In this paper the text theoretical foundation of our text analysis system KONTEXT is described. The basic premise of the KONTEXT model is that new concepts are communicated by using the mechanisms of text constitution. The text model used assumes that the information conveyed in a text and the information describing its contextual organization can be structured into five layers (sentence struct...

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience significant barriers to employment. This study aimed look at the support received by individuals ASD in gaining and maintaining open employment from their perspective. A phenomenological approach was adopted participants (n = 9) participating semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis identified four key themes; being supported, feel...

Thematic analysis is a poorly demarcated, rarely acknowledged, yet widely used qualitative analytic method within psychology. In this paper, we argue that it offers an accessible and theoretically flexible approach to analysing qualitative data. We outline what thematic analysis is, locating it in relation to other qualitative analytic methods that search for themes or patterns, and in relation...

patients’ perception of fatty liver disease: a phenomenological study h habibzadeh , msc f alhani, phd m anusheh , phd hr omrani , bsc received: 16 july, 2009 accepted: 25 oct, 2009 abstract background & aims: paying attention to symptoms and subjective experiences perceived by the patients of various diseases is a valid approach to medical or nursing diagnosis. considering the experiences of i...

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This paper presents an approach to analyze the thematic evolution of a given research field. This approach combines performance analysis and sciencemapping for detecting and visualizing conceptual subdomains (particular themes or general thematic areas). It allows us to quantify and visualize the thematic evolution of a given research field. To do this, coword analysis is used in a longitudinal...