Authors: who they are and which their responsibilities are

Who are coauthors and what should be their responsibilities?

E scientists and engineers, who endeavor to solve complex problems, are yet to address a simple question: who should be coauthors in their journal articles? While some disciplines (e.g., medical sciences) have had extensive debates, most applied sciences and engineering disciplines have not. The authorship issue has always been shrouded in mystique partly because the word “author” is poorly def...

Physicians who are certified in family practice and psychiatry: who are they and how do they use their combined skills?

BACKGROUND The American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) have jointly established their guidelines for a combined residency training program in family practice-psychiatry. As the new combined programs develop, it is of interest to learn about those physicians who are already board certified in both family practice and psychiatry. METHOD...

Who do they think they are?

Attached Recreationists... Who Are They?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Building on previous conceptual and empirical work, the purpose of this investigation was to examine place attachment’s effect on several variables purportedly related to the construct. The place attachment construct has been used by recreation researchers and managers to explain a variety of leisure behaviors (e.g., recreationists’ setting preferences, management preferences...

Nondaily smokers: who are they?

OBJECTIVE We sought to understand who constitutes the sizable population of nondaily, or some-day (SD), smokers. METHODS We analyzed descriptive statistics and regression results using the 1998-1999 Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement to determine the prevalence of SD smokers, their sociodemographic characteristics, and the smoking patterns and histories of groups differentiated ...