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Information-seeking behaviour of the Indian space technologists [PDF]
States the objectives and hypothesis of the study; highlights the scope and limitations; explains the research design; multiple methods and data collection tools used; enumerates significant findings of the study under three main objectives, namely the ...
Sridhar, M. S.
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Rent-seeking Contests under Symmetric and Asymmetric Information [PDF]
We consider a variant of the Tullock rent-seeking contest. Under symmetric information we determine equilibrium strategies and prove their uniqueness. Then, we assume contestants to be privately informed about their costs of effort. We prove existence of
Wasser, Cédric
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The Influence of Cognitive Distortions on Information Retrieval: A Behavioral Analysis Across Search Stages [PDF]
IntroductionThe user, or the human agent, plays a primary and fundamental role in designing information retrieval systems (Hudlicka, 2003). This is because the information-seeking process is an interactive one, and humans possess their own specific ...
Seyedeh Najmeh Halakoyan +2 more
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Information Seeking as Explorative Learning [PDF]
The paper starts with an overview of major problems hindering effective interactions with information retrieval systems. A brief review of models of the interaction taking place during information seeking is then provided with the aim of lying the ground for yet another model based on two levels of interaction: presentation and navigation.
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Uncertainty promotes information-seeking actions, but what information?
Navigating an unfamiliar city almost certainly brings out uncertainty about getting from place to place. This uncertainty, in turn, triggers information gathering.
Ashlynn M. Keller +2 more
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Self- and surrogate-seeking of information about mental health and illness in Germany
Background Seeking information on mental health issues – both for oneself and on behalf of others (so-called surrogate-seeking) – is a critical early step in dealing with mental illness and known to impede stigmatizing attitudes and foster help-seeking ...
Anna Freytag +3 more
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ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with high‐risk cancer face complex developmental, psychosocial, and ethical challenges that extend beyond disease‐directed treatment. Although international recommendations exist for communication, psychosocial care, pediatric palliative care, survivorship, and shared decision‐making, these have largely evolved within ...
Johanna M. C. Blom +15 more
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Bibliometric analysis of information seeking behaviour related literature [PDF]
The paper deals with a study conducted on literature related to information seeking behaviour from LISA Plus. The out come of the normal keyword search in LISA Plus are analysed to present the growth of publications; collaboration-ship pattern of authors;
Parmar, Arvind Singh +2 more
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High School Students Struggle to Find School-related Information on the Web
A Review of: Shenton, Andrew K. “The Information-Seeking Problems of English High Schoolers Responding to Academic Information Need.” Library Review 57.4 (2008): 276-88.
Cari Merkley
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine +17 more
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