This study addresses the lack of attention in the literature paid to detailed analysis of individuals information behaviour in daily life contexts. In particular, the study characterizes one individual s information behaviour across different daily life situations, to seek behavioural patterns that might be associated with various aspects of each information seeking situation. Data was collecte...

Automated citation sentiment analysis is a newly emerged research topic inspired by traditional citation context analysis in scientometrics and applied linguistics. The main goals of current citation sentiment analysis are to develop new tools to model scientific literature and provide authoring support for researchers in tasks like literature review. In terms of developing authoring support to...

The Internet has become a popular source of health information. However, in-depth understanding of the information seeking behaviour of online health information is limited. We conducted an experiment to investigate the information needs and behaviours of health information seekers. This paper reports on a model of behavioural patterns drawn on the experimental results, and implications for des...

Healthcare providers have the potential to play a crucial role in human trafficking prevention, identification, and intervention. However, trafficked patients are often unidentified due to lack of education and preparation available to healthcare professionals at all levels of training and practice. To increase victim identification in healthcare settings, providers need to be educated about th...

W e believe that everyone needs to understand the basic principles of psychological measurement. Whether you wish to be a practitioner of behavioral science, a behavioral researcher, or a sophisticated member of modern society, your life is likely to be affected by psychological measurement. If you are reading this book, then you might be considering a career involving psychological measurement...