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Data, not documents: Moving beyond theories of information‐seeking behavior to advance data discovery

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.
Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical sociology topics on the pages of Sociološki pregled/ Sociological Review [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled, 2018
The paper presents research results about the representation of medical sociology topics in the journal Sociološki pregled/Sociological Review from 1938 to 2017. It offers a classification of the thematic fields of published papers.
Šuvaković Uroš V.
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Effectiveness of a low-value financial-incentive program for increasing vegetable-rich restaurant meal selection and reducing socioeconomic inequality: a cluster crossover trial

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019
Background In light of recent theories in behavioural economics, an intervention program with monetary incentives could be effective for helping patrons order healthy food, even if the incentive is small and less than one’s perceived marginal value ...
Wataru Nagatomo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A glossary for the social epidemiology of work organization. Part 3: terms from labour markets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This is part 3 of a three-part glossary on the social epidemiology of work organisation. The first two parts deal with the social psychology of work and with organisations. This concluding part presents concepts related to labour markets.
Benach, J.   +4 more
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Information retrieval or document retrieval? Terminological confusions and unrealistic goals in information science, exemplified in relation to generative artificial intelligence

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract ChatGPT and related technologies have revived an old issue in information science (IS) concerning information retrieval (IR) versus document retrieval. Since 1950, the term IR has primarily been used as a misnomer for document retrieval. This problematic terminology reflects a desire to go beyond documents and provide, in response to user ...
Birger Hjørland
wiley   +1 more source

HUMAN RIGHTS AND HEALTH PROMOTION: A CANADA FIT FOR CHILDREN?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2011
The 2011 Canadian election campaign demonstrates once again that while the health care debate is always a highly contested political issue, little of the discussion originates from, or is concerned with, citizens under 18 years of age.
Richard Mitchell
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Shopping Objectives in British Grocery Retail Transactions Using Segmented Topic Models

open access: yesApplied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding the customer behaviours behind transactional data has high commercial value in the grocery retail industry. Customers generate millions of transactions every day, choosing and buying products to satisfy specific shopping needs.
Mariflor Vega Carrasco   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION THAT TAKES PLACE IN DISPENSARY HEALTH UNITS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES ON THE BASIS OF THE APPLICATION PARADIGM AGIL T. PARSONS

open access: yesSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2013
Purpose: development of recommendations for optimization the management system dispensary health units on the basis of the application paradigm AGIL T. Parsons. Methodology: theoretical analysis of the structural-functional theory T. Parsons.
Sokolov Ilya Valeryevich
doaj   +1 more source

Vulnerability : a view from different disciplines [PDF]

open access: yes
Practitioners from different disciplines use different meanings and concepts of vulnerability, which, in turn, have led to diverse methods of measuring it.
Alwang, Jeffrey   +2 more
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