Common Subject Areas Research Articles

Top 100 Cited Articles in Recent Tobacco Research.

The total citations that a peer-reviewed manuscript has is often used to measure the impact that a publication has in its respective field of study. Both the citation count and total number of publications are often used as measures of academic productivity and success. This issue has been previously investigated in the field of tobacco control research. Given the changing landscape in the field of tobacco research since 2004, we sought to re-examine this issue. The study purpose was to identify the 100 top-cited tobacco-related articles published since 2005, and to categorize and describe the fields of study represented in these articles. We searched the Scopus library database to determine the citations of the top 100 tobacco-related articles. Information was gathered on: title, number of authors, publication year, journal name and impact factor, country of origin, article type and subject category. Articles were selected and analyzed by two independent investigators. We identified the 100 top-cited articles published in 58 journals, led by The New England Journal of Medicine (8) and Lancet (6), between 2005 and 2014. The United States was the most common country of origin for the highly-cited articles. The top article types were observation (27%), basic science (26%), and review articles (24%). The most common article subject area was medicine (74%). A statistically significant association was found between the journal impact factor and the number of top 100 cited articles (p = 0.03). This review may be helpful to identify articles that may be contributing to the conduct of current and future tobacco research. The analysis can be used as a reference to review and evaluate the publications that are making a high impact in the field of tobacco research.

Completing the Remedial Sequence and College-Level Credit-Bearing Math

Mathematics is the most common subject area of remedial need and the majority of remedial math students never pass a college-level credit-bearing math class. The majorities of studies that investigate this phenomenon are conducted at community colleges and use some type of regression model; however, none have used a continuation ratio model. The purpose of this study was to assess student persistence through the remedial math sequence and successfully passing a college-level credit-bearing math course using binary, cumulative, and continuation ratio logistic regression models at 2- and 4-year public institutions. Findings showed the pre-algebra grade was the strongest predictor of completing each course in the remedial sequence and passing a college-level credit-bearing math class. Also, continuation ratio logistic regression provided methodological advantages over binary and cumulative logistic regression.

ORGANIZAÇÃO CURRICULAR E OS EIXOS ESTRUTURANTES UMA PERSPECTIVA DE FORMAÇÃO NA ENGENHARIA DE COMPUTAÇÃO

DOI: 10.14684/intertech.13.2014.295 This study presents the basis for structuring a course curriculum for the Computing Engineering at the Centro Universitario de Brasilia (UniCEUB), in Brasilia, Brazil. The curriculum foundation are interdisciplinary subject areas that intersect several course disciplines, and standardized testing that identifies the progression of knowledge acquisition by students through their academic life. These subject areas aid in the definition of subject matters broached along the course disciplines, orient the development of knowledge, competencies and abilities necessary in preparing an Engineer for his or her professional life, and orient the establishment of objectives for each component of the course curriculum. This structure promotes the development of interdisciplinary educational activities, dialog between course disciplines and the development of interdisciplinary knowledge evaluations. Furthermore, these common subject areas promote a close cooperation between traditional in class learning, extension activities and academic research, consequently, the creation of scientific, technological and experiential knowledge in Computing Engineering. Key words - Engineering, Interdisciplinary, UniCEUB.

Revealing the Nature of Contemporary Tourism Research: Extracting Common Subject Areas through Bibliographic Coupling

AbstractThis study aims at identifying recent subject areas and citation patterns of tourism research by applying a bibliometric tool to analyze over 2000 publications since 2008 from 10 tourism journals. Twelve subject areas were identified, and interesting citation patterns were revealed. From this analysis, the tourism research was found to be quite dynamic but at the same time very much focused on marketing and management aspects. This article contributes to ongoing efforts to reveal the nature of tourism research and its knowledge bases by applying the methodology of bibliographic coupling. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Lernen in Berufsstrukturen und Fachstrukturen

In the last years the discussion between a course systematic and action oriented systematic approach for teaching and learning processes has been performed very polarized. Looking at the historical development of technical science and technical vocational education and training (TVET) referring to the different systematic approaches, it is clear that both approaches starts from a common subject area with numerous connections but also different aims and methods to focus on. The development history shows in a special way that both approaches were initially connected to each other very closely, have moved apart over time and now can be integrated very well today. An achievable connection delivers a potential to reflect learning outcomes, which can be used in the special context of learning field orientation, as a special pardigma of curriculum used in the dual system vocational schools, and vocational teacher training and education.

A Comparative Study of “Educational Leadership & Administration” MA Programs in USA and Turkey

What are the distinct and similar subject areas in Educational Administration Master of Arts Programs in USA and Turkey? To find the answer to this problem, The problem was searched by decomposing into the following sub-problems: 1. Which subject areas have the highest course credit in USA and Turkey MA programs ? 2. What is the relationship between USA and Turkey MA programs according to their common subject areas’ total course credits ? Survey method was applied in this study. In USA/California State and Turkey, all MA programs whose names are Educational Management/Administration or Educational Leadership were scanned through university web sites and faculty e-mails. As a result of this process, It was determined that there are 34 programs in Turkey and 26 programs in USA/California State among all 132 Turkish and 129 American universities. The most frequent key words included in MA programs’ syllabuses were determined and subject areas corresponding to these key words were brought out. At least three times repeating key words in syllabuses were weighted in respect of their course counts and total course credits and tabulated separately in countries. Frequency analyze of key words, course counts and total course credits, plus Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was applied for data analysis. It was determined that American MA programs have included 94 key words and 53 subject areas. On the other hand, Turkish ones have included 111 key words with at least 4 repetition, and 55 subject areas covering these keywords. By searching these findings in terms of their frequencies and course credits related to key words, It was brought out that: • In Turkey, MA programs are weighed mostly with Introduction to Educational Management and Educational Supervision subject areas by course credits. • In USA, MA programs are weighed mostly with Leadership and Curriculum Development/Assessment subject areas by course credits. As a conclusion of this study, the different subject areas taught in USA and Turkey, plus the medium correlation of common subject areas according to their course credits between two countries were brought out. These findings were interpreted with the dissimilarity of two education system and management practices.

Colaboración científica entre países de la región latinoamericana

An analysis of the scientific collaboration among Latin American countries registered between 1975 and 2004 in the Science Citation Index database, Web of Science online version, revealed a steady increase in the number of publications, more marked in the last decade, as well as in the percentages that these represent in the total number of publications authored by regional scientists. Differences were found between countries in the magnitude of these increases, the smaller countries showing the highest levels of collaboration, especially with respect to those publications also involving scientists from institutions outside the Latin American region. The most common subject areas of intra-regional collaboration were Biology, Health, Physics, and Chemistry. Participating institutions from outside the region in intra-regional co-authorship were most commonly European (40% of cases) and North American (38%). The impact of papers as measured by a normalized h-index, involving scientists from outside the region was greater than that found for all intra-regional publications. The dominant bilateral regional collaboration was between Brazil and Argentina which in recent years has focused on topics in the Health Sciences and Astronomy. A detailed analysis of Physics papers showed that institutions from Brazil and Argentina are the most productive in intra-regional collaborations and Condensed Matter, the most studied subject.

Cochrane Systematic Reviews in Acupuncture: Methodological Diversity in Database Searching

Since the early 1970s, the efficacy of acupuncture for treating clinical conditions has been evaluated in several hundred randomized trials. Results from these trials have been synthesized in systematic reviews. A well-designed systematic review provides the highest level of evidence for establishing the efficacy of a clinical intervention. The present study assesses the source of original literature contributing to Cochrane reviews on acupuncture. Databases searched to retrieve original studies are evaluated. The distribution of controlled trials in acupuncture across different topic areas and journals, the ability of the reviews to provide conclusive results, and the proportion of original studies indexed with MEDLINE are evaluated. Systematic reviews on acupuncture were extracted from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. The key search term used was "acupuncture." When more than one systematic review was retrieved on the same topic, the most recent review was included. Indexing of individual clinical trials with MEDLINE was searched using the Single Citation Matcher in PubMed. A total of 94 papers were retrieved from the Cochrane database, of which 10 were included in the analysis. The most common subject areas were related to chronic pain. Considerable heterogeneity was observed in the number of databases searched (median 5, range 3-12). A total of 69% (74/108) papers were indexed with PubMed. Only 13% (14/108) of the papers were published in the primary acupuncture journals. Conclusive statements about the efficacy of acupuncture were made in only 2 of the 10 systematic reviews. Considerable methodological diversity exists in the comprehensiveness of database searches for Cochrane systematic reviews on acupuncture. This diversity makes the reviews prone to bias and adds another layer of complexity in interpreting the acupuncture literature.

Constructing Meaning in a Technology-Rich, Global Learning Environment

This paper introduces the Global Forum on School Leadership (GFSL) as a Type II application of interactive computing technology suitable for 21st century learners, teachers, and school leaders. Simply put, the concept of the GFSL brings together learners who share a common goal, a common subject area, or a common profession, and encourages them to interact and learn together. Among the many differences that learners bring to the learning task, the one central and very obvious difference upon which the GFSL depends is culture. In the example presented here, the GFSL creates a learning partnership between a class of neophyte school leaders enrolled in a school leader preparation program in the United States and a similar class of students enrolled in a school leader preparation program in Australia (it could be anywhere else in the world). The discussion begins with a focus on the evolution of technology use in schools and the related evolution of learning in technologically rich environments. The GFSL is introduced as a Type II application increasingly necessary in a learning world where a global focus is being forced upon learners and where global understanding and awareness is becoming a basic survival skill. The paper generates a global version of the five characteristics of Type II applications, and concludes with an analysis of the impact of the Global Forum on participants' learning experiences and professional skills.

Bibliometric analysis of research published in Tropical Medicine and International Health 1996–2003

We examine the bibliometric profile of Tropical Medicine and International Health using the subjects of the articles published and the geographical distribution of the authors. The most common subject areas of papers published during 1996-2003 are highlighted, and the most cited papers indicated.

Sixteen years ofJapa: A content analysis of theJournal of the Australian Population Association

This paper presents results of a content analysis of all articles published in theJournal of the Australian Population Association during its sixteen-year history, 1984–99. The findings show that geographic focus, principal subject area and analytical procedure did not change significantly over the period. About three-quarters of articles focused exclusively on Australia and the most common subject areas were fertility and migration. Most articles had one author but this declined over time. Females constituted only one-fifth of sole and first authors and one-quarter of all authors; these proportions decreased in recent periods. About two-fifths of first and all authors were affiliated with the Australian National University. The findings are compared with those of a similar analysis ofDemography.

MEDINA, Belen T.G., THE FILIPINO FAMILY: A Text With Selected Readings

MEDIAN, Belen T.G., THE FILIPINO FAMILY: A Text With Selected Readings. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 1992, 272 pp., $22.00 hardcover.Although there have been a number of introductory and general sociology books with a particular focus on the Philippine setting that have been published over the last four decades or so; a comparatively less attention has been given to works dealing with specific substantive area(s) in sociology, to date. Medina's The Filipino Family ... answers the need to fill this apparent gap. Written by an author who is a sociologist and a Filipina herself, the book offers a double advantage of looking at the Filipino from the perspective of an insider.Altogether, this volume contains twelve chapters covering the common subject areas in Family Sociology. Starting off with an introductory chapter on the study of the family, it is followed by two chapters on and kinship; three chapters on courtship, mate selection, love and marriage; three chapters on marital roles, power, decision-making and marital adjustment. There is one chapter each on parenthood and later years. The book ends with a brief chapter on social change and its effects on the contemporary Filipino family.Relying mainly on the works of many scholars, the book essentially provides an overview of existing studies and literature relating both to the in general and to the Filipino in particular. There is an extensive bibliography of studies done by Filipino scholars which, to a large extent, contributed to a truly authentic insight of the Filipino family. Non-Filipino sources primarily deal with materials which are more theoretical in nature, but less of those with relevant empirical evidence.Just like the system in other cultures that is challenged by urbanization and industrialization, the Filipino is confronted with the need to balance itself between continuity and change. Throughout the book the author presents the reader with evidence of continuity as well as change that is taking place in the Filipino family. For example, the persistence of some traditional practices and values such as respect for one's elders, the kumpadre system or ritual co-parenthood, extended emphasis, bilateral kinship structure and the uncontested role of the wife as holder of the purse, are still very much in evidence in Philippine society today. The guerida arrangement characterized by maintaining a second family is believed to be declining due to the increased use of contraceptive measures. The dissemination of Western values through the mass media, the presence of hotels and motels, as well as knowledge of contraception; however, have contributed to the rise of extra-marital affairs. …