RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-49
Author(s):  
Alyson Vaaler
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Music Literature ◽  
Music Research ◽  
Music Databases ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Easy Integration ◽  
Additional Value ◽  
Language Content

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text (RAFT) is published by RILM, an internationally recognized authority on providing bibliographic access to music research. The database includes over a million bibliographic records with coverage from the early 1800's to the present. Full text coverage of more than 250 journals provides additional value to this database. The full text titles are unique to the database and there is very little overlap with other music databases. The comprehensives and quality of RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text is unrivaled among music databases.The EBSCO interface of RAFT is familiar to many users and offers easy integration with other heavily used music databases, such as Music Index with Full Text and RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals. The heavy coverage of foreign language content and sheer size of the citations may make RAF intimidating to the novice music researcher. However, RILM's authority on music research and interdisciplinary content make RAFT a necessary database for serious upper-level music research.

scholarly journals Index Blending: Enabling the Development of Definitive, Discipline-Specific Resources

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Sam Brooks ◽  
Mark Herrick
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Specific Research ◽  
Database Development ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Bibliographic Records ◽  
Source Of Information

Index Blending is the process of database development whereby various components are merged and refined to create a single encompassing source of information. Once a research need is determined for a given area of study, existing resources are examined for value and possible contribution to the end product. Index Blending focuses on the quality of bibliographic records as the primary factor with the addition of full text to enhance the end user’s research experience as an added convenience. Key examples of the process of Index Blending involve the fields of communication and mass media, hospitality and tourism, as well as computers and applied sciences. When academia, vendors, subject experts, lexicographers, and other contributors are brought together through the various factors associated with Index Blending, relevant discipline-specific research may be greatly enhanced.

Music Index with Full Text

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-37
Author(s):  
Alyson Vaaler
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Music Databases ◽  
Sheer Size ◽  
Easy Integration ◽  
Comprehensive Coverage

Music Index with Full Text is an expansion of Music Index (formerly The Music Index Online), an EBSCO music periodical database that provides comprehensive coverage of the music field from 1970 to the present. Over 800 journals are indexed, and coverage includes various music styles and topics. Music Index with Full Text has added full text journal coverage from approximately 200 journals.The EBSCO interface is familiar to many users and offers easy integration with other heavily used music databases, such as RILM and RIPM. While the sheer size of citations and variety of music materials and styles is beneficial, Music Index might not be as useful to researchers focusing purely on historical music scholarship. The addition of full text journals is welcome, but the content of the journals varies widely in scope and content.

Acute experimentally-induced pain replicates the distribution but not the quality or behaviour of clinical appendicular musculoskeletal pain. A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendon Ford ◽  
Mark Halaki ◽  
Joanna Diong ◽  
Karen A Ginn
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Experimental Pain ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Mcgill Pain Questionnaire ◽  
Pain Response ◽  
Provocation Testing ◽  
Experimentally Induced

AbstractObjectivesExperimental pain is a commonly used method to draw conclusions about the motor response to clinical musculoskeletal pain. A systematic review was performed to determine if current models of acute experimental pain validly replicate the clinical experience of appendicular musculoskeletal pain with respect to the distribution and quality of pain and the pain response to provocation testing.MethodsA structured search of Medline, Scopus and Embase databases was conducted from database inception to August 2020 using the following key terms: “experimental muscle pain” OR “experimental pain” OR “pain induced” OR “induced pain” OR “muscle hyperalgesia“ OR (“Pain model” AND “muscle”). Studies in English were included if investigators induced experimental musculoskeletal pain into a limb (including the sacroiliac joint) in humans, and if they measured and reported the distribution of pain, quality of pain or response to a provocation manoeuvre performed passively or actively. Studies were excluded if they involved prolonged or delayed experimental pain, if temporomandibular, orofacial, lumbar, thoracic or cervical spine pain were investigated, if a full text of the study was not available or if they were systematic reviews. Two investigators independently screened each title and abstract and each full text paper to determine inclusion in the review. Disagreements were resolved by consensus with a third investigator.ResultsData from 57 experimental pain studies were included in this review. Forty-six of these studies reported pain distribution, 41 reported pain quality and six detailed the pain response to provocation testing. Hypertonic saline injection was the most common mechanism used to induce pain with 43 studies employing this method. The next most common methods were capsaicin injection (5 studies) and electrical stimulation, injection of acidic solution and ischaemia with three studies each. The distribution of experimental pain was similar to the area of pain reported in clinical appendicular musculoskeletal conditions. The quality of appendicular musculoskeletal pain was not replicated with the affective component of the McGill Pain Questionnaire consistently lower than that typically reported by musculoskeletal pain patients. The response to provocation testing was rarely investigated following experimental pain induction. Based on the limited available data, the increase in pain experienced in clinical populations during provocative maneuvers was not consistently replicated.ConclusionsCurrent acute experimental pain models replicate the distribution but not the quality of chronic clinical appendicular musculoskeletal pain. Limited evidence also indicates that experimentally induced acute pain does not consistently increase with tests known to provoke pain in patients with appendicular musculoskeletal pain. The results of this review question the validity of conclusions drawn from acute experimental pain studies regarding changes in muscle behaviour in response to pain in the clinical setting.

DIGITAL CONTENT OF PERIODICALS IN THE ELECTRONIC CATALOGUE OF THE CENTRAL SCIENCE LIBRARY OF THE NAS OF BELARUS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. P. Komenda
Keyword(s):  
Full Text ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Text Documents ◽  
Bibliographic Records

The publication deals with the initial stages of inclusion into the electronic catalogue of bibliographic records of electronic periodicals from eLIBRARY.RU platform and electronic serials which have been subscribed by the Central Science Library of the NAS of Belarus. The activities on addition of full text documents and tables of contents of periodicals into bibliographic records have been considered.

Experience in the development of innovative underground geotechnologies for mining of ore deposits

2020 ◽  
pp. 338-350
Author(s):  
I. V. Sokolov ◽  
Y. G. Antipin ◽  
N. V. Gobov ◽  
I. V. Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Processing Waste ◽  
Ore Preparation ◽  
Additional Value

Based on an analysis of the design principles and practice of underground mining of ore deposits, the most significant features, trends to develop and directions to enhance of underground geotechnology in the field of opening and preparation, mining systems, filling works and ore preparation have been established. The main signs of innovation - scientific research and implementation in production in order to obtain additional value, are highlighted. Various approaches to the development of innovative underground geotechnologies are shown and a methodology for their justification is formulated based on a systematic approach implemented in the framework of the concept of integrated development of mineral resources and on the principles of economic efficiency, industrial and environmental safety, completeness of subsoil development. The experience of the IM UB RAS on the development and implementation of innovative underground geotechnologies in the design and industrial operation of a number of ore deposits is given, which significantly increased the completeness and quality of ore extraction from the subsoil, increased labor productivity in sinking and stoping works, reduced capital and operating costs for ore mining and to utilize mining and processing waste in the mined-out space.

scholarly journals Editorial comments/ Redaksionele Kommentaar

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Kluyts
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Professional Nurses

The experiences of professional nurses with their managers play an important role in the quality of service rendered by nurses. Opsomming Die ervaringe van professionele verpleegkundiges met hul verpleegbestuurders speel ‘n belangrike rol in die gehalte diens gelewer deur verpleegkundiges. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals Educational supervisors’ opinions about their fields of taskMaarif müfettişlerinin görev alanlarına ilişkin görüşleri

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 5008
Author(s):  
Ahmet Yurdakul ◽  
Türkay Nuri Tok
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Full Text ◽  
English Abstract ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Educational Supervisor

The aim of this study is to present the opinions of educational supervisors on their job and development of the quality of supervision. To achieve this goal interview method which is one of the qualitive research methods was used. Data were collected from seven educational supervisor with an half-built  interview form. Then content analysis was done. According to the results It was found that educational supervisors opinions are collected under four dimensions; “opinions about guidance role, opinions about supervision role, opinions about carrying out guidance and supervision role together and opinions about improvement of supervision”. According to the results It was found that educational supervisors think that “ they cannot perform their guidance role sufficiently, they encounter with difficulties while performing supervision role, their roles are contradicted and their guidance role and supervision role should be seperated. And according to this data It is propsed that supervisors’ class supervision should be provided, the legistlation which will lead them to achieve the information and documents easily while supervision stage should be organized, the organizations about taking statements should be done, their supervision role and guidance role should be seperated and supervisors should be careful on their communication skills in order to break the prejiduces about them.Extended English abstract is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı denetim sisteminin en önemli aktörleri olan eğitim denetmenlerinin görev alanlarına ve denetimin niteliğinin geliştirilmesine ilişkin görüşlerini ortaya koymaktır. Bu amacı gerçekleştirmek için nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Veriler yedi maarif müfettişinden yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ile toplanmıştır. Daha sonra veriler içerik analizine tabi tutulmuştur. İçerik analizi sonucunda maarif müfettişlerinin görüşlerinin “rehberlik görevi ile ilgili görüşler, soruşturma görevi ile ilgili görüşler, rehberlik ve soruşturma görevinin bir arada yürütülmesi ile ilgili görüşler ve denetimin geliştirilmesine ilişkin görüşler” olarak dört ana tema altında toplandığı görülmüştür. Çalışmanın sonucuna göre maarif müfettişlerinin rehberlik görevini yeterince yerine getiremediklerini, soruşturma görevlerini yerine getirirken birçok zorlukla karşılaştıklarını, görev alanlarının birbiriyle çeliştiğini ve denetimin gelişmesi için görev alanlarının birbirinden ayrılması gerektiğini düşündükleri ortaya çıkmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara dayalı olarak müfettişlerin; ders denetimi yapabilmesinin yolunun açılması, soruşturma yaparken bilgi ve belgelere daha kolay ulaşabilmeleri için gerekli yasal düzenlemelerin yapılması, ifade alabilmelerinin kolaylaştırılması için gerekli düzenlemeler yapılması, rehberlik görevleriyle soruşturma görevleri birbirinden ayrılması ve kendileri hakkında oluşan olumsuz ön yargıları kırmak için iletişim becerilerine özen göstermesi gerektiği önerileri getirilmiştir.

scholarly journals Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Guide for Introductory Microbiology Skills

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
ALICE WRIGHT ◽  
ETHELYNDA E. HARDING
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Written Examination ◽  
Lower Division ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Poster Presentations ◽  
Enhance Student Learning ◽  
Biology Majors

To increase the quality of instruction, enhance student learning, and decrease laboratory time spent on laboratory safety, basic skills, and the use of equipment, we developed the Micro eGuide website. We compared the performance of students who used the Micro eGuide to students provided more traditional instruction in both an upper-level introductory microbiology course for biology majors and in a lower-division introductory microbiology course for nonmajors. Assessment of student learning included written pretests and posttests, practical testing of laboratory skills, and for the major’s class, a review of poster presentations of independent projects. Students who used the Micro eGuide showed a statistically significant increase in performance on written examination in the introductory microbiology courses for both biology majors and nonmajors. Use of the Micro eGuide in the sophomore-level course for nonbiology majors resulted in a statistically significant improvement in laboratory skills. Though the increase in laboratory skills in the majors courses was not statistically significant, instructors were able to use the site as an effective learning source and decrease the time spent in class on topics covered in the Micro eGuide. While the number of student independent research projects was too small for statistical analysis on the quality of the poster presentations, the improvement in student attitude and the increase in the diversity in topics selected suggests that students using the Micro eGuide had increased comfort with microbiology and increased interest in exploring microbiology.

Use of quality-adjusted life years for the estimation of effectiveness of health care: A systematic literature review

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirjo Räsänen ◽  
Eija Roine ◽  
Harri Sintonen ◽  
Virpi Semberg-Konttinen ◽  
Olli-Pekka Ryynänen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Quality Adjusted Life Years ◽  
Hrqol Instrument ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Quality Adjusted Life

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to identify, in a systematic literature review, published studies having used quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) based on actual measurements of patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to determine which HRQoL instruments have been used to calculate QALYs. Furthermore, the aims were to characterize studies with regard to medical specialty, intervention studied, results obtained, quality, country of origin, QALY gain observed, and interpretation of results regarding cost-effectiveness.Methods: Systematic searches of the literature were made using the MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, SCI, and Cochrane Library electronic databases. Initial screening of identified articles was based on abstracts read independently by two of the authors; full-text articles were again evaluated by two authors, who made the final decision on which articles should be included.Results: The search identified 3,882 articles; 624 were obtained for closer review. Of the reviewed full-text articles, seventy reported QALYs based on actual before–after measurements using a valid HRQoL instrument. The most frequently used instrument was EuroQol HRQoL instrument (EQ-5D, 47.5 percent). Other instruments used were Health Utilities Index (HUI, 8.8 percent), the Rosser–Kind Index (6.3 percent), Quality of Well-Being (QWB, 6.3 percent), Short Form-6D (SF-6D, 5.0 percent), and 15D (2.5 percent). The rest (23.8 percent) used a direct valuation method: Time Trade-Off (10.0 percent), Standard Gamble (5.0 percent), visual analogue scale (5.0 percent), or rating scale (3.8 percent). The most frequently studied medical specialties were orthopedics (15.5 percent), pulmonary diseases (12.7 percent), and cardiology (9.9 percent). Ninety percent of the studies came from four countries: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, the Netherlands. Approximately half of the papers were methodologically high quality randomized trials. Forty-nine percent of the studied interventions were viewed by the authors of the original studies as being cost-effective; only 13 percent of interventions were deemed not to be cost-effective.Conclusions: Although QALYs gained are considered an important measure of effectiveness of health care, the number of studies in which QALYs are based on actual measurements of patients' HRQoL is still fairly limited.

scholarly journals Efficacy of Allergen Specific Immunotherapy for Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 200-213
Author(s):  
Madonna Nader Adly ◽  
Mahmoud Fawzy Mandour ◽  
Mahmoud Foad Abd Elaziz ◽  
Magdy Eisa Saafan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Sublingual Immunotherapy ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Allergen Specific Immunotherapy

Background: Allergic rhinitis is a common disease that affect nose causing sneezing, watery nose, nasal itching and redness that affect quality of life, productivity at work or school and may underlies complications (e.g. Asthma) for patients and are often accompanied by itchy eye, redness and lacrimation. Aim of the Work: The objective of this study is to systematically assess the efficacy and safety of immunotherapy treatment for patients with Allergic Rhinitis. Method: Our initial search generated a total of 23330 possible relevant titles. Titles, abstracts were preliminary screening so that 22565 were excluded. 154 articles were retrieved in full text the number of studies excluded after assessment of the full text 145, 9 articles met the eligibility criteria and fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the review. Data Sources: Medline databases (PubMed, Medscape, ScienceDirect. EMF-Portal) and all materials available on the Internet upto 2018. Data Extraction: If the studies did not fulfill the inclusion criteria, they were excluded. Study quality assessment included whether ethical approval was gained, eligibility criteria specified, appropriate controls, and adequate information and defined assessment measures. Conclusion: Our systematic review provides evidence that Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) tablets effectively relieve rhinitis symptoms in adults with allergic rhinitis, improve their quality of life and provide data about safety of Sublingual Immunotherapy as there were no serious side effects of using SLIT tablets. Nevertheless, the current evidence may be limited due to sample size and the heterogeneity between studies. Large sample size and multiple center RCTs on the efficacy of different formulations of SLIT drugs are still needed to provide further evidence and more precise recommendations.

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