken ampoules (5.9%, 40), and the majority (77.2%, 524) were dispensed to inpatients. The ten most frequent extemporaneous preparations were zinc gluconate (11.1%, 75), spironolactone (10%, 60), hydrochlorothiazide (9%, 60), captopril (9%, 60), hydroxyurea (8.1%, 55), furosemide (6%, 40), lisinopril (5.2%, 35), phenytoin (5.2%, 35), carbamazepine (4.1%, 28) and enalapril (4%, 27). Simple syrup and amaranth solution were the most frequently used excipients (97.2%, 659). Packaging was done with white plastic bottles (100%, 678). No labelling information was provided on storage condition and expiry date, and the compounding pharmacists' lacked access to key information on the stability, bioavailability, efficacy and safety of extemporaneously prepared medicines. Conclusions: The extent of compounding and use of extemporaneous products is considerable and remain an importance source of critical access to essential medicines for children with cardiovascular and neurological disorders, and electrolyte imbalance and nutritional deficiencies in both the inpatient and ambulatory settings. However, the limited access to information on the stability, efficacy and safety of extemporaneous products may potentially expose patients to harm. - 2019 Royal Pharmaceutical SocietyScopu
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
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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